[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 96 (Thursday, July 1, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8145-S8156]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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                 TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS

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                  REED (AND CHAFEE) AMENDMENT NO. 1193

  Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Chafee) proposed an amendment to the 
bill (S. 1282) making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the 
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, 
and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2000, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 98, insert between lines 4 and 5 the following:
       Sec. 636. Section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(j) For purposes of this section, the 5 counties of the 
     State of Rhode Island (including Providence, Bristol, 
     Newport, Kent, and Washington counties) shall be considered 
     as 1 county, adjacent to the Boston-Worcester-Lawrence; 
     Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and Connecticut locality 
     pay area and the Hartford, Connecticut locality pay area.''.
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                       WARNER AMENDMENT NO. 1194

  Mr. CAMPBELL (for Mr. Warner) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1282, supra; as follows:

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE.

       (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Federal 
     Employees Equity Act of 1999''.
       (b) In General.--Section 636(a) of the Treasury, Postal 
     Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997 
     (Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-363; 5 U.S.C. prec. 5941 
     note) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``may'' 
     and inserting ``shall''.
       (c) Law Enforcement Officers.--Section 636(c)(2) of the 
     Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government 
     Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-
     364; 5 U.S.C. prec. 5941 note) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(2) the term `law enforcement officer' means an employee, 
     the duties of whose position are primarily the investigation, 
     apprehension, prosecution, or detention of individuals 
     suspected or convicted of offenses against the criminal laws 
     of the United States, including--
       ``(A) any law enforcement officer under section 8331(20) or 
     8401(17) of title 5, United States Code;
       ``(B) any special agent under section 206 of the Omnibus 
     Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 
     4823);
       ``(C) any customs officer as defined under section 5(e)(1) 
     of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 267);
       ``(D) any revenue officer or revenue agent of the Internal 
     Revenue Service; or
       ``(E) any Assistant United States Attorney appointed under 
     section 542 of title 28, United States Code.''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall 
     take effect on the later of--
       (1) October 1, 1999; or
       (2) the date of enactment of this Act.

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I rise today in support of my amendment 
creating the Federal Employees Equity Act of 1999.
  My legislation expands a provision included in the Omnibus 
Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 1997 (P.L. 104-208) to allow 
Federal agencies to contribute to the costs of professional liability 
insurance for their senior executives, managers and law enforcement 
officials. While this important benefit contained in the Omnibus 
Appropriation bill was indeed enacted, it has not been made available 
on as wide a basis to Federal employees as we had hoped.
  The Federal Employees Equity Act would ensure that Federal agencies 
reimburse one-half the premiums for Professional Liability Insurance 
for employees covered by this bill. Federal managers, supervisors and 
law enforcement officials should not have to fear the excessive costs 
of legal representation when unwarranted allegations are made against 
them and investigations of these allegations are conducted.
  I was a strong supporter of the provision in 1996 because Federal 
officials often found themselves to be the target of unfounded 
allegations of wrongdoing. Sometimes allegations were made by citizens, 
against whom Federal officials were enforcing the law and by employees 
who had performance or conduct problems. Although many allegations have 
proven to be specious, these Federal officials were often subject to 
lengthy investigations and had to pay for their own legal 
representation when their agencies could not provide it.
  The affected Federal managers, supervisors and law enforcement 
officials are generally prohibited from being represented by unions. 
For employees who are in bargaining units represented by unions, 
Congress allows Federal agencies to subsidize the time and expenses of 
union representatives when they are needed by such employees, whether 
or not they are dues paying members of the union.
  Because these Federal officials are denied union representation, they 
have found it necessary to purchase Professional Liability Insurance in 
order to protect themselves when allegations are made against them to 
the Inspector General of their agency, to the Office of Special 
Counsel, or to the EEO office. The insurance provides coverage for 
legal representation for the employees when they are accused, and will 
pay judgments against the employee up to a maximum dollar amount if the 
employee is found to have made a mistake while carrying out his 
official duties. Currently, these managers must hire their own lawyers 
in order to defend their reputation and careers when they are the 
subject of a grievance, regardless of whether the complaint has merit.
  The current law has had some success and has been implemented by 
several Federal departments including: Departments of Agriculture, 
Education, Interior, Labor, and such agencies as the Social Security 
Administration, Small Business Administration, General Services 
Administration, Securities and Exchange Commission, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Office of the Inspector 
General at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the 
National Science Foundation, the Merit Systems Protection Board, the 
Office of the Inspector General at the Office of Public Health and 
Science, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration at Department of Health and Human Services.
  Regrettably, other departments such as Treasury, Justice, Defense, 
Commerce, Transportation, Veterans Affairs, and agencies such as the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Office of Personnel 
Management have not seen fit to do so.
  The professional associations of these officials (the Senior 
Executives Association, the Professional Managers Association, the FBI 
Agents Association, the Federal Criminal Investigators Association, the 
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, the National Association 
of Assistant U.S. Attorneys, and the Nation Treasury Employees Union) 
have endorsed the concept for legislation to require Federal agencies 
to reimburse half the cost of premiums for Professional Liability 
Insurance.
  The intent of this measure is simply to ``level the playing field'' 
so that supervisors and managers are treated equally by various Federal 
agencies and have access to protections similar to those which are 
already provided for rank and file Federal employees.
  I request your support for these Federal officials and for this 
legislation.
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                  KYL (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1195

  Mr. CAMPBELL (for Mr. Kyl (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mrs. 
Feinstein, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Graham, Mr.

