[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 118 (Tuesday, September 9, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H7119-H7120]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 6 of rule XXIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 2264

                         Offered By: Mr. Filner

       Amendment No. 61: At the end of title II, insert after the 
     last section (proceeding the short title) the following 
     section:
       Sec. 213. Of the amounts made available in this title for 
     the account ``Office of the Secretary--general departmental 
     management'', $12,800,000 is transferred and made available 
     under section 30403 of Public Law 103-322 for the Community 
     Schools Youth Services and Supervision Grant Program Act of 
     1994.

                               H.R. 2267

                    Offered By: Mr. Barr of Georgia

       Amendment No. 16: Page 117, after line 2, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 617. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to conduct any study of the medicinal use or 
     legalization of marihuana or any other drug or substance in 
     schedule I under part B of the Controlled Substances Act.

                               H.R. 2267

                         Offered By: Mr. Burton

       Amendment No. 17: At the end of section 501 insert the 
     following:
       (d) Case Disclosure.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than January 1, 1998, the Legal 
     Services Corporation shall implement a system of case 
     information disclosure which shall apply to all basic field 
     programs which receive funds from the Legal Services 
     Corporation from funds appropriated in this Act.
       (2) Requirement.--Any basic field program which receives 
     Federal funds from the Legal Services Corporation from funds 
     appropriated in this Act must disclose to the public in 
     written form, upon request, and to the Legal Services 
     Corporation in quarterly reports, the following information 
     about each case filed by its attorneys in any court:
       (A) The name and full address of each party to the legal 
     action (other than a name or address which may not under 
     court order he released).
       (B) The cause of action in the case.
       (C) The name and address of the court in which the case was 
     filed and the case number assigned to the legal action.
       (3) Disclosure.--The case information disclosed in 
     quarterly reports to the Legal Services Corporation shall be 
     subject to disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United 
     States Code.

                               H.R. 2267

                         Offered By: Mr. Hefley

       Amendment No. 18: Page 42, line 11, after the dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by $90,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2267

                  Offered by: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 19: Page 38, after line 11, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 110. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Department of Justice shall enter 
     into a contract with the National Research Council of the 
     National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of computer-
     based technologies and other approaches that could help to 
     restrict the availability to children of pornographic images 
     through electronic media including the Internet and on-line 
     services as well as the identification of illegal 
     pornographic images with a goal of criminal prosecution.
       (b) The study shall address the following:
       (1) The capabilities of present-day computer-based control 
     technologies for controlling electronic transmission of 
     pornographic images.
       (2) Research needed to develop computer-based control 
     technologies to the point of practical utility for 
     controlling the electronic transmission of pornographic 
     images.
       (3) The inherent limitations of computer-based control 
     technologies for controlling electronic transmission of 
     pornographic images.
       (4) Operational policies or management techniques needed to 
     ensure the effectiveness of these control technologies for 
     controlling electronic transmission of pornographic images.
       (5) Policy options for promoting the deployment of such 
     control technologies and the costs and benefits of such 
     options.
       (6) Other matters that the National Research Council deems 
     relevant to computer-based control technologies and their use 
     in the context of a deployed national information 
     infrastructure.
       (c) The National Research Council shall conduct the review 
     over the 24-month period beginning upon completion of the 
     performance of the contract described in subsection (a).
       (d) The final report of the study shall set forth the 
     findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the Council and 
     shall be submitted to relevant Government agencies and 
     congressional committees.

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       (e) The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall not apply to 
     the study made under subsection (a).

                               H.R. 2267

                        Offered by: Mr. Mollohan

       Amendment No. 20: Page 44, strike line 22 and all that 
     follows through page 45, line 11, and insert the following:
       For expenses necessary to conduct the decennial census, 
     $381,800,000, to remain available until expended.
       Page 58, after line 9, insert the following:
       Sec. 209. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
     fiscal year 1998 may be used by the Department of Commerce to 
     make irreversible plans or preparations for the use of 
     sampling or any other statistical method (including any 
     statistical adjustment) in taking the 2000 decennial census 
     of population for purposes of the apportionment of 
     Representatives in Congress among the States.
       Sec. 210. (a) There shall be established a board to be 
     known as the Board of Observers for a Fair and Accurate 
     Census (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 
     ``Board'').
       (b)(1) The function of the Board shall be to observe and 
     monitor all aspects of the preparation and implementation of 
     the 2000 decennial census (including all dress rehearsals) to 
     determine whether the process has been manipulated in any way 
     so as to bias the results in favor of any geographic region, 
     population group, or political party, or on any other 
     basis.
       (2) In carrying out such function, the Board shall give 
     special attention to the design and implementation of any 
     sampling techniques and any statistical adjustments used in 
     determining the population for purposes of the apportionment 
     of Representatives in Congress among the several States.
       (3) The Board shall promptly report to the Congress and the 
     President evidence of any manipulation referred to in 
     paragraph (1).
       (c)(1) The Board shall be composed of 3 members as follows:
       (A) 1 individual appointed by the President.
       (B) 1 individual appointed jointly by the Speaker of the 
     House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the 
     Senate.
       (c) The Comptroller General of the United States.

