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               REDUCTION IN SPENDING ON FEDERAL BUILDINGS

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, let me very briefly respond to something 
said by my colleague from Arizona. Senator Kerry of Massachusetts has 
included a provision in a piece of legislation he just introduced, one 
with respect to building moratoriums, or a reduction in spending for 
Federal buildings. I think there does need to be some additional 
flexibility here and there. I do not disagree with my colleague from 
Arizona. But I must say this: The Senator from Massachusetts is dead 
right on this issue with respect to the need to reduce spending for 
Federal buildings. I introduced, about a year ago, legislation here in 
the Senate calling for a 2-year moratorium on building projects.
  If we are going to reduce the Federal work force by 250,000 workers, 
we can surely reduce the amount of money spent on building new, 
elaborate Federal buildings. I commend the Senator from Massachusetts. 
We may need to make some modifications as we go.
  I also say that the new head of the GSA is a breath of fresh air, but 
we need to provide the strength to stop spending on new projects. If we 
are going to have a quarter million less people in the work force, we 
do not need all of these projects in the future.


                       THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I have taken the floor to briefly speak on 
the behavior of the Federal Reserve Board.
  Back in ancient Roman days, there was a practice called ``augury,'' 
in which the Romans would call on wise men who had wide experience to 
predict the future by observing the flight of birds and evaluating the 
entrails of cattle. These Roman priests, or augurs, gave advice to the 
folks who were in charge at the time. Of course, now we do not have 
augurs, and our advisers do not practice augury, and they do not read 
the entrails of cattle. For better or for worse, we have economists 
instead.
  Economists do our prognostication for us today. They call it a 
science. There is some question as to whether economics is truly a 
science. One economist for whom I have great affection has predicted 
nine of the last two recessions. And he is an economist whom I hold in 
very high regard.
  In 1990, on the eve of the most recent recession in our country, 40 
of our leading economists made their predictions about the coming year. 
Thirty-five predicted that in the next 12 months there would be steady 
growth--35 of 40--and, in fact, in the next 12 months we entered into a 
recession.
  Using all of that as an introduction, let me tell you that I was 
dumbstruck last week by the decision by the Federal Reserve Board to 
increase interest rates. At a time when we have had steady reductions--
steady reductions--in the rate of inflation, at a time when we are just 
coming out of recession, when this country's economic engine is not yet 
at to cruising speed, we have the Federal Reserve Board, for reasons 
unknown to me and I think unknown to most people here, deciding to 
increase interest rates, to put on the brakes.
  Surely, deep in the bowels of that marble edifice that houses the 
Fed, there is a dark, dimly lit room in which two or three dozen 
``augurs'' must be reading the flights of birds or the entrails of 
cattle. What else would explain a decision by the Federal Reserve Board 
to increase interest rates now? What other conceivable explanation 
could there be? There is none by the evidence. Productivity is up, 
inflation is down, 10 million people are still jobless, and this 
country's economy is just coming out of a recession. What could 
possibly persuade them to increase interest rates?
  Let me try to answer this question, because I have introduced 
legislation with some of my colleagues, Congressman Hamilton and 
Senator Sarbanes. We are suggesting that we should change the way the 
Fed behaves.
  Do you know there are people on the Fed's Open Market Committee who 
make decisions about this interest rate policy and are never confirmed, 
never appointed, never accountable to the public sector? These are the 
Federal Reserve Bank regional presidents. They are in the room helping 
make interest rate decisions. Why would they have a hair trigger, as 
the Senator from Maryland says, on inflation but be tone deaf to jobs 
and economic growth? It is because they serve their constituency, and 
their constituency is the big banks.
  We need to change the Federal Reserve Board. The reform bills I have 
supported include the requirement that the day the Federal Reserve 
Board makes a decision, it ought to be announced that day. That has not 
been the practice, although last week it happened, and the press 
release floored the markets, because they had almost never seen one 
from the Fed before. Generally speaking, the Fed operates in great 
secrecy, behind a cloak of secrecy. Usually the Fed withholds its 
decision, and then ordinary people do not understand what is happening 
to monetary policy. That is one goal of my legislation: to have the Fed 
announce its decision on the same day it is made.
  Second, no one should vote on monetary policy who is not accountable 
in some way to the public. Five votes in the Open Market Committee are 
cast by people who are presidents of the regional Federal Reserve 
banks, and they are accountable to nobody but the big banks. This must 
change. They ought not to be voting members of the Open Market 
Committee. They might represent their constituency, but they don't 
speak for mine.
  Third, the Federal Reserve Board ought to be open to audit. It has 
spent well over $1 billion and has not been audited. We ought to open 
the door just a bit and shine some light in on the Federal Reserve 
Board, give it a little fresh air. More open air and more sunshine 
around what the Federal Reserve Board does and how it affects the 
American people cannot, in my judgment, harm the public interest.
  My point today is to say that what the Federal Reserve Board did last 
week was wrongheaded. I watched the Senator from Maryland [Mr. 
Sarbanes], come to the floor and talk about these policies. He was 
right. He is an effective and eloquent voice on these issues. What the 
Federal Reserve Board has done runs counter to what we are trying to do 
in this country.
  We were told a year ago: Let us take the tough medicine on fiscal 
policy and cut spending, and let us increase taxes and do everything 
that is necessary to grapple with this Federal debt. Let us reduce the 
Federal deficit. If we do that, we were told, we will then see interest 
rates fall, and lower rates will then propel economic growth.
  So we took the tough economic medicine and fiscal policy. And now the 
people at the Fed who serve another constituency decide they are going 
to have a counterbalancing or countervailing policy of higher interest 
rates.
  We want this economy to begin moving up to cruising speed. We want to 
get some juice to move this economy forward. We need economic growth, 
and opportunity, and renewal. Instead, as the Senator from Maryland 
said, we have a Federal Reserve Board that has a hair trigger on the 
subject of inflation. Inflation is going down, not up. There is no 
conceivable reason for this Federal policy of last Friday.
  Mr. SARBANES. If the Senator will yield for a moment, the Senator is 
on to a very important subject, and I agree with everything he is 
saying. Furthermore, the Fed says to us, ``Stay the course on 
maintaining a tight fiscal policy,'' which, of course, the Congress is 
committed to doing. We expect to do exactly that. But it seems to me 
that part of the package is that the Fed should have stayed the course 
on an accommodating monetary policy. If they start tightening up the 
monetary policy, they are going to slow down the economy, and all of 
these efforts, like economic growth and job restoration, are going to 
be dealt a real blow.
  I thank the Senator.
  Mr. DORGAN. The Senator from Maryland puts it better than I could. In 
my 30 final seconds, let me give three messages:
  One to the Fed: Get your foot off the brake and let the economy grow.
  Second to Congress: Pass the Federal Reserve bill and stop people 
from voting down at the Open Market Committee who are not accountable 
to the American people.
  Third: We have two vacancies on the Federal Reserve Board. I ask the 
President to appoint people to the Federal Reserve Board who understand 
the price of groceries and the cost of living. Appoint my Uncle Joe, 
for that matter. Or appoint some people who believe that we should 
start this economic engine, and get it running, in order to provide new 
jobs, opportunity, and new economic growth.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor.
  Mr. MITCHELL addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader is recognized.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I note the presence on the floor of the 
distinguished Senate Republican leader.
  Mr. President, I will momentarily propound a unanimous-consent 
request so that we can begin to dispose of some of the several 
amendments that have been, and are to be, offered to this bill.
  I repeat what I have said many times. This is an emergency bill. The 
people of California have a right to expect that we will act promptly, 
as we did when natural disasters struck Florida, South Carolina, and 
Midwestern States. We did not wait in those cases. We did not delay. We 
acted promptly.
  This is the largest of all of those natural disasters, certainly in 
economic effect, and I think we should act promptly. So I encourage my 
colleagues, first, to stop offering amendments that do not have 
anything to do with this tragic emergency situation and can serve only 
to delay action on the bill. I know that is not the intention of any 
Senator. I know there is no Senator who is deliberately and 
intentionally trying to delay action on the California earthquake 
needs, but that is the effect of a lot of these amendments, the ones 
that have nothing to do with the subject platter.
  Obviously, if they relate to the subject matter of the bill, Senators 
have a perfect right to offer them. But I hope that even those we could 
keep to a minimum and bring to a close.


                       Unanimous-Consent Request

  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I now ask unanimous consent that, at 
3:15 p.m. today, the Senate vote on, or in relation to, the pending 
Brown amendment to strike funding for Presidential salaries and 
electronic communications; that upon the disposition of the Brown 
amendment, the Senate vote on, or in relation to, the pending Murkowski 
amendment, which is a sense-of-the-Senate regarding emergency checkoff 
funds; that upon the disposition of the Murkowski amendment, the Senate 
vote on or in relation to, an amendment by Senator Kerry of 
Massachusetts regarding rescissions; that upon disposition of the Kerry 
amendment, the Senate vote on, or in relation to, an amendment by 
Senator Feingold, striking the section on peacekeeping; that upon the 
disposition of the Feingold amendment, the Senate vote on in relation 
to, the Durenberger amendment regarding a natural disaster trust fund; 
that upon the disposition of the Durenberger amendment, the Senate vote 
on, or in relation to, the McCain amendment regarding highway funds; 
that no second-degree amendments be in order to the pending amendments; 
that each of these votes occur without any further debate; and that all 
votes after the first one be for 10 minutes in duration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection.
  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I am not going to object. We may be able to 
have another couple of votes ready by the time those are completed.
  I hope to offer my amendment. I am only going to take about 10 
minutes on it. I think there is only one other amendment on this side. 
That may not be offered.
  We would like to get an agreement that we limit amendments, if we 
can, right now or in the next few minutes, so we do not have anybody 
coming out to the floor at 5:30 with some new amendment. So we are 
going to try to do that on this side.
  I understand there may be 2 or 3 amendments on that side that may not 
be offered.
  I just say to the leader and the manager that we want to expedite 
this as quickly as we can.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, and I do not 
expect to object, I take it the phrase ``on or in relation to,'' which 
the distinguished majority leader has used in his request a number of 
times, includes the making of a point of order. In other words, points 
of order are not waived by this request.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, my intention in using the phrase ``on or 
in relation to'' is to permit the making of a motion to table. Absent 
an explicit request to waive points of order, I regard points of order 
as remaining in order. So it is not my intention, either in my words or 
in the effect of this, to preclude either motions to table or points of 
order.
  Mr. BYRD. Reserving the right to object, Mr. President, the response 
of the distinguished majority leader satisfies that point.
  In the event there should be a point of order raised, I say to the 
leader, in connection with one of the amendments, I hope we would not 
require that that provision which the majority leader uttered, meant 
there be no debate intervening. There might need to be a little debate 
if a point of order is raised.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I inquire of the Chair, in a 
parliamentary inquiry, whether the agreement as propounded would, in 
fact, preclude debate in the event a point of order were made?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Points of order are not debatable and would be 
rendered nondebatable unless provisions were made.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Then I understand the response to be that points of 
order are not debatable; that motions to waive the Budget Act to 
overcome the point of order are ordinarily debatable but would not be 
so under the formulation presented.
  Therefore, Mr. President, I am going to suggest the absence of a 
quorum so that we can agree on an alternative procedure that would 
permit debate in the event a point of order is made and a motion to 
waive in response thereto.
  Mr. BROWN. I wonder if the Senator would be willing for us to proceed 
with an amendment while that discussion goes forward?
  Mr. MITCHELL. I have no objection to that.
  Mr. DOLE addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Republican leader is recognized.
  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I do not think the majority leader meant to 
indicate there has been any delay on this bill. We were on the bill 
yesterday at 10 o'clock. One of the amendments from that side of the 
aisle took about 7 hours.
  So I do not think anybody has been trying to delay this bill. It is 
very important legislation. It involves very important issues of 
emergency funding and what should be included in emergency funding. We 
think many of the things that are included are not emergencies.
  Certainly, even though we understand the need to get this done, we 
are going to respond as quickly as we can. We have tried to offer 
amendments, for the most part, that were constructive and at least make 
the case. We probably are not going to prevail on any case. But I can 
cite a number of cases that are not emergencies that are going to be 
funded as emergencies. In the view of many, I think on both sides, this 
is setting a bad precedent.
  Mr. BROWN addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Colorado is recognized.
  Mr. BROWN. Thank you, Mr. President.


                          Amendment No. 1457.

  Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I rise to offer an amendment. The amendment 
is at the desk and I ask for its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the pending amendment will 
be set aside.
  The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Colorado [Mr. Brown] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 1457.
       On page 72 line 16 after the word Congress: insert 
     ``provided further, that the President's request shall 
     specifically identify programs, projects and activities to be 
     funded and no funds shall be available for 15 days after the 
     submission of the request.''

  Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I wanted to draw the attention of my 
colleagues to page 72 of the bill, chapter 8, ``Funds Appropriated to 
the President.'' Included therein is a provision that is not without 
precedent, but is fairly unusual. It is a grant of $550 million to the 
President. That money is to be used under his discretion with very, 
very broad scope outlines.
  Specifically, it is allowed for a very broad set of purposes. The 
money can be spent for the southern California earthquake, for the 
Midwest floods, or other disasters. And the other disasters are not 
limited with regard to what disasters those are or when they even 
occur. So presumably, it could be back quite a ways. It is an extremely 
broad, broad grant of discretion. In addition, any Federal agency may 
be used that meets that purpose. So it is extremely broad in that 
regard.

  I would feel much better if our appropriations committees had, at 
least, an opportunity to see how the President proposed to spend this 
money before, indeed, the money was spent.
  So this amendment does a couple of things. It simply asks the 
President to identify what he is going to spend it on and give the 
Appropriations Committees at least 15 days before that money is 
actually spent.
  There is no intent to cause unnecessary delays here, but my hope is 
that this will encourage working together of our appropriators and the 
executive branch, to make sure there is at least some review of these 
funds before they are spent from the Treasury.
  I yield the remainder of my time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader is recognized.


                      Unanimous-Consent Agreement

  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I am about to renew the request.
  To accommodate the concern expressed by the distinguished chairman of 
the Appropriations Committee, I renew my request, modified to state 
that, in the event a point of order is raised and a motion to waive is 
made in response thereto, it being ordinarily debatable under the 
rules, that would continue to be debatable, and that the language which 
I used with respect to further debate not be applicable in that 
circumstance.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, the 
modified unanimous-consent request of the majority leader is agreed to.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I now ask all Senators to be aware, and 
the offices of all Senators not now in the Capitol to notify Senators 
that, beginning at 3:15 p.m., there will be a series of at least six 
votes. There will be at least six votes on pending amendments. I have 
stated them previously. So I encourage Senators to be present.
  The first vote will be under the usual time limitations. Each of the 
succeeding votes will be for 10 minutes. We have to complete action on 
this bill and we want to move promptly on it.
  I thank my colleagues for their cooperation, and I thank the chairman 
for his cooperation.
  Mr. BYRD. I thank the distinguished majority leader.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The request is agreed to.
  The Senator from West Virginia is recognized.


                           Amendment No. 1457

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I believe the distinguished Senator from 
Colorado has an amendment which both sides have agreed to accept.
  Has his amendment been called up?
  Mr. BROWN. I thank the chairman. The amendment has been called up.
  Mr. BYRD. Very well, then the amendment has been stated.
  Mr. President, this side is ready to accept the amendment offered by 
Mr. Brown.
  Mr. HATFIELD. We have no objections on this side.
  Mr. BYRD. So there is no objection. I hope the Senate will adopt the 
amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there be no further debate, the question is 
on agreeing to the amendment.
  The amendment (No. 1457) was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Colorado.
  Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I rise to offer an amendment and ask for 
its immediate consideration, and I ask unanimous consent the amendments 
now before the Senate be set aside.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                           Amendment No. 1458

    (Purpose: To strike all but the emergency relief provisions and 
                         rescission provisions)

  Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for 
its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Colorado [Mr. Brown] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 1458.

  Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the 
amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

       On page 50, strike line 1 and all that follows through page 
     89, line 10, and insert the following:

             TITLE I--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

                               CHAPTER 1

      DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
                  ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                       Soil Conservation Service


               watershed and flood prevention operations

       For an additional amount for ``Watershed and flood 
     prevention operations'' to repair damage to the waterways and 
     watersheds resulting from the Midwest floods and California 
     fires of 1993 and other natural disasters, and for other 
     purposes, $340,500,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That not more than $50,000,000 of assistance shall 
     be made available where the primary beneficiary is 
     agriculture and agribusiness regardless of drainage size: 
     Provided further, That such amounts are designated by 
     Congress as emergency requirements pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That if 
     the Secretary determines that the cost of land and levee 
     restoration exceeds the fair market value of an affected 
     cropland, the Secretary may use sufficient amounts from funds 
     provided under this heading to accept bids from willing 
     sellers to enroll such cropland inundated by the Midwest 
     floods of 1993 in any of the affected States in the Wetlands 
     Reserve Program, authorized by subchapter C of chapter 1 of 
     subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
     U.S.C. 3837).

          Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service


                     emergency conservation program

       For an additional amount for ``Emergency conservation 
     program'' for expenses resulting from the Midwest floods and 
     California fires of 1993 and other natural disasters, 
     $25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1995: 
     Provided, That such amount is designated by Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.

                      Commodity Credit Corporation

       Funds made available in Public Law 103-75 for the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation shall be available to fund the costs of 
     replanting, reseeding, or repairing damage to commercial 
     trees and seedlings, including orchard and nursery inventory 
     as a result of the Midwest Floods of 1993 or other natural 
     disasters: Provided, That the use of these funds for these 
     purposes is designated by Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 and that such use shall be 
     available only to the extent the President designates such 
     use an emergency requirement pursuant to such Act.
       The second proviso of the matter under the heading 
     ``disaster assistance'' under the heading ``Commodity Credit 
     Corporation'' of chapter I of the Supplemental Appropriations 
     Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-50; 107 Stat. 241) is amended by 
     inserting before the colon at the end the following: ``, 
     including payments to producers for the 1993, 1994, and 1995 
     crops of papaya if (1) the papaya would have been harvested 
     if the papaya plants had not been destroyed, and (2) the 
     papaya plants would not have produced fruit for a lifetime 
     total of more than 3 crop years based on normal cultivation 
     practices''. Payments under this paragraph shall be made only 
     to the extent that claims for the payments are filed not 
     later than the date that is 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act: Provided, That the use of funds for 
     this purpose is designated by Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 and that such use shall be 
     available only to the extent the President designates such 
     use an emergency requirement pursuant to such Act.

                               CHAPTER 2

DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                                AGENCIES

                             RELATED AGENCY

                     Small Business Administration


                     disaster loans program account

       For an additional amount for emergency expenses resulting 
     from the January 1994 earthquake in Southern California and 
     other disasters, $309,750,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which up to $55,000,000 may be transferred to 
     and merged with the appropriations for ``Salaries and 
     expenses'' for associated administrative expenses: Provided, 
     That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.


                        administrative provision

       Section 24 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 651) is 
     amended in subsection (a) by striking the period at the end 
     thereof and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: ``, 
     and shall give priority to a proposal to restore an area 
     determined to be a major disaster by the President on a date 
     not more than three years prior to the fiscal year for which 
     the application is made.''.

                               CHAPTER 3

                      ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

                 Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies

       For an additional amount for ``Flood control and coastal 
     emergencies'', $70,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                         Bureau of Reclamation

       The prohibition against obligating funds for construction 
     until sixty days from the date the Secretary transmits a 
     report to the Congress in accordance with section 5 of the 
     Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 509) is 
     waived for the Crooked River Project, Ochoco Dam, Oregon, to 
     allow for an earlier start of emergency repair work.

                               CHAPTER 4

DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED 
                                AGENCIES

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                Administration for Children and Families


                   low-income home energy assistance

       Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public Law 
     103-112 and designated by Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended, subject to the terms and conditions specified in 
     Public Law 103-112, $300,000,000, if designated by the 
     President as an emergency, may be allotted by the Secretary 
     of the Department of Health and Human Services, as she 
     determines is appropriate, to any one or more of the 
     jurisdictions funded under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget 
     Reconciliation Act of 1981, to meet emergency needs.
       The second paragraph under this heading in Public Law 102-
     394 is amended as follows: strike ``June 30, 1994'' and 
     insert ``September 30, 1994''.

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


                               impact aid

       For carrying out disaster assistance activities resulting 
     from the January 1994 earthquake in Southern California and 
     other disasters as authorized under section 7 of Public Law 
     81-874, $165,000,000, to remain available through September 
     30, 1995: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.


                      student financial assistance

       For an additional amount for ``Student financial 
     assistance'' for payment of awards made under title IV, part 
     A, subpart 1 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 
     $80,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 1995: 
     Provided, That notwithstanding sections 442(e) and 462(j) of 
     such Act, the Secretary may reallocate, for use in award year 
     1994-1995 only, any excess funds returned to the Secretary of 
     Education under the Federal Work-Study or Federal Perkins 
     Loan programs from award year 1993-1994 to assist individuals 
     who suffered financial harm from the January 1994 earthquake 
     in Southern California and other disasters: Provided further, 
     That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended: Provided further, That fiscal year 1992 
     Federal Work-Study and Federal Perkins Loan funds that were 
     reallocated to institutions for use in award year 1993-1994, 
     pursuant to Public Law 103-75, and fiscal year 1992 Federal 
     Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant funds that were 
     reallocated to institutions by the Secretary for use in award 
     year 1993-1994, pursuant to section 413D(e) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965, as amended, to assist individuals who 
     suffered financial harm as a result of the Midwest floods of 
     1993 shall remain available for use in award year 1994-1995 
     by institutions that received such reallocations.

                               CHAPTER 5

           DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

                     FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

                          Federal-Aid Highways


                        emergency relief program

                          (highway trust fund)

       For the Emergency Fund authorized by 23 U.S.C. 125 to cover 
     expenses arising from the January 1994 earthquake in Southern 
     California and other disasters, $950,000,000; and in addition 
     $400,000,000, which shall be available only to the extent an 
     official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that 
     includes designation of the entire amount of the request as 
     an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is 
     transmitted by the President to the Congress, all to be 
     derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided 
     further, That the limitation on obligations per State in 23 
     U.S.C. 125(b) shall not apply to projects relating to such 
     earthquake: Provided further, That notwithstanding 23 U.S.C. 
     120(e), the Federal share for any project on the Federal-aid 
     highway system related to such earthquake shall be 100 
     percent for the costs incurred in the 180 day period 
     beginning on the date of the earthquake: Provided further, 
     That project costs incurred prior to implementation of this 
     bill and subsequent to the January 17, 1994, Northridge 
     Earthquake, that are funded from other than Federal Emergency 
     Relief funds that were otherwise eligible for Emergency 
     Relief funding, are approved for Emergency Relief funds and 
     such costs regardless of initial funding sources are to be 
     reimbursed with Emergency Relief funds: Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
     made available by the Dire Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 1992 (Public Law 102-368) under ``Federal 
     Highway Administration, Metropolitan Planning (Highway Trust 
     Fund),'' $337,000 of the funds received by Hawaii shall be 
     made available by the State of Hawaii directly to the County 
     of Kauai, Hawaii, for conducting comprehensive reviews of 
     transportation infrastructure needs incurred in connection 
     with Hurricane Iniki, and, these funds shall remain available 
     until expended.

                               CHAPTER 6

DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                     Veterans Health Administration


                              medical care

       For an additional amount for emergency expenses resulting 
     from the January 1994 earthquake in Southern California, 
     $21,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not 
     to exceed $802,000 is available for transfer to General 
     Operating Expenses, the Guaranty and Indemnity Program 
     Account, and the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program 
     Account: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.


                      construction, major projects

       For an additional amount for ``Construction, major 
     projects'' for emergency expenses resulting from the January 
     1994 earthquake in Southern California and other disasters, 
     $45,600,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     such sums as may be necessary may be transferred to the 
     ``Medical care'' and ``Construction, minor projects'' 
     accounts: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                            Housing Programs


               annual contributions for assisted housing

       For an additional amount under this head, $225,000,000, to 
     remain available until December 31, 1995, of which 
     $200,000,000 shall be for rental assistance under the section 
     8 existing housing certificate program (42 U.S.C. 1437f) and 
     the housing voucher program under section 8(o) of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), and 
     $25,000,000 shall be for the modernization of existing public 
     housing projects pursuant to section 14 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437l): Provided, That these 
     funds shall be used first to replenish amounts used from the 
     headquarters reserve established pursuant by section 
     213(d)(4)(A) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
     1974, as amended, for assistance to victims of the January 
     1994 earthquake in Southern California: Provided further, 
     That any amounts remaining after the headquarters reserve has 
     been replenished shall be available under such programs for 
     additional assistance to victims of the earthquake referred 
     to above: Provided further, That in administering these 
     funds, the Secretary may waive or specify alternative 
     requirements for any provision of any statute or regulation 
     that the Secretary administers in connection with the 
     obligation by the Secretary or any use by the recipient of 
     these funds, except for the requirements relating to fair 
     housing and nondiscrimination, the environment, and labor 
     standards, upon finding that such waiver is required to 
     facilitate the obligation and use of such funds and would not 
     be inconsistent with the overall purpose of the statute or 
     regulation: Provided further, That the entire amount is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.


                         flexible subsidy fund

       For emergency assistance to owners of eligible multifamily 
     housing projects damaged by the January 1994 earthquake in 
     Southern California who are either insured or formerly 
     insured under the National Housing Act, as amended, or 
     otherwise eligible for assistance under section 201(c) of the 
     Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as 
     amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1a), in the program of assistance 
     for troubled multifamily housing projects under the Housing 
     and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as amended, 
     $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1995: 
     Provided, That assistance to an owner of a multifamily 
     housing project assisted, but not insured under the National 
     Housing Act, may be made if the project owner and the 
     mortgagee have provided or agreed to provide assistance to 
     the project in a manner as determined by the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That 
     assistance is for the repair of damage or the recovery of 
     losses directly attributable to the Southern California 
     earthquake of 1994: Provided further, That in administering 
     these funds, the Secretary may waive, or specify alternative 
     requirements for, any provision of any statute or regulation 
     that the Secretary administers in connection with the 
     obligation by the Secretary or any use by the recipient of 
     these funds, except for statutory requirements relating to 
     fair housing and nondiscrimination, the environment, and 
     labor standards, upon finding that such waiver is required to 
     facilitate the obligation and use of such funds, and would 
     not be inconsistent with the overall purpose of the statute 
     or regulation: Provided further, That after assisting 
     economically viable FHA insured projects, to the extent funds 
     remain available the Secretary may provide assistance to 
     economically viable projects assisted with a loan made under 
     section 312 of the National Housing Act of 1964 and projects 
     assisted under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
     1937 but not insured under the National Housing Act: Provided 
     further, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.

                     Federal Housing Administration


             FHA--General and Special Risk Program Account

       For higher mortgage limits and improved access to mortgage 
     insurance for victims of the January 1994 earthquake in 
     Southern California and other disasters, title II of the 
     National Housing Act, as amended, is further amended, as 
     follows:
       (1) In section 203(h), by--
       (A) striking out ``section 102(2) and 401 of the Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act'' and inserting ``Robert 
     T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act''; 
     and
       (B) adding the following new sentence at the end thereof: 
     ``In any case in which the single family residence to be 
     insured under this subsection is within a jurisdiction in 
     which the President has declared a major disaster to have 
     occurred, the Secretary is authorized, for a temporary period 
     not to exceed 18 months from the date of such Presidential 
     declaration, to enter into agreements to insure a mortgage 
     which involves a principal obligation of up to 100 percent of 
     the dollar limitation determined under section 305(a)(2) of 
     the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act for single 
     family residence, and not in excess of 100 percent of the 
     appraised value.''.
       (2) In section 203(k), by adding at the end thereof the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(6) The Secretary is authorized, for a temporary period 
     not to exceed 18 months from the date on which the President 
     has declared a major disaster to have occurred, to enter into 
     agreements to insure a rehabilitation loan under this 
     subsection which involves a principal obligation of up to 100 
     percent of the dollar limitation determined under section 
     305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act 
     for a residence of the applicable size, if such loan is 
     secured by a structure and property that are within a 
     jurisdiction in which the President has declared such 
     disaster, pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
     and Emergency Assistance Act, and if such loan otherwise 
     conforms to the loan-to-value ratio and other requirements of 
     this subsection.''.
       (3) In section 234(c), by inserting after ``203(b)(2)'' in 
     the third sentence the phrase: ``or pursuant to section 
     203(h) under the conditions described in section 203(h)''.
       Eligibility for loans made under the authority granted by 
     the preceding paragraph shall be limited to persons whose 
     principal residence was damaged or destroyed as a result of a 
     Presidentially declared major disaster event: Provided, That 
     the provisions under this heading shall be effective only for 
     the 18 month period following the date of enactment of this 
     Act.

                   Community Planning and Development


                      community development grants

       For an additional amount for ``Community development 
     grants'', as authorized under title I of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1974, for emergency expenses 
     resulting from the January 1994 earthquake in Southern 
     California or the Midwest Floods of 1993, $500,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 1996 for all activities 
     eligible under such title I except those activities 
     reimbursable by the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
     (FEMA) or available through the Small Business Administration 
     (SBA): Provided, That from this amount, the Secretary may 
     transfer up to $75,000,000 to the ``HOME investment 
     partnerships program'', as authorized under title II of the 
     Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended 
     (Public Law 101-625), to remain available until expended, as 
     an additional amount for such emergency expenses for all 
     activities eligible under such title II except activities 
     reimbursable by FEMA or available through SBA: Provided 
     further, That the recipients of amounts under this 
     appropriation, including the foregoing transfer (if any), 
     shall use such amounts first to replenish amounts previously 
     obligated under their Community Development Block Grant or 
     HOME programs, respectively, in connection with the Southern 
     California earthquake of January 1994: Provided further, That 
     in administering these funds, the Secretary may waive, or 
     specify alternative requirements for, any provision of any 
     statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in 
     connection with the obligation by the Secretary or any use by 
     the recipient of these funds, except for statutory 
     requirements relating to fair housing and nondiscrimination, 
     the environment, and labor standards, upon finding that such 
     waiver is required to facilitate the obligation and use of 
     such funds, and would not be inconsistent with the overall 
     purpose of the statute or regulation: Provided further, That 
     the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended.

                           INDEPENDENT AGENCY

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency


                            disaster relief

       For an additional amount for ``Disaster Relief'' for the 
     January 1994 earthquake in Southern California and other 
     disasters, $4,709,000,000 to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.


              emergency management planning and assistance

       For an additional amount for ``Emergency Management 
     Planning and Assistance'', to carry out activities under the 
     Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (42 
     U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) $15,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, to study the January 1994 earthquake in Southern 
     California in order to enhance seismic safety throughout the 
     United States: Provided, That the entire amount is designated 
     by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER 7

                  FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

                          Unanticipated Needs

       For an additional amount for emergency expenses resulting 
     from the January 1994 earthquake in Southern California, the 
     Midwest Floods and other disaster, $550,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That these funds may be 
     transferred to any authorized Federal governmental activity 
     to meet the requirements of such disasters: Provided further, 
     That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent 
     that an official budget request for a specific dollar amount, 
     that includes designation of the entire amount of the request 
     as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is 
     transmitted by the President to Congress: Provided further, 
     That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.
       This title may be cited as the ``Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act of 1994''.

  Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, this amendment, while it is somewhat 
lengthy, and thus I asked it be considered as read, is fairly 
straightforward. What it does is simply strike from the bill all the 
money that does not fit the category of emergency spending.
  As I think the Senate is well aware, this bill has been expedited, as 
I think all of us would feel is appropriate. Unfortunately, a number of 
items which are nonemergency in nature were attached to the bill or 
included therein.
  Those items, it is this Senator's feeling, ought to have the scrutiny 
of our Appropriations Committee in the normal process. That committee 
is committed to keeping our spending within the budget guidelines. It 
has a responsibility which I know they take very seriously. It is thus 
inappropriate for us to include in this measure items that are of a 
nonemergency nature.
  Senators are well aware of the fact that being included in this 
emergency bill provides certain waivers from the Budget Act. It also 
provides waivers from the limits that are so essential in making 
progress in reducing the deficit. What is more, if they are included in 
this process, these particular expenditures are brought up and shot 
through the process without the kind of scrutiny that I know the 
committee is committed to and interested in providing.
  For those Members who do not recall off the tops of their heads, let 
me reiterate what the Budget Act calls for. It calls for emergency 
spending items to come under this classification, they must be sudden. 
Some of the items that are of nonemergency status have been around for 
years. They are in no way sudden. The Budget Act calls for them to be 
urgent in nature. These matters are not urgent, and I suspect regarding 
many of them, no one would claim they fit in the urgent category. They 
must be unforeseen. A very, very large number of these are anything but 
unforeseen. Most of them or many of them have been considered at some 
length in previous discussions or previous times. And, of course, they 
must be necessary. That is a judgment call by the members of the 
committee.
  I do not rise to question their judgment in that matter, except to 
say my hope is that we will make sure they have had the time to 
consider them, had the normal markup, and had provisions for testimony 
on them so they can receive the kind of deliberations they need.
  Should we move quickly to provide for the victims of the earthquake? 
Absolutely. There is no question that that deserves prompt 
consideration and prompt action. But we should not use this vehicle to 
violate the Budget Act. To the extent we do, we undermine the very 
credibility of this body in trying to deal with the deficit that 
threatens the very lifeblood of our economy.
  I believe nonemergency spending should be handled in the normal 
process, in accordance with the budget guidelines and with hearings. 
This amendment will strike from the bill $2.493 billion, which is the 
amount of the various items that do not fit the emergency category. It 
may well be that Members of the Senate decide in their wisdom that 
ultimately these things should pass and should be appropriated. My 
guess is there will be some that very few in the Senate will favor. My 
guess is there will be some, also, that a large portion of the Senate 
favor. But none of these items should be passed with this bill--with 
the emergency declaration.
  In simple terms, these are not emergencies. They do not fit the 
definition of the Budget Act. They do not fit the parameters of the 
bill. They have not had the proper hearings. It would be a tragedy to 
include them in this process and thus distort our efforts to try to 
deal with the deficit.
  I reserve the remainder of my time.
  Mr. President, I will of course defer to the judgment of the 
distinguished chairman of the Appropriations Committee in the timing of 
the vote, but it may well be the distinguished chairman will wish to 
include this with the other record votes.
  If so, I will be happy to accommodate him.
  Mr. President, at this point I ask for the yeas and nays on the 
amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Colorado.
  Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                           Amendment No. 1459

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk on behalf of 
myself, Senator Nickles, Senator Simpson, Senator Burns, and Senator 
Roth.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the pending amendment is 
set aside. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kansas [Mr. Dole], for himself, Mr. 
     Nickles, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Burns, Mr. Roth, and Mr. 
     Kempthorne, proposes an amendment numbered 1459.

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of 
the amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:
  (The text of the amendment is located in today's Record under 
``Amendments Submitted.'')
  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, the amendment I have sent to the desk is a 
substitute amendment to this emergency supplemental appropriations 
bill. We all agree that we must provide timely Federal disaster 
assistance to those affected by the devastating earthquake and fires 
that rocked southern California and the 500-year flood that soaked the 
Midwest. In person or on television, we have all seen the devastation, 
and the need to respond. My amendment has one simple goal: To deliver 
much-needed aid to the victims of these tragedies, and to do it without 
adding to the deficit, without sticking a lot of stuff in there that is 
not an emergency so that we do not have to deal with it later and cut 
other programs.
  There is no question that these emergencies are legitimate, and that 
the need for relief is real. We all want to provide help as quickly as 
we can. We also all want to contain the deficit. My amendment offers us 
a chance to do both. The question is simple: Are we going to ring up 
another $10 billion on Uncle Sam's credit card, or are we going to 
shift our spending priorities to pay for this essential investment?
  I might add, if you have not read the article in yesterday's paper 
about the tax rate of the younger generation in the future, it is going 
to be about 82 percent--82 percent--for your children born this year or 
later, grandchildren, whatever. They are going to be in that big 
bracket according to a study that was released yesterday. It is going 
to be even worse if we do not start putting our fiscal house in order.
  This disaster relief is going to be approved whether we pay for it or 
not. We know that. It is going to be approved. But it seems to me the 
responsible thing to do--and I might add we offer an amendment to pay 
for it that involves the Midwest floods, which is my State of Kansas 
and other States in the Midwest. We have to make the tough calls and 
pay for this assistance now instead of sending Uncle Sam's credit card 
bill to future generations of Americans.
  We made a similar effort to pay for last year's flood relief package. 
That effort did not succeed, but it does not mean we should not start 
doing the right thing now.
  Doing the right thing also means providing assistance for real 
emergencies. That is why my amendment eliminates the provision in the 
committee bill that, in the view of many, does not qualify as a real 
emergency.
  It is hard to justify labeling as an ``emergency'' the $315 million 
that is earmarked to relocate a Federal highway damaged in the Loma 
Prieta earthquake back in 1989--almost 40 months ago. The Federal 
Government has already provided the money to rebuild the damaged 
highway--I do not think anyone here would deny that that was clearly a 
Federal obligation. But when local officials--nothing to do with the 
earthquake--decide to relocate a highway at an even greater expense 
than rebuilding, I am not certain that Uncle Sam should have to pick up 
the tab for the incremental cost of relocating.

  Maybe somebody got a better view, but the taxpayers are not going to 
get a view at all. They have to pay for it. In any event, this 
additional funding is certainly not an emergency, and it ought to be 
considered on the merits during the normal appropriations process.
  I said it last year and I will say it again today: If in a 
supplemental they want to pay for this $315 million extra cost for 
relocation and they pay for it, that does not create any problem for 
me. That is what it is all about. This is not an emergency. The 
earthquake was 4 years ago, 3\1/2\ years ago. They are still saying 
there is some emergency. Just because the local officials--and I have 
more information on that; I know it will be disputed. But I have 
information that says that is precisely what it was.
  I was also surprised to see the $1.2 billion to cover Defense 
Department costs of peacekeeping sent to the Congress as a deficit-
increasing emergency request. If there is an emergency here, it is man-
made. The emergency was created by putting the needs of the United 
Nations before the needs of American defense readiness.
  The American people are getting tired of seeing more and more money 
flow to United Nations' operations with little effect on American 
security. While I will not oppose paying back the Defense Department 
for costs incurred in U.N. peacekeeping, my amendment ensures these 
costs are offset with spending reductions.
  In order to prevent the legitimate disaster relief and the 
peacekeeping funding from being tacked on to the deficit, my amendment 
deletes all of the emergency designation language in the committee 
bill, and instead pays for the remaining $6.3 billion in new 
discretionary spending. The bill is paid for using a cut in world bank 
funding to the level approved by the Senate last year; increasing the 
committee-recommended rescission for aid to the New Independent States; 
a cut in Agency for International Development funding to the level 
requested by the administration; and an additional cut of $3 billion in 
Federal outlays for so-called administrative expenses that would be 
allocated among Government departments and agencies by the Director of 
OMB.
  This administrative expense reduction is similar to an amendment 
offered by Senators Hutchison and Shelby last year. It targets travel 
expenses, transportation, printing and reproduction costs, consulting 
services, supplies and materials.
  The amendment has been modified to accommodate many of the concerns 
that were raised during last year's debate. It exempts the 
administrative expenses of the Defense Department because of the deep 
defense cuts that have already been approved by Congress. It exempts 
the expenses of the Federal Emergency Management Agency because of the 
added burdens placed on FEMA by the disasters targeted in this bill.
  It would also exempt programmatic expenses in various agencies that 
are typically funded through these administrative expenses accounts. 
For example, Drug Enforcement Agency travel is exempted from this cut. 
Veterans Health Administration travel, supplies, and materials are 
exempted. NASA other services are exempted.
  Mr. President, the bottom line is this: we need to provide timely 
relief to the victims of these natural disasters. We also need to 
provide relief to future generations of Americans who will have to pay 
the bill if we add this spending to the deficit. We can do both by 
cutting spending to pay for this much-needed disaster relief.
  I urge the adoption of my amendment, and at the appropriate time I 
will ask for the yeas and nays.
  But, Mr. President, I will make one final point.
  I know the budget is tight. I know the appropriators have great 
difficulty. I know it is tempting to call everything an emergency, to 
have money available for other things later on. But if anybody can tell 
me that relocating a highway after the damage has been paid for by the 
Government is an emergency or peacekeeping operations that we have 
certainly known about--should have known about--is an emergency, then 
there is something I fail to understand about that particular 
provision.
  It is a clear-cut case. Do we want to pay for it or do we not want to 
pay for it? I am not under any illusion that I am going to prevail in 
this debate. I will prevail in the debate, but lose the vote, because 
the facts are on our side.
  But there will be, I understand, some point of order raised because 
it did not come up in different committees. I am not sure the American 
people understand that. That is one way to kill this amendment that 
would pay for all the things we want to do in California, the Midwest, 
and other cases that are listed here as emergencies. So we can kill 
this on a technicality and probably will, I assume. But the point is 
the American people should understand we have an amendment to pay for 
it. It would not hurt anybody--cut down on travel of a lot of 
bureaucrats. We have a lot of video techniques. You do not have to fly 
everywhere these days. And some places they fly, they fly at the wrong 
time of the year.
  So we could save a lot of money just in travel of the Federal 
employees in Government, Federal bureaucrats in the Government who 
travel a great deal.
  So I suggest that if we want to do this, we have a way to pay for it. 
It is not totally painless, but as I said it rescinds the AID 
assistance requested in the President's letter.
  So I will be on record supporting the President here. It adopts the 
Senate-passed level for World Bank contributions, $28 million in budget 
authority, $3 million in outlays; it increases the former Soviet Union 
aid rescission. We save $108 million in budget authority and about $23 
million in outlays. The big reduction comes in Federal administrative 
expenses. That is $6 billion in budget authority, $3 billion in 
outlays; rescind voluntary peacekeeping contributions. That is $13 
million in budget authority, $9 million in outlays. And rescinds 5 
percent of the Economic Development Administration. That is $40 million 
in budget authority and only $4 million in outlays. The Loma Prieta 
highway relocation, about $315 million in budget authority and $31.5 
million in outlays.
  And again I see my colleague from California in the Chamber. If they 
can find an offset to go ahead, they should. This is certainly not an 
emergency. Nobody is going to convince me it is an emergency. But in 
any event I am prepared to vote.
  And I would just say before I yield the floor, I hope anybody who has 
an amendment will try to get them offered before we start voting at 
3:15. We have six straight votes, and that would take us well into 
4:30, 5 o'clock. The managers, Senator Hatfield and Senator Byrd, still 
need to go to conference, and it is important we complete action on 
this very important bill either late tonight or tomorrow before we 
leave for the weekend.
  Mr. PELL. Mr. President, I am opposed to this amendment's cut of $253 
million from the assistance to the New Independent States account. This 
amendment comes at a delicate point in the development of these new 
states, and it is critical that we stick to our commitments.
  I believe that in paring down our assistance, we would be sending a 
dangerous political signal to Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, and 
the other States of the former Soviet Union. Reformers in the New 
Independent States are, for the most part, facing uphill battles as 
they try to change fundamentally the way their economies and 
governments operate and as they seek consensus on arms control issues 
that are of vital importance to the United States.
  Precisely because the reformers are facing challenges to their 
agendas, our continued commitment to support their reforms becomes even 
more crucial. Reducing funding for the newly independent states would 
only confirm what the reformers in the New Independent States fear--
that the West will not support them when the going gets tough.
  Last year, President Clinton made a commitment to the emerging 
democracies that we would help to bolster their reform efforts. 
Although we were facing difficult budgetary times, the Congress fully 
funded the President's request because we recognized that helping these 
new countries is in our national interest. I believe it is still in the 
national interest to operate programs with goals that include 
supporting privatization, democratization, and the transition from a 
defense-oriented to a civilian-based economy.
  I believe that it is important to remember that our bilateral 
technical assistance does not consist of cash handouts. Rather, much of 
our aid targets private and privatizing firms, the health, energy, and 
agriculture sectors, and supports democratic development. Our programs 
support structural reforms at the grass roots level that will lay the 
foundation for further economic transformation down the road.
  It is too early to pass final judgment on the success or failure of 
our assistance program to the New Independent States. United States 
assistance efforts have, in fact, just begun, with AID launching its 
technical assistance program just over 1 year ago. Our aid efforts are 
just starting to gain some momentum and show some preliminary results. 
But real results will only be evident over the long term, and will 
require uninterrupted support. To cut back on our efforts now would 
nearly ensure that our efforts to date have been a waste. I would 
strongly urge my colleagues to stick by the commitment we have made to 
the reformers in the NIS by opposing this amendment.
  Mr. BYRD addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.


                           Amendment No. 1460

(Purpose: To direct funds previously appropriated to the Federal Bureau 
         of Investigation for certain law enforcement purposes)

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I have an amendment here that has been 
agreed to on both sides, and I send it to the desk. I ask unanimous 
consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with, that a 
statement in support of it appear in the Record, the amendment be 
agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, the purpose of this amendment is to provide 
a temporary increase in staffing levels at the FBI's Criminal Justice 
Information Services Division. Presently, the FBI has partially 
exempted the Criminal Justice Information Services Division from a 
hiring freeze, permitting the hiring of 10 people a month. At this 
rate, the Criminal Justice Information Services Division will be left 
nearly 1400 employees short of its proposed goal when its new facility 
opens and is fully equipped with the most modern computers, 
representing many millions of dollars of investment.
  The amendment does not appropriate any additional funds. Rather, it 
redirects $20 million within the funds previously appropriated to 
defray expenses for the automation of fingerprint identification 
services. The amendment would provide that the $20 million would be 
used to address the immediate critical shortages of personnel required 
to effectively staff the revitalization and relocation initiative.
  The Criminal Justice Information Services Division is the Nation's 
central clearinghouse and repository for criminal history and 
fingerprint identification records. These records are at the very core 
of our criminal justice system. The ability to identify criminals and 
to determine their prior criminal history is crucial, if violent, 
recidivist criminals are to be removed from our streets. These records 
are also necessary for support of the Brady bill and the many other 
laws and pending laws that require screening out individuals with 
certain prior criminal convictions, such as child care providers, 
airport security personnel, border security personnel and local law 
enforcement applicants. There is widespread support and recognition of 
the necessity for the revitalization of the FBI's identification 
throughout the law enforcement community. The revitalization project 
has been characterized as the single greatest increase in law 
enforcement capability since police use of the car radio. These record 
systems support all law enforcement officers, including the additional 
100,000 provided for by the ``Crime Bill''. They also contribute to 
officer safety, a necessity due to the pervasiveness of violence on our 
streets. Mr. President, it does not make sense to construct a building, 
equip it with state of the art computers, and understaff the facility 
by 1400 employees. What type of message are we sending here?
  Mr. President, I was instrumental in providing the initial $185 
million to initiate the fingerprint identification revitalization and 
relocation project. At that time, the FBI was faced with a prospect of 
the identification division's remaining in its then current deprived 
condition, with no realistic hope of upgraded technology of the ability 
to retain sufficient employees to run its obsolescent operation. Faced 
with these circumstances, the revitalization and relocation solution 
was the only reasonable answer to save the FBI's identification 
division and the jobs of more than 2500 employees. Without the 
revitalization effort, the FBI would be unable to provide the services 
required by the criminal-justice system to defeat sophisticated 
criminals attacking our Nation's infrastructure with organized drug-
trafficking, violent crime, and related criminal enterprises.
  Mr. President, anti-crime efforts must become an established 
priority. Efforts are emerging in the Congress and in the 
Administration to deal with the rampant criminal activity that abounds 
in our country. Congress is working on a Crime Bill designed to reduce 
the scourge of crime, drugs and violence which is sweeping across most 
of this country.
  Mr. President, the revitalization of the FBI's fingerprint division 
was, and remains, a priority bi-partisan concern, with the strong 
support of the current and previous OMB Directors. The Presidents of 
both parties have acknowledged the importance of the revitalization of 
the FBI's fingerprint division by designating it as a Presidential 
Priority System and including the necessary funds in Presidential 
budget requests to keep the project on schedule. The Congress has 
consistently supported the project by providing more than $400 million 
to revitalize the identification division.
  Although I applaud the overall reduction in the number of Federal 
employees, I find it contradictory to uniformly apply such reductions 
to Federal law enforcement agencies. These agencies play a key role in 
our Nation's law enforcement efforts. They provide essential training, 
intelligence, forensic services, criminal history records and 
identification services to State and local law enforcement agencies. 
They are the mainstay of numerous joint task forces that are addressing 
the problem of drugs, terrorism, and violent crime.
  The amendment I am proposing will allow this high priority initiative 
to get back on schedule by allowing the FBI to bring on board the 
necessary personnel, most of whom have already been recruited and are 
awaiting the finalization of the necessary personnel actions.
  Mr. President, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.
  So the amendment (No. 1460) was agreed to, as follows:

       On page 89, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:
       Sec.   . Of the funds made available for the purpose of 
     defraying expenses for the automation of fingerprint 
     identification services under the heading ``salaries and 
     expenses'' under the heading ``Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation'' in title I of the Departments of Commerce, 
     Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law 103-121), $20,000,000 
     shall be available (to remain available until expended) to 
     hire 500 employees to carry out the automation of fingerprint 
     identification services without regard to any employment 
     ceiling imposed by the President or by law.

  Mr. BYRD. I intend to speak on the amendment by Senator Durenberger. 
If the distinguished Senator from California wishes to speak at this 
moment, I will be glad to delay my own remarks.
  Mrs. BOXER. I am waiting very patiently, I say to the Chairman. That 
is fine.
  Mr. BYRD. I have no problem waiting. Five minutes, would that help 
the Senator?
  Mrs. BOXER. Yes, that would be fine.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I may be 
recognized following the remarks of the distinguished Senator from 
California, Mrs. Boxer.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask the Chair advise me when I have 
spoken for 5 minutes, if that would be all right.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I am very sad to rise today to say to my 
friend from Kansas, the distinguished Republican leader, that for him 
to suggest that it is not an emergency when a structure such as the 
Cypress structure has been down since that fateful day in 1989--and the 
fact is we have certain rules in California, as well we should, which 
is that we do not rebuild a structure in the same way it was before, if 
in fact in doing so it would remain a danger and a hazard to the people 
who use it.
  Mr. President, I have a picture here from the New York Times that 
shows the Cypress structure collapsing, the top deck, right onto the 
bottom deck. Forty-two people were killed. And I would say as I 
remember back to that day, that had there not been a World Series game 
scheduled that night, there would have been far more people caught on 
this freeway. Forty-two people are dead, and, yes, it is true it has 
taken time to come up with a plan that is a safe and good plan.
  The fact that we did not rush to rebuild a collapsed freeway in a way 
that may have been wrong is to the credit of the State of California.
  The new alignment of the Cypress Freeway section of Interstate 880 
will improve safety and traffic congestion in the east bay region.
  The distinguished Republican leader says, oh, they realigned it to 
get a better view. I would like to inform my friend from Kansas--and I 
think it is important that he know this--this freeway goes through one 
of the poorest communities in Oakland. We are not talking about fancy 
hillside homes here and fancy freeways. We are talking about a 
community, a community that has suffered greatly since this Cypress 
structure went down.
  Yes, the environmental impact statement took 2 years. It is in the 
law. And I really believe this amendment that the Republican leader 
wishes to offer--perhaps it will have a point of order against it. I am 
not certain of that--is detrimental to the very goal he says he shares 
with the Senator from California, and I quote him. He does not want to 
``interfere with the timely relief to Californians.''
  Everyone says that. Everyone who comes to the floor to offer these 
amendments says we do not want to interfere with timely relief. The 
bottom line is, I assure my friend, that if there was a disaster in 
Kansas, and in good faith and in good will the community came together, 
the engineers came together, the experts came together, the political 
leaders came together, both Democrats and Republicans, and it took them 
a while to come up with the safest way to rebuild that structure so it 
would not collapse again, I would be there supporting him with every 
ounce of energy I have. And I have a lot of energy. And I would be 
there by his side. I would not be standing up striking these dollars 
from this bill.
  I know that the Governor of our great State has discussed this with 
the Republican leader, and he has asked him not to move forward with 
this. I will say one thing. The Republican leader is steadfast. It did 
not matter if a Republican elected official called him or a Democrat. 
He feels it is wrong. But I would implore him to understand that this 
is not a fancy community in the hills. These are poor people in a 
devastated community. Commerce has been disrupted, the people's lives 
disrupted, and it took time so that we would not rebuild this thing in 
a way where it would collapse again. It is now a single-level 
structure. It is safer. It makes sense. I urge my colleagues to defeat 
this amendment. I yield the floor.
  Mr. DOLE addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Republican leader is recognized.
  Mr. DOLE. I wish to make it clear. I am not opposed. I am just saying 
we pay for it. I know it is a word we throw around here a lot. But I 
would like to read for the Record excerpts from an article--I did not 
write this article--which appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle of 
July 19, 1993:

       As Bay Area monuments go, the new Cypress structure in 
     Oakland won't be much to look at. . . but mile for mile the 
     2.2-mile concrete ribbon of freeway has turned into one of 
     the most expensive construction projects in Bay Area history.
       With an estimated pricetag of $695 million--

  It is going to go up to $1 billion--

     which includes the cost of about 1 mile of ramps, the new 
     East Bay connector will cost as much as two Golden Gate 
     Bridges, five Candlestick Parks or six TransAmerica Pyramid 
     towers in 1993 dollars.
       The new elevated Cypress roadway will cost about half of 
     what it cost to build the entire 800 miles of Interstate 5, 
     California's main north-south artery, which was started in 
     the late 1950's
       The new Cypress will replace the deadly double-deck freeway 
     that collapsed in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, although 
     the route will be somewhat different.
       At about $200 million per mile, the price of the new 
     freeway comes to nearly $500 per square foot. That's 200 
     times more expensive than a mile of I-5 roadway, and more 
     than three times as expensive as the standard per-foot cost 
     of building a skyscraper.
       Despite the astronomical costs of the new roadway, few 
     people are complaining--perhaps because most of the money 
     comes from Washington and is far removed from local taxpayer' 
     pockets.
       And besides, the project's millions of dollars in concrete, 
     tar and asphalt will mean a boon in business for a slew of 
     local building contractors in these recession-wracked times.
       The new Cypress also includes a number of costly political 
     and engineering goodies.
       For starters, Southern Pacific will get about 30 miles of 
     new track in return for agreeing to allow about 100 miles of 
     track to be remove from its Oakland yard.
       The U.S. Postal Service will get a new $10 million parking 
     garage, and the Oakland Fire Department will get a new 
     station.
       Plus, the project calls for relocating scores of utility 
     lines--including moving a mile-long stretch of giant East Bay 
     Municipal Utility District water pipes that are 26 feet below 
     ground.
       And there may be more. In return for signing off on the 
     project, Oakland is demanding about $2.5 million to help 
     relocate about a dozen businesses in the freeway's path.
       Engineers say a major chunk of the cost can be attributed 
     to having to build a largely elevated freeway, requiring the 
     latest in seismic reinforcement, with a complicated series of 
     interchanges.
       What's more, engineers say, the construction must be done 
     without disrupting traffic on adjacent streets and freeways, 
     something that Bill Hein, a deputy at the Metropolitan 
     Transportation Commission, says is like ``remodeling your 
     kitchen with your wife doing gourmet dinners out of there 
     every day.''
       The project manager, Hilmer Forsen, said: ``I've worked for 
     Caltrans for 35 years * * * and this thing is so much bigger 
     and more complicated than anything I've run into.''
       ``It's a real animal.''
       Preparation of the new roadway site is under way, with 
     major construction set to begin as early as January.
       Completion of the project is slated for the last summer of 
     1997.

  So again, despite all of this, despite the cost and all the other 
political goodies, engineering goodies, the Senator from Kansas is not 
trying to stand in the way of the amendment. All we have to do is pay 
for it. I know it may seem strange to some that we ought to pay for 
things. But we are not going to offset. I do not lower it down one bit. 
I just pay for it. Get it through a regular supplemental. Get it 
through a regular supplemental. That would be fine with the Senator.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the regular order, the Chair recognizes 
the Senator from West Virginia.
  Several Senators addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The regular order is to recognize the Senator 
from West Virginia.
  The Chair recognizes the Senator from West Virginia.
  Mr. DOLE. I apologize. I did not know the Senator had reserved the 
floor.
  Mr. BYRD. I do not intend to make a matter out of it. If I felt 
strongly about it, I would have called for regular order. I have no 
problem with that. I have great respect for the present occupant of the 
chair. He is a very gracious man. The Chair is supposed to enforce the 
rights of Senators, and to enforce the order that has been entered.
  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, will the Senator yield for a question? 
Will the Senator from West Virginia yield for a very brief question?
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I cannot continue to yield for very long 
because we are going to start voting at 15 after 3 p.m. today. I have a 
few things to say about some of the pending amendments because we are 
going to vote on them back to back.
  How long does the distinguished Senator from California want me to 
yield at this time?
  Mrs. BOXER. If the Senator would yield 1\1/2\ minutes, I think I can 
get my points in quickly.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent--I want the Chair to 
pay attention to this request, if it is agreed to, I ask unanimous 
consent that I be permitted to yield to the Senator from California for 
not to exceed 2 minutes, and that I retain the right to the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, will the Senator yield for a question?
  Mr. BYRD. Regular order for the moment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California [Mrs. Boxer], is 
recognized for 2 minutes.
  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I thank the distinguished Senator from 
West Virginia. I will be most brief.
  I need to respond to my friend from Kansas, the distinguished 
Republican, leader and say to him that it is interesting that he read 
an article that said this was more expensive than Interstate 5. 
Interstate 5 collapsed. That is the point. Interstate 5 collapsed in 
this last earthquake. We do not want to rebuild the Cypress Freeway the 
way Interstate 5 was built. And I agree with what Senator Warner said 
yesterday. If we go back and rebuild these structures exactly as they 
were before they fell, we are wasting taxpayers' money.
  In terms of paying for these things, let me say this: I agree with 
the Senator. I look forward to a new system where we do have a trust 
fund, where we are prepared for these dire emergencies. But to change 
the rules in the middle of an emergency like this I think is wrong. It 
is a wrong signal to people who have never really come to the 
government for help before.
  In conclusion, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to enter into 
the Record a letter from the Port of Oakland; very important, 
interested in commerce and business in support of rebuilding this 
freeway. It is essential for economic growth and stability in the 
region.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

                                              Port of Oakland,

                                                  October 5, 1993.
     Hon. Barbara Boxer,
     U.S. Senate, Washington, DC.
       Dear Senator Boxer: The Port of Oakland supports and 
     appreciates your efforts to secure $315 million in emergency 
     funding in the Senate Transportation Appropriations bill for 
     the reconstruction of the Cypress Freeway, which was 
     destroyed in the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake.
       The Port of Oakland is situated at the hub of 
     transportation in Northern California for water, air, rail 
     and freeway routes. The ability of export cargo to easily 
     reach the Port is a cornerstone of our growth. We supported 
     the immediate rebuild of this vital transportation artery, 
     but understood and supported the extensive negotiations with 
     land owners and residents for the optimum routing. We 
     participated in the design and functional offramps to route 
     traffic away from populated areas and to centralize cargo 
     traffic.
       It will be four years this month that the Port and the 
     region will have been without this critical connection. The 
     alternative routes are increasingly overburdened.
       The Port of Oakland is the fourth largest containerport in 
     the U.S., and 19th in the world. Over 90% of the 
     containerized cargo moving under the Golden Gate is handled 
     at Oakland. We are strategically situated between the 
     bustling Pacific Rim and the industrial areas of America. The 
     four year continued disruption of the transportation arteries 
     leading to the Port has definitely had a negative impact on 
     the ability of the Port to provide world class service.
       The Cypress Freeway needs to be reconstructed now. The 
     emergency funds necessary to accomplish this vital link 
     should be secured in the Senate Transportation Appropriations 
     bill now being considered.
       We strongly support your efforts to end this four year 
     delay with the negative impacts for the Port, the City of 
     Oakland, and the region.
           Sincerely,
                                               Charles R. Roberts,
                                               Executive Director.

