[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 96 (Wednesday, July 9, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7128-S7129]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      FEDERAL PROPERTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ACT AMENDMENTS

  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to consideration of Calendar No. 103, H.R. 680.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 680) to amend the Federal Property and 
     Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the transfer 
     of surplus personal property to States for donation to 
     nonprofit providers of necessaries to impoverished families 
     and individuals, and to authorize the transfer of surplus 
     real property to States, political subdivisions and 
     instrumentalities of States, and nonprofit organizations for 
     providing housing or housing assistance for low-income 
     individuals or families.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the bill?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.


                           Amendment No. 788

 (Purpose: To provide that the Administrator of General Services shall 
   ensure that nonprofit organizations shall consider the mental or 
     physical disability of individuals for purposes of self-help 
                 requirements, and for other purposes)

  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, Senators Thompson and Glenn have an 
amendment at the desk, and I ask for its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kansas [Mr. Brownback], for Mr. Thompson, 
     for himself and Mr. Glenn, proposes an amendment numbered 
     788.

  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
reading of the amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:
       On page 4, insert between lines 5 and 6 the following:
       ``(D)(i) The Administrator shall ensure that nonprofit 
     organizations that are sold or leased property under 
     subparagraph (B) shall develop and use guidelines to take 
     into consideration any disability of an individual for the 
     purposes of fulfilling any self-help requirement under 
     subparagraph (C)(i).
       ``(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term 
     `disability' has the meaning given such term under section 
     3(2) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
     U.S.C. 12102(2)).
       On page 4, line 6, strike ``(D)'' and insert ``(E)''.

  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
amendment be agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 788) was agreed to.
  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill 
be considered read a third time and passed, as amended; that the motion 
to reconsider be laid upon the table; and that any statements relating 
to the bill appear at the appropriate place in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 680), as amended, was deemed read the third time and 
passed.

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