     The members appointed under subparagraphs (A) and (B), 
     respectively, shall be former Presidents or others of similar 
     stature.
       (2) Members shall not be entitled to any pay by reason of 
     their service on the Board, but shall receive travel 
     expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in 
     accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       (d)(1) The Commission shall have an Executive Director who 
     shall be appointed by the Board and paid at a rate not to 
     exceed level IV of the Executive Schedule.
       (2) The Board may appoint and fix the pay of such 
     additional personnel as it considers appropriate, subject to 
     the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 
     of title 5, United States Code.
       (3) Subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the 
     Board, the Board may procure temporary and intermittent 
     services under section 3109(b) of such title 5, but at rates 
     for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the 
     maximum annual rate of pay payable for grade GS-15 of the 
     General Schedule.
       (4)(A) Upon request of the Board, any personnel of any 
     agency under subparagraph (B) may be detailed to the Board, 
     on a reimbursable basis or otherwise, to assist the Board in 
     carrying out its duties.
       (B) The agencies under this subparagraph are the General 
     Accounting Office, the Congressional Research Service, and 
     the Congressional Budget Office.
       (e)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of title 13, United 
     States Code, or any other provision of law, members of the 
     Board and any members of the staff who may be designated by 
     the Board under this paragraph shall be granted access to 
     any data, files, information, or other matters maintained 
     by the Bureau of the Census (or received by it in the 
     course of conducting a decennial census of population) 
     which they may request, subject to such regulations as the 
     Board may prescribe in consultation with the Secretary of 
     Commerce.
       (2) The regulations shall include provisions under which 
     individuals gaining access to any information or other matter 
     pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be subject to sections 9 and 
     214 of title 13, United States Code.
       (f) The Board shall transmit to the Congress and the 
     President--
       (1) interim reports, at least semiannually, with the first 
     such report due by August 1, 1998; and
       (2) a final report not later than August 1, 2001.

     The final report shall contain a detailed statement of the 
     findings and conclusions of the Board with respect to the 
     matters described in subsection (b), together with any 
     recommendations regarding future decennial censuses of 
     population.
       (g) Of the amounts appropriated to the Bureau of the Census 
     for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2001, $2,000,000 shall 
     be available to the Board to carry out this section.
       (h) To the extent practicable, members of the Board shall 
     work to promote the most accurate and complete census 
     possible by using their positions to publicize the need for 
     full and timely responses to census questionnaires.
       (i) The Board shall cease to exist on September 30, 2001.

                               H.R. 2267

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 21: Page 38, line 22, after ``$21,700,000'' 
     insert ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 40, line 8, after ``$279,500,000'' insert ``(reduced 
     by $1,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2267

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 22: Page 38, line 22, after ``$21,700,000'' 
     insert ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 54, line 11, after ``$28,490,000'' insert ``(reduced 
     by $1,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2378

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 2: Page 73, line 16, before the period insert 
     the following: ``, including enforcement with respect to 
     bonded child labor''.

                               H.R. 2378

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 3: Page 73, line 16, before the period insert 
     the following: ``, including enforcement with respect to 
     bonded labor''.

                               H.R. 2378

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 4: Page 101, after line 18, insert the 
     following section:
       Sec. 633. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
     the United States Custom Service may be used to allow the 
     importation into the United States of any good, ware, 
     article, or merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured by 
     forced or indentured labor, as determined pursuant to section 
     307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).

                               H.R. 2378

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 5: Page 101, after line 18, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 633. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
     the United States Custom Service may be used to allow the 
     importation into the United States of any good, ware, 
     article, or merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured by 
     forced or indentured child labor, as determined pursuant to 
     section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).