[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 134 (Wednesday, October 1, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10296-S10297]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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           THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998

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            FAIRCLOTH (AND BOXER) AMENDMENTS NOS. 1271-1273

  Mr. FAIRCLOTH (for himself and Mrs. Boxer) proposed three amendments 
to the bill (S. 1156) making appropriations for the government of the 
District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in 
part against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1998, and for other purposes; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1271

       On page 3, line 9, after ``facilities,'' insert the 
     following: ``and for the administrative operating costs of 
     the Office of the Corrections Trustee.''.
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                           Amendment No. 1272

       On page 4, line 4 and 5, strike ``Administrative Office of 
     the United States Courts'' and insert ``District of Columbia 
     Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
     Authority''.
       On page 4, lines 15 and 16, strike ``Administraive Office 
     of the United States Courts'' and insert ``District of 
     Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance 
     Authority''.

                           Amendment No. 1273

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec.   . It is the sense of the Senate that the management 
     teams authorized in the District of Columbia Management 
     Reform Act of 1997 should--
       (1) take whatever steps are deemed necessary to identify 
     the structural, operational, administrative, and other 
     problems within the designated departments; and
       (2) implement the management reform plans in accordance 
     with the provisions of the District of Columbia Management 
     Reform Act of 1997.
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                      BROWNBACK AMENDMENT NO. 1274

  Mr. FAIRCLOTH (for Mr. Brownback) proposed an amendment to the bill, 
S. 1156, supra; as follows:

       On page 9, line 17, strike ``$1,235,000'' and all that 
     follows through ``134);'' on line 24 and insert ``$3,376,000 
     from local funds (not including funds already made available 
     for District of Columbia public schools) for public charter 
     schools: Provided, That if the entirety of this allocation 
     has not been provided as payments to any public charter 
     schools currently in operation through the per pupil funding 
     formula, the funds shall be available for new public charter 
     schools on a per pupil basis: Provided further, That $400,000 
     be available to the District of Columbia Public Charter 
     School Board for administrative costs: Provided further, That 
     if the entirety of this allocation has not been provided as 
     payment to 1 or more public charter schools by May 1, 1998, 
     and remains unallocated, the funds shall be deposited into a 
     special revolving loan fund to be used solely to assist 
     existing or new public charter schools in meeting startup and 
     operating costs: Provided further, That the District of 
     Columbia Education Emergency Board of Trustees shall report 
     to Congress not later than 120 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act on the capital needs of each public 
     charter school and whether the current per pupil funding 
     formula should reflect these needs: Provided further, That 
     until the District of Columbia Education Emergency Board of 
     Trustees reports to Congress as provided in the preceding 
     proviso, the District of Columbia Education Emergency Board 
     of Trustees shall take appropriate steps to provide public 
     charter schools with assistance to meet all capital expenses 
     in a manner that is equitable with respect assistance 
     provided to other District of Columbia public schools: 
     Provided further, That the District of Columbia Education 
     Emergency Board of Trustees shall report to Congress not 
     later than November 1, 1998, on the implementation of their 
     policy to give preference to newly created District of 
     Columbia public charter schools for surplus public school 
     property;''.
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                      MOYNIHAN AMENDMENT NO. 1275

  Mrs. BOXER (for Mr. Moynihan) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1156, supra; as follows:


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       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.   . NATION'S CAPITAL BICENTENNIAL DESIGNATION ACT.

       (a) Short Title; Findings; Purpose.--
       (1) Short title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Nation's Capital Bicentennial Designation Act''.
       (2) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
       (A) the year 2000 will mark the 200th anniversary of 
     Washington, D.C. as the Nation's permanent capital, 
     commencing when the Government moved from Philadelphia to the 
     Federal City;
       (B) the framers of the Constitution provided for the 
     establishment of a special district to serve as ``the seat of 
     Government of the United States'';
       (C) the site for the city was selected under the direction 
     of President George Washington, with construction initiated 
     in 1791;
       (D) in submitting his design to Congress, Major Pierre 
     Charles L'Enfant included numerous parks, fountains, and 
     sweeping avenues designed to reflect a vision as grand and as 
     ambitious as the American experience itself;
       (E) the capital city was named after President George 
     Washington to commemorate and celebrate his triumph in 
     building the Nation;
       (F) as the seat of Government of the United States for 
     almost 200 years, the Nation's capital has been a center of 
     American culture and a world symbol of freedom and democracy;
       (G) from Washington, D.C., President Abraham Lincoln 
     labored to preserve the Union and the Reverend Martin Luther 
     King, Jr. led an historic march that energized the civil 
     rights movement, reminding America of its promise of liberty 
     and justice for all; and
       (H) the Government of the United States must continually 
     work to ensure that the Nation's capital is and remains the 
     shining city on the hill.
       (3) Purpose.--The purposes of this section are to--
       (A) designate the year 2000 as the ``Year of National 
     Bicentennial Celebration of Washington, D.C.--the Nation's 
     Capital''; and
       (B) establish the Presidents' Day holiday in the year 2000 
     as a day of national celebration for the 200th anniversary of 
     Washington, D.C.
       (b) Nation's Capital National Bicentennial.--
       (1) In general.--The year 2000 is designated as the ``Year 
     of the National Bicentennial Celebration for Washington, 
     D.C.--the Nation's Capital'' and the Presidents' Day Federal 
     holiday in the year 2000 is designated as a day of national 
     celebration for the 200th anniversary of Washington, D.C.
       (2) Sense of the senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that all Federal entities should coordinate with and assist 
     the Nation's Capital Bicentennial Celebration, a nonprofit 
     501(c)(3) entity, organized and operating pursuant to the 
     laws of the District of Columbia, to ensure the success of 
     events and projects undertaken to renew and celebrate the 
     bicentennial of the establishment of Washington, D.C. as the 
     Nation's capital.
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                        BYRD AMENDMENT NO. 1276

  Mrs. BOXER (for Mr. Byrd) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1156, 
supra; as follows:

       On page 49, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       Sec. 148. $4,000,000 from local funds shall be available 
     for the establishment of a remedial education pilot program 
     in the District of Columbia public school system to remain 
     available through fiscal year 1999, of which $3,000,000 shall 
     be used to create a one-year pilot program for the 
     implementation of a remedial education program in reading and 
     mathematics for the 3 lowest achieving elementary schools in 
     the District of Columbia public school system (as to be 
     determined by the District of Columbia public school system's 
     Board of Education) and the training of teachers in 
     remediation instruction at the targeted schools and 
     $1,000,000 shall be used to establish a continuing education 
     program for all teachers in the District of Columbia public 
     school system. The General Accounting Office shall report to 
     Congress on the effectiveness of the pilot program funded by 
     this section at the end of fiscal year 1999.

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