[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 124 (Friday, July 28, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10899-S10900]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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               THE CONGRESSIONAL GIFT REFORM ACT OF 1995

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                        BYRD AMENDMENT NO. 1878

  Mr. BYRD proposed an amendment to amendment No. 1872 proposed by Mr. 
McCain to the bill (S. 1061) to provide for congressional gift reform; 
as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the amendment, insert the 
     following:
     
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     SEC.  . GIFTS IN THE JUDICIAL BRANCH.

       It is the sense of the Senate that the Judicial Conference 
     of the United States should review and reevaluate its 
     regulations pertaining to the acceptance of gifts and the 
     acceptance of travel and travel-related expenses and that 
     such regulations should cover all judicial branch employees, 
     including members and employees of the Supreme Court of the 
     United States.
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                       STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 1879

  Mr. McCAIN (for Mr. Stevens) proposed an amendment to amendment No. 
1872 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill S. 1061, supra; as follows:

       At the end of the substitute amendment, add the following:

     SEC. 3. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND 
                   ADMINISTRATION.

       The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration on behalf 
     of the Senate, may accept a gift if the gift does not involve 
     any duty, burden, or condition, or is not made dependent upon 
     some future performance by the United States. The Committee 
     on Rules and Administration is authorized to promulgate 
     regulations to carry out this section.
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               WELLSTONE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1880

  Mr. WELLSTONE (for himself, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Lautenburg, Mr. McCain, 
Mr. Levin, Mr. Kempthorne, and Mr. Craig) proposed an amendment to 
amendment No. 1872 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill S. 1061, supra; 
as follows:

       Strike paragraph 1(a) and insert in lieu thereof the 
     following:
       ``1. (a)(1) No Member, officer, or employee of the Senate 
     shall knowingly accept a gift except as provided in this 
     rule.
       ``(2) A Member, officer, or employee may accept a gift 
     (other than cash or cash equivalent) which the Member, 
     officer or employee reasonably and in good faith believes to 
     have a value of less than $50, and a cumulative value from 
     one source during a calendar year of less than $100. No gift 
     with a value below $10 shall count towards the $100 annual 
     limit. No formal recordkeeping is required by this paragraph, 
     but a Member, officer, or employee shall make a good faith 
     effort to comply with this paragraph.''
     

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