  Mrs. BOXER. I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The regular order is that the Senator from 
West Virginia is recognized.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I call attention to the fact that the 
amendment of Mr. Dole is not included in the list of amendments that 
will be voted on back to back. There will be ample opportunity to talk 
on the amendment later if any Senator wants to talk further on it.
  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I ask the distinguished President pro 
tempore. I know we are going to vote at 3:15 p.m. He wants to speak in 
opposition. I have been tied up and unable to be at the floor until 
now. I would like to ask him if I could have 3 minutes or so in order 
to address the amendment. Then I know he will speak in opposition to 
it. But it is one of the amendments we are voting on.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I yield 3 minutes, for not to exceed 3 
minutes. I do not control the time. I yield for not to exceed 3 minutes 
with my rights protected to the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Massachusetts is recognized for 3 minutes.
  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I thank my friend from West Virginia.


                           amendment no. 1452

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, Senator Bradley, Senator Feingold, Senator 
Lautenberg, Senator Bumpers, and I and others join together in offering 
an amendment, a rescission amendment, that cuts $43 billion over 5 
years; $3 billion this year. We are looking for a way to fund what we 
are about to spend. We offer that. But more importantly, what we have 
offered to the Senate is an opportunity to register our votes for real 
choices, for a set of choices that reflect what the American people 
would really like to be spending their money on as opposed to being 
forced to spend it by the continuation of programs that the President 
has asked to have cut; that the National Academy of Sciences boards 
have said are worthless; that most of the evaluations say are wasteful.
  There are nine programs in our amendment that the President has 
specifically asked us to cut and that he proposes in his budget be cut.
  There are, in addition to that, programs that we suggest do not 
reflect an appropriate judgment when you are choosing between things 
that we ought to be doing versus things we would like to do or things 
that need something by perhaps one single district in a State but are 
not within the national priorities of the country.
  If we are cutting low income energy assistance to people, as we are 
being asked to, if he were cutting education funds in certain areas, if 
we are cutting or do not have sufficient funds for drug treatment, if 
he were struggling to find money for adequate prison construction or 
cops in the street, how can we possibly void those choices in favor of 
continuing programs that for instance fund a whole set of USDA field 
offices that do not reflect the needs of the agricultural community of 
this country?
  I respectfully say to my colleagues, I cannot go into all of the 
cuts. They are in front of everybody. We can make judgments about them. 
But with this amendment there are no gimmicks, no tricks. We do not 
double count. There is no accounting chicanery. We do not include 
health care. We do not include the 252,000 people that we are going to 
cut that are already spoken for the crime program.
  We have a straight program for program cuts, cutting items that we 
have spent months looking at and making judgments about based on the 
best assessments of our budgeteers at CBO, the GAO, and of other 
individual entities and agencies and individuals who have made 
judgments about this budget.
  I would respectfully suggest that each and every one of these systems 
that we cut, or each would be one of these programs that we cut, is a 
reflection of the best judgment of most of those looking hard at the 
budget today.
  And it underscores the great distinction: Do we need to be spending 
this money? Should we be spending this money, or are there better 
things that we ought to be putting this money to? I respectfully submit 
to my colleagues that every one of these items withstands the test and 
is an item that we do not need to be spending on and we would be far 
better off cutting to reduce the deficit or to spend on those items we 
ought to be cutting. I thank the Senator from West Virginia and yield 
whatever time remains.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, the amendment offered by the Senator from 
Massachusetts would reduce the fiscal year 1994 budget for national 
defense by nearly $4 billion.
  Members ought to recall that Congress already reduced the Defense 
Department budget in 1994 by more than $18 billion. Moreover, in each 
year for the past 10 years Congress has cut the funds provided for 
defense. We have already cut defense spending drastically.
  The bill before the Senate already rescinds more than $900 million 
from the Department of Defense reductions. That will tax the ability of 
the Department of Defense to meet its base closure requirements. 
Cutting another $4 billion is simply unwise and insupportable. I oppose 
it, and I hope that the Senate will either vote the amendment down or 
vote to table the amendment, whichever motion is voted on by the 
Senate.
  Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, last night the Senator from 
Massachusetts [Mr. Kerry] offered an amendment designed to save over 
$40 billion over the next 5 years. I am proud to be a cosponsor of that 
amendment.
  The amendment was the product of a lengthy and at times heated 
discussion between a number of Senators. None of us, if acting on our 
own, would have put every item in the amendment on our own personal 
list of cuts. All of us, if acting on our own, would have added at 
least a few more programs to the list. But we agreed to act together, 
to find some common ground and use some common sense in a serious 
effort to actually reduce the deficit.
  We agreed to do a few other things as well: to avoid counting savings 
which had already been claimed in other legislation and avoid taking 
savings which need to be claimed to finance health care reform. We also 
agreed that all our cuts would be real and specific, scored by the 
Congressional Budget Office.
  Some of the cuts were made because we believe the programs are no 
longer justified or, in a few cases, have been so badly managed or 
designed that they simply waste the money that the American people pay 
in taxes. But many more cuts were made on a much difficult basis: the 
programs, while justified and effective, simply were not high 
priorities. In an age of $200 billion deficits and over $4 trillion 
debt, we simply cannot afford to do all the things we want. We cannot 
even afford to do all the things we ought to do. We can barely afford 
to do all the things we need to do.
  Mr. President, I have the pleasure of serving on the Appropriation 
Committee and chairing the Transportation Subcommittee. I have some 
sense of the number of requests that Senators make for programs and 
projects. I have an even better sense of how our ability to meet those 
requests is constrained. We have to set some priorities. We have to 
make some decisions. We cannot continue to try to do everything.
  The package that Senator Kerry and I and others have put together is, 
we believe, balanced. It does not only cut Defense programs which have 
become obsolete in the wake of the cold war; it also targets domestic 
programs which no longer are justified.
  Now, Mr. President, I know that it is easy to justify a vote against 
this amendment because you do not agree that we ought to cut this 
program or that one. But we have to make some on-balance judgements 
here, Mr. President. We have to look at the whole instead of just a few 
of the parts. That is what we have done in constructing this package. 
And that, I hope, is what Members will do when they vote on it.
  But let me close on this note, Mr. President. If this package 
amendment is defeated, we will bring the individual pieces back when 
the Senate considers the appropriation bills later this year. One way 
or another, as a whole or in parts, we have to make additional cuts in 
spending. The American people want it. Fiscal reality requires it. And 
economic growth depends on it.
  Mr. DeCONCINI. Mr. President, the Kerry amendment includes a $1 
billion cut in fiscal year 1994 and $5 billion over the next 5 years 
from intelligence activities.
  President Clinton has pledged to reduce intelligence spending by $7 
billion over the next 5 years. As chairman of the Intelligence 
Committee, I fully support the President's commitment to further 
reductions. In fact, I have lead the effort that has already reduced 
intelligence spending in fiscal years' 1993 and 1994 by nearly $3.5 
billion over President Bush and Clinton's budget requests.
  Last year I was able to put the votes together in the Intelligence 
Committee for a $1.2 billion reduction in fiscal year 1994 intelligence 
spending. The Senate appropriaters cut an additional $100 million from 
the President's intelligence request.
  Senator Kerry supported my reduction in committee and offered no 
amendment in the committee or on the floor to cut deeper.
  I continue to believe today that last year's intelligence cut was as 
deep as the intelligence community can withstand during its post-cold-
war transition. I have continually told Jim Woolsey--I'm sure more than 
he wants to hear--that the intelligence community must downsize and 
reduce duplication and its infrastructure.
  To his credit, Jim Woolsey is doing a good job to maintain a balance 
between reducing the intelligence budget and maintaining adequate 
capabilities to meet the community's critical role of supporting 
policymakers and war fighters.
  Overall, intelligence resources have been reduced in real terms more 
than 13 percent compared with 1989 appropriations. In addition to 
funding cuts, Congress has already levied an across-the-board personnel 
cut of 17.5 percent in all intelligence agencies by 1997. The 
administration has increased the personnel cut to 23 percent by 1999.
  Yes, the world has changed. We no longer face the same sort of threat 
to our survival that we faced during the cold war.
  But the world remains a dangerous place and an uncertain place. We 
continue to face challenges to our Nation's interests all around the 
world. You have only to read the newspapers.
  The recent developments in Russia demonstrate what a fragile 
political situation still exists in that country.
  There are still nuclear weapons out there which are targetted against 
the United States and whose control we worry about. There are countries 
not friendly to us which seem bent upon developing their own weapons of 
mass destruction. We still face the possibility that U.S. military 
forces might be deployed around the globe to accomplish a variety of 
missions. We no longer seem immune from acts of terrorism in the United 
States and the scourge of narcotics has hardly abated.
  We have to stay ready. It makes no sense for us to close our eyes and 
ears to developments around the world which could ultimately save U.S. 
lives and resources.
  The Intelligence Committee has taken a long hard look at what we are 
spending on intelligence. We have attempted to strike a balance between 
the need to reduce the deficit and the need to maintain an adequate 
capability.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator will state the inquiry.
  Mr. BYRD. Under the order entered previously, does the Senate begin 
voting at the hour of 3:15 p.m.?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.
  Mr. BYRD. Would the Chair kindly state the amendments that will be 
voted on ad seriatim?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The first amendment will be amendment No. 
1444, offered by the Senator from Colorado [Mr. Brown]; the second will 
be amendment No. 1445, offered by the Senator from Alaska [Mr. 
Murkowski]; the third will be amendment No. 1452, offered by the 
Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Kerry]; the fourth will be amendment 
No. 1453, offered by the Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. Feingold]; the 
fifth will be amendment No. 1454, offered by the Senator from Minnesota 
[Mr. Durenberger]; the sixth will be amendment No. 1456, offered by the 
Senator from Arizona [Mr. McCain].
  Mr. BYRD. I thank the Chair.
  Mr. President, a point of order has been made and will be considered 
at the time the amendment by Mr. Durenberger is reached on the list.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia is correct. 
That will be the case under a previous order.
  Mr. BYRD. In the event that points of order are made against other 
amendments on the list, such points of order have not been waived by 
virtue of the majority leader's request; am I correct?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.


                           amendment no. 1444

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, this is on the amendment by Mr. Brown.
  Mr. President, the Senate Appropriations Committee bill includes 
$12.4 billion in requested funds to pay the cost of converting 
thousands of computer tapes to a readable format. This expense is in 
response to numerous Federal court orders and appellate decisions--
Armstrong versus Executive Office of the President.
  The funds are fully paid for through a transfer from the Air Force 
and a reduction in IRS tax system modernization. The funding is not 
designated as an emergency. The Armstrong case originated in 1989 when 
private citizens requested, through the Freedom of Information Act, 
access to National Security Council e-mail, including Oliver North's, 
as well as other EOP agencies. The court determined that the Executive 
Office of the President had to maintain, preserve, and make accessible, 
in a readable form, such e-mail back-up tapes.
  This supplemental provides the resources to make the tape conversion 
mandated by the court.
  I have a more detailed history, which I ask unanimous consent to be 
printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

   Supplemental Expenditures Associated With Resolution of Armstrong 
             versus Executive Office of the President (EOP)

       In January 1989, a group of plaintiffs brought suit against 
     the Archivist and various EOP agencies--including the Office 
     of Administration and the National Security Council--alleging 
     that the defendants were improperly disposing of government 
     records contained on EOP electronic mail (``e-mail'') 
     systems.
       Shortly thereafter, the Federal District Court entered an 
     order requiring the defendants to preserve backup tapes of 
     existing e-mail systems.
       The government sought appellate review of certain aspects 
     of the district court's ruling. The appeal was still 
     unresolved at the end of the Bush Administration, and the 
     court once again ordered the preservation of backup tapes. 
     Pursuant to these orders thousands of backup tapes were 
     preserved.
       In January 1993, the district court ruled that the 
     defendants' record keeping standards were ``arbitrary,'' 
     ``capricious'' and ``unreasonable.'' Related orders further 
     required that the EOP continue to preserve backup tapes for 
     its e-mail systems until defendants had disseminated 
     satisfactory ``guidance'' concerning e-mail records 
     management. The EOP agencies promulgated new guidance in May 
     1993, which again failed the district court's standards. 
     While the government appealed the district court's ruling to 
     the Court of Appeals, it was required to continue to maintain 
     backup tapes of e-mail messages.
       In August 1993, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals 
     definitively ruled that the EOP had failed to properly 
     provide for the management of its e-mail messages as 
     electronic records under the Federal Records Act. In order to 
     address some of the concerns identified by the courts, and in 
     an effort to resolve certain aspects of the litigation, the 
     government has pursued the following course of action:
       1. The parties have entered into settlement negotiations in 
     an effort to arrive at mutually acceptable records keeping 
     guidance;
       2. The Administration undertook to put in place an 
     electronic records management system that would ensure that 
     an accurate historical record of the e-mail associated with 
     the Clinton Administration is adequately preserved, managed 
     and available for public disclosure.
       3. In light of the inadequate preservation of the e-mail 
     messages during the previous administrations, the EOP has 
     initiated the complex process of recapturing the voluminous 
     records that were preserved on systems backup tapes during 
     the pendency of the litigation. These systems backup tapes--
     which in themselves are not capable of being preserved, 
     managed or read--require conversion and proper disposition by 
     the Archivist and the EOP agencies.
       The Supplemental Appropriation requests funds for the 
     conversion of the thousands of accumulated backup tapes to 
     readable format in order to provide for proper disposition of 
     the records contained on those tapes. In addition, funds are 
     requested for the acquisition and installation or a records 
     management system sufficient to insure continued compliance 
     with the Federal Records Act and related legislation.

  Mr. BROWN addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair recognizes the Senator from Colorado 
[Mr. Brown].
  Mr. BROWN. Thank you, Mr. President.
  With regard to the Brown amendment, which will be the first one that 
is voted on, it deals with the amount appropriated for the White House. 
That level is one in which President Clinton had recommended a 25-
percent cut.
  As you know, and I think Members of this body are well aware, instead 
of cutting the White House--it did not receive the 25-percent cut that 
the President had talked about--as a matter of fact, there was an 
increase in funds.
  What is included in this bill right now is an additional increase of 
$7 million. At least in this Senator's mind, it is not an emergency. It 
does, indeed, relate, as has been mentioned on the floor, to the 
Armstrong case. But that Armstrong case came down almost 2 years ago. 
It came down in the spring of 1992. To suggest that it is sudden or 
urgent or unexpected, I do not believe squares with the facts in the 
case.
  The reality is, this matter should be and is included, I believe, in 
the normal appropriations. To suggest that, instead of a 25-percent 
cut, you are not going to get any cut but an increase, to me, is the 
height of irresponsibility.


                       vote on amendment no. 1444

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the hour of 3:15 
having arrived, the question is on agreeing to amendment No. 1444, 
offered by the Senator from Colorado [Mr. Brown].
  The yeas and nays have been ordered and the clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Bradley] 
is necessarily absent.
  Mr. SIMPSON. I announce that the Senator from Missouri [Mr. 
Danforth], the Senator from Minnesota [Mr. Durenberger], the Senator 
from Texas [Mrs. Hutchison] and the Senator from Oregon [Mr. Packwood] 
are necessarily absent.
  The result was announced--yeas 44, nays 51, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 37 Leg.]

                                YEAS--44

     Bennett
     Bond
     Brown
     Burns
     Chafee
     Coats
     Cochran
     Cohen
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     Dole
     Domenici
     Faircloth
     Gorton
     Gramm
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hatch
     Helms
     Jeffords
     Kassebaum
     Kempthorne
     Kerrey
     Kohl
     Lieberman
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McCain
     McConnell
     Metzenbaum
     Murkowski
     Nickles
     Pressler
     Roth
     Shelby
     Simpson
     Smith
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thurmond
     Wallop
     Warner

                                NAYS--51

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Boren
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Conrad
     Daschle
     DeConcini
     Dodd
     Dorgan
     Exon
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Glenn
     Graham
     Harkin
     Hatfield
     Heflin
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Johnston
     Kennedy
     Kerry
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Mathews
     Mikulski
     Mitchell
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murray
     Nunn
     Pell
     Pryor
     Reid
     Riegle
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Sarbanes
     Sasser
     Simon
     Wellstone
     Wofford

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Bradley
     Danforth
     Durenberger
     Hutchison
     Packwood
  So, the amendment (No. 1444) was rejected.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the 
amendment was rejected, and I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.


                           Amendment No. 1445

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question now is on agreeing to amendment 
No. 1445 offered by the Senator from Alaska.
  Mr. BOREN addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma.
  Mr. BOREN. Mr. President, the pending Murkowski amendment addresses 
the process by which Congress establishes mandatory ceilings on 
appropriations bills and, thus, contains matters within the 
jurisdiction of the Budget Committee under the standing order on the 
referral of the budget process legislation.
  As the underlying bill has not been reported by the Budget Committee, 
I raise a point of order that the pending Murkowski amendment violates 
section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I move to waive the Budget Act and ask for 
the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question occurs on the motion to waive the 
Budget Act with respect to the Murkowski amendment No. 1445. The yeas 
and nays have been ordered.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Bradley], 
is necessarily absent.
  Mr. SIMPSON. I announce that the Senator from Missouri [Mr. 
Danforth], the Senator from Minnesota [Mr. Durenberger], the Senator 
from Texas [Mrs. Hutchison], and the Senator from Oregon [Mr. Packwood] 
are necessarily absent.
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 37, nays 58, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 38 Leg.]

                                YEAS--37

     Bennett
     Bond
     Brown
     Burns
     Chafee
     Coats
     Cochran
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     Dole
     Domenici
     Faircloth
     Gorton
     Gramm
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hatch
     Helms
     Kassebaum
     Kempthorne
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McCain
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Nickles
     Pressler
     Roth
     Shelby
     Simpson
     Smith
     Stevens
     Thurmond
     Wallop
     Warner

                                NAYS--58

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Boren
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Cohen
     Conrad
     Daschle
     DeConcini
     Dodd
     Dorgan
     Exon
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Glenn
     Graham
     Harkin
     Hatfield
     Heflin
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnston
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Mathews
     Metzenbaum
     Mikulski
     Mitchell
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murray
     Nunn
     Pell
     Pryor
     Reid
     Riegle
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Sarbanes
     Sasser
     Simon
     Specter
     Wellstone
     Wofford

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Bradley
     Danforth
     Durenberger
     Hutchison
     Packwood
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote the yeas are 37, and the nays are 
58. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having 
voted in the affirmative, the motion is rejected.
  The Chair, therefore, rules that the amendment contains subject 
matter within the jurisdiction of the Budget Committee and was offered 
to a bill that has not been reported by that committee. The point of 
order is sustained, and the amendment is rejected.


                         vote on amendment 1452

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question occurs now on amendment number 
1452 offered by the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Kerry]. On this 
question, the yeas and nays have been ordered, and the clerk will call 
the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Bradley] 
is necessarily absent.
  Mr. SIMPSON. I announce that the Senator from Missouri [Mr. 
Danforth], the Senator from Minnesota [Mr. Durenberger], the Senator 
from Texas [Mrs. Hutchison], and the Senator from Oregon [Mr. Packwood] 
are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Wellstone). Are there any other Senators 
in the Chamber who desire to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 20, nays 75, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 39 Leg.]

                                YEAS--20

     Boren
     Bumpers
     Conrad
     Dorgan
     Feingold
     Grassley
     Harkin
     Hatfield
     Hollings
     Jeffords
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Metzenbaum
     Pell
     Pryor
     Wellstone
     Wofford

                                NAYS--75

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Brown
     Bryan
     Burns
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Coats
     Cochran
     Cohen
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     Daschle
     DeConcini
     Dodd
     Dole
     Domenici
     Exon
     Faircloth
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Glenn
     Gorton
     Graham
     Gramm
     Gregg
     Hatch
     Heflin
     Helms
     Inouye
     Johnston
     Kassebaum
     Kempthorne
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Lieberman
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     Mathews
     McCain
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Mitchell
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nickles
     Nunn
     Pressler
     Reid
     Riegle
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Roth
     Sarbanes
     Sasser
     Shelby
     Simon
     Simpson
     Smith
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thurmond
     Wallop
     Warner

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Bradley
     Danforth
     Durenberger
     Hutchison
     Packwood
  So, the amendment (No. 1452) was rejected.
  Mr. DeCONCINI. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. FEINGOLD. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.


                           amendment no. 1453

  Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, I rise to support this amendment.
  The issue before the Senate today is not whether we support our 
troops. Of course we do. And of course we should provide funds to cover 
the cost of these operations. All this amendment says is that we ought 
not do it by adding $1.2 billion to the deficit; instead, we should 
find the resources within the Pentagon's existing $260 billion budget 
to pay the bills.
  Mr. President, the real issue before the Senate today is whether the 
Defense Department should be subject to the same fiscal rules and 
constraints as all other agencies in the Federal Government. I believe 
it should be.
  The Defense Department should have anticipated that it would need to 
pay these $1.2 billion in bills and budgeted accordingly. But it 
didn't. It is unfair to ask the American taxpayers to excuse the 
Pentagon's mistakes by adding another $1.2 billion to the deficit.
  Mr. President, the criteria used by the Office of Management and 
Budget to determine whether spending qualifies for an emergency 
designation--and subsequently can be added to the deficit--are clear. 
One is that the expenditure be sudden--quickly coming into being, not 
building up over time. Another is that it be unforeseen--not 
predictable or seen beforehand as a coming need.
  The $1.2 billion in new spending included in this bill for the 
Pentagon doesn't meet these criteria by any stretch of the imagination. 
All of the military operations in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and in Iraq 
were underway at the time Congress considered the budget last 
September. We've been in Somalia for over a year. Operation Provide 
Comfort for the Kurdish people living in Iraq has been underway for 
nearly 3 years, having begun in April 1991, and we've been enforcing 
the no-fly zone in southern Iraq since August 26, 1992. With respect to 
Haiti, the Governors' Island Agreement was signed July 3, 1993. Under 
that agreement, the U.N. and OAS agreed to monitor compliance, and 
President Clinton agreed to send 350 engineers. On October 6, 1993, the 
initial United States contingent landed in Haiti. Five days later, one 
of our Navy ships transporting the bulk of the engineers was turned 
around.
  As you can see, all of these operations have been ongoing for some 
time. They cannot be called sudden or unforeseen. That we would 
ultimately need to pay bills should have been very predictable.
  Mr. President, we need to bring order and consistency to the military 
budget process. The Pentagon should not get in the habit of asking for 
supplemental, new deficit spending to pay the bills for all oveseas 
operations. Clearly, there will be times when we will have 
unanticipated costs. But the Pentagon needs to do a better job 
anticipating the costs for overseas operations. The Pentagon needs to 
be subject to the same budgetary discipline as every other agency in 
the Federal Government.
  We fund the Department of Defense to ensure that our military will be 
prepared to defend our interests should the Commander in Chief and the 
Congress believe it is justified. Yet, our military budget planners 
seem to act as if those funds are only designed to buy equipment and 
train personnel--not use the equipment or deploy the people.
  Mr. President, the United States humanitarian, peacekeeping, and 
peace enforcing operations in Bosnia, Somalia, Haiti, and Iraq are 
worthy efforts. Our military is doing a superb job, and they deserve 
our support. We need to ensure that our military personnel are 
adequately trained for the challenges ahead. We need to guarantee that 
our readiness will be top-notch. Continually asking the Congress to 
provide supplemental funds to pay these bills is the wrong way to reach 
these goals. The path to success in readiness is through sound 
budgeting.
  Mr. President, this amendment is fiscally responsible, it is good 
public policy, and I urge my colleagues to support it.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question occurs on amendment No. 1453 
offered by the Senator from Wisconsin [Mr. Feingold].
  The yeas and nays have been ordered.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Bradley] 
is necessarily absent.
  Mr. SIMPSON. I announce that the Senator from Missouri [Mr. 
Danforth], the Senator from Minnesota [Mr. Durenberger], the Senator 
from Texas [Mrs. Hutchison], and the Senator from Oregon [Mr. Packwood] 
are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 19, nays 76, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 40 Leg.]

                                YEAS--19

     Bingaman
     Boxer
     Brown
     DeConcini
     Dorgan
     Feingold
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Harkin
     Hatfield
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Lautenberg
     Mathews
     Metzenbaum
     Sasser
     Simon
     Wellstone
     Wofford

                                NAYS--76

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bond
     Boren
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Burns
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Coats
     Cochran
     Cohen
     Conrad
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     Daschle
     Dodd
     Dole
     Domenici
     Exon
     Faircloth
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Glenn
     Gorton
     Graham
     Gramm
     Hatch
     Heflin
     Helms
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnston
     Kassebaum
     Kempthorne
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McCain
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Mitchell
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nickles
     Nunn
     Pell
     Pressler
     Pryor
     Reid
     Riegle
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Roth
     Sarbanes
     Shelby
     Simpson
     Smith
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thurmond
     Wallop
     Warner

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Bradley
     Danforth
     Durenberger
     Hutchison
     Packwood
  So the amendment (No. 1453) was rejected.
  Mr. EXON. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. INOUYE. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.


                           amendment no. 1454

  Mr. BYRD addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Lieberman). The Senator from West Virginia 
is recognized.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I address the following remarks to the 
amendment by Mr. Durenberger, in connection with which the Senate will 
be voting soon. I hope the Senate will not support that amendment by 
Mr. Durenberger. It is an attempt to set up a procedure whereby the 
executive branch would reserve in the disaster relief fund an amount 
they determine would be necessary to fund the average annual amount 
expended for disaster relief during the preceding 5 years.
  The problem with this approach is that it would supersede the present 
process for handling emergencies that was negotiated after lengthy 
discussions during the 1990 budget summit and is incorporated in the 
budget of 1990. In so doing, the pending amendment would take away from 
discretionary spending the amount that would be reserved in this newly 
established trust fund. This would mean that we would have literally 
billions of dollars less to spend on discretionary spending, including 
defense, over the coming years if this amendment were agreed to. The 
reason is that this amendment would separate out billions of dollars 
that will be required for natural disasters and other emergencies and 
not allow those funds to be used for any other purpose.
  Whatever amounts were determined by the executive branch to go into 
the disaster relief trust fund would be taken away from the 
discretionary caps each year. As all Senators are aware, those caps are 
extremely binding, extremely tight, extremely constrained. The 
committee, agreeing by amendment in the markup of this, recognized that 
disasters and other emergency funding needs have grown dramatically 
over the past several years. It is for that reason that my amendment, 
cosponsored by Senators Inouye, Hatfield, and Stevens, would establish 
a bipartisan task force to examine the history of funding natural 
disasters and make recommendations to the Senate prior to the convening 
of the 104th Congress on better ways to provide these essential 
appropriations in the future, without at the same time throwing our 
deficit reduction goals out the window.
  So I urge my colleagues not to support this amendment. I intend to 
make a point of order against it, and I hope the point of order will be 
sustained.
  The pending amendment would create a new trust fund and exclude the 
outlays from that trust fund from being taken into account for the 
purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Balanced Budget 
Act, or Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Under section 306 of the 
Congressional Budget Act, it is not in order to consider an amendment 
dealing with matters under the jurisdiction of the Budget Committee 
unless such an amendment is offered to a measure reported from that 
committee. The pending bill was not reported from the Budget Committee 
and therefore a point of order lies.
  Mr. President, I shall now make the point of order, and I ask 
unanimous consent that the Chair not rule on it until the Senate 
reaches the amendment's place on the list previously entered under the 
majority leader's order. I make the point of order against the 
amendment for violating section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act.


                 vote in relation to amendment no. 1454

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Republican leader.
  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Durenberger, I move to 
waive the Budget Act for consideration of the Durenberger amendment, 
and I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. I do not believe the minority leader could be 
heard. There will be order in the Chamber.
  Mr. DOLE. I thank the Chair.
  Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Durenberger, I move to waive the 
Budget Act for consideration of the Durenberger amendment, and I ask 
for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Feingold). The question is on agreeing to 
the motion of the Senator from Kansas to waive the Budget Act for the 
consideration of amendment No. 1454.
  The yeas and nays have been ordered.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Bradley] 
is necessarily absent.
  Mr. SIMPSON. I announce that the Senator from Missouri [Mr. 
Danforth], the Senator from Minnesota [Mr. Durenberger], the Senator 
from Texas [Mrs. Hutchison], and the Senator from Oregon [Mr. Packwood] 
are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
who desire to vote?
  The result was announced, yeas 41, nays 54, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 41 Leg.]

                                YEAS--41

     Bennett
     Bond
     Brown
     Burns
     Chafee
     Coats
     Cochran
     Cohen
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     DeConcini
     Dole
     Faircloth
     Gorton
     Gramm
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hatch
     Hollings
     Jeffords
     Kassebaum
     Kempthorne
     Kohl
     Lott
     Mathews
     McCain
     McConnell
     Metzenbaum
     Murkowski
     Pressler
     Roth
     Sasser
     Shelby
     Simpson
     Smith
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thurmond
     Wallop
     Warner

                                NAYS--54

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Boren
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Conrad
     Daschle
     Dodd
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Exon
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Glenn
     Graham
     Harkin
     Hatfield
     Heflin
     Helms
     Inouye
     Johnston
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lugar
     Mack
     Mikulski
     Mitchell
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murray
     Nickles
     Nunn
     Pell
     Pryor
     Reid
     Riegle
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Sarbanes
     Simon
     Wellstone
     Wofford

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Bradley
     Danforth
     Durenberger
     Hutchison
     Packwood
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there are no other Senators wishing to 
vote, on this vote, the yeas are 41, the nays are 54.
  Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted 
in the affirmative, the motion is rejected.
  The amendment contains subject matter within the jurisdiction of the 
Budget Committee that was offered to the bill which has not been 
reported by that committee. The point of order is sustained, and the 
amendment falls.


                           Amendment No. 1456

  Mr. BYRD. Senator McCain's amendment would take away from States over 
$1.7 billion in funds provided through the ISTEA legislation and 
another $488 million which has been provided to States through annual 
appropriations. The $1.7 billion proposed for rescission is not within 
the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Committee. These are funds 
provided over the life of the ISTEA legislation for specific projects 
in all 50 States.
  Senator McCain's amendment would pull the rug out from the States 
that have been planning to use this money this year or in the near 
future. In many cases, States have conducted the necessary 
environmental impact statements, site planning preparation, and 
preliminary engineering studies, and are ready to go to construction.
  In other words, States have in many cases invested a significant 
amount of either their own resources or Federal resources to be ready 
to obligate the highway construction dollars. Many of the projects that 
would lose money on the McCain amendment were planning to go to 
construction as early as the upcoming spring construction season.
  To withdraw this money at this time would not only be disruptive to a 
State's construction plans but would waste the resources already 
invested in these projects. States cannot immediately go to 
construction when they receive Federal dollars for a project. There is 
a long and complex permitting process that must be complied with, such 
as holding public hearings and obtaining necessary permits, often to 
comply with Federal regulations, and 2 years go by before a shovel can 
be put into the ground.
  Senator McCain's amendment assumes that these projects are not under 
construction. In many cases what the Federal listing failed to 
recognize was that the projects were under construction but had been 
going forward using State funds. It also fails to recognize that, under 
the Federal regulations, the State cannot obligate Federal highway 
funds until all of the resources necessary to complete a usable segment 
are in hand.
  Mr. President, I hope that the Senate will not adopt the amendment. A 
motion to table may be offered at the time, in which case I hope the 
Senate will vote to table the amendment.
  I ask unanimous consent that there be printed in the Record a U.S. 
Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration list of the 
ISTEA projects that are proposed for rescission, and the appropriated 
projects that are proposed for rescission, and the total proposed 
rescission for each State on the list.
  There being no objection, the list was ordered to be printed in the 
Record,  as follows:

                        U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION                        
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                             Appropriated                       
                        State                            ISTA proposed         proposed         Total proposed  
                                                          rescission          rescission          rescission    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama.............................................         21,166,624   ..................         21,166,624 
American Samoa......................................          1,030,400   ..................          1,030,400 
Arizona.............................................          4,777,600          21,554,862          26,342,462 
Arkansas............................................         81,080,208           9,850,357          90,930,565 
California..........................................        132,475,367          13,030,000         145,505,267 
Colorado............................................          1,299,200   ..................          1,299,200 
Connecticut.........................................          3,741,730   ..................          3,741,730 
District of Columbia................................          9,727,200   ..................          9,727,200 
Florida.............................................         72,156,530          18,154,396          90,310,926 
Georgia.............................................         27,494,435           7,997,401          35,491,836 
Hawaii..............................................          2,688,000           5,560,000           8,248,000 
Idaho...............................................         22,207,997   ..................         22,207,997 
Illinois............................................         96,366,368           1,928,530          98,294,898 
Indiana.............................................         37,706,930          31,168,897          68,875,877 
Iowa................................................          9,261,510          21,846,723          31,108,233 
Kansas..............................................         25,567,368          22,125,880          47,693,248 
Kentucky............................................         29,498,889           8,750,000          38,248,889 
Louisiana...........................................         31,219,680             600,000          31,819,680 
Maine...............................................         14,532,947   ..................         14,532,947 
Maryland............................................          4,256,000          25,966,667          30,222,667 
Massachusetts.......................................          2,613,200           5,939,303           8,582,503 
Michigan............................................         27,916,809           8,023,000          35,939,809 
Minnesota...........................................         45,866,498   ..................         45,866,498 
Mississippi.........................................         11,851,649           3,220,000          15,071,649 
Missouri............................................         49,978,176             680,000          50,658,176 
Montana.............................................          6,953,485           3,200,000          10,153,485 
Nebraska............................................         10,941,120           2,640,000          13,581,120 
Nevada..............................................         24,737,029           1,331,280          26,068,309 
New Jersey..........................................         36,621,726          36,566,872          73,188,598 
New Mexico..........................................          3,887,149           5,010,191           8,897,340 
New York............................................        119,571,386          53,286,509         172,857,895 
North Carolina......................................          9,838,400   ..................          9,838,400 
North Dakota........................................          5,394,780   ..................          5,394,730 
N. Hampshire........................................          9,235,133           6,656,413          15,891,546 
Ohio................................................         66,489,920           7,550,000          74,039,920 
Oklahoma............................................         11,083,520           6,722,367          17,805,887 
Oregon..............................................         11,558,400           3,488,333          15,046,733 
Pennsylvania........................................        319,843,651          38,892,158         358,735,809 
Rhode Island........................................         10,930,132   ..................         10,930,132 
South Carolina......................................  ..................  ..................  ..................
South Dakota........................................          1,612,800           3,295,000           1,908,800 
Tennessee...........................................         29,925,884   ..................         29,925,884 
Texas...............................................         68,536,170          16,610,125          85,146,295 
Utah................................................          3,110,660          11,400,000          14,510,660 
Various.............................................            448,000   ..................            448,000 
Vermont.............................................          7,570,400             729,413           8,299,813 
Virgin Islands......................................          4,154,800   ..................          4,154,800 
Virginia............................................         49,313,500           4,950,000          54,263,600 
Washington..........................................          6,095,648   ..................          6,095,648 
West Virginia.......................................        132,032,597          71,850,996         203,833,593 
Wisconsin...........................................            672,000          10,199,867          10,871,867 
Wyoming.............................................          5,732,600   ..................          5,732,600 
                                                     -----------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal......................................      1,722,802,255         490,786,540       2,213,588,795 
Less: Obligations anticipated through February 7,                                                               
 1994...............................................         (1,532,255)         (2,338,985)         (3,871,240)
                                                     -----------------------------------------------------------
      Total.........................................      1,721,270,000        (488,447,555)      2,209,717,555 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: Amounts are unobligated balances as of January 10, 1994.                                                  


  Mr. BYRD. I hope that Senators, in voting, will review this list so 
that each Senator may see precisely how much moneys will be rescinded 
from his State's projects before he votes.


                        wise rescission proposal

  Mr. GRAHAM. Mr. President, I am pleased to support the amendment 
offered by the Senator from Arizona [Mr. McCain]. This amendment would 
rescind highway demonstration projects which have not begun 
construction. The list, submitted by President Clinton as part of the 
1995 budget, totals over $2.2 billion.
  Each dollar which is spent on a demonstration project is taken either 
from deficit reduction or from a rational allocation process which 
awards highway funds based on their merits.
  This Nation has tremendous infrastructure needs, and our annual 
transportation appropriations cannot come close to meeting those needs. 
Fortunately, most Federal highway money is distributed according to a 
thorough planning process by which States and metropolitan areas 
prioritize their projects and proceed only with those that top the 
priority list. In every State and community, high-priority projects go 
unfunded for a lack of money.
  Given these severe constraints, we simply cannot afford to divert 
Federal funds to the pet projects of Members of Congress. Very few so-
called demonstration projects actually can justify the label of 
demonstrating anything at all other than that one or more Member of 
Congress was successful in inserting funding for them into a piece of 
legislation.
  Mr. President, I have an article from the February 6 Orlando Sentinel 
which is an excellent analysis of this issue. The article, written by 
Mr. Sean Holton, outlines the history of congressional transportation 
earmarks and documents their rise in number throughout the last decade. 
It is my hope that the epilog to the story will be the adoption of the 
McCain amendment, rescinding funding for $2.2 billion in projects which 
have yet even to begin construction.
  I ask unanimous consent that the text of Mr. Holton's article be 
printed in the Record following my remarks and urge my colleagues to 
support the amendment.
  There being no objection, the article was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

               [From the Orlando Sentinel, Feb. 6, 1994]

             Special Highway Projects Bring Home the Bacon

                            (By Sean Holton)

       Washington.--They are called ``highway demonstration 
     projects,'' but the main thing they demonstrate is the power 
     of the pork-barrel kings of Congress.
       If you live near a place like Altoona, Pa., you might think 
     of these projects as manna from heaven. If you live someplace 
     else--Florida, say--you might call them highway robbery.
       Since 1987, demonstration projects--intended to stimulate 
     innovative road building--have become a wildly popular way 
     for Congress to spend billions of taxpayers' dollars without 
     going through the regular highway program.
       And this year, against the advice of their expert 
     accountants, lawmakers are preparing to spend still more.
       The money used for demo projects amounts to less than 5 
     percent of the $20-billion-a-year federal highway program. 
     But transportation experts--including those at the General 
     Accounting Office--say this is money not well spent.
       ``In 1991 we found that about half of the demonstration 
     projects we reviewed did not appear on state or regional 
     transportation plans,'' GAO official Kenneth Mead told a 
     congressional committee last year. As such, the demo projects 
     leapfrogged what local transportation officers had set as 
     priorities.
       The demo projects give individual lawmakers, generally the 
     most powerful ones, a chance to circumvent established road-
     building priorities and channel money directly to pet 
     projects in their home states or districts.
       The dealing is done out of the public eye, and the results 
     eventually wind up in the fine print of multiyear highway 
     bills and annual spending bills. Powerful lawmakers on 
     committees that control those bills either insert the demo 
     projects for themselves or in a horse trade with a colleague.
       Florida, which has less clout than other states on key 
     congressional committees that dole out demo projects, has 
     suffered in the competition, to the tune of at least $143 
     million since 1991, according to a study by The Orlando 
     Sentinel.
       ``When you have a person--a member of the House or Senate--
     with the seniority, then you are going to see some results,'' 
     said Bill Taylor, who has lobbied in Washington for 23 years 
     on behalf of Florida's Transportation Department. ``We lost a 
     hell of a lot of seniority in the worst possible places.''


                            strings attached

       Even the money that Florida has received comes with strings 
     attached.
       The dollars are dedicated to many nonpriority projects such 
     as the ``Mosquito Creek Bridge'' near Chattahoochee, or the 
     Interstate 4 interchange near State Road 46A, approved at the 
     insistence of real estate developer Jeno Paulucci in 1987 to 
     benefit the exclusive Heathrow development. A construction 
     date has not been set.
       Over the years, the line between demo projects ostensibly 
     intended to be truly innovative and those that are routine 
     has blurred. Now, the money may go for anything from ``paving 
     a gravel road to building a multilane highway,'' according to 
     the GAO.
       ``Some [demo projects] are probably questionable, and I'm 
     being charitable with that description,'' said Florida 
     Transportation Secretary Ben Watts. ``I think a lot of times 
     the only thing they demonstrate is that you can get a 
     demonstration project.''
       How much money has been spent this way?
       More than $12.3 billion since 1970, according to an 
     analysis of highway administration data by the Sentinel. 
     During that time, Congress has authorized 1,223 separate 
     expenditures for demo projects.
       A closer look at the data shows just how huge the recent 
     increase in demo project authorizations has been.
       Between 1970 and 1986, the country got by with only 78 demo 
     project authorizations by Congress. In the eight years since, 
     Congress has approved 1,145 more of these expenditures.
       No one on Capitol Hill seems to have a good explanation for 
     the increase, except to say that doling out demo projects in 
     tight budget years has become a favorite way for legislative 
     leaders to buy loyalty and support from members.
       The banner year came in 1991, when Congress larded a six-
     year highway bill and an annual appropriations bill with 679 
     projects totalling $7.8 billion. Since then, Congress has 
     approved another 233 demo projects worth $978 million and has 
     put out the call for more requests from members this year.
       Where does all that money go?
       In 1991, $2.4 million went toward the Mosquito Creek 
     Bridge, a county road bridge planned to carry traffic over 
     a set of railroad tracks outside Chattahoochee in the 
     Florida Panhandle. The project isn't a national or even a 
     state priority, but it is in the district of Rep. Pete 
     Peterson, D-Marianna, a member of the House Appropriations 
     Committee.
       Another 1991 ``demo project'' was $14.2 million for a 
     paint-job on the Chicago Skyway, a lightly traveled tollway 
     that the Chicago Tribune once dubbed ``the bag lady of 
     Chicago-area highways.''
       But the lowly bag lady had a very powerful friend: Rep. Dan 
     Rostenkowski, D-Ill., chairman of the tax-writing House Ways 
     and Means Committee, who also wangled $35 million for 
     ``various intermodal facilities'' at the Chicago Museum of 
     Science & Industry. The facilities turned out to be a parking 
     garage.
       State transportation experts acknowledge that not all demo 
     projects are purely pork. Some are desperately needed, but 
     simply too expensive to pay for with regular federal highway 
     assistance.
       Thus, Florida's transportation department is supporting a 
     project request for $185 million this year to replace the 
     Fuller Warren Bridge in Jacksonville, where Interstate 95 
     crosses the St. Johns River.


                         A turnabout for Maine

       In most cases, though, the demo projects are dictionary 
     definition pork barrel; government appropriations for 
     political patronage, as for local improvements to please 
     legislators' constituents.
       Consider, for example, this reversal of fortune for the 
     State of Maine during the period studied by the Sentinel:
       Between 1970 and 1989, Maine pulled down just $24 million 
     in demo project money--making it 29th among all states. Then 
     in 1989 Maine Democrat George Mitchell became Senate Majority 
     Leader.
       Two years later--in the 1991 highway bill--Maine jumped in 
     a single bound to 17th place in the Demo Project Sweepstakes, 
     with $187 million worth of bridge improvements.
       But not even Mitchell's performance could top that of Rep. 
     Bud Shuster, R-Pa., who brought home nearly a half-billion 
     dollars in highway demo projects in 1991, according to the 
     highway department data.
       Shuster, the ranking Republican on the House Public Works 
     and Transportation Committee which writes highway bills, 
     steered at least $454 million to his district in Altoona. 
     Were it a state unto itself, the district would have ranked 
     fourth in getting highway demo project dollars that year.
       ``These little piglets that have now become giant hogs,'' 
     Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., said of demo projects in a 1991 
     speech on the Senate floor.
       But being a politician, Graham is not above rounding up a 
     few hogs of his own.
       On the day of that speech, he landed a $97.5 million demo 
     project to acquire right-of-way and begin construction on a 
     magnetic levitation train line from Orlando International 
     Airport to International Drive.


                           How Florida loses

       Florida has garnered $445 million in demonstration projects 
     since 1970 and ranks sixth among all states in the period 
     studied by the Sentinel.
       The biggest chunk of that money was $126 million in 1974 
     for replacing about three dozen decrepit bridges that carry 
     U.S. 1 over the sea to Key West--a project that, were it 
     built today, would cost many times as much, because of 
     inflation.
       Since 1991, the state has received $218 million, putting it 
     10th among the states in demo dollars during that period.
       But a look at the fine print, especially since 1991, shows 
     why Florida officials would just as soon do without demo 
     projects.
       Over that three-year period, Congress has approved $8.7 
     billion worth of highway demo projects. Florida's $218 
     million represents about 2.5 percent of that total.
       What if the same $8.7 billion had been put into the regular 
     highway fund instead and allotted according to the standard 
     formula for distributing federal highway dollars among 
     states? Under that scenario, Florida would have received 
     about 4.1 percent of the money--or $361 million.
       The difference represents a loss to Florida of $143 million 
     in potential federal highway aid.
       Florida is not the only state in that situation: Under the 
     same analysis, California loses $317 million; Texas, $304 
     million; and Georgia, $135 million. In all, 34 states plus 
     the District of Columbia lose more than they gain because of 
     demonstration projects, according to the Sentinel study.
       So which states are the big winners? Under the regular 
     distribution formula, Pennsylvania would get about 4.2 
     percent, or $371 million, of the demo project money. But 
     thanks to pork barons such as Bud Shuster, Pennsylvania has 
     instead received more than $1 billion in demo project dollars 
     since 1991.
       Cross-index the other ``winning'' states with a 
     congressional directory, and you've got an all-star lineup of 
     Capitol Hill power brokers:
       New York, $646 million net gain (Sen. Daniel Patrick 
     Moynihan (D) and Alfonse D'Amato, the ranking Republican on 
     the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on transportation).
       West Virginia, $585 million net gain (Sen. Robert Byrd (D), 
     chairman of the Appropriations Committee, and Rep. Nick 
     Rahall (D), the new chairman of the Public Works subcommittee 
     on surface transportation).
       Arkansas, $277 million net gain (former Rep. John P. 
     Hammerschmidt, Shuster's predecessor as ranking Republican on 
     the Public Works committee).


                          caution: pork ahead

       More demo projects are in the pipeline this year as part of 
     legislation Congress is considering for designation of a new 
     National Highway System.
       Officials of the House Public Works and Transportation 
     Committee refuse to say how many new requests for highway 
     demo projects they had received as of a Jan. 7 deadline.
       ``We're still tabulating,'' a committee aide said. ``And 
     even when we do, we're not releasing that number.''
       But all indications are that lawmakers are hoping for a 
     bumper crop: The Florida delegation alone filed requests for 
     13 projects totalling $630 million and publicly released 
     those proposals last month.
       Some demo project opponents such as Graham are counting on 
     President Clinton to call for transferring money from demo 
     projects to regular highway accounts when be submits his 
     budget to Congress on Monday.
       ``We're unlikely to have the self control to deal with this 
     problem,'' Graham said of Congress. ``It's going to take a 
     presidential hammer to the heads of these little piglets.''


                           Winners and Losers

       Since 1991, Congress has authorized $8.8 billion worth of 
     highway demonstration projects. States with more political 
     pull in Congress grabbed much bigger shares of that pot than 
     they would have received had the same money been allotted 
     under the standard formula for distributing federal highway 
     dollars. High-growth states such as Florida, Texas and 
     California--which put in more money than they get back, even 
     under the standard formula--lost still more money because of 
     the demo projects.
       The biggest winners:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   Percent              
                                      Standard       demo       Dollars 
                                      formula      project      gained  
                                     (percent)      share     (millions)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pennsylvania......................          4.2         12.0      680.8 
New York..........................          5.3         12.6      646.8 
West Virginia.....................           .9          7.6      585.2 
Arkansas..........................          1.1          4.3      277.5 
Maine.............................           .4          2.1      144.4 
Illinois..........................          3.4          4.9      131.9 
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The biggest losers:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   Percent              
                                      Standard       demo       Dollars 
                                      formula      project       lost   
                                     (percent)      share     (millions)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Massachusetts.....................          0.1          0.1      523.8 
California........................          9.3          5.8      317.3 
Texas.............................          6.4          3.0      304.4 
Ohio..............................          3.6          2.0      144.5 
Florida...........................          4.1          2.5      143.1 
Georgia...........................          2.9          1.4      135.0 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source: Orlando Sentinel computer analysis of Federal Highway           
  Administration and U.S. General Accounting Office data.               

                       vote on amendment no. 1456

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question now is on agreeing to amendment 
No. 1456 offered by the Senator from Arizona [Mr. McCain].
  The yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Bradley] 
is necessarily absent.
  Mr. SIMPSON. I announce that the Senator from Missouri [Mr. 
Danforth], the Senator from Maine [Mr. Durenberger], the Senator from 
Texas [Mrs. Hutchison], and the Senator from Oregon [Mr. Packwood] are 
necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 23, nays 72, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 42 Leg.]

                                YEAS--23

     Brown
     Chafee
     Coverdell
     Dole
     Faircloth
     Gorton
     Graham
     Gramm
     Gregg
     Helms
     Hollings
     Kassebaum
     Lieberman
     Mack
     McCain
     Nunn
     Pressler
     Roth
     Simpson
     Smith
     Thurmond
     Wallop
     Warner

                                NAYS--72

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boren
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Burns
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Coats
     Cochran
     Cohen
     Conrad
     Craig
     D'Amato
     Daschle
     DeConcini
     Dodd
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Exon
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Glenn
     Grassley
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Hatfield
     Heflin
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnston
     Kempthorne
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mathews
     McConnell
     Metzenbaum
     Mikulski
     Mitchell
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nickles
     Pell
     Pryor
     Reid
     Riegle
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Sarbanes
     Sasser
     Shelby
     Simon
     Specter
     Stevens
     Wellstone
     Wofford

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Bradley
     Danforth
     Durenberger
     Hutchison
     Packwood
  So the amendment (No. 1456) was rejected.
  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the 
amendment was rejected.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the motion to lay on the 
table is agreed to.


                           Order of Procedure

  Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent in an effort to 
expedite the procedures that we vitiate the request for the yeas and 
nays on my amendment No. 1458.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is 
so ordered.


                           amendment no. 1456

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, does the Senator wish a vote on his 
amendment?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will come to order.
  The Senator from Arizona is recognized.
  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I can briefly comment on the results of 
the last vote.
  The distinguished chairman of the Appropriations Committee was kind 
enough to send around a list of the amounts of money in these so-called 
demonstration projects which have been called by the General Accounting 
Office ``highway demonstration project completion costs would greatly 
exceed authorized Federal and State contributions. The State officials 
are uncertain whether they will find the money.''
  In the words of the President himself, ``It will eliminate funding 
provided by annual appropriations acts for all unauthorized highway 
demonstration projects that are not under construction.''
  Mr. President, apparently we are afraid to make projects compete 
based on merit.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, may we have order in the Senate for once 
during this long and hectic day?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will be in order.
  The Senator from Arizona.
  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I will not belabor the subject except to 
say that this is the kind of thing that the American people in the 
ballot booth have rejected time after time--billions, not millions, not 
tens of millions, not hundreds of millions--billions of dollars, 
billions of dollars, in projects that are unauthorized, that have no 
competition associated with it, no scrutiny, no examination, but are 
placed in appropriations bills directly related to virtues other than 
merit.
  I would like to tell this body I will continue to tell the people of 
this country about this process. I will continue to fight for a line-
item veto. I will continue to urge the President of the United States 
to bring forth rescissions on appropriations like these because the 
American people deserve it.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor.
  Mr. BYRD addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.
  Mr. BYRD. These items were authorized. The ISTEA projects were 
authorized and the appropriated projects were authorized.
  So the distinguished junior Senator from Arizona is simply in error. 
These projects constitute infrastructure. They represent jobs. They are 
beneficial to the States and the Nation. They are good from the 
standpoint of national defense.
  Those Senators who voted against the Senator's amendment were voting 
in the interests of the Nation and in the interest of their respective 
States. I respect them for that.
  I respect the Senator from Arizona for writing to the Appropriations 
Committee on behalf of the Turquoise Trail Economic Development Highway 
Project in Arizona. On September 30, 1991, the distinguished Senator 
wrote to the Appropriations Committee as follows.

       As you go to conference with the House on the FY '92 
     Transportation Appropriations bill, I respectfully urge you 
     to hold firm for the $3 million funding level recommended by 
     the Senate for the Turquoise Trail Economic Development 
     Highway Project.
       I know you are aware of the critical need for 
     infrastructure.

  That is what we are talking about. That is what Senator McCain was 
referring to when he wrote to the Appropriations Committee. I respect 
him for writing on behalf of the project that affects his constituents.
  He said:

       I know you are aware of the critical need for 
     infrastructure and economic development in Indian country, 
     and I especially appreciate the support you have given the 
     Turquoise Trail project in the past. Indian roads are 
     oftentimes gravel tracks or graded dirt paths which erode 
     with every rainfall. Business development and tourism are 
     hindered by these road conditions, and the economies of the 
     Indian tribes suffer as a result.
       The Turquoise Trail is a joint effort of the Navajo and 
     Hopi Indian tribes. It is significant that these Indian 
     nations, which have been embroiled in a bitter land dispute, 
     are working so closely on this project to help overcome their 
     differences and improve the surrounding communities.
       Again, I urge you to accept the Senate's recommended $3 
     million in funding for the Turquoise Trail, and I thank you 
     for your consideration.
           Sincerely,
                                                      John McCain,
                                            United States Senator.

  Also, on May 1991, Mr. McCain wrote to Mr. Lautenberg, chairman of 
the Appropriation Subcommittee on Transportation, as follows:

       Dear Frank: The purpose of this letter is to request your 
     assistance in providing funds for a critical highway project 
     in Arizona which has a significant federal interest.

  I do not blame the Senator for writing that letter. He was doing what 
his constituents expect him to do.

       For over three years, the State of Arizona, along with 
     Maricopa and Pinal Counties, the Ak-Chin and Gila River 
     Indian communities and the private sector through the 
     Maricopa Road Association, have been working to fund a four-
     lane highway--the new Maricopa Road/State Route 347.
       Maricopa County has contributed over $6.5 million, Pinal 
     County almost $14 million and the Arizona Department of 
     Transportation over $12.5 million toward the construction of 
     the roadway to date.
       Unfortunately, despite this substantial cooperative effort, 
     there remains a funding gap on the lands of the Gila River 
     Indian Community to complete the project. The Pinal County 
     bond funds cannot be spent on the stretch across the 
     reservation and since the stretch is within another county, 
     Maricopa County funds cannot be spent there. Finally, the 
     ADOT has no additional monies to expend for this segment of 
     the project. Because the funds do not exist to complete the 
     stretch within the reservation, soon there will be an hour-
     glass effect, where a four-lane road becomes two lanes 
     through the Gila River Indian Community and then back to four 
     lanes south of the reservation.
       In order to enable this new highway to fully function as a 
     major regional transportation corridor, $8 million is needed 
     to complete the roadway to four lanes through the Gila River 
     Indian Community. The tribe fully supports this request and 
     needs the road expansion to assist in developing the tribal 
     economy--a significant federal interest.
       I recognize the serious constraints within which the 
     committee is operating. I believe, however, that this is a 
     vital project worthy of the committee's support.
       Thanks for the consideration. If I may provide you with any 
     additional information, please don't hesitate to contact me.
           Sincerely,
                                                      John McCain,
                                            United States Senator.

  Notice that the Senator wrote those letters because he felt it was 
his responsibility to write on behalf of his constituents concerning a 
matter affecting his State. I respect him for that.
  But, Mr. President, if a Senator is going to criticize other Senators 
because they likewise stand up for the interests of their States, their 
constituents, and infrastructure projects that benefit the Nation, then 
one should be careful not to ask for favors of the Appropriations 
Committee on his own behalf.
  I want to help the Senator when he has a project that we can help him 
with. I am not criticizing him for doing what he thinks is best on 
behalf of his constituents. Likewise, I accord that same courtesy to 
other Senators whose States would have been adversely affected by the 
amendment offered by the distinguished Senator from Arizona.
  I thought it would be good for the Senate to have this correspondence 
called to the attention of the Senate, in view of the fact that the 
Senator from Arizona is quick to criticize other Senators for trying to 
do something for their own States. He is very considerate of the 
taxpayers when it comes to infrastructure projects in other States, but 
he supports such projects in his own State. I do not blame him for 
supporting projects in his own State. But I think that if we are going 
to be critical of the Appropriations Committee and of other Senators 
for supporting road projects in their States, we should have some 
hesitancy about writing to the Appropriations Committee and requesting 
support for one's own State projects of the same nature.
  I yield the floor.
  Mr. GRAMM addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Campbell). The Senator from Texas is 
recognized.
  Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, if the Senate voted this afternoon on 
building a cheese factory on the Moon, I would no doubt vote against 
it. But if the Senate decided, in its collective lack of wisdom, to 
build a cheese factory on the Moon, I would want engineers from Texas 
to design that cheese factory. I would want a construction company from 
Texas, since we have the best construction companies in the world, to 
build that cheese factory. If we were going to use milk from earthly 
cows, I would want milk from Texas cows to be used to make the cheese 
in the factory on the Moon, and I would want the celestial headquarters 
for it in Texas. But am I for a cheese factory on the Moon? No.
  The point is, if the Senate decides to build such a cheese factory, 
every Member is obligated, once that decision is made, to try to see 
that his State is to some degree a beneficiary, since his State or her 
State is paying part of the cost.
  It seems to me that the point of the amendment of the Senator from 
Arizona was that the President had given us a way of saving money by 
eliminating the demonstration grants. I remind my colleagues that $26 
million of them were in the State of Arizona.
  The point is, if we are going to have demonstration grants, if we are 
going to move outside the merit selection process, if we in Congress 
are going to decide where to spend the money based on our ability to 
get projects in the bill, all of us are obligated to participate in 
that activity.
  But, Mr. President, going back to my analogy about the cheese factory 
on the Moon, I see absolutely nothing inconsistent between being 
against demonstration projects, but, if the Senate is going to fund 
them, trying to see that demonstration projects are funded in someone's 
State. If the Senator from Arizona had listed all of the States here 
save one, and that had been Arizona, then I think one might raise a 
question about his amendment.
  But the fact that the Senator was going to cut $26 million from his 
own State, believing that demonstration projects do not represent the 
best way to make the decision, and that perhaps we should have a merit 
selection process and that maybe we should break gridlock by supporting 
our President, it seems to me that on that basis one can agree or 
disagree with the Senator from Arizona, but one cannot say that there 
is something inconsistent about the amendment that he has offered.
  Mrs. BOXER addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California [Mrs. Boxer] is 
recognized.
  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I will not take very much time of the 
Senate. But now I have to rise again, as I did earlier today. We are 
now talking about cheese factories on the Moon. I want to bring us back 
to the ground. This is what happened in the Los Angeles region now 
about a month ago: Fires burning out of control; people thrown out of 
bed; people losing their homes--and we cannot go back. In Los Angeles 
City alone, 26,000 homes were red or yellow tagged.
  I say to my friends: Please let us get back to the reason we are here 
today--the emergency supplemental appropriations. Referring to this 
picture, this is the way the faces of the emergency workers looked on 
that day. For your information--and you may be interested--they are 
digging people out of a house that crumbled. I know my colleagues would 
rather not look at this. Obviously, they would not. And they are 
fortunate that they can look away. But I have to tell you that these 
emergency workers cannot forget the dead bodies that came out of this 
home.
  We will have time to debate ISTEA. We will have time to get into 
these very important matters that Senators wish to raise. But I hope 
that we will get back to the heart of what brings us here today and 
pass this bill. And, yes, let us find better ways to pay for 
emergencies, because whether they happen in Texas, whether they happen 
in Arizona, whether they happen in Colorado, whether they happen in 
California, or Kentucky, or New York, or West Virginia, we have to help 
our fellow Americans.
  Thank you very much. I yield the floor.
  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I will just have a comment or two about 
the applicability of the pending appropriation for disasters which have 
occurred in Pennsylvania, where there was an extraordinary earthquake 
in Berks County, Reading, and where there have been very substantial 
damages due to severe winter weather as specified in a letter from the 
Governor of Pennsylvania, Governor Casey, to the President, dated 
February 2, 1994.
  I ask unanimous consent that a copy of Governor Casey's disaster 
declaration letter, copies of my letter to Senator Byrd and Senator 
Hatfield, dated February 2, 1994, together with a copy of a letter 
dated February 1, 1994, from the Berks County Emergency Management 
Agency to Congressman Tim Holden be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the letters were ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

                                     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,


                                       Office of the Governor,

                                 Harrisburg, PA, February 2, 1994.
     Hon. William J. Clinton, 
     President of the United States, The White House, Washington, 
         DC.

