[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 138 (Monday, September 30, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1859]
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                   COLLOQUY: PROPOSED FCC RELOCATION

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                           HON. TOM A. COBURN

                              of oklahoma

                    in the house of representatives

                      Saturday, September 28, 1996

  Mr. COBURN. Mr. Speaker, I would like to enter into a brief colloquy 
with Congressman Lightfoot chairman of the Treasury, Postal Service 
Appropriations Subcommittee, concerning funding for the proposed 
relocation of the Federal Communications Commission. Mr. Speaker, I 
understand that at the request of GSA, a provision that would allow the 
Administrator of the General Services Administration to pay a portion 
of the costs associated with a proposed relocation of the FCC was 
included in the Senate committee report accompanying the fiscal year 
1997 Treasury, Postal Appropriations bill, and during consideration of 
the bill in the fall this Senate provision was converted to statutory 
language. It is my understanding that this provision has been deleted 
from the Omnibus bill before us today.
  I thank the Speaker. This plan calls for the FCC to nearly double the 
amount of space it occupies at the very time Congress is considering 
legislation to reduce the size of the agency, and it is extraordinarily 
expensive. Mr. Speaker, by specifically deleting the language allowing 
the GSA Administrator to pay for the relocation of the FCC, is it 
intended that the GSA Administrator specifically not be authorized to 
provide any funding for the proposed FCC relocation?
  I thank the Speaker.

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