[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 21, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5449-S5452]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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             THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

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                        LEVIN AMENDMENT NO. 4020

  Mr. LEVIN proposed an amendment to the concurrent resolution (S. Con. 
Res. 57) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following new section:

     SEC.   . SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE 
                   OF DRUG ABUSE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) The National Institute on Drug Abuse (hereafter 
     referred to in this section as ``NIDA'') a part of the 
     National Institutes of Health (hereafter referred to in this 
     section

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     as ``NIH'') supports over 85 percent of the world's drug 
     abuse research that has totally revolutionized our 
     understanding of addiction.
       (2) One of NIDA's most significant areas of research has 
     been the identification of the neurobiological bases of all 
     aspects of addiction, including craving.
       (3) In 1993, NIDA announced that approval had been granted 
     by the Food and Drug Administration of a new medication for 
     the treatment of heroin and other opiate addiction which 
     breaks the addict of daily drug-seeking behavior and allows 
     for greater compliance because the patient does not need to 
     report to a clinic each day to have the medication 
     administered.
       (4) Among NIDA's most remarkable accomplishments of the 
     past year is the successful immunization of animals against 
     the psycho-stimulant effects of cocaine.
       (5) NIDA has also recently announced that it is making 
     substantial progress that is critical in directing their 
     efforts to identify potential anti-cocaine medications. For 
     example, NIDA researchers have recently shown that activation 
     in the brain of one type of dopamine receptor suppresses 
     drug-seeking behavior and relapse, whereas activation of 
     another, triggers drug-seeking behavior.
       (6) NIDA's efforts to speed up research to stem the tide of 
     drug addiction is in the best interest of all Americans.
       (7) State and local governments spend billions of dollars 
     to incarcerate persons who commit drug related offenses.
       (8) A 1992 National Report by the Bureau of Justice 
     Statistics revealed that more than 3 out of 4 jail inmates 
     reported drug use in their lifetime, more than 40 percent had 
     used drugs in the month before their offense with 27 percent 
     under the influence of drugs at the time of their offense. A 
     significant number said they were trying to get money for 
     drugs when they committed their crime.
       (9) More than 60 percent of juveniles and young adults in 
     State-operated juvenile institutions reported using drugs 
     once a week or more for at least a month some time in the 
     past, and almost 40 percent reported being under the 
     influence of drugs at the time of their offense.
       (10) This concurrent resolution proposes that budget 
     authority for the NIH (including NIDA) be held constant at 
     the fiscal year 1996 level of $11,950,000,000 through 
     fiscal year 2002.
       (11) At such appropriation level, it would be impossible 
     for NIH and NIDA to maintain research momentum through 
     research project grants.
       (12) Level funding for NIH in fiscal year 1997 would reduce 
     the number of competing research project grants by nearly 
     500, from 6,620 in fiscal year 1996 to approximately 6,120 
     competing research project grants, reducing NIH's ability to 
     maintain research momentum and to explore new ideas in 
     research.
       (13) NIH is the world's preeminent research institution 
     dedicated to the support of science inspired by and focused 
     on the challenges of human illness and health.
       (14) NIH programs are instrumental in improving the quality 
     of life for Americans through improving health and reducing 
     monetary and personal costs of illnesses.
       (15) The discovery of an anti-addiction drug to block the 
     craving of illicit addictive substances will benefit all of 
     American society.
       (b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that amounts appropriated for the National Institutes of 
     Health--
       (1) for fiscal year 1997 should be increased by a minimum 
     of $33,000,000;
       (2) for fiscal year 1998 should be increased by a minimum 
     of $67,000,000;
       (3) for fiscal year 1999 should be increased by a minimum 
     of $100,000,000;
       (4) for fiscal year 2000 should be increased by a minimum 
     of $100,000,000;
       (5) for fiscal year 2001 should be increased by a minimum 
     of $100,000,000;
       (6) for fiscal year 2002 should be increased by a minimum 
     of $100,000,000;

     above its fiscal year 1996 appropriation for additional 
     research into an anti-addiction drug to block the craving of 
     illicit addictive substances.
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                        HELMS AMENDMENT NO. 4021