     Through: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, Ms. Rita A. 
         Calvan, Director, Region III, Liberty Square Building 
         (Second Floor), 105 South Seventh Street, Philadelphia, 
         PA.

       Dear Mr. President: On January 22 1994, I wrote to you in 
     regard to federal assistance to help address the effects of a 
     series of severe storms and earthquakes that caused 
     widespread damages in a number of counties in the 
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Pursuant to the provisions of 
     Section 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 93-288, as amended, and 
     implemented by 44 CFR Part 206.35, I request that you declare 
     an emergency for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania due to 
     damages from a series of severe storms that began on January 
     4, 1994, and continued through January 31, 1994. These storms 
     consisted of snow, rain, freezing rain and ice, coupled with 
     earthquakes and an energy crisis which included power 
     shortages and outages. These events created major threats to 
     public health and safety which resulted from inaccessibility 
     of roads due to extreme record cold, record snowfall and 
     extensive icing. In addition, the Mid-Atlantic grid system 
     experienced one week of voltage reductions and rolling 
     blackouts. Furthermore, earthquakes measuring 4.6, 4.0 and 
     2.9 on the Richter Scale took place on January 15, 1994, and 
     successive dates.
       In response to the situation, I have taken appropriate 
     action under Commonwealth law by declaring a State Disaster 
     Emergency effective January 6, 1994, for the counties of 
     Fayette, Greene, Washington, and Westmoreland which I amended 
     on January 19, 1994, to include all other sixty-two (62) 
     counties of Pennsylvania.
       Further, I directed the implementation of the State 
     Emergency Operations plan and authorized Commonwealth 
     agencies to take appropriate actions to assist affected 
     counties in restoring vital public utilities and 
     transportation systems as well as providing other assistance 
     as necessary to protect the public health and safety.
       The amount and severity of the cumulative effect of the 
     weather systems required a massive governmental response. At 
     present, response and recovery efforts are still ongoing. I 
     have determined that the cumulative effect of this series of 
     storms and the earthquake are of such severity and magnitude 
     that effective response is beyond the capability of the State 
     and the affected county/local governments. The resources of 
     Pennsylvania's county/local governments and volunteer 
     organizations have been exceeded by the urgent requirements 
     imposed by these sequential periods of severe winter weather 
     and all possible state assistance has been provided.
       Supplemental federal emergency assistance is necessary to 
     save lives, to protect property, public health and safety and 
     to lessen the threat of further disasters. I am specifically 
     requesting the full assistance available under 44 CFR Part 
     206 Paragraph 206.225 and 206.277 to include anti-skid 
     material costs and emergency repairs to public utilities/
     facilities. I request this assistance be made available to 
     all eligible applicants in accordance with Paragraph 206.222, 
     specifically to include state/county/local governments, mass 
     transit authorities, municipal airports, municipal 
     authorities, schools, hospitals, and eligible private 
     nonprofit organizations.
       The following state and local resources have been committed 
     or will be used to alleviate this emergency: all county 
     emergency management staffs, county and municipal road 
     maintenance and snow removal teams, individual county and 
     municipal sub-contractors, and individual county and 
     municipal emergency service agencies. The following state 
     agencies have committed resources and mobilized personnel: 
     Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, the Pennsylvania 
     National Guard, the Pennsylvania Department of 
     Transportation, Pennsylvania Department of Aging, 
     Pennsylvania Department of Education, Pennsylvania Energy 
     Office, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Pennsylvania 
     Department of Public Welfare, Pennsylvania Department of 
     Environmental Resources, Fish and Boat Commission, Public 
     Utility Commission, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, 
     Pennsylvania State Police, Department of General Services, 
     Department of Corrections, Game Commission, and the State 
     System of Higher Education. A more detailed impact statement 
     is at Enclosure A.
       I certify that for this emergency, state and local 
     contributions and expenditures will comply with all 
     applicable cost-sharing requirements of the Stafford Act.
       Furthermore, I certify that the Commonwealth of 
     Pennsylvania hereby agrees to:
       1. Provide all lands, easements and right-of-way necessary 
     to accomplish the approved work without cost to the United 
     States;
       2. Hold and save the United States free from damages due to 
     the requested work, and to indemnify the federal government 
     against any claims arising from such work; and
       3. Assist FEMA and applicable federal agencies in all 
     support and local jurisdictional matters.
       I intend to designate Joseph L. LaFleur as the State 
     Coordinating Officer for this request. He will work with the 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency and may provide further 
     information or justification on my behalf. I also intend to 
     designate Carl C. Kuehn to fill the position of Governor's 
     Authorized Representative and Karen L. Critchfield as an 
     alternate.
           Sincerely,
                                                  Robert F. Casey,
                                                         Governor.
                                  ____



                                                  U.S. Senate,

                                 Washington, DC, February 2, 1994.
     Hon. Robert C. Byrd,
     Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Robert: As the full Committee prepares to consider the 
     fiscal year 1994 Supplemental Appropriations bill for 
     emergency assistance for areas struck by recent natural 
     disasters, I urge the Committee's consideration of federal 
     assistance requested by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
       I recognize the magnitude of the disaster caused by the 
     January 17th earthquake in Southern California and fully 
     support the Committee's efforts to quickly address the 
     funding needs of that region. In so doing, I wish to bring to 
     the Committee's attention the significance of Pennsylvania's 
     recent disasters due to the very unusual occurrence of three 
     separate earthquakes on January 15, 1994 in Southeastern 
     Pennsylvania and the recent severe cold, record snowfall, and 
     extensive ice conditions throughout the Commonwealth.
       Congressman Tim Holden of Pennsylvania's Sixth District and 
     I have met to discuss specific damages to his district as a 
     result of the earthquakes. I am advised that the earthquakes 
     measured 4.6, 4.0 and 2.9 on the Richter Scale, with the 4.6 
     earthquake the largest on record for the East Coast. 
     Congressman Holden informs me that recent estimates of the 
     damage total $2,645,100 for Berks County alone.
       The severe weather during January caused serious, life 
     threatening problems across the entire Commonwealth. Record 
     snow in the southwest, central, and northeast regions of 
     Pennsylvania followed by heavy ice in the east paralyzed the 
     state for days. Further, record arctic cold coupled with wind 
     chill temperatures of 50 below zero forced rolling power 
     blackouts and voltage reductions for over 1.5 million across 
     the Commonwealth. Costs associated with the snow removal are 
     estimated at $60 million, which does not include the cost to 
     repair infrastructure damaged by the inclement weather.
       As a result of the earthquakes and extreme winter storm 
     conditions during January, Pennsylvania recently announced 
     that efforts to respond to the needs of its citizens are 
     beyond the capability of the state and affected local 
     governments. Therefore, the Commonwealth has sought 
     supplemental federal assistance to save lives and protect 
     property from further disaster.
       Accordingly, I urge your consideration of the emergency 
     situation facing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania when 
     preparing the Senate's legislation for supplemental 
     appropriations for disaster assistance in fiscal year 1994. 
     Further, I support efforts to release emergency Low-Income 
     Home Energy Assistance funds to assist States experiencing 
     severe cold weather.
           Sincerely,
                                                    Arlen Specter.
                                  ____

                                            Berks County Emergency


                                            Management Agency,

                                   Leesport, PA, February 1, 1994.
     Hon. Timothy Holden,
     6th District Pennsylvania, Longworth Building, Washington, 
         DC.

     Attn: Thomas Gajewski.

       Dear Congressman Holden: Enclosed are the estimated costs 
     for damages incurred as a result of the earthquakes on 
     January 5, 1994. These are only estimates and should not be 
     used in establishing final costs, since many final 
     assessments cannot be made until the snow/ice have 
     disappeared, and contractors/engineers are able to completely 
     inspect all dwellings, roadways, sewage systems, etc.
       If you have any questions or if I can be of any further 
     service to you, please do not hesitate to contact me.
           Sincerely,
                                                     John E. Loos,
                                                         Director.
       Enclosure.

Municipal damage as reported:

Wyomissing Hills: Streets, sewer lines

$800,000-1,000,000.....................................................

  Spring Township:..................................................
    Replacement of Bridge #2....................................380,000
    Road repairs.................................................60,000
    Repairs to park pavillion.....................................1,000
    Repairs to Sewage Treatment Plant............................87,200
      Total.....................................................528,200

Lower Heidelberg Twp.: Road repair

3,500..................................................................

Total estimated municipal damage

  $1,331,700-1,531,700.................................................
Residential damage as reported:

15 Homes moderate to severe damage--estimated cost

333,400................................................................

(Most of these homes assessed value would be approximately

125,000)...............................................................

  173 Homes minor damage--estimated costs.......................980,000
     Total estimated residential damage.......................1,313,400
     Total estimated damage from earthquake...................2,645,100


                              attachment a

       On January 24, 1994, I requested a State and local survey 
     of the effects on local, county and state agencies. 
     Preliminary assessments as of January 27 indicate severe 
     impacts as follows:
       1. Based on information provided to-date, State Agency/
     Department costs to respond to these situations are in excess 
     of $59,000,000. Of that total, approximately $11,000,000 
     exceeds budgeted funds, $5,000,000 of which is PennDot's 
     projected shortfall. PennDot also indicates that should the 
     winter season continue as during the last month their 
     projected shortfall could be as high as $30-50 million 
     dollars.
       2. Attached are preliminary county totals on winter/ice/
     snow budgets expenditures. Of the sixty-seven (67) counties, 
     thirteen (13) exceeded their budget by 125%. Of special 
     significance is the fact that most counties are on a calendar 
     fiscal year.

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I hope that the Senate will get on with the 
remaining amendments. There is a bad buildup of weather, and I do not 
want to be one of those who spends the night in the Capitol. I would 
like to go home and be with Lady Byrd and Billy Byrd, my little Maltese 
terrier.
  Does Mr. McConnell have an amendment?
  Mr. McCONNELL. I say to my friend from West Virginia, it is my 
understanding that Senator Dole's amendment was pending; is that 
correct?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The business now pending before the Senate is 
amendment No. 1459 by Senator Dole.
  Mr. McCONNELL. It is my understanding that there will be a short time 
agreement on Senator Dole's amendment, and I have had an amendment we 
have run by the Senator's staff. I suggested 15 minutes, which would 
get us voting very shortly.
  I am informed that it is OK with Senator Dole if I offer my amendment 
now, if the Senator would like me to go ahead.
  Mr. BYRD. Very well.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Dole 
amendment be temporarily laid aside.
  Mr. McCAIN. I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard from the Senator from 
Arizona.
  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I want to respond to the statement just 
made by the Senator from West Virginia concerning two letters that I 
wrote in 1991, more than 3 years ago, on behalf of two Native American 
tribes who are sovereign nations within the State of West Virginia, 
geographically.
  The fact is that it was on behalf of two Native American tribes, 
actually three--Navajo, Hopi, and the Gila River Tribes. The fact that 
I wrote a letter on behalf of an authorized project has very little 
relation to $203 million in demonstration projects.
  Mr. BYRD addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia [Mr. Byrd].
  Mr. BYRD. I will be happy for the Senator to have the last work. The 
Senate has already made its decision and rejected his amendment.

     He who the sword of heaven will bear
     Should be as holy as severe.

  Does the Senator from Kentucky wish to proceed?
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I will happy to go ahead if the 
chairman would like me to.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Dole amendment be 
temporarily laid aside.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                           amendment no. 1461

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask 
for its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell], for himself and 
     Mr. Dole, proposes an amendment numbered 1461.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of 
the amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

       The Senate finds,
       That, Investigative reports prepared by the Department of 
     State's Office of Inspector General (OIG) are protected by 
     the Privacy Act, the Freedom of Information Act, and the 
     Inspector General's Act;
       That, investigative reports prepared by the State OIG are 
     not publicly releasable without review and redaction of 
     privacy protected information;
       That, Congressional committees with legitimate oversight 
     responsibilities have in the past, and may continue to review 
     OIG reports while maintaining the reports confidential 
     status;
       That, the OIG recently has concluded a report on whether 
     the contents of personnel files of Bush Administration 
     political appointees had been improperly released to the 
     public by the staff of the White House Liaison Office;
       That, based on this report, the OIG forwarded a prosecutive 
     summary to the Department of Justice outlining criminal 
     violations of the Privacy Act;
       That, the Department of Justice declined to prosecute the 
     case; and,
       That, the OIG re-opened the inquiry to reinterview key 
     witnesses associated with the search and disclosure of Bush 
     personnel files;
       Therefore it is the sense of the Senate, That the Senate 
     has not been provided sufficient information to reach on 
     conclusion about the circumstances surrounding the disclosure 
     of protected Bush Administration files;
       The entire report and related annex documents should be 
     made available to the appropriate Congressional offices with 
     legitimate oversight interests;
       That the confidentiality of the report should be protected 
     by Congress unless and until the OIG conducts a review and 
     releases the report in accord with relevant statutes;
       That the OIG should report in writing to the Majority 
     Leader and the Republican Leader clarifying why such 
     procedures were not observed in the release of the OIG report 
     entitled ``Special Inquiry into the Search and Retrieval of 
     William Clinton's Passport File.''
       That the Attorney General should report in writing to the 
     Majority Leader and the Republican Leader the basis for 
     declining to prosecute the case.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, let me explain the amendment. We may 
not need a time agreement. I will not need but a few moments to 
describe it. I hope it will pass overwhelmingly.
  My amendment deals with the question of the State Department file 
search by this administration.
  I am at a real disadvantage in that I can not discuss why I am so 
disappointed in the report conducted by the inspector general on the 
release of Bush appointee files.
  That report is appropriately protected by the Privacy Act and unless 
the IG decides to review, redact or release its contents I am not free 
to discuss its scope or conclusions.
  What I can say is when I was briefed, the IG told me directly that 
``There was a clear case of criminal violation of the Privacy Act 
provable beyond a reasonable doubt and proven in his report.''
  After my briefing I learned that the IG felt obliged to reinterview 
key witnesses under oath.
  What this tells me is he was either not confident of his initial 
conclusions which he had officially forwarded to Justice or he was not 
confident of the previous statements under oath of the witnesses.
  In either event, reinterviewing the same witnesses to hear the same 
story did not and does not address the serious reservations I have 
about the inquiry.
  Without discussing the reports contents, I am concerned that the IG 
appears to have failed to independently corroborate statements by key 
senior officials.
  He told me point blank that he accepted their sworn statements 
without further investigation.
  Now, I do not know how State's Office of Inspector General operates, 
but we are a little more thorough in the Ethics Committee, as I know 
most other committees are.
  I do not think any of us fully understand the scope, basis or method 
of the IG's investigation and given the inconsistencies we ought to 
have access to the entire record.
  That is precisely what I urge in this amendment--that the whole 
record be made available and I might add protected in accordance with 
the Privacy Act.
  The second point in my amendment asks the IG to explain why it was 
appropriate to release his entire report on the Clinton passport case 
in advance of sending the matter to Justice, yet this time, the Privacy 
Act prohibits its release.
  Either it was inappropriate for him to release the report last time 
or it is inappropriate to withhold the document this time.
  I have asked that he establish the standard and reasoning behind his 
decision in 1992.
  Finally, I have asked the Attorney General to explain why Justice 
declined to prosecute when the IG maintains that there was a provable 
case of criminal wrong doing.
  Short of a sound, legal explanation, we can only assume politics 
played a part in this decision.
  I want to point out that it is not for lack of trying that we do not 
understand the basis for the Justice Department decision.
  My office has repeatedly tried to contact the lawyer in congressional 
relations at Justice who is responsible for answering questions on this 
case but he has failed to return four phone calls.
  While I think this issue is controversial, I do not think this 
amendment is.
  By any account, there has been a double standard in the handling of 
these two cases.
  By reviewing the full report, we may come to a better understanding 
of why one was released and the other withheld.
  And, there may be a perfectly sound legal reason why Justice declined 
to prosecute.
  I hope my colleagues will join me in seeking some straightforward 
answers to these questions.
  We have crafted this sense-of-the-Senate amendment in a rather 
responsible fashion. I hope it will be approved by a very large vote.
  I think it would be appropriate to have a rollcall vote on this 
amendment, Mr. President. Therefore, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a 
sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I yield the floor.
  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, this is a sound amendment. The distinguished 
Senator from Kentucky has led efforts to bring the facts of the 
outrageous scandal to public attention. We cannot have a double 
standard--one for Republican administrations and one for the Democrats. 
Certain facts are clear: Nearly 200 files of Bush administration 
political appointees were ransacked, and the contents of some files 
leaked to the press--a textbook case of criminal violations of the 
Privacy Act. In this case, it was not justice that was blind, it was 
the Justice Department. For unknown reasons, the Justice Department 
decided not to prosecute the individuals responsible for  the 
violations detailed in the inspector general's report.

  The IG's report itself raises as many questions as it answers. I 
cannot address those questions because the inspector general decided 
not to release the full report. In a letter transmitting a copy of the 
report to my staff, the IG's office wrote:

       Although the report is unclassified, it is not publicly 
     releasable in its present form and may be entirely exempt 
     from release under provisions of the privacy and freedom of 
     information acts.

  This seems to be a newfound dedication to laws protecting privacy on 
the part of the inspector general. In November 1992, a 104-page report 
on the alleged search of one passport file was released. No comment 
about the Privacy Act. No comment about the Freedom of Information Act. 
No comment about the effect on the lives of individuals named in the 
report. Just a big press conference where the IG congratulated himself 
on a job well done. Nobody noticed the IG himself was briefed on the 
passport search 2 weeks before he decided to begin his investigation.
  This amendment recognizes the need to protect elements of IG reports 
but also that the Senate need more information on this case. Protecting 
privacy should not be a partisan issue--Republicans' privacy matters as 
much as Democrats'. I urge my colleagues to support the amendment.
  Mr. SPECTER addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. Specter] is 
recognized.
  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I have sought recognition for just a 
moment or two, first to support the amendment which was offered by 
Senator McConnell. I think the reasons for the sense-of-the-Senate 
resolution is to provide detailed information on the issue of the Bush 
administration files has been well articulated.
  Mr. GRAMM addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the McConnell 
amendment?
  Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, if no one wants to speak on the McConnell 
amendment, I know several of our colleagues are trying to leave. I had 
2 minutes reserved on the Dole amendment. I believe it is pending, is 
that not right?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. It has been temporarily set aside. The 
amendment now is the McConnell amendment.
  Mr. GRAMM. If no one wants to speak on the McConnell amendment, I can 
save 2 minutes by going ahead and speaking on the Dole amendment, if no 
one objects.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator may speak on the Dole amendment.


                           Amendment No. 1459

  Mr. GRAMM. Mr. President, Senator Dole has offered an amendment that 
tries to do something related to the California disaster relief that 
every business and every American family in America has to do, and that 
is when something bad happens, you have to adjust your spending plans 
in order to deal with the problem that comes into existence.
  All over America, when people's children fall down and break their 
arms, people do not say, ``Well, this is a disaster and, therefore, we 
don't have to pay our bills.'' They basically look at their budgets and 
they decide, ``Well, I was going to replace that old refrigerator this 
year, but I'm going to wait a year because we had this accident in our 
household and Johnny was hurt.''
  All over America, people have to set priorities. And yet every day in 
the U.S. Senate, something happens and we say, ``Well, this is a 
disaster and, therefore, we do not have to deal with the costs. We will 
simply pass them along to the next generation.''
  I am very strongly in favor of helping the people of California. When 
we had hurricanes in Texas, we have been helped. When we had the 
hurricanes in Florida and in South Carolina, we helped.
  The debate is not about helping. The debate is about paying for the 
help.
  Senator Dole has offered an amendment. If I were writing the 
amendment, I might pick other items to cut. I might have slightly 
different priorities. But the point is, Senator Dole's amendment offers 
us a way to help and to do it in a fiscally responsible manner so that 
we are paying for the help and we are not driving up the deficit.
  This one disaster declaration, if we do not pay for it, is going to 
eliminate more net real cuts in spending than exist in the President's 
budgets for 1993, 1994, and 1995 combined.
  So the issue here is: Do we help by doing what every family and every 
business in America would have to do if something similar happened to 
them? Or are we going to do it in a way that says there is a disaster 
and so, as a result, we do not have to pay our bills? We can simply go 
out and borrow the money and in the process pass the debt on to 
somebody else.
  So I hope my colleagues who want to help California--and I do want to 
help California--will support the Dole amendment. I intend to support 
the disaster relief. We are going to provide it today.
  Senator Dole has given us a way to pay for it. I hope we will take 
that opportunity and that we will adopt the Dole amendment to help, to 
be compassionate, but to do it in a fiscally responsible manner.
  I think that is the relevant issue here. I hope Senators are 
persuaded to support the Dole amendment.


                           Amendment No. 1461

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, is the pending amendment before the Senate 
the amendment by Mr. Dole?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Dole amendment has temporarily been set 
aside.
  The McConnell amendment No. 1461 is the pending business.
  Mr. BYRD. I ask for the regular order.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The regular order is the Brown amendment No. 
1458.
  Does the Senator from West Virginia yield the floor?
  Several Senators addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia has the floor.
  Mr. BYRD. Did I understand the Chair to say the regular order is the 
amendment by Mr. Brown?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.
  Mr. BYRD. I thought we had a voice vote on that, did we not?
  Mr. President, I ask that the Senate return to the amendment by Mr. 
Dole.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Will the Senator repeat his request?
  Mr. BYRD. I ask unanimous consent the Senate return to the amendment 
by Mr. Dole.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is 
so ordered.


                           Amendment No. 1459

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I shall make a point of order against this 
amendment. I assume Mr. Dole would like to move to waive the Budget 
Act, and I will protect him in that, if nobody is here I will move on 
his behalf.
  Mr. President, the pending amendment would delete the emergency 
designations on all funds in title I of this bill. This would cause 
$5.6 billion in budget authority and $1.237 billion in outlays to be 
charged against the VA/HUD Subcommittee's discretionary allocation. 
Offsets elsewhere in the bill for this subcommittee total $1.6 billion 
in budget authority and $586 million in outlays. Combining the 
emergency amounts with the offsets brings a total $4 billion in net new 
budget authority and $561 million in net new outlays in this bill. By 
striking the emergency designation, these amounts would be charged 
against the VA/HUD Subcommittee's allocation.
  Before consideration of this bill, the VA/HUD Subcommittee had only 
$8 million in budget authority and no outlays remaining in its 
allocation. Therefore, enactment of this amendment would cause the 
subcommittee to breach its 602(b) allocation.
  Mr. President, I therefore make such a point of order under section 
602(c) of the Congressional Budget Act that the pending amendment would 
breach the VA/HUD Subcommittee's allocation.
  I ask the Chair not to rule until Mr. Dole or his designee has had an 
opportunity to move to waive the Budget Act.
  Mr. NICKLES addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma is recognized.
  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I move to waive the Budget Act.
  Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the motion to 
waive?
  Mr. BYRD. Vote.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a further debate?
  Hearing none, the question is on agreeing to the motion of the 
Senator from Oklahoma to waive section 602(b) of the Budget Act for the 
consideration of the Dole amendment, No. 1459.
  The yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Bradley] 
is necessarily absent.
  Mr. SIMPSON. I announce that the Senator from Missouri [Mr. 
Danforth], the Senator from Minnesota [Mr. Durenberger], the Senator 
from Texas [Mrs. Hutchison], and the Senator from Oregon [Mr. 
Packwood], are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
who desire to vote?
  The result was announced, yeas 43, nays 52, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 43 Leg.]

                                YEAS--43

     Bennett
     Bond
     Boren
     Brown
     Burns
     Chafee
     Coats
     Cochran
     Cohen
     Conrad
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     Dole
     Domenici
     Faircloth
     Gorton
     Gramm
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hatch
     Helms
     Kassebaum
     Kempthorne
     Kohl
     Lieberman
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McCain
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Nickles
     Pressler
     Robb
     Roth
     Simpson
     Smith
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thurmond
     Wallop
     Warner

                                NAYS--52

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Daschle
     DeConcini
     Dodd
     Dorgan
     Exon
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Glenn
     Graham
     Harkin
     Hatfield
     Heflin
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnston
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Mathews
     Metzenbaum
     Mikulski
     Mitchell
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murray
     Nunn
     Pell
     Pryor
     Reid
     Riegle
     Rockefeller
     Sarbanes
     Sasser
     Shelby
     Simon
     Wellstone
     Wofford

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Bradley
     Danforth
     Durenberger
     Hutchison
     Packwood
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 43, the nays are 
52. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted 
in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. METZENBAUM. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. As it pertains to a point of order raised by 
the Senator from West Virginia [Mr. Byrd], the Chair would rule the 
pending amendment violates sections 602(c) and 302(f) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The point is well taken and the 
amendment falls.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, what is the pending question before the 
Senate?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The present business is amendment No. 1458 
offered by the Senator from Colorado.
  Mr. BYRD. I wonder if we could ascertain whether or not there are 
other amendments to be offered behind the amendment by Mr. McConnell.
  Mr. DOLE. No.
  Mr. BYRD. No more on the other side?
  Mr. DOLE. No. Wait a minute.
  Mr. BYRD. Are there any other amendments on this side of the aisle?
  Very well. I am informed that there are--am I informed that there are 
no more amendments requiring rollcall votes after the amendment by Mr. 
McConnell?
  Mr. DOLE. Just that and final passage.
  Mr. BYRD. No more amendments?
  Mr. DOLE. No.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that following the 
disposition of the amendment by Mr. McConnell, no more amendments will 
be in order unless they are accepted on both sides and that the vote 
then occur after passage of 10 minutes to ascertain if there are any 
amendments that can be accepted between the two managers, the vote 
occur on final passage with paragraph 4 of rule XII being waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? The Chair hears none, and 
it is so ordered.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I think the majority leader has a proposal 
with respect to a conference report on this measure if he would like to 
make it.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader is recognized.
  Mr. MITCHELL. I am not at this moment prepared to deal with the 
schedule beyond passage of this pending bill because we have to wait 
and get that cleared on both sides, in discussion with several 
Senators. But Senators should be aware that there are now only two 
remaining votes on this bill: Disposition of the McConnell amendment, 
which will be further debated for a brief period, I understand; and 
then final passage on the bill.

  At that time, I will have had a chance to discuss the matter with the 
distinguished Republican leader, the managers, and others, and will be 
in a position to suggest a procedure for further handling of the matter 
after final passage.
  Mr. President, I yield the floor.
  Mr. KERRY addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Kerry], is 
recognized.
  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I just want to take a moment to explain to 
my colleagues where we are on this amendment of the Senator from 
Kentucky. I will be very, very brief.
  First of all, this is an amendment that has absolutely no linkage, 
connection, nexus, or rationale for being part of an emergency 
appropriations for an earthquake. If you live in California, and you 
are waiting for the U.S. Senate to do something responsible, and to act 
with the kind of speed that we ought to on this, you would ask why the 
U.S. Senate is taking up a totally extraneous amendment. That is No. 1.
  No. 2, the substance of the amendment, what the Senator from Kentucky 
is asking us to state as a sense of the Senate, is not, in this 
Senator's view, an accurate reflection of the facts.
  This amendment states in its sense-of-the-Senate that the Senate has 
not been provided sufficient information to reach a conclusion about 
the circumstances surrounding the disclosure of protected Bush 
administration files.
  I would say to my colleagues that on the face of it, that is simply 
not true. The House Foreign Affairs Committee, the House Government 
Operations Committee, and the House Republican Policy Committee, have 
all been briefed by the IG personally. The IG has briefed the Senator 
from Kentucky and his staff. The IG has offered to brief Senate staff 
on both sides.
  I hold in my hand the report of the investigation from the Office of 
the Inspector General. This provides any Senator with the full ability 
to make a determination which is absolutely contrary to what is set 
forth in the amendment by the Senator.
  Moreover, the IG has sent a copy of this report to Senator McConnell, 
to Senator Helms, to Senator Dole, to Senator Brown, to myself, and to 
Congressman Hamilton.
  In addition, the IG will make this report fully available to the 
public by tomorrow; positively before the end of the week.
  Mr. President, this is an effort to play politics, to somehow shove 
it to the administration, to simply come to the floor and play more 
partisan politics on an issue in, frankly, an incorrect manner.
  Fair is fair in the processes of the U.S. Senate. I do not think any 
U.S. Senator should sign onto a sense of the Senate that does not 
represent accurate facts.
  The IG has been public. The IG will be public. The IG has made 
information available to us. And this has absolutely nothing to do with 
the earthquake or emergency assistance.
  I urge my colleagues to reject it.
  I yield the floor.
  Mr. McCONNELL addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Senator McConnell is recognized.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I do not want to unduly delay this. We 
are not under a time agreement.
  I thought this was an amendment that would pass by 95 to nothing. I 
cannot imagine what could be controversial about the amendment that the 
Senator from Kentucky has offered, first with regard to relevancy. We 
voted on other amendments that were not entirely germane to the 
supplemental before us.
  So I do not think that is an argument that ought to prevail in the 
discussion. This is, after all, only a sense-of-the-Senate resolution 
that asks for three things: First, for the IG to provide the entire 
report to Congress, stating its confidentiality would be protected; and 
second, that the IG explain the standard for release of the Clinton 
report, but why he withheld this particular report; and third, to ask 
the Justice Department to explain why it declined to prosecute.
  With specificity, regarding Senator Kerry's observations, we just 
learned today for example that in addition to the report that some of 
us have been provided, the confidential----
  Mr. WALLOP. Mr. President, may we have order?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will be in order.
  Mr. McCONNELL. In addition to the public report, the confidential 
report. This is a third report sent to the Justice Department, entirely 
different from what some of us have had access to.
  Second, in a meeting with the inspector general, when I asked to see 
the annexes and determine who had been interviewed, I was told it could 
not be made available. Yet, the House staff was told they could see it.
  On the point the Senator made about full disclosure in the report, I 
was wondering if Senator Kerry could tell us who has been interviewed. 
We do not know who has been interviewed.
  Mr. KERRY. Let me say to my colleague that though we can spend a lot 
of time going through each aspect of this and why it is different, the 
issue is the information is in the report. The IG came and saw the 
Senator from Kentucky.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I met with him. I am telling Senators, his explanation 
was completely inadequate. That is what this is all about.
  Mr. KERRY. I say to the distinguished Senator that the IG is making 
the report fully public. The IG has made it clear he is willing to come 
to any Senator and any Senate staff. The implication of this amendment 
is that the IG is somehow shielding something or the process is 
inadequate.
  I say to my friend, I am not going to sign onto an amendment where 
the underlying facts establish a case that does not exist.
  For instance, the fourth paragraph says that the IG should report in 
writing to the majority leader and the Republican leader clarifying why 
such procedures would not be observed in this report, entitled 
``Special Inquiry and the Search and Retrieval of William Clinton's 
Passport File.''
  As the Senator knows, I know why this is a different handling here. 
There was a prosecutive summary because there was a potential initial 
filing of wrongdoing. And they sent the file to the Justice Department 
and the Justice Department insisted, because it was a matter of 
criminal inquiry, that it be held confidential.
  That is not a mystery to me, if the Senator is asking the Senate to 
ratify some notion that this represents some different handling that is 
somehow suspect. All I am saying to my friend is the information is 
available, and it is inappropriate for the Senate to pass a sense of 
the Senate that does not reflect the sense of the Senate.
  Mr. McCONNELL addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kentucky.
  Mr. McCONNELL. If I may say to the Senator from Massachusetts, the 
two cases are indistinguishable on the point that he makes. Yet, when 
President Clinton says files were allegedly searched and the report was 
made public; when these files were allegedly searched, the reports were 
not made public. There was a recommendation apparently for criminal 
prosecution in both cases. So they are indistinguishable on that point, 
as well.
  In short, there is simply no rational objection to oppose this sense-
of-the-Senate resolution essentially trying to glean from the IG and 
from the Justice Department with specificity why one case was handled 
one way, when the files allegedly searched were of a prominent 
American, and the case was handled in a different way when the files 
were allegedly searched for people not so prominent.
  What is good for the goose is good for the gander. The Senate is 
simply saying: Please provide us more of an explanation than you have 
already.
  With regard to the observation of the Senator from Massachusetts that 
the IG's report was adequate, it was not adequate. I talked with him, I 
spent an hour with him. I do not see any conceivable harm done by the 
Senate adopting this sense-of-the-Senate resolution if it would really 
like to know whether this matter was handled appropriately.
  I cannot imagine why any Senator would oppose this resolution. I do 
not see the need to prolong the debate. But we can if the Senator from 
Massachusetts would like to.
  Mr. KERRY. I do not want to prolong this either, particularly since 
this is the last issue and colleagues want to leave, and we all 
understand the impatience here. I respect that. But I do want the 
Record to be accurate.
  My colleague has just suggested to the Senate that there is no reason 
for these cases to be treated differently, that there is somehow 
something inappropriate or suspect in that. That is not accurate. I 
want my colleagues to understand the facts here.
  This case began as an administrative inquiry, with no immediate 
evidence of wrongdoing. The violations or potential violations of law 
were not discovered until the process of the administrative inquiry was 
underway. At that time, a prosecutive summary was appropriately sent to 
the Justice Department, and people were dismissed. In the case of 
Acting Secretary Eagleburger, he personally intervened and made it 
public because it occurred in the middle of the election. It was a 
front-page issue at the time, and there was sufficient pressure and 
visibility that he made a personal decision that it was important to 
clear the air in that context, and so he made it public without any 
administrative inquiry or criminal prosecution at the time.
  So that is the distinction. In the current case, there were clear 
violations of the law. So the assistant secretary for the 
administration did what is appropriate. He sent it to the Justice 
Department for appropriate action. To come in here now and suggest, as 
this amendment does, that the administration has been less than 
forthcoming, or that the administration has somehow not made 
information availability, it may be the Senator's personal judgment 
that he does not have enough information, but colleagues ought to see 
this report, which will be made totally public. Why should the U.S. 
Senate come here tonight, when we are trying to pass emergency aid for 
California, and tie ourselves up to tell them to do something that they 
are going to do? This is called wasted time, wasted action, 
fundamentally for political purposes.
  I respectfully suggest, unless my colleague wants to add something, I 
am going to move to table.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, the only one wasting time, I suggest, 
is the Senator from Massachusetts, who is choosing to debate an issue 
that I, frankly, am surprised is even in contention. The IG said he 
forwarded the last case because of criminal violations. The difference 
is he released his conclusions, in the first case, the Clinton passport 
case, publicly before sending the report. In addition to that, the IG 
in this particular instance has indicated that he recommended criminal 
prosecution. I assume the Senate would like to know why the Justice 
Department chose not to criminally prosecute.
  In any event, I welcome the Senator's motion to table. It seems to me 
the issue is clear: Do we think this case is over, or do we think the 
explanation is inadequate?
  Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator Nickles be 
added as a cosponsor of the amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  For the information of the Senate, the pending business of the Senate 
is the Brown amendment No. 1458.
  Mr. BYRD. Madam President, I am prepared to move to table the 
amendment.
  Mr. KERRY. Madam President, what is the pending amendment?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Brown amendment No. 1458.
  Mr. HATFIELD. Will the Senator yield?
  Mr. BYRD. Yes.
  Mr. HATFIELD. Madam President, I believe a while ago Senator Brown 
came to my desk and indicated he was not going to raise that amendment, 
and then he moved to vitiate the yeas and nays on the amendment. 
Whether or not it has been formally withdrawn, I do not know. But he 
verbally indicated to me he was not going to pursue the amendment. I 
will find out in the meantime.
  Mr. BYRD. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending 
amendment by Mr. Brown be temporarily laid aside.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                           Amendment No. 1461

  Mr. BYRD. Is the pending amendment now before the Senate the 
amendment by Mr. McConnell?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.
  Mr. BYRD. Madam President, I move to table the pending amendment and 
ask for the yeas and the nays.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays are ordered, and the clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Bradley] 
is necessarily absent.
  Mr. SIMPSON. I announce that the Senator from Missouri [Mr. 
Danforth], the Senator from Minnesota [Mr. Durenberger], the Senator 
from Texas [Mrs. Hutchison], the Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Nickles], 
and the Senator from Oregon [Mr. Packwood] are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 55, nays 39, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 44 Leg.]

                                YEAS--55

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Boren
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Conrad
     Daschle
     DeConcini
     Dodd
     Dorgan
     Exon
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Glenn
     Graham
     Harkin
     Heflin
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Johnston
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Mathews
     Metzenbaum
     Mikulski
     Mitchell
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murray
     Nunn
     Pell
     Pryor
     Reid
     Riegle
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Sarbanes
     Sasser
     Shelby
     Simon
     Wellstone
     Wofford

                                NAYS--39

     Bennett
     Bond
     Brown
     Burns
     Chafee
     Coats
     Cochran
     Cohen
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     Dole
     Domenici
     Faircloth
     Gorton
     Gramm
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hatch
     Hatfield
     Helms
     Jeffords
     Kassebaum
     Kempthorne
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McCain
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Pressler
     Roth
     Simpson
     Smith
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thurmond
     Wallop
     Warner

                             NOT VOTING--6

     Bradley
     Danforth
     Durenberger
     Hutchison
     Nickles
     Packwood
  So the motion to table the amendment (No. 1461) was agreed to.
  Mr. BYRD. Madam President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the 
amendment was tabled.
  Mr. MITCHELL. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader, the Senator from Maine.


                           Order Of Procedure

  Mr. MITCHELL. May we have order, Madam President? Madam President, if 
I could have the attention of Senators?
  Under the agreement entered into a short time ago, we will vote in 
just a very few minutes on final passage of this bill. As I have 
previously stated publicly on several occasions, and I know all 
Senators agree, we must complete final action on this legislation 
before departing for the Lincoln Day recess. The House bill differs in 
some respects from the Senate bill and consequently a conference 
between the two bodies will be necessary.
  Anticipating that we will pass this bill shortly, the conference will 
begin first thing tomorrow morning. The Members of the conference have 
been working, their staffs have been working to prepare for that 
conference even as we consider the bill. And then the bill must go back 
to the House before it returns to the Senate. The best and most 
optimistic prospect is that we will get it in the Senate sometime 
tomorrow evening. If any Senator desires a rollcall vote on the 
conference report, that is, of course, the right of any one Senator, 
and we will simply come back into session and all Senators will be 
required to return--at least those who wish to cast their votes--and 
pass the conference report.
  If, however, it is agreeable to all Senators that we, Senator Dole 
and I and the managers, be present and pass the conference report by 
voice vote, then the rollcall vote we are about to take on final 
passage of the bill will be the last rollcall vote until February 22 
when we return from the Lincoln Day recess.
  I would like to accommodate the large number of Senators who have 
travel schedules and wish to depart following the next vote, but that 
depends upon all of the Members of the Senate.
  I do not want any misunderstanding. Any Senator has a right to ask 
for a vote, and, if that is the case, we will have a vote either 
tomorrow night or Saturday, or whenever we get this back from the House 
of Representatives. That is a decision to be made by the Members of the 
Senate.
  So, first, I inquire of Senators, in terms of an immediate response, 
if there is a Senator present who will insist upon a recorded vote on 
adoption of the conference report and that Senator now expresses that 
view, then we will go ahead and simply say that we will come back in 
session tomorrow and we will have a rollcall vote tomorrow night, 
Saturday, or whenever we do that.
  If no Senator responds in that manner now, I want to give time for 
those Senators not present on the floor to respond. I will then ask 
that they communicate with either myself or Senator Dole in the time 
between now and the 10 or 15 minutes or so that will elapse before we 
vote on final passage of the bill itself.
  So my first inquiry is directed to those Senators present on the 
floor. Is there any Senator present on the floor who will insist upon a 
recorded vote on the conference report on this legislation when it 
returns to the Senate tomorrow evening or Saturday?
  Mr. METZENBAUM addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Ohio.
  Mr. METZENBAUM. Madam President, I say to my colleague, the manager, 
and to the leader of the Senate, I have no desire to have a vote, but I 
would like to be permitted to make an inquiry of the manager of the 
bill, if I may do so at this time.
  Mr. MITCHELL. The Senator certainly has that right.
  Mr. METZENBAUM. I ask the manager of the bill, is he aware of the 
fact that there is considerable controversy between the Senator from 
New York, the Senator from Alaska and myself? There is an amendment 
that was adopted to extend the statute of limitations with respect to 
the RTC that is provided in the legislation. It was passed by a vote of 
95 to 0. Do we have an assurance, or can we have an assurance, from the 
manager of the bill that that amendment will, to the total of his 
ability, remain in the conference report when it returns? I know that 
you cannot speak for the House.
  Mr. D'AMATO. If I might add to that inquiry--actually give some 
information--I just----
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator from Ohio yield to the 
Senator from New York?
  Mr. METZENBAUM. I yield.
  Mr. D'AMATO. I want to supplement and augment, and I join my 
colleague from Ohio in his observation. I might point out that the 
House voted 390 to 1 to instruct their conferees to accept that 
amendment. Therefore, I think while some might say, ``What are you 
worried about?'' there are those slips between the cup and the lip, and 
I join in asking that, given the overwhelming support of 95 to 0 here 
and 390 to 1, that we certainly make every effort to insist upon that 
provision being kept in the bill.
  Mr. BYRD addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.
  Mr. BYRD. Madam President, both the distinguished Senator from Ohio 
[Mr. Metzenbaum] and the distinguished Senator from New York [Mr. 
D'Amato] know that for them ``my affection hath an unknown bottom, like 
the bay of Portugal.'' But I am not quite in a position to assure 
something that I cannot deliver on. I will do my best. I cannot assure 
them that I will prevail. I do not know what the circumstances will be 
in the conference.
  Mr. METZENBAUM. Madam President, I have worked with the Senator from 
West Virginia for about 19 years off and on--18 years I guess it is--
and I would say when he is determined that something will be in a bill, 
whether it is on the floor of the Senate, in the Appropriations 
Committee, or any other committee around here, he always gets his way. 
If we have the kind of assurance that he will use all of his persuasive 
powers and the power of his position and all the other facets that are 
available to him to see that it remains, then it will indeed remain.
  And may I ask whether we can get some assurance to that effect, 
because I think there would be a keen sense of disappointment. It was a 
matter of considerable controversy between the Senator from New York 
and myself. It was resolved in this manner. It is a significant matter. 
It involves the possibility of proceeding against officers and 
directors of savings and loans that owe the Government hundreds of 
millions of dollars, actually billions of dollars. So we do not take 
the matter lightly.
  I really would appreciate it if the Senator from West Virginia could 
give us a little more fulsome statement than the previous response.
  Mr. WELLSTONE addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Minnesota.
  Mr. WELLSTONE. Madam President, I just wanted to assure my 
colleagues, as the majority leader was speaking and referred to the 
Wellstone squeeze, that I have talked to the majority leader and, from 
my point of view, if we are going to have a rollcall vote right now, 
then I certainly would not call for a rollcall vote on the conference 
report. It is one or the other.
  So I just wish to state that to my colleagues, unless my colleagues 
are disappointed, in which case we can do it another way.
  Mr. DOLE. Which one do you prefer?
  Mr. WELLSTONE. I think I prefer the vote tonight, I say to the 
minority leader, instead of tomorrow.
  Mr. MITCHELL. I say to the chairman, let us be clear, if Senators do 
not now insist on a rollcall vote, there will not be one. The chairman 
has said he will do his best to try. You have no guarantee. I am going 
to be here. Senator Dole is going to be here. Senator Byrd is going to 
be here. And Senator Hatfield is going to be here. So it has nothing to 
do with conveniencing or inconveniencing us. I am not going to accept a 
request tomorrow night from someone who says, ``Gee, I expected this to 
be different; I thought maybe this would happen,'' so forth and so on. 
That is the situation we are in, and Senators have to decide. It is the 
chairman's response that he will do his best.
  Madam President, I ask the managers to proceed. They did want to 
permit a period of 10 minutes under the order for Senators who have 
amendments that may be acceptable to both managers--the majority and 
minority--to come forward with those amendments and then we proceed to 
final passage.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia is advised that 
the Brown amendment No. 1458 remains the pending business.
  Mr. MITCHELL. That is right. And my understanding is that there will 
be a voice vote defeating that amendment that will be forthcoming, and 
then we will proceed to final passage on the bill.
  In the interim, in these 10 minutes, if nobody comes up to me or 
Senator Dole and says, ``I insist on a rollcall vote,'' I will make an 
announcement one way or the other just prior to the vote and then 
everybody has been on full notice as to the situation and everybody has 
a right to exercise their rights in any manner each Senator deems 
appropriate.
  Mr. METZENBAUM. So there not be a misinterpretation of my position, I 
do wish to explore the subject further with the manager of the bill 
before I am prepared to sign off. If we have to come back, we will have 
to come back.
  Mr. BYRD. I regret that the Senator from Ohio feels he has to explore 
the matter further with me. I cannot guarantee I will prevail in 
conference. I do not know what the attitude of the House Members will 
be. I have said that I will do the best I can.
  Mr. METZENBAUM. If the Senator from West Virginia assures us he will 
do the best he can that it will remain in, that is satisfactory.
  Mr. BYRD. ``It is like a barber's chair that fits all buttocks.''
  [Laughter.]
  Mr. MITCHELL. I suggest we proceed to the disposition of the Brown 
amendment. Following that, the managers can take the 10 minutes they 
have suggested they will take to consider any other amendments. And 
then, after that, prior to the vote, I will deal with the Republican 
leader and make another announcement.
  Mr. BYRD. Will the majority leader yield?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.
  Mr. BYRD. As far as I am concerned, the 10 minutes have expired. And 
I have in my hand several amendments which I am prepared to offer en 
bloc as soon as we dispose of the amendment.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Could we have a vote on the Brown amendment now?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the question is 
on agreeing to amendment No. 1458 offered by the Senator from Colorado.
  The amendment (No. 1458) was rejected.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Madam President, I move to reconsider the vote by which 
the amendment was defeated.
  Mr. BYRD. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West Virginia.


            Amendment Nos. 1463, 1464, 1465, 1466, and 1467

  Mr. BYRD. I send to the desk a number of amendments which have been 
agreed to on both sides. I ask unanimous consent that the amendments be 
considered en bloc, agreed to en bloc, the motion to reconsider be laid 
on the table, and appropriate statements in explanation of the 
amendments be included in the Record as though read.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is 
so ordered.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendments.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from West Virginia [Mr. Byrd] proposes 
     amendments numbered 1463 through 1467.

  Mr. BYRD. Madam President, I am advised there is one additional 
amendment being cleared on both sides.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the amendments en bloc are 
agreed to.
  The amendments were agreed to as follows:


                           amendment no. 1463

  Mr. BYRD offered amendment No. 1463 for Mr. Levin.
  The amendment is as follows:

       In the appropriate place in the bill, add the following new 
     section:

     SEC. . TRANSPORTATION GENERAL PROVISION. TO ESTABLISH AN 
                   AUXILIARY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION.

       The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration is 
     directed to establish and operate an Auxiliary Flight Service 
     Station at Marquette, Michigan, no later than September 1, 
     1994, using available funds.

  Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, today I am offering an amendment to 
direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
establish and operate an Auxiliary Flight Service Station at Marquette, 
Michigan, no later than September 1, 1994, using available funds.
  Madam President, this amendment requires no additional funding and is 
simply instructing the FAA to establish an Auxiliary Flight Service 
Station that it promised in 1991. We've been waiting since then for 
this critical weather station and it has yet to be established.
  The Marquette Flight Service Station was closed in December 1990. In 
October 1991, the FAA announced that it would establish an Auxiliary 
Flight Service Station [XFSS] at Marquette and 30 other sites. The 
Marquette XFSS was scheduled to be established in August, 1992, but the 
FAA did not meet the schedule and it was not established.
  Marquette is unique because it is the only airport of the 30 promised 
Auxiliary Flight Service Stations that has had its Flight Service 
Station closed. Because of the surrounding mountainous terrain and the 
frequent variations in weather due to this terrain and nearby Lake 
Superior, this airport is considered difficult to fly in and out of. 
This makes the establishment of the Auxiliary Flight Service Station in 
Marquette an urgent matter.
  I understand this amendment has been cleared, and I appreciate the 
committee's cooperation.


                           amendment no. 1464

 (Purpose: To provide an appropriation of $40 million ($20 million of 
   which is an advance appropriation for fiscal year 1995) to assure 
     continued NASA contract payments for the commercial mid-deck 
                         augmentation module).

  Mr. BYRD offered amendment No. 1464 for Mr. Bond.
  The amendment is as follows:

       On page 84, after line 9, insert the following new 
     paragraph:
       For an additional amount for ``Research and development'', 
     $40,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall become available for 
     obligation on October 1, 1994: Provided, That these funds 
     shall be available for the commercial mid-deck augmentation 
     module, in addition to such amounts as may be subsequently 
     appropriated.

  Mr. BOND. Madam President, the amendment would correct an oversight 
in the bill before us.
  In last year's conference report, we provided $45 million for the 
commercial mid-deck augmentation module [CMAM], or spacehab, which was 
a reduction of $21.5 million from the requested amount. In making the 
cut, the conferees made clear that we were aware that the CMAM Program 
could face difficult financial and technical adjustments due to the 
lower funding level. To address that problem, we made clear that we 
intended to provide additional funding in a supplemental appropriations 
bill this year.
  Let me quote directly from the conference report:

       The conferees have agreed, therefore, after further 
     consultations with NASA, to include an advanced fiscal year 
     1995 appropriation of $40,000,000 in a 1994 supplemental 
     bill.

  This amendment would simply fulfill that commitment.
  I would point out that it is critical that we live up to our 
commitments on this program. Spacehab is financed in large part by 
private bank loans. As a result of the cut in last year's budget, those 
loans had to be restructured, and the restructuring was undertaken 
based on the language in the conference report. Failing to provide this 
funding will not only drive the spacehab company into financial 
difficulty and possible default, it would deprive the U.S. space 
program of an important tool.
  Spacehab, which provides additional experiment space in the unused 
mid-deck portion of the shuttle, is flying today on the current shuttle 
Discovery mission. By all reports, it is performing flawlessly as it 
did in its maiden voyage last year.
  Spacehab represents a valuable opportunity for NASA, because if can 
provide the flexibility to carry additional experiments on the planned 
shuttle flights on space station MIR as well as those that will support 
the new space station.
  Failing to appropriate this money would send the wrong signal to 
private companies and to our international partners. It would basically 
tell them that NASA is not a reliable partner. It would tell companies 
that space is not a valid investment risk, and it would tell other 
nations that they should rethink their contributions to the space 
program. We must not make that mistake.
  I urge adoption of the amendment.


                           amendment no. 1465

 (Purpose; To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
                               Year 1994)

  Mr. BYRD offered amendment No. 1465 for Mr. Warner and Mr. Mack.
  The amendment is as follows:

       At the appropriate place, add:
       Sec.   . Subsection (b) of section 347 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 
     103-160; 107 Stat. 1626) is amended--
       (1) by striking out ``section 2774(a)(2)(A) of title 10,'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 5584(a)(2)(A) of 
     title 5,''; and
       (2) by striking out ``section 2774(a)(2) of such title'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 5584(a)(2) of such 
     title''.


                           amendment no. 1466

  Mr. BYRD offered amendment No. 1466 for Mr. Leahy.
  The amendment is as follows:

       On page 92, strike lines 19 through 22.

  Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, I am offering an amendment which 
addresses a crucial component of emergency relief efforts--the 
Emergency Food Assistance Program [TEFAP].
  TEFAP emergency foods are often the first line of defense when 
disaster strikes.
  And yet the rescission title of the committee reported bill cuts the 
TEFAP by $30 million. Taking food away from California is a big 
mistake.
  John Healy, executive director of the California Emergency Foodlink, 
sent me a letter saying:

       We urge you to take note of the significant impact TEFAP 
     has on feeding hungry people and providing emergency relief 
     in every natural disaster suffered by Californians. When the 
     earthquake hit Los Angeles, the Department of Social Services 
     sent over 600,000 pounds of tuna, powdered milk, juice and 
     other badly needed food supplies from TEFAP stocks.

  I was informed by USDA that, as of yesterday, a total of 900,000 
pounds of TEFAP foods have been diverted for earthquake assistance.
  After Hurricane Andrew devastated Florida and Louisiana these 
emergency foods were provided by USDA immediately. After Hurricane Hugo 
hit South Carolina, TEFAP commodities were shipped in.
  This network of TEFAP food reserves is one of the first ways the 
Federal Government can respond to an emergency.
  TEFAP commodities are used by USDA in disasters because they are 
ready to eat, prepackaged in family usable sizes, available in 
warehouses, and higher in nutrient value--especially protein--than most 
donated foods.
  TEFAP food is especially crucial if grocery stores are destroyed in a 
disaster. For example, large quantities of TEFAP foods went to Florida 
after Hurricane Andrew because food could not be purchased in stores, 
making both cash and food stamps worthless.
  Hurricane damage in Florida required 650,000 pounds of TEFAP 
commodities according to Foylen Bryant, the Florida TEFAP Director.
  Given how important the TEFAP program is to emergency relief efforts, 
it is outrageous that today's bill includes a provision cutting TEFAP 
by $30 million. I cannot understand how such a cut can be justified 
given the role the program has just played in this disaster, and how 
important it has been in previous disasters.
  In 1993, $160 million worth of food was distributed by TEFAP. Funding 
in 1994 was cut in half, to $80 million, despite the President's budget 
request of $209 million.
  Now it is being suggested that we cut TEFAP further--after they have 
already been allocated.
  The TEFAP program stockpiles stores of ready-to-eat foods, ready to 
be shipped out the moment a disaster hits in any area of our Nation. 
Without those ready stores, a quick response of emergency food to a 
disaster site is much more difficult.
  Funding TEFAP will help maintain a national network of local food 
shelves operated largely by volunteers.
  TEFAP maintains distribution networks--at the local, State, and 
national levels--so America can quickly respond to disasters. Funding 
local food reserves will help maintain that network.
  It is my view that USDA and local agencies should be able to respond 
to any disaster where food is no longer available. TEFAP helps them do 
just that.
  My amendment stops the rescission of $30 million.
  Let us keep this national network of emergency food relief. I urge my 
colleagues to support my amendment to stop the TEFAP rescission.
  TEFAP proved its effectiveness in the aftermath of the California 
earthquake. We should support, not cut, this vital emergency food 
program.
  TEFAP is a great program. Food stamps often run out well before the 
end of the month, then needy families rely on TEFAP foods.
  The elderly often prefer TEFAP to food stamps because of the welfare 
stigma associated with food stamps. Food stamp processing can take up 
to 30 days, but TEFAP is much faster. Verification of income is now 
required for TEFAP but that can usually be completed in one day. 
Congress imposed verification requirements to avoid providing benefits 
to families that are not needy.
  In a survey taken 2 years ago, Arkansas claimed they needed a 300-
percent increase in TEFAP commodities; 10 other States requested a 
doubling of TEFAP assistance.
  TEFAP provides bags of groceries to prevent hunger. Typically TEFAP 
provides peanut butter, canned meats, canned tuna, and other higher 
protein foods to low-income families.
  In just the past 2 months I have received letters from low-income 
families, community volunteers, and social service agencies in 14 
different States. All are concerned with the drastic cuts in TEFAP this 
year.
  Michael Levenson, assistant director of commodity programs in the 
State of Washington, called TEFAP ``an integral part of the State of 
Washington's disaster recovery plan.''
  The Mid Columbia Community Action Council in The Dalles, OR, told me 
that ``TEFAP is critical to our efforts to assist people in crisis,'' 
and asked, ``Please restore funding to TEFAP.''
  The Glen Cove Economic Opportunity Council, in Glen Cove, NY, had a 
similar plea. They wrote: ``We urge you to restore funding to the TEFAP 
program. TEFAP is of great importance to those who are in most need.''
  A food bank in Cleveland, OH, said that ``TEFAP is essential to the 
people we serve * * * we urge you to restore funding to the TEFAP 
program.''
  A recipient of TEFAP emergency food in the State of Colorado wrote to 
tell me: ``[TEFAP] has saved me from going hungry many times. It would 
really be a loss if it was stopped.''
  And a community action agency in New Haven, CT, said that ``Cuts in 
the TEFAP funding will mean that many of these families in need will be 
sent away with nowhere else to go. * * * TEFAP is essential to our 
caring for the hungry.''
  Last summer, concerns with shortfalls in TEFAP commodities led me to 
conduct a survey of all 50 States. States such as Arkansas and Missouri 
told me that three to six times the current amount of commodities would 
be necessary to meet the need in those States.
  In light of this incredible need and the proven effectiveness of the 
TEFAP program in getting food to those in need, I urge all my 
colleagues to support my amendment restoring TEFAP funding. It is truly 
an essential program in meeting the food needs of families in crisis.
  Mr. DeCONCINI. Madam President, I am pleased that the Senate has 
accepted the amendment offered by the distinguished Senator from 
Vermont which will add $30 million to a critical program which has been 
slashed 80 percent over the last 7 years. TEFAP--the Emergency Food 
Assistance Program--is a program that works. It uses surplus 
commodities to provide groceries to Americans to prevent hunger. TEFAP 
is distributed through a voluntary emergency food network comprised 
mainly of churches, food banks, and community action agencies. It is a 
life-saving program in times of national disasters as well as for 
Americans needing assistance on a day-to-day basis.
  After Hurricane Andrew, Florida required 650,000 pounds of TEFAP 
commodities. For almost a month after Andrew, food stamps proved 
worthless since food stores had been destroyed and transportation was 
nearly impossible. After the Los Angeles earthquake, California 
received 600,000 pounds of TEFAP commodities. It was a life-line for 
Californians who otherwise would have gone hungry.
  This country needs TEFAP. It is an essential program--and not only in 
times of emergencies. It is the last stop for hungry people in America; 
12 million low-income Americans depend on this program every day of 
their lives.
  TEFAP used to provide over $1 billion in agricultural commodities 
each year. But since 1987 there have been major reductions in the 
program. These reductions have come in the face of Hurricane Hugo, 
Hurricane Andrew, 100-year floods in the Midwest, and now the Los 
Angeles earthquake.
  Chairman Leahy sent a questionnaire to all the States asking about 
the need for more TEFAP commodities. The response was overwhelming: 
Pennsylvania wanted a 100-percent increase, Minnesota a 100-percent 
increase, New York a 50-percent increase, Florida a 100-percent 
increase, Texas a 100-percent increase--and the list goes on.
  We can add my State to that list. In Arizona, requests for emergency 
food is at an all-time high. So far this year our food banks have 
distributed 60 million pounds of food to more than 580,000 needy 
people. However, cuts to the TEFAP Program have struck a major blow. 
This year Arizona will distribute only half the amount of TEFAP food we 
were able to distribute last year.
  Madam President, TEFAP is literally a life-line for millions of 
hungry people throughout America. It can be the only source of food in 
times of emergencies. I am pleased that the Senate has come to the aid 
of this program which time and again has proven to be a crucial source 
of hope to countless Americans at a critical time in their lives.


