[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 115 (Thursday, September 4, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S8833]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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    THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998

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                D'AMATO (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1079

  Mr. D'AMATO (for himself, Ms. Moseley-Braun, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Dorgan, 
Mr. Specter, and Mr. Stevens) proposed an amendment to the bill (S. 
1061) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 45, line 13, strike ``$854,074,000'' and insert 
     ``$854,074,000 (and an additional amount of $40,000,000 that 
     shall be used to carry out title III of such Act)''.
       On page 85, line 19, strike ``$30,500,000'' and insert 
     ``$70,500,000''.
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                LIEBERMAN (AND COATS) AMENDMENT NO. 1080

  Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and Mr. Coats) proposed an amendment to 
the bill, S. 1080, supra; as follows:

       On page 50, line 9, strike ``$1,271,000'' and insert 
     ``1,256,987,000'', and on line 10, strike ``$530,000,000'' 
     and insert ``$515,987,000''.
       On page 53, line 12, strike, ``$310,000,000'' and insert 
     ``285,000,000''.
       On page 59, line 12, strike, ``362,225,000.'' and insert 
     ``352,225,000, of which $40 million shall be made available 
     to carry out Park A of Title X of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965.''
       On page 59, line 14, after ``said Act'' insert ``, 
     $100,000,000 shall be available to carry out part C of Title 
     X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,''.
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               NICKLES (AND JEFFORDS) AMENDMENT NO. 1081

  Mr. NICKLES (for himself and Mr. Jeffords) proposed an amendment to 
the bill, S. 1061, supra; as follows:

       On page 25, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:
       Sec.   . (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection 
     (b), none of the funds made available under this Act, or any 
     other Act making appropriations for fiscal year 1998, may be 
     used by the Department of Labor or the Department of Justice 
     to conduct a rerun of a 1996 election for the office of 
     President, General Secretary, Vice-President, or Trustee of 
     the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
       (b) Exception.--
       (1) In general.--Upon the submission to Congress of a 
     certification by the President of the United States that the 
     International Brotherhood of Teamsters does not have funds 
     sufficient to conduct a rerun of a 1996 election for the 
     office of President, General Secretary, Vice-President, or 
     Trustee of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the 
     President of the United States may transfer funds from the 
     Department of Justice and the Department of Labor for the 
     conduct and oversight of such a rerun election.
       (2) Requirement.--Prior to the transfer of funds under 
     paragraph (1), the International Brotherhood of Teamsters 
     shall agree to repay the Secretary of the Treasury for the 
     costs incurred by the Department of Labor and the Department 
     of Justice in connection with the conduct of an election 
     described in paragraph (1). Such agreement shall provide that 
     any such repayment plan be reasonable and practicable, as 
     determined by the Attorney General and the Secretary of 
     Treasury, and be structured in a manner that permits the 
     International Brotherhood of Teamsters to continue to 
     operate.
       (3) Repayment plan.--The International Brotherhood of 
     Teamsters shall submit to the President of the United States, 
     the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, the Majority 
     and Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives, and the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives, a plan for the 
     repayment of amounts described in paragraph (2), at an 
     interest rate equal to the Federal underpayment rate 
     established under section 6621(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 as in effect for the calendar quarter in which 
     the plan is submitted, prior to the expenditure of any funds 
     under this section.
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                       KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 1082

  Mr. KENNEDY proposed an amendment to the amendment No. 1081 proposed 
by Mr. Nickles to the bill, S. 1061, supra; as follows:

       At the end thereof, insert the following:
       (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
     the obligations of the United States under the consent decree 
     in United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 
     88 Civ. 4486 (DNE) (S.D.N.Y.), or any court orders 
     thereunder.
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                 CRAIG (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1083

  Mr. CRAIG (for himself, Mr. Nickles, and Mr. Jeffords) proposed an 
amendment to amendment No. 1081 proposed by Mr. Nickles to the bill, S. 
1061, supra; as follows:

       Strike all after the word section and insert the following:
       (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), none 
     of the funds made available under this Act, or any other Act 
     making appropriations for fiscal year 1998, may be used by 
     the Department of Labor or the Department of Justice to 
     conduct a rerun of a 1996 election for the office of 
     President, General Secretary, Vice-President, or Trustee of 
     the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
       (b) Exception.--
       (1) In general.--Upon the submission to Congress of a 
     certification by the President of the United States that the 
     International Brotherhood of Teamsters does not have funds 
     sufficient to conduct a rerun of a 1996 election for the 
     office of President, General Secretary, Vice-President, or 
     Trustee of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the 
     President of the United States may transfer funds from the 
     Department of Justice and the Department of Labor for the 
     conduct and oversight of such a rerun election.
       (2) Requirement.--Prior to the transfer of funds under 
     paragraph (1), the International Brotherhood of Teamsters 
     shall agree to repay the Secretary of the Treasury for the 
     costs incurred by the Department of Labor and the Department 
     of Justice in connection with the conduct of an election 
     described in paragraph (1). Such agreement shall provide that 
     any such repayment plan be reasonable and practicable, as 
     determined by the Attorney General and the Secretary of 
     Treasury, and be structured in a manner that permits the 
     International Brotherhood of Teamsters to continue to 
     operate.
       (3) Repayment plan.--The International Brotherhood of 
     Teamsters shall submit to the President of the United States, 
     the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, the Majority 
     and Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives, and the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives, a plan for the 
     repayment of amounts described in paragraph (2), at an 
     interest rate equal to the Federal underpayment rate 
     established under section 6621(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 as in effect for the calendar quarter in which 
     the plan is submitted, prior to the expenditure of any funds 
     under this section.
       (c) This section shall take effect one day after enactment 
     of this Act.

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