[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 113 (Monday, July 29, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9077-S9078]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   THE CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1997 LEGISLATIVE 
                    BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1997

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                      HATFIELD AMENDMENT NO. 5112

  Mr. MACK (for Mr. Hatfield) proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 
3754) making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On p. 34 line 20, strike all after the word ``Act'' through 
     line 21 and insert: ``such sums as may be necessary for each 
     of the fiscal years 1997 and 1998.''
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                     MACK AMENDMENTS NOS. 5113-5116

  Mr. MACK proposed four amendments to the bill, H.R. 3754, supra; as 
follows:

                           Amendment No. 5113

       On page 8, after line 17 insert:
       Sec. 7. (a) Notwithstanding section 1345 of title 31, 
     United States Code, the Secretary of the Senate may reimburse 
     any individual employed by the Senate day care center for the 
     cost of training classes and conferences in connection with 
     the provision of child care services and for travel, 
     transportation, and subsistence expenses incurred in 
     connection with the training classes and conferences.
       (b) The Senate day care center shall certify and provide 
     appropriate documentation to the Secretary of the Senate with 
     respect to any reimbursement under this section. 
     Reimbursements under this section shall be made from the 
     appropriations account ``MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS'' within the 
     contingent fund of the Senate on vouchers approved by the 
     Secretary of the Senate.
       (c) Reimbursements under this section shall be subject to 
     the regulations and limitations prescribed by the Committee 
     on Rules and Administration of the Senate for travel and 
     related expenses for which payment is authorized to be made 
     from the contingent fund of the Senate.
       (d) This section shall be effective on and after October 1, 
     1996.
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                           Amendment No. 5114

       On page 8, after line 17, insert:
       Sec. 6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     funds received during fiscal year 1996 by the Sergeant at 
     Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate in settlement of a contract 
     claim or dispute, but not to exceed $1,450,000, shall be 
     deposited into the appropriation account for fiscal year 1997 
     for the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate within 
     the contingent fund of the Senate and shall be available in a 
     like manner and for the same purposes as are the other funds 
     in that account.
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                           Amendment No. 5115

       On page 8, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       Sec.   . (a) The Secretary of the Senate, with the 
     oversight and approval of the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration of the Senate, shall oversee the development 
     and implementation of a comprehensive Senate legislative 
     information system.
       (b) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of the 
     Senate shall consult and work with officers and employees of 
     the House of Representatives. Legislative branch agencies and 
     departments and agencies of the executive branch shall 
     provide cooperation, consultation, and assistance as 
     requested by the Secretary of the Senate to carry out this 
     section.
       (c) Any funds that were appropriated under the heading 
     ``Secretary of the Senate'' for expenses of the Office of the 
     Secretary of the Senate by the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 1995, to remain available until September 
     30, 1998, and that the Secretary determines are not needed 
     for development of a financial management system for the 
     Senate may, with the approval of the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate, be used to carry out the 
     provisions of this section, and such funds shall be available 
     through September 30, 2000.
       (d) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate 
     may prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry 
     out the provisions of this section.
       (e) This section shall be effective for fiscal years 
     beginning on or after October 1, 1996.
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                           Amendment No. 5116

       On page 8, after line 17 insert:

     SEC. 8. PAYMENT FOR UNACCRUED LEAVE.

       (a) In General.--The Financial Clerk of the Senate is 
     authorized to accept from an individual whose pay is 
     disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate a payment 
     representing pay for any period of unaccrued annual leave 
     used by that individual, as certified by the head of the 
     employing office of the individual making the payment.
       (b) Withholding.--The Financial Clerk of the Senate is 
     authorized to withhold the amount referred to in subsection 
     (a) from any amount which is disbursed by the Secretary of 
     the Senate and which is due to or on behalf of the individual 
     described in subsection (a).
       (c) Deposit.--Any payment accepted under this section shall 
     be deposited in the general fund of Treasury as miscellaneous 
     receipts.
       (d) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``head 
     of the employing office'' means any person with the final 
     authority to appoint, hire, discharge, and set the terms, 
     conditions, or privileges of the employment of an individual 
     whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
       (e) Applicability.--The section shall apply to fiscal year 
     1996 and each fiscal year thereafter.
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                       WARNER AMENDMENT NO. 5117

  Mr. MACK (for Mr. Warner) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 
3754, supra; as follows:


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       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
       Sec.    . (a) The Congressional Research Service, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of the Senate and the heads 
     of the appropriate offices and agencies of the legislative 
     branch and with the approval of the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration of the Senate, shall coordinate the 
     development of an electronic congressional legislative 
     information and document retrieval system to provide for the 
     legislative information needs of the Senate through the 
     exchange and retrieval of information and documents among 
     legislative branch offices and agencies. The Secretary of the 
     Senate, with the oversight and approval of the Committee on 
     Rules and Administration of the Senate, shall have 
     responsibility for the implementation of this system in the 
     Senate. All of the appropriate offices and agencies of the 
     legislative branch shall participate in the implementation of 
     the system.
       (b) As used in this section--
       (1) the term ``legislative information'' refers to that 
     information and those documents produced for the use of the 
     Congress by the offices and agencies of the legislative 
     branch as defined in this section, and such other information 
     and documents as approved by the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration of the Senate;
       (2) the term ``offices and agencies of the legislative 
     branch'' means the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the 
     Office of Legislative Counsel of the Senate, the Office of 
     the Architect of the Capitol, the General Accounting Office, 
     the Government Printing Office, the Library of Congress, the 
     Congressional Budget Office, and the Sergeant at Arms of the 
     Senate; and
       (3) the term ``retrieval system'' means the indexing of 
     documents and data, as well as integrating, searching, 
     linking, and displaying documents and data.
       (c) The Library of Congress shall--
       (1) assist the Congressional Research Service in supporting 
     the Senate in carrying out this section; and
       (2) provide such technical staff and resources as may be 
     necessary to carry out this section.
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                        LEAHY AMENDMENT NO. 5118

  Mrs. MURRAY (for Mr. Leahy) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 
3754, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec.   . For the purposes of the United States Senate 
     Internet Service Usage Rules and Policies, Members of the 
     Senate may post a link on Senate Internet Services to a 
     private, public, or nonprofit company, organization, or 
     municipality located or based in the Member's State if a 
     disclaimer is included on the same page as the link 
     specifying that the Member is not endorsing the private, 
     public, or nonprofit company, organization, or municipality.
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                 CHAFEE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 5119

  Mr. CHAFEE (for himself, Mrs. Frahm, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
McConnell, and Mr. Bingaman) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 
3754, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC.   . LIMITATION ON EXCLUSIVE COPYRIGHTS FOR LITERARY 
                   WORKS IN SPECIALIZED FORMAT FOR THE BLIND AND 
                   DISABLED.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 17, United States Code, 
     is amended by adding after section 120 of the following new 
     section:

     ``Sec. 121. Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction for 
       blind or other people with disabilities

       ``(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 
     710, it is not an infringement of copyright for an authorized 
     entity to reproduce or to distribute copies or phonorecords 
     of a previously published, nondramatic literary work if such 
     copies or phonorecords are reproduced or distributed in 
     specialized formats exclusively for use by blind or other 
     persons with disabilities.
       ``(b)(1) Copies or phonorecords to which this section 
     applies shall--
       ``(A) not be reproduced or distributed in a format other 
     than a specialized format exclusively for use by blind or 
     other persons with disabilities;
       ``(B) bear a notice that any further reproduction or 
     distribution in a format other than a specialized format is 
     an infringement; and
       ``(C) include a copyright notice identifying the copyright 
     owner and the date of the original publication.
       ``(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
     standardized, secure, or norm-referenced tests and related 
     testing material, or to computer programs, except the 
     portions thereof that are in conventional human language 
     (including descriptions of pictorial works) and displayed to 
     users in the ordinary course of using the computer programs.
       ``(c) For purposes of this section, the term--
       ``(1) `authorized entity' means a nonprofit organization or 
     a governmental agency that has a primary mission to provide 
     specialized services relating to training, education, or 
     adaptive reading or information access needs of blind or 
     other persons with disabilities;
       ``(2) `blind or other persons with disabilities' means 
     individuals who are eligible or who may qualify in accordance 
     with the Act entitled ``An Act to provide books for the adult 
     blind'', approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a; 46 Stat. 
     1487) to receive books and other publications produced in 
     specialized formats; and
       ``(3) `specialized formats' means braille, audio, or 
     digital text which is exclusively for use by blind or other 
     persons with disabilities.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of 
     sections for chapter 1 of title 17, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding after the item relating to section 120 the 
     following:

``121. Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction for blind or other 
              people with disabilities.''.
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                McCAIN (AND FEINGOLD) AMENDMENT NO. 5120

  Mr. FEINGOLD (for Mr. McCain, for himself and Mr. Feingold) proposed 
an amendment to the bill, H.R. 3754, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, add the following:
       Sec.   . (a) Section 207(e)(1)(A) of title 18, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking ``1 year'' and inserting 
     ``2 years''.
       (b) Paragraphs (2)(A), (3), and (4)(A) of section 207(e) of 
     title 18, United States Code, are amended by striking 
     ``within 1 year after'' and inserting ``within 5 years 
     after''.

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