[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 23, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H8215-H8234]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1997

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 479 and rule 
XXIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union for the further consideration of the bill, 
H.R. 3814.

                              {time}  2049


                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly the House resolved itself into  the  Committee  of  the  
Whole

[[Page H8216]]

House on the State of the Union for the further consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 3814) making appropriations for the Department of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes, with Mr. 
Gunderson in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The CHAIRMAN. When of the Committee of the Whole rose earlier today, 
a demand for the recorded vote on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hostettler] had been postponed and the bill 
had been read through page 49, line 2.


        Sequential Votes Postponed in the Committee of the Whole

  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 479, proceedings will now 
resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were postponed 
in the following order: amendment No. 38 offered by the gentlewoman 
from Colorado [Mrs. Schroeder]; an amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Virginia [Mr. Scott]; and amendment No. 9 offered by the gentleman 
from Indiana [Mr. Hostettler].
  The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the time for any electronic vote 
after the first vote in this series.


                  amendment offered by mrs. schroeder

  The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado [Mrs. 
Schroeder], on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             recorded vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 159, 
noes 265, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 343]

                               AYES--159

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Andrews
     Baldacci
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Beilenson
     Bentsen
     Berman
     Bevill
     Bishop
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Borski
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant (TX)
     Cardin
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coleman
     Collins (MI)
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cummings
     Danner
     de la Garza
     DeFazio
     DeLauro
     Dellums
     Deutsch
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Durbin
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fields (LA)
     Filner
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Ford
     Fox
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (CT)
     Frost
     Furse
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gonzalez
     Green (TX)
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hoyer
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jacobs
     Jefferson
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnston
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kleczka
     LaFalce
     Lantos
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney
     Markey
     Martinez
     McCarthy
     McDermott
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Moran
     Morella
     Nadler
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pastor
     Payne (NJ)
     Payne (VA)
     Pelosi
     Peterson (FL)
     Pomeroy
     Radanovich
     Rangel
     Reed
     Richardson
     Rivers
     Rose
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanders
     Sawyer
     Schroeder
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Shays
     Skaggs
     Slaughter
     Stark
     Stokes
     Studds
     Stupak
     Tejeda
     Thompson
     Thurman
     Torkildsen
     Torres
     Torricelli
     Towns
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Volkmer
     Ward
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates
     Zimmer

                               NOES--265

     Allard
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baker (CA)
     Baker (LA)
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blute
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Boucher
     Brewster
     Browder
     Brownback
     Bryant (TN)
     Bunn
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chapman
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Chrysler
     Clinger
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins (GA)
     Combest
     Condit
     Cooley
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cremeans
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis
     Deal
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Dornan
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     English
     Ensign
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Fields (TX)
     Flanagan
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fowler
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frisa
     Funderburk
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Geren
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Greene (UT)
     Greenwood
     Gunderson
     Gutknecht
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Hancock
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Heineman
     Herger
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hoke
     Holden
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kim
     King
     Kingston
     Klink
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Laughlin
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (KY)
     Lightfoot
     Linder
     Lipinski
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Longley
     Lucas
     Manton
     Manzullo
     Martini
     Mascara
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McHale
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Meyers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Molinari
     Mollohan
     Montgomery
     Moorhead
     Murtha
     Myers
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Orton
     Oxley
     Packard
     Parker
     Paxon
     Peterson (MN)
     Petri
     Pickett
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Poshard
     Pryce
     Quillen
     Quinn
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Riggs
     Roberts
     Roemer
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roth
     Roukema
     Royce
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer
     Schiff
     Seastrand
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stockman
     Stump
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tate
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thornton
     Tiahrt
     Traficant
     Upton
     Visclosky
     Vucanovich
     Walker
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Williams
     Wilson
     Wise
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Zeliff

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Collins (IL)
     Ehrlich
     Fazio
     Lewis (CA)
     Lincoln
     Matsui
     McDade
     Spratt
     Young (FL)

                              {time}  2108

  Messrs. KIM, WISE, and RAHALL changed their vote from ``aye'' to 
``no.''
  Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey and Mr. SCHUMER changed their vote from 
``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                     amendment offered by mr. scott

  The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Scott], on 
which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes 
prevailed by a voice vote.
  The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The Clerk designated the amendment.


                             recorded vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN. This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were ayes 99, noes 
326, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 344]

                                AYES--99

     Abercrombie
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Beilenson
     Bishop
     Bonior
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant (TX)
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clyburn
     Coleman
     Collins (MI)
     Conyers
     Coyne
     Cummings
     de la Garza
     DeFazio
     Dellums
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doyle
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fields (LA)
     Filner
     Flake
     Foglietta
     Ford
     Fox
     Frank (MA)
     Gibbons
     Gonzalez
     Green (TX)
     Gutierrez
     Hastings (FL)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Klink
     LaFalce
     Lantos
     LaTourette
     Lewis (GA)
     Lofgren
     Markey
     Martinez
     McDermott
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek
     Millender-McDonald
     Mink
     Moran
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pastor
     Payne (NJ)
     Payne (VA)
     Pelosi
     Quinn
     Rangel
     Rose
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanders
     Schroeder
     Scott
     Serrano
     Shays
     Sisisky
     Slaughter
     Stark
     Stokes
     Studds
     Tejeda
     Thompson
     Torres
     Towns
     Vento
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Williams
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates

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                               NOES--326

     Ackerman
     Allard
     Andrews
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Baker (CA)
     Baker (LA)
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Bevill
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blute
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Borski
     Boucher
     Brewster
     Browder
     Brownback
     Bryant (TN)
     Bunn
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cardin
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chapman
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Chrysler
     Clement
     Clinger
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins (GA)
     Combest
     Condit
     Cooley
     Costello
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cremeans
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis
     Deal
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Dornan
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Durbin
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     English
     Ensign
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Fields (TX)
     Flanagan
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fowler
     Franks (CT)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frisa
     Frost
     Funderburk
     Furse
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Geren
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Greene (UT)
     Greenwood
     Gunderson
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Hancock
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hefner
     Heineman
     Herger
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hoke
     Holden
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jacobs
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson, Sam
     Johnston
     Jones
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennelly
     Kim
     King
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Klug
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     Laughlin
     Lazio
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (KY)
     Lightfoot
     Linder
     Lipinski
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Longley
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luther
     Maloney
     Manton
     Manzullo
     Martini
     Mascara
     McCarthy
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McHale
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Meyers
     Mica
     Miller (CA)
     Miller (FL)
     Minge
     Moakley
     Molinari
     Mollohan
     Montgomery
     Moorhead
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myers
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Orton
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Parker
     Paxon
     Peterson (FL)
     Peterson (MN)
     Petri
     Pickett
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Poshard
     Pryce
     Quillen
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Reed
     Regula
     Richardson
     Riggs
     Rivers
     Roberts
     Roemer
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roth
     Roukema
     Royce
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer
     Schiff
     Schumer
     Seastrand
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shuster
     Skaggs
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stockman
     Stump
     Stupak
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tate
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thornton
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Torkildsen
     Torricelli
     Traficant
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Volkmer
     Vucanovich
     Walker
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Ward
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wise
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Zeliff
     Zimmer

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Collins (IL)
     Fazio
     Gilman
     Lewis (CA)
     Lincoln
     Matsui
     McDade
     Young (FL)

                              {time}  2116

  Messrs. NADLER, MILLER of California, and BALDACCI changed their vote 
from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                  amendment offered by mr. hostettler

  The CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a recorded vote 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. 
Hostettler], on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             recorded vote

  The CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The CHAIRMAN. This is a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 99, 
noes 328, not voting 6, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 345]

                                AYES--99

     Allard
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker (CA)
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bereuter
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Boehner
     Brownback
     Bunning
     Burton
     Chabot
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Chrysler
     Coble
     Combest
     Cooley
     Cox
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Doolittle
     Dornan
     Dreier
     Dunn
     Ehrlich
     Ensign
     Fawell
     Fields (TX)
     Foley
     Goss
     Greene (UT)
     Gutknecht
     Hancock
     Hastert
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hoekstra
     Hoke
     Hostettler
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Inglis
     Istook
     Johnson, Sam
     Kasich
     Kim
     Klug
     Kolbe
     Largent
     Leach
     Manzullo
     McCollum
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Moorhead
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Paxon
     Petri
     Pombo
     Porter
     Pryce
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Rohrabacher
     Royce
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer
     Seastrand
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Smith (MI)
     Solomon
     Souder
     Stearns
     Stockman
     Stump
     Tate
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Walker
     Weller
     White
     Wolf
     Zeliff
     Zimmer

                               NOES--328

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Andrews
     Archer
     Baesler
     Baker (LA)
     Baldacci
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Becerra
     Beilenson
     Bentsen
     Berman
     Bevill
     Bilbray
     Bishop
     Blumenauer
     Blute
     Boehlert
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Bono
     Borski
     Boucher
     Brewster
     Browder
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant (TN)
     Bryant (TX)
     Bunn
     Burr
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cardin
     Castle
     Chambliss
     Chapman
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clinger
     Clyburn
     Coburn
     Coleman
     Collins (GA)
     Collins (MI)
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Cremeans
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis
     de la Garza
     Deal
     DeFazio
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Dellums
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Duncan
     Durbin
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fields (LA)
     Filner
     Flake
     Flanagan
     Foglietta
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fowler
     Fox
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (CT)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frisa
     Frost
     Funderburk
     Furse
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Geren
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Graham
     Green (TX)
     Greenwood
     Gunderson
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hamilton
     Hansen
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hefner
     Heineman
     Herger
     Hilleary
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hobson
     Holden
     Horn
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hyde
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jacobs
     Jefferson
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnston
     Jones
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     King
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Knollenberg
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lantos
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Laughlin
     Lazio
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Lightfoot
     Linder
     Lipinski
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Longley
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luther
     Maloney
     Manton
     Markey
     Martinez
     Martini
     Mascara
     McCarthy
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McHale
     McHugh
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek
     Menendez
     Meyers
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Molinari
     Mollohan
     Montgomery
     Moran
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myers
     Nadler
     Neal
     Ney
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Orton
     Owens
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Parker
     Pastor
     Payne (NJ)
     Payne (VA)
     Pelosi
     Peterson (FL)
     Peterson (MN)
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Portman
     Poshard
     Quillen
     Quinn
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reed
     Regula
     Richardson
     Riggs
     Rivers
     Roberts
     Roemer
     Rogers
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rose
     Roth
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanders
     Sawyer
     Schiff
     Schroeder
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Shaw
     Shays
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Stokes
     Studds
     Stupak
     Talent
     Tanner
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Tejeda
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thornton
     Thurman
     Torkildsen
     Torres
     Torricelli
     Towns
     Traficant
     Upton
     Velazquez

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     Vento
     Visclosky
     Volkmer
     Vucanovich
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Ward
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Williams
     Wilson
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--6

     Collins (IL)
     Fazio
     Lincoln
     Matsui
     McDade
     Young (FL)

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  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word. Mr. 
Chairman, let me make an announcement. There will be no more recorded 
votes tonight. However, we will be proceeding with several amendments 
and then roll the votes until tomorrow, and we are asking the authors 
and speakers who would like to be heard on these six amendments to stay 
around tonight and let us work. Then we will roll the votes until 
tomorrow, should any votes be required.
  The following amendments will be taken up tonight, and we are asking 
all speakers and authors to remain on hand; the amendment to be offered 
by the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss], the EDA amendment to be 
offered by the gentlewoman from Hawaii [Mrs. Mink]; the amendment to be 
offered by the gentleman from New York [Mr. Engel]; the amendment to be 
offered by the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Miller]; the amendment to be 
offered by the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Porter]; and the amendment 
to be offered by the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Traficant].
  Those amendments will be offered tonight. Any votes will be rolled 
until tomorrow.
  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the order of the House of today, the bill 
is considered as read.
  The text of the remainder of the bill is as follows:


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of administering the economic 
     development assistance programs as provided for by law, 
     $20,000,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to 
     monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public 
     Works Employment Act of 1976, as amended, title II of the 
     Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and the Community Emergency 
     Drought Relief Act of 1977.

                  Minority Business Development Agency


                     minority business development

       For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in 
     fostering, promoting, and developing minority business 
     enterprise, including expenses of grants, contracts, and 
     other agreements with public or private organizations, 
     $29,000,000: Provided, That of the total amount provided, 
     $3,000,000 shall be available for obligation and expenditure 
     only for projects jointly developed, implemented and 
     administered with the Small Business Administration.

                Economic and Information Infrastructure

                   Economic and Statistical Analysis


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic 
     and statistical analysis programs of the Department of 
     Commerce, $45,900,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 1998.


         economics and statistics administration revolving fund

       The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to disseminate 
     economic and statistical data products as authorized by 
     sections 1, 2, and 4 of Public Law 91-412 (15 U.S.C. 1525-
     1527) and, notwithstanding section 5412 of the Omnibus Trade 
     and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4912), charge fees 
     necessary to recover the full costs incurred in their 
     production. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, receipts received 
     from these data dissemination activities shall be credited to 
     this account, to be available for carrying out these purposes 
     without further appropriation.

                          Bureau of the Census


                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, 
     analyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 
     by law, $133,617,000.


                     periodic censuses and programs

       For expenses necessary to collect and publish statistics 
     for periodic censuses and programs provided for by law, 
     $205,100,000, to remain available until expended.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the 
     National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 
     $15,000,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of 
     Commerce shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in 
     spectrum management, analysis, and operations, and related 
     services and such fees shall be retained and used as 
     offsetting collections for costs of such spectrum services, 
     to remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
     the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as 
     offsetting collections all funds transferred, or previously 
     transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 
     incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 
     related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 
     Sciences of the NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned 
     functions under this paragraph, and such funds received from 
     other Government agencies shall remain available until 
     expended.


       public broadcasting facilities, planning and construction

       For grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications 
     Act of 1934, as amended, $10,250,000, to remain available 
     until expended as authorized by section 391 of the Act, as 
     amended: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be 
     available for program administration as authorized by section 
     391 of the Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
     provisions of section 391 of the Act, the prior year 
     unobligated balances may be made available for grants for 
     projects for which applications have been submitted and 
     approved during any fiscal year.


                   information infrastructure grants

       For grants authorized by section 392 of the Communications 
     Act of 1934, as amended, $21,490,000, to remain available 
     until expended as authorized by section 391 of the Act, as 
     amended: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 
     available for program administration and other support 
     activities as authorized by section 391: Provided further, 
     That of the funds appropriated herein, not to exceed 5 
     percent may be available for telecommunications research 
     activities for projects related directly to the development 
     of a national information infrastructure: Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding the requirements of section 392(a) and 
     392(c) of the Act, these funds may be used for the planning 
     and construction of telecommunications networks for the 
     provision of educational, cultural, health care, public 
     information, public safety, or other social services.