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Gramm, and Mr. Bingaman)) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1282, 
supra; as follows:

       On page 13, line 24, strike ``$1,670,747,000'' and insert 
     ``$1,720,747,000''.
       On page 15, line 6, before the period, insert the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That $50,000,000 shall be 
     available until expended to hire, train, provide equipment 
     for, and deploy 500 new Customs inspectors''.
       On page 49, line 13, strike ``$38,175,000'' and insert 
     ``$36,500,000''.
       On page 50, line 1, strike ``$23,681,000'' and insert 
     ``$22,586,000''.
       On page 53, line 3, strike ``$624,896,000'' and insert 
     ``$590,110,000''.
       On page 58, line 8, strike ``$120,198,000'' and insert 
     ``$109,344,000''.
       On page 62, line 26, strike ``$27,422,000'' and insert 
     ``$25,805,000''.
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                  KYL (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1196

  Mr. CAMPBELL (for Mr. Kyl (for himself, Mrs. Hutchison, Mrs. 
Feinstein, Mr. McCain, and Mr. Abraham)) proposed an amendment to the 
bill, S. 1282, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following new section:

     SEC. ____. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON FUNDING FOR CUSTOMS SERVICE 
                   PERSONNEL.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
       (1) The Federal Government is responsible for securing our 
     Nation's borders and stopping the flow of illegal drugs into 
     the United States. The Federal Government is also responsible 
     for affecting the flow of legitimate trade and commerce 
     across the southern and northern borders of the United 
     States.
       (2) The United States Customs Service needs additional 
     personnel to carry out its increasingly difficult mission, to 
     seize illegal drugs and contraband and facilitate legitimate 
     trade and commerce. Canada and Mexico are the United States 
     first and second largest trading partners, respectively.
       (3) The number of commercial trucks crossing United States-
     Mexico and United States-Canada ports-of-entry increased from 
     7,500,000 in 1994 to 10,100,000 in 1998, a 40-percent 
     increase. More than 372,000,000 people crossed either the 
     United States-Mexico or United States-Canada border in fiscal 
     year 1998 and an additional 87,000,000 international 
     passengers were processed at United States airports and 
     seaports during fiscal year 1998. Between 1994 and 1998, 
     however, the total number of United States Customs Service 
     inspectors and canine enforcement officers increased by only 
     540, from 5,668 inspectors to 6,208 inspectors. As a result, 
     significant delays in cross-border traffic now occur at 
     various ports-of-entry throughout the United States.
       (4) Even with limited numbers of inspectors and agents, the 
     United States Customs Service continues to seize an alarming 
     amount of drugs. Of the 3,484 pounds of heroin seized in the 
     United States in 1998, the United States Customs Service 
     seized 2,705 pounds. Of the 264,630 pounds of cocaine seized 
     in the United States in 1998, the Customs Service seized 
     148,103 pounds. Of the 1,760,000 pounds of marijuana seized 
     last year in the United States, the Customs Service seized 
     995,988 pounds.
       (5) The United States Customs Service must have the 
     necessary staffing and technology to detect, deter, disrupt, 
     and seize illegal drugs and to expedite the processing of 
     traffic and cargo at United States ports. Approximately 1,360 
     additional full-time Customs inspectors are needed to reduce 
     traffic congestion to 20 minutes per vehicle at land ports of 
     entry and to better interdict illegal drugs.
       (6) The Customs Service requested 617 additional inspectors 
     for fiscal year 2000 to work towards this goal. In the fiscal 
     year 2000 budget request to Congress, however, the President 
     set aside no additional money to hire additional inspectors.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that additional funding should be provided to the United 
     States Customs Service to hire necessary staff for drug 
     interdiction and traffic facilitation at United States land 
     border crossings, including 617 full-time, active duty 
     Customs inspectors for United States ports of entry.
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               JEFFORDS (AND LANDRIEU) AMENDMENT NO. 1197

  Mr. CAMPBELL (for Mr. Jeffords (for himself, Mrs. Landrieu, and Mr. 
Robb)) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1282, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, add the following:

          TITLE ____--CHILD CARE CENTERS IN FEDERAL FACILITIES

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Federal Employees Child 
     Care Act''.

     SEC. ____2. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title (except as otherwise provided in section 
     ____5):
       (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
     Administrator of General Services.
       (2) Child care accreditation entity.--The term ``child care 
     accreditation entity'' means a nonprofit private organization 
     or public agency that--
       (A) is recognized by a State agency or by a national 
     organization that serves as a peer review panel on the 
     standards and procedures of public and private child care or 
     school accrediting bodies; and
       (B) accredits a facility to provide child care on the basis 
     of--
       (i) an accreditation or credentialing instrument based on 
     peer-validated research;
       (ii) compliance with applicable State or local licensing 
     requirements, as appropriate, for the facility;
       (iii) outside monitoring of the facility; and
       (iv) criteria that provide assurances of--

       (I) use of developmentally appropriate health and safety 
     standards at the facility;
       (II) use of developmentally appropriate educational 
     activities, as an integral part of the child care program 
     carried out at the facility; and
       (III) use of ongoing staff development or training 
     activities for the staff of the facility, including related 
     skills-based testing.