  Mr. DOMENICI (for Mr. Helms) proposed an amendment to the concurrent 
resolution (S. Con. Res. 57) supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place insert the following:

     SEC.   . SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE EXTENSION OF THE 
                   EMPLOYER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE EXCLUSION UNDER 
                   SECTION 127 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 
                   1986.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
       (1) since 1978, over 7,000,000 American workers have 
     benefited from the employer education assistance exclusion 
     under section 127 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by 
     being able to improve their education and acquire new skills 
     without having to pay taxes on the benefit;
       (2) American companies have benefited by improving the 
     education and skills of their employees who in turn can 
     contribute more to their company;
       (3) the American economy becomes more globally competitive 
     because an educated workforce is able to produce more and to 
     adapt more rapidly to changing technologies;
       (4) American companies are experiencing unprecedented 
     global competition and the value and necessity of life-long 
     education for their employees has increased;
       (5) the employer education assistance exclusion was first 
     enacted in 1978;
       (6) the exclusion has been extended 7 previous times;
       (7) the last extension expired December 31, 1994; and
       (8) the exclusion has received broad bipartisan support.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the revenue level assumed in the Budget Resolution 
     accommodate an extension of the employer education assistance 
     exclusion under section 127 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 from January 1, 1995, through December 31, 1996.
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                       McCAIN AMENDMENT NO. 4022

  Mr. DOMENICI (for Mr. McCain) proposed an amendment to the concurrent 
resolution (S. Con. Res. 57) supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.   . SENSE OF THE SENATE--TRUTH IN BUDGETING.

       It is the Sense of the Senate that:
       (a) The Congressional Budget Office has scored revenue 
     expected to be raised from the auction of Federal 
     Communications Commission licenses for various services;
       (b) For budget scoring purposes, the Congress has assumed 
     that such auctions would occur in a prompt and expeditious 
     manner and that revenue raised by such auctions would flow to 
     the federal treasury;
       (c) The Resolution assumes that the revenue to be raised 
     from auctions totals billions of dollars;
       (d) The Resolution makes assumptions that services would be 
     auctioned where the Federal Communications Commission has not 
     yet conducted auctions for such services, such as Local 
     Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS), licenses for paging 
     services, final broadband PCS licenses, narrow band PCS 
     licenses, licenses for unserved cellular, and Digital Audio 
     Radio (DARS), and other subscription services, revenue from 
     which has been assumed in Congressional budgetary 
     calculations and in determining the level of the deficit; and
       (e) The Commission's service rules can dramatically affect 
     license values and auction revenues and therefore the 
     Commission should act expeditiously and without further delay 
     to conduct auctions of licenses in a manner that maximizes 
     revenue, increases efficiency, and enhances competition for 
     any service for which auction revenues have been scored by 
     the Congressional Budget Office and/or counted for budgetary 
     purposes in an Act of Congress.
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                  FAIRCLOTH AMENDMENTS NOS. 4023-4024

  Mr. DOMENICI (for Mr. Faircloth) proposed two amendments to the 
concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 57) supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 4023

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.   . SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING WELFARE REFORM.

       The Senate finds that--
       S. Con. Res. 57 assumes substantial savings from welfare 
     reform; and
       Children born out of wedlock are five times more likely to 
     be poor and about ten times more likely to be extremely poor 
     and therefore are more likely to receive welfare benefits 
     that children from two parent families; and
       High rates of out-of-wedlock births are associated with a 
     host of other social pathologies; for example, children of 
     single mothers are twice as likely to drop out of high 
     school; boys whose fathers are absent are more likely to 
     engage in criminal activities; and girls in single-parent 
     families are three times more likely to have children out of 
     wedlock themselves; therefore
       It is the sense of the Senate that any comprehensive 
     legislation sent to the President that balances the budget by 
     a certain date and that includes welfare reform provisions 
     and that is agreed to by the Congress and the President shall 
     also contain to the maximum extent possible a strategy for 
     reducing the rate of out-of-wedlock births and encouraging 
     family formation.
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                           Amendment No. 4024

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.   . SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING REDUCTION OF THE 
                   NATIONAL DEBT.

