[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 116 (Wednesday, August 17, 1994)]
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DIRECTING SECRETARY OF THE SENATE TO MAKE CORRECTIONS IN ENROLLMENT OF 
    S. 2182, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995

  Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, I offer a concurrent resolution (H. Con. 
Res. 285) directing the Secretary of the Senate to make technical 
corrections in the enrollment of S. 2182, and ask for its immediate 
consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the concurrent resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hastings). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from California?
  Mr. STUMP. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I shall not 
object and I yield to the gentleman from California [Mr. Dellums], 
chairman of the committee, for an explanation of the concurrent 
resolution.
  Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  By way of explanation, section 3136, as passed by the House would 
have prevented the Department of Energy from spending more than 50 
percent of its program direction funds for Environmental Restoration 
and Waste Management until DOE had submitted to Congress the three 
reports compromising DOE's environmental baseline. Since these reports 
are due to Congress by March 31, 1995, if DOE delivered the reports on 
time, this fence on DOE's program direction funds would have had no 
actual effect.
  The Senate bill contained no similar provision, Mr. Speaker.
  In conference, the Senate and House agreed to reduce the fence on 
DOE's program funds from 50 to 20 percent. However, while the Statement 
of Managers, language reflects this intent, the language of section 
3136 itself prohibits DOE from spending more than 20 percent of its 
program direction funds until it has submitted the reports. What it 
should say, and what the correcting enrollment does say, is that DOE 
shall not expend more than 80 percent of its program direction funds 
until submitting the reports.
  Mr. STUMP. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his explanation.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The clerk read the concurrent resolution, as follows:

                            H. Con. Res 285

       Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
     concurring), That in the enrollment of the bill (S. 2182) to 
     authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for military 
     activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
     construction, and for defense programs of the Department of 
     Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year 
     for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes, the Secretary 
     of the Senate shall make the following corrections:
       (1) In section 3136, strike our ``20 percent'' and insert 
     in lieu thereof ``80 percent''.
       (2) Amend the title so as to read: ``An Act to authorize 
     appropriations for fiscal year 1995 for military activities 
     of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
     for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to 
     prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the 
     Armed Forces, and for other purposes.''.

  The concurrent resolution was agreed to. A motion to reconsider was 
laid on the table.

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