[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 198 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S18579-S18580]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       AU PAIR PROGRAMS EXTENSION

  Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 267, S. 1465.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1465) to extend au pair programs.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the bill?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.


                           Amendment No. 3099

     (Purpose: To extend au pair programs through fiscal year 1997)

  Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I send an amendment to the desk for 
Senator Helms and Senator Dodd, and I ask for its immediate 
consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Colorado (Mr. Brown), for Mr. Helms, for 
     himself and Mr. Dodd, proposes an amendment numbered 3099.

  Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of 
the amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

       On line 9, strike ``1999'' and replace with ``1997.''
       On page 2, line 1, strike ``1998'' and replace with 
     ``1996''.

  Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
amendment be agreed to, that the bill be deemed read a third time, 
passed, as amended, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, 
and that any statements relating to the bill be placed at the 
appropriate place in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. 
  
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  The amendment (No. 3099) was agreed to.
  So the bill (S. 1465), as amended, was deemed read for the third 
time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1465

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF AU PAIR PROGRAMS.

       (a) Repeal.--Section 8 of the Eisenhower Exchange 
     Fellowship Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-454) is repealed.
       (b) Authority for Au Pair Programs.--The Director of the 
     United States Information Agency is authorized to continue to 
     administer an au pair program, operating on a world-wide 
     basis, through fiscal year 1997.
       (c) Report.--Not later than October 1, 1996, the Director 
     of the United States Information Agency shall submit a report 
     regarding the continued extension of au pair programs to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives. This report shall specifically detail the 
     compliance of all au pair organizations with regulations 
     governing au pair programs as published on February 15, 1995.

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