                           amendment no. 1467

  Mr. BYRD offered amendment No. 1467 for himself.
  The amendment is as follows:

       On page 98, line 19, strike ``$107,300,000'', and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``$97,300,000''.
       On page 74, line 19 after the word ``amount'' insert the 
     following: for ``Resource Management''.
       On page 75, line 24 after the word ``amount'' insert the 
     following: ``not to exceed $6,000,000''.
       On page 75, beginning on line 24, strike beginning with the 
     word ``to'' through the word ``Secretary'' on page 75, line 
     25 (saving the comma).
       On page 76, line 1 strike the word ``head'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof the word ``heading''.
       On page 76, line 5 insert a comma after the word ``of''.
       On page 76, line 6 strike the comma after the word 
     ``flows''.

  Mr. MITCHELL. Madam President, I move to reconsider the vote by which 
the amendments were agreed to.
  Mr. BYRD. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Madam President, there is one other matter on which I 
have had a continuing series of discussions with the Republican leader 
throughout the day today. It concerns the nomination of Strobe Talbott 
to be Deputy Secretary of State. That nomination has been reported by 
the Committee on Foreign Relations, and it is my strong desire and hope 
that we can complete action on that matter before the Senate departs 
for the forthcoming recess.
  As we all know, under the rules of the Senate, any one Senator or 
group of Senators have the right to take certain steps which would not 
enable us to do that. We would then be required to file cloture to 
bring debate to a conclusion. The cloture motion would ripen at the 
time we return from session and having the vote. I hope we do not have 
to go through that.
  I inquire of the Republican leader, who is present in the Chamber and 
with whom I have had a series of private discussions, whether it will 
be possible to proceed to vote on the nomination of Strobe Talbott to 
be Deputy Secretary of State?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The minority leader, the Senator from Kansas.
  Mr. DOLE. Madam President, I am constrained to object, but I think 
with some agreement we can agree to take it up right after we come 
back. I would indicate we will have approved today 72 nominations, we 
will be prepared to deal with 72 nominations, but we cannot deal with 
that one.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Madam President, I appreciate the Republican leader's 
cooperation on the large number of nominations that we hope to complete 
action on today. I regret very much the decision not to permit a vote 
on Strobe Talbott's nomination since under the rules the earliest we 
could obtain a vote would be when we return, and that would be on 
cloture to terminate debate on the matter. I will discuss with the 
Republican leader how best we can set that matter up, and we will deal 
with that before we leave this evening.
  Now, more than ample time having passed since I raised the subject of 
the vote on the conference report, with a large number, a clear 
majority of the Senators being present, I now inquire again whether any 
Senator will insist upon a recorded vote on the conference report on 
the emergency appropriations bill on which we are now about to vote by 
rollcall on final passage? And as we are all familiar with the 
auctioneer's call going once, going--
  Mr. BAUCUS addressed the Chair.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Yes.
  Mr. BAUCUS. Reserving the right to object, we are trying to clear an 
amendment here. I will not object if we can work out some solution to 
an amendment on which, frankly, we have been working for the last 
several hours.
  I understand now the objection has been cleared, so therefore I will 
not object.


                           Amendment No. 1468

  Mr. BYRD. Madam President, I send to the desk an amendment that has 
been cleared on both sides. I ask unanimous consent that it be agreed 
to and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:.

       The Senator from West Virginia [Mr. Byrd], for Mr. Baucus, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 1468.

  Mr. BYRD. And that further reading of the amendment be dispensed 
with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

       On page 50, strike all after the word ``available'' on line 
     14 through the word ``provided'' on line 18 and insert in 
     lieu thereof, the following: ``until expended: Provided, that 
     such assistance may be made available when the primary 
     beneficiary is agriculture or agribusiness regardless of 
     drainage size: Provided''.

  Mr. BAUCUS. Madam President, I would like to offer a word of 
explanation about the amendment just offered by the chairman of the 
Appropriations Committee, Senator Byrd. This amendment would allow the 
Soil Conservation Service to use the funds appropriated in this bill to 
repair levees and other watershed projects, regardless of drainage 
size. This would allow the SCS to provide needed assistance for levees 
and other watershed protection facilities damaged during the Midwest 
floods. The amendment also strikes the amendment adopted last evening, 
amendment No. 1447, which would have seriously undermined the Corps of 
Engineers Levee Rehabilitation Program and greatly weakened Federal 
flood control and rehabilitation policy.
  With this amendment, we can provide needed emergency relief while we 
examine what the appropriate role of the Federal Government is with 
regard to flood protection and control. The recent unfortunate spate of 
major disasters has made the need to reexamine our disaster relief 
policy all the more urgent.
  I want to thank Senator Byrd and the members from the affected 
States, Senators Harkin and Bond, for their work in helping craft this 
amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the amendment is agreed to.
  The amendment (No. 1468) was agreed to.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Madam President, no Senator having expressed an 
intention to require a recorded vote on the conference report, we will 
now then proceed to final passage of this bill, and this will be the 
last vote, and the conference report----
  Mr. D'AMATO. Madam President, before the gavel goes down for the last 
time----
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New York.
  Mr. D'AMATO. I am going to attempt in less than 60 seconds to set the 
record as I see it.
  Some may disagree with it. After quite a period of time, through the 
good offices of Senator Murkowski and Senator Metzenbaum, we have been 
able to achieve the passage extending the statute of limitations to all 
those thrift institutions on which the statute might otherwise run 
before December 19, 1995. We have managed to accomplish that by a 
recorded vote of 95 to nothing.
  In the House of Representatives today, the conferees were instructed 
390 to 1 to accept the Senate position.
  Now, I do not want to keep our friends here, but I have to tell you 
something. I know about a barber chair. It can accommodate all kinds of 
people and sizes, as the manager of the bill has indicated. I am only 
suggesting to you that it would be absolutely unacceptable, it seems to 
me, to the American people, and to all of the Members of the House and 
the Senate if there were to be an accommodation that somehow would see 
this legislation not kept in the conference report.
  Now, we can enter into little dalliances, et cetera, and I am not so 
good at verse and never was, and I do not attempt to think that I can 
keep up with any of my colleagues here, but I have to tell you 
something. I would like to understand that we are going to keep this in 
or not report one back. I do not believe that it is unreasonable to get 
a better assurance than the Senator from Ohio or I have received to 
date.
  Mr. MITCHELL addressed the Chair.
  Mr. D'AMATO. Best effort is not good enough for this Senator.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Then, Madam President, the chairman has said he will 
make his best effort. He cannot guarantee the result. If that is not 
good enough, then let us right now say we will have a recorded vote on 
the conference report. We will come back tomorrow night and vote. We 
have now discussed this too long already. Let us make a decision right 
now. If anybody wants a recorded vote on final passage, say so now.
  Mr. DOLE. Madam President, will the Senator yield to me?
  Mr. D'AMATO. Yes.
  Mr. DOLE. I have been around here quite a while, and I think, I say 
to my friend from New York, the distinguished chairman of the committee 
has indicated fairly strongly he will do the best he can. I have seen 
him do the best he can before, and I have always lost.
  So I would think the Senator would be in a very strong position when 
he gives that message. And I hope that we can--everybody knows if it is 
not in the conference report, it will be back here next week and we 
will be voting on it almost daily. I do not think it is in anybody's 
interest to drop it out now. I hope my colleague from New York would 
accept that the chairman and the ranking Republican feel the same way. 
Is that correct?
  I know the Senator feels the same way. Is that correct?
  Mr. HATFIELD. Yes.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Madam President, I want to say that this effort to 
extend the statute of limitations did not start just recently. It has 
been going on for a couple of years. We have had a lot of votes on 
that. A lot of people voted against it.
  So we know that if it does not stay on this bill, which we all hope 
it will, and I support, it is going to be back, and back again. And I 
am going to support it every time. I hope all the others will support 
it.
  But let us be clear on this. We all understand what is happening here 
with respect to the statute of limitations. We all understand what is 
going on.
  So the fact is, either you are now going to decide one way or the 
other. We are going to have a vote or we are not. The chairman has said 
what any person of common sense, prudence, and good judgment would say. 
He is going to do the best he can. He cannot guarantee the result. 
Nobody here could ever say anything other than that. We all understand 
that. Who can make a guarantee that they cannot possibly be certain 
that they can carry out? That, I think, ought to be good enough for 
everybody. If it is not, let us have a vote.
  Mr. D'AMATO. Madam President, given the emphatic nature of the 
presentations, both by the minority leader and the majority leader, my 
dear friend--and he is a good friend--and the assurance of our manager 
of the bill that he will give his best effort, I will certainly not 
call for a recorded vote.
  Mr. MITCHELL. Madam President, let us proceed to a vote.
  I ask for the yeas and nays on final passage of the bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
  There is a sufficient second.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  Mr. BAUCUS. Madam President, as the Senate continues consideration of 
this emergency supplemental bill, I want to make some general 
observations. While I will vote for this bill, I will do so with great 
reluctance.
  In the last 5 years, we were hit by a number of major disasters. The 
Loma Prieta earthquake. Hurricanes Andrew and Iniki. The L.A. riots in 
1992 and the Midwest floods last summer. Most recently, the Los Angeles 
area earthquake. The costs of these disasters have gone through the 
roof.
  Madam President, we hear a lot about the need to cut spending. That 
need is real. And one way to do it is to reexamine our approach to 
disaster funding.
  I sympathize with the victims of the California earthquake. My own 
State of Montana has experienced natural disasters--the harsh winters, 
seemingly countless droughts and the devastating wildfires in the 
Yellowstone region, for example. So I do not suggest that Californians 
are not suffering tremendously because of this disaster. I am 
suggesting, though, that we must find a better way to prepare and pay 
for disasters.
  Each year we appropriate disaster relief funds. But we never have 
enough to cover the actual costs of a major disaster.
  That is why we continue to find ourselves appropriating additional 
funds on an emergency basis. We do not think ahead. Instead we wait, 
then just take out our national credit card and run up the bill.
  As was stated on the floor this morning, the Senate will soon begin 
consideration of a balanced budget amendment. It is ironic that many--
though not all--of my colleagues who support a balanced budget 
amendment are the same ones who clamor for Federal emergency assistance 
following a disaster in their State.
  You cannot have it both ways. You cannot support unpaid for emergency 
spending that contributes to the deficit and then support a 
constitutional amendment for a balanced budget.
  Congress can balance the budget without such a constitutional 
amendment. But only if we make tough choices. In fact, last month, the 
Environment and Public Works Committee did just that. The committee 
made over $137 million in cuts to public buildings projects. It was not 
easy. It sure was not popular. But it was necessary.
  The size of the check for emergency disaster relief is not the only 
issue. There must be a more concerted effort to mitigate such tragedies 
at the Federal, State and local levels.
  We already have programs in place to minimize the loss of life and 
property in natural disasters. We have flood insurance. We have 
earthquake insurance and crop insurance. We have strengthened building 
codes and seismic retrofitting. These are all good programs. But 
application and enforcement is spotty or nonexistent.
  Madam President, we all watched the Midwest floods this summer. We 
all watched with sympathy and we helped out. Congress appropriated over 
$5 billion to pay for the floods and the bill before us today 
appropriates even more. But few people realize that many who live in 
the 100-year flood plain do not carry flood insurance. That is 
irresponsible.
  If you choose to live in a flood plain, you should be required to 
have the necessary insurance protection. Only about 25 percent of 
property owners in the Midwest flood area were covered by flood 
insurance. When the flood came, it did not matter. The Federal 
Government came to the rescue to bail-out the residents who chose not 
to carry insurance.
  The same is true with earthquake insurance. A majority of homeowners 
in the Los Angeles area did not carry earthquake insurance. As a 
result, the Federal Government will again pay to rebuild these homes, 
regardless of whether or not earthquake insurance was purchased.
  What incentive is there to buy insurance, if you know the Federal 
Government will pay when there is a natural disaster? No wonder 
participation rates for these programs are so dismal.
  I realize that it may not just be a case of irresponsibility on the 
part of homeowners. If high deductibles or premiums make these 
insurance policies prohibitive, Congress should take a hard look at 
that as well.
  Federal generosity has a limit, Madam President. We need to enforce 
these programs so that property owners take personal responsibility for 
their action or inaction.
  But it is not just a Federal problem. I urge my colleagues to work 
with State and local officials and make sure they understand that 
short-term investments have long-term advantages. As the saying goes, 
``an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure''. Many of us breathe 
a sigh of relief when a disaster misses our State. But we are all in 
this together as taxpayers.
  By creating a task force to look into the costs associated with 
disasters, the Majority Leader and the Speaker have also recognized 
that this is an important issue that needs to be examined. I commend 
them for their action and look forward to working with this task force 
in the weeks ahead.


                            flood assistance

  Mr. HARKIN. Madam President, I rise in support of this important 
disaster assistance legislation. I commend the President and the 
distinguished and skillful chairman of the Appropriations Committee for 
assuring its prompt consideration.
  This legislation appropriately responds to the tremendous destruction 
caused by the major earthquake in southern California. People have lost 
their homes, possessions, and jobs. The devastation included billions 
in damage to roads, bridges, and other public buildings. We in the 
Midwest know all too well what a disaster like this means and the need 
for a quick and thorough response in order to recover economically and 
emotionally from it.
  I am also pleased that the legislation before us responds to 
additional unmet needs caused by the great midwest floods this past 
summer. I want to thank Chairman Byrd, President Clinton, and OMB 
Director Panetta for their work to make this possible.
  As Senator Byrd wisely noted when the flood supplemental 
appropriations measure was considered last year, we did not at that 
time understand the full impact of the disaster. Frankly, we still do 
not have a final determination of the costs involved.
  I have been continuing my efforts with Senate Bond and the other 
Senators from the flood States to determine the needs that still must 
be met.
  On January 31, the President proposed $435.5 million in additional 
assistance for the Midwest. This included $340.5 million for the Soil 
Conservation Service to restore levees, stabilize soil around 
structures and to accelerate some construction in watersheds. This work 
is crucial if the flood areas are to have a chance of being properly 
prepared for likely future flooding in the area. The ground is still 
saturated, and many predict significant flooding this year. The SCS 
funds will also be used to put land into the wetlands program. It is 
cheaper to put some land into the program than to restore it or to 
restore damaged levees: $25 million was provided through the ASCS to 
help farmers restore their fields, and $70 million was provided for the 
Corps of Engineers for the restoration of levees.
  Also, on January 31, the flood task force made up of State government 
officials in the affected States provided a partial list of $560 
million of the most urgently needed assistance beyond the $435 million 
requested by the President.
  Recognizing the limits on Federal aid, Senators from the affected 
States worked to scrub those requests. We met with Leon Panetta last 
week with a considerably pared down list of requests. His staff 
suggested further reductions after they worked with the Departments on 
a needs assessment. The President then requested and I offered an 
amendment in the appropriations markup to provide $250 million in 
additional CDBG funds for the affected States. In addition, $50 million 
was added to the ``unanticipated needs'' account. Those funds can be 
used for the Midwest, for the earthquake area or for other disasters.
  The $250 million in CDBG funds are to be allocated to the Midwest 
flood will be used for a variety of purposes including: home 
relocation, in some cases the relocation of whole communities; the 
modification of sewer systems so they will not act as conduits for 
flood water. We had whole neighborhoods safely behind levees that held. 
But, the water came roaring out of the toilets and sinks causing great 
damage, and the use of funds by local governments for levees and other 
improvements that will reduce losses in future disasters.
  Madam President, I urge quick adoption of this important legislation 
so that the people of California and the Midwest can fully recover from 
the natural disasters that have recently beset them.
  Mr. COATS. Madam President, it has been said, ``Blessed are the 
young, for they shall inherit the national debt.'' Today, every child 
born in America inherits $17,000 in public debt. Today, the total 
Federal income tax collected each year from west of the Mississippi 
River does not even cover the interest paid on our debt burden. Today, 
the Federal Government spends $3 for every $2 it collects. This is the 
destructive legacy of a Congress without courage. Our budget deficit 
represents a failure to lead, and that failure is felt in every city, 
in every community, on every farm, and in every family.
  We clearly need to restore fiscal integrity and economic soundness to 
the budget process. I am proud to be a cosponsor of the Government 
downsizing, performance, and accountability act of 1994, introduced 
today by the Republican leader. This proposal offers real deficit 
reduction through 50 commonsense recommendations from a range of 
sources, including the Grace Commission and Vice President Gore's 
National Performance Review.
  Other proposals fall short of real deficit reduction because they 
fail to reduce the caps on discretionary spending. Our plan cuts 
Federal spending by more than $50 billion over 5 years and, by lowering 
the caps, ensures that all of the non-defense savings goes to deficit 
reduction. It prevents Congress from using its timeworn tactic of using 
savings from one program to spend more on another, and it reduces the 
deficit without raising taxes.
  Our bill also protects the military from those who would raid its 
budget to fund pet programs. By reinstating the defense firewall, this 
plan enables President Clinton to keep the promise he made in his State 
of the Union Speech not to cut defense spending any further than he 
already has. The Defense budget has already been cut to the bone. We 
must end the practice of compromising our national security to pay for 
the policy enthusiasm of the moment.
  Any attempts to reduce the deficit are incomplete without 
institutional reform. The inclusion of the line item veto in this 
package ensures that Congress would not be permitted to continue to 
mortgage our children's future through pork-barrel spending. It would 
shine the light of debate into the dark corners of the budget process.
  This plan is about honoring people who pay their taxes, lead 
productive lives and are tired of seeing Government waste their hard-
earned money. Washington can reduce the deficit without raising taxes; 
this plan proves it.
  Our national deficit is a burden on our children and our 
grandchildren. This plan eases that burden through reasonable cuts and 
meaningful savings. It is a chance for Congress to act on its ardent 
rhetoric about deficit reduction.


         funding for liheap in the supplemental appropriation.

  Mr. KENNEDY. Madam President, in the aftermath of the severe cold 
wave last month in the Northeast, emergency aid through the Low Income 
Home Energy Assistance Program is clearly needed.
  The bill before us asks President Clinton to release $300 million of 
the $600 million available in contingency funds for this program. The 
bill also requests that the Secretary of the Department of Health and 
Human Services be permitted to target this funding to the States that 
are most in need.
  I strongly support both of these goals, and I commend Senator Byrd, 
the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, and Senator Harkin, the 
chairman of the Labor and Health and Human Services Subcommittee, for 
their leadership on this provision. These Senators have been 
instrumental in ensuring that the LIHEAP Program serves the needs of 
low-income families. This emergency aid will ease the heavy burden of 
one of the coldest winters in recent memory.
  We need this $300 million emergency appropriation, and we need it as 
soon as possible. Even before this winter began, the LIHEAP Program was 
being shortchanged. In fiscal year 1985, $2.1 billion was appropriated 
to LIHEAP. In fiscal year 1994, LIHEAP received only $1.4 billion, a 
30-percent decrease.
  In Massachusetts, only 27 percent of those eligible actually receive 
LIHEAP's aid. Low-income families have had to choose between heating 
their homes and feeding their children. In 1992, Boston City Hospital 
released a 3-year study on seasonal changes in weight for low-income 
children living in Boston. The study identified a relationship that 
researchers called the heat or eat effect: The number of clinically 
underweight children going to the hospital's emergency room increased 
dramatically in the period immediately following the coldest month of 
the winter. According to the study, ``parents know their children will 
freeze to death before they starve to death.'' It is disgraceful to 
force families to make such a choice when it is in our power to prevent 
it.
  Massachusetts is not alone in facing these urgent problems today. The 
Coalition of Northeast Governors, representing the Northeast States 
plus New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, and the Association of 
State LIHEAP Directors, which includes administrators from across the 
country, have reported that many States will soon exhaust their LIHEAP 
funds. The winter goes on, but funds to help the poor pay their energy 
bills have dried up.
  This emergency appropriation of $300 million will help the country's 
poorest families make it through the winter. I commend the committee 
for its action and I urge the Senate to approve it.
  Mr. PRESSLER. Madam President, I rise in reluctant opposition to the 
rescission provisions in title III of the Senate version of H.R. 3759. 
On the one hand, I support cuts to offset spending. On the other hand, 
I must voice strong objection to rescinding funds for the Landsat 
satellite in the Department of Defense section of the package.
  The administration's budget request for fiscal year 1995 contains no 
funding for the Department of Defense Landsat operations. This does not 
mean, however, that the administration no longer believes in the 
important mission of the Landsat satellite to support global climate 
change research and national security.
  The President's National Science and Technology Council this week 
adopted a proposal to construct, launch, and operate a Landsat 7 
system. While not all details of this proposal have been completed, it 
assumes a transfer of the Department of Defense fiscal year 1994 
Landsat funds to NASA to cover a portion of the completion cost of 
Landsat 7. After the launch of Landsat 7, the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration would be responsible for the system's ground 
operations, including data processing, distribution and archiving at 
the EROS Data Center in Garretson, SD.
  The Landsat program provides critical land remote sensing data for 
earth science research and a variety of operational applications of 
importance to national security as well as domestic and international 
use.
  We are in the unfortunate position of considering construction and 
launch of Landsat 7 prematurely. Earlier this year, Landsat 6 was lost 
upon launch. One earlier satellite, Landsat 5, continues to operate, 
but it is beyond its expected lifetime. Data continuity becomes a 
priority consideration with the loss of Landsat 6, and the limitations 
of the older satellite. If Congress fails to commit to continuation of 
this program, we run a real risk of being without land remote sensing 
data.
  NASA is in the middle of developing its Earth observing system data 
information system, which depends on Landsat data. If we do not build 
and launch Landsat 7, we will be in the position of trying to replicate 
some form of the program within 5 years. The cost of trying to build a 
new program will far exceed what we might spend to continue the current 
Landsat program.
  The other body assumes continuation of the Landsat program in its 
companion to the measure we are considering today. I urge my colleagues 
in the strongest possible terms to accept the other body's support of 
Landsat in conference.


               food donations program for selected groups

  Mr. INOUYE. Madam President, I would like to ask my esteemed 
colleague, Senator Bumpers, chairman of the Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies, to clarify a 
point in the rescission package that may affect Indian tribes and needy 
Indian people of our country. The House-passed bill and the Senate bill 
contain rescissions directed at the Food Donations Program for Selected 
Groups within the Agriculture Department's Food and Nutrition Service. 
Can the chairman expand on the report language which indicates that 
this rescission will not affect the availability of commodity foods 
available to Indian reservations?
  Mr. BUMPERS. I would be glad to clarify this point for the 
distinguished chairman of the Indian Affairs Committee. The funds which 
are proposed to be rescinded in the Senate bill are, in fact, a portion 
of the fiscal year 1993 appropriation that carried over to the current 
fiscal year. The committee has been advised that these funds are not 
needed to maintain the current program level. Senator Inouye can assure 
the Indian tribal governments and Indian people who receive such 
assistance that the rescission contained in this measure is not 
intended to diminish the current level of commodity foods available to 
them.
  Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, I would like to engage in a brief 
colloquy with the distinguished chairman of the Transportation 
Appropriations Subcommittee, if he is available, on a matter in the 
bill before us.
  Mr. LAUTENBERG. I am happy to discuss the bill with the Senator from 
Michigan.
  Mr. LEVIN. I thank the Senator from New Jersey. The bill that the 
Appropriations Committee reported makes tangible progress toward 
responsible deficit reduction. However, I am concerned by one of the 
rescissions proposed by the committee for the Federal Highway 
Administration, the Monroe rail consolidation project.
  The Monroe rail consolidation project has been included on the 
committee's proposed rescission list. Yet, this project is ready for 
construction and is important for Southeast Michigan. The criterion 
that the committee appears to have used in determining if a project's 
funding should be rescinded is whether or not a project still has 
unobligated balance from before fiscal year 1991. These balances, in 
and of themselves, provide no indication of the merit of a project.
  The Monroe rail consolidation project is ready for construction and 
is important for Southeast Michigan. The project is necessary for 
economic and safety reasons. It will eliminate 25 public and private 
crossings, substantially reducing preventable vehicle/train accidents. 
Design and engineering is done. Work has been delayed only because the 
overall costs were underestimated. I ask unanimous consent that a 
description of the project prepared by the Michigan Department of 
Transportation be printed in the Record following my remarks.
  Madam President, I know that without an offset it would be difficult 
to remedy this on the floor right now, but I would ask the Senator if 
he would work in conference to preserve the unobligated balances for 
this project.
  Mr. LAUTENBERG. I appreciate the Senator bringing these facts to my 
attention. I have no intention of pulling the rug out from under those 
projects that are ready to go. I can assure the Senator from Michigan 
that I will keep in mind his concerns and the information he has 
provided as the conference committee considers the proposed 
rescissions.
  Mr. LEVIN. I thank the subcommittee chairman for his assistance. I 
hope that the conferees on the bill will be able to delete this project 
from the rescissions list. Those unobligated fiscal year 1990 balances 
may appear to be free game here in Washington, but the people in 
Michigan are counting on them.
  There being no objection, the description was ordered to be printed 
in the Record, as follows:

        Monroe Railroad Consolidation Project, Monroe County, MI

       1. Identify the State or other qualified recipient 
     responsible for carrying out the project.
       The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be 
     responsible for administering federal, state and local public 
     funds used in the project; the City of Monroe and the 
     involved railroads, CN North America (CNNA) and Consolidated 
     Railroad Corporation (Conrail), will carry out the project.
       2. Describe the design, scope and objectives of the 
     project, including the phase or phases proposed for funding.
       The Monroe Railroad Consolidation Project scope consists of 
     consolidating three widely separated mainline tracks in a 7 
     mile long corridor passing through the City of Monroe into 
     one double track main. The objectives achieved by 
     consolidating these tracks are:
       a. Increased grade crossing safety: The project would 
     eliminate 25 of the 31 grade crossings in the corridor.
       b. Increased efficiency of the street system: Travel delays 
     on Monroe's street system caused by the movement of trains 
     through the 25 crossings to be closed will be eliminated.
       c. Improved air quality: Elimination of automobile idling 
     time at grade crossings will reduce emissions.
       d. Improved energy efficiency: The reduced automobile 
     idling time at grade crossings and more stable vehicle 
     operating speeds will reduce motor fuel consumption.
       e. Enhanced land use/economic development opportunities: 
     The elimination of two railroad rights-of-way through the 
     city enhances the potential uses for adjacent parcels, and 
     enables consolidation of properties into marketable 
     opportunities for new enterprises and increased employment.
       f. Improved residential neighborhood cohesiveness: The 
     neighborhoods severed by the rights-of-way to be eliminated 
     will be reconnected; dwellings now adjacent to the tracks 
     will become more desirable and livable, improving the quality 
     of housing stock in the area.
       g. Improved economics for rail freight movement: The 
     railroad companies' costs of crossing and signal maintenance, 
     as well as liability exposure will be eliminated for the 25 
     crossings to be closed; mainline track maintenance costs will 
     be shared by two railroad companies.
       A special Federal appropriation of $2.975 million received 
     in FY 1990 has been used to accomplish feasibility and 
     preliminary engineering studies. The remaining existing 
     funding will be used to finance preparation of the 
     Environmental Assessment, completion of final design, and a 
     small portion of the total cost of construction. New federal 
     funding is sought for the remaining construction costs.
       3. Is the project eligible for the use of Federal-aid 
     funds?
       The project is eligible for the use of Federal aid funds.
       4. What is the total project cost and source of funds?
       The total cost to complete the project is estimated (based 
     upon preliminary engineering) at $16,000,000. Sources of 
     funding are as follows:
       Federal funds (80%)=12.8 million
       Non-federal funds (20%)=3.2 million
       Non-federal funds will be provided by Michigan Department 
     of Transportation, the two private railroad companies, and 
     affected local governments.
       The federal share consists of the balance of the 1990 
     federal grant and the additional funding sought in this 
     request, as follows:

Original grant balance.......................................$2,775,000
Present grant request........................................10,025,000
                                                             __________

    Total federal funds......................................12,800,000

       5. Will there be private sector funding for a portion of 
     the project and, if so, how much private sector financing is 
     being made available for the project?
       A portion of the 20 percent non-federal fund match will be 
     provided by the involved railroads.
       6. Will the completion costs for the project exceed the 
     amounts requested for the project?
       Estimates of completion costs based upon preliminary 
     engineering completed thus far indicate costs to be within 
     the amount requested.
       7. Has early work, such a preliminary engineering and 
     environmental analysis been done on the project?
       Preliminary engineering and Phase One Environmental Site 
     Assessment have been completed.
       8. What is the proposed schedule and status of work on the 
     project?
       Preliminary engineering, by Envirodyne Engineers, was 
     completed and presented to local public officials and the 
     railroads in April, 1993. The proposed plans were generally 
     endorsed by all public and private entities affected. Concern 
     was raised by a neighborhood at the northern limit of the 
     project regarding the location of the crossover track near 
     their residences. Early in 1994, Envirodyne Engineers will be 
     retained to do further work to study alternative crossover 
     locations, and to prepare an Environmental Assessment in 
     compliance with federal requirements. Once Federal approval 
     is granted, final design will commence. The target year for 
     construction is 1995.
       9. Is the project included in the metropolitan and/or State 
     transportation improvement plan(s), and if so, scheduled for 
     funding?
       The project is included in the regional transportation 
     improvement program prepared by the Southeast Michigan 
     Council of Governments, and therefore is included, by 
     reference, in the state transportation improvement program.
       10. Is the project considered by State and/or regional 
     transportation officials as critical to their needs?
       The project is seen as very important by local, state, and 
     federal officials.
       11. Why have State and/or regional transportation officials 
     not given this project sufficient priority to obtain funding 
     through the normal ISTEA funding process?
       State, regional, and local transportation officials have 
     identified the importance of this project. The department has 
     delayed the development of many needed projects due to 
     inadequate funding levels, from both federal authorizations 
     and state transportation revenues.
       12. Has the proposed project encountered, or is it likely 
     to encounter, any significant opposition or other obstacles 
     based on environmental or other types of concerns?
       Public presentation of the preliminary engineering report 
     in April, 1993, generated a concern regarding location of the 
     northern crossover track. This concern will be addressed as 
     the project moves to final design. There is strong local 
     citizen support for the project. Environmental impacts, if 
     any, will be identified as a result of the Environmental 
     Assessment to be undertaken in 1994.
       13. How will the project objectives be attained?
       The project objectives will be attained through a project 
     steering committee consisting of representatives from each 
     affected local government, the two railroads, and 
     MDOT. The committee has functioned on an ad hoc basis 
     since before the first federal grant was obtained, and 
     accounts for the consensus already existing on the 
     consolidation plan for which preliminary engineering has been 
     completed.
       Through the continuous communication afforded by the 
     steering committee, the complex technical, operational, and 
     staging aspects of the project will be effectively managed, 
     bringing about as smooth a transition as possible from 
     current operations to joint operations in one corridor.
       14. Describe the economic, energy efficiency, 
     environmental, congestion mitigation and safety effects 
     associated with completion of the project.
       See #2.
       15. Will the project require an additional investment in 
     other infrastructure projects? If so, how will these projects 
     be funded?
       This project is a complete project in and of itself. 
     However, its design would permit future rail consolidation 
     continuing from the north limits of this project in northern 
     Monroe County to the downriver area of metropolitan Detroit. 
     Funding for such future work is not being sought at this 
     time.
       16. In lieu of the proposed project, what other 
     transportation strategies have been considered by State and 
     local transportation officials?
       A 1989 feasibility study recommended a consolidation scheme 
     retaining two of the three track sets. A subsequent 
     consultant study performed by Envirodyne Engineers, Inc. 
     found that with proper design, utilization of only one rail 
     right-of-way through Monroe could provide a level of utility 
     to each railroad equal to that currently existing. (That 
     study indicated that such an approach would incur less than a 
     10 percent cost increase over the two-track approach while 
     allowing the closure of an additional eight area grade 
     crossings.) If the project under consideration is not 
     approved for federal funding, it is unlikely that any rail 
     consolidation (i.e., the elimination of main line rail 
     corridors) will be undertaken in the Monroe area.
       17. Is the authorization requested an increase to a 
     previously authorized amount for this project, or would this 
     be the first authorization for this project? Has this project 
     previously received federal funding, commitments regarding 
     future federal funding (such as an LOI or Full Funding 
     Agreement), or appropriations?
       This request is for the funding necessary in addition to 
     the original federal grant in 1990, to carry the project from 
     preliminary engineering through construction.
       18. If Highway Trust Fund revenues are not made available 
     for the project, would you support general fund revenues for 
     it?
       General fund revenues would be acceptable for the 
     advancement of this project.


                         northridge earthquake

  Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, damage caused by the Northridge 
earthquake has severely impacted the movement of people and goods. 
Until repairs and reconstruction of damaged facilities are completed, 
California will need to implement, over time, the necessary 
transportation management strategies to maximize the movement of people 
and goods.
  Transportation management strategies--including but not limited to 
construction of detours and modifications to existing roads to increase 
transportation capacities including development of High Occupancy 
Vehicle facilities, motorist and public information systems, upgrading 
and increasing transit services, including increased bus, rail and van 
pooling services and implementation of an intermodal emergency 
universal transit pass--are critical to providing alternative services 
to those services that were lost with the damage to the transportation 
system. Many of these activities are similar to activities implemented 
following the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989.
  The Federal Highway Administration issued a memorandum on April 20, 
1989, providing guidance for Federal funding eligibility for traffic 
management activities. That guidance provided that many of the 
strategies being used would be eligible for normal Federal funding as 
well as day-to-day operations for highway advisory radio and freeway 
service patrols during highway construction.
  H.R. 3759, the emergency supplemental appropriations bill, does not 
specifically address the issue of traffic management strategies under 
the Emergency Relief Program. It is my understanding that these 
transportation management activities for Emergency Relief Program 
funding are eligible under the Emergency Relief Program to restore 
essential traffic service until such time as repairs and reconstruction 
of transportation facilities, damaged by the earthquake, are completed 
and reopened to traffic. Is this the understanding of the chairman of 
the Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies of the 
Committee on Appropriations?
  Mr. LAUTENBERG. Madam President, I agree with Senator Boxer's 
assessment that activities to restore essential traffic services are 
eligible activities under the Emergency Relief Program and I urge FHWA 
to move quickly on this matter.
  Mrs. BOXER. I thank Chairman Lautenberg for this clarification and 
his support.
  Mr. COHEN. Madam President, I rise today to express my sympathies to 
the people of southern California. The devastating earthquake which 
shook the Los Angeles area last month has left many people dead or 
injured and thousands of others homeless. I intend to support this 
emergency supplemental which will provide desperately needed relief not 
only to the victims of this tragic earthquake, but also to the victims 
of the Midwest floods and the unusually bitter cold temperatures that 
various regions of the country, including my home State of Main, have 
experienced this winter.
  I am extremely pleased that this legislation includes the directive 
to President Clinton to release $300 million in emergency funds from 
the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program [LIHEAP]. It is up to 
President Clinton to declare an emergency and release these funds, but 
I am confident that he will support our call for immediate action.
  As we all know, the winter in many parts of the country, but 
particularly in Maine and other parts of New England, has been 
unusually cold and shows no signs of abating. In Maine, temperatures 
have been well below freezing for many weeks.
  Let me indicate just how dire the situation is for some of Maine's 
residents. In Washington and Hancock Counties, among Maine's poorest 
counties, the average LIHEAP benefit is now only $182 for the whole 
winter, a reduction of $166 from last year's level. Benefits for many 
households who heat with oil, kerosene or wood range from $48 to $120 
for the entire winter. As you can imagine, this benefit level cannot 
possibly assist the poor in meeting the energy costs they face as a 
result of this relentless winter weather. Of those receiving benefits 
in this area, 74 percent have incomes below 100 percent of the poverty 
guidelines, with the remaining 26 percent with incomes between 101 and 
150 percent of poverty guidelines.
  It is critical that emergency fuel funds set aside in the fiscal year 
1994 Labor/Health and Human Services appropriations bill be released 
immediately in order to provide the assistance to these needy citizens. 
It is for precisely this situation that emergency funds were allocated 
by Congress in last year's appropriations bill, and I urge the 
President to take the appropriate action and release the funds to needy 
areas like Maine.
  I also want to speak to the issue of how we fund disaster relief. The 
Federal Government, in my view, has a responsibility to respond to 
natural disasters which strike without warning and leave people 
desperate for such basic necessities as food and shelter. Madam 
President, my own State of Maine suffered the aftermaths of three 
natural disasters in 1991 alone, causing substantial damage to public 
roads and bridges and private property throughout the State. At the 
same time, however, I firmly believe that we must begin to seriously 
address the Federal budget deficit. The Federal Government has 
been running deficits for more than two decades. The Congress and the 
President continue to ask Americans to pay higher taxes in an effort to 
tackle the deficit, but Americans want Congress and the President to 
cut spending first.

  Since 1988, Congress has approved six disaster relief supplemental 
appropriations bills similar to the one we are considering today. While 
no one disputes the need for this relief to the victims of natural 
disasters, these measures have increased our Federal budget deficit by 
more than $17 billion. The number of natural disasters nationwide has 
increased in recent years and so has the cost of these disasters as is 
evidenced by both Hurricane Andrew and the earthquake in California. 
The early estimates for the California earthquake range between $15 and 
$30 billion.
  While I continue to believe that the Federal Government must provide 
assistance to disaster victims in times of catastrophic disasters, and 
do so expeditiously, I firmly believe that we must also face our fiscal 
responsibilities. If we do not begin to address the deficit now, the 
problem will only worsen for our children and our grandchildren. As a 
result, I support the language in this legislation urging the creation 
of a bipartisan task force to look at the issue of how to pay for 
disaster relief in the future. During the Senate's debate on this 
legislation, I also supported amendments to offset the cost of the bill 
with spending cuts in other Federal programs and find an alternative 
way to finance disaster assistance in the future. Unfortunately, 
however, the Senate did not adopt these amendments.
  In closing, Madam President, I again want to express my sympathies to 
the residents of southern California as they begin the difficult 
process of trying to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of what may 
be the worst natural disaster this country has ever seen.
  Ms. MIKULSKI. Madam President, I strongly support this supplemental 
appropriations bill to provide much-needed aid to the thousands of 
victims of the Northridge, CA earthquake, and I commend the chairman of 
the Appropriations Committee, Senator Byrd, for moving this legislation 
so quickly.
  All of America was gripped by the 6.6 earthquake that struck the San 
Fernando Valley on the morning of January 17. We watched with horror 
how people had lost their homes, their communities, and in 57 
instances, their very lives, because of this act of nature. Now is the 
time to get aid to those victims as rapidly as possible.
  FEMA tells us that its disaster relief fund is very close to running 
dry. That means that FEMA will have to withhold providing aid to all 
disaster victims--not just in California but also victims in the 
Midwest and other States which have had major disasters--until this 
bill is signed into law.
  Madam President, the Northridge quake is the costliest major natural 
disaster in modern American history. This legislation will go a long 
way to helping people recover from that tragedy.
  The amounts provided in the VA-HUD chapter reflect the 
administration's request.
  FEMA: for FEMA disaster relief, the bill provides $4.7 billion. In 
addition, the administration recently released $408 million in 
contingency funds, for a total of over $5 billion.
  These funds will provide for infrastructure repair, emergency 
transportation requirements, individual and family grants, hazard 
mitigation, and other disaster-related needs.
  The bill also includes $15 million for a post-earthquake 
investigation.
  HUD: For HUD, the bill includes $825 million for various housing and 
community development programs. For assisted housing account, the bill 
provides $225 million. Of that, $200 million will be allocated for 
section 8 housing rental subsidies for low-income families affected by 
the southern California earthquake. This will help provide housing for 
an estimated 10,000 families for up to 18 months. Most of the 
assistance will be used to aid families whose annual earnings are at or 
below 50 percent of the median income for the greater Los Angeles area. 
An additional $25 million will be allocated for the modernization of 
public housing projects damaged in the earthquake.
  For the flexible subsidy fund, the bill provides $100 million. These 
funds will provide money to replace or rehabilitate federal-insured 
and/or -assisted multifamily housing projects damaged by the January 
1994 earthquake in southern California. The Department's initial 
estimate indicates that 68 of 151 projects located within the 
earthquake zone, roughly 45 percent of Federally-insured and/or 
assisted inventory, were affected by the quake.
  The Committee has included bill language to increase the flexibility 
of FHA programs for victims of the Southern California earthquake. 
These provisions were not recommended by the House because of concerns 
about the fact that they are legislative in nature.
  And finally, for the CDBG program, the bill provides $500 million. 
These funds will be disbursed to entitled communities, and the State of 
California, for expenses resulting from immediate and long-term efforts 
to recover from the January 1994 southern California earthquake. Up to 
$75 million of those funds may be transferred to the HOME program for 
expenses resulting from the earthquake.
  VA: The bill provides $66.6 million for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs. Together with $7 million in unspent disaster funds provided to 
the Department in a fiscal year 1992 dire emergency supplemental 
appropriations act, there will be $73.6 million available to VA.
  These funds are needed for patient related expenses at six of 
California's VA facilities, including Sepulveda and West Los Angeles. 
There was extensive damage at the Sepulveda facility, requiring the 
facility to be closed and all patients to be moved to other medical 
facilities. The funds provided will pay for cleanup and minor repairs, 
transporting patients, additional patient workload, contract personnel, 
and other expenses.
  In closing, Madam President, let me say that I am opposed to budget 
offsets for this supplemental appropriation.
  I do not think it is fair to make the victims of this tragedy wait 
for aid while Congress haggles over budget cuts. We did not ask the 
victims of Hurricanes Hugo, Andrew, or Iniki to do that. We did not ask 
those who suffered from Loma Prieta to do that. And last summer, when 
floods affected nine different States in the Midwest, we did not do 
that.


                        kerrey-graham amendment

  Mr. KOHL. Madam President, today I rise in support of the Kerrey 
amendment. The amendment contains specific spending cuts that could 
save the Government almost $95 billion over the next 5 years.
  I will not speak for long today, Madam President. We have had enough 
speeches about cutting spending. It is time for action.
  We all like to talk specifically about our ideas for spending 
Government money, but when it comes time to talk about reducing the 
deficit, we suddenly get vague. We are all against the deficit--in 
abstract. We are all against wasteful Government spending--if we do not 
go into details about exactly what we mean by wasteful. But there 
aren't many who want to stand up here and talk specifically about what 
programs we would cut. I commend Senator Kerrey, and the bipartisan 
groups of Senators who support this plan, for doing just that.
  And not only is this amendment specific. It is also even-handed. It 
cuts entitlements, defense, and domestic spending. No one group, State, 
or interest bears the brunt of the deficit reduction in this package.
  And because the cuts in this package are numerous and specific, there 
are some items I support strongly, like the proposal to cut Senators' 
pay by 5 percent. And there are some items I wish were not in the 
package, like the reduction in Legal Services Corporation. But I 
support the entire package because I understand--and I hope the entire 
Senate understands--that we will not pass significant spending cuts 
until we are all willing to accept some cuts that hurt.
  In the past, Madam President, too often we treated Government 
spending as if it were a reward for winning public office. We spent 
taxpayer money as if it were our own. Now it is time to treat 
Government spending as a responsibility of public office. We have to 
start spending taxpayer money as if it belonged to the taxpayers who 
worked hard for it.
  I am glad the President has sent us a budget that brings the deficit 
down--at least for the next 5 years. But we have got to do more. By the 
year 2000, our deficit will still be over $200 billion, our debt will 
have topped $6 trillion. Is this the legacy we want to leave to a new 
generation? Is overwhelming debt piling up year after year a record we 
can be proud of? No. The answer is no.
  Now is the time to take action. Now is the time to start paying back 
the trillions we have borrowed from future generations. Now is the time 
to cut spending. I urge my colleagues to support the Kerrey amendment.


                         federal buildings fund

  Mr. DeCONCINI. The language contained in the explanatory statement 
accompanying this bill contained in title II, under the ``Federal 
Buildings Fund'' heading, in no way supersedes or alters the actions 
taken by the Environment and Public Works Committee with respect to the 
disapproval of funds for certain GSA building projects made available 
in the fiscal year 1994 Treasury Appropriations Act. For those projects 
where fiscal year 1994 funds were appropriated but for which a 
prospectus was not approved by the Environment and Public Works 
Committee, the funds cannot be expended by the General Services 
Administration in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 103-123, 
until such authorization is approved.
  Mr. BYRD. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that an 
explanatory statement of the recommendations of the Senate Committee on 
Appropriations on H.R. 3759 be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the statement was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

Explanatory statement of the recommendations of the Senate Committee on 
      Appropriations on H.R. 3759, making emergency supplemental 
 appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for 
                            other purposes.

       The Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred the 
     bill (H.R. 3759) making emergency supplemental appropriations 
     for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other 
     purposes, reported the same to the Senate with an amendment, 
     and submits the following statement in explanation of its 
     recommendations.

                            Bill Highlights

       Title I.--The Committee is recommending fiscal year 1994 
     emergency supplemental appropriations to cover emergency 
     expenses primarily arising from the consequences of the 
     January 17, 1994, earthquake in southern California. The 
     Committee recommendation totals $10,019,150,000 in budget 
     authority and $1,109,000,000 in loan authority, the same as 
     the President's request. These funds are broken down as 
     follows:

Committee bill, total appropriations.................\1\$10,019,150,000
Emergency appropriations................................(9,069,150,000)
Contingency appropriations................................(950,000,000)
Loan authority............................................1,109,000,000

\1\Includes subsidy appropriations of $254,750,000.

       Major items in this bill include:

FEMA--disaster relief....................................$4,709,000,000
Small Business Administration (disaster loans)............1,109,000,000
Impact aid..................................................165,000,000
Student financial assistance.................................80,000,000
Federal-aid highways, emergency relief (trust fund).......1,265,000,000
  Direct appropriations...................................(950,000,000)
  Contingency appropriations..............................(400,000,000)
VA major construction projects...............................45,600,000
VA medical care..............................................21,000,000
HUD annual contribution for assisted housing................225,000,000
HUDflexiblesubsidyfund......................................100,000,000
Community development block grants..........................500,000,000
Unanticipated needs, contingency appropriations.............550,000,000
Department of Defense, humanitarian assistance............1,198,300,000
Department of Agriculture, Midwest flooding.................435,500,000
Federal-aid highways, Loma Prieta...........................315,000,000

                          Earthquake Situation

       In the predawn of January 17, 1994, an earthquake shook 
     southern California causing massive upheaval to many homes, 
     infrastructure, and the nerves of the residents near the 
     epicenter at Northridge in Los Angeles County. Upon receiving 
     initial reports of the damage and destruction caused by the 
     quake the President made available previously appropriated 
     emergency contingency funds of $140,000,000 on January 19, 
     1994, so that help could begin to flow immediately. On 
     January 22, 1994, an additional $143,000,000 in previously 
     appropriated emergency contingency funds was made available 
     by the President.
       After receiving reports from local, State officials as well 
     as members of his Cabinet the President made an initial 
     request for additional emergency Federal assistance totaling 
     $6,178,405,000 on January 26, 1994. After further reports 
     from the field and more recent estimates of the damage the 
     President forwarded a further request of $3,540,745,000 in 
     emergency aid on January 31, 1994. Of this request 
     $1,591,945,000 is for the additional expenses of the Los 
     Angeles earthquake; $1,198,300,000 is for unbudgeted and 
     unexpected Department of Defense humanitarian and 
     peacekeeping activities; $435,500,000 is for expenses related 
     to last summer's floods in the Midwest; and $315,000,000 is 
     for highway repairs resulting from the Loma Prieta 
     earthquake. Therefore, the Committee has considered requests 
     from the President which total $9,719,150,000.
       Title II.--On February 7 and 8, 1994, the President 
     submitted fiscal year 1994 supplemental budget requests 
     totaling $1,579,698,000, of which $862,600,000 are for 
     mandatory items. The bill recommended to the Senate includes 
     discretionary appropriations of $115,714,000, a reduction of 
     $601,384,000 below the President's request. In addition to 
     the Committee has recommended the full amount requested by 
     the President for mandatory items.
       Mandatory items include $698,000,000 for veterans 
     compensation and pensions; $103,200,000 for veterans 
     readjustment benefits; and $61,400,000 for advances to the 
     unemployment trust fund.
       The discretionary items included represent salaries and 
     expense items in various agencies. These discretionary 
     appropriations are all accommodated within each 
     subcommittee's 602(b) allocation and are more than offset by 
     rescissions contained in title III.
       Title III.--According to the General Accounting Office, 
     from the enactment of the Congressional Budget and 
     Impoundment Control Act of 1974 through September 20, 1993, 
     Presidents have proposed rescissions totaling 
     $69,629,034,690, of which $21,585,250,366 were agreed to by 
     Congress. In addition, over this same period, congressionally 
     initiated and enacted rescissions total $67,114,961,718. 
     Total rescissions that have been enacted over this period 
     (1974 through September 20, 1993) equal $88,700,212,085, or 
     $19,071,177,395 more spending cuts than have been requested 
     by Presidents.
       On November 1, 1993, the President requested 37 rescissions 
     within the jurisdiction of eight subcommittees totaling 
     $1,946,122,724 in budget authority. On February 7, 1994, the 
     President submitted additional rescissions bringing the total 
     of the President's rescission requests to $3,172,183,170 for 
     fiscal year 1994.
       The bill as reported recommends rescissions totaling 
     $3,442,677,882 in discretionary spending reductions, 
     $270,494,712 in greater cuts than requested by the President. 
     The bill as reported contains rescissions in the jurisdiction 
     of 12 subcommittees.
       While approving, in whole or in part, a substantial amount 
     of rescissions requested, the Committee also recommends a 
     number of rescissions not requested by the President. In some 
     instances, these congressionally initiated rescissions are to 
     be derived from general categories of spending for various 
     agencies. These appropriations are not earmarked by the 
     Congress, but are administered by the various agencies under 
     authority delegated to them in appropriations acts. This 
     delegation of authority to the executive branch is necessary 
     because there are literally thousands of applicants for 
     grants for many Federal programs. Congress is in no position 
     to review and act upon these grant requests. Rather, the 
     authority to carefully screen applicants for Federal funds so 
     as to avoid wasteful and unnecessary spending and to approve 
     only those grants which are of national importance, rests 
     with the executive branch.

                         Emergency Designation

       Pursuant to the President's request, the Committee 
     recommends language designating all disaster relief funds in 
     this bill as emergency requirements under the terms of the 
     1990 Budget Enforcement Act. Under this act, appropriations 
     that are designated as emergency requirements by both the 
     President and the Congress are counted as automatic increases 
     to the discretionary spending limits.
       The emergency designations in this bill are consistent with 
     past special disaster relief appropriations--in 1993 to cover 
     the disaster costs caused by extensive flooding in the upper 
     Mississippi River area; and in 1992 to cover the costs caused 
     by other natural disasters, such as Hurricane Andrew, 
     Hurricane Iniki, Hurricane Bob, the devastating fires in 
     Oakland, CA, and the State of Washington; the Northeastern 
     storm that ravaged the New England area; and agricultural 
     disasters such as the California freeze, the Red River 
     Valley, TX, floods, the Kansas drought, the Minnesota/Iowa 
     excessive rainfall, the Southeastern States drought, and the 
     Louisiana/Texas freeze.
       In addition, the Congress made emergency appropriations in 
     1991 at the request of the President to meet over 
     $1,100,000,000 in international commitments and humanitarian 
     needs such as aid to Kurdish refugees and economic support 
     payments to the Governments of Turkey and Israel.
       Prior to the 1990 Budget Enforcement Act, special emergency 
     bills were enacted between 1980 and 1990 for large domestic 
     and international disasters such as the Loma Prieta 
     earthquake, Hurricane Hugo, the Mount St. Helen's volcanic 
     eruption, African famine relief, and Italian earthquakes. 
     These needs were all financed in a similar manner to this 
     bill.
       The Committee also wishes to note that while circumstances 
     justify these expenditures, the Congress has had an excellent 
     overall record in controlling discretionary spending. In 
     total, over the first 4 years of the discretionary spending 
     limits the Congress has appropriated $36,954,000,000 less 
     than allowed under the statutory caps for discretionary 
     spending.


Total discretionary appropriations--budget authority compared to budget 
                                  caps

Fiscal year:
  1991....................................................-$209,000,000
  1992...................................................-7,649,000,000
  1993..................................................-16,262,000,000
  1994..................................................-12,834,000,000
                                                       ________________

    Total...............................................-36,954,000,000

  TITLE I--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 
                       ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1994

                               CHAPTER 1

      DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
                  ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       Soil Conservation Service


               Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations

1994 appropriation to date.................................$241,965,000
1994 supplemental estimate..................................340,500,000
House allowance.............................................340,500,000
Committee recommendation....................................340,500,000


                       Committee Recommendations

       The Committee recommends an additional $340,500,000 for the 
     Emergency Watershed Protection Program through the 
     ``Watershed and flood prevention operations'' account. This 
     amount is the same as the House allowance and the budget 
     estimate.
       These funds will provide additional assistance to areas 
     damaged by the Midwest floods, the southern California 
     earthquake, and other natural disasters to safeguard lives 
     and property. For the affected Midwestern States, funds would 
     be used to repair levees and other flood-retarding 
     structures, as well as to allow additional enrollments into 
     the Emergency Wetlands Reserve Program from willing 
     landowners. In California, funds would be used for erosion 
     control in areas affected by the recent fires.
       In addition, bill language provides that not more than 
     $50,000,000 of this amount shall be made available where the 
     primary beneficiary is agriculture and agribusiness 
     regardless of drainage size.
       The entire amount requested has been designated by the 
     President and is herein designated by Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

          Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service


                     Emergency Conservation Program

1994 appropriation to date.............................................
1994 supplemental estimate..................................$25,000,000
House allowance..............................................25,000,000
Committee recommendation.....................................25,000,000


                       Committee Recommendations

       The Committee recommends $25,000,000 for the Emergency 
     Conservation Program. This amount is the same as the House 
     allowance and the budget estimate.
       These funds will provide additional cost-share assistance 
     to eligible producers for the repair of farmland damaged by 
     the 1993 flooding in the nine affected Midwestern States.
       The entire amount requested has been designated by the 
     President and is herein designated by Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                      Commodity Credit Corporation

       The Committee concurs with House bill language to provide 
     that funds previously made available for disaster assistance 
     may be used for orchard and nursery crops affected by the 
     Midwest floods of 1993 and other natural disasters.
       The Committee recommends bill language designating the use 
     of funds for these purposes an emergency and making the use 
     of funds for such purposes available only to the extent the 
     President designates such use an emergency under the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       The Committee recommends bill language allowing papayas to 
     be treated like other crops damaged by 1992 disasters, and 
     specifies that use of funds for this purpose is an emergency 
     requirement under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                               CHAPTER 2

DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                                AGENCIES

                             RELATED AGENCY

                     Small Business Administration

                     disaster loans program account

1994 appropriation to date..............................\1\$216,101,000
1994 supplemental estimate..................................309,750,000
House allowance.............................................309,750,000
Committee recommendation....................................309,750,000

\1\Of this amount, $140,000,000 was provided as contingency 
appropriations.

       The Committee recommends an emergency appropriation of 
     $309,750,000 for the Small Business Administration's [SBA] 
     ``Disaster Loans Program'' account. This is the same as the 
     level requested by the President and provided in the House 
     allowance. Of the funds recommended, $254,750,000 provides 
     credit subsidies for disaster loans and $55,000,000 supports 
     related administrative and processing expenses. Under current 
     OMB credit subsidy rates, the appropriation will support an 
     additional $1,109,000,000 in SBA disaster loans for 
     businesses and homeowners. In conjunction with existing 
     contingency appropriations which the administration recently 
     released, a total of $1,500,000,000 in SBA disaster loans 
     will be available to assist in the recovery from the Los 
     Angeles earthquake.
       The Committee also has agreed to bill language proposed by 
     the House which amends section 24 of the Small Business Act 
     which authorizes the SBA natural resources or Tree Planting 
     Program. This amendment provides priority to applicants that 
     have been impacted by major disasters during the previous 3 
     years.

                               CHAPTER 3

                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY


                          SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST

       The President requested emergency fiscal year 1994 
     supplemental appropriations in the amount of $1,198,300,000 
     for the Department of Defense. These funds are requested to 
     cover urgent, unbudgeted, and unforeseen expenses of the 
     Department's humanitarian relief and peacekeeping operations 
     in and around Somalia, Bosnia, Southwest Asia, and Haiti.