       (3) Entity sponsoring a child care facility.--The term 
     ``entity sponsoring a child care facility'' means a Federal 
     agency that operates, or an entity that enters into a 
     contract or licensing agreement with a Federal agency to 
     operate, a child care facility primarily for the use of 
     Federal employees.
       (4) Executive agency.--The term ``Executive agency'' has 
     the meaning given the term in section 105 of title 5, United 
     States Code, except that the term--
       (A) does not include the Department of Defense and the 
     Coast Guard; and
       (B) includes the General Services Administration, with 
     respect to the administration of a facility described in 
     paragraph (5)(B).
       (5) Executive facility.--The term ``executive facility''--
       (A) means a facility that is owned or leased by an 
     Executive agency; and
       (B) includes a facility that is owned or leased by the 
     General Services Administration on behalf of a judicial 
     office.
       (6) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' means an 
     Executive agency, a legislative office, or a judicial office.
       (7) Judicial facility.--The term ``judicial facility'' 
     means a facility that is owned or leased by a judicial office 
     (other than a facility that is also a facility described in 
     paragraph (5)(B)).
       (8) Judicial office.--The term ``judicial office'' means an 
     entity of the judicial branch of the Federal Government.
       (9) Legislative facility.--The term ``legislative 
     facility'' means a facility that is owned or leased by a 
     legislative office.
       (10) Legislative office.--The term ``legislative office'' 
     means an entity of the legislative branch of the Federal 
     Government.
       (11) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block 
     Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n).

     SEC. ____3. PROVIDING QUALITY CHILD CARE IN FEDERAL 
                   FACILITIES.

       (a) Executive Facilities.--
       (1) State and local licensing requirements.--
       (A) In general.--Any entity sponsoring a child care 
     facility in an executive facility shall--
       (i) comply with child care standards described in paragraph 
     (2) that are no less stringent than applicable State or local 
     licensing requirements that are related to the provision of 
     child care in the State or locality involved; or
       (ii) obtain the applicable State or local licenses, as 
     appropriate, for the facility.
       (B) Compliance.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act--
       (i) the entity shall comply, or make substantial progress 
     (as determined by the Administrator) toward complying, with 
     subparagraph (A); and
       (ii) any contract or licensing agreement used by an 
     Executive agency for the provision of child care services in 
     the child care facility shall include a condition that the 
     child care be provided by an entity that complies with the 
     standards described in subparagraph (A)(i) or obtains the 
     licenses described in subparagraph (A)(ii).
       (2) Health, safety, and facility standards.--The 
     Administrator shall by regulation establish standards 
     relating to health, safety, facilities, facility design, and 
     other aspects of child care that the Administrator determines 
     to be appropriate for child care in executive facilities, and 
     require child care facilities, and entities sponsoring child 
     care facilities, in executive facilities to comply with the 
     standards. The standards shall include requirements that 
     child care facilities be inspected for, and be free of, lead 
     hazards.
       (3) Accreditation standards.--
       (A) In general.--The Administrator shall issue regulations 
     requiring, to the maximum extent possible, any entity 
     sponsoring an eligible child care facility (as defined by the 
     Administrator) in an executive facility to comply with 
     standards of a child care accreditation entity.
       (B) Compliance.--The regulations shall require that, not 
     later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act--
       (i) the entity shall comply, or make substantial progress 
     (as determined by the Administrator) toward complying, with 
     the standards; and
       (ii) any contract or licensing agreement used by an 
     Executive agency for the provision of child care services in 
     the child care facility shall include a condition that the 
     child care be provided by an entity that complies with the 
     standards.
       (4) Evaluation and compliance.--

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       (A) In general.--The Administrator shall evaluate the 
     compliance, with the requirements of paragraph (1) and the 
     regulations issued pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3), as 
     appropriate, of child care facilities, and entities 
     sponsoring child care facilities, in executive facilities. 
     The Administrator may conduct the evaluation of such a child 
     care facility or entity directly, or through an agreement 
     with another Federal agency or private entity, other than the 
     Federal agency for which the child care facility is providing 
     services. If the Administrator determines, on the basis of 
     such an evaluation, that the child care facility or entity is 
     not in compliance with the requirements, the Administrator 
     shall notify the Executive agency.
       (B) Effect of noncompliance.--On receipt of the 
     notification of noncompliance issued by the Administrator, 
     the head of the Executive agency shall--
       (i) if the entity operating the child care facility is the 
     agency--

       (I) not later than 2 business days after the date of 
     receipt of the notification, correct any deficiencies that 
     are determined by the Administrator to be life threatening or 
     to present a risk of serious bodily harm;
       (II) not later than 4 months after the date of receipt of 
     the notification, develop and provide to the Administrator a 
     plan to correct any other deficiencies in the operation of 
     the facility and bring the facility and entity into 
     compliance with the requirements;
       (III) provide the parents of the children receiving child 
     care services at the child care facility and employees of the 
     facility with a notification detailing the deficiencies 
     described in subclauses (I) and (II) and actions that will be 
     taken to correct the deficiencies, and post a copy of the 
     notification in a conspicuous place in the facility for 5 
     working days or until the deficiencies are corrected, 
     whichever is later;
       (IV) bring the child care facility and entity into 
     compliance with the requirements and certify to the 
     Administrator that the facility and entity are in compliance, 
     based on an onsite evaluation of the facility conducted by an 
     individual with expertise in child care health and safety; 
     and
       (V) in the event that deficiencies determined by the 
     Administrator to be life threatening or to present a risk of 
     serious bodily harm cannot be corrected within 2 business 
     days after the date of receipt of the notification, close the 
     child care facility, or the affected portion of the facility, 
     until the deficiencies are corrected and notify the 
     Administrator of the closure; and