                      Patent and Trademark Office


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Patent and Trademark Office 
     provided for by law, including defense of suits instituted 
     against the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, 
     $100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That the funds made available under this heading are to be 
     derived from deposits in the Patent and Trademark Office Fee 
     Surcharge Fund as authorized by law: Provided further, That 
     the amounts made available under the Fund shall not exceed 
     amounts deposited; and such fees as shall be collected 
     pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1113 and 35 U.S.C. 41 and 376, shall 
     remain available until expended.

                         Science and Technology

             National Institute of Standards and Technology


             scientific and technical research and services

       For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology, $268,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, of which not to exceed $1,625,000 may be 
     transferred to the ``Working Capital Fund''.


                     industrial technology services

       For necessary expenses of the Manufacturing Extension 
     Partnership of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology, $89,900,000, to remain available until expended, 
     of which not to exceed $300,000 may be transferred to the 
     ``Working Capital Fund''.
         In addition, for necessary expenses of the Advanced 
     Technology Program of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology, $110,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
     of which not to exceed $500,000 may be transferred to the 
     ``Working Capital Fund'': Provided, That none of the funds 
     made available under this heading may be used for the 
     purposes of carrying out additional program competitions 
     under the Advanced Technology Program: Provided further, That 
     any unobligated balances available from carryover of prior 
     year appropriations under the Advanced Technology Program may 
     be used only for the purposes of providing continuation 
     grants.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


                  operations, research, and facilities

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for 
     the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
     including acquisition, maintenance, operation, and hire of 
     aircraft; not to exceed 200 commissioned officers on the 
     active list as of April 1, 1997, and no commissioned officers 
     on the active list as of September 30, 1997; grants, 
     contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organizations for 
     the purposes of conducting activities pursuant to cooperative 
     agreements; and alteration, modernization, and relocation of 
     facilities as authorized by 33 U.S.C. 883i; $1,738,200,000, 
     to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 but consistent with other 
     existing law, fees shall be assessed, collected, and credited 
     to this appropriation as offsetting collections to be 
     available until expended, to recover the costs of 
     administering aeronautical charting programs: Provided 
     further, That

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     the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 
     reduced as such additional fees are received during fiscal 
     year 1997, so as to result in a final general fund 
     appropriation estimated at not more than $1,735,200,000: 
     Provided further, That any such additional fees received in 
     excess of $3,000,000 in fiscal year 1997 shall not be 
     available for obligation until October 1, 1997: Provided 
     further, That fees and donations received by the National 
     Ocean Service for the management of the national marine 
     sanctuaries may be retained and used for the salaries and 
     expenses associated with those activities, notwithstanding 31 
     U.S.C. 3302: Provided further, That in addition, $66,000,000 
     shall be derived by transfer from the fund entitled ``Promote 
     and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining to 
     American Fisheries'': Provided further, That grants to States 
     pursuant to sections 306 and 306A of the Coastal Zone 
     Management Act of 1972, as amended, shall not exceed 
     $2,000,000: Provided further, That of the $1,837,176,000 
     provided for in direct obligations under this heading (of 
     which $1,735,200,000 is appropriated from the general fund, 
     $71,276,000 is provided by transfer, and $30,700,000 is 
     derived from unobligated balances and deobligations from 
     prior years), $180,975,000 shall be for the National Ocean 
     Service, $292,907,000 shall be for the National Marine 
     Fisheries Service, $231,826,000 shall be for Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Research, $633,010,000 shall be for the National 
     Weather Service, $431,582,000 shall be for the National 
     Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, 
     $66,876,000 shall be for Program Support.


                      coastal zone management fund

         Of amounts collected pursuant to section 308 of the 
     Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1456a), not to 
     exceed $7,800,000, for purposes set forth in sections 
     308(b)(2)(A), 308(b)(2)(B)(v), and 315(e) of such Act.


                              construction

       For repair and modification of, and additions to, existing 
     facilities and construction of new facilities, and for 
     facility planning and design and land acquisition not 
     otherwise provided for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration, $36,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.


            fleet modernization, shipbuilding and conversion

       For expenses necessary for the repair, acquisition, 
     leasing, or conversion of vessels, including related 
     equipment to maintain and modernize the existing fleet and to 
     continue planning the modernization of the fleet, for the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $6,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended.


            fishing vessel and gear damage compensation fund

       For carrying out the provisions of section 3 of Public Law 
     95-376, not to exceed $200,000, to be derived from receipts 
     collected pursuant to subsections (b) and (f) of section 10 
     of the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (22 U.S.C. 1980), 
     to remain available until expended.


                      fishermen's contingency fund

       For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 
     95-372, not to exceed $1,000,000, to be derived from receipts 
     collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available until 
     expended.


                     foreign fishing observer fund

       For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
     Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975, as amended (Public Law 
     96-339), the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
     of 1976, as amended (Public Law 100-627), and the American 
     Fisheries Promotion Act (Public Law 96-561), to be derived 
     from the fees imposed under the foreign fishery observer 
     program authorized by these Acts, not to exceed $196,000, to 
     remain available until expended.


                 fishing vessel obligations guarantees

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, $250,000, as authorized 
     by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended: Provided, 
     That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
     shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     made available under this heading may be used to guarantee 
     loans for any new fishing vessel that will increase the 
     harvesting capacity in any United States fishery.

                       Technology Administration

       Under Secretary for Technology/Office of Technology Policy


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Under Secretary for 
     Technology/Office of Technology Policy, $5,000,000.

                         General Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the general administration of 
     the Department of Commerce provided for by law, including not 
     to exceed $3,000 for official entertainment, $27,400,000.


                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1-11 as amended by Public 
     Law 100-504), $19,445,000.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


                  OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

                              (Rescission)

       Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
     $10,000,000 are rescinded.

               General Provisions--Department of Commerce

       Sec. 201. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
     appropriations and funds made available to the Department of 
     Commerce by this Act shall be available for the activities 
     specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to 
     the extent and in the manner prescribed by the Act, and, 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used for advanced 
     payments not otherwise authorized only upon the certification 
     of officials designated by the Secretary that such payments 
     are in the public interest.
       Sec. 202. During the current fiscal year, appropriations 
     made available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for 
     salaries and expenses shall be available for hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 
     1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms 
     or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-
     5902).
       Sec. 203. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to support the hurricane reconnaissance aircraft and 
     activities that are under the control of the United States 
     Air Force or the United States Air Force Reserve.
       Sec. 204. None of the funds provided in this or any 
     previous Act, or hereinafter made available to the Department 
     of Commerce, shall be available to reimburse the Unemployment 
     Trust Fund or any other fund or account of the Treasury to 
     pay for any expenses paid before October 1, 1992, as 
     authorized by section 8501 of title 5, United States Code, 
     for services performed after April 20, 1990, by individuals 
     appointed to temporary positions within the Bureau of the 
     Census for purposes relating to the 1990 decennial census of 
     population.
       Sec. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
     available for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
     Commerce in this Act may be transferred between such 
     appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased 
     by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That 
     any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a 
     reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and 
     shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
     in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
       Sec. 206. (a) Should legislation be enacted to dismantle or 
     reorganize the Department of Commerce, the Secretary of 
     Commerce, no later than 90 days thereafter, shall submit to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House and the Senate 
     a plan for transferring funds provided in this Act to the 
     appropriate successor organizations: Provided, That the plan 
     shall include a proposal for transferring or rescinding funds 
     appropriated herein for agencies or programs terminated under 
     such legislation: Provided further, That such plan shall be 
     transmitted in accordance with section 605 of this Act.
       (b) The Secretary of Commerce or the appropriate head of 
     any successor organization(s) may use any available funds to 
     carry out legislation dismantling or reorganizing the 
     Department of Commerce to cover the costs of actions relating 
     to the abolishment, reorganization, or transfer of functions 
     and any related personnel action, including voluntary 
     separation incentives if authorized by such legislation: 
     Provided, That the authority to transfer funds between 
     appropriations accounts that may be necessary to carry out 
     this section is provided in addition to authorities included 
     under section 205 of this Act: Provided further, That use of 
     funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 
     reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and 
     shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
     in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.
       Sec. 207. Any costs incurred by a Department or agency 
     funded under this title resulting from personnel actions 
     taken in response to funding reductions included in this 
     title shall be absorbed within the total budgetary resources 
     available to such Department or agency: Provided, That the 
     authority to transfer funds between appropriations accounts 
     as may be necessary to carry out this section is provided in 
     addition to authorities included elsewhere in this Act: 
     Provided further, That use of funds to carry out this section 
     shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
     605 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
     expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
     forth in that section.
       Sec. 208. None of the funds appropriated under this Act or 
     any other Act may be used to develop new fishery management 
     plans, amendments, or regulations which create new individual 
     fishing quota, individual transferable quota, or new 
     individual transferable effort allocation programs, or to 
     implement any such plans, amendments, or regulations approved 
     by a Regional Fishery Management Council or the Secretary of 
     Commerce after January 4, 1995, until offsetting fees to pay 
     for the cost of administering such plans, amendments, or 
     regulations are expressly authorized under the Magnuson 
     Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et 
     seq.). This restriction shall not apply in any way to any 
     such programs approved by the Secretary of Commerce prior to 
     January 4, 1995.
       Sec. 209. The Secretary may award contracts for 
     hydrographic, geodetic, and photogrammetric surveying and 
     mapping services in accordance with title IX of the Federal

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     Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
     541 et seq.).
       Sec. 210. There is hereby established the Bureau of the 
     Census Working Capital Fund, which shall be available without 
     fiscal year limitation, for expenses and equipment necessary 
     for the maintenance and operation of such services and 
     projects as the Director of the Census Bureau determines may 
     be performed more advantageously when centralized: Provided, 
     That such central services shall, to the fullest extent 
     practicable, be used to make unnecessary the maintenance of 
     separate like services in the divisions and offices of the 
     Bureau: Provided further, That a separate schedule of 
     expenditures and reimbursements, and a statement of the 
     current assets and liabilities of the Working Capital Fund as 
     of the close of the last completed fiscal year, shall be 
     prepared each year: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 
     U.S.C. 3302, the Working Capital Fund may be credited with 
     advances and reimbursements from applicable appropriations of 
     the Bureau and from funds of other agencies or entities for 
     services furnished pursuant to law: Provided further, That 
     any inventories, equipment, and other assets pertaining to 
     the services to be provided by such funds, either on hand or 
     on order, less the related liabilities or unpaid obligations, 
     and any appropriations made hereafter for the purpose of 
     providing capital, shall be used to capitalize the Working 
     Capital Fund: Provided further, That the Working Capital Fund 
     shall provide for centralized services at rates which will 
     return in full all expenses of operation, including 
     depreciation of fund plant and equipment, amortization of 
     automated data processing software and hardware systems, and 
     an amount necessary to maintain a reasonable operating 
     reserve as determined by the Director.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of Commerce and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997''.

                        TITLE III--THE JUDICIARY

                   Supreme Court of the United States


                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme 
     Court, as required by law, excluding care of the building and 
     grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, maintenance, 
     and operation of an automobile for the Chief Justice, not to 
     exceed $10,000 for the purpose of transporting Associate 
     Justices, and hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 
     by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for 
     official reception and representation expenses; and for 
     miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as the Chief Justice 
     may approve; $27,157,000.


                    care of the building and grounds

       For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the 
     Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon 
     him by the Act approved May 7, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 13a-13b), 
     $2,490,000, of which $260,000 shall remain available until 
     expended.

         United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit


                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other officers 
     and employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as 
     authorized by law, $15,013,000.

               United States Court of International Trade


                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, salaries 
     of the officers and employees of the court, services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and necessary expenses of the 
     court, as authorized by law, $11,114,000.

    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services


                         salaries and expenses

       For the salaries of circuit and district judges (including 
     judges of the territorial courts of the United States), 
     justices and judges retired from office or from regular 
     active service, judges of the United States Court of Federal 
     Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all other 
     officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise 
     specifically provided for, and necessary expenses of the 
     courts, as authorized by law, $2,550,956,000 (including the 
     purchase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 
     $13,454,000 shall remain available until expended for space 
     alteration projects; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall 
     remain available until expended for furniture and furnishings 
     related to new space alteration and construction projects; 
     and of which $500,000 is to remain available until expended 
     for acquisition of books, periodicals, and newspapers, and 
     all other legal reference materials, including subscriptions.
       In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of 
     Federal Claims associated with processing cases under the 
     National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed 
     $2,390,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury 
     Compensation Trust Fund.


                    violent crime reduction programs

       For activities of the Federal Judiciary as authorized by 
     law, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 
     shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, 
     as authorized by section 190001(a) of Public Law 103-322.


                           defender services

       For the operation of Federal Public Defender and Community 
     Defender organizations; the compensation and reimbursement of 
     expenses of attorneys appointed to represent persons under 
     the Criminal Justice Act of 1964, as amended; the 
     compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons 
     furnishing investigative, expert and other services under the 
     Criminal Justice Act (18 U.S.C. 3006A(e)); the compensation 
     (in accordance with Criminal Justice Act maximums) and 
     reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist 
     the court in criminal cases where the defendant has waived 
     representation by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement 
     of travel expenses of guardians ad litem acting on behalf of 
     financially eligible minor or incompetent offenders in 
     connection with transfers from the United States to foreign 
     countries with which the United States has a treaty for the 
     execution of penal sentences; and the compensation of 
     attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for 
     the protection of their employment, as authorized by 28 
     U.S.C. 1875(d); $297,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended as authorized by 18 U.S.C. 3006A(i).


                    fees of jurors and commissioners

       For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 
     1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners as 
     authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of 
     commissioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to 
     rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 
     U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)); $66,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That the compensation of 
     land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent of 
     the highest rate payable under section 5332 of title 5, 
     United States Code.


                             court security

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
     incident to the procurement, installation, and maintenance of 
     security equipment and protective services for the United 
     States Courts in courtrooms and adjacent areas, including 
     building ingress-egress control, inspection of packages, 
     directed security patrols, and other similar activities as 
     authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and 
     Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100-702); $125,000,000, to 
     be expended directly or transferred to the United States 
     Marshals Service which shall be responsible for administering 
     elements of the Judicial Security Program consistent with 
     standards or guidelines agreed to by the Director of the 
     Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the 
     Attorney General.

           Administrative Office of the United States Courts


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the 
     United States Courts as authorized by law, including travel 
     as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger motor 
     vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), advertising and 
     rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $48,500,000, 
     of which not to exceed $7,500 is authorized for official 
     reception and representation expenses.

                        Federal Judicial Center


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as 
     authorized by Public Law 90-219, $17,495,000; of which 
     $1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 1998, 
     to provide education and training to Federal court personnel; 
     and of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official 
     reception and representation expenses.