                  SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS

       The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,198,300,000 
     in new budget authority for military personnel, operation and 
     maintenance, and procurement programs of the Department of 
     Defense. This amount is the same as that requested by the 
     President and provided by the House.
       These funds will be used to cover only incremental costs 
     associated with ongoing humanitarian, peacekeeping, and peace 
     enforcing operations of the Department, in the amounts and 
     for the purposes listed below:
       --Somalia.--$424,100,000 is provided to sustain United 
         States military operations in and around Somalia through 
         the planned departure date of March 31, 1994. Funds will 
         be made available to the Army, Navy, and Air Force for 
         combat pay, equipment operations and repair, equipment 
         purchases, and other logistics support.
       --Bosnia.--$276,700,000 is recommended to cover the full 
         fiscal year 1994 costs of supply airdrops, hospital 
         operations, and other support activities associated with 
         United States humanitarian efforts in Bosnia. These funds 
         also will be used to support U.S. actions to enforce the 
         no-fly zone in this area.
       --Southwest Asia.--$449,700,000 is recommended for ongoing 
         U.S. military peacekeeping activities in Southwest Asia. 
         Specifically, these funds will be made available to meet 
         the full fiscal year 1994 combat pay, operations, and 
         support costs of Operation Provide Comfort (relief 
         efforts for the Kurdish population living in northern 
         Iraq) and Operation Southern Watch (efforts to enforce 
         the no-fly zone in southern Iraq.)
       --Haiti.--$47,800,000 is provided to cover unbudgeted 
         fiscal year 1994 incremental expenses of the Navy arising 
         from increased ship operations and flying hours by units 
         assigned to maritime interception operations around 
         Haiti.
       Appropriating funds in the amount requested is necessary to 
     maintain the well being of our military forces. The expenses 
     associated with the operations described above were neither 
     anticipated nor provided for in the Fiscal Year 1994 Defense 
     Appropriations Act (Public Law 103-139). Thus, the Department 
     has been forced to redirect funds designated for planned 
     peacetime training activities, equipment maintenance, and 
     other programs in order to support these peacekeeping 
     operations. Without these funds, the ability of our forces to 
     maintain readiness certainly will be degraded. Moreover, the 
     Committee concurs with the House's assessment that these 
     expenses do fully satisfy the criteria used by the Office of 
     Management and Budget to designate spending provisions as 
     emergency in nature.
       The specific details of the Committee's recommendations are 
     discussed below.

                    1994 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

                           MILITARY PERSONNEL

       The Committee recommends supplemental appropriations 
     totaling $44,400,000 for military personnel pay and benefits 
     programs.

                        Military Personnel, Army

1994 appropriation to date..............................$21,296,177,000
1994 supplemental estimate....................................6,600,000
House allowance...............................................6,600,000
Committee recommendation......................................6,600,000

       The Committee recommends appropriations of $6,600,000 for 
     military personnel, Army to cover unanticipated combat pay 
     and other pay and benefit costs incurred from ongoing 
     humanitarian and peacekeeping operations. This is the same as 
     the amount requested and approved by the House.

                        Military Personnel, Navy

1994 appropriation to date..............................$18,330,950,000
1994 supplemental estimate...................................19,400,000
House allowance..............................................19,400,000
Committee recommendation.....................................19,400,000

       The Committee recommends appropriations of $19,400,000 for 
     military personnel, Navy to cover unanticipated combat pay 
     and other pay and benefit costs incurred from ongoing 
     humanitarian and peacekeeping operations. This is the same as 
     the amount requested and approved by the House.

                     Military Personnel, Air Force

1994 appropriation to date..............................$15,823,030,000
1994 supplemental estimate...................................18,400,000
House allowance..............................................18,400,000
Committee recommendation.....................................18,400,000

       The Committee recommends appropriations of $18,400,000 for 
     military personnel, Air Force to cover unanticipated combat 
     pay and other pay and benefit costs incurred from ongoing 
     humanitarian and peacekeeping operations. This is the same as 
     the amount requested and approved by the House.

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

       Supplemental appropriations totaling $1,106,600,000 are 
     recommended for the Department's operation and maintenance 
     [O&M] accounts. These funds will be used to cover 
     unanticipated expenses of the Department's humanitarian and 
     peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia, Somalia, Southwest Asia, and 
     Haiti. Such expenses are being incurred by the Army, Navy, 
     Air Force, and special forces and include costs of equipment 
     operations and repair, transportation and communications 
     support, supply purchases, subsistence and other logistics 
     support. A table is provided below which identifies amounts 
     to be made available to the military services for specific 
     operations.

                                FISCAL YEAR 1994 SUPPLEMENTAL O&M APPROPRIATIONS                                
                                            [In thousands of dollars]                                           
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                               Southwest                        
                                                        Somalia     Bosnia       Asia        Haiti       Total  
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
O&M, Army...........................................     305,000      48,100      67,000  ..........     420,100
O&M, Navy...........................................      22,800      19,800      14,400      47,800     104,800
O&M, Air Force......................................      33,000     198,700     328,400  ..........     560,100
O&M, Defensewide....................................      10,100       1,400      10,100  ..........      21,600
                                                     -----------------------------------------------------------
      Total.........................................     370,900     268,000     419,900      47,800   1,106,600
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                    Operation and Maintenance, Army

1994 appropriation to date..............................$15,802,057,000
1994 supplemental estimate..................................420,100,000
House allowance.............................................420,100,000
Committee recommendation....................................420,100,000

       The Committee recommends appropriations of $420,100,000 for 
     operation and maintenance, Army. This is the same as the 
     amount requested and approved by the House.

                    Operation and Maintenance, Navy

1994 appropriation to date..............................$19,860,309,000
1994 supplemental estimate..................................104,800,000
House allowance.............................................104,800,000
Committee recommendation....................................104,800,000

       The Committee recommends appropriations of $104,800,000 for 
     operation and maintenance, Navy. This is the same as the 
     amount requested and approved by the House.

                  Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

1994 appropriation to date..............................$19,093,805,000
1994 supplemental estimate..................................560,100,000
House allowance.............................................560,100,000
Committee recommendation....................................560,100,000

       The Committee recommends appropriations of $560,100,000 for 
     operation and maintenance, Air Force. This is the same as the 
     amount requested and approved by the House.

                 Operation and Maintenance, Defensewide

1994appropriationtodate..................................$9,456,801,000
1994 supplemental estimate...................................21,600,000
House allowance..............................................21,600,000
Committee recommendation.....................................21,600,000

       The Committee recommends appropriations of $21,600,000 for 
     operation and maintenance, Defensewide. This is the same as 
     the amount requested and approved by the House.

                              PROCUREMENT

       The Committee recommends funding for various procurement 
     programs in the total amount of $47,300,000. These funds will 
     be used to replace equipment destroyed in support of 
     operations and replenish items reserved for wartime.

                       Aircraft Procurement, Army

1994appropriationtodate..................................$1,320,886,000
1994 supplemental estimate...................................20,300,000
House allowance..............................................20,300,000
Committee recommendation.....................................20,300,000

       The Committee recommends appropriations of $20,300,000 for 
     aircraft procurement, Army. This is the same as the amount 
     requested and approved by the House.

                        Other Procurement, Army

1994appropriationtodate..................................$2,892,766,000
1994 supplemental estimate......................................200,000
House allowance.................................................200,000
Committee recommendation........................................200,000

       The Committee recommends appropriations of $200,000 for 
     other procurement, Army. This is the same as the amount 
     requested and approved by the House.

                        Other Procurement, Navy

       Aegis support equipment.--The fiscal year 1994 
     appropriation for Aegis support equipment included an 
     increase of $5,000,000 only for the continued purchases of 
     Navy standard AN/UYH-16 mass memory storage devices as 
     proposed by the House and a reduction of $5,000,000 in the 
     Aegis Support Equipment Program as proposed by the Senate. 
     The Committee directs the Navy to implement this allocation 
     of funds.

                     Missile Procurement, Air Force

       AMRAAM missile.--For several years the conferees on the 
     Department of Defense appropriations bill have specifically 
     provided authority to procure as many AMRAAM missiles as 
     possible within the funds appropriated, provided it would be 
     shown that any additional missiles procured beyond the budget 
     estimate are needed to meet validated service requirements. 
     The Senate report on H.R. 3116, the Department of Defense 
     appropriation bill, 1994 (S. Rept. 103-153) specifically 
     stated ``The Committee recommends providing $469,329,000 for 
     the procurement of as many AMRAAM missiles in fiscal year 
     1994 as these funds will allow''.
       It continues to be the intent of the Committee to encourage 
     missile unit cost savings and to achieve inventory 
     requirements in the most efficient manner. Because the Senate 
     language directing the Air Force to buy as many missiles as 
     appropriated funds would allow was not overturned in the 
     conference report or the fiscal year 1994 Defense 
     Appropriations Act, the Committee directs the Department of 
     Defense to comply with the Senate language provisions.

                      Other Procurement, Air Force

1994appropriationtodate..................................$7,637,250,000
1994supplementalestimate.....................................26,800,000
House allowance..............................................26,800,000
Committee recommendation.....................................26,800,000

       The Committee recommends appropriations of $26,800,000 for 
     other procurement, Air Force. This is the same as the amount 
     requested and approved by the House.

              RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

           Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy

       Lightweight torpedo development.--The Fiscal Year 1994 
     Defense Appropriations Act provided $9,000,000 to ascertain 
     the feasibility of producing hybrid lightweight torpedoes. 
     Use of the funds was restricted until after the Navy reported 
     to the Committees on Appropriations on the programmatic 
     objectives, schedule, technical risks, and annual and total 
     program costs of the hybrid torpedo development program. 
     Additional information provided by the Navy supports the use 
     of $4,000,000 of the funds to perform the studies, analysis, 
     and risk assessment demonstrations in order to submit the 
     report to the Committees. The Committee approves the use of 
     up to $4,000,000 only for these purposes.

         Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force

       Space test program.--No funds were provided in the Fiscal 
     Year 1994 Defense Appropriations Act for space shuttle-
     related and piggyback secondary payload experiments. The Air 
     Force has submitted additional information demonstrating the 
     military utility of accomplishing this work. Based on the 
     revised program plan, the Committee approves the 
     reallocation, from within existing program funds, of 
     $3,580,000 for the space shuttle work and $1,967,000 for the 
     piggyback experiments.

        Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defensewide

       Electric vehicles.--The Committee recommends the 
     reallocation of funds among the following projects: 
     $3,250,000 for the Los Angeles agile manufacturing project; 
     and $4,000,000 for the California Environmental Vehicle 
     Consortium [CEVCO] project.

                           general provisions

       The Committee recommends striking section 302 of the House-
     passed bill. Section 301 is retained. Section 303 of the 
     House-passed bill is retained and renumbered as section 302.

                               CHAPTER 4

                      ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil


                 Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies

1994 appropriation to date..................................$20,000,000
1994 supplemental estimate...................................70,000,000
House allowance..............................................70,000,000
Committee recommendation.....................................70,000,000

       The Committee recommends an appropriation of $70,000,000 to 
     complete repairs to levees damaged in the disastrous floods 
     of 1993 as requested by the President and passed by the 
     House. The additional funding is required based on refined 
     estimates and unforeseen work which the Corps of Engineers 
     was not able to accurately identify at the time.
       The entire amount requested has been designated by the 
     President as an emergency requirement pursuant to the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                         Bureau of Reclamation


                          Construction Program

       Safety of dams.--The Bureau of Reclamation has informed the 
     Committee that serious seepage caused by erosion has weakened 
     Ochoco Dam in Oregon. The Bureau has ordered emergency 
     repairs to prevent a catastrophic failure that could endanger 
     the lives and property of over 5,000 downstream residents. 
     Understanding that the repairs at Ochoco Dam are the highest 
     priority in the Safety of Dams Program, the Committee has 
     included a provision in the bill to waive the 60-day waiting 
     period before construction can begin. The Committee 
     understands the Bureau will use existing funds to begin this 
     work.

                               CHAPTER 5

DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED 
                                AGENCIES

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                Administration for Children and Families


                   LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

       The Committee recommendation includes bill language 
     permitting the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
     target $300,000,000 of existing Low-Income Home Energy 
     Assistance Program [LIHEAP] emergency funds among the States. 
     These funds are intended to help impoverished households cope 
     with extraordinary heating costs due to recent extreme cold 
     weather, which has been particularly severe in New England, 
     Mid-Atlantic, and Midwestern States.
       These funds can only be made available if the President 
     submits a formal budget request to Congress designating the 
     entire amount of the request as an emergency defined in the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
     The Director of the Office of Management and Budget has 
     notified Congress that the administration intends to utilize 
     this procedure to make available at least $100,000,000 due to 
     the recent severe cold weather and has requested bill 
     language to permit targeting of funds to impacted States. The 
     House-passed version of this emergency supplemental 
     appropriations legislation modifies the administration's bill 
     language request to increase the targeting authority to 
     $200,000,000. The President currently has authority to 
     release up to $600,000,000 in emergency LIHEAP funds, through 
     the nationwide statutory allocation formula.
       The Committee notes that the regular LIHEAP appropriation 
     of $1,437,408,000 available for the current year serves less 
     than 25 percent of the eligible low-income population. While 
     the law permits assistance to households below 150 percent of 
     the poverty level, more than two-thirds of the funds serve 
     recipients earning less than $8,000, far below the poverty 
     threshold. Applications have been increasing rapidly, 
     severely straining existing funds which provide an average 
     benefit of only $200, a small fraction of heating costs.
       The Committee concurs with the House in recommending bill 
     language to extend availability of the regular fiscal 1994 
     program funding through September 30, 1994, to cover the 
     current funding gap between the fiscal 1994 and 1995 
     appropriations.

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


                               IMPACT AID

1994 appropriation to date.................................$798,208,000
1994 supplemental estimate..................................165,000,000
House allowance.............................................165,000,000
Committee recommendation....................................165,000,000

       The Committee recommends $165,000,000, the same as the 
     budget request and House allowance, for impact aid disaster 
     assistance under section 7 of Public Law 81-874. These funds 
     will be used for grants to help school districts meet 
     increased operating costs resulting from the January 1994 
     California earthquake and to compensate for reduced local 
     revenue directly related to the disaster.


                      STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

1994appropriationtodate..................................$6,553,566,000
1994supplementalestimate.....................................80,000,000
House allowance..............................................80,000,000
Committee recommendation.....................................80,000,000

       The Committee recommends $80,000,000, the same as the 
     budget request and House allowance, for the Pell Grant 
     Program for increased costs associated with the January 1994 
     California earthquake. These funds will finance Pell grants 
     to partially meet additional financial needs of postsecondary 
     students during academic years 1993-94 and 1994-95.
       In addition, the bill authorizes the Secretary to waive the 
     statutory requirements for the institutional allocation of 
     student aid provided under two of the campus-based student 
     aid programs--work study and Perkins loans. The waiver would 
     allow the Secretary to reallocate unused fiscal year 1993 
     appropriations under the two programs to institutions 
     enrolling students who have been adversely affected by the 
     earthquake and other disasters, including the Midwest floods 
     of 1993. Flexible reallocation authority already exists for 
     the third campus-based program, the Supplemental Educational 
     Opportunity Grant Program.
       The Committee has also included bill language to extend the 
     availability of fiscal year 1992 funds that were reallocated 
     under the three campus-based student aid programs--Federal 
     work-study, Perkins loans, and Federal supplemental 
     opportunity grants. These funds will remain available to 
     institutions for use in award year 1994-95 to assist 
     individuals who have suffered financial harm as a result of 
     the Midwest floods of 1993.

                               CHAPTER 6

           DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

                          Federal-Aid Highways

                          (highway trust fund)

1994 appropriation to date.............................................
1994 supplemental esti mate..............................$1,665,000,000
House allowance...........................................1,665,000,000
Committee recommendation..................................1,665,000,000

       The Committee recommends the full amount requested by the 
     administration for the Federal Highway Administration's 
     emergency relief program. Of the funds recommended, 
     $1,350,000,000 is to address those emergency highway needs 
     resulting from the southern California earthquake. In 
     addition to those funds, $315,000,000 is recommended for 
     highway needs resulting from the Loma Prieta earthquake.
       The Committee has included the bill language submitted by 
     the administration, which allows California to exceed the 
     annual $100,000,000 emergency relief per State cap, and the 
     provision which sets the Federal share at 100 percent for 
     projects' costs on the Federal-aid highway system that are 
     incurred during the first 180 days from the date of the 
     earthquake.
       For fiscal year 1994, the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
     Efficiency Act, Public Law 102-240, provided a total of 
     $100,000,000 in contract authority for emergency relief 
     highway projects.
       The Committee has included bill language which would 
     protect the Northridge earthquake relief effort from any 
     shortfalls in funding before enactment of the supplemental 
     appropriations by permitting reimbursement to the State 
     Department of Transportation for costs incurred before 
     additional emergency relief funds are provided by the 
     supplemental appropriations bill. This provision would ensure 
     uninterrupted repairs of damage to the freeway system.
       The Committee has also included technical bill language 
     which allows funds already provided to the State of Hawaii to 
     be spent on emergency relief plans for the Island of Kauai, 
     which suffered the greatest damage from Hurricane Iniki. 
     Usually, planning funds are generally designated for 
     metropolitan planning organizations [MPO's]; but Kauai does 
     not have an MPO.
       In the wake of the southern California earthquake, the 
     Committee is reminded of the significant cost savings 
     resulting from the seismic retrofitting of highway spans and 
     bridges. In addition, evidence suggests lives are saved as a 
     result of this retrofitting. The Secretary is directed to 
     provide to the Committees on Appropriations a priority 
     listing of the seismic retrofit needs of bridges and spans 
     along Interstate 5. The report is to be delivered no later 
     than June 1, 1994.

                               CHAPTER 7

DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                     Veterans Health Administration


                              Medical Care

1994appropriationtodate.................................$15,622,452,000
1994supplementalestimate.....................................21,000,000
House allowance..............................................21,000,000
Committee recommendation.....................................21,000,000

       The Committee has recommended $21,000,000 for the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs ``Medical care'' account, as 
     requested. Together with $7,000,000 in unspent disaster funds 
     provided to the Department in a Fiscal Year 1992 Dire 
     Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 102-
     368), there will be $28,000,000 available in the ``Medical 
     care'' account for expenses related to the Northridge 
     earthquake.
       These funds are needed for patient-related expenses at six 
     of California's VA facilities, including Sepulveda and west 
     Los Angeles. The Committee notes there was extensive damage 
     at the Sepulveda facility, requiring the facility to be 
     closed and all patients to be moved to other medical 
     facilities. The funds provided will pay for clean up and 
     minor repairs, transporting patients, additional patient 
     workload, contract personnel, and other expenses.
       Bill language has been included, as requested, providing 
     that not to exceed $802,000 is available for transfer to the 
     ``General operating expenses'' account, the ``Guaranty and 
     indemnity program'' account, and the ``Vocational 
     rehabilitation loans program'' account. These funds will 
     provide for additional vocational rehabilitation subsistence 
     loans, damage assessments for earthquake-damaged homes that 
     are guaranteed by VA loans, and benefits counselors and 
     psychologists at FEMA disaster assistance centers.
       The Committee has also added language requested by the 
     administration that designates the entire amount as an 
     emergency, pursuant to the requirements in the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                      Departmental Administration


                      Construction, Major Projects

1994appropriationtodate....................................$369,000,000
1994 supplemental esti- mate.................................45,600,000
House allowance..............................................45,600,000
Committee recommendation.....................................45,600,000

       The Committee has provided the administration's request of 
     $45,600,000 for construction, major projects. These funds 
     will provide for restoration of numerous buildings, utility 
     repair, trash and hazardous material disposal, security 
     needs, damage assessment, and other disaster-related needs at 
     the Sepulveda and at the west Los Angeles VA medical centers.
       Bill language has been included enabling the Department to 
     transfer such sums as may be necessary to the ``Medical 
     care'' and ``Construction, minor projects'' accounts, for 
     these disaster-related needs.
       The Committee notes that this appropriation will not 
     provide for rebuilding the main facility (building No. 3) at 
     the Sepulveda VA Medical Center, which incurred major 
     structural damage and may require replacement. The Committee 
     understands that funds may be made available for this purpose 
     through the appropriation for unanticipated needs.
       The Committee has added language requested by the 
     administration that designates the entire amount as an 
     emergency, pursuant to the requirements in the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                            Housing Programs


               Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing

1994appropriationtodate..................................$9,312,900,000
1994 supplemental esti- mate................................225,000,000
House allowance.............................................225,000,000
Committee recommendation....................................225,000,000

       The Committee recommends an appropriation of $225,000,000 
     for the ``Annual contributions for assisted housing'' 
     account. This amount is the same as requested by the 
     administration on January 26, 1994, and its supplementary 
     request of February 1, 1994, and is the same as proposed by 
     the House. Of the amounts provided, $200,000,000 will be 
     allocated for section 8 housing rental subsidies for low-
     income families affected by the southern California 
     earthquake. This will help provide housing for an estimated 
     10,000 families for up to 18 months. Most of the assistance 
     will be used to aid families whose annual earnings are at or 
     below 50 percent of the median income for the greater Los 
     Angeles area. An additional $25,000,000 will be allocated for 
     the modernization of public housing projects damaged in the 
     earthquake.
       Of the amounts provided for rental assistance, $100,000,000 
     will be used to replenish funds already released for 
     earthquake relief from the Secretary's headquarters reserve. 
     An additional $100,000,000 will augment funds already 
     released.
       The Committee has included bill language requested by the 
     administration and carried in recent disaster supplementals 
     that waives any statute or regulation in administering these 
     funds, except those provisions related to nondiscrimination 
     and fair housing, the environment, or labor standards. This 
     language will help provide the affected area with greater 
     flexibility in aiding earthquake victims.
       The Committee has also added language requested by the 
     administration that designates the entire amount as an 
     emergency, pursuant to the requirements in the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.


                         Flexible Subsidy Fund

1994 appropriation to date..................................$35,747,000
1994 supplemental estimate..................................100,000,000
House allowance.............................................100,000,000
Committee recommendation....................................100,000,000

       The Committee recommends an appropriation of $100,000,000 
     for the flexible subsidy fund. This amount is the same as 
     requested by the administration and that proposed by the 
     House.
       These funds will provide money to replace or rehabilitate 
     federally insured and/or assisted multifamily housing 
     projects damaged by the January 1994 earthquake in southern 
     California. The Department's initial estimate indicates that 
     68 of 151 projects located within the earthquake zone, 
     roughly 45 percent of federally insured and/or assisted 
     inventory, were affected by the quake. These dwellings 
     service approximately 7,500 low- and moderate-income 
     families. Surveys reveal damage to these projects which 
     ranges from broken doors and cracked walls to structural 
     dislocation, serious enough to inhibit their continued use as 
     housing.
       The Committee has included bill language requested by the 
     administration that waives any statute or regulation in 
     administering these funds, except those provisions related to 
     nondiscrimination and fair housing, the environment, or labor 
     standards. This language will help provide the affected area 
     with greater flexibility in aiding earthquake victims. The 
     Committee recognizes that subsequent authorization 
     legislation may augment the authority provided in this 
     language, but believes that it is necessary at this time to 
     expedite the use of these funds to aid the people of southern 
     California.
       The Committee has added language, requested by the 
     Department in a February 8, 1994 letter to the Committee, to 
     permit section 8 and section 312 projects to be eligible to 
     receive assistance from this flexible subsidy appropriation.
       The Committee has also added language requested by the 
     administration that designates the entire amount as an 
     emergency, pursuant to the requirements in the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                     Federal Housing Administration


             FHA--General and Special Risk Program Account

       The Committee has included bill language, requested by the 
     administration, to increase the flexibility of FHA programs 
     for victims of the southern California earthquake. These 
     changes in Federal law would apply only in those areas 
     covered by a Presidential disaster declaration, and only for 
     the period of time during which the Presidential disaster 
     declaration exists. These provisions were not recommended by 
     the House because of concerns about the fact that they are 
     legislative in nature. The Committee recognizes that 
     subsequent authorization legislation may augment or alter the 
     authority provided in this language. It believes, however, 
     that providing this authority now is necessary to guarantee 
     that homeowners in southern California have the chance to 
     utilize FHA initiatives to rebuild their homes. The 
     Department testified before the Committee on February 3, 
     1994, that they believed these FHA changes needed to be in 
     place as soon as possible, but no later than March 1, 1994, 
     if homeowners in southern California are to be able to use 
     them to obtain housing lost as a result of the recent 
     earthquake. To accommodate the urgent need for this 
     provision, but still provide the flexibility for the 
     appropriate legislative committees to act on this matter 
     later in the year, the Committee has included language that 
     would sunset the Department's authority to utilize these FHA 
     changes within 18 months after the date of enactment.
       The language would include the following changes to current 
     law:
       First, the Secretary would be given the discretion to 
     increase the maximum mortgage limit for FHA-insured mortgages 
     on single-family dwellings up to $203,150, the applicable 
     limit for conforming loans of the Federal National Mortgage 
     Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. 
     Such a change is needed to make FHA-insurance programs 
     accessible to disaster victims since the median price of an 
     existing house in the Los Angeles area is in excess of 
     $200,000.
       Second, the Secretary would be permitted to provide FHA 
     insurance on loans that provide up to 100 percent financing 
     of condominiums in disaster areas. Current law restricts such 
     financing to single-family dwellings. This change is 
     necessitated because condominiums are typical in earthquake- 
     and hurricane-prone areas, and current law provides FHA 
     insurance on a portion of the amount of the loan for 
     condominiums.
       Third, the Secretary would be given the discretion to 
     provide rehabilitation loan insurance for multifamily 
     dwellings under FHA's 203(k) program at an amount up to 
     $203,150, the applicable limit for conforming loans of the 
     Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home 
     Loan Mortgage Corporation. Section 203(k) assistance may be 
     used in connection with the purchase or refinance of a 
     property. Such a change is needed to make FHA-insurance 
     programs accessible to disaster victims since the median 
     price of an existing house in the Los Angeles area is in 
     excess of $200,000.


                   COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

                      Community Development Grants

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$4,400,000,000
1994 supplemental esti- mate................................500,000,000
House allowance.............................................250,000,000
Committee recommendation....................................500,000,000

       The Committee recommends an appropriation of $500,000,000 
     for community development block grant activities, the same as 
     the administration request and the House allowance. Of these 
     funds, $250,000,000 will be disbursed to entitled 
     communities, and the State of California, for expenses 
     resulting from immediate and long-term efforts to recover 
     from the January 1994 southern California earthquake, and 
     $250,000,000 for activities connected with the 1993 Midwest 
     floods. Funds will be allocated among grantees in the 
     effected areas on the basis of damage estimates and recovery 
     needs once they become available. The additional $250,000,000 
     for victims of the Midwest floods was requested by the 
     administration as an emergency on February 8, 1994.
       Language has been included that would permit the Secretary 
     to transfer up to $75,000,000 of these supplemental CDBG 
     funds to the HOME Program for expenses resulting from the 
     earthquake. Any such transfer is subject to the normal 
     reprogramming guidelines. The Committee has added this 
     additional $25,000,000 in transfers to the HOME Program at 
     the request of the Department, made in a February 8, 1994, 
     letter to the Committee. This change is based upon more 
     accurate estimates of the need for HOME funds in southern 
     California.
       Language has also been included that makes clear that CDBG 
     funds may only be used for activities not covered by programs 
     of the Small Business Administration or which are not 
     eligible for reimbursement from FEMA.
       While no final damage and recovery estimates are complete, 
     the proposed amount is based upon the best available 
     information to date. For example, in the city of Los Angeles' 
     assessment of the first 75 percent of affected buildings, it 
     found 45,319 damaged, and 11,000 homes determined to be 
     uninhabitable. The final number of uninhabitable dwellings is 
     expected to reach 15,000. Total damage in housing to the city 
     of Los Angeles is expected to be at least $1,582,865,000 
     based upon current estimates.
       HUD has accelerated the obligation of regular fiscal year 
     1994 CDBG and HOME funds available to the areas affected by 
     the earthquake. These regular funds can be used for disaster 
     needs. These funds used for disaster-related activities would 
     be replenished subsequently with supplemental funds.
       The Committee has included bill language requested by the 
     administration and carried in recent disaster supplementals 
     that waives any statute or regulation in administering these 
     funds, except those provisions related to nondiscrimination 
     and fair housing, the environment, or labor standards. This 
     language will help provide the affected area with greater 
     flexibility in aiding earthquake victims.

                           INDEPENDENT AGENCY

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency


                            Disaster Relief

1994 appropriation to date.................................$292,000,000
1994 supplemental esti- mate..............................4,709,000,000
House allowance...........................................4,709,000,000
Committee recommendation..................................4,709,000,000

       The Committee has provided $4,709,000,000 for FEMA disaster 
     relief. In addition, the Committee notes that $408,000,000 in 
     contingency funds have been released by the President, for a 
     total of $5,117,000,000.
       These funds will provide for infrastructure repair, 
     emergency transportation requirements, individual and family 
     grants, hazard mitigation, and other disaster-related needs 
     following the devastation of the Northridge, CA, earthquake 
     of January 17, 1994. Thousands of homes, schools, businesses, 
     and other facilities have been damaged or destroyed, and the 
     situation has been exacerbated by numerous aftershocks.
       The approximate breakdown of the disaster relief fund 
     request, including contingency funds, is as follows: 
     $1,430,000,000 will provide for the repair of public 
     buildings; $325,000,000 will provide for the repair of water 
     systems and other utilities; $315,000,000 will go to 
     repairing and restoring mass transit; $315,000,000 will 
     provide for emergency measures such as the costs of police, 
     fire, and shelter; $200,000,000 will provide for the repair 
     of local roads; $100,000,000 will provide for debris removal; 
     $100,000,000 will provide for law enforcement; 
     $1,339,000,000,000 will provide for human services and 
     individual assistance; $586,000,000 will provide for hazard 
     mitigation; $142,000,000 will provide for administration; and 
     $265,000,000 is available for additional unforeseen needs.
       The Committee notes that demand for Federal financial 
     assistance has far exceeded earlier catastrophic disasters. 
     Applications for individual and family grants have already 
     surpassed 295,000, and are expected to grow to 350,000. 
     Following Hurricane Andrew, an earlier disaster of comparable 
     proportions, FEMA received approximately 200,000 applications 
     over a 6-month period. The Committee commends FEMA for the 
     speed with which it has delivered aid to southern 
     California's earthquake victims.
       The Committee is concerned about the costs of natural 
     disasters, which have risen steadily over the past several 
     years. The Committee is particularly concerned about the 
     magnitude of uninsured losses because many homeowners who 
     accept the risk of residing in hazard-prone areas have chosen 
     not to purchase insurance for such hazards, especially floods 
     and earthquakes. The Committee directs FEMA to provide a 
     report within 6 months of enactment of this act recommending 
     options to provide incentives to homeowners to purchase 
     insurance for such hazards, and to improve the availability 
     and lower the cost of such insurance.
       The Committee has added bill language requested by the 
     administration that designates the entire amount as an 
     emergency, pursuant to the requirements in the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
       The Committee urges the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
     not to exercise waivers of sections 13(c) and 3(e) of the 
     Federal Transit Act in the administration of transit-related 
     funding in this bill.


              Emergency Management Planning and Assistance

1994 appropriation to date.................................$212,960,000
1994 supplemental estimate...................................15,000,000
House allowance..............................................15,000,000
Committee recommendation.....................................15,000,000

       The Committee has provided $15,000,000 as requested for 
     emergency management planning and assistance. These funds are 
     required for a postearthquake investigation.
       It is expected that expenditure of these funds by the 
     Director of FEMA will be in accordance with section 11 of the 
     Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act, which established a 
     postearthquake investigations program in the U.S. Geological 
     Survey. Section 11 provides that the Survey should coordinate 
     with, and utilize, the Agency, the National Science 
     Foundation, and the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology, as well as other Federal agencies and private 
     contractors as necessary.
       The Committee has added bill language requested by the 
     administration that designates the entire amount as an 
     emergency, pursuant to the requirements in the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER 8

                   EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


                          Unanticipated Needs

1994 appropriation to date...................................$1,000,000
1994 supplemental estimate...................................50,000,000
House allowance.............................................500,000,000
Committee recommendation....................................550,000,000

       The Committee makes available $550,000,000 as requested by 
     the President for unanticipated needs arising from the 
     earthquake in southern California, the Midwest floods, and 
     other disasters. These funds are available to the President 
     for transfer to other departments and agencies for disaster-
     related repairs and assistance programs. The funds provided 
     in this account are to give the President the flexibility 
     required to provide financial support to cover the costs of 
     disaster assistance programs for which estimates have not 
     been fully developed. The Committee believes that the funds 
     made available in this account should not be exclusive to the 
     California earthquake and should be available for other 
     disasters including the effects of last year's Midwest flood. 
     Examples of programs which may be eligible for funds through 
     this account are: emergency assistance grants to State and 
     local governments of the Department of Commerce; emergency 
     repairs to health and social services facilities of the 
     Department of Health and Human Services; emergency housing 
     and community development needs of the Department of Housing 
     and Urban Development; assistance to dislocated workers; 
     emergency legal services; and funds for the General Services 
     Administration to establish alternative Federal office space 
     through telecommuting centers and repair of Federal 
     buildings. The Committee expects the Office of Management and 
     Budget to provide quarterly reports on the obligation of 
     funds from this account.
       The Committee recognizes that many historic structures have 
     been damaged as a result of the Northridge earthquake. 
     Restoring these structures to their preearthquake condition 
     is important to restoring the culture and history of the 
     region. The Committee recommends that a portion of the funds 
     made available out of the funds appropriated to the President 
     for unanticipated needs should be allocated to the National 
     Park Service to evaluate the damage to these historic 
     structures and to provide necessary repairs.

                           GENERAL PROVISION

       The Committee concurs with the House in rejecting the 
     requested general provision to provide authority for the 
     General Services Administration to transfer funds between 
     Federal buildings fund accounts to meet emergency Federal 
     building repair requirements. The Committee notes that the 
     GSA currently has authority in law to transfer funds 
     available in Federal building fund accounts with prior 
     Committee approval, therefore, the requested general 
     provision is unnecessary.

   TITLE II--SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 
                           SEPTEMBER 30, 1994

                               CHAPTER 1

      DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
                  ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                           Extension Service

1994 appropriation to date.................................$434,582,000
1994 supplemental estimate....................................1,400,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation......................................1,400,000


                       Committee Recommendations

       The Committee recommends an additional $1,400,000 for the 
     Extension Service as proposed by the President. These funds 
     would finance an integrated pest management project. The 
     funding would support applied research to find alternative 
     control methods for addressing the severe outbreak of a new 
     late blight fungus strain affecting potatoes.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                      Food and Drug Administration

1994appropriationtodate....................................$867,339,000
1994 supplemental esti- mate................................(2,284,000)
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommenda- tion..................................(2,284,000)


                       Committee Recommendations

       The Committee recommends an additional $2,284,000 for the 
     Food and Drug Administration, as proposed by the President. 
     This proposal will adjust the amount of fees appropriated, 
     pursuant to section 736(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act.

                               CHAPTER 2

DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                                AGENCIES

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

              International Organizations and Conferences


        Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities

1994 appropriation to date.................................$401,607,000
1994 supplemental estimate..................................670,000,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation...............................................

       The Committee has not recommended an additional 
     $670,000,000 for U.N. peacekeeping arrearages owed by the 
     United States. This supplemental was submitted with the 
     President's budget on February 7, 1994.
       Providing these additional funds without a corresponding 
     reduction in budget authority and outlays under the Commerce, 
     Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
     Subcommittee's jurisdiction would subject the bill to points 
     of order under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
     amended. The Committee notes that the administration 
     considered $1,198,300,000 in Department of Defense 
     peacekeeping and peace enforcing appropriations to be 
     emergencies under the Budget Act, while the payment of U.N. 
     peacekeeping arrearages were required to be offset and did 
     not qualify for such treatment.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                Office of the U.S. Trade Representative


                         Salaries and Expenses

1994 appropriation to date..................................$20,600,000
1994 supplemental estimate......................................875,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation.........................................75,000

       The Committee has provided an additional $75,000 for 
     salaries and expenses, as requested, to cover the mandatory 
     costs to comply with a court order and resolve the 
     requirements under the court case known as Armstrong v. 
     Executive Office of the President. These funds will be used 
     to cover the costs of electronic records management 
     activities of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. 
     The Committee has not recommended the $875,000 requested by 
     the administration for general trade negotiations.

                               CHAPTER 3

            DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                     U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service


                          Resource Management

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

1994appropriationtodate....................................$484,313,000
1994 supplemental estimate (by transfer)....................(2,100,000)
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation (by transfer)......................(2,100,000)

       These funds are recommended, as proposed by the President, 
     to enable the Fish and Wildlife Service to meet its 
     responsibilities under the Pacific Northwest forest plan. The 
     funds will be used to promulgate a special rule relating to 
     timber harvesting on non-Federal lands, permitted under 
     section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act. The objective of 
     this rule will be to ease restrictions on timber harvesting, 
     wherever possible, due to changed management practices on 
     Federal lands. Activities to be conducted in association with 
     this rulemaking effort include public hearings, information 
     outreach, and the preparation of a draft environmental impact 
     statement.


                              Construction

1994 appropriation to date..................................$73,565,000
1994 supplemental estimate (transfer out)..................(-4,000,000)
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation (transfer out)....................(-4,000,000)

       This supplemental request, reflected in the bill language 
     contained under the ``Land acquisition'' heading, would 
     provide a one-time transfer of $4,000,000 from construction 
     to land acquisition (of funds appropriated in the emergency 
     flood supplemental (Public Law 103-75)) to permit the 
     purchase, on a willing-seller basis, of lands affected by the 
     Midwest floods in lieu of dike or levee reconstruction. A 
     portion of these funds might be used for easements rather 
     than outright acquisition of lands.


                            Land Acquisition

1994 appropriation to date..................................$82,655,000
1994 supplemental estimate (by transfer)....................(4,000,000)
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation (by transfer)......................(4,000,000)

       The Committee recommends, as proposed by the President, a 
     one-time transfer of $4,000,000 from construction to land 
     acquisition for the purchase, on a willing-seller basis, of 
     lands affected by the Midwest flooding of 1993, to (1) serve 
     as an alternative to the protection of these lands through 
     dike or levee reconstruction, or (2) increase floodplain 
     habitat to offset the effects of less intensive management of 
     Fish and Wildlife Service lands. The possibilities for 
     acquisitions or easements as compared to reconstruction were 
     not known at the time the Midwest flood supplemental (Public 
     Law 103-75) was passed during the summer of 1993.

                         National Park Service


                              Construction

1994 appropriation to date.................................$201,724,000
1994 supplemental estimate...................................13,102,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation.....................................13,102,000

       The Committee recommends, as proposed by the President, 
     $13,102,000, to replenish construction funds transferred in 
     1993 to fund emergency repair and rehabilitation actions, as 
     a result of winter storm, flood, and hurricane damage at 
     various park units nationwide. Funds were transferred out of 
     the construction account by the Department using the 
     emergency authorities provided to the Secretary, which also 
     require that a supplemental be requested as soon as possible 
     thereafter, to replenish any budget authority transferred.
       The Committee has included language, discussed under the 
     ``Land acquisition'' heading, to provide for the transfer of 
     up to $6,000,000 in funds previously appropriated for project 
     modifications in the vicinity of Everglades National Park to 
     the ``Land acquisition'' account to be used for a 
     nonstructural solution to flood control in the area.


                            Land Acquisition

1994 appropriation to date..................................$95,250,000
1994 supplemental estimate....................................1,274,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation......................................1,274,000

       The Committee recommends, as proposed by the President, 
     $1,274,000 to replenish land acquisition funds transferred in 
     1993 to fund emergency repair and rehabilitation actions, as 
     a result of winter storm damage at various park units. Funds 
     were transferred from this account by the Department using 
     the emergency authorities provided to the Secretary, which 
     also require that a supplemental be requested as soon as 
     possible thereafter, to replenish any budget authority 
     transferred.
       The Committee has modified language proposed by the 
     President, to allow for the transfer of up to $6,000,000 in 
     prior-year unobligated funds for the purpose of providing a 
     grant to the State of Florida, to pursue a nonstructural land 
     acquisition solution to flood control on lands adjacent to 
     the Everglades National Park.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs


                      Operation of Indian Programs

       The Committee has included bill language proposed by the 
     President to provide that not to exceed $316,111,000 of funds 
     appropriated in the fiscal year 1994 Interior appropriations 
     bill (Public Law 103-138) are for school operations costs of 
     Bureau-funded schools and other education programs, which 
     shall become available for obligation on July 1, 1994, and 
     remain available for obligation until September 30, 1995. The 
     funding for these Indian education programs is provided about 
     1 year in advance of the actual school year, based on student 
     enrollment projections developed nearly 2 years in advance. 
     Thus, actual enrollment could be greater or less than the 
     estimates used in developing the budget. In the event actual 
     student enrollments are less than projected for the 1994-95 
     school year, the inclusion of this language change will allow 
     for the possible redirection of funds to other bureau 
     programs which might experience shortfalls during fiscal year 
     1994. The Committee expects the Bureau and the Department to 
     follow the normal reprogramming procedures should student 
     enrollment be lower than projected and any portion of these 
     funds be proposed for transfer to other program areas. This 
     requirement applies regardless of whether a shift is proposed 
     for education or noneducation purposes.


                              Construction

1994 appropriation to date.................................$166,979,000
1994 supplemental estimate...................................12,363,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation.....................................12,363,000

       The Committee recommends, as proposed by the President, 
     $12,363,000 to replenish BIA construction projects from which 
     funds were transferred in 1993 using the Secretary's 
     emergency authorities to respond to emergency construction 
     and operations associated with flood damage in Arizona and 
     California and to the oilspill in Bethel, AK. The funds 
     transferred came from the facilities improvement and repair 
     program of the Bureau's education construction appropriation.


 Indian Land and Water Claim Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments to 
                                Indians

       The Committee recommends, as proposed by the President, 
     bill language which would amend the fiscal year 1994 Interior 
     appropriations bill (Public Law 103-138) to permit the Bureau 
     of Indian Affairs to use a portion of the $3,000,000 
     appropriated for payments to trust account holders to 
     reimburse Indian trust fund account holders for losses to 
     their accounts due to differences between their initial 
     claims and amounts subsequently included in judgments or 
     settlement agreements approved by the Department of Justice. 
     Similar language was provided in fiscal year 1993.

                 Territorial and International Affairs


                      Compact of Free Association

1994 appropriation to date..................................$22,102,000
1994 supplemental estimate (transfer out)..................(-1,700,000)
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation (transfer out)....................(-1,700,000)

       The Committee recommends, as proposed by the President, the 
     one-time transfer of $1,700,000 in funds unobligated since 
     their appropriation in 1986. The funds were provided 
     originally for various Federal services to Palau, including 
     reimbursement to the Department of Education for higher 
     education grants. The Department of Education has since begun 
     providing such grants, without reimbursement, to the U.S. 
     territories and freely associated States (for the duration of 
     their compacts), so these funds are no longer needed for this 
     purpose.

                        Office of the Secretary


                        Oilspill Emergency Fund

1994 appropriation to date.............................................
1994 supplemental estimate (transfer out)...................(-$400,000)
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation (transfer out)......................(-400,000)

       The Committee recommends, as proposed by the President, the 
     one-time transfer of $400,000 in excess of needs of the 
     oilspill emergency program in fiscal year 1994.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                       Administrative Provisions

       The Committee has included bill language, as proposed by 
     the President, and included by the House in H.R. 3759, 
     eliminating employment floors in several Department of Energy 
     programs. These floors were established originally in fiscal 
     year 1982 and have been modified several times since then. 
     Absent the statutory floors, the Committee expects the 
     Department to continue to provide adequate personnel 
     resources in support of the program funding levels 
     appropriated for energy conservation, fossil energy, clean 
     coal technology, and the strategic petroleum reserve.

                               CHAPTER 4

DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED 
                                AGENCIES

                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration


        ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND OTHER FUNDS

1994 appropriation to date...............................$2,899,900,000
1994 supplemental esti mate..................................61,400,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation.....................................61,400,000

       An additional $61,400,000 in entitlement advances are 
     needed to finance benefits related to the extension of the 
     Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act (Public Law 103-6) 
     and the ``Federal unemployment benefits and allowance'' 
     general funding appropriation account which finances the 
     Trade Adjustment Assistance Program and the costs associated 
     with the North American Free Trade Agreement.

                       Bureau of Labor Statistics


                         salaries and expenses

1994 appropriation to date.................................$282,018,000
1994 supplemental estimate...................................10,100,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation.....................................10,100,000

       The Committee has included the supplemental request of 
     $10,100,000 for the new current population parallel survey. 
     The Committee is concerned that the Department planned to use 
     Employment and Training Administration moneys for BLS 
     activities without prior consultation and notification. 
     Therefore, the Committee advises that it expects prior 
     consultation and notification in advance of any similar 
     action.

                        Departmental Management

       The Committee has deferred, without prejudice, supplemental 
     requests of $1,750,000 for Department of Labor 
     responsibilities under the North American Free Trade 
     Agreement. Of this amount, $1,000,000 is being requested for 
     U.S. contributions to the International Secretariat of the 
     Commission on Labor Cooperation, and $750,000 for the U.S. 
     National Administrative Office, the domestic agency 
     responsible for coordinating U.S. participation in the Labor 
     supplement to NAFTA.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                  Health Care Financing Administration


                           Program Management

       The Committee has deferred, without prejudice, action on 
     the administration's $15,000,000 supplemental request to 
     establish the Medicare and Medicaid coverage data bank, which 
     was authorized by the Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act 
     of 1993.
       The Committee encourages the administration, however, to 
     consider transmitting a reprogramming request to finance this 
     initiative within existing resources.
       The administration has proposed offset savings of 
     $2,250,000 in the Department of Labor, and $37,500,000 in the 
     Department of Health and Human Services. The Committee has 
     addressed these proposals in title III of the bill.

                               CHAPTER 5

                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                        CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                                 SENATE

                   Salaries, Officers, and Employees


                        Office of the Secretary

1994 appropriation to date..................................$11,715,000
1994 supplemental estimate......................................450,000
House allowance...................................................(\1\)
Committee recommendation........................................450,000

\1\Not considered.

       These funds are necessary to provide for the compensation 
     and related costs of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
     Employee/Management Relations. This office was established in 
     May 1993 at the direction of the joint Senate leadership to 
     represent, advise, and assist Senate employing offices in 
     employment matters. The Office of the Secretary absorbed the 
     fiscal 1993 costs of this office but, because no estimate for 
     the office was included in the fiscal 1994 budget, no funds 
     were provided in the fiscal 1994 appropriation act (Public 
     Law 103-69).

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                        secretary of the senate

1994 appropriation to date...................................$1,366,500
1994 supplemental estimate......................................600,000
House allowance...................................................(\1\)
Committee recommendation........................................600,000

\1\Not considered.

       These funds are necessary to provide for contract services 
     including the cost of outside counsel and other related 
     expertise for the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, Employee/
     Management Relations.

                               CHAPTER 6

           DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                              Coast Guard

                           operating expenses

       The Committee does not concur in the President's request to 
     rescind excess funds appropriated under Public Law 102-368 
     for costs arising from the consequences of Hurricane Andrew 
     and Hurricane Iniki. Instead, the Committee proposes to make 
     these funds available for uncompensated Coast Guard operating 
     and acquisition costs arising from the consequences of the 
     Midwest floods. Specifically, the Coast Guard has been 
     required to lease temporary space for the relocation of Base 
     St. Louis and Group Upper Mississippi River. In addition, the 
     Coast Guard is now required to construct a new facility to 
     jointly house these two units. These construction costs were 
     not provided under Public Law 103-75, the emergency 
     supplemental appropriations bill for Midwest floods. As such, 
     the Committee has included bill language extending the 
     availability of funds provided for the Midwest floods for 
     these purposes, as well as making excess funds from 
     Hurricanes Andrew and Iniki available for these purposes.

              acquisition, construction, and improvements

       Consistent with the Committee's recommendation regarding 
     operating expenses cited above, the Committee does not concur 
     in the President's proposal to rescind excess funds initially 
     appropriated for the consequences of Hurricanes Andrew and 
     Iniki, and instead has made these funds available for the 
     purpose of uncompensated costs arising from the Midwest 
     floods.

                    Federal Railroad Administration


               Pennsylvania Station Redevelopment Project

                     (supplemental appropriations)

1994 appropriation to date.............................................
1994 supplemental estimate..................................$10,000,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation.....................................10,000,000

       The Committee has provided a supplemental appropriation of 
     $10,000,000 for the Pennsylvania Station redevelopment 
     project, as requested by the Administration. The current 
     Pennsylvania Station in New York City, is the single most 
     heavily used intermodal transportation facility in the United 
     States. Roughly 500,000 people use the station each day in 
     the process of boarding and disembarking Amtrak trains and 
     utilizing local transit service (including service provided 
     by two of the Nation's largest commuter railroads). The 
     President's budget request for fiscal year 1995 envisions a 
     $100,000,000 total Federal investment toward an ambitious 
     project (currently budgeted at $315,000,000) to relocate the 
     central Amtrak station to the James A. Farley Post Office in 
     New York City. The U.S. Postal Services envisions vacating 
     the eastern portion of the Farley Building by the end of 
     1994. The administration expects that the cost of the 
     redevelopment project over and above the $100,000,000 Federal 
     investment will be provided by the city and State of New 
     York, as well as private investment.
       The Committee has provided the $10,000,000 requested for 
     fiscal year 1994, which will be used for schematic design 
     work, asbestos abatement planning, and the preparation of a 
     preliminary environmental impact statement, as well as 
     structural remediation of the existing Pennsylvania Station 
     and the Farley Building. The Committee is concerned, however, 
     that several questions need to be addressed before 
     construction commences on this project. As such, the 
     Committee has included a provision in the bill prohibiting 
     funds provided for fiscal year 1994 to be used for 
     construction until the Secretary of Transportation has 
     certified in writing to the House and Senate Appropriations 
     Committees that these questions have been satisfactorily 
     addressed. Specifically, these questions include: the 
     financing of safety deficiencies, as well as code compliance 
     deficiencies, including electrical, ventilation, and asbestos 
     abatement problems at the existing station; and the financing 
     of police, utilities, maintenance and lease costs at the 
     current station, once Amtrak has relocated to the Farley 
     Building; as well as the financing of significantly expanded 
     operating costs to the commuter railroads currently utilizing 
     Pennsylvania Station, once Amtrak vacates the building. The 
     Committee expects the Secretary to work with all affected 
     parties to seek a satisfactory agreement on these and other 
     issues, and report on such agreement to the Committee so it 
     can consider funding for project construction in fiscal year 
     1995.


    Trust Fund Share of Next Generation Rail Technology Development

                     (supplemental appropriations)

                          (highway trust fund)

                      (limitation on obligations)

1994 appropriation to date.................................($3,500,000)
1994 supplemental estimate..................................(4,452,000)
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation....................................(4,452,000)

       The Committee has provided a supplemental appropriation of 
     $4,452,000 for the trust fund share of next generation rail 
     technology development, as requested by the President. This 
     supplemental appropriation is made necessary due to the 
     Federal Railroad Administration inadvertently allowing funds 
     provided in fiscal year 1993 for this activity to lapse. 
     Funds will be made available as contracts to projects already 
     identified in 1993 by the Federal Railroad Administration.

                               CHAPTER 7

            TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

                   EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

                        Office of Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

1994 appropriation to date..................................$24,850,000
1994 supplemental estimate....................................1,400,000
    (By transfer)...........................................(6,000,000)
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation......................................1,030,000
    (By transfer)...........................................(6,000,000)

       The Committee has provided an additional $7,030,000 for 
     salaries and expenses to cover the costs of complying with 
     and resolving the requirements resulting from Armstrong v. 
     Executive Office of the President. This amount is $370,000 
     less than requested and $7,030,000 above the House allowance. 
     These funds will be used to cover the costs of electronic 
     records management activities of the Office of 
     Administration. Of the amount provided, $6,000,000 shall be 
     derived by transfer from Department of Defense, ``Research, 
     development, test and evaluation, Air Force'' account.

                       National Security Council


                         Salaries and Expenses

1994 appropriation to date...................................$6,648,000
1994 supplemental estimate....................................5,650,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation......................................5,320,000

       The Committee has provided an additional $5,320,000 for 
     salaries and expenses to cover the costs of complying with 
     and resolving the requirements resulting from Armstrong v. 
     Executive Office of the President. This amount is $330,000 
     below the request and $5,320,000 above the House allowance. 
     These funds will be used to cover the costs of electronic 
     records management activities of the National Security 
     Council.

                               CHAPTER 8

DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration


                       Compensation and Pensions

1994 appropriation to date..............................$16,828,446,000
1994 supplemental esti- mate................................698,000,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation....................................698,000,000

       The Committee has provided $698,000,000 for additional 
     compensation and pension costs. The additional costs in this 
     program are attributed to a number of unanticipated events. 
     First, there has been an increase in disability compensation 
     caseload, which will be 19,374 greater than originally 
     estimated, increasing cost by $101,900,000. The additional 
     caseload is attributed to the military downsizing as well as 
     the recent decision to provide compensation to veterans who 
     developed certain diseases following herbicide exposure. In 
     addition, average payments to veterans have increased by 
     $329,100,000 over the original estimate owing to higher 
     average degree of disability than previously anticipated. And 
     finally, a 2.6-percent cost-of-living adjustment, which 
     became effective December 1, 1993, will cost $267,000,000.


                         Readjustment Benefits

1994 appropriation to date.................................$947,400,000
1994 supplemental estimate..................................103,200,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation....................................103,200,000

       The Committee has provided $103,200,000 for readjustment 
     benefits. These funds are necessary to fund increased average 
     benefit payments for chapter 30 basic benefits and vocational 
     rehabilitation training, chapter 31. In addition, there has 
     been an increase of 4,774 trainees above the number 
     originally estimated.

                     Veterans Health Administration


      Medical Administration and Miscellaneous Operating Expenses

                             (By transfer)

1994 appropriation to date..................................$68,500,000
1994 supplemental estimate.............................................
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation...............................................
    (By transfer)...........................................(3,500,000)

       The Committee has provided a transfer of $3,500,000 from 
     the ``Medical care'' account to the ``Medical administration 
     and miscellaneous operating expenses'' account in order to 
     prevent a reduction-in-force or furloughs within the Veterans 
     Health Administration central policy and management office 
     operations.
       The Committee notes that while headquarters quality 
     assurance functions were transferred from the ``Medical 
     care'' account to the MAMOE account last year, the fiscal 
     year 1994 budget did not transfer the required resources, 
     owing to budget constraints. In addition, the Committee notes 
     that payroll costs have been significantly higher than 
     estimated. Therefore, the Committee believes the transfer of 
     funds is warranted.
       The Committee notes its concern however, that despite the 
     MAMOE shortfall, the Veterans Health Administration recently 
     awarded a $500,000 contract, which was not included in the 
     fiscal year 1994 budget. This contract is providing support 
     to the Department in its efforts to plan for health care 
     reform. While the Committee supports this goal, it does not 
     believe the Department made a prudent decision to award the 
     contract prior to relief being provided to this account. VHA 
     is directed to manage its resources more judiciously in the 
     future.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                            Housing Programs


               Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing

       The Committee has not included language proposed by the 
     administration that would legislate certain cost-saving 
     reforms in the subsidies paid to preserve federally 
     subsidized housing developments. This proposal is legislative 
     in nature and the Committee expects any action on it to be 
     addressed by the appropriate legislative committees.

                     Federal Housing Administration


             FHA--Mutual Mortgage Insurance Program Account

                    (limitation on guaranteed loans)

1994 appropriation to date..............................$64,564,000,000
1994 supplemental esti- mate.............................20,000,000,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation.................................20,000,000,000

       The Committee recommends increasing the guaranteed loan 
     limitation for the FHA mutual mortgage insurance fund [MMIF] 
     by $20,000,000,000 as proposed by the Administration. This is 
     necessary to satisfy expected demand for guaranteed loans 
     which have resulted from current homeowners and new 
     homebuyers seeking to take advantage of the continued low 
     interest rate environment. Higher loan levels would generate 
     increased collection of fees to help increase the MMI fund's 
     capital reserve. No subsidy appropriation is required because 
     the program has a negative subsidy rate under the Federal 
     Credit Reform Act of 1990.


             FHA--General and Special Risk Program Account

                    (limitation on guaranteed loans)

1994 appropriation to date..............................$13,436,205,000
1994 supplemental esti- mate..............................2,000,000,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation..................................2,000,000,000

       The Committee recommends increasing the guaranteed loan 
     limitation for the FHA general and special risk insurance 
     fund by $2,000,000,000 as proposed by the administration. 
     This is necessary to satisfy greater demand for single-family 
     condominium mortgage insurance caused largely by the surge in 
     mortgage refinancing. This increase would generate receipts 
     for the insurance fund by underwriting mortgages low in risk 
     relative to their premiums. No subsidy appropriation is 
     required because the program has a negative subsidy rate 
     under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.


                        Administrative Provision

       The Committee has included an administrative provision that 
     is technical in nature. It permits the use of funds 
     previously appropriated as a special purpose grant to provide 
     assistance for two sugarcane mills in Hawaii to be used to 
     aid community-based and employee-support organizations in the 
     same community.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                   Executive Office of the President


  Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality

1994 appropriation to date.....................................$375,000
1994 supplemental estimate......................................425,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation...............................................

       The Committee has not recommended an additional 
     appropriation for the Council on Environmental Quality and 
     Office of Environmental Quality. The administration's request 
     would provide for additional staffing for the office.
       The Committee has not recommended additional funds for CEQ 
     because no justification has been provided to support the 
     additional staffing. In addition, no offset was proposed by 
     the administration to fund this additional appropriation.
       The Committee notes that no funds were requested in the 
     original fiscal year 1994 budget, based on the 
     administration's decision to terminate this office. Despite 
     the lack of any official request from the administration, the 
     conferees on the fiscal year 1994 appropriations bill 
     provided $375,000. Funds were provided in order to provide a 
     minimal staffing level at CEQ for compliance oversight for 
     the National Environmental Policy Act. The Committee 
     understands that authorization legislation to address future 
     NEPA compliance oversight is pending


                Office of Science and Technology Policy

       The Committee has included language requested by the 
     administration and recommended by the House that deletes a 
     provision in the regular fiscal year 1994 VA, HUD, and 
     Independent Agencies Appropriations Act that requires the 
     Office of Science and Technology Policy to reimburse other 
     agencies for not less than one-half of the personnel costs of 
     individuals detailed to it.