       (ii) if the entity operating the child care facility is a 
     contractor or licensee of the Executive agency--

       (I) require the contractor or licensee, not later than 2 
     business days after the date of receipt of the notification, 
     to correct any deficiencies that are determined by the 
     Administrator to be life threatening or to present a risk of 
     serious bodily harm;
       (II) require the contractor or licensee, not later than 4 
     months after the date of receipt of the notification, to 
     develop and provide to the head of the agency a plan to 
     correct any other deficiencies in the operation of the child 
     care facility and bring the facility and entity into 
     compliance with the requirements;
       (III) require the contractor or licensee to provide the 
     parents of the children receiving child care services at the 
     child care facility and employees of the facility with a 
     notification detailing the deficiencies described in 
     subclauses (I) and (II) and actions that will be taken to 
     correct the deficiencies, and to post a copy of the 
     notification in a conspicuous place in the facility for 5 
     working days or until the deficiencies are corrected, 
     whichever is later;
       (IV) require the contractor or licensee to bring the child 
     care facility and entity into compliance with the 
     requirements and certify to the head of the agency that the 
     facility and entity are in compliance, based on an onsite 
     evaluation of the facility conducted by an independent entity 
     with expertise in child care health and safety; and
       (V) in the event that deficiencies determined by the 
     Administrator to be life threatening or to present a risk of 
     serious bodily harm cannot be corrected within 2 business 
     days after the date of receipt of the notification, close the 
     child care facility, or the affected portion of the facility, 
     until the deficiencies are corrected and notify the 
     Administrator of the closure, which closure may be grounds 
     for the immediate termination or suspension of the contract 
     or license of the contractor or licensee.

       (C) Cost reimbursement.--The Executive agency shall 
     reimburse the Administrator for the costs of carrying out 
     subparagraph (A) for child care facilities located in an 
     executive facility other than an executive facility of the 
     General Services Administration. If an entity is sponsoring a 
     child care facility for 2 or more Executive agencies, the 
     Administrator shall allocate the reimbursement costs with 
     respect to the entity among the agencies in a fair and 
     equitable manner, based on the extent to which each agency is 
     eligible to place children in the facility.
       (5) Disclosure of prior violations to parents and facility 
     employees.--
       (A) In general.--The Administrator shall issue regulations 
     that require that each entity sponsoring a child care 
     facility in an executive facility, upon receipt by the child 
     care facility or the entity (as applicable) of a request by 
     any individual who is--
       (i) a parent of any child enrolled at the facility;
       (ii) a parent of a child for whom an application has been 
     submitted to enroll at the facility; or
       (iii) an employee of the facility;
     shall provide to the individual the copies and description 
     described in subparagraph (B).
       (B) Copies and description.--The entity shall provide--
       (i) copies of all notifications of deficiencies that have 
     been provided in the past with respect to the facility under 
     clause (i)(III) or (ii)(III), as applicable, of paragraph 
     (4)(B); and
       (ii) a description of the actions that were taken to 
     correct the deficiencies.
       (b) Legislative Facilities.--
       (1) Accreditation.--The Chief Administrative Officer of the 
     House of Representatives, the Librarian of Congress, and the 
     head of a designated entity in the Senate shall ensure that, 
     not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the corresponding child care facility obtains 
     accreditation by a child care accreditation entity, in 
     accordance with the accreditation standards of the entity.
       (2) Regulations.--
       (A) In general.--If the corresponding child care facility 
     does not maintain accreditation status with a child care 
     accreditation entity, the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
     House of Representatives, the Librarian of Congress, or the 
     head of the designated entity in the Senate shall issue 
     regulations governing the operation of the corresponding 
     child care facility, to ensure the safety and quality of care 
     of children placed in the facility. The regulations shall be 
     no less stringent in content and effect than the requirements 
     of subsection (a)(1) and the regulations issued by the 
     Administrator under paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a), 
     except to the extent that appropriate administrative officers 
     make the determination described in subparagraph (B).
       (B) Modification more effective.--The determination 
     referred to in subparagraph (A) is a determination, for good 
     cause shown and stated together with the regulations, that a 
     modification of the regulations would be more effective for 
     the implementation of the requirements and standards 
     described in subsection (a) for the corresponding child care 
     facilities, and entities sponsoring the corresponding child 
     care facilities, in legislative facilities.
       (3) Corresponding child care facility.--In this subsection, 
     the term ``corresponding child care facility'', used with 
     respect to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Librarian, 
     or the head of a designated entity described in paragraph 
     (1), means a child care facility operated by, or under a 
     contract or licensing agreement with, an office of the House 
     of Representatives, the Library of Congress, or an office of 
     the Senate, respectively.
       (c) Judicial Branch Standards and Compliance.--
       (1) State and local licensing requirements health, safety, 
     and facility standards, and accreditation standards.--The 
     Director of the Administrative Office of the United States 
     Courts shall issue regulations for child care facilities, and 
     entities sponsoring child care facilities, in judicial 
     facilities, which shall be no less stringent in content and 
     effect than the requirements of subsection (a)(1) and the 
     regulations issued by the Administrator under paragraphs (2) 
     and (3) of subsection (a), except to the extent that the 
     Director may determine, for good cause shown and stated 
     together with the regulations, that a modification of such 
     regulations would be more effective for the implementation of 
     the requirements and standards described in paragraphs (1), 
     (2), and (3) of subsection (a) for child care facilities, and 
     entities sponsoring child care facilities, in judicial 
     facilities.
       (2) Evaluation and compliance.--
       (A) Director of the administrative office of the united 
     states courts.--The Director of the Administrative Office of 
     the United States Courts shall have the same authorities and 
     duties with respect to the evaluation of, compliance of, and 
     cost reimbursement for child care facilities, and entities 
     sponsoring child care facilities, in judicial facilities as 
     the Administrator has under subsection (a)(4) with respect to 
     the evaluation of, compliance of, and cost reimbursement for 
     such centers and entities sponsoring such centers, in 
     executive facilities.
       (B) Head of a judicial office.--The head of a judicial 
     office shall have the same authorities and duties with 
     respect to the compliance of and cost reimbursement for child 
     care facilities, and entities sponsoring child care 
     facilities, in judicial facilities as the head of an 
     Executive agency has under subsection (a)(4) with respect to 
     the compliance of and cost reimbursement for such centers and 
     entities sponsoring such centers, in executive facilities.
       (d) Application.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this section, if 8 or more child care facilities are 
     sponsored in facilities owned or leased by an Executive 
     agency, the Administrator shall delegate to the head of the 
     agency the evaluation and compliance responsibilities 
     assigned to the Administrator under subsection (a)(4)(A).
       (e) Technical Assistance, Studies, and Reviews.--The 
     Administrator may provide technical assistance, and conduct 
     and provide the results of studies and reviews, for Executive 
     agencies, and entities sponsoring child care facilities in 
     executive facilities, on a reimbursable basis, in order to 
     assist the entities in complying with this section. The Chief 
     Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, the 
     Librarian of Congress, the head of the designated Senate