                       Judicial Retirement Funds


                    payment to judiciary trust funds

       For payment to the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund, as 
     authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $21,000,000, to the Judicial 
     Survivors' Annuities Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), 
     $7,300,000, and to the United States Court of Federal Claims 
     Judges' Retirement Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), 
     $1,900,000.

                  United States Sentencing Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the 
     provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, 
     $8,300,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for 
     official reception and representation expenses.

                   General Provisions--The Judiciary

       Sec. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in this 
     title which are available for salaries and expenses shall be 
     available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
       Sec. 302. Appropriations made in this title shall be 
     available for salaries and expenses of the Special Court 
     established under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 
     1973, Public Law 93-236.
       Sec. 303. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
     available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary in 
     this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but 
     no such appropriation, except ``Courts of Appeals, District 
     Courts, and other Judicial Services, Defender Services'' and 
     ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and other Judicial 
     Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners'', shall be 
     increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: 
     Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be 
     treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this 
     Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
     except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
     section.
       Sec. 304. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     salaries and expenses appropriation for district courts, 
     courts of appeals, and other judicial services shall be

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     available for official reception and representation expenses 
     of the Judicial Conference of the United States: Provided, 
     That such available funds shall not exceed $10,000 and shall 
     be administered by the Director of the Administrative Office 
     of the United States Courts in his capacity as Secretary of 
     the Judicial Conference.
       Sec. 305. Section 612(l) of title 28, United States Code, 
     shall be amended as follows: strike ``1997'', and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``1998''.
       This title may be cited as ``The Judiciary Appropriations 
     Act, 1997''.

           TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs


                    diplomatic and consular programs

       For necessary expenses of the Department of State and the 
     Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, including 
     expenses authorized by the State Department Basic Authorities 
     Act of 1956, as amended; representation to certain 
     international organizations in which the United States 
     participates pursuant to treaties, ratified pursuant to the 
     advice and consent of the Senate, or specific Acts of 
     Congress; acquisition by exchange or purchase of passenger 
     motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343, 40 U.S.C. 
     481(c) and 22 U.S.C. 2674; and for expenses of general 
     administration; $1,705,000,000: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding section 140(a)(5), and the second sentence of 
     section 140(a)(3), of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
     Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236), not to 
     exceed $150,000,000 of fees may be collected during fiscal 
     year 1997 under the authority of section 140(a)(1) of that 
     Act: Provided further, That all fees collected under the 
     preceding proviso shall be deposited in fiscal year 1997 as 
     an offsetting collection to appropriations made under this 
     heading to recover the costs of providing consular services 
     and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
     That in fiscal year 1998, a system shall be in place that 
     allocates to each department and agency the full cost of its 
     presence outside of the United States.
       Of the funds provided under this heading, $24,856,000 shall 
     be available only for the Diplomatic Telecommunications 
     Service for operation of existing base services and not to 
     exceed $17,230,000 shall be available only for the 
     enhancement of the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service and 
     shall remain available until expended. Of the latter amount, 
     $2,500,000 shall not be made available until expiration of 
     the 15 day period beginning on the date when the Secretary of 
     State and the Director of the Diplomatic Telecommunications 
     Service submit the pilot program report required by section 
     507 of Public Law 103-317.
       In addition, not to exceed $700,000 in registration fees 
     collected pursuant to section 38 of the Arms Export Control 
     Act, as amended, may be used in accordance with section 45 of 
     the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 
     2717); and in addition not to exceed $1,223,000 shall be 
     derived from fees collected from other executive agencies for 
     lease or use of facilities located at the International 
     Center in accordance with section 4 of the International 
     Center Act (Public Law 90-553), as amended; and in addition, 
     as authorized by section 5 of such Act, $450,000, to be 
     derived from the reserve authorized by that section, to be 
     used for the purposes set out in that section; and in 
     addition not to exceed $15,000 which shall be derived from 
     reimbursements, surcharges, and fees for use of Blair House 
     facilities in accordance with section 46 of the State of 
     Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2718(a)).
       Notwithstanding section 402 of this Act, not to exceed 20 
     percent of the amounts made available in this Act in the 
     appropriation accounts ``Diplomatic and Consular Programs'' 
     and ``Salaries and Expenses'' under the heading 
     ``Administration of Foreign Affairs'' may be transferred 
     between such appropriation accounts: Provided, That any 
     transfer pursuant to this sentence shall be treated as a 
     reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and 
     shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
     in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.


                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses necessary for the general administration of 
     the Department of State and the Foreign Service, provided for 
     by law, including expenses authorized by section 9 of the Act 
     of August 31, 1964, as amended (31 U.S.C. 3721), and the 
     State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as amended, 
     $352,300,000.


                        capital investment fund

       For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment Fund, 
     $16,400,000, to remain available until expended, as 
     authorized in Public Law 103-236: Provided, That section 
     135(e) of Public Law 103-236 shall not apply to funds 
     appropriated under this heading.


                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), $27,495,000, 
     notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) of the Foreign Service Act 
     of 1980, as amended (Public Law 96-465), as it relates to 
     post inspections: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, (1) the Office of Inspector General of the 
     United States Information Agency is hereby merged with the 
     Office of Inspector General of the Department of State; (2) 
     the functions exercised and assigned to the Office of 
     Inspector General of the United States Information Agency 
     before the effective date of this Act (including all related 
     functions) are transferred to the Office of Inspector General 
     of the Department of State; and (3) the Inspector General of 
     the Department of State shall also serve as the Inspector 
     General of the United States Information Agency.


                       representation allowances

       For representation allowances as authorized by section 905 
     of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended (22 U.S.C. 
     4085), $4,490,000.


              protection of foreign missions and officials

       For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 
     Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective 
     services in accordance with the provisions of section 214 of 
     the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 
     4314) and 3 U.S.C. 208, $8,332,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 1998.


           security and maintenance of united states missions

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign Service 
     Buildings Act of 1926, as amended (22 U.S.C. 292-300), and 
     the Diplomatic Security Construction Program as authorized by 
     title IV of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism 
     Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4851), $370,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended as authorized by section 24(c) of 
     the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 
     2696(c)): Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in 
     this paragraph shall be available for acquisition of 
     furniture and furnishings and generators for other 
     departments and agencies.


           emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service

       For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State to 
     meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and 
     Consular Service pursuant to the requirement of 31 U.S.C. 
     3526(e), $5,800,000, to remain available until expended as 
     authorized by section 24(c) of the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(c)), of which not to 
     exceed $1,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
     Repatriation Loans Program Account, subject to the same terms 
     and conditions.


                   repatriation loans program account

       For the cost of direct loans, $593,000, as authorized by 
     section 4 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671): Provided, That such costs, including 
     the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. In 
     addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out 
     the direct loan program, $663,000 which may be transferred to 
     and merged with the Salaries and Expenses account under 
     Administration of Foreign Affairs.


              payment to the american institute in taiwan

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Relations 
     Act, Public Law 96-8 (93 Stat. 14), $15,001,000.


     payment to the foreign service retirement and disability fund

       For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 
     Disability Fund, as authorized by law, $126,491,000.

              International Organizations and Conferences


              contributions to international organizations

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet 
     annual obligations of membership in international 
     multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 
     pursuant to the advice and consent of the Senate, conventions 
     or specific Acts of Congress, $875,000,000: Provided, That 
     any payment of arrearages shall be directed toward special 
     activities that are mutually agreed upon by the United States 
     and the respective international organization: Provided 
     further, That 20 percent of the funds appropriated in this 
     paragraph for the assessed contribution of the United States 
     to the United Nations shall be withheld from obligation and 
     expenditure until a certification is made under section 
     401(b) of Public Law 103-236 for fiscal year 1997: Provided 
     further, That certification under section 401(b) of Public 
     Law 103-236 for fiscal year 1997 may only be made if the 
     Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and International 
     Relations of the House of Representatives are notified of the 
     steps taken, and anticipated, to meet the requirements of 
     section 401(b) of Public Law 103-236 at least 15 days in 
     advance of the proposed certification: Provided further, That 
     none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 
     available for a United States contribution to an 
     international organization for the United States share of 
     interest costs made known to the United States Government by 
     such organization for loans incurred on or after October 1, 
     1984, through external borrowings: Provided further, That of 
     the funds appropriated in this paragraph, $80,000,000 may be 
     made available only on a quarterly basis and only after the 
     Secretary of State certifies on a quarterly basis that the 
     United Nations has taken no action to increase funding for 
     any United Nations program without identifying an offsetting 
     decrease elsewhere in the United Nations budget and cause the 
     United Nations to exceed its no growth budget for the

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     biennium 1996-1997 adopted in December, 1995: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding section 402 of this Act, not to 
     exceed $10,000,000 may be transferred from the funds made 
     available under this heading to the ``International 
     Conferences and Contingencies'' account for assessed 
     contributions to new or provisional international 
     organizations: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 
     to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
     funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be 
     available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
     with the procedures set forth in that section.


        CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES

       For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other expenses 
     of international peacekeeping activities directed to the 
     maintenance or restoration of international peace and 
     security, $332,400,000, of which $50,000,000 is for payment 
     of arrearages accumulated in 1995, and which shall be 
     available only upon certification by the Secretary of State 
     that at least two of the following have been achieved: (1) 
     savings of at least $100,000,000 will be achieved in the 
     biennial expenses of the following United Nations divisions 
     and activities--the United Nations Conference on Trade and 
     Development, the Regional Economic Commissions, the 
     Department of Public Information, and the Department of 
     Conference Services, travel and overtime; (2) the number of 
     professional and general service staff employed by the United 
     Nations Secretariat at the conclusion of the 1996-1997 
     biennium will be at least ten percent below the number of 
     such positions on January 1, 1996; and (3) the United Nations 
     has adopted a budget outline for the 1998-1999 biennium that 
     is below $2,608,000,000; as part of a five-year program to 
     achieve major cost-saving reforms in the United Nations and 
     specialized agencies: Provided, That none of the funds made 
     available under this Act shall be obligated or expended for 
     any new or expanded United Nations peacekeeping mission 
     unless, at least fifteen days in advance of voting for the 
     new or expanded mission in the United Nations Security 
     Council (or in an emergency, as far in advance as is 
     practicable), (1) the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate and other appropriate 
     Committees of the Congress are notified of the estimated cost 
     and length of the mission, the vital national interest that 
     will be served, and the planned exit strategy; and (2) a 
     reprogramming of funds pursuant to section 605 of this Act is 
     submitted, and the procedures therein followed, setting forth 
     the source of funds that will be used to pay for the cost of 
     the new or expanded mission: Provided further, That funds 
     shall be available for peacekeeping expenses only upon a 
     certification by the Secretary of State to the appropriate 
     committees of the Congress that American manufacturers and 
     suppliers are being given opportunities to provide equipment, 
     services, and material for United Nations peacekeeping 
     activities equal to those being given to foreign 
     manufacturers and suppliers.

                       International Commissions

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to meet 
     obligations of the United States arising under treaties, or 
     specific Acts of Congress, as follows:


 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

       For necessary expenses for the United States Section of the 
     International Boundary and Water Commission, United States 
     and Mexico, and to comply with laws applicable to the United 
     States Section, including not to exceed $6,000 for 
     representation; as follows:


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
     $18,490,000.


                              CONSTRUCTION

       For detailed plan preparation and construction of 
     authorized projects, $6,463,000, to remain available until 
     expended, as authorized by section 24(c) of the State 
     Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2696(c)).


              AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for the 
     International Joint Commission and the International Boundary 
     Commission, United States and Canada, as authorized by 
     treaties between the United States and Canada or Great 
     Britain, and for the Border Environment Cooperation 
     Commission as authorized by Public Law 103-182; $5,490,000, 
     of which not to exceed $9,000 shall be available for 
     representation expenses incurred by the International Joint 
     Commission.


                  international fisheries commissions

       For necessary expenses for international fisheries 
     commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 
     law, $10,450,000: Provided, That the United States' share of 
     such expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions, 
     pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3324.

                                 Other


                     payment to the asia foundation

       For a grant to the Asia Foundation, as authorized by 
     section 501 of Public Law 101-246, $8,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, as authorized by section 24(c) of 
     the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 
     2696(c)).

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                  Arms Control and Disarmament Agency


                arms control and disarmament activities

       For necessary expenses not otherwise provided, for arms 
     control, nonproliferation, and disarmament activities, 
     $38,495,000, of which not to exceed $50,000 shall be for 
     official reception and representation expenses as authorized 
     by the Act of September 26, 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2551 
     et seq.).

                    United States Information Agency


                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 
     enable the United States Information Agency, as authorized by 
     the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as 
     amended (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), the United States 
     Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended 
     (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 
     1977 (91 Stat. 1636), to carry out international 
     communication, educational and cultural activities; and to 
     carry out related activities authorized by law, including 
     employment, without regard to civil service and 
     classification laws, of persons on a temporary basis (not to 
     exceed $700,000 of this appropriation), as authorized by 
     section 801 of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1471), and 
     entertainment, including official receptions, within the 
     United States, not to exceed $25,000 as authorized by section 
     804(3) of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1474(3)); $439,300,000: 
     Provided, That not to exceed $1,400,000 may be used for 
     representation abroad as authorized by section 302 of such 
     Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1452) and section 905 of the Foreign 
     Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085): Provided further, That 
     not to exceed $7,615,000, to remain available until expended, 
     may be credited to this appropriation from fees or other 
     payments received from or in connection with English 
     teaching, library, motion pictures, student advising and 
     counseling, and publication programs as authorized by section 
     810 of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1475e): Provided further, 
     That not to exceed $1,100,000 to remain available until 
     expended may be used to carry out projects involving security 
     construction and related improvements for agency facilities 
     not physically located together with Department of State 
     facilities abroad.


