[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 31 (Thursday, March 19, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S2344]
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PROTOCOLS TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY OF 1949 ON ACCESSION OF POLAND, 
                      HUNGARY, AND CZECH REPUBLIC

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                    HARKIN AMENDMENTS NOS. 2050-2052

  (Ordered to lie on the table).
  Mr. HARKIN submitted three amendments intended to be proposed by him 
to the resolution of ratification for the treaty (Treaty Doc. 105-36) 
protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the accession of 
Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. These protocols were opened 
for sigature at Brussels on December 16, 1997, and signed on behalf of 
the United States of America and other parties to the North Atlantic 
Treaty; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 2050

       At the end of section 3(2)(A) of the resolution, insert the 
     following:

     As used in this subparagraph, the term ``NATO common-funded 
     budget'' shall be deemed to include--
       (A) Foreign Military Financing under the Arms Export 
     Control Act;
       (B) transfers of excess defense articles under section 516 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
       (C) Emergency Drawdowns;
       (D) no-cost leases of United States equipment;
       (E) the subsidy cost of loan guarantees and other 
     contingent liabilities under subchapter VI of chapter 148 of 
     title 10, United States Code; and
       (F) international military education and training under 
     chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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                           Amendment No. 2051

       In section 3(2)(A), strike ``and'' at the end of clause 
     (ii).
       In section 3(2)(A), strike ``(iii)'' and insert ``(iv)''.
       In section 3(2)(A), insert after clause (ii) the following:
       (iii) any future United States subsidy of the national 
     expenses of Poland, Hungary, or the Czech Republic to meet 
     its NATO commitments, including the assistance described in 
     subparagraph (C), may not exceed 25 percent of all assistance 
     provided to that country by all NATO members.
       At the end of section 3(2), insert the following new 
     subparagraph:
       (C) Additional United States assistance described.--The 
     assistance referred to in subparagraph (A)(iii) includes--
       (i) Foreign Military Financing under the Arms Export 
     Control Act;
       (ii) transfers of excess defense articles under section 516 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
       (iii) Emergency Drawdowns;
       (iv) no-cost leases of United States equipment;
       (v) the subsidy cost of loan guarantees and other 
     contingent liabilities under subchapter VI of chapter 148 of 
     title 10, United States Code; and
       (vi) international military education and training under 
     chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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                           Amendment No. 2052

       At the end of section 3(2), add the following new 
     subparagraph:
       (C) Analysis of costs of continued nato enlargement.--The 
     Congressional Budget Office shall submit to the Senate a 
     report containing an analysis of common-funded and national 
     costs for the enlargement of NATO to include Estonia, Latvia, 
     Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, 
     and Albania. Such analysis shall include an estimate of costs 
     for--
       (i) the costs to new members to continue to restructure 
     their militaries;
       (ii) the costs of force improvements already being pursued 
     by existing NATO members; and
       (iii) the costs directly related to NATO enlargement, 
     including ensuring interoperability between the forces of 
     current and new members.
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        THE EDUCATION SAVINGS ACT FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS

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                      JEFFORDS AMENDMENT NO. 2053

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. JEFFORDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, H.R. 2646, supra; as follows:

       Strike section 101 and insert:

     SEC. 101. TRUST FUND FOR DC SCHOOLS.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter W of chapter 1 (relating to 
     District of Columbia Enterprise Zone) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following:

     ``SEC. 1400D. TRUST FUND FOR DC SCHOOLS.

       ``(a) Creation of Fund.--There is established in the 
     Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the 
     `Trust Fund for DC Schools', consisting of such amounts as 
     may be appropriated or credited to the Fund as provided in 
     this section.
       ``(b) Transfer to Trust Fund of Amounts Equivalent to 
     Certain Taxes.--
       ``(1) In general.--There are hereby appropriated to the 
     Trust Fund for DC Schools amounts equivalent to 50 percent of 
     the revenues received in the Treasury resulting from the 
     amendment made by section 201 of the Parent and Student 
     Savings Account PLUS Act.
       ``(2) Transfer of amounts.--The amounts appropriated by 
     paragraph (1) shall be transferred at least monthly from the 
     general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund for DC Schools 
     on the basis of estimates made by the Secretary of the 
     amounts referred to in such paragraph. Proper adjustments 
     shall be made in the amounts subsequently transferred to the 
     extent prior estimates were in excess of or less than the 
     amounts required to be transferred.
       ``(c) Expenditures From Fund.--
       ``(1) In general.--Amounts in the Trust Fund for DC Schools 
     shall be available, without fiscal year limitation, in an 
     amount not to exceed $2,000,000,000 for the period beginning 
     after December 31, 1998, and ending before January 1, 2009, 
     for qualified service expenses with respect to State or local 
     bonds issued by the District of Columbia to finance the 
     construction, rehabilitation, and repair of schools under the 
     jurisdiction of the government of the District of Columbia.
       ``(2) Qualified service expenses.--The term `qualified 
     service expenses' means expenses incurred after December 31, 
     1998, and certified by the District of Columbia Control Board 
     as meeting the requirements of paragraph (1) after giving 
     notice of any proposed certification to the Subcommittees on 
     the District of Columbia of the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
       ``(d) Report.--It shall be the duty of the Secretary to 
     hold the Trust Fund for DC Schools and to report to the 
     Congress each year on the financial condition and the results 
     of the operations of such Fund during the preceding fiscal 
     year and on its expected condition and operations during the 
     next fiscal year. Such report shall be printed as a House 
     document of the session of the Congress to which the report 
     is made.
       ``(e) Investment.--
       ``(1) In general.--It shall be the duty of the Secretary to 
     invest such portion of the Trust Fund for DC Schools as is 
     not, in the Secretary's judgment, required to meet current 
     withdrawals. Such investments may be made only in interest-
     bearing obligations of the United States. For such purpose, 
     such obligations may be acquired--
       ``(A) on original issue at the issue price, or
       ``(B) by purchase of outstanding obligations at the market 
     price.
       ``(2) Sale of obligations.--Any obligation acquired by the 
     Trust Fund for DC Schools may be sold by the Secretary at the 
     market price.
       ``(3) Interest on certain proceeds.--The interest on, and 
     the proceeds from the sale or redemption of, any obligations 
     held in the Trust Fund for DC Schools shall be credited to 
     and form a part of the Trust Fund for DC Schools.''
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
     subchapter W of chapter 1 is amended by adding after the item 
     relating to section 1400C the following:

  ``Sec. 1400D. Trust Fund for DC Schools.''

       In section 103(a), strike ``December 31, 2002'' and insert 
     ``June 30, 2002''.

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