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     entity described in subsection (b), and the Director of the 
     Administrative Office of the United States Courts, may 
     provide technical assistance, and conduct and provide the 
     results of studies and reviews, or request that the 
     Administrator provide technical assistance, and conduct and 
     provide the results of studies and reviews, for legislative 
     offices and judicial offices, as appropriate, and entities 
     operating child care facilities in legislative facilities or 
     judicial facilities, as appropriate, on a reimbursable basis, 
     in order to assist the entities in complying with this 
     section.
       (f) Interagency Council.--
       (1) Composition.--The Administrator shall establish an 
     interagency council, comprised of--
       (A) representatives of all Executive agencies described in 
     subsection (d) and other Executive agencies at the election 
     of the heads of the agencies;
       (B) a representative of the Chief Administrative Officer of 
     the House of Representatives, at the election of the Chief 
     Administrative Officer;
       (C) a representative of the head of the designated Senate 
     entity described in subsection (b), at the election of the 
     head of the entity;
       (D) a representative of the Librarian of Congress, at the 
     election of the Librarian; and
       (E) a representative of the Director of the Administrative 
     Office of the United States Courts, at the election of the 
     Director.
       (2) Functions.--The council shall facilitate cooperation 
     and sharing of best practices, and develop and coordinate 
     policy, regarding the provision of child care, including the 
     provision of areas for nursing mothers and other lactation 
     support facilities and services, in the Federal Government.
       (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $900,000 for 
     fiscal year 2000 and such sums as may be necessary for each 
     subsequent fiscal year.

     SEC. ____4. FEDERAL CHILD CARE EVALUATION.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Administrator and the Director of 
     the Office of Personnel Management shall jointly prepare and 
     submit to Congress a report that evaluates child care 
     provided by entities sponsoring child care facilities in 
     executive facilities, legislative facilities, or judicial 
     facilities.
       (b) Contents.--The evaluation shall contain, at a minimum--
       (1) information on the number of children receiving child 
     care described in subsection (a), analyzed by age, including 
     information on the number of those children who are age 6 
     through 12;
       (2) information on the number of families not using child 
     care described in subsection (a) because of the cost of the 
     child care; and
       (3) recommendations for improving the quality and cost 
     effectiveness of child care described in subsection (a), 
     including recommendations of options for creating an optimal 
     organizational structure and using best practices for the 
     delivery of the child care.

     SEC. ____5. CHILD CARE SERVICES FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

       (a) In General.--In addition to services authorized to be 
     provided by an agency of the United States pursuant to 
     section 616 of the Act of December 22, 1987 (40 U.S.C. 490b), 
     an Executive agency that provides or proposes to provide 
     child care services for Federal employees may use agency 
     funds to provide the child care services, in a facility that 
     is owned or leased by an Executive agency, or through a 
     contractor, for civilian employees of the agency.
       (b) Affordability.--Funds so used with respect to any such 
     facility or contractor shall be applied to improve the 
     affordability of child care for lower income Federal 
     employees using or seeking to use the child care services 
     offered by the facility or contractor.
       (c) Regulations.--The Administrator after consultation with 
     the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall, 
     within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     issue regulations necessary to carry out this section.
       (d) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     ``Executive agency'' has the meaning given the term by 
     section 105 of title 5, United States Code, but does not 
     include the General Accounting Office.

     SEC. ____6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO CHILD CARE 
                   PROVIDED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.