                            technology fund

       For expenses necessary to enable the United States 
     Information Agency to provide for the procurement of 
     information technology improvements, as authorized by the 
     United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 
     1948, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), the Mutual 
     Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (22 
     U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 
     (91 Stat. 1636), $5,050,000, to remain available until 
     expended.


               educational and cultural exchange programs

       For expenses of educational and cultural exchange programs, 
     as authorized by the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
     Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.), and 
     Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 (91 Stat. 1636), 
     $185,000,000, to remain available until expended as 
     authorized by section 105 of such Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2455).


           eisenhower exchange fellowship program trust fund

       For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, 
     Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 5 of the 
     Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 5204-
     5205), all interest and earnings accruing to the Eisenhower 
     Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund on or before September 
     30, 1997, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
     none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay 
     any salary or other compensation, or to enter into any 
     contract providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the 
     rate authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5376; or for purposes which are 
     not in accordance with OMB Circulars A-110 (Uniform 
     Administrative Requirements) and A-122 (Cost Principles for 
     Non-profit Organizations), including the restrictions on 
     compensation for personal services.


                    israeli arab scholarship program

       For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholarship 
     Program as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (22 U.S.C. 
     2452), all interest and earnings accruing to the Israeli Arab 
     Scholarship Fund on or before September 30, 1997, to remain 
     available until expended.


                 international broadcasting operations

       For expenses necessary to enable the United States 
     Information Agency, as authorized by the United States 
     Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended, 
     the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994, as 
     amended, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, as amended, and 
     Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977, to carry out international 
     communication activities, including the purchase, 
     installation, rent, construction, or improvement of 
     facilities and equipment for radio transmission and reception 
     to Cuba; $335,700,000, of which not to exceed $16,000 may be 
     used for official receptions within the United States as 
     authorized by section 804(3) of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 
     1474(3)), not to exceed $35,000 may be used for 
     representation abroad as authorized by section 302 of such 
     Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1452) and section 905 of the Foreign 
     Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), and not to exceed 
     $39,000

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     may be used for official reception and representation 
     expenses of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; and in addition, 
     not to exceed $250,000 from fees as authorized by section 810 
     of such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1475e), to remain available 
     until expended for carrying out authorized purposes; and in 
     addition, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
     exceed $1,000,000 in monies received (including receipts from 
     advertising, if any) by or for the use of the United States 
     Information Agency from or in connection with broadcasting 
     resources owned by or on behalf of the Agency, to be 
     available until expended for carrying out authorized 
     purposes.


                           radio construction

       For the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of 
     facilities for radio transmission and reception, and purchase 
     and installation of necessary equipment for radio and 
     television transmission and reception as authorized by 
     section 801 of the United States Information and Educational 
     Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1471), $39,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, as authorized by section 704(a) of 
     such Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1477b(a)).


                    National Endowment for Democracy

       For grants made by the United States Information Agency to 
     the National Endowment for Democracy as authorized by the 
     National Endowment for Democracy Act, $30,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

      General Provisions--Department of State and Related Agencies

       Sec. 401. Funds appropriated under this title shall be 
     available, except as otherwise provided, for allowances and 
     differentials as authorized by subchapter 59 of 5 U.S.C.; for 
     services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and hire of 
     passenger transportation pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1343(b).
       Sec. 402. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
     available for the current fiscal year for the Department of 
     State in this Act may be transferred between such 
     appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as 
     otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased by more 
     than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That not to 
     exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the 
     current fiscal year for the United States Information Agency 
     in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, 
     but no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically 
     provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 
     such transfers: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 
     to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds 
     under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available for 
     obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 
     procedures set forth in that section.
       Sec. 403. Funds hereafter appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under this Act or any other Act may be expended for 
     compensation of the United States Commissioner of the 
     International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, 
     only for actual hours worked by such Commissioner.
       Sec. 404. Funds appropriated by this Act for the United 
     States Information Agency, the Arms Control and Disarmament 
     Agency, and the Department of State may be obligated and 
     expended notwithstanding section 701 of the United States 
     Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 and section 
     313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
     1994 and 1995, section 53 of the Arms Control and Disarmament 
     Act, and section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities 
     Act of 1956.
       Sec. 405. Any costs incurred by a Department or agency 
     funded under this title resulting from personnel actions 
     taken in response to funding reductions included in this 
     title shall be absorbed within the total budgetary resources 
     available to such Department or agency: Provided, That the 
     authority to transfer funds between appropriations accounts 
     as may be necessary to carry out this section is provided in 
     addition to authorities included elsewhere in this Act: 
     Provided further, That use of funds to carry out this section 
     shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 
     605 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or 
     expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
     forth in that section.
       Sec. 406. None of the Funds made available by this Act or 
     any other Act may be made available to support the 
     negotiating activities of the Standing Consultative 
     Commission (SCC) or to implement agreements, amendments, or 
     understandings to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972 
     (hereafter referred to as the ``ABM Treaty'') reached after 
     January 1, 1996 by the Standing Consultative Commission or 
     pursuant to United States-Russian bilateral discussions 
     regarding the establishment of a demarcation between theater 
     missile defense systems and anti-ballistic missile systems 
     for the purposes of the ABM Treaty or multilateralization of 
     the ABM Treaty unless the President certifies to the Congress 
     that any amendments, agreements, or understandings reached 
     pursuant to these activities or discussions will be submitted 
     to the Senate for its advice and consent.
       This title may be cited as the ``Department of State and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997''.

                       TITLE V--RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Maritime Administration


                    operating-differential subsidies

                  (liquidation of contract authority)

       For the payment of obligations incurred for operating-
     differential subsidies, as authorized by the Merchant Marine 
     Act, 1936, as amended, $148,430,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

                       maritime security program

       For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 
     merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the 
     United States, $63,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That these funds will be available only 
     upon enactment of an authorization for this program.


                        operations and training

       For necessary expenses of operations and training 
     activities authorized by law, $62,300,000: Provided, That 
     reimbursements may be made to this appropriation from 
     receipts to the ``Federal Ship Financing Fund'' for 
     administrative expenses in support of that program in 
     addition to any amount heretofore appropriated.


          maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account

       For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by the 
     Merchant Marine Act, 1936, $37,450,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost 
     of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
     of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided 
     further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
     loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 
     exceed $1,000,000,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     guaranteed loan program, not to exceed $3,450,000, which 
     shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     Operations and Training.


           administrative provisions--maritime administration

       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
     Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities 
     and services and make necessary repairs in connection with 
     any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Government 
     property under control of the Maritime Administration, and 
     payments received therefor shall be credited to the 
     appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided, That 
     rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy 
     for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs 
     shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
       No obligations shall be incurred during the current fiscal 
     year from the construction fund established by the Merchant 
     Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the 
     appropriations and limitations contained in this Act or in 
     any prior appropriation Act, and all receipts which otherwise 
     would be deposited to the credit of said fund shall be 
     covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

      Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad


                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses for the Commission for the Preservation of 
     America's Heritage Abroad, $206,000, as authorized by Public 
     Law 99-83, section 1303.

                       Commission on Civil Rights


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, 
     including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $8,740,000: 
     Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 may be used to employ 
     consultants: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in 
     excess of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the 
     Excepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each 
     Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse 
     Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the 
     exception of the Chairperson who is permitted 125 billable 
     days.

                    Commission on Immigration Reform


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Commission on Immigration 
     Reform pursuant to section 141(f) of the Immigration Act of 
     1990, $2,196,000, to remain available until expended.

            Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and 
     Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94-304, 
     $1,090,000, to remain available until expended as authorized 
     by section 3 of Public Law 99-7.

                Equal Employment Opportunity Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
     Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
     of 1964, as amended (29 U.S.C. 206(d) and 621-634), the 
     Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Civil Rights 
     Act of 1991, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
     U.S.C. 1343(b); non-monetary awards to private citizens; not 
     to exceed $26,500,000, for payments to State and local 
     enforcement agencies for services to the Commission pursuant 
     to title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 
     sections 6 and 14 of the Age Discrimination in Employment 
     Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the 
     Civil Rights Act of 1991; $232,740,000: Provided, That the 
     Commission is authorized to make available for official 
     reception and representation expenses not to exceed $2,500 
     from available funds.

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                   Federal Communications Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Communications 
     Commission, as authorized by law, including uniforms and 
     allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-02; not 
     to exceed $600,000 for land and structure; not to exceed 
     $500,000 for improvement and care of grounds and repair to 
     buildings; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 
     representation expenses; purchase (not to exceed sixteen) and 
     hire of motor vehicles; special counsel fees; and services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $185,619,000, of which not to 
     exceed $300,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     1998, for research and policy studies: Provided, That 
     $126,400,000 of offsetting collections shall be assessed and 
     collected pursuant to section 9 of title I of the 
     Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and shall be retained 
     and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation, and 
     shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
     the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such 
     offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 1997 
     so as to result in a final fiscal year 1997 appropriation 
     estimated at $59,219,000: Provided further, That any 
     offsetting collections received in excess of $126,400,000 in 
     fiscal year 1997 shall remain available until expended, but 
     shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 1997: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this 
     Act shall be used to deny or delay action on a license, 
     license transfer or assignment, or license renewal for any 
     religious or religiously affiliated entity on the basis that 
     its recruitment or hiring of full or part time employees for 
     any position at a broadcast facility licensed to such entity 
     is or was limited to persons of a particular religion or 
     having particular religious knowledge, training, or 
     interests: Provided further, That the preceding proviso shall 
     not apply with respect to any appeal from a decision of any 
     administrative law judge rendered on September 15, 1995.

                      Federal Maritime Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission 
     as authorized by section 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act of 
     1936, as amended (46 App. U.S.C. 1111), including services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles 
     as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or 
     allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-02; 
     $11,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be 
     available for official reception and representation expenses.

                        Federal Trade Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Commission, 
     including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 5901-5902; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $2,000 
     for official reception and representation expenses; 
     $85,930,000: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 
     available for use to contract with a person or persons for 
     collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 U.S.C. 
     3718, as amended: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, not to exceed $58,905,000 of 
     offsetting collections derived from fees collected for 
     premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino 
     Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18(a)) shall be 
     retained and used for necessary expenses in this 
     appropriation, and shall remain available until expended: 
     Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the 
     General Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections 
     are received during fiscal year 1997, so as to result in a 
     final fiscal year 1997 appropriation from the General Fund 
     estimated at not more than $27,025,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided further, That any fees received in 
     excess of $58,905,000 in fiscal year 1997 shall remain 
     available until expended, but shall not be available for 
     obligation until October 1, 1997: Provided further, That none 
     of the funds made available to the Federal Trade Commission 
     shall be available for obligation for expenses authorized by 
     section 151 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
     Improvement Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-242, 105 Stat. 2282-
     2285).

                       Legal Services Corporation


               payment to the legal services corporation

       For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out 
     the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, 
     as amended, $141,000,000, of which $134,575,000 is for basic 
     field programs and required independent audits; $1,125,000 is 
     for the Office of the Inspector General, of which such 
     amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct additional 
     audits of recipients; and $5,300,000 is for management and 
     administration.


         Administrative Provisions--Legal Services Corporation

       Sec. 501. (a) Continuation of Competitive Selection 
     Process.--None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 
     Legal Services Corporation may be used to provide financial 
     assistance to any person or entity except through a 
     competitive selection process conducted in accordance with 
     regulations promulgated by the Corporation in accordance with 
     the criteria set forth in subsections (c), (d), and (e) of 
     section 503 of Public Law 104-134 (110 Stat. 1321-130 et 
     seq.).
       (b) Inapplicability of Noncompetitive Procedures.--For 
     purposes of the funding provided in this Act, rights under 
     sections 1007(a)(9) and 1011 of the Legal Services 
     Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996f(a)(9) and 42 U.S.C. 2996j) 
     shall not apply.
       Sec. 502. (a) Continuation of Requirements and 
     Restrictions.--None of the funds appropriated in this Act to 
     the Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any 
     purpose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 
     provisions of--
       (1) sections 501, 502, 505, 506, and 507 of Public Law 104-
     134 (101 Stat. 1321-127 et seq.), and all funds appropriated 
     in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be 
     subject to the same terms and conditions as set forth in such 
     sections, except that all references in such sections to 1995 
     and 1996 shall be deemed to refer instead to 1996 and 1997, 
     respectively; and
       (2) section 504 of Public Law 104-134 (101 Stat. 1321-132 
     et seq.), and all funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 
     Services Corporation shall be subject to the same terms and 
     conditions set forth in such section, except that--
       (A) subsection (c) of such section 504 shall not apply;
       (B) paragraph (3) of section 508(b) of Public Law 104-134 
     (101 Stat. 1321-147) shall apply with respect to the 
     requirements of subsection (a)(13) of such section 504, 
     except that all references in such section 508(b) to the date 
     of enactment shall be deemed to refer to April 26, 1996; and
       (C) subsection (a)(11) of such section 504 shall not be 
     construed to prohibit a recipient from using funds derived 
     from a source other than the Corporation to provide related 
     legal assistance to--
       (i) an alien who has been battered or subjected to extreme 
     cruelty in the United States by a spouse or a parent, or by a 
     member of the spouse's or parent's family residing in the 
     same household as the alien and the spouse or parent 
     consented or acquiesced to such battery or cruelty; or
       (ii) an alien whose child has been battered or subjected to 
     extreme cruelty in the United States by a spouse or parent of 
     the alien (without the active participation of the alien in 
     the battery or extreme cruelty), or by a member of the 
     spouse's or parent's family residing in the same household as 
     the alien and the spouse or parent consented or acquiesced to 
     such battery or cruelty, and the alien did not actively 
     participate in such battery or cruelty.
       (b) Definitions.--For purposes of subsection (a)(2)(C):
       (1) The term ``battered or subjected to extreme cruelty'' 
     has the meaning given such term under regulations issued 
     pursuant to subtitle G of the Violence Against Women Act of 
     1994 (Pub. L. 103-322; 108 Stat. 1953).
       (2) The term ``related legal assistance'' means legal 
     assistance directly related to the prevention of, or 
     obtaining of relief from, the battery or cruelty described in 
     such subsection.
       Sec. 503. (a) Continuation of Audit Requirements.--The 
     requirements of section 509 of Public Law 104-134 (101 Stat. 
     1321-146 et seq.), other than subsection (l) of such section, 
     shall apply during fiscal year 1997.
       (b) Requirement of Annual Audit.--An annual audit of each 
     person or entity receiving financial assistance from the 
     Legal Services Corporation under this Act shall be conducted 
     during fiscal year 1997 in accordance with the requirements 
     referred to in subsection (a).

                        Marine Mammal Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as 
     authorized by title II of Public Law 92-522, as amended, 
     $975,000.

                 National Bankruptcy Review Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the National Bankruptcy Review 
     Commission, as authorized by the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 
     1994, $500,000.