       The Senate finds that--
       S. Con. Res. 57 projects a public debt in Fiscal Year 1997 
     of $5,400,000,000,000;
       S. Con. Res. 57 projects that the public debt will be 
     $6,500,000,000,000 in the Fiscal Year 2002 when the budget 
     resolution projects a unified budget surplus;
       This accumulated debt represents a significant financial 
     burden that will require excessive taxation and lost economic 
     opportunity for future generations of the United States; 
     therefore
       It is the sense of the Senate that any comprehensive 
     legislation sent to the President that balances the budget by 
     a certain date and that is agreed to by the Congress and the 
     President shall also contain a strategy for reducing the 
     national debt of the United States.
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                   ROTH (AND EXON) AMENDMENT NO. 4025

  Mr. EXON. (for Mr. Roth for himself and Mr. Exon) proposed an 
amendment to the concurrent resolution, Senate Concurrent Resolution 
57, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place insert the following:

     SEC.  . SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE FUNDING OF AMTRAK.

       (a) Finding.--The Senate finds that--
       (1) a capital funding stream is essential to the ability of 
     the National Rail Passenger Corporation (``Amtrak'') to 
     reduce its dependence on Federal operating support; and
       (2) Amtrak needs a secure of financing, no less favorable 
     than provide to other modes of transportation, for capital 
     improvements.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that--
       (1) revenues attributable to one-half cent per gallon of 
     the excise taxes imposed on gasoline, special motor fuel, and 
     diesel fuel from the Mass Transit Account should be dedicated 
     to a new Intercity Passenger Rail Trust Fund during the 
     period January 1, 1997, through September 30, 2001;
       (2) revenues would not be deposited in the Intercity 
     Passenger Rail Trust Fund during any fiscal year to the 
     extent that the deposit is estimated to result in available 
     revenues in the Mass Transit Account being insufficient to 
     satisfy that year's estimated appropriation levels;
       (3) monies in the Intercity Passenger Rail Trust Fund 
     should be generally available to fund, on a reimbursement 
     basis, capital expenditures incurred by Amtrak; and
       (4) amounts to fund capital expenditures related to rail 
     operations should be set aside for each State that has not 
     had Amtrak service in such State for the preceding year.
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                BINGAMAN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 4026

  Mr. DOMENICI (for Mr. Bingaman, for himself, Ms. Snowe, and Mr. 
Cohen) proposed an amendment to Senate Concurrent Resolution 57, supra; 
as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC.   . SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE ECONOMIC 
                   DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION PLACING HIGH 
                   PRIORITY ON MAINTAINING FIELD-BASED ECONOMIC 
                   DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVES.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) The Economic Development Administration plays a crucial 
     role in helping economically disadvantaged regions of the 
     United States develop infrastructure that supports and 
     promotes greater economic activity and growth, particularly 
     in nonurban regions.
       (2) The Economic Development Administration helps to 
     promote industrial park development, business incubators, 
     water and sewer system improvements, vocational and technical 
     training facilities, tourism development strategies, 
     technical assistance and capacity building for local 
     governments, economic adjustment strategies, revolving loan 
     funds, and other projects which the private sector has not 
     generated or will not generate without some assistance from 
     the Government through the Economic Development 
     Administration.
       (3) The Economic Development Administration maintains 6 
     regional offices which oversee staff that are designated 
     field-based representatives of the Economic Development 
     Administration, and these field-based representatives provide 
     valuable expertise and counseling on economic planning and 
     development to nonurban communities.
       (4) The Economic Development Administration Regional 
     Centers are located in the urban areas of Austin, Seattle, 
     Denver, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Chicago.
       (5) Because of a 37-percent reduction in approved funding 
     for salaries and expenses from fiscal year 1995, the Economic 
     Development Administration has initiated staff reductions 
     requiring the elimination of 8 field-based positions. The 
     field-based economic development representative positions 
     that are either being eliminated or not replaced after 
     voluntary retirement and which currently interact with 
     nonurban communities on economic development efforts cover 
     the States of New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, North Dakota, 
     Oklahoma, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode 
     Island, and North Carolina.
       (6) These staff cutbacks will adversely affect States with 
     very low per-capita personal income, including New Mexico 
     which ranks 47th in the Nation in per-capita personal income, 
     Oklahoma ranking 46th, North Dakota ranking 42nd, Arizona 
     ranking 35th, Maine ranking 34th, and North Carolina ranking 
     33rd.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the functional totals and reconciliations instructions 
     underlying this budget resolution assume that--
       (1) it is regrettable that the Economic Development 
     Administration has elected to reduce field-based economic 
     development representatives who are fulfilling the Economic 
     Development Administration's mission of interacting with and 
     counseling nonurban communities in economically disadvantaged 
     regions of the United States;
       (2) the Economic Development Administration should take all 
     necessary and appropriate actions to ensure that field-based 
     economic development representation receives high priority; 
     and
       (3) the Economic Development Administration should 
     reconsider the planned termination of field-based economic 
     development representatives responsible for States that are 
     economically disadvantaged, and that this reconsideration 
     take place without delay.
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                      DOMENICI AMENDMENT NO. 4027