       (a) Availability of Federal Child Care Centers for Onsite 
     Contractors; Percentage Goal.--Section 616 of the Act of 
     December 22, 1987 (40 U.S.C. 490b) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``officer or agency of the United States'' 
     and inserting ``Federal agency or officer of a Federal 
     agency''; and
       (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(2) the officer or agency determines that the space will 
     be used to provide child care and related services to--
       ``(A) children of Federal employees or onsite Federal 
     contractors; or
       ``(B) dependent children who live with Federal employees or 
     onsite Federal contractors; and
       ``(3) the officer or agency determines that the individual 
     or entity will give priority for available child care and 
     related services in the space to Federal employees and onsite 
     Federal contractors.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e)(1)(A) The Administrator of General Services shall 
     confirm that at least 50 percent of aggregate enrollment in 
     Federal child care centers governmentwide are children of 
     Federal employees or onsite Federal contractors, or dependent 
     children who live with Federal employees or onsite Federal 
     contractors.
       ``(B) Each provider of child care services at an individual 
     Federal child care center shall maintain 50 percent of the 
     enrollment at the center of children described under 
     subparagraph (A) as a goal for enrollment at the center.
       ``(C)(i) If enrollment at a center does not meet the 
     percentage goal under subparagraph (B), the provider shall 
     develop and implement a business plan with the sponsoring 
     Federal agency to achieve the goal within a reasonable 
     timeframe.
       ``(ii) The plan shall be approved by the Administrator of 
     General Services based on--
       ``(I) compliance of the plan with standards established by 
     the Administrator; and
       ``(II) the effect of the plan on achieving the aggregate 
     Federal enrollment percentage goal.
       ``(2) The Administrator of General Services Administration 
     may enter into public-private partnerships or contracts with 
     nongovernmental entities to increase the capacity, quality, 
     affordability, or range of child care and related services 
     and may, on a demonstration basis, waive subsection (a)(3) 
     and paragraph (1) of this subsection.''.
       (b) Payment of Costs of Training Programs.--Section 
     616(b)(3) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 490b(b)(3)) is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(3) If a Federal agency has a child care facility in a 
     Federal space, or is a sponsoring agency for a child care 
     facility in a Federal space, the agency or the General 
     Services Administration may pay accreditation fees, including 
     renewal fees, for that center to be accredited. Any Federal 
     agency that provides or proposes to provide child care 
     services for children referred to in subsection (a)(2), may 
     reimburse any Federal employee or any person employed to 
     provide the services for the costs of training programs, 
     conferences, and meetings and related travel, transportation, 
     and subsistence expenses incurred in connection with those 
     activities. Any per diem allowance made under this section 
     shall not exceed the rate specified in regulations prescribed 
     under section 5707 of title 5, United States Code.''.
       (c) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 616(c) of 
     such Act (40 U.S.C. 490b(c)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``Federal'' before ``child care centers''; 
     and
       (2) by striking ``Federal workers'' and inserting ``Federal 
     employees''.
       (d) Provision of Child Care by Private Entities.--Section 
     616(d) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 490b(d)) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(d)(1) If a Federal agency has a child care facility in a 
     Federal space, or is a sponsoring agency for a child care 
     facility in a Federal space, the agency, the child care 
     center board of directors, or the General Services 
     Administration may enter into an agreement with 1 or more 
     private entities under which the private entities would 
     assist in defraying the general operating expenses of the 
     child care providers including salaries and tuition 
     assistance programs at the facility.
       ``(2)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a 
     Federal agency does not have a child care program, or if the 
     Administrator of General Services has identified a need for 
     child care for Federal employees at a Federal agency 
     providing child care services that do not meet the 
     requirements of subsection (a), the agency or the 
     Administrator may enter into an agreement with a non-Federal, 
     licensed, and accredited child care facility, or a planned 
     child care facility that will become licensed and accredited, 
     for the provision of child care services for children of 
     Federal employees.
       ``(B) Before entering into an agreement, the head of the 
     Federal agency shall determine that child care services to be 
     provided through the agreement are more cost effectively 
     provided through the arrangement than through establishment 
     of a Federal child care facility.
       ``(C) The Federal agency may provide any of the services 
     described in subsection (b)(3) if, in exchange for the 
     services, the facility reserves child care spaces for 
     children referred to in subsection (a)(2), as agreed to by 
     the parties. The cost of any such services provided by a 
     Federal agency to a Federal child care facility on behalf of 
     another Federal agency shall be reimbursed by the receiving 
     agency.
       ``(3) This subsection does not apply to residential child 
     care programs.''.
       (e) Pilot Projects.--Section 616 of such Act (40 U.S.C. 
     490b) is further amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(f)(1) Upon approval of the agency head, a Federal agency 
     may conduct a pilot project not otherwise authorized by law 
     for no more than 2 years to test innovative approaches to 
     providing alternative forms of quality child care assistance 
     for Federal employees. A Federal agency head may extend a 
     pilot project for an additional 2-year period. Before any 
     pilot project may be implemented, a determination shall be 
     made by the agency head that initiating the pilot project 
     would be more cost-effective than establishing a new Federal 
     child care facility. Costs of any pilot project shall be paid 
     solely by the agency conducting the pilot project.
       ``(2) The Administrator of General Services shall serve as 
     an information clearinghouse

