[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 118 (Thursday, July 20, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10429-S10430]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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            THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996

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                        BYRD AMENDMENT NO. 1802

  Mr. BYRD proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 1854) making 
appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1996, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
       Sec.   . (a) It is the sense of the Senate that the Senate 
     should consider a resolution in the 104th Congress, 1st 
     Session, that requires an accredited member of any of the 
     Senate press galleries to file an annual public report with 
     the Secretary of the Senate disclosing the identity of the 
     primary employer of the member and of any additional sources 
     of earned outside income received by the member, together 
     with the amounts received from each such source.
       (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``Senate press 
     galleries'' means--
       (1) the Senate Press Gallery;
       (2) the Senate Radio and Television Correspondents Gallery;
       (3) the Senate Periodical Press Gallery; and
       (4) the Senate Press Photographers Gallery.
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                FEINGOLD (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1803

  Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Jeffords, 
Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Bradley, Mr. Simon, Mr. Biden, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Akaka, 
Mr. Graham, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Lautenberg) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 1854, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following new section:

     SEC.  . CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM.

       (A) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
       (1) the current system of campaign finance has led to 
     public perceptions that political contributions and their 
     solicitation have unduly influenced the official conduct of 
     elected officials;
       (2) the failure to limit campaign expenditures in any way 
     has caused individuals elected to the United States Senate to 
     spend an increasing portion of their time in office raising 
     campaign funds, interfering with the ability of the Senate to 
     carry out its constitutional responsibilities;
       (3) the public faith and trust in Congress as an 
     institution has eroded to dangerously low levels and public 
     support for comprehensive congressional reforms is 
     overwhelming; and
       (4) reforming our election laws should be a high 
     legislative priority of the 104th Congress.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that as soon as possible before the conclusion of the 104th 
     Congress, the United States Senate should consider 
     comprehensive campaign finance reform legislation that will 
     increase the competitiveness and fairness of elections to the 
     United States Senate.
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                      McCONNELL AMENDMENT NO. 1804

  Mr. MACK (for Mr. McConnell) proposed an amendment to amendment No. 
1803 proposed by Mr. Feingold to the bill H.R. 1854, supra; as follows:

       In lieu of the language proposed to be inserted, insert the 
     following:
       It is the sense of the Senate that before the conclusion of 
     the 104th Congress, comprehensive welfare reform, food stamp 
     reform, Medicare reform, Medicaid reform, superfund reform, 
     wetlands reform, reauthorization of the Safe Drinking Water 
     Act, reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act, 
     immigration reform, Davis-Bacon reform, State Department 
     reauthorization, Defense Department reauthorization, Bosnia 
     arms embargo, foreign aid reauthorization, fiscal year 1996 
     and 1997 Agriculture appropriations, Commerce, Justice, State 
     appropriations, Defense appropriations, District of Columbia 
     appropriations, Energy and Water Development appropriations, 
     Foreign Operations appropriations, Interior appropriations, 
     Labor, Health and Human Services and Education 
     appropriations, Legislative Branch appropriations, Military 
     Construction appropriations, Transportation appropriations, 
     Treasury and Postal appropriations, and Veterans Affairs, 
     Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
     appropriations, reauthorization of the Older Americans Act, 
     reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities 
     Education Act, health care reform, job training reform, child 
     support enforcement reform, tax reform, and a ``Farm Bill'' 
     should be considered.
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                        BROWN AMENDMENT NO. 1805

  Mr. BROWN proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 1805, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 3, line 26, add at the end the following, ``The 
     account for the Office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper is 
     reduced by $10,000, provided that there shall be no new 
     elevator operators hired to operate automatic elevators.''
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                       SPECTER AMENDMENT NO. 1806

  Mr. SPECTER proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 1805, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place insert the following new section:

     SEC.   .