                   Securities and Exchange Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses for the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
     3109, the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 
     in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and not to exceed 
     $3,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
     $277,021,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used 
     toward funding a permanent secretariat for the International 
     Organization of Securities Commissions, and of which not to 
     exceed $100,000 shall be available for expenses for 
     consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with 
     foreign governmental and other regulatory officials, members 
     of their delegations, appropriate representatives and staff 
     to exchange views concerning developments relating to 
     securities matters, development and implementation of 
     cooperation agreements concerning securities matters and 
     provision of technical assistance for the development of 
     foreign securities markets, such expenses to include 
     necessary logistic and administrative expenses and the 
     expenses of Commission staff and foreign invitees in 
     attendance at such consultations and meetings including (1) 
     such incidental expenses as meals taken in the course of such 
     attendance, (2) any travel and transportation to or from such 
     meetings, and (3) any other related lodging or subsistence: 
     Provided, That immediately upon enactment of this Act, the 
     rate of fees under section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 
     (15 U.S.C. 77f(b))

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     shall increase from one-fiftieth of one percentum to one-
     thirty-third of one percentum, and such increase shall be 
     deposited as an offsetting collection to this appropriation, 
     to remain available until expended, to recover costs of 
     services of the securities registration process: Provided 
     further, That immediately upon enactment of this Act or 
     September 1, 1996, whichever occurs later, every national 
     securities association shall pay to the Commission a fee at a 
     rate of one-eight-hundredth of one percentum for each 
     $1,000,000 of the aggregate dollar amount of sales transacted 
     by or through any member of such association otherwise than 
     on a national securities exchange (other than bonds, 
     debentures, and other evidences of indebtedness) subject to 
     prompt last sale reporting pursuant to the rules of the 
     Commission or a registered national securities association, 
     excluding any sales for which a fee is paid under section 31 
     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee), and 
     such increase shall be deposited as an offsetting collection 
     to this appropriation, to remain available until expended, to 
     recover the costs to the Government of the supervision and 
     regulation of securities markets and securities 
     professionals: Provided further, That the fee due from every 
     national securities association shall be paid (1) on or 
     before March 15, 1997, with respect to transactions occurring 
     during the period beginning immediately upon enactment of 
     this Act or September 1, 1996, whichever occurs later, and 
     ending at the close of December 31, 1996; and (2) on or 
     before September 30, 1997, with respect to transactions and 
     sales occurring during the period beginning on January 1, 
     1997, and ending at the close of August 31, 1997: Provided 
     further, That the total amount appropriated for fiscal year 
     1997 under this heading shall be reduced as all such 
     offsetting fees are deposited to this appropriation so as to 
     result in a final total fiscal year 1997 appropriation from 
     the General Fund estimated at not more than $83,047,000: 
     Provided further, That any such fees collected in excess of 
     $193,974,000 shall remain available until expended but shall 
     not be available for obligation until October 1, 1997.

                     Small Business Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
     Small Business Administration as authorized by Public Law 
     103-403, including hire of passenger motor vehicles as 
     authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344, and not to exceed 
     $3,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
     $214,419,000, of which $94,218,000 shall be available for the 
     non-credit programs of the Small Business Administration, 
     including $3,000,000 which shall only be available for 
     obligation and expenditure for projects jointly developed, 
     implemented and administered with the Minority Business 
     Development Agency of the Department of Commerce: Provided, 
     That the Administrator is authorized to charge fees to cover 
     the cost of publications developed by the Small Business 
     Administration, and certain loan servicing activities: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
     revenues received from all such activities shall be credited 
     to this account, to be available for carrying out these 
     purposes without further appropriations.


                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 1-11, as amended by Public 
     Law 100-504), $8,900,000.


                     business loans program account

       For the cost of direct loans, $2,792,000, and for the cost 
     of guaranteed loans, $161,876,000, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 
     631 note, of which $1,216,000, to be available until 
     expended, shall be for the Microloan Guarantee Program, and 
     of which $40,510,000 shall remain available until September 
     30, 1998: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
     modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
     during fiscal year 1997, commitments to guarantee loans under 
     section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as 
     amended, shall not exceed the amount of financings authorized 
     under section 20(n)(2)(B) of the Small Business Act, as 
     amended.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct and guaranteed loan programs, $93,485,000, which may 
     be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 
     Salaries and Expenses.


                     disaster loans program account

       For the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) of 
     the Small Business Act, as amended, $105,432,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
     including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct loan program, $100,578,000, including not to exceed 
     $500,000 for the Office of Inspector General of the Small 
     Business Administration for audits and reviews of disaster 
     loans and the disaster loan program, and said sums may be 
     transferred to and merged with appropriations for Salaries 
     and Expenses and Office of Inspector General.


                 surety bond guarantees revolving fund

       For additional capital for the ``Surety Bond Guarantees 
     Revolving Fund'', authorized by the Small Business Investment 
     Act, as amended, $3,730,000, to remain available without 
     fiscal year limitation as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 631 note.

        administrative provision--small business administration

       Sec. 504. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
     available for the current fiscal year for the Small Business 
     Administration in this Act may be transferred between such 
     appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased 
     by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, That 
     any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a 
     reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and 
     shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
     in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not 
     authorized by the Congress.
       Sec. 602. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those 
     contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
     record and available for public inspection, except where 
     otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
     Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
       Sec. 604. If any provision of this Act or the application 
     of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be 
     held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of 
     each provision to persons or circumstances other than those 
     as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby.
       Sec. 605. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
     provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
     funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
     expenditure in fiscal year 1997, or provided from any 
     accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 
     collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
     Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 
     a reprogramming of funds which (1) creates new programs; (2) 
     eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 
     funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity 
     for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates 
     an office or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or 
     activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions, 
     or activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
     unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of 
     Congress are notified fifteen days in advance of such 
     reprogramming of funds.
       (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided 
     under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 
     this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
     in fiscal year 1997, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of 
     fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
     available for obligation or expenditure for activities, 
     programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in 
     excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that (1) 
     augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) 
     reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
     project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
     as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general 
     savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a 
     change in existing programs, activities, or projects as 
     approved by Congress; unless the Appropriations Committees of 
     both Houses of Congress are notified fifteen days in advance 
     of such reprogramming of funds.
       Sec. 606. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for the construction, repair (other than emergency 
     repair), overhaul, conversion, or modernization of vessels 
     for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 
     shipyards located outside of the United States.
       Sec. 607. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and 
     Products.--It is the sense of the Congress that, to the 
     greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products 
     purchased with funds made available in this Act should be 
     American-made.
       (b) Notice Requirement.--In providing financial assistance 
     to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using 
     funds made available in this Act, the head of each Federal 
     agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to 
     such entity a notice describing the statement made in 
     subsection (a) by the Congress.
       Sec. 608. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to implement, administer, or enforce any guidelines 
     of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission covering 
     harassment based on religion, when it is made known to the 
     Federal entity or official to which such funds are made 
     available that such guidelines do not differ in any respect 
     from the proposed guidelines published by the Commission on 
     October 1, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg. 51266).
       Sec. 609. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be obligated or expended to pay for 
     any cost incurred for (1) opening or operating any United 
     States diplomatic or consular post in the Socialist Republic 
     of Vietnam that was not operating on July 11, 1995; (2) 
     expanding any United States diplomatic or consular post in 
     the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that was

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     operating on July 11, 1995; or (3) increasing the total 
     number of personnel assigned to United States diplomatic or 
     consular posts in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam above the 
     levels existing on July 11, 1995, unless the President 
     certifies within 60 days, based upon all information 
     available to the United States Government that the Government 
     of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is cooperating in full 
     faith with the United States in the following four areas:
       (1) Resolving discrepancy cases, live sightings and field 
     activities,
       (2) Recovering and repatriating American remains,
       (3) Accelerating efforts to provide documents that will 
     help lead to fullest possible accounting of POW/MIA's.
       (4) Providing further assistance in implementing trilateral 
     investigations with Laos.
       Sec. 610. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for any United Nations undertaking when it is made 
     known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or 
     expend such funds (1) that the United Nations undertaking is 
     a peacekeeping mission, (2) that such undertaking will 
     involve United States Armed Forces under the command or 
     operational control of a foreign national, and (3) that the 
     President's military advisors have not submitted to the 
     President a recommendation that such involvement is in the 
     national security interests of the United States and the 
     President has not submitted to the Congress such a 
     recommendation.
       Sec. 611. None of the funds made available in this Act 
     shall be used to provide the following amenities or personal 
     comforts in the Federal prison system--
       (1) in-cell television viewing except for prisoners who are 
     segregated from the general prison population for their own 
     safety;
       (2) the viewing of R, X, and NC-17 rated movies, through 
     whatever medium presented;
       (3) any instruction (live or through broadcasts) or 
     training equipment for boxing, wrestling, judo, karate, or 
     other martial art, or any bodybuilding or weightlifting 
     equipment of any sort;
       (4) possession of in-cell coffee pots, hot plates, or 
     heating elements; or
       (5) the use or possession of any electric or electronic 
     musical instrument.
       Sec. 612. None of the funds made available in title II for 
     the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the 
     heading ``Fleet Modernization, Shipbuilding and Conversion'' 
     may be used to implement sections 603, 604, and 605 of Public 
     Law 102-567.
       Sec. 613. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for ``USIA Television Marti Program'' under the 
     Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act or any other program of 
     United States Government television broadcasts to Cuba, when 
     it is made known to the Federal official having authority to 
     obligate or expend such funds that such use would be 
     inconsistent with the applicable provisions of the March 1995 
     Office of Cuba Broadcasting Reinventing Plan of the United 
     States Information Agency.
       Sec. 614. Any costs incurred by a Department or agency 
     funded under this Act resulting from personnel actions taken 
     in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall 
     be absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to 
     such Department or agency: Provided, That the authority to 
     transfer funds between appropriations accounts as may be 
     necessary to carry out this section is provided in addition 
     to authorities included elsewhere in this Act: Provided 
     further, That use of funds to carry out this section shall be 
     treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this 
     Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
     except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
     section.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Departments of Commerce, 
     Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1997.''.

  The CHAIRMAN. No further amendments shall be in order except the 
following amendments, which shall be considered read, shall not be 
subject to amendment or to a demand for division of the question, and 
shall be debatable for the time specified, equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and a Member opposed:
  Amendment No. 10 by the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Hostettler], for 
10 minutes.
  An amendment by the gentlewoman from Texas [Ms. Jackson-Lee], 
regarding the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration, for 15 minutes;
  Amendment No. 11 by the gentlewoman from Hawaii [Mrs. Mink], for 10 
minutes;
  An amendment by the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Rogers], regarding 
NOAA, for 10 minutes;
  An amendment by the gentleman from New York [Mr. Engel], regarding 
Public Broadcasting grants, for 10 minutes;
  An amendment No. 20 by the gentleman from California [Mr. Brown], for 
20 minutes;
  An amendment by the gentleman from Colorado [Mr. Allard], regarding 
the Technology Administration, for 10 minutes;
  An amendment by the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss], regarding EDA, 
for 10 minutes;
  An amendment by the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Porter], regarding 
Asia Broadcasting, for 20 minutes;
  An amendment by the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey], regarding 
the ABM Treaty, for 15 minutes;
  An amendment No. 19 by the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Traficant], for 5 
minutes;
  Amendment No. 28 by the gentleman from Minnesota [Mr. Gutknecht], for 
20 minutes;
  An amendment by the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Deutsch], regarding 
COPS, for 10 minutes;
  An amendment by the gentleman from Nevada [Mr. Ensign], regarding 
sexually explicit material in prisons, for 10 minutes;
  Amendment No. 5 by the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Frank], for 
20 minutes;
  Amendment No. 6 by the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Frank], for 
20 minutes;
  Amendment No. 16 by the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. Ganske], for 20 
minutes;
  Amendment No. 17 by the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Gekas], for 
10 minutes;
  Amendment No. 33 by the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia 
[Ms. Norton], for 20 minutes;
  An amendment by the gentlewoman from Florida [Mrs. Fowler], regarding 
COPS, for 10 minutes;
  An amendment by the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Collins], regarding 
Federal prison industries, for 15 minutes;
  An amendment by the gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. Hutchinson], 
regarding deaths in prisons, for 10 minutes; and
  An amendment by the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Miller], for 10 
minutes.

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  Pursuant to the announcement just made by the gentleman from 
Kentucky, there are six amendments which will be considered yet this 
evening.
  Does the gentleman from Kentucky intend to suggest one amendment over 
another or does he wish it simply be subject to recognition by the 
Chair?
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, I would prefer the latter, that we would 
call them up as we see fit, as they become ready. Let me reiterate, 
though, that the only six amendments that we plan to bring up tonight 
are the ones that I read off: The gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss], 
the gentlewoman from Hawaii [Mrs. Mink], the gentleman from Florida 
[Mr. Miller], the gentleman from New York [Mr. Engel], the gentleman 
from Illinois [Mr. Porter], and the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. 
Traficant]. No votes will be taken tonight. If any votes are required, 
we will roll them until tomorrow. All other amendments other than these 
six will be brought up tomorrow, so Members can feel free, if they do 
not want to participate in these six amendments, to go to their offices 
or retire.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Goss

  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  Mr. CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Goss: Page 48, line 7, after the 
     dollar amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by 
     $98,550,000)''.

  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the order of the House today, the gentleman 
from Florida [Mr. Goss] will be recognized for 5 minutes and a Member 
in opposition will be recognized for 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss].
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, this amendment cuts 30 percent from the Economic 
Development Administration assistance programs. This would provide the 
American taxpayer with $98.5 million dollars in discretionary savings. 
Citizens Against Government Waste has endorsed this amendment.
  As we work to balance the budget, I think it is imperative that we 
prioritize our limited resources. When considering further funding for 
any program or agency, we must ask ourselves some very basic questions. 
Is this a Federal responsibility? Does it

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work? Can we afford it? As noted during debate on the Hostettler 
amendment, I contend the EDA failed on all three counts.
  The EDA's programs do not provide a good return on investment. An 
April 1996 GAO report could not find a single study that showed a 
causal relationship between Federal economic development assistance and 
a community's economic growth, not a single instance in a GAO April 
1996 report.
  The EDA's programs are too costly and too slow to do much good. An 
analysis of the Emergency Jobs Act of 1983 revealed that only 84 
previously unemployed people received jobs under the program at a cost 
of $307,000 per job, which is frankly about 7 times the cost of a job 
created in the private sector, and indefensible.
  Inspector General reports demonstrate the volume of EDA grants and 
programs. Through an EDA grant in New York, the Federal Government 
helped to construct an Olympic hockey rink that the team never used, 
created no new jobs and was so replete with sweetheart deals and 
corruption that the county executive was convicted in Federal court on 
three felony counts. All of this for a cost of $10.2 million of the 
taxpayers dollars.
  While EDA's impact has been dubious at best, funding in this bill has 
been maintained at last year's level. My amendment is simple. I seek a 
responsible cut for EDA to ensure that we target our resources on what 
are truly vital and effective programs while phasing out the low-
priority ones.
  EDA boosters have claimed money is needed to offset job losses caused 
by base closures. Under my amendment, more than enough money would 
remain for this purpose. I understand that less than one-tenth of their 
money has gone for that purpose. There have been claims that money is 
needed for natural disasters. Again, more than enough money would 
remain for this function under my amendment.

