[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 77 (Wednesday, May 10, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6465-S6466]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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   THE INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE ACT OF 1995

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                      WELLSTONE AMENDMENT NO. 750

  Mr. WELLSTONE proposed an amendment to the bill (S. 534) to amend the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide authority for States to limit the 
interstate transportation of municipal solid waste, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       On page 56, line 10, strike ``is imposed'' and insert ``had 
     been exercised prior to May 15, 1994, and was being 
     implemented on May 15, 1994,''
       On page 56, line 12, insert ``;'' after ``subdivision'' and 
     strike ``in effect on May 15, 1994''
       On page 60, lines 4-5, strike ``was in effect prior to'' 
     and insert ``such authority was imposed prior to May 15, 1994 
     and was being implemented on''
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                      KEMPTHORNE AMENDMENT NO. 751

  Mr. SMITH (for Mr. Kempthorne) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 
534, supra; as follows:

       On page 69, line 13, strike the word, ``remote''.
       On page 69, line 19, after the word, ``infeasible'', insert 
     the word, ``or''.
       On page 69, lines 21 and 22, strike the words, ``the unit 
     shall be exempt from those requirements'' and in lieu thereof 
     insert the words, ``the State may exempt the unit from some 
     or all of those requirements''.
       On page 69, line 22, add the following new sentence: ``This 
     subsection shall apply only to solid waste landfill units 
     that dispose of less than 20 tons of municipal solid waste 
     daily, based on an annual average.''.
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                     GRAHAM AMENDMENTS NOS. 752-753

  Mr. GRAHAM proposed two amendments to the bill S. 534, supra; as 
follows:

                           Amendment No. 752

       On page 63, strike line 4 and all that follows through page 
     64, line 2, and insert the following:
       ``(e) State-Mandated Disposal Services.--A political 
     subdivision of a State may exercise flow control authority 
     for municipal solid waste and for recyclable material 
     voluntarily relinquished by the owner or generator of the 
     material that is generated within its jurisdiction if, prior 
     to May 15, 1994, the political subdivision--
       ``(1) was responsible under State law for providing for the 
     operation of solid waste facilities to serve the disposal 
     needs of all incorporated and unincorporated areas of the 
     country;
       ``(2) is required to initiate a recyclable materials 
     recycling program in order to meet a municipal solid waste 
     reduction goal of at least 30 percent;
       ``(3) has been authorized by State statute to exercise flow 
     control authority and had implemented the authority through 
     the adoption or execution of a law, ordinance, regulation, 
     contract, or other legally binding provision; and
       ``(4) had incurred, or caused a public service authority to 
     incur, significant financial expenditures to comply with 
     State law and 
      [[Page S6466]] to repay outstanding bonds that were issued 
     specifically for the construction of solid waste management 
     facilities to which the political subdivision's waste is to 
     be delivered.
       ``(5) the authority under this subsection shall be 
     exercised in accordance with Section 401z(b)(4)''.
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                           Amendment No. 753

       On page 65, line 10, strike ``or (d)'' and insert ``(d), or 
     (e)''.
       On page 65, line 3, strike ``or (d)'' and insert ``(d), or 
     (e)''.
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                 SPECTER (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 754

  Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Craig, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Kempthorne, 
and Mr. Brown) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 534, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following new section:

     SEC.  . SENSE OF THE SENATE.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
       (1) There has been enormous public concern, worry and fear 
     in the U.S. over international terrorism for many years;
       (2) There has been enormous public concern, worry and fear 
     in the U.S. over the threat of domestic terrorism after the 
     bombing of the New York World Trade Center on February 26, 
     1993;
       (3) There is even more public concern, worry and fear since 
     the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in 
     Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995;
       (4) Public concern, worry and fear has been aggravated by 
     the fact that it appears that the terrorist bombing at the 
     Federal building in Oklahoma City was perpetrated by 
     Americans;
       (5) The United States Senate should take all action within 
     its power to understand and respond in all possible ways to 
     threats of domestic as well as international terrorism;
       (6) Serious questions of public concern have been raised 
     about the actions of federal law enforcement officials 
     including agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and 
     the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms relating to the 
     arrest of Mr. Randy Weaver and others in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, 
     in August, 1992 and Mr. David Koresh and others associated 
     with the Branch Davidian sect in Waco, Texas, between 
     February 28, 1993, and April 19, 1993;
       (7) Inquiries by the Executive Branch have left serious 
     unanswered questions on these incidents;
       (8) The United States Senate has not conducted any hearings 
     on these incidents;
       (9) There is public concern about allowing federal agencies 
     to investigate allegations of impropriety within their own 
     ranks without congressional oversight to assure 
     accountability at the highest levels of government;
       (10) Notwithstanding an official censure of FBI Agent Larry 
     Potts on January 6, 1994, relating to his participation in 
     the Idaho incident, the Attorney General of the United States 
     on May 2, 1995, appointed Agent Potts to be Deputy Director 
     of the FBI;
       (11) It is universally acknowledged that there can be no 
     possible justification for the Oklahoma City bombing 
     regardless of what happened at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, or Waco, 
     Texas;
       (12) Ranking federal officials have supported hearings by 
     the U.S. Senate to dispel public rumors that the Oklahoma 
     City bombing was planned and carried out by federal law 
     enforcement officials;
       (13) It has been represented, or at least widely rumored, 
     that the motivation for the Oklahoma City bombing may have 
     been related to the Waco incident, the dates falling exactly 
     two years apart; and
       (14) A U.S. Senate hearing, or at least setting the date 
     for such a hearing, on Waco and Ruby Ridge would help to 
     restore public confidence that there will be full disclosure 
     of what happened, appropriate congressional oversight and 
     accountability at the highest levels of the federal 
     government.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that hearings should be held before the Senate Judiciary 
     Committee on countering domestic terrorism in all possible 
     ways with a hearing on or before June 30, 1995, on actions 
     taken by federal law enforcement agencies in Ruby Ridge, 
     Idaho, and Waco, Texas.
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                        HATCH AMENDMENT NO. 755

  Mr. HATCH proposed an amendment to amendment No. 754 proposed by Mr. 
Specter to the bill S. 534, supra; as follows:

       Strike all after the first word and insert the following:

     SEC.   . SENSE OF THE SENATE.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
       (1) The American public is entitled to a full, 
     comprehensive, and open hearing on the circumstances 
     surrounding the efforts of federal law enforcement officers, 
     including agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and 
     the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, to investigate 
     and effectuate (or seek to effectuate) the arrest of Mr. 
     David Koresch and others associated with the Branch Davidian 
     sect in Waco, Texas;
       (2) The American public is entitled to a full, 
     comprehensive, and open hearing on the circumstances 
     surrounding the efforts of federal law enforcement officers, 
     including agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
     the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco 
     and Firearms, to investigate, and effectuate (or seek to 
     effectuate) the arrest of Mr. Randy Weaver and others 
     associated with Mr. Weaver, in Ruby Ridge, Idaho;
       (3) The Senate has not yet conducted comprehensive hearings 
     on either of these incidents;
       (4) The public interest requires full disclosure of these 
     incidents through hearings to promote public confidence in 
     government; and
       (5) The public's confidence in government would be further 
     promoted if the timing of the hearings takes into 
     consideration the need for such hearings to be conducted in 
     an atmosphere of reflection and calm deliberation.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that hearings should be held in the near future, before the 
     Senate Judiciary Committee, at a time and under such 
     circumstances as determined by the Chairman, regarding the 
     actions taken by federal law enforcement agencies and their 
     representatives in the aforementioned Ruby Ridge and Waco 
     incidents.
     

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