[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 127 (Monday, September 22, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H7604-H7605]
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. 2267

                    Offered By: Mr. Bentsen of Texas

       Amendment No. 44: Page 117, after line 2, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 617. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be obligated or expended to 
     implement, administer, or enforce any fee or surcharge 
     pursuant to section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, for issuance 
     of a nonimmigrant visa or border crossing card with respect 
     to a child entering the United States for prearranged donated 
     medical treatment arranged by a United States charitable 
     organization at a hospital or comparable medical facility (or 
     to a parent or guardian of such a child traveling together 
     with the child).

                               H.R. 2267

                   Offered By: Mr. Burton of Indiana

       Amendment No. 45: 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.

[[Page H7605]]

       (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 semi-annual 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 unless such information is protected by an order or 
     rule of a court or by State or Federal law or revealing such 
     information would put the client of the recipient of such 
     Federal funds at risk of physical harm.
       (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 semi-
     annual reports to the Legal Services Corporation shall be 
     subject to disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United 
     States Code.
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