  The House voted last year to eliminate EDA as part of our 
congressional budget resolution. The agency has gone without 
authorization since 1982. Let me repeat that. This has not been 
authorized since 1982. Over 100 Members have cosponsored legislation to 
eliminate the Commerce Department and EDA as well, of course.
  Given these facts, I certainly think a 30-percent cut is appropriate 
and reasonable toward an eventual phaseout. This is a responsible cut 
consistent with our efforts to balance the budget and streamline 
wasteful agencies and programs. The EDA needs to be scaled back. I 
encourage a ``yes'' vote on my amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN. Who seeks time in opposition?
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, I do.
  The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Rogers] is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes of that 5 minutes to the 
gentleman from West Virginia [Mr. Mollohan], and I ask unanimous 
consent that he be permitted to control that time.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Kentucky?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New 
York [Mr. Boehlert].
  (Mr. BOEHLERT asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. BOEHLERT. Mr. Chairman, there is a very basic reason why this 
House by a vote of 328-99 just rejected an amendment to eliminate 
funding from EDA. Let me point out that this is an increase in support 
for EDA over last year. Why? Because EDA is an agency who has as its 
mission preserving existing jobs and creating additional jobs in areas 
of distress. Let me point out that we are cutting back military 
installations all over this country to save dollars. EDA has 27 percent 
of its total budget allocated to help these distressed communities 
recover from this devastating blow.
  Mr. Chairman, the favorite four-letter word of many of us in this 
Chamber, and it is a word you can use in polite company, that favorite 
four-letter word is jobs. EDA, the Economic Development Administration, 
is an agency that has proven year after year that it is working with 
communities in partnership to help preserve jobs, to help create new 
jobs, and it very much deserves our support.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Payne].
  Mr. PAYNE of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to 
this amendment. The Economic Development Administration is extremely 
effective in helping distressed communities attract industries and 
jobs.
  One stellar example of this effectiveness can be found in my own 
Congressional District. Henry County, Virginia, used an EDA grant to 
prepare a site for an industrial park. The EDA grant was matched by 
$740,000 in state and local money and attracted private sector 
investment of $68 million. As a result, 550 people now work at the site 
in 6 different businesses. The site would be an empty lot today if not 
for that initial commitment from the EDA.
  Mr. Chairman, my district is not unique. The EDA is targeted, 
effective and locally-driven. The EDA works in partnership with local 
leaders and the private sector to foster economic growth for our 
citizens in distressed areas. Since its inception, the EDA has helped 
to create and retain nearly 3 million private sector jobs. Clearly, the 
EDA is an important, cost-effective agency--one that we should support, 
not cut.
  I urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment.
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentleman form Colorado [Mr. Hefley].
  Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. Chairman, I will give you the four-letter word that 
the EDA stands for, and that is pork. That is pork, my friends. The 
reason that there is such support for it, there is no other program we 
fund that gives you the opportunity to take home to your constituents 
the pork that can show them what a great job you are doing for them 
than the EDA.
  In 1991 the Economic Development Administration received $209 
million. In the years that have followed the EDA has averaged about 
double that amount. This year the Committee on Appropriations is 
scaling down the EDA by giving it only $348 million.
  Is this what Congress calls balancing the budget? Is promulgating a 
wasteful and mismanaged agency like the EDA considered fiscally 
responsible? Surely this was not what was intended when the EDA was 
created to assist the most economically distressed communities in the 
Nation.
  By cutting the EDA by 30 percent, it will be forced to focus its 
attention on the truly needy areas of the country. Okay, so the 
complete cutout of it was not acceptable to this body, but certainly 
the 30 percent cut in this climate of trying to balance the budget is 
reasonable. I encourage Members to support the Goss amendment.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Massachusetts [Mr. Blute].
  Mr. BLUTE. Mr. Chairman, last year the House sent a message that we 
believe in the Economic Development Administration's success in 
stimulating the economies of cities and towns all cross this country. 
By an overwhelming margin of 310 to 115, the House voted for investing 
in our economy and creating more jobs and against shortsighted cuts.
  Over the years the EDA has helped create or retain more than 2.9 
million jobs. In my own State, a minor investment in equipment for a 
biotechnology incubator has resulted in the creation of more than 20 
companies and 2,000 jobs. These jobs pay income taxes to the States as 
well as the Federal Government, helping to boost revenues and create 
jobs.
  Building on examples like that, the EDA has achieved an outstanding 
record of leveraging its funds to attract private dollars at a ratio of 
3-to-1. In addition, the EDA has managed to keep overhead below 8 
percent, guaranteeing that $12 of every $13 appropriated is invested in 
the States. I oppose this amendment.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentleman from West Virginia [Mr. Wise].
  Mr. WISE. Mr. Chairman, I oppose a one-third cut in the EDA. First of 
all, you can cut it back so that it is not effective at all, and that 
is what this amendment would do. This bill is also

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less than what the President requested. The EDA has taken already a 13-
percent reduction in force in its headquarters staff, for an effective 
total of a 20-percent reduction already in its employees.
  But I would ask, would you deny communities across the country the 
kind of successful projects, for instance, such as the Putnam County 
feasibility study to look at the feasibility of building a 
multimillion-dollar airport or the Randolph County Wood Technology 
Institute, already listed by one company as a major reason for moving 
to Randolph County? Or the water system extension in Hardy County that 
permitted hundreds of new jobs in poultry processing to be created? Or 
the grant to the Martinsburg Eastern Regional Airport that will create 
hundreds of jobs in a jet production facility? Would you deny those to 
future communities that are looking to create jobs? I think not. That 
is why this cut of this magnitude should not be passed.
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  Mr. Chairman, we are not denying those jobs. Those are jobs that are 
worthwhile. They will stand on their own merit and there will be plenty 
of money in this program under this amendment should it pass and it 
should.
  I have been told that this is about need. Here I am looking at a 
community where the average per capita income is $37,500, they got a 
grant for $750,000 for a storm sewer system. I think they could afford 
it themselves.
  I am taking a look at a GAO report that says, ``In our review of the 
literature available, we were unavailable to find any study that 
established a strong causal linkage between a positive economic effect 
and an agency's economic development assistance.''
  Here we have got an IG report that says with regard to base closings 
that ``base closures or convert defense technology to civilian 
applications appeared limited'' and a disproportionate share were in a 
few areas. What we have got is a program that does not work very well. 
It is time to prioritize it. It is time to understand it. It is time to 
start phasing it back.

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  That is all we seek to do. We do not seek to remove any good jobs. We 
all are for good jobs. I urge support of this amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from 
Maryland [Mr. Gilchrest].
  Mr. GILCHREST. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me 
the time.
  Mr. Chairman, I would say something about the GAO report. They 
themselves have concluded that the standards they set for EDA were 
impossible to meet because no other Federal agency or department in the 
Federal Government could meet those standards. Can poor communities, 
poor families build industrial parks? The answer to that is no. We 
target these resources not only to closed bases, but we target these 
resources to defense contractors that have left communities. Almost all 
the increase in these dollars over the past few years have gone to 
defense adjustment assistance programs where communities need these 
monies. We vote to cut defense, we vote to close bases. We as a Federal 
Government should be a part of the team that helps enhance job 
creation. I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN. All time has expired.
  The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from 
Florida [Mr. Goss].
  The question was taken; and the Chairman announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 479, further proceedings 
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss] will 
be postponed.


                    amendment offered by mr. porter

  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Porter: Page 88, line 6, insert 
     before the period the following: ``: Provided, That, of the 
     amount provided under this heading, $9,300,000 may be made 
     available for grants for the operating costs of Radio Free 
     Asia under section 309 of the United States International 
     Broadcasting Act of 1994''.

  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the order of the House of today, the 
gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Porter] and a Member opposed each will be 
recognized for 10 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Porter].
  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, for all the time I have been in Congress I have been a 
very strong supporter of the Voice of America and the surrogate radios. 
Two years ago, the Congress authorized the creation of Radio Free Asia, 
Asia Pacific Radio that would broadcast messages of hope and truth and 
freedom to the repressive societies in China, Burma, the Chinese in 
Tibet, in Laos, Cambodia, North Korea, and Vietnam.
  We funded Radio Free Asia for $5 million in 1995, in 1996, and we now 
have agreed to a funding level of up to $9.3 million in the amendment 
that I have offered. While there is a great deal of discussion about 
how Radio Free Asia will be organized and will conduct its business, 
there has been, I think, great progress made in the selection of 
Richard Richter as its chair and progress in pulling together a staff 
that I think will be very, very worthy of the surrogate radios that we 
have seen broadcasting in the past.
  I would say that this Congress and most particularly this 
administration has done very little to address the ongoing human rights 
abuses in that part of the world and that a surrogate radio, Radio Free 
Asia, Asia Pacific Radio, will go a great deal of the way toward 
preserving hope for those people who believe in freedom and democracy 
and human rights and the rule of law in a part of the world where all 
too often authoritarian regimes prevail. I would commend the adoption 
of this amendment to the House.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. PORTER. I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, I think the gentleman has offered an 
excellent amendment. We are in favor of the amendment. I urge its 
adoption and commend the gentleman for his career-long work on this 
project.
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. PORTER. I yield to the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Chairman, let me just say I really commend the 
gentleman for bringing this here. Mr. Chairman, we all know the great 
success of surrogate broadcasting to the former Soviet bloc by Radio 
Liberty and Radio Free Europe. It was so effective, just ask any 
freedom fighter in that part of the world, and they will say that 
democracy would not be breaking out all over Europe today if it were 
not for Radio Free Europe.
  We still have these oppressive regimes like the military dictatorship 
in Burma, the totalitarian Communist regimes in North Korea, Indochina, 
and Mainland China. Literally billions of people are still oppressed 
and largely cut off from the outside world. We need this legislation, 
and my heart goes out to the gentleman for offering this amendment. It 
is badly needed.
  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of this amendment 
by the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Porter] to increase funding for 
Radio Free Asia for up to $9.3 million.
  Mr. Chairman, we all know the great success of surrogate broadcasting 
to the former Soviet bloc by Radio Liberty and Radio Free Europe.
  There just isn't a freedom fighter in that part of the world who 
won't tell you how instrumental those radios were in keeping the flame 
of freedom burning in the hearts of the peoples of those former captive 
nations.
  Unfortunately, we still have captive nations and many of them are in 
Asia.
  From the harsh military dictatorship in Burma to the totalitarian 
Communist regimes in North Korea, Indochina, and mainland China, 
literally billions of people are still oppressed and largely cut off 
from the outside world.
  Surrogate broadcasting in the form of Radio Free Asia is the beacon 
of hope that these people need and that their rulers fear.

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  That is why Congress created it with bipartisan support in 1994.
  With the radio scheduled to come on line in the near future, now is 
no time to shortchange its funding.
  That is why we need the Porter amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, we've heard a lot of talk recently about engagement 
with certain Asian countries.
  Well, this is real engagement--direct contact with the broad masses 
of Asia, without government interference.
  It will go a long way toward bringing freedom to that part of the 
world, and that is why I lend my strong support to this amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I include the following ``Dear Colleague'' for the 
Record:

                                     House of Representatives,

                                    Washington, DC, July 23, 1996.


                    the fruits of engagement, cont'd

       Dear Colleague: Last month, defenders of the status quo 
     insisted that the only way to stem Communist China's 
     proliferation activities was to continue ``engaging'' them. 
     Meanwhile, the ``engaged'' Communist Chinese were at that 
     very moment ``engaged'' with the terrorist nation of Syria in 
     yet another perfidious arms transaction. There is something 
     very, very wrong with this picture.
           Sincerely,
     Gerald B. Solomon.
                                                                    ____


             CIA Suspects Chinese Firm of Syria Missile Aid

                            (By Bill Gertz)

       The Chinese manufacturer of M-11 missiles sent a shipment 
     of military cargo to Syria last month that the CIA believes 
     may have contained missile-related components, agency sources 
     said.
       The CIA detected the delivery to Syria early in June from 
     the China Precision Machinery Import-Export Corp., described 
     as ``China's premier missile sales firm.''
       The suspect military delivery raises questions about 
     China's pledge to the United States in 1994 not to export 
     missiles or missile components that would violate the Missile 
     Technology Control Regime.
       It also follows China's recent export of nuclear-weapons 
     technology to Pakistan in violation of U.S. anti-
     proliferation laws, which was disclosed by The Washington 
     Times in February.
       The Syrian company that received the Chinese cargo was 
     identified as the Scientific Studies and Research Center, 
     which conducts work on Syria's ballistic missiles, weapons of 
     mass destruction and advanced conventional arms programs, the 
     CIA said in a classified report circulated to senior U.S. 
     officials.
       The Syrian center is in charge of programs to build Scud C 
     ballistic missiles and a program to upgrade anti-ship 
     missiles.
       U.S. intelligence agencies said the Syrian center has 
     received help from the China Precision Machinery Import-
     Export Corp. in recent years for both missile programs.
       ``The involvement of CPMIEC and the Syrian end user 
     suggests the shipments [last month] are missile-related,'' 
     one source said.
       The exact nature of the equipment was not identified, but 
     it was described as ``special and dangerous,'' the source 
     said.
       CIA and State Department spokesmen declined to comment.
       Chinese officials promised the State Department in 1994 not 
     to export M-11s or their technology in exchange for a U.S. 
     agreement to lift sanctions against Chinese Precision 
     Machinery and the Pakistani Defense Ministry, which were 
     involved in M-11-related transfers.
       The missile-control agreement bars transfers of missiles 
     and technology for systems that travel farther than 186 miles 
     and carry warheads heavier than 1,100 pounds. Transfers of 
     both the Chinese M-11 and Syria's Scud C are banned under the 
     accord.
       Syria has purchased Scud C missiles in the past from North 
     Korea and is working on developing production capabilities 
     for them according to U.S. officials.
       The delivery of Chinese missiles or components to Syria, if 
     confirmed, would trigger sanctions against China because 
     Syria is classified by the State Department as a state 
     sponsor of international terrorism.
       William C. Triplett, a China specialist and former 
     Republican counsel for the Senate Foreign Relations 
     Committee, said the administration does not need hard 
     evidence to impose sanctions because the sales involved 
     Syria.
       A 1994 amendment to the Arms Export Control Act, sponsored 
     by Sen. Larry Pressler, South Dakota Republican, says the 
     president may presume a transfer violates the 31-nation 
     missile-control agreement if it goes to a nation that 
     supports terrorism.
       ``If it goes to a terrorist country, we consider that a 
     much more significant event than if it goes some other 
     place,'' Mr. Triplett said.
       China Precision Machinery already is under intense scrutiny 
     within the U.S. government over the earlier M-11 sales to 
     Pakistan.
       U.S. intelligence agencies concluded earlier this year that 
     Chinese M-11s are operational in Pakistan, but the State 
     Department is challenging the intelligence conclusion to 
     avoid having to impose sanctions on China.
       U.S.-China relations have been strained over Beijing's 
     proliferation activities, as well as disputes concerning 
     human rights and widespread copyright infringement.
       In May, the Clinton administration decided not to impose 
     sanctions on China for violating U.S. anti-proliferation laws 
     with sales of nuclear weapons technology to Pakistan because 
     Chinese officials claimed they did not know the sale took 
     place.
       China Precision Machinery has been slapped with U.S. 
     economic sanctions twice in the past. The Bush administration 
     in 1991 sanction the company, which is part of the official 
     Chinese government defense-industrial complex, for selling 
     missile technology to Pakistan. Sanctions also were imposed 
     in 1993, again for the transfer of M-11 technology.
       Kenneth Timmerman, director of the consulting firm Middle 
     East Data Project, said the Syria center that received the 
     June shipments from China is a major agency involved in 
     weapons research, procurement and production.
       Mr. Timmerman said that North Korea and China have helped 
     to build two missile-production centers in Syria and that 
     Syrian missile technicians have been trained in China.
       Israel's government said in 1993 that Chinese technicians 
     were working in Syria to develop production facilities for 
     missile guidance systems, according to Mr. Timmerman.