  Mr. DOMENICI proposed an amendment to amendment No. 4012 proposed by 
Mr. Specter to the concurrent resolution, Senate Concurrent Resolution 
57, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate places on the Harkin amendment, make the 
     following changes:
       On page 25, line 17, increase the amount by $0.
       On page 25, line 18, increase the amount by $0.
       On page 27, line 16, increase the amount by $300,000,000.
       On page 27, line 17, increase the amount by $600,000,000.
       On page 42, line 2, decrease the amount by $1,800,000,000.
       On page 42, line 3, increase the amount by $700,000,000.
       On page 52, line 11, decrease the amount by $0.
       On page 52, line 12, decrease the amount by $0.
       On page 52, line 14, increase the amount by $5,000,000,000.
       On page 52, line 15, increase the amount by $1,400,000,000.
       Notwithstanding any other provision of this resolution, on 
     page 52, line 15, the amount is deemed to be 
     $270,923,000,000.
       On page 4, line 8, the amount is deemed to be 
     $1,323,100,000,000.
       On page 4, line 9, the amount is deemed to be 
     $1,361,600,000,000.
       On page 4, line 10, the amount is deemed to be 
     $1,392,400,000,000.
       On page 4, line 11, the amount is deemed to be 
     $1,433,600,000,000.
       On page 4, line 12, the amount is deemed to be 
     $1,454,000,000,000.
       On page 4, line 17, the amount is deemed to be 
     $1,318,600,000,000.
       On page 4, line 18, the amount is deemed to be 
     $1,353,500,000,000.
       On page 4, line 19, the amount is deemed to be 
     $1,382,400,000,000.
       On page 4, line 20, the amount is deemed to be 
     $1,415,600,000,000.
       On page 4, line 21, the amount is deemed to be 
     $1,433,100,000,000.
       On page 5, line 1, the amount is deemed to be 
     $232,400,000,000.
       On page 5, line 2, the amount is deemed to be 
     $223,600,000,000.
       On page 5, line 3, the amount is deemed to be 
     $206,300,000,000.
       On page 5, line 4, the amount is deemed to be 
     $185,700,000,000.
       On page 5, line 5, the amount is deemed to be 
     $143,500,000,000.
       On page 5, line 9, the amount is deemed to be 
     $5,449,000,000,000.
       On page 5, line 10, the amount is deemed to be 
     $5,722,700,000,000.
       On page 5, line 11, the amount is deemed to be 
     $5,975,100,000,000.
       On page 5, line 12, the amount is deemed to be 
     $6,207,700,000,000.
       On page 5, line 13, the amount is deemed to be 
     $6,398,600,000,000.
       On page 5, line 14, the amount is deemed to be 
     $6,550,500,000,000.
       On page 6, line 13, the amount is deemed to be 
     $290,000,000,000.
       On page 6, line 14, the amount is deemed to be 
     $277,400,000,000.
       On page 6, line 15, the amount is deemed to be 
     $256,000,000,000.
       On page 6, line 16, the amount is deemed to be 
     $236,100,000,000.
       On page 6, line 17, the amount is deemed to be 
     $193,300,000,000.
       On page 6, line 18, the amount is deemed to be 
     $155,400,000,000.
       On page 9, line 22, the amount is deemed to be 
     $14,900,000,000.
       On page 11, line 22, the amount is deemed to be 
     $16,700,000,000.
       On page 11, line 23, the amount is deemed to be 
     $16,800,000,000.
       On page 13, line 17, the amount is deemed to be 
     $3,700,000,000.
       On page 13, line 18, the amount is deemed to be 
     $3,100,000,000.
       On page 15, line 17, the amount is deemed to be 
     $21,500,000.
       On page 17, line 16, the amount is deemed to be 
     $12,800,000,000.
       On page 17, line 17, the amount is deemed to be 
     $11,000,000,000.
       On page 19, line 16, the amount is deemed to be 
     $8,100,000,000.
       On page 19, line 17, the amount is deemed to be 
     $-2,400,000,000.
       On page 21, line 16, the amount is deemed to be 
     $42,600,000,000.
       On page 21, line 17, the amount is deemed to be 
     $39,300,000,000.
       On page 23, line 15, the amount is deemed to be 
     $9,900,000,000.
       On page 23, line 16, the amount is deemed to be 
     $10,800,000,000.
       On page 29, line 10, the amount is deemed to be 
     $193,200,000,000.
       On page 29, line 11, the amount is deemed to be 
     $191,500,000,000.
       On page 31, line 3, the amount is deemed to be 
     $232,400,000,000.