                    Environmental Protection Agency


               Water Infrastructure/State Revolving Funds

       In the fiscal year 1994 appropriation bill, the Committee 
     provided bill language providing up to $500,000,000 for waste 
     water treatment grants to areas with special needs, provided 
     that an authorization be enacted by May 31, 1994, when these 
     funds were to become available. The Committee has included 
     bill language, as requested by the administration, extending 
     this date to September 30, 1994, in order to provide 
     additional time to enact the requisite authorization 
     legislation.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration


                        Research and Development

       The Committee has included two provisions requested by the 
     administration to expedite the restructured space station 
     program.
       The first lifts the specific statutory limitation on funds 
     made available for the space station program included in 
     Public Law 103-124. This will permit NASA to cover any space 
     station termination costs from within all NASA research and 
     development funds in the event that the program is canceled 
     in fiscal year 1994 at a point in the year at which time 
     there is insufficient funds remaining from the $1,946,000,000 
     already appropriated for the space station to cover necessary 
     termination expenses. This step is necessary for the agency 
     to proceed with new contractual arrangements with the new 
     space station prime contractor. In providing NASA with this 
     statutory flexibility, however, the Committee wishes to make 
     clear that the cap contained in House Report 103-273 for 
     space station program activities, other than potential 
     termination costs, for fiscal year 1994 of $1,946,000,000 
     remains in place. No amounts above that level are to be spent 
     on the space stations activities unless approved through the 
     normal reprogramming process by the Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       The second provision, which has been transmitted both on 
     November 1, 1993, and February 7, 1994, provides NASA with 
     greater flexibility to proceed to implement the United 
     States-Russia agreement on space cooperation signed by the 
     Vice President and Russian Prime Minister Chernomyrdin that 
     was signed September 2, 1993. The language permits NASA to 
     spend up to $117,200,000 on cooperative activities between 
     the two countries. In approving increasing the amount 
     available for these activities, the Committee expects a 
     detailed description of all activities in connection with 
     this approval by February 15, 1994, including all specific 
     outyear costs associated with these activities.


                    Research and Program Management

1994 appropriation to date...............................$1,635,508,000
1994 supplemental esti- mate.................................60,000,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation.....................................60,000,000

       The Committee has included $60,000,000 in additional funds 
     for research and program management activities as requested 
     by the administration. No formal request was made before 
     House action on H.R. 3579 or H.R. 3511. These funds are to be 
     allocated as follows: $46,000,000 to fund the locality pay 
     adjustment for civil service employees that was effective in 
     January 1994; and $14,000,000 to fund personnel and 
     compensation benefits required to meet the costs of a higher 
     than anticipated work force. Without these funds, NASA 
     estimates an across-the-board furlough of 10 days for all 
     NASA employees.

                      National Service Initiative


             Corporation for National and Community Service

       The Committee has included bill language consistent with an 
     agreement between it and the Corporation for National and 
     Community Service to provide up to $3,000,000 in fiscal year 
     1994 to initiate a loan forgiveness demonstration program 
     authorized under section 428 of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965. The offset for this activity may be taken at the 
     Corporation's discretion, subject to the normal reprogramming 
     guidelines.

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--TITLE II

       The Committee has inserted a general provision authorizing 
     the Architect of the Capitol to transfer from the 
     appropriation account ``Senate Office Buildings'', to the 
     Senate appropriation account ``Settlements and awards 
     reserve'', funds necessary to pay for agreements or awards to 
     specific employees of the Architect, resulting from the 
     Governments Employees Rights Act of 1991.
       The Committee has included bill language urging the 
     creation of a bipartisan task force on funding disaster 
     relief. This task force would be charged with developing 
     options and recommendations with regard to prospective 
     mechanisms for financing the provision of disaster assistance 
     and other emergencies in the future.
       At present, discretionary funding for disaster assistance 
     and other emergency requirements is governed by the 
     provisions of section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Gramm-Rudman-
     Hollings Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended by the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990. That 
     provision reads as follows:

       If, for fiscal years 1991-95, appropriations for 
     discretionary accounts are enacted that the President 
     designates as emergency requirements and that the Congress so 
     designates in statute, the adjustment shall be the total of 
     such appropriations in discretionary accounts designated as 
     emergency requirements and the outlays flowing in all years 
     from such appropriations.

       The effect of this provision is to exempt Presidentially 
     determined emergency spending from caps on discretionary 
     spending. It should be noted that a Presidential designation 
     is the sine qua non for such exemptions. The criteria for 
     defining emergencies for purposes of this provision were 
     specified by the Office of Management and Budget shortly 
     after the enactment of the Budget Enforcement Act during 
     Director Richard Darman's tenure. Under this policy, to 
     qualify for designation a given appropriation must be 
     necessary (essential or vital, not merely useful or 
     beneficial) to meet requirements that are sudden (quickly 
     coming into being, not building up over time), urgent 
     (pressing and compelling, requiring immediate attention), 
     unforseen (not predictable or seen beforehand as a coming 
     need), and not permanent (temporary in duration).
       Since fiscal year 1988, the Congress has enacted six major 
     disaster relief supplemental appropriation bills that have 
     provided $17,012,000,000 in budget authority for Federal 
     domestic disaster assistance. H.J. Res. 407, Public Law 101-
     100, which was passed by the Senate on September 28, 1989, by 
     a vote of 100-0, contained $2,827,000,000 for the victims of 
     Hurricane Hugo in North and South Carolina, the Virgin 
     Islands, and Puerto Rico.
       H.J. Res 423, Public Law 101-130, which was passed by the 
     Senate on October 25, 1989, by a vote of 97-1, contained 
     $2,682,000,000 for victims of the Loma Prieta earthquake in 
     northern California.
       H.J. Res 157, Public Law 102-229, which was passed by the 
     Senate on November 27, 1989, by voice vote, contained 
     $943,000,000 for costs associated with Hurricane Bob.
       H.R. 5132, Public Law 102-302, which was passed by the 
     Senate on May 21, 1992, by a vote of 61-36, contained 
     $995,000,000 for victims of the Los Angeles riots, and floods 
     in Chicago which resulted from the collapse of that city's 
     main water tunnel.
       H.R. 5620, Public Law 102-368, which was passed by the 
     Senate on September 15, 1992, by a vote of 84-10, contained 
     $4,424,000,000 for the victims of Hurricanes Andrew and 
     Iniki, in Florida, Louisiana, and Hawaii, as well as those of 
     Typhoon Omar on the Territory of Guam.
       H.R. 2667, Public Law 103-75, which was passed by the 
     Senate on August 4, 1993, by voice vote, contained 
     $5,141,000,000 for the victims of last summer's Midwest 
     floods.
       Clearly the burgeoning costs of this emergency assistance 
     is in increasing tension with the tightening constraints on 
     discretionary spending under the Budget Enforcement Act of 
     1990 and the President's deficit reduction program as 
     incorporated in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
     1993. The resolution of this problem, however, must be sought 
     in prospective systematic reforms based upon a thorough 
     analysis of all the issues involved. It is not to be found in 
     ill-considered ad hoc reductions in other important programs. 
     The task force called for in the Committee's language will 
     provide the institutional flexibility needed to conduct the 
     kind of comprehensive review that is required for the 
     development of rational policy in reconciling fiscal 
     constraint with the imperatives of dealing with unanticipated 
     domestic disasters and other emergencies.
       The Committee has included a general provision in the bill 
     which relates to the establishment of an Office of the Under 
     Secretary for Enforcement within the Department of the 
     Treasury. Section 105 of Public Law 103-123 required the 
     Secretary of the Treasury to establish an Office of the Under 
     Secretary for Enforcement within the Department of the 
     Treasury by no later than February 15, 1994. The Committee is 
     advised that the Secretary plans to comply with this 
     provision and the Committee applauds that decision. The 
     general provision in this bill would make conforming changes 
     to title 31 of the United States Code to permit the President 
     to nominate, with the advice and consent of the Senate, a 
     third Under Secretary of the Treasury. The provision further 
     amends 5 U.S.C. section 5314 to provide that the new Under 
     Secretary is paid at level III of the Executive Schedule, the 
     same rate of pay as that of Treasury's existing Under 
     Secretaries.

             TITLE III--RESCINDING CERTAIN BUDGET AUTHORITY

                               CHAPTER 1

          AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                       Economic Research Service

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date..................................$55,219,000
1994 rescission request................................................
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation.....................................-4,000,000

                       committee recommendations

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $4,000,000 for the 
     Economic Research Service which takes into consideration the 
     original reduction proposed in the President's 1994 budget. 
     No rescission was proposed by the President.

                     Agricultural Research Service


                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$692,469,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-16,233,000
House allowance..............................................-1,000,000
Committee recommendation...............................................

                       committee recommendations

       The Committee recommends no rescission for the Agricultural 
     Research Service. The President recommended a rescission of 
     $16,233,000.

                        buildings and facilities


                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date..................................$32,743,000
1994 rescission request......................................-8,460,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation...............................................

                       committee recommendations

       The Committee recommends no rescission for buildings and 
     facilities of the Agricultural Research Service. The 
     President recommended a rescission of $8,460,000.

                   Cooperative State Research Service

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$453,736,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-30,002,000
House allowance.............................................-14,279,000
Committee recommendation....................................-12,463,000

                       committee recommendations

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $12,463,000 for 
     the Cooperative State Research Service. This amount is 
     $17,539,000 less than the President's request (R94-6). Of the 
     amount rescinded, $4,375,000 is a reduction to special 
     research grants, $6,729,000 is a reduction to competitive 
     research grants, and $1,359,000 is a reduction to grants 
     under Federal administration. Each special research grant, 
     each division within the Competitive Research Grants Program, 
     and each category under Federal administration, as specified 
     in House Report 103-212 is to be reduced by the same 
     proportionate amount, that is, 6 percent.

                        buildings and facilities


                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date..................................$56,874,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-34,000,000
House allowance..............................................-2,897,000
Committee recommendation.....................................-2,897,000

                       committee recommendations

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $2,897,000 for 
     buildings and facilities of the Cooperative State Research 
     Service, $31,103,000 less than the amount proposed by the 
     President (R94-7). A 6-percent reduction is recommended for 
     all facilities funded by the Fiscal Year 1994 Agriculture 
     Appropriations Act with the exception of those facilities 
     slated for completion as specified by House Report 103-212.

          Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service

                         salaries and expenses

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$730,842,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-12,167,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation....................................-12,167,000

                       committee recommendations

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $12,167,000, the 
     same as the amount proposed by the President, for salaries 
     and expenses of the Agricultural Stabilization and 
     Conservation Service (R94-8).

                     Agricultural Marketing Service


                           marketing services

1994 appropriation to date..................................$61,614,000
1994 rescission request................................................
House allowance................................................-100,000
Committee recommendation...............................................


                       committee recommendations

       The Committee recommends no rescission in this account.

                       Soil Conservation Service

                        conservation operations

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$591,049,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-12,167,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation....................................-12,167,000

                       committee recommendations

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $12,167,000, the 
     same as the amount proposed by the President, for 
     conservation operations of the Soil Conservation Service 
     (R94-9).


               Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$241,965,000
1994 rescission request................................................
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation....................................-21,158,000


                       Committee Recommendations

       The Committee recommends the rescission of $21,158,000 of 
     funds available for watershed and flood prevention. No 
     rescission was proposed by the President and the House made 
     no recommendation.

                      Farmers Home Administration


              Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$1,114,729,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-15,654,000
House allowance.............................................-35,000,000
Committee recommendation....................................-15,654,000


                       Committee Recommendations

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $15,654,000 in 
     rural housing loan subsidies, the same as the rescission 
     request. Of this amount, $1,515,000 is for section 502 low-
     income housing loans, $12,443,000 is for section 515 rental 
     housing loans, $1,204,000 is for section 504 housing repair 
     loans, and $483,000 is for section 514 farm labor housing 
     loans. This rescission reflects the fact that the subsidy 
     budget authority appropriated for fiscal year 1994 is in 
     excess of amounts necessary to fund estimated loan levels 
     included in the appropriations act due to the reestimate of 
     subsidy rates for the first quarter of fiscal year 1994. 
     According to the President, even after this rescission, total 
     rural housing loan obligations should be greater than those 
     estimated in the 1994 appropriations act. The Committee notes 
     that loan levels specified in the appropriations act, 
     pursuant to section 721 of that act, are considered 
     estimates, not limitations. The Committee expects the maximum 
     amount of loans to be obligated in all loan accounts within 
     the confines of the subsidy authority.


           Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$473,589,000
1994 rescission request......................................-5,094,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation.....................................-5,094,000


                       Committee Recommendations

       The Committee recommends the rescission of $5,094,000 in 
     loan subsidies for credit sales of acquired property through 
     the ``Agricultural credit insurance fund program'' account. 
     This rescission reflects the fact that the subsidy budget 
     authority appropriated for 1994 is in excess of amounts 
     necessary to fund estimated loan levels included in the 
     appropriations act due to the reestimate of subsidy rates for 
     the first quarter of 1994. According to the President, even 
     after this rescission, total farm loan obligations should be 
     greater than those estimated in the 1994 appropriations act. 
     However, credit sales of acquired property would be decreased 
     by $31,000,000 resulting in a program level of $92,783,000, 
     which would still exceed the expected program level of 
     $80,000,000.

                     rural housing voucher program

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date..................................$25,000,000
1994 rescission request................................................
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation....................................-25,000,000

                       committee recommendations

       Due to budgetary constraints and the need to make further 
     budget cuts at this time, the Committee recommends that the 
     total amount provided for the Rural Housing Voucher Program 
     be rescinded and that this new program not be started this 
     fiscal year.


              rural development loan fund program account

                              (rescission)

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               Loan           Subsidy   
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1994 appropriation to date..............    $100,000,000     $56,000,000
1994 rescission request.................  ..............  ..............
House allowance.........................     -35,714,000     -20,000,000
Committee recommendation................  ..............  ..............
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                        committee recommendation

       The Committee recommends no rescission for this account.


                 rural water and waste disposal grants

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$500,000,000
1994 rescission request................................................
House allowance.............................................-25,000,000
Committee recommendation...............................................

                       committee recommendations

       The Committee recommends no rescission for this account.

                         salaries and expenses

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date..................................$35,552,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-12,167,000
House allowance.............................................-12,167,000
Committee recommendation....................................-12,167,000

                       committee recommendations

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $12,167,000, the 
     same as the amount proposed by the President, for salaries 
     and expenses of the Farmers Home Administration (R94-10).

                  Rural Electrification Administration

       rural electrification and telephone loans program account

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$112,398,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-12,133,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation.....................................-6,610,000

                       committee recommendations

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $3,222,000 in 
     subsidy authority for the rural telephone 5 percent direct 
     loans. This rescission will reduce the loan level by 
     approximately $25,000,000. The President requested a 
     rescission of $6,445,000 for a corresponding reduction of 
     $50,000,000 in loan authority (R94-11). The Committee does 
     not concur with the President's request to rescind an 
     additional $2,300,000 for direct telephone loans. In 
     addition, the Committee recommends the rescission of 
     $3,388,000 for direct electric loans as proposed by the 
     President. This rescission reflects the fact that the subsidy 
     budget authority appropriated for 1994 is in excess of 
     amounts necessary to fund estimated loan levels included in 
     the appropriations act due to the reestimate of subsidy rates 
     for the first quarter of 1994. According to the President, 
     even after this rescission, total direct electric loan 
     obligations should be greater than those estimated in the 
     1994 appropriations act.

                       Food and Nutrition Service

                  commodity supplemental food program

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$104,500,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-12,600,000
House allowance.............................................-12,600,000
Committee recommendation.....................................-6,100,000

                       committee recommendations

       For the Commodity Supplemental Food Program [CSFP], the 
     Committee recommends a rescission of $6,100,000, $6,500,000 
     below the amount proposed by the President (R94-12). In the 
     past, the Committee has directed that unused funds be used to 
     expand elderly caseloads and approve applications for 
     additional CSFP sites. Priority should be given to projects 
     that make best use of available funds. The Department has 
     received requests to expand caseloads as well as new site 
     requests for the women and children as well as the elderly 
     programs. However, the Committee is disappointed that the 
     Department has not granted expansions to the full extent 
     possible. Therefore, a lower rescission is provided to meet 
     current needs and to expand the program as directed.

               food donations program for selected groups

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$218,641,000
1994 rescission request................................................
House allowance..............................................-6,000,000
Committee recommendation.....................................-5,200,000

                       committee recommendations

       For the food donations programs, the Committee recommends a 
     rescission of $5,200,000 for the food distribution program on 
     Indian reservations. These funds were carried over into 
     fiscal year 1994 and are not needed to maintain the current 
     program level.

                 the emergency food assistance program

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$120,000,000
1994 rescission request................................................
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation....................................-30,000,000

                       committee recommendations

       For the Emergency Food Assistance Program [TEFAP], the 
     Committee recommends a rescission of $30,000,000. Of this 
     amount, $10,000,000 is a reduction to storage and intrastate 
     distribution expenses and $20,000,000 is a reduction to the 
     cost of commodity purchases.
       The Emergency Food Assistance Program was established in 
     1983 as the temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program both 
     to reduce our surplus commodities held in CCC and feed low-
     income people. Some $50,000,000 was appropriated annually 
     from 1983 to 1988 to cover States' costs of storage and 
     distribution of donated commodities. The program was 
     successful and our surplus commodities were reduced. The 
     Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 provided for the continuation 
     of the program and mandated that USDA purchase commodities 
     for the program.
       The Committee has a long history of providing assistance to 
     low-income individuals through a variety of programs, and it 
     continues to do so. The difficult fiscal constraints faced by 
     this Committee and the country have forced us to reevaluate 
     programs and shift funding to those that provide the greatest 
     benefit to the most needy and are more cost effective. The 
     Committee believes the increased funding in Public Law 103-
     111 for fiscal year 1994 for the following programs better 
     targets the nutritional needs of these individuals.
       Congress increased funding for commodity purchases for soup 
     kitchens. Commodities in this program are distributed to 
     established feeding operations and are used to provide hot 
     meals to needy homeless and low-income persons. In cases 
     where the State's allocation of commodities cannot be used by 
     these organizations, the commodities are made available to 
     food banks for distribution.
       Congress also increased funding for the Elderly Feeding 
     Program. This program prepares meals which are served in 
     senior citizen centers or delivered to the home-bound 
     elderly. These meals focus on nutrition and the promotion of 
     better health, and targets a growing low-income population.
       Funding was also increased for the Commodity Supplemental 
     Food Program [CSFP]. This program provides a monthly food 
     package to certified low-income participants. The commodities 
     in the package are specific to the health and nutritional 
     requirements of the participant. Like the WIC Program, CSFP 
     also has a nutrition education component.
       Finally, Congress increased funding for the special 
     supplemental food program for women, infants, and children 
     [WIC]. It received the largest single increase in Public Law 
     103-111 and is considered the highest priority feeding 
     program.


                             Public Law 480

                        Title I Program Account

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$349,425,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-35,400,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation....................................-35,400,000


                       Committee Recommendations

       The Committee recommends the rescission of $35,400,000 in 
     subsidy costs for title I of Public Law 480 as proposed by 
     the President. Under this title, USDA provides concession 
     loans (30 year terms, 7 year grace, 2 to 3 percent interest) 
     to developing countries that have agricultural market 
     development potential. The proposal would reduce a portion of 
     the subsidy costs available to support title I loans.


Grant Account--(Title I Ocean Freight Differential, Title II and Title 
                                  III)

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$1,147,580,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-49,600,000
House allowance.............................................-20,000,000
Committee recommendation....................................-49,600,000


                       Committee Recommendations

       The Committee recommends the rescission of $49,600,000 in 
     the Public Law 480 grant account, as proposed by the 
     President. Of this amount $4,600,000 is for ocean freight 
     differential under title I and $45,000,000 is for title III 
     grants.

                               CHAPTER 2

DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                                AGENCIES

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


                  Operations, Research and Facilities

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$1,694,753,000
1994 rescission request......................................-6,000,000
Committee recommendation...............................................

       The Committee does not recommend rescission of $6,000,000 
     from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 
     operating account as proposed by the administration. The 
     Committee recommends that such savings be more appropriately 
     applied to other Commerce accounts.


                              Construction

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$109,703,000
1994 rescission request......................................-4,000,000
Committee recommendation...............................................

       The Committee does not recommend rescinding $4,000,000 from 
     the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 
     ``Construction'' appropriation account as proposed by the 
     administration. Environmental compliance, facility 
     construction and renovation, and real property maintenance 
     requirements for the agency are far in excess of current 
     appropriation levels, and a rescission of existing funds 
     makes little sense.

                   International Trade Administration


                     Operations and Administration

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$248,590,000
1994 rescission request......................................-2,000,000
Committee recommendation.....................................-2,000,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $2,000,000 from 
     the ITA ``Operations and administration'' account, the same 
     as the President's rescission request (R94-15). The Committee 
     recommends that these funds be rescinded from prior year 
     carryover funds which ITA had intended to use for computer 
     software, trade initiatives, and trade policy information 
     studies.

                         Export Administration


                       Operations and Maintenance

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date..................................$34,747,000
1994 rescission request................................................
Committee recommendation.....................................-3,000,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $3,000,000 from 
     the Export Administration's ``Operations and maintenance'' 
     account. The administration in ``A Vision of Change for 
     America'' noted that the Export Administration's workload has 
     declined and that the agency's budget should be reduced. Both 
     the House and Senate accordingly approved the President's 
     budget request and policy change. However, the Committee has 
     learned that the Export Administration carried over 
     $3,500,000 in funds from fiscal year 1993 which nullifies the 
     programmatic reduction and policy change proposed and 
     highlighted by the administration. Accordingly, the Committee 
     recommends a rescission of $3,000,000.

                  Minority Business Development Agency


                     Minority Business Development

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date..................................$42,100,000
1994 rescission request................................................
Committee recommendation.......................................-500,000

       Public Law 103-121 included $500,000 for a grant to the 
     Catawba Indian Tribe in South Carolina for business and 
     economic development and planning. The Committee recommends 
     rescission of these funds.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration


                   Information Infrastructure Grants

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date..................................$26,000,000
1994 rescission request................................................
Committee recommendation.....................................-4,254,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $4,254,000 from 
     NTIA's Information Infrastructure Grant Program. This 
     appropriation account supports an entirely new administration 
     program which was recommended for funding of $31,000,000 in 
     the Senate version of the fiscal year 1994 Commerce, Justice, 
     and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies appropriations 
     bill. In recognition of the administration's desire to reduce 
     appropriations as evidenced by transmittal of rescissions, 
     the Committee believes that the funding level originally 
     proposed in the House version of the fiscal year 1994 bill, 
     $21,746,000, represents a sufficient level of funding for 
     this new program.

                  Economic Development Administration


                  Economic Development Revolving Fund

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.............................................
1994 rescission request................................................
Committee recommendation...................................-$20,000,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $20,000,000 from 
     balances in the EDA economic development revolving fund. 
     These funds are excess to projected liabilities in the fund.

                             THE JUDICIARY

    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services


                           Defender Services

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$280,000,000
1994 rescission request................................................
Committee recommendation.....................................-3,000,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $3,000,000 from 
     defender services, the same amount recommended by the House 
     of Representatives in H.R. 3400. The projected carryover of 
     unobligated funds in this account from fiscal year 1993 
     assumed in the conference agreement on the Fiscal Year 1994 
     Appropriations Act was $18,000,000. The Committee understands 
     the actual carryover is $21,000,000 and recommends a 
     rescission of these unanticipated carryover balances.

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs


                    Diplomatic and Consular Programs

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$1,704,589,000
1994 rescission request........................................-600,000
Committee recommendation.......................................-600,000

       As proposed by the President (R94-28), the Committee 
     recommends the rescission of $600,000 from diplomatic and 
     consular programs. This amount reflects the estimated savings 
     to be achieved through the implementation of the Vice 
     President's ``National Performance Review'' proposal to 
     reduce the number of overseas missions with U.S. Marine Corps 
     Guard detachments.


                        BUYING POWER MAINTENANCE

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.............................................
1994 rescission request.....................................-$8,800,000
Committee recommendation.....................................-8,800,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $8,800,000 from 
     balances in the Department of State buying power maintenance 
     fund as proposed by the President (R94-51). The recovery of 
     the U.S. dollar overseas in selected countries reduces fiscal 
     year 1994 demands on the buying power maintenance fund. The 
     House of Representatives recommended a rescission of 
     $8,800,000 in H.R. 3400.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                  Board for International Broadcasting


                          Israel Relay Station

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.............................................
1994 rescission request.....................................-$1,700,000
Committee recommendation.....................................-1,700,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $1,700,000 as 
     proposed by the President (R94-65). This rescission is from 
     remaining prior year appropriations which were provided for 
     construction of a shortwave radio facility in Israel. This 
     project has been canceled and $180,000,000 was rescinded 
     during fiscal year 1993. The House of Representatives also 
     proposed rescinding this additional $1,700,000 in H.R. 3400.

                     Small Business Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$258,900,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-13,100,000
Committee recommendation.....................................-4,100,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $4,100,000, 
     instead of $13,100,000 as proposed by the President (R94-34). 
     The House and Senate conferees provided $8,000,000 above 
     either the House or Senate versions of H.R. 2519 for staffing 
     and general support of the Small Business Administration 
     during fiscal year 1994. Further, in fiscal year 1993, the 
     SBA identified and reprogrammed $4,000,000 in excess funds 
     for relocation and realignment of agency functions. The 
     Committee-recommended rescission eliminates one-half of the 
     additional funds provided to the Administrator of SBA for 
     general support and agency operations.

                        State Justice Institute


                         Salaries and Expenses

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date..................................$13,550,000
1994 rescission request......................................-6,775,000
Committee recommendation.....................................-3,000,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $3,000,000 from 
     the State Justice Institute. The rescission would reduce 
     Federal funding of the Institute but not terminate the 
     program in the second half of 1994 as proposed by the 
     President (R94-35).
       Among its activities, the Institute funds grants to study 
     criminal justice programs, supports demonstration projects, 
     sponsors conferences, and provides technical assistance. 
     While these activities serve a useful purpose and benefit the 
     State criminal justice system, the Committee notes that the 
     need to reduce the deficit requires the reduction of Federal 
     funding for some programs. Additionally, the Committee notes 
     that other Federal grant programs, including those of the 
     Department of Justice, can be used to support State criminal 
     justice systems.

                        U.S. Information Agency


                         Salaries and Expenses

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$730,000,000
1994 rescission request......................................-3,000,000
Committee recommendation.....................................-3,000,000

       As proposed by the President (R94-36), the Committee 
     recommends the rescission of $3,000,000 from the U.S. 
     Information Agency ``Salaries and expenses'' account. This 
     amount reflects the estimated savings to be achieved by the 
     U.S. Information Agency through implementation of the Vice 
     President's ``National Performance Review'' proposal to 
     restructure its organization and field structure and public 
     diplomacy activities.


                           North/South Center

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...................................$8,700,000
1994 rescission request......................................-8,700,000
Committee recommendation.....................................-8,700,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $8,700,000 from 
     the North/South Center at the University of Miami as proposed 
     by the President (R94-37).

                               CHAPTER 3

                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY

       The Committee recommends rescissions totaling $305,300,000. 
     With the exception of the specific rescissions recommended in 
     this section of the report, the Committee directs that none 
     of the proposed funding adjustments modify in any way the 
     allocations, guidance, and directions contained in its report 
     on the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1994, and in 
     the conference report and joint explanatory statement of the 
     committee of conference on that act. Details of the 
     Committee's recommendations are provided below.

                              PROCUREMENT

                       Missile Procurement, Army

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$1,094,009,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-48,000,000
Committee recommendation...............................................

                       committee recommendations

       TOW II missile.--The Committee recommends no rescission of 
     funds provided by Congress in fiscal year 1994 for the TOW II 
     missile program as proposed by the President (R94-44).

                       Aircraft Procurement, Navy

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$5,694,420,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-51,700,000
Committee recommendation...............................................

                       committee recommendations

       SH-60 helicopters.--The Committee recommends no rescission 
     of funds provided by Congress in fiscal year 1994 for the SH-
     60 helicopter program as proposed by the President (R94-45).

                   Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$4,183,775,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-50,000,000
Committee recommendation...............................................

                       committee recommendations

       LHD-7 amphibious assault ship.--The Committee recommends no 
     rescission of funds provided by Congress in fiscal year 1994 
     for advance procurement of the LHD-7 amphibious assault ship 
     as proposed by the President (R94-46).

                    Aircraft Procurement, Air Force

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$6,002,953,499
1994 rescission request....................................-105,600,000
Committee recommendation....................................-12,800,000

                       committee recommendations

       Advanced tactical airborne reconnaissance system.--The 
     Committee recommends a rescission of $12,800,000 for the 
     advanced tactical airborne reconnaissance system [ATARS], as 
     proposed by the President (R94-47). The ATARS program was 
     terminated and the funds are no longer required.
       C-135 modifications.--The Committee recommends no 
     rescission for C-135 modifications as proposed by the 
     President (R94-47).

                      Other Procurement, Air Force

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$7,588,968,000
1994 rescission request................................................
Committee recommendation....................................-27,500,000

                       committee recommendations

       Mobility command and control.--The Committee recommends a 
     rescission of $27,500,000 of the funds appropriated in fiscal 
     year 1994 for mobility command and control equipment. These 
     funds are no longer required to meet mission requirements.

                        Procurement, Defensewide

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$1,803,639,000
1994 rescission request................................................
Committee recommendation...................................-104,500,000

                       committee recommendations

       Landsat-7.--The Committee recommends a rescission of 
     $104,500,000 of the funds appropriated in fiscal year 1994 
     for the Landsat-7 program. These funds have become excess as 
     a result of the President's decision to cancel the Landsat-7 
     program in fiscal year 1995.

              RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

         Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date..............................$12,978,924,000
1994 rescission request................................................
Committee recommendation....................................-50,000,000

                       committee recommendations

       Milstar satellite communications system.--The Committee 
     recommends rescission of $50,000,000 from fiscal year 1993 
     funds for the Milstar satellite communications system.

        Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defensewide

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$8,760,050,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-50,000,000
Committee recommendation...................................-110,500,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $110,500,000. This 
     amount is $60,500,000 more than proposed for rescission by 
     the President (R94-48).

                       committee recommendations

       Theater missile defense.--The Committee proposes rescission 
     of $26,000,000 designated by BMDO for the LEAP technology 
     demonstration program and the sea-based wide area program.
       Advanced research projects agency space programs.--The 
     President's request to rescind $50,000,000 appropriated for 
     ARPA space programs is approved by the Committee (R94-48).
       Land remote sensing satellite system.--The Committee 
     proposes rescission of $34,500,000 allocated for the 
     development of the high resolution multispectral imager 
     [HRMSI] within the Landsat 7 program.

                               CHAPTER 4

                      ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil


                         General Investigations

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$207,540,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-24,970,000
Committee recommendation....................................-24,970,000

       The Committee recommends rescinding $24,970,000, the same 
     amount requested (R94-23). Funds provided under this heading 
     are used for the collection and study of basic information 
     pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore 
     protection, and related projects; restudy of authorized 
     projects; miscellaneous investigations; and when authorized 
     by law, surveys and detailed studies and plans and 
     specifications of projects prior to construction.
       The Corps is directed to carry out the projects, programs, 
     and directives contained in Public Law 103-126 and the 
     conference report accompanying that act.


                         Construction, General

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$1,400,875,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-97,319,000
Committee recommendation....................................-97,319,000

       This account provides for the construction by the Army 
     Corps of Engineers of river and harbor, flood control, shore 
     protection, and related projects authorized by law.
       The Committee recommendation would rescind $97,319,000 of 
     appropriated funds. This is the same as the amount requested 
     (R94-24).
       The Corps is directed to carry out the projects, programs, 
     and directives contained in Public Law 103-126 and the 
     conference report accompanying that act.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                         Bureau of Reclamation

                          Construction Program

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$464,423,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-16,000,000
Committee recommendation....................................-40,000,000

       An amount of $40,000,000 in unobligated funding carried 
     forward into fiscal year 1994 in the construction program of 
     the Bureau of Reclamation is recommended for rescission. This 
     is $24,000,000 more than the amount requested in rescission 
     proposal R43-27.
       The Bureau of Reclamation is directed to carry out the 
     projects, programs, and directives contained in Public Law 
     103-126 and the conference report accompanying that act.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                Energy Supply, Research, and Development


                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$3,223,910,000
1994 rescission request....................................-107,300,000
Committee recommendation...................................-107,300,000

       The administration has proposed to rescind $97,300,000 in 
     the ``Energy supply, research, and development activities'' 
     account (R94-25). The Committee agrees with the total amount 
     of the rescission but directs that the reduction shall be 
     taken as a general reduction, applied to each program 
     equally, so as not to eliminate or disproportionately reduce 
     any program, project, or activity in the ``Energy supply, 
     research, and development activities'' account as included in 
     the reports accompanying Public Law 103-126.
       R94-49 would eliminate funding for the superconducting 
     magnetic energy storage [SMES] program, for which funds were 
     added in fiscal year 1994 in the energy storage activities 
     within the solar and renewable energy program. The SMES 
     program would continue technology efforts previously funded 
     within the Defense Nuclear Agency to develop SMES as part of 
     a DOD star wars directed-energy weapon system. DOD has not 
     requested funds for the SMES activity in recent years. The 
     program is presented as a dual-use technology with defense 
     and utility applications. However, the President and the 
     Department of Energy believe the current program has no 
     commercially viable prospects in the utility industry.

                Uranium Supply and Enrichment Activities


                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date..............................\1\$177,092,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-42,000,000
Committee recommendation....................................-42,000,000

\1\Net appropriation for fiscal year 1994.

       The administration has proposed to rescind $42,000,000 as a 
     result of curtailing the atomic vapor laser isotope 
     separation project (R94-25). The Committee agrees that this 
     rescission should be funded from prior-year balances 
     available in the ``Uranium supply and enrichment activities'' 
     account.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                     Nuclear Regulatory Commission

                         salaries and expenses

1994 appropriation to date.................................$520,900,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-12,700,000
Committee recommendation....................................-12,700,000

       This appropriation funds the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
     [NRC] ``Salaries and expenses'' account. This account 
     provides for reactor safety and safeguards regulation; 
     reactor special and independent reviews, investigations, and 
     enforcement; reactor safety research; nuclear material and 
     low-level waste safety and safeguards regulation; and high-
     level nuclear waste regulations.
       This proposed rescission reflects savings in the various 
     projects due to actions being taken by the Commission to 
     stream-line the agency and to reduce the cost of operations. 
     The ability of the Commission to accomplish its mission 
     successfully would not be affected by this rescission 
     proposal.

                               CHAPTER 5

       FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                    MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

                  International Financial Institutions

              contribution to the african development fund

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$135,000,000
1994 rescission request................................................
Committee recommendation.....................................-2,700,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $2,700,000 from 
     fiscal year 1994 funds made available to the President for 
     the United States contribution to the sixth replenishment of 
     the African Development Fund. The rescission would result in 
     funding for the United States contribution to the African 
     Development Fund at the level contained in the House-passed 
     version of H.R. 2295. The President has not proposed 
     rescission of these funds.

                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

                  Agency for International Development

                      development assistance fund

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$811,900,000
1994 rescission request....................................-160,000,000
Committee recommendation....................................-40,879,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $40,879,000 from 
     unexpended or unobligated funds made available for the 
     Development Assistance Fund [DAF] for fiscal year 1994 and 
     prior years. The level provided for the DAF in the fiscal 
     1994 Foreign Operations, Export Assistance and Related 
     Programs Act (Public Law 103-87) already represents a 
     reduction from fiscal 1993 of $225,580,000, a cut of nearly 
     22 percent. The Committee believes rescission of an 
     additional $160,000,000 in the DAF would cause serious damage 
     to important programs in Central and Latin America and other 
     areas. Therefore, the Committee recommends a rescission of 
     $40,879,000. The President has proposed a rescission of 
     $160,000,000.

  operating expenses of the agency for international development for 
                         reform and downsizing

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...................................$3,000,000
1994 rescission request................................................
Committee recommendation.....................................-3,000,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $3,000,000 from 
     fiscal year 1994 funds made available to the Agency for 
     International Development in a special appropriation for 
     operating expenses to meet the costs of implementation of the 
     recommendations of the report of the ``National Performance 
     Review.'' The Committee recommends that implementation of the 
     AID reform portions of the ``National Performance Review'' be 
     funded out of the regular AID ``Operating expenses'' account 
     for fiscal 1994. The President has not proposed a rescission 
     of these funds.

  assistance for the new independent states of the former soviet union

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$2,212,820,000
1994 rescission request................................................
Committee recommendation...................................-145,000,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $145,000,000 from 
     the unexpended or unobligated balances of funds made 
     available in fiscal year 1994 and prior years for assistance 
     to the new independent states of the former Soviet Union 
     [NIS]. In fiscal 1994 and prior years more than 
     $3,000,000,000 has been made available for assistance to the 
     NIS. In order to find the funds for the NIS, the Committee 
     has had to recommend substantial cuts in other programs. If 
     further reductions in foreign assistance beyond the 
     $800,000,000 cut already provided in Public Law 103-87 are 
     required, the Committee believes the NIS program should 
     contribute a share. The President has not proposed a 
     rescission of these funds.

                         Economic Support Fund

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$2,364,562,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-90,000,000
Committee recommendation....................................-32,700,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $32,700,000 from 
     funds made available from 1987 through 1994 for the Economic 
     Support Fund, $57,300,000 less than requested by the 
     President. This proposed rescission, together with the 
     $203,000,000 of ESF rescinded in Public Law 103-87, would 
     make the fiscal 1994 and prior years' rescissions of ESF 
     total $235,700,000. The Committee's intent in reducing the 
     President's proposed ESF rescission is to ensure that some 
     ESF funds remain available for Central and South American 
     programs. The Committee intends that this rescission will not 
     be taken from the Camp David countries, because of the 
     sensitivity of the peace process. The President proposed a 
     rescission of $90,000,000.

                          MILITARY ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                   foreign military financing program

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$3,149,279,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-65,562,000
Committee recommendation....................................-91,283,000

       The Committee recommends rescissions of $91,283,000 from 
     funds made available to the President for the Foreign 
     Military Financing Program for fiscal 1994 and prior years. 
     Of this amount, $65,562,000 is to come from funds made 
     available in fiscal 1993 and prior years, as proposed by the 
     President, and $25,721,000 is to come from unearmarked funds 
     made available for fiscal 1994. The effect of the proposed 
     rescission is to reduce fiscal 1994 foreign military 
     financing grants to the level in H.R. 2295 as passed by the 
     Senate. The President had proposed a rescission of 
     $65,562,000 from fiscal 1993 and prior years only.

                          military assistance

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.............................................
1994 rescission request.......................................-$438,000
Committee recommendation.......................................-438,000

       The Committee recommends rescissions of $438,000 from funds 
     made available to the President for Military Assistance in 
     Public Law 102-391 and prior years. The President had 
     proposed a rescission of $438,000.

                               CHAPTER 6

            DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                     U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

                    construction and anadromous fish

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date..................................$73,565,000
1994 rescission request................................................
House allowance..............................................-3,874,000
Committee recommendation.....................................-3,874,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $3,874,000 for 
     unobligated funds associated with completion of the Umbarger 
     Dam modifications at the Buffalo Lake National Wildlife 
     Refuge, TX. These funds are available for rescission since 
     the project has been completed at a lower cost than 
     originally estimated.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                       Biomass Energy Development

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.............................................
1994 rescission request....................................-$16,275,000
House allowance.............................................-16,275,000
Committee recommendation....................................-16,275,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $16,275,000 for 
     unobligated balances in the ``Biomass energy development'' 
     account. This amount is excess to the needs of the program 
     which is responsible for administering loan guarantees and 
     assets from alcohol fuel plants, and is derived from previous 
     appropriations and revenues credited to the account.

                               CHAPTER 7

     DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION

                     Administrative Cost Reductions

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $50,000,000 from 
     amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1994 for salaries and 
     expenses and administrative costs of the Departments of 
     Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. An amount of 
     $4,000,000 would be rescinded from the Department of Labor, 
     $37,500,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services, 
     and $8,500,000 from the Department of Education. The Social 
     Security Administration would be exempted from any reductions 
     in salaries and expenses and administrative costs other than 
     the automation initiative.
       The amounts recommended for rescission represent 
     approximately 25 percent of the increases provided over 
     fiscal year 1993 for this purpose. The Committee believes 
     that these reductions can be achieved without causing undue 
     hardship in the executive branch, although it realizes that 
     certain economies and sacrifices will have to be made.
       The Committee intends that the reductions be distributed to 
     each appropriation account proportionate to the increase that 
     it received over 1993 for salaries and expenses and 
     administrative costs, as reflected in the individual agency 
     budget justifications. In those cases where appropriations 
     are lower in 1994 than in 1993, no reductions should be 
     taken.
       This mechanism shall apply to all relevant accounts with 
     the exception of the National Institutes of Health. With 
     regard to the NIH, the Committee recommends that the 
     reductions in administrative costs by Institute shall be 
     determined by the NIH Director in order to best protect its 
     research programs. The reductions by Institute should be done 
     in consultation with the Appropriations Committees, and the 
     NIH shall notify the Committees of its reductions, prior to 
     implementation. This discretion shall not reduce the National 
     Institute of Health's share of the total administrative cost 
     reductions of the Department of Health and Human Services.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                     Social Security Administration


                      Supplemental Security Income

                 limitation on administrative expenses

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $80,000,000 from 
     the automation initiative for which $300,000,000 was provided 
     in the Fiscal Year 1994 Appropriations Act under the 
     ``Limitation on administrative expenses'' account. The 
     remaining $220,000,000 for the first year of this initiative 
     will fund approximately one-fifth of the total cost of this 
     5-year automation project for which the President requested a 
     total of $1,125,000,000.
       In addition, $10,909,000 is rescinded in the ``Supplemental 
     security income'' [SSI] account, which is the amount that 
     would have been reimbursed to the trust funds for the SSI 
     Program share of the $80,000,000 that is proposed for 
     rescission in the ``Limitation on administrative expenses'' 
     account. Therefore, the net proposed rescission is 
     $80,000,000, of which $10,909,000 is derived from the SSI 
     account.

                               CHAPTER 8

                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                        CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                                 SENATE

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                              (rescission)

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $1,500,000 from 
     the appropriation account ``Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
     of the Senate''. This represents savings in fiscal 1992 funds 
     from completed projects that came in under budget.

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES


                              (RESCISSION)

       The Committee concurs with the House in rescissions 
     totaling $2,985,000 from various accounts in the House of 
     Representatives. In keeping with the longstanding tradition 
     of comity between the Houses on matters pertaining solely to 
     one House, the Committee makes no judgment of the House 
     action.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Capitol Buildings and Grounds


                           capitol buildings

                              (rescission)

       The Committee has deleted the rescission of $1,000,000 in 
     fiscal year 1993 budget authority and $2,000,000 in fiscal 
     year 1994 budget authority for installation of energy 
     efficient lighting devices in the Capitol complex. Section 
     122 of Public Law 103-110, the Military Construction 
     Appropriations Act of 1994, authorized the transfer of a 
     parcel of approximately 100 acres at Fort Meade, MD, to the 
     Architect of the Capitol to serve as the site for a long-term 
     storage facility for the legislative branch. The Committee 
     directs the Architect to apply these funds to the costs of 
     maintaining and converting the property and facilities at 
     Fort Meade for this purpose.
       The $3,000,000 rescinded by the House will not be required 
     for the energy efficient lighting program.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                              (rescission)

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $1,000,000 in 
     funds available to the Library of Congress under the fiscal 
     year 1994 appropriations act (Public Law 103-69). The Library 
     participated in a retirement-incentive program in fiscal year 
     1994 during which 234 Library employees paid from 
     appropriated funds in this bill retired. The Librarian is 
     directed to take the rescission amounts from any net savings 
     resulting from this retirement program.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$430,815,000
1994 rescission request................................................
House recommendation.........................................-1,300,000
Committee recommendation.......................................-650,000

       The Committee reduces the House recommendation to $650,000 
     for the General Accounting Office. The reductions to GAO's 
     budget over the past 2 years in combination with the 
     retirement incentives authorized in Public Law 103-69 (the 
     Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1994) will cut GAO's 
     work force by at least 450 full-time equivalent positions. 
     This rescission will result in cuts to travel and 
     miscellaneous expenses associated with the positions 
     eliminated.

                               CHAPTER 9

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                         MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

       The Committee recommends rescission of $601,224,000 from 
     Public Law 103-110, the Military Construction Appropriations 
     Act for Fiscal Year 1994. This is the same amount recommended 
     for rescission by the administration. The Committee notes 
     that the Congress previously approved rescissions totaling 
     $277,595,000 when Public Law 103-110 was enacted. The 
     Committee also notes that the Congress reduced the budget 
     request for the fiscal year 1994 Military Construction 
     Appropriations Act by $729,227,000, a reduction of 7 percent 
     from the total administration budget request.
       The Committee does not approve the following rescissions 
     recommended by the administration:

R94-16 Military construction, Army........................-$116,134,000
R94-17 Military construction, Air Force.....................-85,094,000
R94-18 Military construction, Army Reserve..................-19,807,000
R94-19 Military construction, Naval Reserve..................-4,438,000
R94-20 Military construction, Air Force Reserve.............-18,759,000
R94-21 Military construction, Army National Guard..........-251,854,000
R94-22 Military construction, Air National Guard...........-105,138,000

       The administration recommended lump-sum rescissions, which, 
     if approved by the Congress would allow the Department of 
     Defense to determine the specific projects which would be 
     canceled. The administration's recommendations, therefore, 
     place in jeopardy projects which have specifically been 
     approved in House and Senate authorization and appropriations 
     bills. These projects were also approved by the 
     administration when the President signed into law the 
     Military Construction Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 
     1994. Future military construction rescission requests 
     submitted by the administration should not be in a lump-sum 
     format but should be line item specific, detailing each 
     specific project recommended for rescission.
       The Committee has approved the following rescission:

                 Base Realignment and Closure, Part III


                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$1,144,000,000
1994 rescission request................................................
Committee recommendation...................................-601,224,000

       The Committee has approved a rescission totaling 
     $601,224,000 for the ``Base realignment and closure'' [BRAC] 
     account, part III. This account is a lump-sum appropriation 
     which provides funds to close and realign military bases. 
     Fiscal year 1994 is the first year BRAC, part III has been 
     funded. The rescission approved by the Committee leaves 
     $542,776,000 appropriated to the account for fiscal year 
     1994. The Committee notes that the first year funding for 
     BRAC, part I was $500,000,000 and first year funding for 
     BRAC, part II was $331,700,000. Therefore, the amount which 
     remains for part III exceeds the first year funding rate of 
     the prior two base closure and realignment accounts. The 
     Committee is also concerned with the excessively slow 
     obligation rate in the base closure accounts. As the 
     Committee pointed out in its report accompanying H.R. 2446, 
     almost $2,000,000,000 previously appropriated for base 
     closures has yet to be obligated by the military services.

                               CHAPTER 10

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Office of the Secretary


                        Payments to Air Carriers

                    (airport and airways trust fund)

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date..................................$33,423,077
1994 rescission request.....................................-10,067,000
House allowance.............................................-10,068,243
Committee recommendation....................................-10,067,000

       The Committee is recommending the rescission of unobligated 
     balances of contract authority for the essential air services 
     program. The rescission does not affect the provision of 
     services allowed under Public Law 103-122.

                            rental payments

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$149,605,000
1994 rescission request......................................-1,781,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation.....................................-1,781,000

       The Committee has included, as requested, a rescission of 
     $1,781,000 of funds for rental payments by the Office of the 
     Secretary. This rescission reflects revised requirements for 
     GSA space rental and related services.

                              Coast Guard

                           operating expenses

1994 appropriation to date...............................$2,586,770,000
1994 rescission request......................................-5,000,000
House allowance..............................................-5,000,000
Committee recommendation...............................................

       The Committee does not concur in the President's request to 
     rescind excess funds appropriated under Public Law 102-368 
     for costs arising from the consequences of Hurricane Andrew 
     and Hurricane Iniki.

              acquisition, construction, and improvements

1994 appropriation to date.................................$327,500,000
1994 rescission request......................................-2,000,000
House allowance..............................................-2,000,000
Committee recommendation...............................................

       Consistent with the Committee's recommendation regarding 
     operating expenses cited above, the Committee does not concur 
     in the President's proposal to rescind excess funds initially 
     appropriated for the consequences of Hurricanes Andrew and 
     Iniki.

                    Federal Aviation Administration

                               operations

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$4,580,518,000
1994 rescission request......................................-2,750,000
House allowance................................................-750,000
Committee recommendation.....................................-2,750,000

       The Administration has proposed the rescission of 
     $2,750,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration's 
     ``Operations'' account. The Committee concurs with the 
     Administration's request. The Administration, in its 
     rescission message R94-29, stated that this proposal is 
     consistent with the Vice President's ``National Performance 
     Review'' proposal.
       Funding of $2,000,000 would be rescinded from the mid-
     America aviation resource consortium, which is a private air 
     traffic controller training program; and $750,000 is 
     rescinded from the vocational technical grants program.

                        facilities and equipment

                    (airport and airways trust fund)

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$2,120,104,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-40,257,111
House allowance.............................................-29,451,111
Committee recommendation....................................-65,205,300

       The administration has proposed the rescission of 
     $40,257,111 in funding previously provided for the airway 
     science curriculum grant program. Under the administration's 
     proposal, the following funds would be rescinded.

                                            [In thousands of dollars]                                           
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            Amount                                                              
         Fiscal year available            apropriated     Unobligated                  Description              
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1985-89...............................         $35,795          $2,305  ........................................
                                                       ----------------                                         
                                        ..............           1,425  Florida Memorial College.               
                                        ..............             880  Unearmarked.                            
1991..................................          10,000           1,899  Do.                                     
                                                       ================                                         
1992..................................          20,000           9,777  ........................................
                                                       ----------------                                         
                                        ..............           3,000  Daniel Webster College, NH.             
                                        ..............             250  Middle Tennessee State University.      
                                        ..............           3,000  Southern University, LA.                
                                        ..............           3,527  Unearmarked.                            
                                                       ================                                         
1993..................................          30,000          28,275  ........................................
                                                       ----------------                                         
                                        ..............             175  Central Washington State University.    
                                        ..............           4,500  Dowling College, NY.                    
                                        ..............          10,000  Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.   
                                        ..............           2,235  Henderson State University, AR.         
                                        ..............             556  Middle Tennessee State University.      
                                        ..............           1,925  Southern University, LA.                
                                        ..............           6,884  University of Alaska.                   
                                                       ----------------                                         
      Total unobligated balance.......  ..............          40,257  As of September 30, 1993.               
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The Committee has proposed the rescission of $65,205,300. 
     The money proposed for rescission includes funding provided 
     as early as fiscal year 1985 and as late as fiscal year 1992. 
     The Committee recommends the rescission of the following 
     amounts from the following programs.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         Fiscal year                    
               Program                    available          Amount     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Airway science grants................         1985-89         $2,305,000
Interim support plan.................            1990         13,911,000
System engineering support...........           ...do            746,000
Center lease.........................           ...do            113,000
Traffic control simulators...........           ...do          2,519,000
Test and evaluation..................           ...do          1,440,000
Part-task trainers...................           ...do          2,534,000
TCAS II system.......................           ...do            438,000
B-727 retrofit.......................           ...do            217,000
Center lease.........................           ...do             98,000
Engineering support..................           ...do            330,000
Interim support plan.................            1991         20,000,000
B-727 upgrade........................           ...do            581,000
CV-580 upgrade.......................           ...do          3,200,000
Airway science grants................           ...do          1,899,000
Do...................................            1992          3,527,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The Committee's suggestion is based on the quarterly 
     accounts obligation status report that FAA submits to the 
     Senate and House Committees on Appropriations. The Committee 
     recognizes that some adjustment to the above projects might 
     be necessary and directs the FAA to submit to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations a list of programs with 
     dollar amounts on how it will meet the target of a 
     $65,205,300 rescission in the ``facilities and equipment'' 
     account.


                       Grants-in-Aid for Airports

                              (rescission)

                    (airport and airways trust fund)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$1,690,000,000
1994 rescission request....................................-488,200,000
House allowance............................................-488,200,000
Committee recommendation...................................-488,200,000

       The Committee recommends the rescission of $488,200,000 of 
     unobligated contract authority of the airport improvement 
     grant program. This proposal would rescind a portion of the 
     unobligated contract authority that is not available for 
     obligation due to limitations on obligation in annual 
     appropriations acts.

                     Federal Highway Administration

                          (highway trust fund)

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$156,362,000
1994 rescission request....................................-174,968,734
House allowance.............................................-85,774,222
Committee recommendation....................................-35,696,647

       The administration would rescind all unobligated 
     appropriated funds for unauthorized highway demonstration 
     projects that the Federal Highway Administration reports are 
     not under construction (R94-32a).
       The Committee proposes the rescission of unobligated 
     appropriated balances of highway projects that are listed 
     below. In addition, the Committee recommends the rescission 
     of the contract authority of highway projects that was 
     provided pursuant to provisions of the Surface Transportation 
     and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987, and 
     unobligated balances of the bridges on Federal dams program.
       Under the Committee's proposal, funds for the following 
     projects would be rescinded:

        Title                                                    Amount

Bridges on Federal dams......................................$9,478,139
Hillsboro Bridge, Illinois......................................378,530
U.S. 20 realignment, Iowa.....................................1,756,709
Des Moines Inner Loop, Iowa...................................2,792,000
I-70 and 110th St. improvements, Kansas.......................3,446,600
Center Street extension, Massachusetts........................3,360,000
Blackstone River bikeway, Massachusetts.........................212,032
Rail consolidation, Michigan..................................2,735,000
I-20/Norrell Rd. interchange, Mississippi.....................1,620,000
Railroad overpass, New Mexico.................................1,363,391
Irondequoit Bay outlet bridge, New York.......................4,249,893
Texarkana Rd., Texas..........................................1,379,960
Relocation of U.S. 35, West Virginia............................406,920
STURA of 1987.................................................2,517,473


                      Right-of-Way Revolving Fund

                          (highway trust fund)

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date..................................$42,500,000
1994 rescission request................................................
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation....................................-20,000,000

       The advanced acquisition of rights-of-way program was 
     established by section 110(a) of the Federal-aid Highway Act 
     of 1956. Section 7 of Public Law 90-495, the Highway Act of 
     1968, established the revolving fund feature. The Committee 
     recommends the rescission of $20,000,000 of revolving fund 
     balances.

             National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


                     Highway Traffic Safety Grants

                          (highway trust fund)

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$174,000,000
1994 rescission request................................................
House allowance..............................................-7,056,000
Committee recommendation...................................-219,750,000

       The Committee recommends the rescission of contract 
     authority totaling $219,750,000 for Highway Traffic Safety 
     Grants under the National Highway Traffic Safety 
     Administration.
       Rescinded funds will be derived from the following 
     programs:

Section 408 alcohol safety incentive grants..................$6,493,000
Section 209 safety, education, and information grants........11,000,000
Section 153 safety belt and motorcycle helmet grants.........24,000,000
Section 402 State and community highway safety grants.......178,257,000

       The levels proposed for rescission represent unobligated 
     contract authority which is not available for obligation in 
     fiscal year 1994.

                    Federal Railroad Administration


                   Railroad Research and Development

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date..................................$37,613,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-17,000,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation....................................-17,000,000

       The Committee concurs in the President's request to rescind 
     $17,000,000 from funds appropriated for fiscal year 1994 for 
     research and analysis in the area of high-speed magnetically 
     levitated ground transportation [maglev]. Shortly after the 
     enactment of the fiscal year 1994 transportation 
     appropriations act, the National Maglev Initiative [NMI], a 
     cooperative effort of the Federal Railroad Administration, 
     U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Department of Energy, 
     completed its report on the technical and market feasibility 
     of maglev. As a result, the Administration recognizes a need 
     of not more than $3,000,000 in fiscal year 1994 for continued 
     study of maglev issues and the initiation of a market 
     feasibility of high-speed ground transportation, as called 
     for in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act 
     [ISTEA].

                     Federal Transit Administration


                          Discretionary Grants

                          (highway trust fund)

                              (rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$1,785,000,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-50,537,525
House allowance.............................................-40,478,975
Committee recommendation.......................................-808,935

       The administration has proposed the rescission of any 
     unobligated funds made available for fiscal year 1991 or 
     earlier under section 3 of the Federal Transit Act, as 
     amended (R94-31). Under the Committee's proposal, the 
     following project would lose previously appropriated funds:

        Project                                                  Amount

Buffalo, NY, Naval Park Station................................$808,935

                               CHAPTER 11

            TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

                        Internal Revenue Service


                          Information Systems

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$1,485,917,000
1994 supplemental estimate.............................................
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation....................................(6,400,000)

       The Committee has recommended a rescission of $6,400,000 in 
     information systems activities of the Internal Revenue 
     Service. The Committee is advised that IRS has achieved 
     savings in procurement contracts for new automated data 
     processing systems and these savings will be applied to the 
     supplemental costs of ADP requirements for the Executive 
     Office of the President.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                    General Services Administration


                         Federal Buildings Fund

                (Limitations on Availability of Revenue)

                              (Rescission)

       The Committee has recommended the rescission of 
     $127,691,000 in obligational authority from many Federal 
     building projects under the control of the General Services 
     Administration [GSA]. This amount is the same as that 
     recommended by the President for rescission in the General 
     Services Administration's Federal buildings fund for fiscal 
     year 1994.
       However, the Committee has rejected the administration's 
     proposal to make rescissions in programs, projects and 
     activities funded in the Fiscal Year 1994 Appropriations Act. 
     Instead, the Committee recommends the rescission of a 
     specific amount of funds by project for a series of 
     construction and repair and alterations projects funded in 
     fiscal year 1994 and previous fiscal years. These savings are 
     the result of the ``Time-Out and Review'' of projects 
     initiated and conducted by GSA in 1994. In many cases, the 
     savings are minimal and should have no impact on the quality 
     of the buildings or original construction or repair 
     objective. GSA indicates that savings can be achieved in many 
     projects by adopting a value-engineering concept. 
     Specifically, the Committee recommends the rescission of 
     funds for the following projects in the following amounts:

Alabama: Montgomery, U.S. courthouse.........................$5,000,000
Arizona:
  Naco, U.S. border station......................................74,000
  Sierra Vista, U.S. Magistrates Office.......................1,000,000
California:
  Calexico, U.S. border station.................................900,000
  Menlo Park, U.S. Geological Survey Office and laboratory build783,000
  Sacramento, U.S. courthouse and Federal building............3,391,000
  Tecate, U.S. border station...................................165,000
District of Columbia:
  Army Corps of Engineers, headquarters building.............11,309,000
  Federal Office Building 6..................................11,100,000
  Federal Bureau of Investigation field office................5,679,000
  White House remote delivery and vehicle maintenance facility5,382,000
  U.S. Secret Service headquarters...........................23,274,000
Florida:
  Lakeland, Federal building..................................4,400,000
  Tampa, U.S. courthouse......................................7,472,000
Iowa: Burlington, parking facility............................2,400,000
Massachusetts: Boston, U.S. courthouse........................4,076,000
Maryland:
  Bowie, Bureau of Census, computer center......................660,000
  New Carrollton, IRS........................................30,100,000
Minnesota: Minneapolis, Federal building and U.S. courthouse..4,197,000
New Hampshire: Concord, U.S. courthouse.........................867,000
Nevada: Reno, Federal building and U.S. courthouse..............875,000
New Jersey: Newark, Federal building, 20 Washington Plaza.......327,000
Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Veterans Affairs Federal Building.1,276,000
Tennessee: Knoxville, U.S. courthouse...........................800,000
U.S. Virgin Islands: Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. courthouse 
  and annex...................................................2,184,000

                         GSA Federal Buildings

       The Committee has recommended rescissions within the 
     Federal buildings fund totaling $127,691,000, the same amount 
     as requested by the President. However, the President 
     requested a lump sum rescission without specific reference to 
     individual projects. In a January 27, 1994, report to the 
     Congress, the General Accounting Office noted that section 
     1012 of the Impoundment Control Act requires the President to 
     report proposed rescissions to the Congress in a special 
     message that provides detailed information concerning the 
     basis and effect of the rescission, including: ``any account, 
     department, or establishment of the Government to which such 
     budget authority is available for obligation, and the 
     specific project or governmental functions involved * * *''. 
     Therefore, the Committee has recommended project specific 
     reductions, commensurate with the recommendation made by the 
     General Services Administration in its time out and review 
     process.
       The Committee directs that all Federal building projects 
     funded in the 1994 Treasury, Postal Service and General 
     Government Appropriations Act, Public Law 103-123, with the 
     exception of those affected by the proposed rescission in 
     this bill, proceed immediately at the funding levels 
     provided.

