[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 142 (Friday, October 4, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H12294]
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      ADVISORY COMMISSION ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS EXTENSION

  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the 
Speaker's table the Senate bill (S. 2198) to provide for the Advisory 
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to continue in existence, and 
for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the Senate bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Walker). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the Senate bill, as follows:

                                S. 2198

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,
       Section 1. (a) Notwithstanding the provision under the 
     heading ``advisory commission on intergovernmental 
     relations'' under title IV of the Treasury, Postal Service, 
     and General Government Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 
     104-52; 109 Stat. 480), the Advisory Commission on 
     Intergovernmental Relations may continue in existence solely 
     for the purpose of performing any contract entered into under 
     section 7(a) of the National Gambling Impact Study Commission 
     Act (Public Law 104-169; 110 Stat. 1487). The Advisory 
     Commission on Intergovernmental Relations shall terminate on 
     the date of the completion of such contract.
       (b) The Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations 
     and employees of the commission who are considered to be 
     Federal employees under section 6(e) of Public Law 96-380 (42 
     U.S.C. 4276(e)) shall make contributions to a participate in 
     Federal health insurance, life insurance, and retirement 
     programs to the same extent and in the same manner as before 
     the date of enactment of this section. The Commission shall 
     make any such contributions from funds received through 
     contracts.
       Sec. 2. Section 615 of the Departments of Commerce, 
     Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1997 (contained in Pub. L. No. 104-208) 
     is amended by deleting ``and Community Oriented Policing 
     Services Program'' and by deleting ``and part Q of title I of 
     the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968''. The 
     amendments made by this section shall take effect upon 
     enactment.
  The Senate bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the 
third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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