[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 48 (Thursday, April 28, 1994)]
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     CORRECTING TECHNICAL ERRORS IN ENROLLMENT OF H.R. 2333, STATE 
DEPARTMENT, USIA, AND RELATED AGENCIES AUTHORIZATION ACT, FISCAL YEARS 
                             1994 AND 1995

  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the Senate concurrent resolution, Senate Concurrent 
Resolution 67, to correct technical errors in the enrollment of the 
bill H.R. 2333 to authorize appropriations for the Department of State, 
the United States Information Agency, and related agencies, and for 
other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the Senate concurrent resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Indiana?
  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I reserve 
the right to object on that resolution.
  I would like to discuss it further with the chairman.
  Am I to understand that the $35 million that was inadvertently left 
out of the conference report was the money that was voted on in the 
House and rejected by a vote of 243 to 181 to authorize funds for the 
National Endowment for Democracy?
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. KANJORSKI. Further reserving the right to object, I am happy to 
yield to the gentleman from Indiana.
  Mr. HAMILTON. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  It has come to my attention since the conference report was filed on 
Monday that there were several technical errors in the conference 
report. These encompass items which the conferees agreed to but were 
left out of the conference report inadvertently, and the resolution 
provides for the correction of these technical omissions.
  It also covers some other matters, and in this, I will respond 
directly to the gentleman's question. A part of the sentence was 
deleted inadvertently from the visa fee section, USIA salaries and 
expenses, authorization for computer upgrades for the Bureau of 
Intelligence and Research, changing sense of the Senate regarding peace 
in Northern Ireland, and correcting a section number in the table of 
contents, and, the gentleman is quite right, the authorization for the 
National Endowment for Democracy.
  Mr. KANJORSKI. Further reserving the right to object, I guess I would 
like the Record to truly reflect that my opposition to the National 
Endowment for Democracy has not changed in any way, but so that the 
gentleman from California [Mr. Berman] is not upset here, I want to 
assure that I do not intend to exercise this little flare to delay 
action.
  I would just ask the chairman and the gentleman from California [Mr. 
Berman] that as the authority in the future for the National Endowment 
for Democracy is made that we attempt to have some meeting of the minds 
since there are 243 Members of this House that voted in opposition to 
that authorization, and that we have had this contest going on for 
years. So in future, the next authorization bill, we would most 
appreciate that the majority sense of this House be recognized when the 
full committee considers this authority.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. KANJORSKI. Further reserving the right to object, I yield to the 
gentleman from New York.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I support the distinguished chairman of the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs. We have no objections on this side.
  Mr. KANJORSKI. I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Indiana?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the Senate concurrent resolution as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 67

       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That in the enrollment of the bill (H.R. 2333) 
     to authorize appropriations for the Department of State, the 
     United States Information Agency, and related agencies, and 
     for other purposes, the Clerk of the House of Representatives 
     shall make the following corrections:
       (1) In section 201(a) after paragraph (6) insert the 
     following new paragraph:
       (7) Title V of Public Law 98-164.--To carry out title V of 
     Public Law 98-164, $35,000,000 for the fiscal year 1994 and 
     $35,000,000 for the fiscal year 1995.
       (2) In section 140(a)(2), before the period at the end of 
     the first sentence insert ``, to recover the costs of 
     providing consular services''.
       (3) In section 201(a)(1), strike ``$473,488,000'' and 
     insert ``$487,988,000'' and strike ``$480,362,000'' and 
     insert ``$494,862,000''.
       (4) In section 101(b)(2), insert the following new 
     subparagraph (F):
       ``(F) $2,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 1995 for computer upgrades for the Bureau of 
     Intelligence and Research.''
       (5) In Section 516, strike ``Senate'' and insert 
     ``Congress''.
       (6) In the Table of Contents, strike ``Sec. 249'' and 
     insert ``Sec. 239'' immediately before ``Increasing African 
     participation in USIA exchange programs.''

  The Senate concurrent resolution was concurred in.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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