                               CHAPTER 12

DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                      Departmental Administration


                      Construction, Major Projects

1994 appropriation to date.................................$369,000,000
1994 rescission request................................................
House allowance.............................................-26,000,000
Committee recommendation...............................................

       The Committee does not concur with the House rescission of 
     $26,000,000 from the working reserve of the ``Construction, 
     major projects'' account. This rescission would virtually 
     deplete the construction working reserve.
       The Committee notes that in the fiscal year 1994 
     appropriation, the working reserve was reduced by 
     approximately $93,000,000. The additional rescission proposed 
     by the House may pose serious problems in managing the 
     construction program. Funds in the working reserve may be 
     required for construction contingencies, unforeseen site 
     conditions, or other variables that could impact project 
     costs.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                            Housing Programs


   Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere Grants (HOPE 
                                Grants)

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$109,190,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-66,000,000
House allowance.............................................-66,000,000
Committee recommendation....................................-50,000,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $50,000,000 in 
     funds appropriated for homeownership and opportunity for 
     people everywhere grants. The reduction should be taken 
     subject to the normal reprogramming guidelines. The House and 
     the administration recommended specific cuts in the HOPE 1 
     and HOPE 2 programs. None of the funds should be taken from 
     funds provided under this account in Public Law 103-124 for 
     Youthbuild.
       The Committee notes that the HOPE Program contains an 
     unobligated balance of funds from fiscal years 1993 and 
     before of approximately $173,000,000, an amount greater than 
     the entire appropriation for the program in the original 
     fiscal year 1994. Even after the rescission, the Department 
     will have more than $232,000,000 for awards under the HOPE 
     Program.
       Given the Department's decision to phase out this program, 
     the Committee believes it preferable to rescind a portion of 
     these funds, rather than other higher priority housing 
     programs which have a substantial backlog of need.


               Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$9,312,900,000
1994 rescission request....................................-180,000,000
House allowance.............................................-25,000,000
Committee recommendation...................................-325,000,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $325,000,000 from 
     the ``Annual contributions for assisted housing'' account. 
     Funds would be taken from funds appropriated for preservation 
     subsidies on units whose owners are eligible to prepay on 
     HUD-insured mortgages.
       The Committee has taken this step because the Department 
     has $496,000,000 in unobligated preservation funds that were 
     carried over from fiscal year 1993 into fiscal year 1994. 
     This means that approximately 83 percent of the fiscal year 
     1993 appropriation was neither obligated or committed. As a 
     result, even with this rescission, the Department will still 
     have funds available for preservation activities in fiscal 
     year 1994 equal to what was appropriated in the Department's 
     regular appropriations bill.
       The Committee wishes to note its concern over the slow pace 
     of HUD's obligation of preservation funds. Large annual 
     carryover of preservation funds is becoming a regular 
     occurrence. Given the limited amounts of budget authority 
     already available for discretionary spending, it makes little 
     sense for the Department to receive new appropriations for a 
     program that has not obligated the vast majority of the 
     previous year's funding. Through this rescission, the 
     Committee hopes to provide an incentive for the Department to 
     obligate preservation funds more quickly in the future.
       The Committee has denied the two proposed rescissions 
     requested by the administration in the ``Annual 
     contributions'' account: $130,000,000 from public housing 
     modernization, and $50,000,000 from lead-based paint 
     abatement grants. Both programs are used to tackle perhaps 
     the most serious public health hazard faced by children in 
     the United States today: blood poisoning from the harmful 
     effects of lead paint and lead paint dusts. In addition, 
     modernization funds are used for a host of reconstruction and 
     security measures that are needed to combat crime in housing 
     authorities in rural and urban communities throughout the 
     United States.
       As the Committee noted in Senate Report 103-137, the vast 
     majority of public housing modernization funds are now 
     obligated by housing authorities within the period expected 
     in the program's authorization--the first 3\1/2\ years after 
     their award by HUD to local housing authorities. The 
     administration's estimate of the backlog of unspent 
     modernization funds is based upon flawed analysis. The 
     overwhelming number of instances of unspent funds is due to 
     inertia by the Department itself, a situation which the new 
     Secretary is desperately trying to remedy.
       HUD estimates that the backlog of public housing 
     modernization needs runs in excess of $20,000,000,000. The 
     estimated cost of abating lead from federally assisted 
     nonpublic housing is in excess of $100,000,000,000. 
     Therefore, the Committee believes that the administration's 
     proposed assisted housing rescissions would be harmful in 
     tackling these nagging housing, public health, and public 
     safety problems.
       The Committee has not included the reduction of $25,000,000 
     proposed by the House from section 8 contract amendments. It 
     is unclear at this time if the Department will need these 
     funds to meet current section 8 contractual commitments in 
     fiscal year 1994.


       Assistance for the Renewal of Expiring Section 8 Contracts

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$4,558,106,000
1994 rescission request................................................
House allowance.............................................-20,000,000
Committee recommendation...............................................

       The Committee does not concur with the recommendation to 
     rescind $20,000,000 from the ``Assistance for the renewal of 
     expiring section 8 contracts'' account. No rescission in this 
     account was proposed. Since this account was cut in House 
     Report 103-273 by more than $1,000,000,000 below the budget 
     request, the Committee does not believe it should be a source 
     of further reductions at this time.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    Environmental Protection Agency


               Water Infrastructure/State Revolving Funds

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$2,477,000,000
1994 rescission request................................................
House allowance.............................................-22,000,000
Committee recommendation...............................................

       The Committee does not concur with the House in rescinding 
     $22,000,000 from the ``Water infrastructure/State revolving 
     funds'' account. The Committee notes that the amount provided 
     for this activity in fiscal year 1994 represented a decrease 
     of $73,000,000 below the fiscal year 1993 level. In addition, 
     the need for waste water treatment construction exceeds 
     $100,000,000,000 nationwide. Finally, the Committee notes 
     that a rescission of $22,000,000 would result in the loss of 
     approximately 1,250 construction-related jobs.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency


              Emergency Management Planning and Assistance

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$212,960,000
1994 rescission request................................................
House allowance..............................................-2,000,000
Committee recommendation...............................................

       The Committee does not concur with the House in rescinding 
     $2,000,000 from FEMA emergency management planning and 
     assistance. The Committee notes that the amount provided for 
     this account in fiscal year 1994 represented a decrease of 
     $40,000,000 below the fiscal year 1993 budget and $10,000,000 
     below the original budget fiscal year 1994 estimate. 
     Additional reductions to this account could inhibit the 
     agency's reorganization and ability to respond effectively to 
     disasters.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration


                        Research and Development

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$7,529,300,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-88,000,000
House allowance.............................................-25,000,000
Committee recommendation....................................-63,000,000

       The Committee recommends a rescission of $63,000,000 from 
     funds in the ``Research and development'' account. This 
     reduction is needed to offset a portion of the amount 
     provided for a pay supplemental in title II of this bill. The 
     reduction should be taken, in agreement between the Committee 
     and NASA, as follows:
       -$7,000,000 from space station, with $5,000,000 of this 
         amount through delaying the centrifuge procurement.
       -$12,000,000 from space transportation capability 
         development, with a $2,000,000 general reduction and 
         $10,000,000 from the single-engine centaur.
       -$6,200,000 from physics and astronomy, with $2,000,000 as 
         a general reduction and $4,200,000 through applying a 
         portion of the fee recovery from the settlement on the 
         Hubble Space Telescope.
       -$5,800,000 from life and microgravity sciences as a 
         general reduction.
       -$1,000,000 from the mission to planet Earth.
       -$7,000,000 from aeronautics as a general reduction.
       -$5,000,000 from advanced studies on space communications.
       -$19,000,000 as a general reduction.
       The Committee notes that all reductions are taken subject 
     to the normal reprogramming guidelines. None of the funds are 
     to be taken from high-priority areas identified in House 
     Report 103-273 or Senate Report 103-137.


             Space Flight, Control, and Data Communications

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date...............................$4,853,500,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-32,000,000
House allowance........................................................
Committee recommendation....................................-32,000,000

       The Committee recommends the rescission of $32,000,000 from 
     space flight, control, and data communications activities. 
     These reductions are needed to offset a portion of the amount 
     provided for a pay supplemental in title II of this bill. The 
     reduction should be taken, in agreement between the Committee 
     and NASA, as follows:
       -$20,000,000 from shuttle operations, including $10,000,000 
         as a general reduction and $10,000,000 from research 
         operations support.
       -$10,000,000 from launch services and expendable launch 
         vehicle upgrades.
       -$2,000,000 from space communications.
       The Committee notes that all reductions are taken subject 
     to the normal reprogramming guidelines. None of the funds are 
     to be taken from high-priority areas identified in House 
     Report 103-273 or Senate Report 103-137.


                       Construction of Facilities

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$517,700,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-25,000,000
House allowance.............................................-25,000,000
Committee recommendation....................................-25,000,000

       The Committee proposes a rescission of $25,000,000 from 
     activities in the ``Construction of facilities'' account. 
     This amount should be taken as a general reduction, subject 
     to the normal reprogramming guidelines.

                      National Science Foundation


                    Academic Research Infrastructure

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$110,000,000
1994 rescission request.....................................-10,000,000
House allowance.............................................-10,000,000
Committee recommendation...............................................

       The Committee does not concur with the House in 
     recommending a rescission of $10,000,000 in academic research 
     infrastructure activities. The current backlog in repair and 
     renovation needs of scientific facilities at America's 
     colleges and universities is between $6,000,000,000 and 
     $8,000,000,000. As a result, the Committee believes the NSF's 
     modest program to help address this problem, particularly at 
     institutions that do not normally have access to large 
     amounts of Federal research funds, should be preserved.

                      National Service Initiative


             Corporation for National and Community Service

                              (Rescission)

1994 appropriation to date.................................$370,000,000
1994 rescission request................................................
House allowance..............................................-5,000,000
Committee recommendation...............................................

       The Committee has not agreed to the recommendation of the 
     House to rescind $5,000,000 of the amounts made available for 
     the national service program. This reduction was not 
     requested and is premature since the national service 
     initiative as envisioned by the last year's authorization is 
     only now beginning.

                           GENERAL PROVISION

       The Committee has reinserted as a general provision, bill 
     language included in the House rescission of funds for the 
     installation of energy efficient lighting devices in the 
     Capitol complex which the Committee bill deletes. This 
     language will bring the Architect of the Capitol under the 
     authority granted heads of agencies in section 155 of the 
     Energy Policy Act of 1992, regarding energy savings 
     performance contracts.
       Energy savings companies [ESCO] are companies that agree to 
     finance the cost of retrofitting facilities with more energy 
     efficient lighting and return for a share of the projected 
     savings.

                       COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL                       
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                                                                                                                         Senate Committee recommendation
                                                                                                                              compared with (+ or -)    
            Doc. No.                 Department or         Supplemental         House allowance      Senate Committee   --------------------------------
                                       activity              estimate                                 recommendation         Supplemental        House  
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TITLE I--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL                                                                                                                         
         APPROPRIATIONS                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
           CHAPTER 1                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
   DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
   Soil Conservation Service                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Watershed and flood prevention                                                                                                                          
 operations....................          340,500,000           340,500,000           340,500,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                                                                                                                        
 Agricultural Stabilization and                                                                                                                         
      Conservation Service                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Emergency conservation program.           25,000,000            25,000,000            25,000,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, chapter 1: New                                                                                                                             
       budget (obligational)                                                                                                                            
       authority...............          365,500,000           365,500,000           365,500,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 2                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Disaster loans program account:                                                                                                                         
                   103-199                                                                                                                              
    Direct loans subsidy.......          254,750,000           254,750,000           254,750,000   ....................  ....................           
                   103-199                                                                                                                              
    (Limitation on direct4                                                                                                                              
     loans)....................       (1,109,000,000)       (1,109,000,000)       (1,109,000,000)  ....................  ....................           
                   103-199                                                                                                                              
    Administrative expenses....           55,000,000            55,000,000            55,000,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, chapter 2: New                                                                                                                             
       budget (obligational)                                                                                                                            
       authority...............          309,750,000           309,750,000           309,750,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 3                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
       Military Personnel                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Military personnel, Army.......            6,600,000             6,600,000             6,600,000   ....................  ....................           
Military personnel, Navy.......           19,400,000            19,400,000            19,400,000   ....................  ....................           
Military personnel, Air Force..           18,400,000            18,400,000            18,400,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, military personnel           44,400,000            44,400,000            44,400,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
   Operation and Maintenance                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Operation and maintenance, Army          420,100,000           420,100,000           420,100,000   ....................  ....................           
Operation and maintenance, Navy          104,800,000           104,800,000           104,800,000   ....................  ....................           
Operation and maintenance, Air                                                                                                                          
 Force.........................          560,100,000           560,100,000           560,100,000   ....................  ....................           
Operation and maintenance,                                                                                                                              
 Defense-wide..................           21,600,000            21,600,000            21,600,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, operation and                                                                                                                              
       maintenance.............        1,106,600,000         1,106,600,000         1,106,600,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
          Procurement                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Aircraft procurement, Army.....           20,300,000            20,300,000            20,300,000   ....................  ....................           
Other procurement Army.........              200,000               200,000               200,000   ....................  ....................           
Other procurement, Air Force...           26,800,000            26,800,000            26,800,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, procurement.......           47,300,000            47,300,000            47,300,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 3: New                                                                                                                             
       budget (obligational)                                                                                                                            
       authority...............        1,198,300,000         1,198,300,000         1,198,300,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 4                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
  DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
     DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
   Corps of Engineers--Civil                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Flood control and coastal4                                                                                                                              
 emergencies...................           70,000,000            70,000,000            70,000,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 5                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
Impact aid.....................          165,000,000           165,000,000           165,000,000   ....................  ....................           
Student financial assistance...           80,000,000            80,000,000            80,000,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 5: New                                                                                                                             
       budget (obligational)                                                                                                                            
       authority...............          245,000,000           245,000,000           245,000,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 6                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
 Federal Highway Administration                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Federal-aid highways (highway                                                                                                                           
 trust fund):                                                                                                                                           
                   103-199                                                                                                                              
    Emergency relief program...        1,265,000,000         1,265,000,000         1,265,000,000   ....................  ....................           
        Contingency103-199                                                                                                                              
         appropriations........          400,000,000           400,000,000           400,000,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
          Total, chapter 6:                                                                                                                             
          New budget                                                                                                                                    
           (obligational)                                                                                                                               
           authority...........        1,665,000,000         1,665,000,000         1,665,000,000   ....................  ....................           
                  *COM001*Appro                                                                                                                         
                   priations...       (1,265,000,000)       (1,265,000,000)       (1,265,000,000)  ....................  ....................           
                  Contingency                                                                                                                           
                   appropriatio                                                                                                                         
                   ns..........         (400,000,000)         (400,000,000)         (400,000,000)  ....................  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 7                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
 Veterans Health Administration                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Medical care...................           21,000,000            21,000,000            21,000,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                                                                                                                        
  Departmental Administration                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Construction, major projects...           45,600,000            45,600,000            45,600,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Department of                                                                                                                              
       Veterans Affairs........           66,600,000            66,600,000            66,600,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN                                                                                                                         
          DEVELOPMENT                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
        Housing Programs                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
                   103-199                                                                                                                              
Annual contributions for04                                                                                                                              
 assisted housing..............          225,000,000           225,000,000           225,000,000   ....................  ....................           
Flexible subsidy fund..........          100,000,000           100,000,000           100,000,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, housing programs..          325,000,000           325,000,000           325,000,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
     Community Planning and                                                                                                                             
          Development                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
                   103-199                                                                                                                              
Community development grants...          500,000,000           250,000,000           500,000,000   ....................         +250,000,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Department of                                                                                                                              
       Housing and Urban                                                                                                                                
       Development.............          825,000,000           575,000,000           825,000,000   ....................         +250,000,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
       INDEPENDENT AGENCY                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
  Federal Emergency Management                                                                                                                          
             Agency                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
                   103-199                                                                                                                              
Disaster relief................        4,709,000,000         4,709,000,000         4,709,000,000   ....................  ....................           
Emergency management planning                                                                                                                           
 and assistance................           15,000,000            15,000,000            15,000,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Federal Emergency                                                                                                                          
       Management Agency.......        4,724,000,000         4,724,000,000         4,724,000,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 7: New                                                                                                                             
       budget (obligational)                                                                                                                            
       authority...............        5,615,600,000         5,365,600,000         5,615,600,000   ....................         +250,000,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 8                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
   FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE                                                                                                                            
           PRESIDENT                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
                   103-199                                                                                                                              
                   103-204                                                                                                                              
Unanticipated needs   103-                                                                                                                              
 (contingency appropriations)..          550,000,000           500,000,000           550,000,000   ....................          +50,000,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, title I:                                                                                                                                   
          New budget                                                                                                                                    
           (obligational)                                                                                                                               
           authority...........       10,019,150,000         9,719,150,000        10,019,150,000   ....................         +300,000,000            
              Appropriations...       (9,069,150,000)       (8,819,150,000)       (9,069,150,000)  ....................        (+250,000,000)           
              Contingency                                                                                                                               
               appropriations..         (950,000,000)         (900,000,000)         (950,000,000)  ....................         (+50,000,000)           
          (Limitation on direct                                                                                                                         
           loans)..............       (1,109,000,000)       (1,109,000,000)       (1,109,000,000)  ....................  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
     TITLE II--SUPPLEMENTAL                                                                                                                             
 APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL                                                                                                                          
 YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1994                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
           CHAPTER 1                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
   DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Agricultural Research Service                                                                                                                           
 (by transfer).................  ....................          (10,068,000)  ....................  ....................         (-10,068,000)           
Extension Service..............            1,400,000   ....................            1,400,000   ....................           +1,400,000            
                                                                                                                                                        
       Rural Development                                                                                                                                
         Administration                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses (by-                                                                                                                              
 transfer).....................  ....................           (4,493,000)  ....................  ....................          (-4,493,000)           
                                                                                                                                                        
  Food and Drug Administration                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses..........           (2,284,000)  ....................           (2,284,000)  ....................          (+2,284,000)           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, chapter 1:                                                                                                                                 
          New budget                                                                                                                                    
           (obligational)                                                                                                                               
           authority...........            1,400,000   ....................            1,400,000   ....................           +1,400,000            
          (By transfer)........  ....................          (14,561,000)  ....................  ....................         (-14,561,000)           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 2                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
      DEPARTMENT OF STATE                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Contributions for international                                                                                                                         
 peacekeeping activities.......          670,000,000   ....................  ....................         -670,000,000   ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
         RELATED AGENCY                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
  Office of the United States                                                                                                                           
      Trade Representative                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
                   103-180                                                                                                                              
Salaries and expenses..........              875,000   ....................               75,000              -800,000               +75,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 2: New                                                                                                                             
       budget (obligational)                                                                                                                            
       authority...............          670,875,000   ....................               75,000          -670,800,000               +75,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 3                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
   DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
United States Fish and Wildlife                                                                                                                         
            Service                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Resource management (by180                                                                                                                              
 transfer).....................           (2,100,000)  ....................           (2,100,000)  ....................          (+2,100,000)           
Land acquisition (by transfer).           (4,000,000)  ....................           (4,000,000)  ....................          (+4,000,000)           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, United States Fish                                                                                                                         
       and Wildlife Service....  ....................  ....................  ....................  ....................  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
     National Park Service                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Construction...................           13,102,000   ....................           13,102,000   ....................          +13,102,000            
Land acquisition and State                                                                                                                              
 assistance....................            1,274,000   ....................            1,274,000   ....................           +1,274,000            
    (By transfer)..............           (6,000,000)  ....................           (6,000,000)  ....................          (+6,000,000)           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Park                                                                                                                              
       Service.................           14,376,000   ....................           14,376,000   ....................          +14,376,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
    Bureau of Indian Affairs                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Construction...................           12,363,000   ....................           12,363,000   ....................          +12,363,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 3:                                                                                                                                 
          New budget                                                                                                                                    
           (obligational)                                                                                                                               
           authority...........           26,739,000   ....................           26,739,000   ....................          +26,739,000            
          (By transfer)........          (12,100,000)  ....................          (12,100,000)  ....................         (+12,100,000)           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 4                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
      DEPARTMENT OF LABOR                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
    Employment and Training                                                                                                                             
         Administration                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Advances to the unemployment                                                                                                                            
 trust fund....................           61,400,000   ....................           61,400,000   ....................          +61,400,000            
                                                                                                                                                        
   Bureau of Labor Statistics                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses..........           10,100,000   ....................           10,100,000   ....................          +10,100,000            
                                                                                                                                                        
    Departmental Management                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses..........           -2,250,000   ....................  ....................           +2,250,000   ....................           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Department of                                                                                                                              
       Labor...................           69,250,000   ....................           71,500,000            +2,250,000           +71,500,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN                                                                                                                         
            SERVICES                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses..........           15,000,000   ....................  ....................          -15,000,000   ....................           
                                                                                                                                                        
     Health Care Financing                                                                                                                              
         Administration                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Program management.............          -37,500,000   ....................  ....................          +37,500,000   ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 4: New                                                                                                                             
       budget (obligational)                                                                                                                            
       authority...............           46,750,000   ....................           71,500,000           +24,750,000           +71,500,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 5                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
    CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
             SENATE                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
     Salaries, Officers and                                                                                                                             
           Employees                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Office of the Secretary........              450,000   ....................              450,000   ....................             +450,000            
                                                                                                                                                        
   Contingent Expenses of the                                                                                                                           
             Senate                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Secretary of the Senate........              600,000   ....................              600,000   ....................             +600,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, chapter 5: New                                                                                                                             
       budget (obligational)                                                                                                                            
       authority...............            1,050,000   ....................            1,050,000   ....................           +1,050,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 6                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Federal Railroad Administration                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Penn Station redevelopment                                                                                                                              
 project.......................           10,000,000   ....................           10,000,000   ....................          +10,000,000            
High-speed ground  103-180                                                                                                                              
 transportation (limitation on                                                                                                                          
 obligations)..................           (4,452,000)  ....................           (4,452,000)  ....................          (+4,452,000)           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Department of                                                                                                                              
       Transportation..........           10,000,000   ....................           10,000,000   ....................          +10,000,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 6:                                                                                                                                 
          New budget                                                                                                                                    
           (obligational)                                                                                                                               
           authority...........           10,000,000   ....................           10,000,000   ....................          +10,000,000            
          (Limitation on                                                                                                                                
           obligations)........           (4,452,000)  ....................           (4,452,000)  ....................          (+4,452,000)           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 7                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
    EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE                                                                                                                             
         PRESIDENT AND                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
   FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE                                                                                                                            
           PRESIDENT                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
National Security Council......            5,650,000   ....................            5,320,000              -330,000            +5,320,000            
Office of Administration.......            1,400,000   ....................            1,030,000              -370,000            +1,030,000            
    (By transfer)..............           (6,000,000)  ....................           (6,000,000)  ....................          (+6,000,000)           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, chapter 7:                                                                                                                                 
          New budget                                                                                                                                    
           (obligational)                                                                                                                               
           authority...........            7,050,000   ....................            6,350,000              -700,000            +6,350,000            
          (By transfer)........           (6,000,000)  ....................           (6,000,000)  ....................          (+6,000,000)           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 8                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
       Veterans Benefits                                                                                                                                
         Administration                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Compensation and pensions......          698,000,000   ....................          698,000,000   ....................         +698,000,000            
Readjustment benefits..........          103,200,000   ....................          103,200,000   ....................         +103,200,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Veterans Benefits                                                                                                                          
       Administration..........          801,200,000   ....................          801,200,000   ....................         +801,200,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
 Veterans Health Administration                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Medical administration and                                                                                                                              
 miscellaneous operating                                                                                                                                
 expenses (by transfer)........  ....................  ....................           (3,500,000)          (+3,500,000)          (+3,500,000)           
                                                                                                                                                        
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN                                                                                                                         
          DEVELOPMENT                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
        Housing Programs                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
Annual contributions for58                                                                                                                              
 assisted housing..............          -45,791,000   ....................  ....................          +45,791,000   ....................           
Federal Housing Administration:                                                                                                                         
    FHA--Mutual mortgage3-                                                                                                                              
     insurance program account:                                                                                                                         
     (Limitation on guaranteed                                                                                                                          
     loans)....................      (20,000,000,000)  ....................      (20,000,000,000)  ....................     (+20,000,000,000)           
    FHA--General and special                                                                                                                            
     risk program account:                                                                                                                              
     (Limitation on guaranteed                                                                                                                          
     loans)....................       (2,000,000,000)  ....................       (2,000,000,000)  ....................      (+2,000,000,000)           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      INDEPENDENT AGENCIES                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
    Executive Office of the                                                                                                                             
           President                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Council on the Environmental                                                                                                                            
 Quality and Office of                                                                                                                                  
 Environmental Quality.........              425,000   ....................  ....................             -425,000   ....................           
                                                                                                                                                        
 National Aeronautics and Space                                                                                                                         
         Administration                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Research and program management           60,000,000   ....................           60,000,000   ....................          +60,000,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 8:                                                                                                                                 
          New budget                                                                                                                                    
           (obligational)                                                                                                                               
           authority...........          815,834,000   ....................          861,200,000           +45,366,000          +861,200,000            
          (By transfer)........  ....................  ....................           (3,500,000)          (+3,500,000)          (+3,500,000)           
          (Limitation on                                                                                                                                
           guaranteed loans)...      (22,000,000,000)  ....................      (22,000,000,000)  ....................     (+22,000,000,000)           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, title II:                                                                                                                                  
          New budget                                                                                                                                    
           (obligational)                                                                                                                               
           authority...........        1,579,698,000   ....................          978,314,000          -601,384,000          +978,314,000            
          (By transfer)........          (18,100,000)          (14,561,000)          (21,600,000)          (+3,500,000)          (+7,039,000)           
          (Limitation on                                                                                                                                
           guaranteed loans)...      (22,000,000,000)  ....................      (22,000,000,000)  ....................     (+22,000,000,000)           
          (Limitation on                                                                                                                                
           obligations)........           (4,452,000)  ....................           (4,452,000)  ....................          (+4,452,000)           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
 TITLE III--RESCINDING CERTAIN                                                                                                                          
BUDGET AUTHORITY PROPOSED TO BE                                                                                                                         
 RESCINDED IN SPECIAL MESSAGES                                                                                                                          
 TRANSMITTED TO THE CONGRESS BY                                                                                                                         
  THE PRESIDENT ON NOVEMBER 1,                                                                                                                          
   1993, AND FEBRUARY 7, 1994                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
           CHAPTER 1                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
   DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Economic Research Service......  ....................  ....................           -4,000,000            -4,000,000            -4,000,000            
Agricultural Research Service..          -16,233,000   ....................  ....................          +16,233,000   ....................           
    Human Nutrition Information                                                                                                                         
     Service...................  ....................           -1,000,000   ....................  ....................           +1,000,000            
    Buildings and facilities...           -8,460,000   ....................  ....................           +8,460,000   ....................           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Agricultural                                                                                                                               
       Research Service........          -24,693,000            -1,000,000            -4,000,000           +20,693,000            -3,000,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
Cooperative State Research                                                                                                                              
 Service.......................          -30,002,000           -14,279,000           -12,463,000           +17,539,000            +1,816,000            
    Buildings and facilities...          -34,000,000            -2,897,000            -2,897,000           +31,103,000   ....................           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Cooperative State                                                                                                                          
       Research Service........          -64,002,000           -17,176,000           -15,360,000           +48,642,000            +1,816,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
 Agricultural Marketing Service                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Marketing services.............  ....................             -100,000   ....................  ....................             +100,000            
                                                                                                                                                        
 Agricultural Stabilization and                                                                                                                         
      Conservation Service                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses..........          -12,167,000   ....................          -12,167,000   ....................          -12,167,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
   Soil Conservation Service                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Conservation operations........          -12,167,000   ....................          -12,167,000   ....................          -12,167,000            
Watershed and flood prevention                                                                                                                          
 operations....................  ....................  ....................          -21,158,000           -21,158,000           -21,158,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Soil Conservation                                                                                                                          
       Service.................          -12,167,000   ....................          -33,325,000           -21,158,000           -33,325,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
  Farmers Home Administration                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Rural Housing Insurance Fund                                                                                                                            
 Program account:                                                                                                                                       
    Single-family, low-income                                                                                                                           
     housing (sec. 502):                                                                                                                                
        (Loan authorization):                                                                                                                           
         Direct................  ....................        (-174,825,000)  ....................  ....................        (+174,825,000)           
        Loan subsidy: Direct...           -1,515,000           -35,000,000            -1,515,000   ....................          +33,485,000            
    Rental housing (sec. 515):                                                                                                                          
     Loan subsidy..............          -12,443,000   ....................          -12,443,000   ....................          -12,443,000            
    Housing repair (sec. 504):                                                                                                                          
     Loan subsidy..............           -1,204,000   ....................           -1,204,000   ....................           -1,204,000            
    Farm labor (sec. 514): Loan                                                                                                                         
     subsidy...................             -483,000   ....................             -483,000   ....................             -483,000            
Agricultural Credit Insurance                                                                                                                           
 Fund Program account: Credit                                                                                                                           
 sales of acquired property                                                                                                                             
 loan subsidy..................           -5,094,000   ....................           -5,094,000   ....................           -5,094,000            
Rural Development Loan Fund                                                                                                                             
 Program account:                                                                                                                                       
    (Loan authorization).......  ....................         (-35,715,000)  ....................  ....................         (+35,715,000)           
    Loan subsidy...............  ....................          -20,000,000   ....................  ....................          +20,000,000            
Rural housing voucher program..  ....................  ....................          -25,000,000           -25,000,000           -25,000,000            
Rural water and waste disposal                                                                                                                          
 grants........................  ....................          -25,000,000   ....................  ....................          +25,000,000            
Salaries and expenses..........          -12,167,000           -12,167,000           -12,167,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Farmers Home                                                                                                                               
       Administration..........          -32,906,000           -92,167,000           -57,906,000           -25,000,000           +34,261,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
     Rural Electrification                                                                                                                              
         Administration                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Rural Electrification and                                                                                                                               
 Telephone Loans Program                                                                                                                                
 account:                                                                                                                                               
    Direct loans (telephone):                                                                                                                           
        (Loan authorization)...         (-50,000,000)  ....................         (-25,000,000)         (+25,000,000)         (-25,000,000)           
                   103-157                                                                                                                              
        Loan subsidy...........           -8,745,000   ....................           -3,222,000            +5,523,000            -3,222,000            
    Direct loans (electric):                                                                                                                            
     Loan subsidy..............           -3,388,000   ....................           -3,388,000   ....................           -3,388,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Rural                                                                                                                                      
       Electrification and                                                                                                                              
       Telephone Loans Program.          -12,133,000   ....................           -6,610,000            +5,523,000            -6,610,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
   Food and Nutrition Service                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Commodity supplemental food                                                                                                                             
 program.......................          -12,600,000           -12,600,000            -6,100,000            +6,500,000            +6,500,000            
Food donations programs for                                                                                                                             
 selected groups: Needy family                                                                                                                          
 program.......................  ....................           -6,000,000            -5,200,000            -5,200,000              +800,000            
The emergency food assistance                                                                                                                           
 program.......................  ....................  ....................          -10,000,000           -10,000,000           -10,000,000            
    Commodity purchases--TEFAP.  ....................  ....................          -20,000,000           -20,000,000           -20,000,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Food and Nutrition                                                                                                                         
       Service.................          -12,600,000           -18,600,000           -41,300,000           -28,700,000           -22,700,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED                                                                                                                         
            PROGRAMS                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Public Law 480 Program account:                                                                                                                         
    Title I--Credit sales:                                                                                                                              
     Ocean freight differential           -4,600,000   ....................           -4,600,000   ....................           -4,600,000            
    Title III--Commodity                                                                                                                                
     grants:                                                                                                                                            
        Program level..........         (-45,000,000)         (-20,000,000)         (-45,000,000)  ....................         (-25,000,000)           
        Appropriation..........          -45,000,000           -20,000,000           -45,000,000   ....................          -25,000,000            
    Loan subsidies.............          -35,400,000   ....................          -35,400,000   ....................          -35,400,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 1:                                                                                                                                 
          Rescissions..........         -255,668,000          -149,043,000          -255,668,000   ....................         -106,625,000            
          (Loan authorization).         (-50,000,000)        (-210,540,000)         (-25,000,000)         (+25,000,000)        (+185,540,000)           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 2                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
     DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
      National Oceanic and                                                                                                                              
   Atmospheric Administration                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Operations, research, and7                                                                                                                              
 facilities....................           -6,000,000   ....................  ....................           +6,000,000   ....................           
Construction...................           -4,000,000            -3,000,000   ....................           +4,000,000            +3,000,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Oceanic                                                                                                                           
       and Atmospheric                                                                                                                                  
       Administration..........          -10,000,000            -3,000,000   ....................          +10,000,000            +3,000,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      International Trade                                                                                                                               
         Administration                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Operations and administration..           -2,000,000   ....................           -2,000,000   ....................           -2,000,000            
                                                                                                                                                        
     Export Administration                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Operations and administration..  ....................  ....................           -3,000,000            -3,000,000            -3,000,000            
                                                                                                                                                        
 Minority Business Development                                                                                                                          
             Agency                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Minority business development..  ....................  ....................             -500,000              -500,000              -500,000            
                                                                                                                                                        
National Telecommunications and                                                                                                                         
   Information Administration                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Information infrastructure                                                                                                                              
 grants........................  ....................  ....................           -4,254,000            -4,254,000            -4,254,000            
                                                                                                                                                        
      Economic Development                                                                                                                              
         Administration                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Economic development revolving                                                                                                                          
 fund..........................  ....................          -29,000,000           -20,000,000           -20,000,000            +9,000,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Department of                                                                                                                              
       Commerce................          -12,000,000           -32,000,000           -29,754,000           -17,754,000            +2,246,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
         THE JUDICIARY                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
  Courts of Appeals, District                                                                                                                           
   Courts, and Other Judicial                                                                                                                           
            Services                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Defender services..............  ....................           -3,000,000            -3,000,000            -3,000,000   ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      DEPARTMENT OF STATE                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
   Administration of Foreign                                                                                                                            
            Affairs                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Diplomatic and consular157                                                                                                                              
 programs......................             -600,000   ....................             -600,000   ....................             -600,000            
Buying power maintenance.......           -8,800,000            -8,800,000            -8,800,000   ....................  ....................           
New diplomatic posts...........  ....................           -1,000,000   ....................  ....................           +1,000,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Department of                                                                                                                              
       State...................           -9,400,000            -9,800,000            -9,400,000   ....................             +400,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
        RELATED AGENCIES                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
    Board for International                                                                                                                             
          Broadcasting                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Israel Relay Station...........           -1,700,000            -1,700,000            -1,700,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                                                                                                                        
 Small Business Administration                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses..........          -13,100,000   ....................           -4,100,000            +9,000,000            -4,100,000            
                                                                                                                                                        
    State Justice Institute                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses..........           -6,775,000   ....................           -3,000,000            +3,775,000            -3,000,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
   United States Information                                                                                                                            
             Agency                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses..........           -3,000,000            -1,177,000            -3,000,000   ....................           -1,823,000            
Educational and cultural--                                                                                                                              
 exchange programs.............  ....................             -850,000   ....................  ....................             +850,000            
Radio construction.............  ....................           -2,000,000   ....................  ....................           +2,000,000            
North/South Center.............           -8,700,000   ....................           -8,700,000   ....................           -8,700,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, United States                                                                                                                              
       Information Agency......          -11,700,000            -4,027,000           -11,700,000   ....................           -7,673,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 2:                                                                                                                                 
       Rescissions.............          -54,675,000           -50,527,000           -62,654,000            -7,979,000           -12,127,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 3                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
          Procurement                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Missile procurement, Army......          -48,000,000   ....................  ....................          +48,000,000   ....................           
Aircraft procurement, Navy.....          -51,700,000   ....................  ....................          +51,700,000   ....................           
Shipbuilding and conversion,                                                                                                                            
 Navy..........................          -50,000,000   ....................  ....................          +50,000,000   ....................           
Aircraft procurement, Air Force         -105,600,000   ....................          -12,800,000           +92,800,000           -12,800,000            
Other procurement, Air Force...  ....................  ....................          -27,500,000           -27,500,000           -27,500,000            
Procurement, Defense-wide......  ....................  ....................         -104,500,000          -104,500,000          -104,500,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, procurement.......         -255,300,000   ....................         -144,800,000          +110,500,000          -144,800,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
Research, Development, Test and                                                                                                                         
           Evaluation                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Research, development, test and                                                                                                                         
 evaluation, Air Force.........  ....................  ....................          -50,000,000           -50,000,000           -50,000,000            
Research, development, test and                                                                                                                         
 evaluation, Defense-wide......          -50,000,000   ....................         -110,500,000           -60,500,000          -110,500,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, research,                                                                                                                                  
       development, test and                                                                                                                            
       evaluation..............          -50,000,000   ....................         -160,500,000          -110,500,000          -160,500,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 3:                                                                                                                                 
       Rescissions.............         -305,300,000   ....................         -305,300,000   ....................         -305,300,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 4                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
  DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
   Corps of Engineers--Civil                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
General investigations.........          -24,970,000           -24,970,000           -24,970,000   ....................  ....................           
Construction, general..........          -97,319,000           -97,319,000           -97,319,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Department of                                                                                                                              
       Defense--Civil..........         -122,289,000          -122,289,000          -122,289,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
   DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
     Bureau of Reclamation                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Construction program...........          -16,000,000           -16,000,000           -40,000,000           -24,000,000           -24,000,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
                   103-157                                                                                                                              
Energy supply, research and                                                                                                                             
 development activities........         -107,300,000           -97,300,000          -107,300,000   ....................          -10,000,000            
Uranium supply and enrichment                                                                                                                           
 activities....................          -42,000,000           -42,000,000           -42,000,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Department of                                                                                                                              
       Energy..................         -149,300,000          -139,300,000          -149,300,000   ....................          -10,000,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      INDEPENDENT AGENCIES                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
 Nuclear Regulatory Commission                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses..........          -12,700,000   ....................          -12,700,000   ....................          -12,700,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 4:                                                                                                                                 
       Rescissions.............         -300,289,000          -277,589,000          -324,289,000           -24,000,000           -46,700,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 5                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
     MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC                                                                                                                              
           ASSISTANCE                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
   FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE                                                                                                                            
           PRESIDENT                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
    International Financial                                                                                                                             
          Institutions                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Contribution to the                                                                                                                                     
 International Bank for                                                                                                                                 
 Reconstruction and                                                                                                                                     
 Development:                                                                                                                                           
    Paid-in capital............  ....................          -27,910,500   ....................  ....................          +27,910,500            
    (Limitation on callable                                                                                                                             
     capital)..................  ....................        (-902,439,500)  ....................  ....................        (+902,439,500)           
Contribution to the Inter-                                                                                                                              
 American Development Bank:                                                                                                                             
    Inter-regional paid-in                                                                                                                              
     capital...................  ....................          -16,063,134   ....................  ....................          +16,063,134            
    (Limitation on callable                                                                                                                             
     capital)..................  ....................        (-626,407,732)  ....................  ....................        (+626,407,732)           
Contribution to the Asian                                                                                                                               
 Development Bank:                                                                                                                                      
    Paid-in capital............  ....................          -13,026,366   ....................  ....................          +13,026,366            
    (Limitation on callable                                                                                                                             
     capital)..................  ....................         (-95,438,437)  ....................  ....................         (+95,438,437)           
Contribution to the African                                                                                                                             
 Development Fund..............  ....................  ....................           -2,700,000            -2,700,000            -2,700,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, contribution for                                                                                                                           
       multilateral economic                                                                                                                            
       assistance..............  ....................      (-1,681,285,669)          (-2,700,000)          (-2,700,000)      (+1,678,585,669)           
          Rescissions..........  ....................          -57,000,000            -2,700,000            -2,700,000           +54,300,000            
          (Limitation on                                                                                                                                
           callable capital)...  ....................      (-1,624,285,669)  ....................  ....................      (+1,624,285,669)           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
    Agency for International                                                                                                                            
          Development                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Development assistance fund....         -160,000,000          -160,000,000           -40,879,000          +119,121,000          +119,121,000            
Reform and downsizing..........  ....................  ....................           -3,000,000            -3,000,000            -3,000,000            
Economic support fund..........          -90,000,000           -90,000,000           -32,700,000           +57,300,000           +57,300,000            
Assistance to former republics                                                                                                                          
 of the Soviet Union...........  ....................  ....................         -145,000,000          -145,000,000          -145,000,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Agency for                                                                                                                                 
       International                                                                                                                                    
       Development.............         -250,000,000          -250,000,000          -221,579,000           +28,421,000           +28,421,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      MILITARY ASSISTANCE                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Foreign Military Financing                                                                                                                              
 Program:                                                                                                                                               
                   103-157                                                                                                                              
    Grants.....................          -65,562,000           -66,000,000           -91,283,000           -25,721,000           -25,283,000            
    Military assistance........             -438,000   ....................             -438,000   ....................             -438,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 5:                                                                                                                                 
       Rescissions.............         -316,000,000          -373,000,000          -316,000,000   ....................          +57,000,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 6                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
   DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
United States Fish and Wildlife                                                                                                                         
            Service                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Construction and anadromous                                                                                                                             
 fish..........................  ....................           -3,874,000            -3,874,000            -3,874,000   ....................           
                                                                                                                                                        
      DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Biomass energy development.....          -16,275,000           -16,275,000           -16,275,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 6:                                                                                                                                 
       Rescissions.............          -16,275,000           -20,149,000           -20,149,000            -3,874,000   ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 7                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
      DEPARTMENT OF LABOR                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses..........  ....................           -4,000,000            -4,000,000            -4,000,000   ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN                                                                                                                         
            SERVICES                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses..........  ....................          -37,500,000           -37,500,000           -37,500,000   ....................           
                                                                                                                                                        
 Social Security Administration                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Supplemental security income                                                                                                                            
 program.......................  ....................          -10,909,000           -10,909,000           -10,909,000   ....................           
Limitation on administrative                                                                                                                            
 expenses: Trust funds.........  ....................         (-80,000,000)         (-80,000,000)         (-80,000,000)  ....................           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Department of                                                                                                                              
       Health and Human                                                                                                                                 
       Services................  ....................          -48,409,000           -48,409,000           -48,409,000   ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
Departmental Management:--                                                                                                                              
 Program administration........  ....................           -8,500,000            -8,500,000            -8,500,000   ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 7:                                                                                                                                 
          New budget                                                                                                                                    
           (obligational)                                                                                                                               
           authority...........  ....................          -60,909,000           -60,909,000           -60,909,000   ....................           
              Rescissions......  ....................         (-60,909,000)         (-60,909,000)         (-60,909,000)  ....................           
          (Limitation on trust                                                                                                                          
           funds)..............  ....................         (-80,000,000)         (-80,000,000)         (-80,000,000)  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 8                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
    CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
             SENATE                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
   Contingent Expenses of the                                                                                                                           
             Senate                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper                                                                                                                         
 of the Senate.................  ....................  ....................           -1,500,000            -1,500,000            -1,500,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
     Salaries and Expenses                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
    House Leadership Offices                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses..........  ....................             -253,000              -253,000              -253,000   ....................           
                                                                                                                                                        
    Committee on the Budget                                                                                                                             
           (Studies)                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses..........  ....................               -4,000                -4,000                -4,000   ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
    Allowances and Expenses                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
Official expenses of Members...  ....................           -1,004,000            -1,004,000            -1,004,000   ....................           
Supplies, materials,   ---                                                                                                                              
 administrative costs and                                                                                                                               
 Federal tort claims...........  ....................             -125,000              -125,000              -125,000   ....................           
Office equipment...............  ....................             -364,000              -364,000              -364,000   ....................           
Stenographic reporting of-                                                                                                                              
 committee hearings............  ....................              -67,000               -67,000               -67,000   ....................           
Government contributions.......  ....................              -16,000               -16,000               -16,000   ....................           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, allowances and                                                                                                                             
       expenses................  ....................           -1,576,000            -1,576,000            -1,576,000   ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
  Committee on Appropriations                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
  (Studies and Investigations)                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses..........  ....................             -595,000              -595,000              -595,000   ....................           
                                                                                                                                                        
  Standing Committees, Special                                                                                                                          
           and Select                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses..........  ....................             -378,000              -378,000              -378,000   ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
     Salaries, Officers and                                                                                                                             
           Employees                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Office of the Postmaster.......  ....................              -19,000               -19,000               -19,000   ....................           
Office of the Historian........  ....................              -26,000               -26,000               -26,000   ....................           
House Democratic Steering-                                                                                                                              
 Committee and Caucus..........  ....................              -73,000               -73,000               -73,000   ....................           
House Republican Conference....  ....................              -61,000               -61,000               -61,000   ....................           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, salaries, officers                                                                                                                         
       and employees...........  ....................             -179,000              -179,000              -179,000   ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, House of                                                                                                                                   
       Representatives.........  ....................           -2,985,000            -2,985,000            -2,985,000   ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
    ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
 Capitol Buildings and Grounds                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Capitol buildings..............  ....................           -3,000,000   ....................  ....................           +3,000,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, congressional                                                                                                                              
       operations..............  ....................           -3,000,000   ....................  ....................           +3,000,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      LIBRARY OF CONGRESS                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Library of Congress............  ....................             -900,000            -1,000,000            -1,000,000              -100,000            
                                                                                                                                                        
   GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
General Accounting Office......  ....................           -1,300,000              -650,000              -650,000              +650,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 8:                                                                                                                                 
       Rescissions.............  ....................           -8,185,000            -6,135,000            -6,135,000            +2,050,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 9                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
     Military Construction                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Military construction, Army....         -116,134,000           -22,319,000   ....................         +116,134,000           +22,319,000            
Military construction, Navy....  ....................          -13,969,000   ....................  ....................          +13,969,000            
Military construction, Air                                                                                                                              
 Force.........................          -85,094,000           -24,787,000   ....................          +85,094,000           +24,787,000            
Military construction, ---                                                                                                                              
 Defensewide...................  ....................          -13,663,000   ....................  ....................          +13,663,000            
Military construction, Army                                                                                                                             
 National Guard................         -251,854,000            -7,568,000   ....................         +251,854,000            +7,568,000            
Military construction, Air                                                                                                                              
 National Guard................         -105,138,000            -6,187,000   ....................         +105,138,000            +6,187,000            
Military construction, Army                                                                                                                             
 Reserve.......................          -19,807,000            -2,551,000   ....................          +19,807,000            +2,551,000            
Military construction, Naval                                                                                                                            
 Reserve.......................           -4,438,000              -626,000   ....................           +4,438,000              +626,000            
Military construction, Air                                                                                                                              
 Force Reserve.................          -18,759,000            -1,862,000   ....................          +18,759,000            +1,862,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, military                                                                                                                                   
       construction............         -601,224,000           -93,532,000   ....................         +601,224,000           +93,532,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
North Atlantic Treaty  ---                                                                                                                              
 Organization Infrastructure...  ....................          -70,000,000   ....................  ....................          +70,000,000            
Base realignment and closure                                                                                                                            
 account, part III.............  ....................         -437,692,000          -601,224,000          -601,224,000          -163,532,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 9:                                                                                                                                 
       Rescissions.............         -601,224,000          -601,224,000          -601,224,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 10                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
    Office of the Secretary                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
                      103-                                                                                                                              
Payments to air carriers--                                                                                                                              
 (airport and airway trust                                                                                                                              
 fund).........................          -10,067,000           -10,068,243           -10,067,000   ....................               +1,243            
Rental payments................           -1,781,000   ....................           -1,781,000   ....................           -1,781,000            
                                                                                                                                                        
          Coast Guard                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Operating expenses.............           -5,000,000            -5,000,000   ....................           +5,000,000            +5,000,000            
Acquisition, construction, and                                                                                                                          
 improvements..................           -2,000,000            -2,000,000   ....................           +2,000,000            +2,000,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Coast Guard.......           -7,000,000            -7,000,000   ....................           +7,000,000            +7,000,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
Federal Aviation Administration                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Operations.....................           -2,750,000              -750,000            -2,750,000   ....................           -2,000,000            
Facilities and equipment57                                                                                                                              
 (airport and airway trust                                                                                                                              
 fund).........................          -40,257,111           -29,451,111           -65,205,300           -24,948,189           -35,754,189            
Grants-in-aid for airports                                                                                                                              
 (airport and airway trust                                                                                                                              
 fund).........................         -488,200,000          -488,200,000          -488,200,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Federal Aviation                                                                                                                           
       Administration..........         -531,207,111          -518,401,111          -556,155,300           -24,948,189           -37,754,189            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
 Federal Highway Administration                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
                   103-157                                                                                                                              
Federal-aid highways (highway                                                                                                                           
 trust fund)...................         -174,968,734           -85,774,222           -35,696,647          +139,272,087           +50,077,575            
Right-of-way revolving fund                                                                                                                             
 (highway trust fund)..........  ....................  ....................          -20,000,000           -20,000,000           -20,000,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Federal Highway                                                                                                                            
       Administration..........         -174,968,734           -85,774,222           -55,696,647          +119,272,087           +30,077,575            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
National Highway Traffic Safety                                                                                                                         
         Administration                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Operations and research........  ....................           -7,056,000   ....................  ....................           +7,056,000            
Highway traffic safety grants                                                                                                                           
 (highway trust fund)..........  ....................  ....................         -219,750,000          -219,750,000          -219,750,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National Highway                                                                                                                           
       Traffic Safety                                                                                                                                   
       Administration..........  ....................           -7,056,000          -219,750,000          -219,750,000          -212,694,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
Federal Railroad Administration                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Railroad research and 103-                                                                                                                              
 development...................          -17,000,000   ....................          -17,000,000   ....................          -17,000,000            
                                                                                                                                                        
 Federal Transit Administration                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Discretionary grants (highway                                                                                                                           
 trust fund)...................          -52,037,325           -40,478,975              -808,935           +51,228,390           +39,670,040            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 10:                                                                                                                                
       Rescissions.............         -794,061,170          -668,778,551          -861,258,882           -67,197,712          -192,480,331            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 11                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
   DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
    Internal Revenue Service                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Information systems............  ....................  ....................           -6,400,000            -6,400,000            -6,400,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
                   103-157                                                                                                                              
Federal Buildings Fund:03-                                                                                                                              
 Construction..................         -127,691,000          -126,022,000          -127,691,000   ....................           -1,669,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 11:                                                                                                                                
       Rescissions.............         -127,691,000          -126,022,000          -134,091,000            -6,400,000            -8,069,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
           CHAPTER 12                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
  Departmental Administration                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Construction, major projects...  ....................          -26,000,000   ....................  ....................          +26,000,000            
                                                                                                                                                        
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN                                                                                                                         
          DEVELOPMENT                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
        Housing Programs                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
Homeownership and opportunity                                                                                                                           
 for people everywhere grants                                                                                                                           
 (HOPE grants).................          -66,000,000           -66,000,000           -50,000,000           +16,000,000           +16,000,000            
Annual contributions for57                                                                                                                              
 assisted housing..............         -180,000,000           -25,000,000          -325,000,000          -145,000,000          -300,000,000            
Assistance for the renewal of                                                                                                                           
 expiring section 8 subsidy                                                                                                                             
 contracts.....................  ....................          -20,000,000   ....................  ....................          +20,000,000            
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Department of                                                                                                                              
       Housing and Urban                                                                                                                                
       Development.............         -246,000,000          -111,000,000          -375,000,000          -129,000,000          -264,000,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      INDEPENDENT AGENCIES                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                        
Environmental Protection Agency                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Water infrastructure/State                                                                                                                              
 revolving funds...............  ....................          -22,000,000   ....................  ....................          +22,000,000            
                                                                                                                                                        
  Federal Emergency Management                                                                                                                          
             Agency                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Emergency management planning                                                                                                                           
 and assistance................  ....................           -2,000,000   ....................  ....................           +2,000,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
 National Aeronautics and Space                                                                                                                         
         Administration                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Research and development.......          -88,000,000           -25,000,000           -63,000,000           +25,000,000           -38,000,000            
Space flight, control, and data                                                                                                                         
 communications................          -32,000,000   ....................          -32,000,000   ....................          -32,000,000            
Construction of facilities.....          -25,000,000           -25,000,000           -25,000,000   ....................  ....................           
                                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, National                                                                                                                                   
       Aeronautics and Space                                                                                                                            
       Administration..........         -145,000,000           -50,000,000          -120,000,000           +25,000,000           -70,000,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
  National Science Foundation                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Academic research     103-                                                                                                                              
 infrastructure................          -10,000,000           -10,000,000   ....................          +10,000,000           +10,000,000            
                                                                                                                                                        
  National Service Initiative                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Corporation for national and                                                                                                                            
 community service.............  ....................           -5,000,000   ....................  ....................           +5,000,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, chapter 12:                                                                                                                                
       Rescissions.............         -401,000,000          -226,000,000          -495,000,000           -94,000,000          -269,000,000            
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Total, title III:                                                                                                                                 
          New budget                                                                                                                                    
           (obligational)                                                                                                                               
           authority...........       -3,172,183,170        -2,561,426,551        -3,442,677,882          -270,494,712          -881,251,331            
              Rescissions......       -3,172,183,170        -2,561,426,551        -3,442,677,882          -270,494,712          -881,251,331            
          (Limitation on trust                                                                                                                          
           funds)..............  ....................         (-80,000,000)         (-80,000,000)         (-80,000,000)  ....................           
          (Loan authorization).         (-50,000,000)        (-210,540,000)         (-25,000,000)         (+25,000,000)        (+185,540,000)           
                                                      ==================================================================================================
      Grand total, all titles:                                                                                                                          
          New budget                                                                                                                                    
           (obligational)                                                                                                                               
           authority...........        8,426,664,830         7,157,723,449         7,554,786,118          -871,878,712          +397,062,669            
              Appropriations...      (10,648,848,000)       (8,819,150,000)      (10,047,464,000)        (-601,384,000)      (+1,228,314,000)           
              Contingency                                                                                                                               
               appropriations..         (950,000,000)         (900,000,000)         (950,000,000)  ....................         (+50,000,000)           
              Rescissions......      (-3,172,183,170)      (-2,561,426,551)      (-3,442,677,882)        (-270,494,712)        (-881,251,331)           
          (By transfer)........          (18,100,000)          (14,561,000)          (21,600,000)          (+3,500,000)          (+7,039,000)           
          (Limitation on direct                                                                                                                         
           loans)..............       (1,109,000,000)       (1,109,000,000)       (1,109,000,000)  ....................  ....................           
          (Limitation on                                                                                                                                
           guaranteed loans)...      (22,000,000,000)  ....................      (22,000,000,000)  ....................     (+22,000,000,000)           
          (Limitation on                                                                                                                                
           obligations)........           (4,452,000)  ....................           (4,452,000)  ....................          (+4,452,000)           
          (Limitation on trust                                                                                                                          
           funds)..............  ....................         (-80,000,000)         (-80,000,000)         (-80,000,000)  ....................           
          (Loan authorization).         (-50,000,000)        (-210,540,000)         (-25,000,000)         (+25,000,000)        (+185,540,000)           
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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the engrossment of the 
amendments and third reading of the bill.
  The amendments were ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill was read a third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, the 
question is, Shall the bill pass?
  On this question, the yeas and nays have been ordered, and the clerk 
will call the roll.
  The bill clerk called the roll.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Bradley] 
is necessarily absent.
  Mr. SIMPSON. I announce that the Senator from Missouri [Mr. 
Danforth], the Senator from Minnesota [Mr. Durenberger], the Senator 
from Texas [Mrs. Hutchison], and the Senator from Oregon [Mr. Packwood] 
are necessarily absent.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
who desire to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 85, nays 10, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 45 Leg.]

                                YEAS--85

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boren
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Burns
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Coats
     Cochran
     Cohen
     Conrad
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     Daschle
     DeConcini
     Dodd
     Dole
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Exon
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Glenn
     Gorton
     Graham
     Gramm
     Grassley
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Hatfield
     Heflin
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnston
     Kassebaum
     Kempthorne
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     Mathews
     McCain
     McConnell
     Metzenbaum
     Mikulski
     Mitchell
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nunn
     Pell
     Pryor
     Reid
     Riegle
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Roth
     Sarbanes
     Sasser
     Shelby
     Simon
     Simpson
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thurmond
     Warner
     Wellstone
     Wofford

                                NAYS--10

     Brown
     Faircloth
     Feingold
     Gregg
     Helms
     Kohl
     Nickles
     Pressler
     Smith
     Wallop

                             NOT VOTING--5

     Bradley
     Danforth
     Durenberger
     Hutchison
     Packwood
  So, the bill (H.R. 3759), as amended, was passed.

                               H.R. 3759

       Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives 
     (H.R. 3759) entitled ``An Act making emergency supplemental 
     appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, 
     and for other purposes'', do pass with the following 
     amendment:
       Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to provide emergency 
     supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 1994, and for other purposes, namely:

             TITLE I--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

                               CHAPTER 1

      DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
                  ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                       Soil Conservation Service


               watershed and flood prevention operations

       For an additional amount for ``Watershed and flood 
     prevention operations'' to repair damage to the waterways and 
     watersheds resulting from the Midwest floods and California 
     fires of 1993 and other natural disasters, and for other 
     purposes, $340,500,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That such assistance may be made available when the 
     primary beneficiary is agriculture or agribusiness regardless 
     of drainage size: Provided further, That such amounts are 
     designated by Congress as emergency requirements pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, 
     That if the Secretary determines that the cost of land and 
     levee restoration exceeds the fair market value of an 
     affected cropland, the Secretary may use sufficient amounts 
     from funds provided under this heading to accept bids from 
     willing sellers to enroll such cropland inundated by the 
     Midwest floods of 1993 in any of the affected States in the 
     Wetlands Reserve Program, authorized by subchapter C of 
     chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act 
     of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837).

          Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service


                     emergency conservation program

       For an additional amount for ``Emergency conservation 
     program'' for expenses resulting from the Midwest floods and 
     California fires of 1993 and other natural disasters, 
     $25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1995: 
     Provided, That such amount is designated by Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.

                      Commodity Credit Corporation

       Funds made available in Public Law 103-75 for the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation shall be available to fund the costs of 
     replanting, reseeding, or repairing damage to commercial 
     trees and seedlings, including orchard and nursery inventory 
     as a result of the Midwest Floods of 1993 or other natural 
     disasters: Provided, That the use of these funds for these 
     purposes is designated by Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 and that such use shall be 
     available only to the extent the President designates such 
     use an emergency requirement pursuant to such Act.
       The second proviso of the matter under the heading 
     ``disaster assistance'' under the heading ``Commodity Credit 
     Corporation'' of chapter I of the Supplemental Appropriations 
     Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-50; 107 Stat. 241) is amended by 
     inserting before the colon at the end the following: ``, 
     including payments to producers for the 1993, 1994, and 1995 
     crops of papaya if (1) the papaya would have been harvested 
     if the papaya plants had not been destroyed, and (2) the 
     papaya plants would not have produced fruit for a lifetime 
     total of more than 3 crop years based on normal cultivation 
     practices''. Payments under this paragraph shall be made only 
     to the extent that claims for the payments are filed not 
     later than the date that is 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act: Provided, That the use of funds for 
     this purpose is designated by Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 and that such use shall be 
     available only to the extent the President designates such 
     use an emergency requirement pursuant to such Act.
       Funds made available in Public Law 103-75 for the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation shall be made available to fund crop loss 
     disaster assistance as under the provisions of Public Law 
     101-624 for 1993 losses of nursery stock and inventory being 
     grown for commercial sale, if such stock or inventory would 
     mormally have been sold in 1993, 1994 or 1995: Provided, That 
     the use of these funds for these purposes is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and that 
     such use shall be available only to the extent the President 
     designates such use an emergency requirement pursuant to such 
     Act.

                               CHAPTER 2

DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                                AGENCIES

                             RELATED AGENCY

                     Small Business Administration


                     disaster loans program account

       For an additional amount for emergency expenses resulting 
     from the January 1994 earthquake in Southern California and 
     other disasters, $309,750,000, to remain available until 
     expended, of which up to $55,000,000 may be transferred to 
     and merged with the appropriations for ``Salaries and 
     expenses'' for associated administrative expenses: Provided, 
     That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.


                        administrative provision

       Section 24 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 651) is 
     amended in subsection (a) by striking the period at the end 
     thereof and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: ``, 
     and shall give priority to a proposal to restore an area 
     determined to be a major disaster by the President on a date 
     not more than three years prior to the fiscal year for which 
     the application is made.''.

                               CHAPTER 3

                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY

                           MILITARY PERSONNEL

                        Military Personnel, Army

       For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Army'', 
     $6,600,000: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                        Military Personnel, Navy

       For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Navy'', 
     $19,400,000: Provided, That the entire amount is designated 
     by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                     Military Personnel, Air Force

       For an additional amount for ``Military Personnel, Air 
     Force'', $18,400,000: Provided, That the entire amount is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

                    Operation and Maintenance, Army

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Army'', $420,100,000: Provided, That the entire amount is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                    Operation and Maintenance, Navy

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Navy'', $104,800,000: Provided, That the entire amount is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                  Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Air Force'', $560,100,000: Provided, That the entire amount 
     is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Defense-Wide'', $21,600,000: Provided, That the entire amount 
     is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                              PROCUREMENT

                       Aircraft Procurement, Army

       For an additional amount for ``Aircraft Procurement, 
     Army'', $20,300,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 1996: Provided, That the entire amount is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                        Other Procurement, Army

       For an additional amount for ``Other Procurement, Army'', 
     $200,000, to remain available for obligation until September 
     30, 1996: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                      Other Procurement, Air Force

       For an additional amount for ``Other Procurement, Air 
     Force'', $26,800,000, to remain available for obligation 
     until September 30, 1996: Provided, That the entire amount is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--CHAPTER 3

       Sec. 301. Notwithstanding sections 607 and 630 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2357 and 22 U.S.C. 
     2390), reimbursements received from the United Nations for 
     expenses of the Department of Defense charged to the 
     appropriations provided by this Act shall be deposited to the 
     miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury.
       Sec. 302. Funds appropriated in this chapter shall only be 
     obligated and expended to fund the incremental and associated 
     costs of the Department of Defense incurred in connection 
     with the ongoing United States operations relating to 
     Somalia; the ongoing United States humanitarian airdrops, 
     hospital operations, and enforcement of the no-fly zone 
     relating to Bosnia; the ongoing United States operations 
     relating to Southwest Asia; and the ongoing United States 
     operations supporting the maritime interception operations 
     relating to Haiti.

                               CHAPTER 4

                      ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

                 Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies

       For an additional amount for ``Flood control and coastal 
     emergencies'', $70,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                         Bureau of Reclamation

       The prohibition against obligating funds for construction 
     until sixty days from the date the Secretary transmits a 
     report to the Congress in accordance with section 5 of the 
     Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 509) is 
     waived for the Crooked River Project, Ochoco Dam, Oregon, to 
     allow for an earlier start of emergency repair work.

                               CHAPTER 5

DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED 
                                AGENCIES

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                Administration for Children and Families


                   low-income home energy assistance

       Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public Law 
     103-112 and designated by Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended, subject to the terms and conditions specified in 
     Public Law 103-112, $300,000,000, if designated by the 
     President as an emergency, may be allotted by the Secretary 
     of the Department of Health and Human Services, as she 
     determines is appropriate, to any one or more of the 
     jurisdictions funded under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget 
     Reconciliation Act of 1981, to meet emergency needs.
       The second paragraph under this heading in Public Law 102-
     394 is amended as follows: strike ``June 30, 1994'' and 
     insert ``September 30, 1994''.

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


                               impact aid

       For carrying out disaster assistance activities resulting 
     from the January 1994 earthquake in Southern California and 
     other disasters as authorized under section 7 of Public Law 
     81-874, $165,000,000, to remain available through September 
     30, 1995: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.


                      student financial assistance

       For an additional amount for ``Student financial 
     assistance'' for payment of awards made under title IV, part 
     A, subpart 1 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 
     $80,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 1995: 
     Provided, That notwithstanding sections 442(e) and 462(j) of 
     such Act, the Secretary may reallocate, for use in award year 
     1994-1995 only, any excess funds returned to the Secretary of 
     Education under the Federal Work-Study or Federal Perkins 
     Loan programs from award year 1993-1994 to assist individuals 
     who suffered financial harm from the January 1994 earthquake 
     in Southern California and other disasters: Provided further, 
     That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended: Provided further, That fiscal year 1992 
     Federal Work-Study and Federal Perkins Loan funds that were 
     reallocated to institutions for use in award year 1993-1994, 
     pursuant to Public Law 103-75, and fiscal year 1992 Federal 
     Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant funds that were 
     reallocated to institutions by the Secretary for use in award 
     year 1993-1994, pursuant to section 413D(e) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965, as amended, to assist individuals who 
     suffered financial harm as a result of the Midwest floods of 
     1993 shall remain available for use in award year 1994-1995 
     by institutions that received such reallocations.

                               CHAPTER 6

           DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

                     FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

                          Federal-Aid Highways


                        emergency relief program

                          (highway trust fund)

       For the Emergency Fund authorized by 23 U.S.C. 125 to cover 
     expenses arising from the January 1994 earthquake in Southern 
     California and other disasters, $950,000,000; and in addition 
     $400,000,000, which shall be available only to the extent an 
     official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that 
     includes designation of the entire amount of the request as 
     an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is 
     transmitted by the President to the Congress, all to be 
     derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided 
     further, That the limitation on obligations per State in 23 
     U.S.C. 125(b) shall not apply to projects relating to such 
     earthquake: Provided further, That notwithstanding 23 U.S.C. 
     120(e), the Federal share for any project on the Federal-aid 
     highway system related to such earthquake shall be 100 
     percent for the costs incurred in the 180 day period 
     beginning on the date of the earthquake: Provided further, 
     That project costs incurred prior to implementation of this 
     bill and subsequent to the January 17, 1994, Northridge 
     Earthquake, that are funded from other than Federal Emergency 
     Relief funds that were otherwise eligible for Emergency 
     Relief funding, are approved for Emergency Relief funds and 
     such costs regardless of initial funding sources are to be 
     reimbursed with Emergency Relief funds: Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
     made available by the Dire Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 1992 (Public Law 102-368) under ``Federal 
     Highway Administration, Metropolitan Planning (Highway Trust 
     Fund),'' $337,000 of the funds received by Hawaii shall be 
     made available by the State of Hawaii directly to the County 
     of Kauai, Hawaii, for conducting comprehensive reviews of 
     transportation infrastructure needs incurred in connection 
     with Hurricane Iniki, and, these funds shall remain available 
     until expended.
       In addition, for emergency expenses resulting from the Loma 
     Prieta earthquake of October 17, 1989, as authorized by 23 
     U.S.C. 125, $315,000,000, to be derived from the Highway 
     Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That such amount is designated by Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended.

                               CHAPTER 7

DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                     Veterans Health Administration


                              medical care

       For an additional amount for emergency expenses resulting 
     from the January 1994 earthquake in Southern California, 
     $21,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not 
     to exceed $802,000 is available for transfer to General 
     Operating Expenses, the Guaranty and Indemnity Program 
     Account, and the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program 
     Account: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.


                      construction, major projects

       For an additional amount for ``Construction, major 
     projects'' for emergency expenses resulting from the January 
     1994 earthquake in Southern California and other disasters, 
     $45,600,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     such sums as may be necessary may be transferred to the 
     ``Medical care'' and ``Construction, minor projects'' 
     accounts: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                            Housing Programs


               annual contributions for assisted housing

       For an additional amount under this head, $225,000,000, to 
     remain available until December 31, 1995, of which 
     $200,000,000 shall be for rental assistance under the section 
     8 existing housing certificate program (42 U.S.C. 1437f) and 
     the housing voucher program under section 8(o) of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), and 
     $25,000,000 shall be for the modernization of existing public 
     housing projects pursuant to section 14 of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437l): Provided, That these 
     funds shall be used first to replenish amounts used from the 
     headquarters reserve established pursuant by section 
     213(d)(4)(A) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
     1974, as amended, for assistance to victims of the January 
     1994 earthquake in Southern California: Provided further, 
     That any amounts remaining after the headquarters reserve has 
     been replenished shall be available under such programs for 
     additional assistance to victims of the earthquake referred 
     to above: Provided further, That in administering these 
     funds, the Secretary may waive or specify alternative 
     requirements for any provision of any statute or regulation 
     that the Secretary administers in connection with the 
     obligation by the Secretary or any use by the recipient of 
     these funds, except for the requirements relating to fair 
     housing and nondiscrimination, the environment, and labor 
     standards, upon finding that such waiver is required to 
     facilitate the obligation and use of such funds and would not 
     be inconsistent with the overall purpose of the statute or 
     regulation: Provided further, That the entire amount is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.


                         flexible subsidy fund

       For emergency assistance to owners of eligible multifamily 
     housing projects damaged by the January 1994 earthquake in 
     Southern California who are either insured or formerly 
     insured under the National Housing Act, as amended, or 
     otherwise eligible for assistance under section 201(c) of the 
     Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as 
     amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1a), in the program of assistance 
     for troubled multifamily housing projects under the Housing 
     and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as amended, 
     $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1995: 
     Provided, That assistance to an owner of a multifamily 
     housing project assisted, but not insured under the National 
     Housing Act, may be made if the project owner and the 
     mortgagee have provided or agreed to provide assistance to 
     the project in a manner as determined by the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That 
     assistance is for the repair of damage or the recovery of 
     losses directly attributable to the Southern California 
     earthquake of 1994: Provided further, That in administering 
     these funds, the Secretary may waive, or specify alternative 
     requirements for, any provision of any statute or regulation 
     that the Secretary administers in connection with the 
     obligation by the Secretary or any use by the recipient of 
     these funds, except for statutory requirements relating to 
     fair housing and nondiscrimination, the environment, and 
     labor standards, upon finding that such waiver is required to 
     facilitate the obligation and use of such funds, and would 
     not be inconsistent with the overall purpose of the statute 
     or regulation: Provided further, That after assisting 
     economically viable FHA insured projects, to the extent funds 
     remain available the Secretary may provide assistance to 
     economically viable projects assisted with a loan made under 
     section 312 of the National Housing Act of 1964 and projects 
     assisted under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
     1937 but not insured under the National Housing Act: Provided 
     further, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.

                     Federal Housing Administration


             FHA--General and Special Risk Program Account

       For higher mortgage limits and improved access to mortgage 
     insurance for victims of the January 1994 earthquake in 
     Southern California and other disasters, title II of the 
     National Housing Act, as amended, is further amended, as 
     follows:
       (1) In section 203(h), by--
       (A) striking out ``section 102(2) and 401 of the Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act'' and inserting ``Robert 
     T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act''; 
     and
       (B) adding the following new sentence at the end thereof: 
     ``In any case in which the single family residence to be 
     insured under this subsection is within a jurisdiction in 
     which the President has declared a major disaster to have 
     occurred, the Secretary is authorized, for a temporary period 
     not to exceed 18 months from the date of such Presidential 
     declaration, to enter into agreements to insure a mortgage 
     which involves a principal obligation of up to 100 percent of 
     the dollar limitation determined under section 305(a)(2) of 
     the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act for single 
     family residence, and not in excess of 100 percent of the 
     appraised value.''.
       (2) In section 203(k), by adding at the end thereof the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(6) The Secretary is authorized, for a temporary period 
     not to exceed 18 months from the date on which the President 
     has declared a major disaster to have occurred, to enter into 
     agreements to insure a rehabilitation loan under this 
     subsection which involves a principal obligation of up to 100 
     percent of the dollar limitation determined under section 
     305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act 
     for a residence of the applicable size, if such loan is 
     secured by a structure and property that are within a 
     jurisdiction in which the President has declared such 
     disaster, pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
     and Emergency Assistance Act, and if such loan otherwise 
     conforms to the loan-to-value ratio and other requirements of 
     this subsection.''.
       (3) In section 234(c), by inserting after ``203(b)(2)'' in 
     the third sentence the phrase: ``or pursuant to section 
     203(h) under the conditions described in section 203(h)''.
       Eligibility for loans made under the authority granted by 
     the preceding paragraph shall be limited to persons whose 
     principal residence was damaged or destroyed as a result of a 
     Presidentially declared major disaster event: Provided, That 
     the provisions under this heading shall be effective only for 
     the 18 month period following the date of enactment of this 
     Act.

                   Community Planning and Development


                      community development grants

       For an additional amount for ``Community development 
     grants'', as authorized under title I of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1974, for emergency expenses 
     resulting from the January 1994 earthquake in Southern 
     California or the Midwest Floods of 1993, $500,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 1996 for all activities 
     eligible under such title I except those activities 
     reimbursable by the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
     (FEMA) or available through the Small Business Administration 
     (SBA): Provided, That from this amount, the Secretary may 
     transfer up to $75,000,000 to the ``HOME investment 
     partnerships program'', as authorized under title II of the 
     Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended 
     (Public Law 101-625), to remain available until expended, as 
     an additional amount for such emergency expenses for all 
     activities eligible under such title II except activities 
     reimbursable by FEMA or available through SBA: Provided 
     further, That the recipients of amounts under this 
     appropriation, including the foregoing transfer (if any), 
     shall use such amounts first to replenish amounts previously 
     obligated under their Community Development Block Grant or 
     HOME programs, respectively, in connection with the Southern 
     California earthquake of January 1994: Provided further, That 
     in administering these funds, the Secretary may waive, or 
     specify alternative requirements for, any provision of any 
     statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in 
     connection with the obligation by the Secretary or any use by 
     the recipient of these funds, except for statutory 
     requirements relating to fair housing and nondiscrimination, 
     the environment, and labor standards, upon finding that such 
     waiver is required to facilitate the obligation and use of 
     such funds, and would not be inconsistent with the overall 
     purpose of the statute or regulation: Provided further, That 
     with respect to funds made available by this head that are 
     proposed to be used by recipients affected by the Midwest 
     floods of 1993 for the purpose of hazard mitigation through 
     flood plain real property acquisition or relocation, the 
     Secretary shall secure assurances from grantees that such 
     activities will be subject to the requirements of sections 3 
     and 4 of the Hazard Mitigation and Relocation Assistance Act 
     of 1993 (Public Law 103-181, 107 Stat. 2054-2056): Provided 
     further, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.

                           INDEPENDENT AGENCY

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency


                            disaster relief

       For an additional amount for ``Disaster Relief'' for the 
     January 1994 earthquake in Southern California and other 
     disasters, $4,709,000,000 to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as amended.


              emergency management planning and assistance

       For an additional amount for ``Emergency Management 
     Planning and Assistance'', to carry out activities under the 
     Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, as amended (42 
     U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) $15,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, to study the January 1994 earthquake in Southern 
     California in order to enhance seismic safety throughout the 
     United States: Provided, That the entire amount is designated 
     by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended.

                               CHAPTER 8

                  FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

                          Unanticipated Needs

       For an additional amount for emergency expenses resulting 
     from the January 1994 earthquake in Southern California, the 
     Midwest Floods and other disasters, $550,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That these funds may be 
     transferred to any authorized Federal governmental activity 
     to meet the requirements of such disasters: Provided further, 
     That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent 
     that an official budget request for a specific dollar amount, 
     that includes designation of the entire amount of the request 
     as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is 
     transmitted by the President to Congress: Provided further, 
     That the President's request shall specifically identify 
     programs, projects and activities to be funded and no funds 
     shall be available for 15 days after the submission of the 
     request: Provided further, That the entire amount is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
       This title may be cited as the ``Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act of 1994''.

   TITLE II--SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING 
                           SEPTEMBER 30, 1994

                               CHAPTER 1

      DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
                  ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                           Extension Service

       For an additional amount for ``Extension Service,'' 
     $1,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 1995, of 
     which up to $750,000 may be transferred to the Cooperative 
     State Research Service.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                      Food and Drug Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       For an additional amount for ``Salaries and expenses'' from 
     fees collected pursuant to section 736 of the Federal Food, 
     Drug, and Cosmetic Act, not to exceed $2,284,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That fees derived from 
     applications received during fiscal year 1994 shall be 
     credited to the appropriation current in the year in which 
     fees are collected and subject to the fiscal year 1994 
     limitation.

                               CHAPTER 2

DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                                AGENCIES

                             RELATED AGENCY

            Office of the United States Trade Representative


                         salaries and expenses

       For an additional amount for salaries and expenses, 
     $75,000, to remain available until expended, for electronic 
     records management activities to comply with Armstrong 
     against Executive Office of the President.

                               CHAPTER 3

            DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service


                          resource management

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for ``Resource Management'' to 
     carry out the Forest Plan in the Pacific Northwest, 
     $2,100,000, of which $400,000 shall be derived by transfer 
     from the ``Oil spill emergency fund'' and $1,700,000 shall be 
     derived by transfer from the ``Compact of Free Association''.


                            land acquisition

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for ``Land acquisition'' for the 
     acquisition of land or interests in land, from willing 
     sellers, in the Midwest area flooded in 1993, $4,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, to be derived by transfer 
     from amounts appropriated to the United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service under the heading ``Construction'' in Public 
     Law 103-75, to be used for nonstructural measures to meet 
     flood damage control and fish and wildlife habitat 
     restoration objectives.

                         National Park Service


                              construction

       For an additional amount for ``Construction,'' to replenish 
     funds used for emergency actions related to storm damaged 
     facilities within National Park System areas, $13,102,000, to 
     remain available until expended.


                 land acquisition and state assistance

       For an additional amount for ``Land acquisition and state 
     assistance,'' $1,274,000, to be derived from the Land and 
     Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until expended, 
     to replenish funds used for emergency actions related to 
     storm damaged facilities within National Park System areas; 
     and in addition, an additional amount not to exceed 
     $6,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived 
     by transfer from balances under the heading ``Construction,'' 
     for project modifications authorized by section 104 of the 
     Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 
     1989, to be available for Federal assistance to the State of 
     Florida for acquisition of lands or interests therein 
     adjacent to, or affecting the restoration of, natural water 
     flows to Everglades National Park and Florida Bay.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs


                      operation of Indian programs

       The paragraph under this heading in Public Law 103-138 is 
     amended by inserting the words ``not to exceed'' before the 
     amount ``$316,111,000''.


                              construction

       For an additional amount for ``Construction,'' $12,363,000, 
     to remain available until expended.


 indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
                                Indians

       The paragraph under this heading in Public Law 103-138 is 
     amended by adding the following before the last period: ``, 
     and (3) to reimburse Indian trust fund account holders for 
     loss(es) to their respective accounts where the claim for 
     said loss(es) has been reduced to a judgment or settlement 
     agreement approved by the Department of Justice''.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


            administrative provisions, department of energy

       Section 303 of Public Law 97-257, as amended, is repealed.
       The seventh proviso under the head ``Clean Coal 
     Technology'' in Public Law 101-512, and the seventh proviso 
     under the head ``Clean Coal Technology'' in Public Law 102-
     154, both concerning Federal employment, are repealed.

                               CHAPTER 4

DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED 
                                AGENCIES

                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration


        Advances to the unemployment trust fund and other funds

       For an additional amount for ``Advances to the unemployment 
     trust fund and other funds,'' $61,400,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 1995.

                       Bureau of Labor Statistics


                         Salaries and expenses

       For an additional amount for ``Salaries and expenses'' for 
     the current population parallel survey, $10,100,000: 
     Provided, That an amount equal to the amount obligated in the 
     ``Training and employment services'' account for this purpose 
     upon the date of enactment of this Act shall be transferred 
     from this account and merged into the ``Training and 
     employment services'' account.

                               CHAPTER 5

                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                        CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                                 SENATE

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

       For an additional amount for ``Office of the Secretary'', 
     $450,000.

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate


                        secretary of the senate

       For an additional amount for expenses of the ``Office of 
     the Secretary of the Senate'', $600,000.

                               CHAPTER 6

           DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                              Coast Guard


                           operating expenses

       Of funds provided under this heading under Public Law 103-
     75, $4,000,000 shall, in combination with funds made 
     available under this heading under Public Law 102-368, be 
     made available for operating, acquisition, construction, and 
     improvement costs associated with the Midwest floods, and 
     shall remain available until expended.


              acquisition, construction, and improvements

       Of the funds made available under this heading under Public 
     Law 102-368, $2,000,000 shall be made available for costs 
     associated with the Midwest floods, and shall remain 
     available until expended.

                    Federal Railroad Administration


               pennsylvania station redevelopment project

       For grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 
     $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
     engineering and design activities to enable the James A. 
     Farley Post Office in New York City to be used as a train 
     station and commercial center: Provided, That the Secretary 
     may retain from these funds such amounts as the Secretary 
     shall deem appropriate to undertake the environmental and 
     historic preservation analyses associated with this project: 
     Provided further, That no funds provided under this head 
     shall be available for construction until the Secretary 
     submits a report to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations regarding the financing of necessary 
     improvements to the existing Pennsylvania Station and the 
     financing of the operating and capital costs accruing to the 
     commuter rail authorities operating in said station as a 
     result of this redevelopment project.


    trust fund share of next generation rail technology development

                          (highway trust fund)

       The obligation limitation for the ``High-Speed Ground 
     Transportation'' program in Public Law 103-122 is amended by 
     deleting ``$3,500,000'' and inserting ``$7,952,000''.

                           General Provision

       Section 310(c)(3) of the Department of Transportation and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994, is amended by--
       (a) inserting ``6005,'' after ``6001,''; and
       (b) inserting ``: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, amounts made available under section 6005 
     of Public Law 102-240 shall be subject to the obligation 
     limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway-safety 
     construction programs under the head `Federal-Aid Highways' 
     in this Act'' after ``section 104(a) of title 23, United 
     States Code''.

                               CHAPTER 7

            TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

                   EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

                        Office of Administration


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for salaries and expenses for the 
     costs of electronic communications records management 
     activities for compliance with and resolution of Armstrong v. 
     Executive Office of the President, $7,030,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $6,000,000 shall be 
     derived by transfer from Department of Defense, ``Research, 
     Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force.''

                       National Security Council


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for salaries and expenses for the 
     costs of electronic communications records management 
     activities for compliance with and resolution of Armstrong v. 
     Executive Office of the President, $5,320,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                               CHAPTER 8

DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration


                       Compensation and pensions

       For an additional amount for ``Compensation and pensions,'' 
     $698,000,000, to remain available until expended.


                         Readjustment benefits

       For an additional amount for ``Readjustment benefits,'' 
     $103,200,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Veterans Health Administration


      Medical Administration and Miscellaneous Operating Expenses

                             (By transfer)

       For an additional amount for ``Medical administration and 
     miscellaneous operating expenses'', $3,500,000, to be derived 
     by transfer from amounts appropriated under the head 
     ``Medical care'' in Public Law 103-124.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                            Housing Programs

                     Federal Housing Administration


             FHA--Mutual mortgage insurance program account

       During fiscal year 1994, the limitation on commitments to 
     guarantee loans to carry out the purposes of section 203(b) 
     of the National Housing Act, as amended, is increased by an 
     additional loan principal of not to exceed $20,000,000,000.


             FHA--General and special risk program account

       The limitation on commitments during fiscal year 1994 to 
     guarantee loans authorized by sections 238 and 519 of the 
     National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3(b) and 
     1735c(f), is increased by an additional loan principal, any 
     part of which is to be guaranteed, of not to exceed 
     $2,000,000,000.


                       Administrative Provisions

       Of the $260,000,000 earmarked in Public Law 102-389, in the 
     14th proviso under the head Annual Contributions for Assisted 
     Housing, for special purpose grants (106 Stat. 1571, 1584), 
     $1,300,000 made available for continued assistance to two 
     sugarcane mills on the Hilo-Hamakua Coast of Hawaii shall 
     also be available to community-based and employee-support 
     organizations along the Hamakua Coast, to address social and 
     economic needs in such area.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    Environmental Protection Agency


               Water infrastructure state revolving funds

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-124, the $500,000,000 earmarked to not become 
     available until May 31, 1994, shall instead not become 
     available until September 30, 1994.

                   Executive Office of the President

                Office of Science and Technology Policy

       The proviso under this heading in Public Law 103-124 is 
     repealed.

  Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality

       For an additional amount for ``Council on Environmental 
     Quality and Office of Environmental Quality'', $300,000.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration


                        Research and development

       For an additional amount for ``Research and development'', 
     $40,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall become available for 
     obligation on October 1, 1994: Provided, That these funds 
     shall be available for the commercial mid-deck augmentation 
     module, in addition to such amounts as may be subsequently 
     appropriated.
       The second proviso under this heading in Public Law 103-124 
     is amended to read as follows: ``Provided further, That of 
     the funds provided under this heading, for the redesigned 
     Space Station, (1) not to exceed $160,000,000 shall be for 
     termination costs connected only with Space Station Freedom 
     contracts, (2) not to exceed $172,000,000 shall be for space 
     station operations and utilization capability development, 
     and (3) not to exceed $99,000,000 shall be for supporting 
     development:''.
       The fifth and sixth provisos under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-124 are deleted and the fourth proviso thereunder is 
     amended to read: ``Provided further, That of the funds made 
     available under this heading, not to exceed $117,200,000 
     shall be available for activities to support cooperative 
     space ventures between the United States and the Republic of 
     Russia outlined in the joint agreement of September 2, 
     1993:''.


                    Research and program management

       For an additional amount for ``Research and program 
     management,'' $60,000,000.

                      National Service Initiative


             Corporation for National and Community Service

       From the amounts appropriated to the Corporation for 
     National and Community Service in Public Law 103-124, up to 
     $3,000,000 may be made available for a demonstration program 
     for Stafford Loan Forgiveness authorized under section 428 of 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078).

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 2001. (a) Section 1205(a)(1) of the Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act of 1993 is amended by inserting before the 
     semicolon the following: ``and amounts transferred by the 
     Architect of the Capitol from funds appropriated to the 
     Architect''.
       (b) Section 1205(b) of such Act is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and payments'' and inserting ``, 
     payments''; and
       (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
     following: ``, and payments pursuant to Senate Resolution 
     139, 103d Congress, agreed to August 4, 1993''.
       (c) Section 1205 of such Act is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:
       ``(d) In case of an award under section 307 of Public Law 
     102-166, a payment pursuant to an agreement under section 310 
     of such Public Law, or a payment pursuant to Senate 
     Resolution 139, 103d Congress, agreed to August 4, 1993, to 
     an employee described in section 301(c)(1)(B) of such Public 
     Law, to an applicant for a position described in section 
     301(c)(1)(C) of such Public Law that is to be occupied by 
     such an employee, or to an individual described in section 
     301(c)(1)(D) of such Public Law who was formerly such an 
     employee, the Architect of the Capitol, at the direction of 
     the Secretary of the Senate, shall transfer to the account 
     established by subsection (a), from funds that are 
     appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol under the 
     heading `Capitol Buildings and Grounds' under the subheading 
     `senate office buildings' and that are otherwise available 
     for obligation at the time the award is ordered or the 
     agreement is entered into, an amount sufficient to pay such 
     award or make such payment.''.
       (d) The amendments made by this section shall be effective 
     on and after October 1, 1992.
       Sec. 2002. (a) The Senate finds that--
       (1) historically it is the policy of the Federal Government 
     to provide financial and other assistance to the victims of 
     natural disasters;
       (2) since fiscal year 1988, the Congress has enacted 6 
     major disaster relief supplemental appropriations Acts 
     providing a total of $17,012,000,000 in budget authority for 
     Federal disaster assistance for domestic disasters;
       (3) the provision of Federal disaster assistance reflects 
     the traditions and values of the American people who have 
     always been willing to provide help to those who have been 
     victimized by catastrophic events and forces beyond their 
     control;
       (4) the unprecedented growth in the cost of disaster 
     assistance needs to be reconciled with the restraints imposed 
     on discretionary spending and with the deficit reduction 
     goals of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 and the Omnibus 
     Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, under which significant 
     progress is being made in reducing the Federal deficit; and
       (5) a prospective policy should be developed for 
     anticipating and funding disaster needs and other emergencies 
     in keeping with continuing fiscal constraints on the Federal 
     Government.
       (b) It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) there should be established in the Senate a Bipartisan 
     Task Force on Funding Disaster Relief; and
       (2) the Task Force should--
       (A) consult with the Senate committees with jurisdiction 
     over disaster relief programs;
       (B) compile information on the history of Federal disaster 
     relief and recovery funding;
       (C) evaluate the types and amounts of Federal financial 
     assistance provided to individuals, State and local 
     governments, and nonprofit organizations after disasters 
     strike, as well as relevant insurance coverage and loss 
     experience;
       (D) consider the relationship between funding disaster 
     relief and complying with the deficit control requirements of 
     the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, the Omnibus Budget 
     Reconciliation Act of 1993, and other deficit control 
     provisions enacted prior to 1990; and
       (E) report its findings, options, and recommendations to 
     the Senate with regard to the consideration of future 
     disaster assistance funding requests prior to the convening 
     of the 104th Congress.
       Sec. 2003. (a) Amendment to Title 31.--Section 301(d) of 
     title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``an 
     Under Secretary for Enforcement,'' after ``2 Under 
     Secretaries,''.
       (b) Amendment to Title 5.--Section 5314 of title 5, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking ``Under Secretary of the 
     Treasury (or Counselor).'' and striking ``Under Secretary of 
     the Treasury for Monetary Affairs.'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof, ``Under Secretaries of the Treasury (3).''.
       Sec. 2004. Of the funds made available for the purpose of 
     defraying expenses for the automation of fingerprint 
     identification services under the heading ``salaries and 
     expenses'' under the heading ``Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation'' in title I of the Departments of Commerce, 
     Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law 103-121), $20,000,000 
     shall be available (to remain available until expended) to 
     hire 500 employees to carry out the automation of fingerprint 
     identification services without regard to any employment 
     ceiling imposed by the President or by law.

             TITLE III--RESCINDING CERTAIN BUDGET AUTHORITY

                               CHAPTER 1

      DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
                  ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                       Economic Research Service


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-111, $4,000,000 are rescinded.

                   Cooperative State Research Service


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-111, $12,463,000 are rescinded, including $4,375,000 
     of contracts and grants for agricultural research under the 
     Act of August 4, 1965, as amended; $6,729,000 for competitive 
     research grants under section 2(b) of the Act of August 4, 
     1965; and $1,359,000 for necessary expenses of Cooperative 
     State Research Service activities.


                        buildings and facilities

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-111, $2,897,000 are rescinded.

          Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-111, $12,167,000 are rescinded.

                       Soil Conservation Service


                        conservation operations

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-111, $12,167,000 are rescinded.


               watershed and flood prevention operations

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-111, $21,158,000 are rescinded.

                      Farmers Home Administration


           Agricultural credit insurance fund program account

       Of the amounts provided under this heading for the cost of 
     credit sales of acquired property direct loans in Public Law 
     103-111, $5,094,000 are rescinded.


              Rural housing insurance fund program account

       Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public Law 
     103-111, the following amounts are rescinded: for the cost of 
     low-income housing section 502 direct loans, $1,515,000; for 
     the cost of section 515 rental housing loans, $12,443,000; 
     for the cost of section 504 housing repair loans, $1,204,000; 
     for the cost of section 514 farm labor housing loans, 
     $483,000.


                     rural housing voucher program

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-111, $25,000,000 are rescinded.


                         Salaries and Expenses

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-111, $12,167,000 are rescinded.

                  Rural Electrification Administration


       Rural Electrification and Telephone Loans Program Account

                              (rescission)

       Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public Law 
     103-111, the following amounts are rescinded: for the cost of 
     5 percent rural electrification direct loans, $3,388,000; for 
     the cost of 5 percent rural telephone direct loans, 
     $3,222,000.

                       Food and Nutrition Service


                  Commodity Supplemental Food Program

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 102-341, $6,100,000 are rescinded.


               Food Donations Program for Selected Groups

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-111, $5,200,000 are rescinded.


                     Public Law 480 Program Account

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-111 for title III, $45,000,000 are rescinded, and of 
     the amounts made available for ocean freight differential 
     costs, $4,600,000 are rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-111 for the cost of direct credit agreements, 
     including the cost of modifying credit agreements, 
     $35,400,000 are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER 2

DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                                AGENCIES

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                   International Trade Administration


                     Operations and Administration

                              (Rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading, $2,000,000 
     are rescinded.

                         Export Administration


                     Operations and Administration

                              (Rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading, $3,000,000 
     are rescinded.

                  Minority Business Development Agency


                     Minority Business Development

                              (Rescission)

       Of the funds made available for the Catawba Indian Tribe in 
     Public Law 103-121, $500,000 are rescinded.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration


                   Information Infrastructure Grants

                              (Rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-121, $4,254,000 are rescinded.

                  Economic Development Administration


                  Economic Development Revolving Fund

                              (Rescission)

       From unobligated balances available under this heading, 
     $20,000,000 are rescinded.

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs


                    Diplomatic and Consular Programs

                              (Rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-121, $600,000 are rescinded.


                        Buying power maintenance

                              (rescission)

       Of the balances in the Buying power maintenance account, 
     $8,800,000 are rescinded.

                             THE JUDICIARY

    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services


                           defender services

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-121, $3,000,000 are rescinded.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                  Board for International Broadcasting


                       israel radio relay station

                              (rescission)

       Of the balances available under this heading, $1,700,000 
     are rescinded.

                     Small Business Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

                              (Rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-121, $4,100,000 are rescinded.

                        State Justice Institute


                         Salaries and Expenses

                              (Rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading, $3,000,000 
     are rescinded.

                    United States Information Agency


                         Salaries and Expenses

                              (Rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading, $3,000,000 
     are rescinded.


                           north/south center

                              (Rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading, $8,700,000 
     are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER 3

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                              PROCUREMENT

                    Aircraft Procurement, Air Force


                              (Rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 102-396, $12,800,000 are rescinded.

                      Other Procurement, Air Force


                              (Rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-139, $27,500,000 are rescinded.

                       Procurement, Defense-Wide


                              (Rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-139, $104,500,000 are rescinded.

               RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION

         Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force


                              (Rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 102-396, $50,000,000 are rescinded.

        Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide


                              (Rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-139, $110,500,000 are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER 4

                      ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil


                         General Investigations

                              (Rescission)

       Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 102-377 and prior years Energy and Water Development 
     Acts, $24,970,000 are rescinded.


                         Construction, General

                              (Rescission)

       Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 102-377 and prior years Energy and Water Development 
     Acts, $97,319,000 are rescinded.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                         Bureau of Reclamation


                          Construction Program

                              (Rescission)

       Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public 
     Laws 102-27, 102-368, 102-377 and prior years Energy and 
     Water Development Acts, $40,000,000 are rescinded.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

           Energy Supply Research and Development Activities


                             (rescissions)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-126, $97,300,000 are rescinded: Provided, That the 
     reduction shall be taken as a general reduction, applied to 
     each program equally, so as not to eliminate or 
     disproportionately reduce any program, project or activity in 
     the Energy Supply, Research and Development Activities 
     account as included in the reports accompanying Public Law 
     103-126.
       Of the funds made available under this heading for 
     superconducting magnetic energy storage in Public Law 103-
     126, $10,000,000 are rescinded.

                Uranium Supply and Enrichment Activities


                              (RESCISSION)

       Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 102-377 and prior years' Energy and Water Development 
     Appropriations Acts, $42,000,000 are rescinded.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                     Nuclear Regulatory Commission


                         salaries and expenses

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-126, $12,700,000 are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER 5

       FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                    MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

                  International Financial Institutions


              CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

                              (RESCISSION)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-87, for the United States contribution to the sixth 
     replenishment of the African Development Fund, $2,700,000 are 
     rescinded.

                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

                  Agency for International Development


                      DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND

                              (RESCISSION)

       Of the unexpended or unobligated balances of funds 
     (including earmarked funds) made available for fiscal year 
     1994 and prior fiscal years to carry out the provisions of 
     sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, $40,879,000 are rescinded.


     OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                              (RESCISSION)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-87, for expenses related to the implementation of the 
     recommendations of the Report of the National Performance 
     Review, $3,000,000 are rescinded.


  ASSISTANCE FOR THE NEW INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

                              (RESCISSION)

       Of the unexpended or unobligated balances of funds made 
     available under this heading and title VI of Public Law 103-
     87, and prior Acts making appropriations for foreign 
     operations, export financing, and related programs, for 
     assistance for the new independent states of the former 
     Soviet Union, $145,000,000 are rescinded.

                   INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

                         Economic Support Fund


                              (RESCISSION)

       Of the unexpended or unobligated balances of funds 
     (including earmarked funds) made available for fiscal years 
     1987 through 1994 to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of 
     part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $32,700,000 
     are rescinded.

                          MILITARY ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


                   FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

                             (RESCISSIONS)

       Of the funds made available under this heading (including 
     earmarked funds) in Public Law 102-391 and prior 
     appropriations acts, for grants to carry out the provisions 
     of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, $65,562,000 are 
     rescinded.
       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-87, for grants to carry out the provisions of section 
     23 of the Arms Export Control Act, $25,721,000 are rescinded: 
     Provided, That such rescission shall be derived only from 
     nonearmarked amounts.


                          Military assistance

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available (including earmarked funds) 
     under this heading in Public Law 102-391 and prior 
     appropriations acts, $438,000 are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER 6

            DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service


                    CONSTRUCTION and anadromous fish

                              (Rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 100-446 and Public Law 102-154, $3,874,000 are rescinded.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                       Biomass Energy Development


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds available under this heading, $16,275,000 are 
     rescinded.

                               CHAPTER 7

  DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
                            RELATED AGENCIES

                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


                              (Rescission)

       Of the amounts appropriated in Public Law 103-112 for 
     salaries and expenses and administrative costs of the 
     Department of Labor, $4,000,000 are rescinded.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


                              (rescission)

       Of the amounts appropriated in Public Law 103-112 for 
     salaries and expenses and administrative costs of the 
     Department of Health and Human Services (except the Social 
     Security Administration), $37,500,000 are rescinded.

                     Social Security Administration


                  Supplemental Security Income Program

                              (rescission)

       Of the amounts appropriated in the first paragraph under 
     this heading in Public Law 103-112, $10,909,000 are 
     rescinded.


                 Limitation on Administrative Expenses

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-112 to invest in a state-of-the-art computing 
     network, $80,000,000 are rescinded.

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                        Departmental Management


                         program administration

                              (rescission)

       Of the amounts appropriated in Public Law 103-112 for 
     salaries and expenses and administrative costs of the 
     Department of Education, $8,500,000 are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER 8

                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                        CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                                 SENATE

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available for the Senate under the 
     heading ``Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate'' in 
     Public Law 102-90, $1,500,000 are rescinded.

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         Salaries and Expenses


                              (rescission)

       Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 101-520, $633,000 are rescinded in the amounts specified 
     for the following headings and accounts:

           ``allowances and expenses'', $633,000, as follows:

       ``Official Expenses of Members'', $128,000; ``supplies, 
     materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims'', 
     $125,000; ``net expenses of purchase, lease and maintenance 
     of office equipment'', $364,000; and ``Government 
     contributions to employees' life insurance fund, retirement 
     funds, Social Security fund, Medicare fund, health benefits 
     fund, and worker's and unemployment compensation'', $16,000.
       Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 102-90, $2,352,000 are rescinded in the amounts specified 
     for the following headings and accounts:

                ``house leadership offices'', $253,000;

             ``committee on the budget (studies)'', $4,000;

         ``standing committees, special and select'', $378,000;

           ``allowances and expenses'', $943,000, as follows:

       ``Official Expenses of Members'', $876,000; and 
     ``stenographic reporting of committee hearings'', $67,000;

``committee on appropriations (studies and investigations)'', $595,000;

      ``salaries, officers and employees'', $179,000, as follows:

       ``Office of the Postmaster'', $19,000; ``for salaries and 
     expenses of the Office of the Historian'', $26,000; ``the 
     House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee and the 
     Democratic Caucus'', $73,000; and ``the House Republican 
     Conference'', $61,000.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS


                              (rescission)

       Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-69, $1,000,000 are rescinded.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE


                              (rescission)

       Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-69, $650,000 are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER 9

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                         MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

             Base Realignment and Closure Account, Part III


                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-110, $601,224,000 are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER 10

           DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Office of the Secretary


                        payments to air carriers

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds available for programs authorized under 
     section 419 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended 
     (49 U.S.C. 1389), $10,067,000 are rescinded.


                            rental payments

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-122, $1,781,000 are rescinded.

                    Federal Aviation Administration


                               operations

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-122, $2,750,000 are rescinded.


                        facilities and equipment

                    (airport and airways trust fund)

                              (rescission)

       Of the available balances under this heading, $65,205,300 
     are rescinded.


                       grants-in-aid for airports

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

                              (rescission)

       Of the unobligated balances authorized under section 14 of 
     Public Law 91-258 as amended, $488,200,000 are rescinded.

                     Federal Highway Administration


                          (highway trust fund)

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available for specific highway projects, 
     $23,701,035 are rescinded: Provided, That of the amounts made 
     available for Federal-aid highways pursuant to provisions of 
     the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance 
     Act of 1987, $2,517,473 are rescinded: Provided further, That 
     of the authority made available for bridges on Federal dams 
     pursuant to section 320 of title 23, United States Code, 
     $9,478,139 are rescinded: Provided further, That this 
     rescission shall not apply to any emergency relief project 
     under section 125 of title 23, United States Code.


                      right-of-way revolving fund

                          (highway trust fund)

                              (rescission)

       Of the unobligated balances authorized under section 108 of 
     title 23, United States Code, and section 7 of Public Law 90-
     495, $20,000,000 are rescinded.

             National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


                     highway traffic safety grants

                          (highway trust fund)

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds available for programs authorized under 153, 
     402, and 408 of title 23, United States Code, and section 209 
     of Public Law 95-599, as amended, $219,750,000 are rescinded.

                    Federal Railroad Administration


                   railroad research and development

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-122, $17,000,000 are rescinded.

                     Federal Transit Administration


                          discretionary grants

                              (rescission)

                          (highway trust fund)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 99-190, $808,935 are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER 11

            TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                        Internal Revenue Service


                          information systems

                              (rescission)

       Of the amount made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-123, $6,400,000 are rescinded.

                             RELATED AGENCY

                    General Services Administration


                         federal buildings fund

                (limitations on availability of revenue)

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-123, the Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1994, and from available unobligated balances from previous 
     appropriations acts, $127,691,000 are rescinded for the 
     following projects in the following amounts:
       Alabama:
       Montgomery, U.S. Courthouse, $5,000,000.
       Arizona:
       Naco, U.S. Border Station, $74,000.
       Sierra Vista, U.S. Magistrates Office, $1,000,000: 
     Provided, That up to $1,000,000 shall be made available for 
     such project from funds made available in Public Law 103-123 
     for non-prospectus construction projects.
       California:
       Calexico, U.S. Border Station, $900,000.
       Menlo Park, U.S. Geological Survey Office and Laboratory 
     Buildings, $783,000.
       Sacramento, U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building, 
     $3,391,000.
       Tecate, U.S. Border Station, $165,000.
       District of Columbia:
       Army Corps of Engineers, Headquarters Building, 
     $11,309,000.
       Federal Office Building No. 6, $11,100,000.
       Federal Bureau of Investigation, Field Office, $5,679,000.
       White House remote delivery and vehicle maintenance 
     facility, $5,382,000.
       U.S. Secret Service, Headquarters, $23,274,000.
       Florida:
       Lakeland, Federal Building, $4,400,000.
       Tampa, U.S. Courthouse, $7,472,000.
       Iowa:
       Burlington, Parking Facility, $2,400,000.
       Massachusetts:
       Boston, U.S. Courthouse, $4,076,000.
       Maryland:
       Bowie, Bureau of Census, Computer Center, $660,000.
       New Carrollton, Internal Revenue Service, $30,100,000.
       Minnesota:
       Minneapolis, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 
     $4,197,000.
       New Hampshire:
       Concord, U.S. Courthouse, $867,000.
       Nevada:
       Reno, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, $875,000.
       New Jersey:
       Newark, Federal Building, 20 Washington Plaza, $327,000.
       Pennsylvania:
       Philadelphia, Veterans Affairs Federal Building, 
     $1,276,000.
       Tennessee:
       Knoxville, U.S. Courthouse, $800,000.
       United States Virgin Islands:
       Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Courthouse and Annex, 
     $2,184,000.

                               CHAPTER 12

DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                            Housing Programs


   Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere Grants (HOPE 
                                Grants)

                              (Rescission)

       Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public Law 
     103-124, an additional $50,000,000 are rescinded.


               Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing

                              (Rescission)

       Of the amounts earmarked under this heading in Public Law 
     103-124, $325,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That the 
     $541,000,000 earmarked in the sixth proviso under this 
     heading shall be reduced accordingly.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board


                         salaries and expenses

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-124, $770,000 are rescinded.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration


                        Research and development

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-124, $63,000,000 are rescinded.


             Space flight, control, and data communications

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-124, $32,000,000 are rescinded.


                       Construction of facilities

                              (rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-124, $25,000,000 are rescinded.

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 402. The Architect of the Capitol shall be considered 
     the agency for the purposes of the election in section 
     801(b)(2)(B) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act 
     and the head of the agency for purposes of subsection 
     (b)(2)(C) of such section.


prohibition of benefits for individuals not lawfully within the united 
                                 states

       Sec. 403. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to provide any benefit or assistance to any 
     individual in the United States when it is known to a Federal 
     entity or official to which the funds are made available 
     that--
       (1) the individual is not lawfully within the United 
     States;
       (2) the direct Federal assistance or benefit to be provided 
     is other than search and rescue; emergency medical care; 
     emergency mass care; emergency shelter; clearance of roads 
     and construction of temporary bridges necessary to the 
     performance of emergency tasks and essential community 
     services; warning of further risks or hazards; dissemination 
     of public information and assistance regarding health and 
     safety measures; the provision of food, water, medicine, and 
     other essential needs, including movement of supplies or 
     persons; and reduction of immediate threats to life, property 
     and public health and safety;
       (3) temporary housing assistance provided in this Act may 
     be made available to individuals and families for a period of 
     up to 90 days without regard to the requirements of 
     subsection (4);
       (4) immediately upon the enactment of this Act, other than 
     for the purposes set forth in subsections (2) and (3) of this 
     section, any Federal entity or official who makes available 
     funds under this Act shall take reasonable steps to determine 
     whether any individual or company seeking to obtain such 
     funds is lawfully within the United States; and
       (5) the implementation of this section shall not require 
     the publication or implementation of any intervening 
     regulations.
       Sec. 404. (a) Study by Comptroller General.--The 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a 
     study regarding Federal laws, unfunded Federal mandates, and 
     other Federal regulatory requirements, that may prevent or 
     impair the ability of State and local authorities to rebuild 
     expeditiously the areas devastated by the January 1994 
     earthquake in Southern California. In conducting the study, 
     the Comptroller General shall consult with State and local 
     officials of California.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit 
     to the Congress a report setting forth findings and 
     recommendations as a result of the study conducted under 
     subsection (a). The report shall include--
       (1) an identification of the specific Federal laws, 
     unfunded Federal mandates, and other Federal regulatory 
     requirements, referred to in subsection (a);
       (2) an analysis of the manner in which such laws, mandates, 
     and other requirements may prevent or impair the ability of 
     State and local authorities to rebuild expeditiously the 
     areas devastated by the January 1994 earthquake in Southern 
     California; and
       (3) recommended forms of, and appropriate time periods for, 
     relief from such laws, mandates, and other requirements.
       Sec. 405. In the case of any equipment or product that may 
     be authorized to be purchased with financial assistance 
     provided using funds made available in this Act, it is the 
     sense of the Congress that entities receiving the assistance 
     should, in expending the assistance, purchase only American-
     made equipment and products, and that notice of this 
     provision be given to each recipient of assistance covered 
     under this Act.

     SEC. 406. EXTENSION OF RTC CIVIL STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.

       Section 21A(b)(14)(C) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 
     U.S.C. 1441a(b)(14)(C)) is amended by striking clause (i) and 
     inserting in lieu thereof the following:
       ``(i) the period beginning on the date the claim accrues 
     (as determined pursuant to section 11(d)(14)(B) of the 
     Federal Deposit Insurance Act) and ending on December 31, 
     1995 or ending on the date of the termination of the 
     Corporation pursuant to section 21A(m)(1), whichever is 
     later; or''.

     SEC. 407. REPEALS.

       Except for subsection (b) of section 3508, sections 3508 
     and 3509 of the Three Affiliated Tribes and Standing Rock 
     Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act are repealed effective 
     October 30, 1992.
       Sec. 408. It is the sense of the Congress that the 
     Department of Defense should proceed with construction of a 
     new facility for the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research 
     at Forest Glen, Maryland, not later than 45 days after 
     enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 409. (a) Section 223(d)(4) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 423(d)(4)) is amended by inserting the following 
     after the first sentence: ``If an individual engages in a 
     criminal activity to support substance abuse, any proceeds 
     derived from such activity shall demonstrate such 
     individual's ability to engage in substantial gainful 
     activity.''.
       (b) Section 1614(a)(3)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1382(a)(3)(D)) is amended by inserting the following 
     after the first sentence: ``If an individual engages in a 
     criminal activity to support substance abuse, any proceeds 
     derived from such activity shall demonstrate such 
     individual's ability to engage in substantial gainful 
     activity.''.
       (c) The amendments made by this section shall apply to 
     disability determinations conducted on or after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 410. TRANSPORTATION GENERAL PROVISION TO ESTABLISH AN 
                   AUXILIARY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION.

       The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration is 
     directed to establish and operate an Auxiliary Flight Service 
     Station at Marquette, Michigan, no later than September 1, 
     1994, using available funds.
       Sec. 411. Subsection (b) of section 347 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1994 (Public Law 
     103-160; 107 Stat. 1626) is amended--
       (1) by striking out ``section 2774(a)(2)(A) of title 10,'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 5584(a)(2)(A) of 
     title 5,''; and
       (2) by striking out ``section 2774(a)(2) of such title'' 
     and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 5584(a)(2) of such 
     title''.
  Mr. KERREY. Madam President, I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. FORD. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate insists 
on its amendment and requests a conference with the House on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses on H.R. 3759, and the Chair is 
authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The Presiding Officer appointed Mr. Byrd, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Hollings, 
Mr. Johnston, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Sasser, Mr. DeConcini, Mr. Bumpers, Mr. 
Lautenberg, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Reid, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Kohl, 
Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Hatfield, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Cochran, 
Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Specter, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Nickles, Mr. Gramm, Mr. 
Bond, Mr. Gorton, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Mack, and Mr. Burns conferees on 
the part of the Senate.
  Mr. BYRD. Madam President, for the information of conferees, the 
conference on the supplemental appropriations bill will convene in the 
morning at 10 o'clock in room SC-5.
  I yield the floor.
  Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I will not take much time of the Senate. 
I just feel it is a moment for me to say thank you, on behalf of 
Senator Feinstein and myself, to every single Member of this Senate who 
voted for that emergency supplemental appropriation. I know many of my 
colleagues wanted certain amendments to be agreed to. I know many tried 
to get them passed. I know many did not even offer them because they 
saw the hour was growing late and they could tell from the Senators 
from California that our people were getting a little nervous as they 
watched us debate on other matters.
  Senator Feinstein would be here herself saying thank you but she is 
at the moment speaking with the Governor, and I am sure the Governor is 
most grateful for this bipartisan action, as is Mayor Riordan of Los 
Angeles, and the mayors from all the areas in southern California.
  The people of California have an indomitable spirit, as do the people 
all across this great country. But sometimes our spirit is tested and, 
when you see you cannot get back into your home, and you wonder if you 
ever will be able to, and you watch this debate, you hope we will help. 
Your spirit surely drags when you worry that we will not reach the 
point that we send this over to the conference.
  We reached that point. We had some tough debates. A couple of times I 
brought out some pictures from the earthquake to try to remind us why 
we were really debating this. I can only say, from the bottom of my 
heart, this means a whole lot to us. I think we are going to rebuild 
southern California. We are going to get back on our feet. We are going 
to help now to add to this economic recovery which has eluded us thus 
far.
  Again, I say to my friends from both sides of the aisle how much this 
vote means to me and to Senator Feinstein and to all the people, the 31 
million people, of California.
  I thank the Chair and yield the floor.
  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Madam President, I would like to join with my 
colleague, Senator Boxer, in saying thank you to my colleagues. I 
particularly would like to thank Senator Byrd for the excellent way in 
which he protected the State of California in this supplemental 
appropriation. I think it puts us on the road to recovery. It is a 
major step forward and, in a State with a budget that is deeply 
troubled, there is no way the State of California, and there is no way 
the people of the State, could have handled this problem.
  What the earthquake does point out to me, particularly, is the fact 
that only 25 percent of the people who own homes had earthquake 
insurance. When asked why, the reason that came back was, ``Well, the 
premiums are so high and the deductible is so high, we did not think it 
was worthwhile for us to get earthquake insurance.''
  I think what this points out is the real need for Federal 
legislation, perhaps as an amendment to Senator Inouye's bill, that 
will provide Federal incentives for private insurance to be provided in 
a national pool to people in disaster-prone areas.
  There certainly is going to be no end to hurricanes, floods, and 
earthquakes. If you add up the sum total of what was spent on this 
since I have been here, almost $10 billion in this supplemental, the 
Loma Prieta supplemental of almost $4 billion, the supplemental for the 
floods, you see very fast that it is the amount, just about, of the 
stimulus package that went down. So, in essence, we stimulate by 
providing emergency disaster relief. To me that does not seem to make 
very good sense.
  So I think there is a very real need for us to work on a plan. I 
would like to be part of it, to work on a plan that, in essence, is 
going to be able to provide some lower deductible and lower premium for 
earthquake, disaster, flood, or hurricane insurance to people who need 
it throughout America.
  But for tonight at least, California can take this first healing 
step, let the contracts that are necessary, and FEMA can itself have 
the funds not only to fund the Midwest with the $600 million that is in 
this supplemental, but also the State of California.
  It was a long day. It was a trying day for those of us from the 
State, but it was a day that eventually produced a result.
  Madam President, I would like to thank you, I would like to thank all 
my colleagues for their vote in the affirmative. It is greatly 
appreciated by the people of our State. Thank you. I yield the floor.
  Mr. DOLE addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Kerrey). The Republican leader.
  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, could I proceed as if in morning business?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the Senator may proceed.
  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, media reports this evening indicate that the 
cease-fire in Sarajevo has already been broken--that heavy artillery 
shells and machinegun fire struck the city only hours after the U.N.-
brokered ceasefire had gone into effect.
  We will be waiting and watching to see whether and how the United 
Nations and NATO respond to this attack if it is verified. We will be 
watching to see if the pattern of international inaction has truly been 
broken. The time for talking is over.
  As I stated earlier today, I support NATO's long overdue decision to 
launch air strikes in the event that the Bosnian Serbs do not withdraw 
their heavy weapons within 10 days, or if the shelling of Sarajevo 
continues. I am pleased that the President has finally moved the 
alliance forward even in this limited way. And I hope that this time 
NATO will follow through on its threats.
  However, it seems to me that NATO air strikes would receive greater 
support here at home if the U.S. Congress is formally on board with the 
President's decision. That can best be achieved if the Congress 
discusses the matter and passes a resolution supporting this course of 
action.

  This is not just a matter of getting the Congress on board, it is a 
matter of getting the American people on board--explaining what our 
interests are and how this NATO action advances those interests. Recent 
opinion polls suggest that public support--which appears to narrowly 
favor NATO action--will be greater if Congress supports this action.
  Indeed, our experience during the Gulf war was that the support of 
the American people for Desert Storm dramatically increased after 
Congress passed an authorizing resolution.
  But, another benefit of seeking congressional approval is the 
opportunity for all Members of Congress to make their views known. Not 
everyone in the Senate shares my views--although I do believe that a 
majority of my colleagues do support the President's decision.
  And those who do not share that view or share the President's view 
certainly should have an opportunity to express their views.
  I talked to the distinguished Senator from Arizona and the 
distinguished Senator from Georgia who both have very strong 
reservations about this course of action. We are not going to have the 
opportunity unless there is a request and authorization for a 
resolution of approval of the President's plan to have that debate.

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