  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. PORTER. I yield to the gentleman from New York.
  (Mr. GILMAN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentleman for his long-
standing effort on behalf of Radio Free Asia. I want to thank the 
gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Rogers], the chairman of the committee, 
for accepting the amendment.
  This is an extremely important project to help democratize some of 
the oppressive governments in the Asian Area, and I urge my colleagues 
to fully support the measure. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. Chairman, while the Berlin Wall fell, Chinese tanks rolled over 
the students calling for freedom in China. Nothing could describe the 
need for Radio Free Asia [RFA].
  Like its cousins which Soviet emigres reported was so successful, 
Radio Free Asia promises to bring the rarest commodity to Asia's closed 
societies--information and free debate.
  I strongly support the Porter amendment to increase funding for Radio 
Free Asia. This is program that deserves full support and I appreciate 
the gentleman from Illinois's effort to secure broadcasting into 
countries in Asia.
  The House-passed authorizing bill conference report from my committee 
would have funded FRA at the $10 million level. This amendment nearly 
reaches that goal.
  Unfortunately, Asia is still home to many closed societies. This 
broadcasting program can penetrate into those countries, giving them 
access to information and free debate. We owe the students of Tianammen 
this effort. I urge Members to fully support the Porter amendment.
  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I would say to the 
gentleman, who is the chairman of the Committee on International 
Affairs, that his leadership in providing authority for this very 
important program has been absolutely outstanding. I thank him for his 
ongoing commitment to human rights all across this globe.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. PORTER. I yield to the gentleman from West Virginia.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, we are in agreement with the chairman 
with regard to this amendment, understanding that this amendment 
relates to funding only. It increases, I believe, from $5 million to 
$9.3 million funding for this account. That does not mean, I hope, the 
committee is any less concerned about the expenditure of these funds 
and the development of a rational feasibility plan prior to the 
expenditure of the funds.
  This concern is spoken to in the report at page 118, and I would just 
note that the International Broadcasting Act of 1994 mandated that the 
new Broadcasting Board of Governors submit to Congress a plan 
concerning the feasibility of establishing an independent Radio Free 
Asia.
  In addition, we have requested an operating plan, an implementation 
plan. The committee has not yet received that and we certainly expect 
to see that, understand how this program will be implemented, what are 
the cost estimates projected into the outyears prior to the expenditure 
of this increased funding that the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Porter] 
has worked so hard on.

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  Mr. Chairman, I will commend the gentleman. He has been excellent on 
the subject. He is knowledgeable and very concerned. My concern really 
goes to the expenditure of the funds in a responsible way, and I look 
forward to working with him and with the chairman as this process moves 
forward.
  Mr. PORTER. Reclaiming my time, I would say to the gentleman that we 
are well aware of the language in the report and the committee's desire 
to see a plan that would show how the funds are going to be expended 
over the next 5 years. The amendment, of course, addresses the 
expenditure of funds through the Board for International Broadcasting 
as funds are normally expended, but I have been assured by Radio Free 
Asia that their plan for expenditures will be forthcoming and I am sure 
the committee will look at it.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. PORTER. I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, first of all, I want to 
commend the gentleman for his outstanding amendment and the gentleman 
from Kentucky, Chairman Hal Rogers, for his good work in accepting it, 
my friend from West Virginia, as well, for accepting this language. I 
urge a ``yes'' vote, and I think that is a given now since there is a 
consensus.
  Just let me say that throughout human history, the most important 
battles have not been those whose object was to control territory. The 
battles that really matter have always been about values and ideas. 
When the history of our century is written, it will be in large part 
the story of a long struggle for the soul of the world, the struggle 
between the values of the free would on the one hand and those of 
communism, fascism, and other forms of totalitarianism on the other.
  Throughout most of the world, the values of the free world have been 
victorious, not only because we had better values but because we were 
not afraid to stand up for them.
  Some say we no longer need the presence of surrogate broadcasting now 
that the cold war is over, but just let me remain Members, and everyone 
is increasingly aware of this, that in Asia there is a major problem 
with human rights. We have, unfortunately, reneged in our 
responsibility on these issues. MFN has been conferred for another year 
without linkage. Radio Free Asia, it seems to me, is the least we can 
do.
  H.R. 1561, the authorization bill, was vetoed by the President, 
provided $10 million per year. So this is well within the range what we 
have already done on the floor of the House, and that legislation again 
was vetoed. But this will not be and this will become law and I commend 
the gentleman for his amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``yes'' vote on this amendment to save Radio 
Free Asia.
  Throughout human history the most important battles have not been 
those whose object was to control territory. The battles that really 
matter have always been about values and ideas. When the history of our 
century is written, it will be in large part the story of a long 
struggle for the soul of the world--a struggle between the values of 
the free world on the one hand, and those of communism, fascism, and 
other forms of totalitarianism on the other, Throughout most of the 
world, the values of the free world have been victorious--not only 
because we had better values, but because we were not afraid to stand 
up for them.
  Some say that we no longer need a presence in the world now that the 
cold war is over. I think this view is misguided, for several reasons.
  First, there are places in the world where the values of freedom have 
not yet been victorious. These places include the few remaining 
Communist countries, such as Cuba, China, Vietnam, and North Korea, as 
well as an increasing number of countries governed by ``rogue 
regimes,'' such as Burma, Iraq, and Libya. This is why we still need 
Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, and freedom broadcasting to Cuba. And 
this is why we need Radio Free Asia.
  Mr. Chairman, the repeated cuts, rescissions, delays, and consistent 
underfunding of Radio Free Asia since Congress ordered its creation in 
1994 appear to be evidence that this important profreedom program is 
being subjected to the old Washington two-step: If you don't like a 
program but don't have the votes to kill it, first you render it 
ineffective. Then you can kill it by pointing out how ineffective it 
is.
  In H.R. 1561--the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, passed by the 
House and Senate but vetoed by President Clinton--we authorized $10 
million for a no-year account for fiscal year 1996 and fiscal year 
1997, as in fiscal year 1995. This was based on the estimates of those 
who conceived Radio Free Asia--distinguished human rights advocates 
such as Ambassador Charles Lichtenstein, who was our principal Deputy 
Ambassador to the United Nations under Jeane Kirkpatrick--that it would 
take at least $30 million to get Radio Free Asia up and running. 
Because it was fairly clear that the process would take at least 2 
years, only $10 million was authorized for a no-year account in fiscal 
year 1995. The idea was that over the 3 years it would take to 
establish Radio Free Asia, the necessary $30 million would accumulate 
in the account. Through a series of rescissions and reductions, this 
start-up amount has been reduced to less than $10 million--which will 
be insufficient to establish Radio Free Asia as an effective voice 
against tyranny in the region.
  The Clinton administration, which has taken deep cuts in 
international broadcasting over the last 3 years, nevertheless 
recognizes that Radio Free Asia needs at least $14.4 million--that is, 
$10 million in fiscal year 1997 in addition to the $4.4 million already 
appropriated in a no-year account from fiscal year 1996--in order to 
survive its crucial first year of operations.
  The bill before us cuts this amount in half, to $5 million. The 
subcommittee report points out that the Board of Broadcasting Governors 
should have filed a more detailed report by now about its plans for 
Radio Free Asia. I agree with this criticism. But let's not blame the 
victim. If we must impose punishment for the failure to file a better 
report, let's find a way to impose it on the bureaucrats who should 
have filed the report--not on the innocent and freedom-loving people of 
China, Vietnam, Burma, and other countries who have been waiting 2 
years already for Radio Free Asia to get up and running.
  In order to avoid killing this important human rights program without 
increasing the Federal budget deficit, it was necessary to find a $5 
million offset from another program. This has been done by taking a 
tiny reduction--less than three-tenths of 1 percent--in the State 
Department's largest operating account, the $1.7 billion Diplomatic and 
Consular Services. Don't be fooled by the title of this account: it is 
simply the State Department's way of describing its largest salaries 
and expenses account.
  The State Department's operating accounts have remained essentially 
level since fiscal year 1994, at a time when other international 
relations activities have taken far deeper cuts. During these same 3 
years, our freedom broadcasting programs have been cut over 20 percent. 
So the choice is simple: will we kill a voice for freedom in Asia in 
order to fund a few more bureaucrats?
  Mr. Chairman, the free world needs Radio Free Asia, and so do the 
enslaved peoples of the last outposts of the evil empire. I urge a 
``yes'' vote on this amendment.
  Mr. PORTER. Reclaiming my time, let me say that the gentleman from 
New Jersey [Mr. Smith] has been an absolute exemplary leader on human 
rights in the House and a supporter of the surrogate radios. I 
certainly thank him for support this evening.
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. PORTER. I yield to the gentlewoman from California.
  (Ms. PELOSI asked and was given permission to revise and extend her 
remarks.)
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the amendment of the 
gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Porter]. I commend the chairman and the 
ranking member of the committee for their cooperation on this.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the amendment offered by 
Representative Porter to increase the funding for international 
broadcasting to $9.3 million. This funding is urgently needed for the 
Asia Pacific Network/Radio Free Asia.
  We have seen the success of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty in 
broadcasting the message of freedom and democratic principles to people 
fighting for freedom. Radio Free Asia which has been designed to 
emulate Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's success, is now critical to 
the efforts of those in Asia struggling against authoritarian leaders.
  In 1991, Radio Free Asia was endorsed by President Bush's Task Force 
on U.S. Government International Broadcasting. In 1992, it was endorsed 
by the Congressional Commission on Broadcasting to the People's 
Republic of China, which recommended the establishment of a new 
broadcasting service. President Clinton identified Radio Free Asia as a 
centerpiece of his new China policy when he delinked trade from human 
rights in 1994. Unfortunately, the real commitment to establishing this 
important service has been lacking.

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  Some may ask why we need APN/RFA when we have the Voice of America. 
The answer is independence. VOA is an official broadcasting service of 
the United States Government. In terms of its editorial orientation, 
VOA serves as an instrument to project U.S. policy at a particular 
time. Given that the State Department's goal is generally the 
maintenance of bilateral relations between the United States and any 
other country, it is unrealistic to expect the State Department to 
encourage, or even to support, a surrogate radio station which may be 
viewed with disapproval by the other country.
  Working within our overall objectives of promoting democratic 
freedoms, human rights, and open markets, APN/Radio Free Asia must have 
the independence to broadcast its own message. This independence is 
beneficial both to the radio, which is freed from political 
interference in its message; it is also beneficial to the State 
Department, which can disavow any connection to the broadcasts coming 
from APN/RFA.
  The fiscal year 1997 Commerce-Justice-State bill would have cut 
funding for APN/RFA by 50 percent to $5 million. This major cut would 
seriously undermine the program. I understand the concerns of Chairman 
Rogers and Ranking Member Mollohan.
  However, in all fairness, I would like to note for the Record that 
the members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors were not sworn in 
until September 1995. At that time, they immediately hired a 
distinguished China scholar, Orville Schell, to undertake a preliminary 
report on APN/RFA, which was submitted, on time, in November 1995. At 
that time, the Board started the search for a director. They chose 
Richard Richter, who started on March 12. He then hired a distinguished 
journalist, Dan Southerland, who was brought on to focus on content. 
Mr. Southerland started during the second week of July. APN/RFA's 
budget has now been completed and is being reviewed by OMB. The target 
date for starting to broadcast is September 22. Things are on track at 
APN/RFA. Cutting the funding now will pull the rug out from under the 
program.
  We, as a Nation, can and must help those fighting for freedom in 
Asia. I do not believe that many of my colleagues fully understand the 
lock on information which China's dictators maintain. The vast majority 
of people in China still only hear what China's government wants them 
to hear, they only see what the government wants them to see, they only 
read what the government allows them to read. It is through this 
stranglehold on information that the Chinese government is so 
successful in fueling growing nationalism. There are no independent 
voices in China. Those who speak out are arrested, exiled or killed.
  Radio Free Asia is an important instrument to help to break the 
Chinese government' stranglehold on news. It can provide an effective 
and peaceful mechanism to provide news of reform in China and of 
freedom around the world. It can promote democratic reforms, human 
rights and basic freedom. I thank Mr. Rogers and Mr. Mollohan for their 
support of the Porter amendment.
  Mr. PORTER. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Porter].
  The amendment was agreed to.


                   amendment offered by mr. traficant

  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN. The clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Traficant: Page 112, after line 
     11, insert the following:
       (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling 
     Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally 
     determined by a court or Federal agency that any person 
     intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' 
     inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any 
     product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not 
     made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
     receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
     available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, 
     and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 
     through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the order of the House of today, the 
gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Traficant] and a Member opposed each will be 
recognized for 2\1/2\ minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Traficant].
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Chairman, the amendment is straightforward. Anybody places a 
fraudulent ``made in America'' label on any import, they shall 
ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made with funds under 
this bill.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. TRAFICANT. I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, I think the gentleman offers a very good 
amendment. We are delighted to accept it and urge its adoption.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. TRAFICANT. I yield to the gentleman from West Virginia.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, I add to the chairman's sentiments.
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Traficant].
  The amendment was agreed to.


                amendment offered by mrs. mink of hawaii

  Mrs. MINK of Hawaii. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment Offered by Mrs. Mink of Hawaii: In title II, 
     under the item relating to ``National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration--operations, research, and facilities'', after 
     the first, second, sixth, and seventh dollar amounts insert 
     ``(increased by $760,500)''.
       In title IV, under the item relating to ``United States 
     Information Agency--national endowment for democracy'', after 
     the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by $760,500)''.