       (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
       (1) war and human tragedy have reigned in the Balkans since 
     January 1991;
       (2) the conflict has occasioned the most horrendous war 
     crimes since Nazi Germany and the Third Reich's death camps;
       (3) these war crimes have been characterized by ``ethnic 
     cleansing'', summary executions, torture, forcible 
     displacement, massive and systematic rape, and attacks on 
     medical and relief personnel committed mostly by Bosnian Serb 
     military, para-military, and police forces;
       (4) more than 200,000 people, mostly Bosnian Muslims, have 
     been killed or are missing, 2.2 million are refugees, and 
     another 1.8 million have been displaced in Bosnia;
       (5) the final report of the Commission of Experts on War 
     Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia, submitted to the United 
     Nations Security Council on May 31, 1995, documents more than 
     3500 pages of detailed evidence of war crimes committed in 
     Bosnia;
       (6) the decisions of the United Nations Security Council 
     have been disregarded with impunity;
       (7) Bosnian Serb forces have hindered humanitarian and 
     relief efforts by the United Nations High Commissioner for 
     Refugees, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and 
     other relief efforts;
       (8) Bosnian Serb forces have incessantly shelled relief 
     outposts, hospitals, and Bosnian population centers;
       (9) the rampage of violence and suffering in Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina continues unchecked and the United Nations and 
     NATO remain unable or unwilling to stop it; and
       (10) the feeble reaction to the Bosnian tragedy is sending 
     a message to the world that barbaric warfare and inhumanity 
     is to be rewarded: Now, therefore, be it
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the Senate hereby
       (1) condemns the war crimes and crimes against humanity 
     committed by all sides to the conflict in the Balkans, 
     particularly the Bosnian Serbs; and
       (2) condemns the policies and actions of Bosnian Serb 
     President Radovan Karadzic and Bosnian Serb military 
     commander Ratko Mladic and urges the Special Prosecutor of 
     the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia 
     to expedite the review of evidence for their indictment for 
     such crimes.
       (3) It is the sense of the Senate that the Special 
     Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the 
     Former Yugoslavia should investigate the recent and ongoing 
     violations of international humanitarian law in Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina.
       (4) The Senate urges the President to make all information, 
     including intelligence information, on war crimes and war 
     criminals available to the International Criminal Tribunal 
     for the Former Yugoslavia.
       (5) It is the sense of the Senate that the President should 
     not terminate economic sanctions, or cooperate in the 
     termination of such sanctions, against the Governments of 
     Serbia and Montenegro unless and until the President 
     determines and certifies to Congress that President Slobodan 
     Milosovic of Serbia is cooperating fully with the 
     International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
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                        DOLE AMENDMENT NO. 1807

  Mr. DOLE proposed an amendment to amendment No. 1803 proposed by Mr. 
Feingold to the bill, H.R. 1854, supra; as follows:

       Strike all after the word ``Sec.'' and insert the 
     following: ``It is the sense of the Senate that before the 
     conclusion of the 104th Congress, comprehensive welfare 
     reform, food stamp reform, Medicare reform, Medicaid reform, 
     superfund reform, wetlands reform, reauthorization of the 
     Safe Drinking Water Act, reauthorization of the Endangered 
     Species Act, immigration reform, Davis-Bacon reform, State 
     Department reauthorization, Defense Department 
     reauthorization, Bosnia arms embargo, foreign aid 
     reauthorization, fiscal year 1996 and 1997 Agriculture 
     appropriations, Commerce, Justice, State appropriations, 
     Defense appropriations, District of Columbia appropriations, 
     Energy and Water Development appropriations, Foreign 
     Operations appropriations, Interior appropriations, Labor, 
     Health and Human Services and Education appropriations, 
     Legislative Branch appropriations, Military Construction 
     appropriations, Transportation appropriations, Treasury and 
     Postal appropriations, and Veterans Affairs, Housing and 
     Urban Development, and Independent Agencies appropriations, 
     reauthorization of the Older Americans Act, reauthorization 
     of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, health 
     care reform, comprehensive campaign finance reform, job 
     training reform, child support enforcement reform, tax 
     reform, and the Farm bill should be considered''.
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                HOLLINGS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1808

  Mr. HOLLINGS (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Robb, Mr. 

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  Lieberman and Mr. Kennedy) proposes an amendment to the bill, H.R. 
1854, supra; as follows:

       Strike page 29, line 6, through page 30, line 20, and 
     insert in lieu thereof the following:
       For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the 
     provisions of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (Public 
     Law 92-484), including official reception and representation 
     expenses (not to exceed $5,500 from the Trust Fund), 
     $15,000,000: Provided, That the Librarian of Congress shall 
     report to Congress within 120 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act with recommendations on how to 
     consolidate the duties and functions of the Office of 
     Technology Assessment, the General Accounting Office, and the 
     Government Printing Office into an Office of Congressional 
     Services within the Library of Congress by the year 2002: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this Act, each of the following accounts is reduced by 1.12 
     percent from the amounts provided elsewhere in this Act: 
     ``salaries, Office of the Architect of the Capitol, Architect 
     of the Capitol''; ``Capitol Buildings, Architect of the 
     Capitol''; ``Capitol grounds, Architect of the Capitol''; 
     ``Senate office buildings, Architect of the Capitol''; 
     ``Capitol power plant, Architect of the Capitol''; ``library 
     buildings and grounds, Architect of the Capitol''; and 
     ``salaries and expenses, Office of the Superintendent of 
     Documents, Government Printing Office'': Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
     amounts provided elsewhere in this Act for ``salaries and 
     expenses, General Accounting Office,'' are reduced by 1.92 
     percent.
     

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