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       On page 31, line 4, the amount is deemed to be 
     $240,300,000,000.
       On page 38, line 8, the amount is deemed to be 
     $13,700,000,000.
       On page 39, line 25, the amount is deemed to be 
     $282,800,000,000.
       On page 40, line 1, the amount is deemed to be 
     $282,800,000,000.
       On page 40, line 7, the amount is deemed to be 
     $289,400,000,000.
       On page 40, line 8, the amount is deemed to be 
     $289,400,000,000.
       On page 40, line 14, the amount is deemed to be 
     $293,200,000,000.
       On page 40, line 15, the amount is deemed to be 
     $293,200,000,000.
       On page 40, line 21, the amount is deemed to be 
     $294,700,000,000.
       On page 40, line 22, the amount is deemed to be 
     $294,700,000,000.
       On page 41, line 3, the amount is deemed to be 
     $298,900,000,000.
       On page 41, line 4, the amount is deemed to be 
     $298,900,000,000.
       On page 41, line 10, the amount is deemed to be 
     $303,400,000,000.
       On page 41, line 11, the amount is deemed to be 
     $303,400,000,000.
       On page 41, line 17, the amount is deemed to be 
     $348,234,000,000.
       On page 41, line 18, the amount is deemed to be 
     $351,240,000,000.
       On page 41, line 19, the amount is deemed to be 
     $348,465,000,000.
       On page 41, line 20, the amount is deemed to be 
     $349,951000,000.
       On page 41, line 21, the amount is deemed to be 
     $351,311,000,000.
       On page 41, line 22, the amount is deemed to be 
     $352,756,000,000.
       On page 42, line 8, the amount is deemed to be 
     -$200,000,000.
       On page 42, line 9, the amount is deemed to be 
     $100,000,000.
       On page 42, line 15, the amount is deemed to be 
     -$400,000,000.
       On page 42, line 16, the amount is deemed to be 
     -$300,000,000.
       On page 42, line 22, the amount is deemed to be 
     -$800,000,000.
       On page 42, line 23, the amount is deemed to be 
     -$800,000,000.
       On page 43, line 5, the amount is deemed to be 
     -$1,200,000,000.
       On page 43, line 6, the amount is deemed to be 
     -$1,100,000,000.
       On page 43, line 12, the amount is deemed to be 
     -$3,700,000,000.
       On page 43, line 13, the amount is deemed to be 
     -$3,700,000,000.

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