  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the order of the House of today, the 
gentlewoman from Hawaii [Mrs. Mink] and a Member opposed each will be 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Hawaii [Mrs. Mink].
  Mrs. MINK of Hawaii. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise today to take note of an omission in this 
appropriation bill which I consider very serious, not simply to my 
constituents or to my State but to this Nation as a whole. So I am 
taking this time again to raise an issue which we raised last year when 
the committee also zero funded this program.
  However, in the conference committee, the full level funding of 
nearly $740,000 was restored for this program. It is my hope again to 
enable this program to continue. It is for the purpose of saving two 
very endangered species that are located off the shores of the Pacific 
area, not simply in my State.
  It has to do with the Hawaiian monk seal, which is the only 
endangered marine mammal located entirely in U.S. waters. It was last 
seen recently on my shores where a pup was born. It is extremely 
precious. There are three monk seals in the world. One was in the 
Caribbean; it no longer exists. It is totally extinct. There is another 
in the Mediterranean and that is very likely soon to be extinct. So the 
Hawaiian monk seal is a very, very important, extremely threatened 
species.
  The National Marine Fisheries Service has been working on this 
program for 16 years and it would be a tragedy to have this program 
discontinued. I hope that attention will be brought on this matter. 
Although it is not funded in this bill, when the matter goes to 
conference, I have every confidence that the matter would be restored.
  Cooperative studies are ongoing with the National Geographic Society, 
the University of Minnesota, as well as the University of Hawaii, and 
great efforts are being pursued in order to save these two species. We 
have the green turtle in Hawaiian waters as well, which is also equally 
endangered.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to my colleague, the gentleman 
from Hawaii [Mr. Abercrombie].
  Mr. ABERCROMBIE. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlemen from Kentucky 
[Mr. Rogers] for taking up this bill. I want to emphasize in the time 
given to me, this cannot be done without the Federal Government. This 
is not the responsibility of a State. The monk seal is the only species 
of its kind in U.S. waters, and it is up to us as stewards in this 
environment, in this ocean environment to take up this cause.

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  So it is very, very important. The same with the green sea turtle. 
This also affects not only Hawaii, but areas around Florida as well as 
other sites throughout the world.
  My principal emphasis here is that this extinction is a very real 
possibility, and yet the National Marine Fisheries Service has done 
extraordinarily

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great service for this Nation in terms of the stewardship to which I 
referred. It is bringing back the species. It is now into the 
thousands, coming back up as far as the monk seal is concerned.
  With the investigations of biology, ecology, and life history of 
these species being examined by the National Marine Fisheries, with the 
chairman's good efforts on our behalf, I think that we will find that 
the whole Nation will be the beneficiary and we will have done by these 
species what is required of us as a human species looking out in our 
capacity and responsibility for species throughout the world.
  Mrs. MINK of Hawaii. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I thank my 
colleague for his comments.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentlewoman yield?
  Mrs. MINK of Hawaii. I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. 
Rogers], the chairman of the subcommittee, for a colloquy.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the work of the gentlewoman 
from Hawaii and the gentleman from Hawaii and commend them for their 
concern for these two programs.
  As the gentlewoman knows, we were under very severe funding 
constraints this year; however, although we are unable to restore 
funding for these programs today, I can assure the gentlewoman that as 
we proceed to conference I will work with her to identify funding for 
these two programs as best we can.
  Mrs. MINK of Hawaii. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the chairman for 
his comments and I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment at 
this time.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman 
from Hawaii?
  There was no objection.


                     amendment offered by mr. engel

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Engel: Page 51, line 25, after the 
     dollar amount, insert the following: ``(increased by 
     $5,000,000)''.
       Page 53, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.

  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the order of the House of earlier today, 
the gentleman from New York [Mr. Engel] and a Member opposed will each 
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair now recognizes the gentleman from New York [Mr. Engel].
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to offer an amendment to 
restore funding for the Public Telecommunications Facilities Program. I 
say to my colleagues if they are for public broadcasting they should to 
be for this amendment. The bill before us allocates $10 million for 
this program, which is a $5 million cut from last year. My amendment 
would retain the current level of funding for public telecommunications 
by restoring $5 million to the program.
  Let me say that program was halved last year, $14 million was cut, 
and now it is proposed to cut an additional $5 million. Public 
broadcasting simply cannot continue to exist with these kinds of cuts.
  CBO has scored my amendment and has determined that the budget 
authority and the outlays are budgetary neutral.
  Mr. Chairman, I am offering this amendment because I feel this is yet 
another attempt to continue the assault on public broadcasting that has 
occurred in large part during this Congress. Last year there were 
efforts by some in the majority to zero out funding for the Corporation 
for Public Broadcasting. We were able to prevent that from happening, 
but CPB still received major cuts. The cuts in the facilities program 
are further evidence of the contempt that some in the majority have for 
public broadcasting. However, the American people see and know the 
positive results in the quality and integrity of public broadcasting. 
If support for public broads and the facilities program are severely 
cut or eliminated, the quality of programming and the educational value 
they provide will suffer as a result.

  Public broadcasting and the facilities program are private-public 
partnerships that work. This is a success story that demonstrates what 
the government and the private sector can accomplish when they work 
together. The facilities program is a matching grants plan for public 
radio and television stations. It helps stations purchase equipment to 
extend their signals to unserved areas; by the way, many of whom are 
rural areas, as well as replacing outdated hardware, such as 
transmitters, master control rooms or towers. Many of these stations, 
as I mentioned, are in rural areas and do not have the resources 
without these grants to upgrade their systems or receive signals.
  This program has been an unqualified success because it has helped 
extend public TV and public radio stations to most of this country. It 
has been estimated that 10 million Americans still do not receive a 
reliable public television signal and approximately 25 million 
Americans do not receive a reliable public radio signal.
  On hundred forty-two public telecommunications grants that were 
rewarded in fiscal year 1995 went to noncommercial telecommunications 
awards in 44 States, extending public radio signals to 2.8 million 
previously unserved persons and public TV to 500,000 unserved persons. 
PTFP is the sole program in the Federal Government that assists in the 
maintenance of the vast public broadcasting inventory which now exceeds 
an estimated 1 billion in value. Cutting this public telecommunications 
facilities program will only weaken the ability of the public 
broadcasting community to continue providing a technically reliable 
service to the public while simultaneously limiting the ability of 
public radio and TV to reach unserved and underserved audiences, 
especially in rural areas but in urban areas as well.
  Weakening this program will represent the loss of a considerable 
investment that has already been made in public broadcasting's 
infrastructure, an infrastructure that is nearly universal and ready to 
be augmented by new technologies. Since its inception, public 
telecommunications has invested $500 million in public 
telecommunications facilities that deliver informational, cultural and 
educational programming to the American people. That is a significant 
investment in a system that is now nearly universal, reaching 
communities as diverse as Point Barrow, Alaska; Jackson, Mississippi; 
and Los Angeles, California.
  This universality provides an amazing potential for communication 
among Americans as we move further into the information age. We must 
not let it deteriorate by further cutting this program.
  In addition, maintenance of this system is especially important as we 
develop the information highway. Public radio and television have an 
important role in linking schools, libraries, health care facilities, 
governments and other public information producers. These are areas 
that will not be filed by the void that would be left if public 
broadcasting services do not survive. It does not make sense to allow 
the existing framework of equipment and services that are currently 
available to hard-to-reach areas to fall into disrepair while the 
information highway is in development.
  It is a small program but an important one. Investing in our 
infrastructure is vital to serve those customers who rely on public 
broadcasting for information and education and it must be maintained if 
we are to move forward in today's world. Let us stop the assault on 
public broadcasting and let us invest in our future.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. ENGEL. I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, I want to accept the gentleman's amendment.
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Chairman, then I will certainly yield to the chairman.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, we can cut this short. I want to commend 
the gentleman. I have no objection to the gentleman's amendment.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. ENGEL. I yield to the gentleman from West Virginia.
  Mr. MOLLOHAN. Mr. Chairman, if I might say, the gentleman has stated 
his position well, and I would like to associate myself with his 
comments in support of this program, and I am pleased the chairman is 
going to accept the amendment.

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  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN. Does any Member seek time in opposition?
  If not, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from New York [Mr. Engel].
  The amendment was agreed to.


               amendment offered by mr. miller of florida

  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Miller of Florida: Page 56, line 
     9, insert ``including $1,000,000 for red tide research,'' 
     after ``National Ocean Service,''.

  Mr. CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the order of the House of earlier today, 
the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Miller] and a Member opposed will each 
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Miller].
  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, this amendment is simply to take $1 million out of the 
National Ocean Service Program and specifically target it for red tide 
research.
  At this time I want to ask if I may engage the chairman of the 
subcommittee with a colloquy on the subject of red tide research.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. MILLER of Florida. I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the efforts of the gentleman 
from Florida as well as the gentleman from New York [Mr. Forbes] and 
their subcommittee to bring this issue to the attention of the House.
  As the gentleman knows, we are under tremendous fiscal constraints 
this year; however, he raises a very important issue, and I assure the 
gentleman that I will continue to work with him as we move the bill 
through the process to further address this very important issue the 
gentleman has so ably brought before us.
  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I thank the 
chairman.
  I want to discuss this for a minute, if I may. This is a very 
important issue for those of us in Florida. This red tide is of 
importance to many coastal areas around the United States.
  Red tide is known as a nuisance problem because it gives people 
headaches, makes people nauseous when they are around it, but because 
we see the dead fish washing up on the beach, it concerns the tourism 
of our area. But now it has come to the attention of scientists that 
red tide is now a killer of endangered species.
  A direct link was established by the University of Miami this summer. 
Their study concluded that red tide was definitely the cause of death 
of over 150 manatees along the coast of Florida this past spring. The 
manatee is a harmless sea cow which roams the Florida waterways 
searching for warm water and food. However, this food, once tainted 
with large amounts of red tide algae, can cause respiratory damage and 
a breakdown of the nervous system. Eventually the red tide causes the 
manatees to suffocate.
  We have always known that red tidal algae can cause death in fish and 
birds, and after particularly long periods of red tide the beaches are 
littered with dead fish. The manatee which traditionally roams the 
inner waterways are usually immune from the toxins which occur in the 
open ocean. However, this past spring the west coast of Florida 
experienced a severe case of red tide. It was during this time that an 
excessive amount of manatees began to die. This spring alone there were 
304 manatees found dead. That is 198 more than any previous record, and 
it amounts to an 11 percent reduction in the population of manatees in 
the United States.
  At this rate the entire population of manatees in the United States 
will be wiped out in a little over 9 years. A loss such as this cannot 
be tolerated especially if we can come up with a way to help address 
that problem.
  That is why I have requested that this amendment today allocate 
special money for red tide research. There are several programs 
currently in the Commerce-Justice appropriation bill that provide 
incentives for research into causes and effects of red tide, and I want 
to thank the chairman for his assistance in getting language in the 
bill which would direct the proper officials at NOAA to consider the 
problem of red tide.
  However, since we now realize the direct links between the deaths of 
manatees and the growth of red tide, we must be proactive in our quest 
to save an important and valued endangered species. By increasing the 
funding for red tide, we address many issues. We can help find the 
cause of these algae blooms not only for red tide, but also the 
associated brown tide, a big concern of my colleagues from New York and 
from California, and we can perhaps develop a network for working 
together on this problem.
  I am sure the manatees are not the only species endangered from these 
toxins. We now know red tide is a real threat to an endangered species. 
We have less than 2,300 manatees today and we have no time to waste to 
address this problem.
  I appreciate the chairman's efforts to find more resources for 
harmful algae bloom research. With his assurance that we can look for 
ways to bring more resources to this problem when we go to conference 
with the Senate, I intend to withdraw this amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman 
from Florida [Mr. Goss].
  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Chairman, I thank my distinguished colleague and friend 
from Florida for recognizing me.
  Forty years ago, if we were talking about red tide, it would be a 
foreign affairs or a national defense issue. Now it is very much a 
domestic issue. Members may not think they care, but sooner or later 
they will probably be in Florida or at the seashore somewhere and they 
may experience part of the problems of the killer red tides that we are 
trying to deal with.
  We have learned a lot. We need to know a lot more. It is not just the 
manatees, although they are critically endangered and critically ill 
because of the tide. It is dolphins, it is all kinds of fish, 
shellfish, which create health hazards.
  We have economy problems for beach front communities and fishing 
communities. We have tourist problems. This is a good area for an 
investment in quality of life.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge that we support this.
  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to 
withdraw the amendment at the suggestion of the chairman.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Florida?
  There was no objection.
  Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last 
word.
  The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the gentlewoman from Connecticut 
[Mrs. Johnson] is recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. Mr. Chairman, I wish to engage the 
chairman of the committee in a colloquy with regard to the women's 
demonstration program within the Small Business Administration.
  I strongly support this program which has established 54 nonprofit 
business centers in 28 states since it began in 1988. Since then, these 
business centers have provided training and technical assistance to 
more than 60,000 women hoping to start their own businesses. Each 
business center tailors itself to the particular needs of the community 
and assures that women have the resources they need to plan, organize 
and expand their business.

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  This level of business development is vital to our national economic 
well-being, offering more opportunities to women than corporations 
where the glass ceiling is still prevalent.
  These business centers have proven to be a good investment as well, 
averaging one new business and four new jobs for every 10,000 Federal 
dollars invested. Because of the unique funding structure of this 
program, 35 sites are now entirely self-sufficient, providing needed 
assistance without Federal funding. Three years after a business center 
is established, it must become

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by law financially self-sufficient. Therefore, the program creates 
independent support sites that successfully foster the growth of women-
owned businesses and job opportunities for thousands.
  Despite the advances that women have made in the small business 
arena, women-owned businesses continue to face unique challenges when 
seeking capital, competing for government grants, and getting the 
technical assistance they need to succeed. A program focused solely on 
clearing these hurdles for women on businesses is a vital enterprise.
  I understand, Mr. Chairman, that the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. 
Rogers] is well familiar with this program.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentlewoman yield?
  Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, let me assure the gentlewoman that the 
goals of the women's demonstration program are certainly worthy and 
deserve our support.
  Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. Mr. Chairman, I would also like to point 
out that despite the great gains women have made in their ownership and 
operation of small businesses, 52 percent of women-owned businesses are 
financed by credit cards; only 11 percent of men's businesses are 
funded that way.
  Therefore, we must continue to mentor women and offer them 
individualized counseling that takes them through the workings of the 
business world step by step. The one-size-fits-all, one-time business 
plan offered by other programs will not ensure that these female 
entrepreneurs get the help they need on the road to success.
  Women who have benefited from the expertise offered at Connecticut's 
one business center have commented on how hungry they were for 
information and how relevant and practical the information they have 
received from the center has been. Over and over these women have told 
the business center, I could not have done it without you.
  On that note, I want to express my hope that the women's 
demonstration program which received a $2.8 million reduction in this 
year's Commerce, Justice, and State appropriation bill, will be fully 
funded as the bill moves through conference with the Senate.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, if the gentlewoman will continue to yield, 
given the very strong support this program has within the Senate and 
the worthy goals of the women's demonstration program, I am committed 
to working with the gentlewoman to ensure that this program receives 
the necessary funding as the bill moves through conference with the 
Senate.
  Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut. Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman for 
his time and consideration regarding this program. I greatly appreciate 
his commitment.
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Hutchinson) having assumed the chair, Mr. Gunderson, Chairman of the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported that 
that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 3814) 
making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1997, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution 
thereon.

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