[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 145 (Friday, October 7, 1994)]
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                          JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT

  Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from and the Senate proceed to immediate 
consideration of H.R. 3160, a bill relating to the Juvenile Justice 
Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Simon, I send an 
amendment to the desk, I ask unanimous consent to proceed to its 
immediate consideration, that the amendment be agreed to, the bill be 
read a third time, passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the tale, and any statement appear at an appropriate place in the 
Record as if read.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 2645) was agreed to, as follows:

       On page 4, strike line 17 through the ``(B)'' on page 5 of 
     line 3.
       On page 6, strike line 13 and insert the following:

     SEC. 3. DRUG EDUCATION AND PREVENTION RELATING TO YOUTH 
                   GANGS.

       Section 3505 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 
     11805) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``$16,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 and''; 
     and
       (2) by striking ``1993 and 1994'' and inserting ``1995''.

     SEC. 4. PROGRAMS FOR RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH.

       Section 3513 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 
     11823) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``$16,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 and''; 
     and
       (2) by striking ``1993 and 1994'' and inserting ``1995''.

     SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATES.

       At the appropriate place set the following:

     SECTION 1. FINDING AND PURPOSE.

       (a) Finding.--The Congress finds that Benchmark Rail Group, 
     Inc., of St. Louis, Missouri, satisfactorily performed 
     emergency work after the Northridge earthquake, but has not 
     been reimbursed as a result of a technicality under 
     California State law.
       (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to fairly 
     compensate Benchmark Rail Group, Inc., for the work for 
     which, except for the technicality under California State 
     law, it would otherwise have been paid under the provisions 
     of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act.

     SEC. 2. PAYMENT.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the director of the Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency shall pay to Benchmark Rail Group, Inc., of 
     St. Louis, Missouri, an amount equal to the total amount owed 
     to Benchmark Rail Group, Inc., by the Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency and the State of California to compensate 
     Benchmark Rail Group, Inc., for the emergency work and 
     services performed at the request of the Southern California 
     Regional Rail Authority, to the extent that such work and 
     services are otherwise eligible for reimbursement under the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster and Emergency Assistance Act. The 
     payment shall be made from funds appropriated to implement 
     such Act.
       (b) Deobligation of Funds.--The Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency shall deobligate an equal amount to that 
     obligated previously for payment to the State of California 
     to cover the costs of work performed for the Southern 
     California Regional Rail Authority by Benchmark Rail Group, 
     Inc., after the Northridge earthquake which would have been 
     eligible for reimbursement under such Act.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the engrossment of the 
amendment and third reading of the bill.
  The amendment was 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?
   So the bill (H.R. 3160), as amended, was passed.

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