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     for pilot projects initiated by other Federal agencies to 
     disseminate information concerning the pilot projects to the 
     other Federal agencies.
       ``(3) Within 6 months after completion of the initial 2-
     year pilot project period, a Federal agency conducting a 
     pilot project under this subsection shall provide for an 
     evaluation of the impact of the project on the delivery of 
     child care services to Federal employees, and shall submit 
     the results of the evaluation to the Administrator of General 
     Services. The Administrator shall share the results with 
     other Federal agencies.''.
       (f) Background Check.--Section 616 of such Act (40 U.S.C. 
     490b) is further amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) Each Federal child care center located in a Federal 
     space shall ensure that each employee of the center 
     (including any employee whose employment began before the 
     date of enactment of this subsection) shall undergo a 
     criminal history background check consistent with section 231 
     of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13041).''.
       (g) Definitions.--Section 616 of such Act (40 U.S.C. 490b) 
     is further amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(h) In this section:
       ``(1) The term `Federal agency' has the meaning given the 
     term `Executive agency' in section ____2 of the Federal 
     Employees Child Care Act.
       ``(2) The terms `Federal building' and `Federal space' have 
     the meanings given the term `executive facility' in such 
     section ____2.
       ``(3) The term `Federal child care center' means a child 
     care center in an executive facility, as defined in such 
     section ____2.
       ``(4) The terms `Federal contractor' and `Federal employee' 
     mean a contractor and an employee, respectively, of an 
     Executive agency, as defined in such section ____2.''.
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                  ENZI (AND THOMAS) AMENDMENT NO. 1198

  Mr. CAMPBELL (for Mr. Enzi (for himself and Mr. Thomas) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 1282, supra; as follows:

       On page 48, line 2, strike the period following ``HIDTA'', 
     insert a colon (:), and after the colon insert the following:
       Provided further, That Campbell County and Uinta County are 
     hereby designated as part of the Rock Mountain High Intensity 
     Drug Trafficking Area for the State of Wyoming.
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                      GRASSLEY AMENDMENT NO. 1199

  Mr. CAMPBELL (for Mr. Grassley) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1282, supra; as follows:

       On page 13, line 24: Strike $1,670,747,000 and insert 
     $1,928,494,752.
       On page 2, line 19: Strike $133,168,000 and insert 
     $130,168,000.
       On page 4, line 8: Strike $111,340,000 and insert 
     $102,340,000.
       On page 8, line 11: Strike $80,114,000 and insert 
     $75,114,000.
       On page 10, line 18: Strike $200,054,000 and insert 
     $190,054,000.
       On page 11, line 16: Strike $569,225,000 and insert 
     $560,225,000.
       On page 17, line 16: Strike $3,291,945,000 and insert 
     $3,271,945,000.
       On page 18, line 6: Strike $3,305,090,000 and insert 
     $3,205,090,000.
       On page 19, line 2: Strike $1,450,100,000 and insert 
     $1,400,100,000.
       On page 49, line 13: Strike $38,175,000 and insert 
     $30,427,248.
       On page 51, line 15: Strike $5,140,000,000 and insert 
     $5,100,000,000.
       On page 63, line 13: Strike $179,738,000 and insert 
     $175,738,000.
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                 DeWINE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1200

  Mr. CAMPBELL (for Mr. DeWine (for himself, Mr. Abraham, Mr. 
Brownback, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Helms, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Hagel, Mr. 
McCain, and Mr. Nickles)) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1282, 
supra; as follows:

       At the end of title VI, add the following:
       Sec.   . No funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
     available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
     expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal 
     employees health benefit program which provides any benefits 
     or coverage for abortions.
       Sec.   . The provision of section      shall not apply 
     where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
     were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an 
     act of rape or incest.
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                 LOTT (AND DASCHLE) AMENDMENT NO. 1201

  Mr. CAMPBELL (for Mr. Lott (for himself and Mr. Daschle)) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 1282, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO THE COLUMBIA HOSPITAL FOR 
                   WOMEN.

