[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 11 (Friday, January 26, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S516]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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                 THE BALANCED BUDGET DOWNPAYMENT ACT, I

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                KENNEDY (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3119

  Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Simon, Mr. 
Pell, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Reid, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Moseley-Braun, 
Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Dorgan, 
Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Kerry) proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 2880) 
making appropriations for fiscal year 1996 to make a downpayment toward 
a balanced budget, and for other purposes, as follows:

       At the end of title I, insert the following new section:
       Sec. ____. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act (except sections 106, 115, 119 and 120), the amount 
     appropriated for each education program under this Act shall 
     be not less than the amount made available for such education 
     program under the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
     Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 1995.
       (b) For the purpose of subsection (a), the term ``education 
     program'' means each continuing project or activity of the 
     Department of Education and each continuing project or 
     activity under the Head Start Act and the School-to-Work 
     Opportunities Act of 1994.
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                        MOYNIHAN AMENDMENT 3120

  Mr. MOYNIHAN proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2880, supra, as 
follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following:

                       TITLE V--PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT

     SEC. 501. INCREASE IN PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT.

       Subsection (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking the dollar amount contained in 
     the first sentence and inserting ``$5,400,000,000,000''.

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