[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 96 (Thursday, July 1, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8010-S8011]
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    TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS, 2000--Continued

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, is there going to be a modification to the 
Kyl amendment before we go to the Y2K liability?
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, we have an agreement on that, if Senator 
Kyl is ready.


                    Amendment No. 1195, As Modified

  Mr. KYL. I have a modification of amendment No. 1195. I note for the 
record that this modification is cosponsored by Senators Feinstein, 
McCain, Abraham, Graham, Gramm, Domenici, and Grassley, along with 
Senator Hutchison and myself.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Arizona (Mr. Kyl), for himself, and 
     Senators Hutchison, Feinstein, McCain, Abraham, Graham, 
     Gramm, Domenici, and Grassley, proposes an amendment numbered 
     1195, as modified.

  The amendment (No. 1195), as modified, is as follows:

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       Sec. 119. Provided further, That the Customs Service 
     Commissioner shall utilize $50 million to hire 500 new 
     Customs inspectors, agents, appropriate equipment and 
     intelligence support within the funds available under the 
     Customs Service headings in the bill, in addition to funds 
     provided to the Customs Service under the FY99 Emergency Drug 
     Supplemental.
       At the appropriate place, at the end of Title I, insert the 
     following on page 38, after line 5 insert the following:

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I want to thank the chairman and 
committee for their willingness to work with Senators Kyl, Hutchison, 
me, and others to include in the Treasury appropriations bill to hire 
500 more inspectors and agents, along with appropriate intelligence 
support and equipment. It is my understanding, in addition, that if 
there is a difference between the House and Senate bills in this regard 
that the Committee will do what it can in conference to ensure that the 
funding for these increases will be found outside of the Customs 
budget.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. I thank my colleague from Iowa. The committee has faced 
a lot of tough decisions in this bill and I appreciate my colleagues' 
flexibility. The Senator is correct. I will do what I can in conference 
to support the additional funding for Customs increased by this 
amendment, and to try to identify appropriate sources of funding 
outside the U.S. Customs Service budget.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate or discussion on the 
amendment?
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, the majority supports the amendment.
  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, we have reviewed the amendment and the 
modification, and we have no objection to it.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the amendment is agreed to.
  The amendment (No. 1195), as modified, was agreed to.
  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I just wanted to say that this is a 
very important amendment. We will have 500 more Customs agents for our 
drug control. I think that it is very important that we were able to 
make this a priority.
  I appreciate Senator Dorgan and Senator Campbell working with us.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.

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