       (a) Administrator of General Services.--Subject to 
     subsection (f) and such terms and conditions as the 
     Administrator of General Services (in this section referred 
     to as the ``Administrator'') shall require in accordance with 
     this section, the Administrator shall convey to the Columbia 
     Hospital for Women (formerly Columbia Hospital for Women and 
     Lying-In Asylum; in this section referred to as ``Columbia 
     Hospital''), located in Washington, District of Columbia, for 
     $14,000,000 plus accrued interest to be paid in accordance 
     with the terms set forth in subsection (d), all right, title, 
     and interest of the United States in and to those pieces or 
     parcels of land in the District of Columbia, described in 
     subsection (b), together with all improvements thereon and 
     appurtenances thereto. The purpose of this conveyance is to 
     enable the expansion by Columbia Hospital of its Ambulatory 
     Care Center, Betty Ford Breast Center, and the Columbia 
     Hospital Center for Teen Health and Reproductive Toxicology 
     Center.
       (b) Property Description.--
       (1) In general.--The land referred to in subsection (a) was 
     conveyed to the United States of America by deed dated May 2, 
     1888, from David Fergusson, widower, recorded in liber 1314, 
     folio 102, of the land records of the District of Columbia, 
     and is that portion of square numbered 25 in the city of 
     Washington in the District of Columbia which was not 
     previously conveyed to such hospital by the Act of June 28, 
     1952 (66 Stat. 287; chapter 486).
       (2) Particular description.--The property is more 
     particularly described as square 25, lot 803, or as follows: 
     all that piece or parcel of land situated and lying in the 
     city of Washington in the District of Columbia and known as 
     part of square numbered 25, as laid down and distinguished on 
     the plat or plan of said city as follows: beginning for the 
     same at the northeast corner of the square being the corner 
     formed by the intersection of the west line of Twenty-fourth 
     Street Northwest, with the south line of north M Street 
     Northwest and running thence south with the line of said 
     Twenty-fourth Street Northwest for the distance of two 
     hundred and thirty-one feet ten inches, thence running west 
     and parallel with said M Street Northwest for the distance of 
     two hundred and thirty feet six inches and running thence 
     north and parallel with the line of said Twenty-fourth Street 
     Northwest for the distance of two hundred and thirty-one feet 
     ten inches to the line of said M Street Northwest and running 
     thence east with the line of said M Street Northwest to the 
     place of beginning two hundred and thirty feet and six inches 
     together with all the improvements, ways, easements, rights, 
     privileges, and appurtenances to the same belonging or in 
     anywise appertaining.
       (c) Date of Conveyance.--
       (1) Date.--The date of the conveyance of property required 
     under subsection (a) shall be the date upon which the 
     Administrator receives from Columbia Hospital written notice 
     of its exercise of the purchase option granted by this 
     section, which notice shall be accompanied by the first of 30 
     equal installment payments of $869,000 toward the total 
     purchase price of $14,000,000, plus accrued interest.
       (2) Deadline for conveyance of property.--Written 
     notification and payment of the first installment payment 
     from Columbia Hospital under paragraph (1) shall be 
     ineffective, and the purchase option granted Columbia 
     Hospital under this section shall lapse, if that written 
     notification and installment payment are not received by the 
     Administrator before the date which is 1 year after the date 
     of enactment of this section.
       (3) Quitclaim deed.--Any conveyance of property to Columbia 
     Hospital under this section shall be by quitclaim deed.
       (d) Conveyance Terms.--
       (1) In general.--The conveyance of property required under 
     subsection (a) shall be consistent with the terms and 
     conditions set forth in this section and such other terms and 
     conditions as the Administrator deems to be in the interest 
     of the United States, including--
       (A) the provision for the prepayment of the full purchase 
     price if mutually acceptable to the parties;
       (B) restrictions on the use of the described land for use 
     of the purposes set out in subsection (a);
       (C) the conditions under which the described land or 
     interests therein may be sold, assigned, or otherwise 
     conveyed in order to facilitate financing to fulfill its 
     intended use; and
       (D) the consequences in the event of default by Columbia 
     Hospital for failing to pay all installments payments toward 
     the total purchase price when due, including revision of the 
     described property to the United States.
       (2) Payment of purchase price.--Columbia Hospital shall pay 
     the total purchase price of $14,000,000, plus accrued 
     interest over the term at a rate of 4.5 percent annually, in 
     equal installments of $869,000, for 29 years following the 
     date of conveyance of the property and receipt of the initial 
     installment of $869,000 by the Administrator under subsection 
     (c)(1). Unless the full purchase price, plus accrued 
     interest, is prepaid, the total amount paid for the property 
     after 30 years will be $26,070,000.
       (e) Treatment of Amounts Received.--Amounts received by the 
     United States as payments under this section shall be paid 
     into the fund established by section 210(f) of the Federal 
     Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
     490(f)), and may be expended by the Administrator for real 
     property management and related activities not otherwise 
     provided for, without further authorization.

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       (f) Reversionary Interest.--
       (1) In general.--The property conveyed under subsection (a) 
     shall revert to the United States, together with any 
     improvements thereon--
       (A) 1 year from the date on which Columbia Hospital 
     defaults in paying to the United States an annual installment 
     payment of $869,000, when due; or
       (B) immediately upon any attempt by Columbia Hospital to 
     assign, sell, or convey the described property before the 
     United States has received full purchase price, plus accrued 
     interest.

      sThe Columbia Hospital shall execute and provide to the 
     Administrator such written instruments and assurances as the 
     Administrator may reasonably request to protect the interests 
     of the United States under this subsection.
       (2) Release of reversionary interest.--The Administrator 
     may release, upon request, any restriction imposed on the use 
     of described property for the purposes of paragraph (1), and 
     release any reversionary interest of the United States in the 
     property conveyed under this subsection only upon receipt by 
     the United States of full payment of the purchase price 
     specified under subsection (d)(2).
       (3) Property returned to the general services 
     administration.--Any property that reverts to the United 
     States under this subsection shall be under the jurisdiction, 
     custody and control of the General Services Administration 
     shall be available for use or disposition by the 
     Administrator in accordance with applicable Federal law.
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                COLLINS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1202

  Mr. CAMPBELL (for Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Dorgan, 
Mr. Inouye, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Murray, 
Mr. Lugar, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Helms, Mr. Robb, Mr. Cleland, 
Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Allard, Mr. Brownback, Mr. 
Chafee, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
Fitzgerald, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Inhofe, Mrs. 
Landrieu, Mr. Reid, Mr. Specter, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Wellstone, and Mr. 
Thurmond)) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1282, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 98, insert between lines 4 and 5 the following:
       Sec. 636. (a) Congress finds that--
       (1) the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (in 
     this section referred to as the ``VFW''), which was formed by 
     veterans of the Spanish-American War and the Philippine 
     Insurrection to help secure rights and benefits for their 
     service, will be celebrating its 100th anniversary in 1999;
       (2) members of the VFW have fought, bled, and died in every 
     war, conflict, police action, and military intervention in 
     which the United States has engaged during this century;
       (3) over its history, the VFW has ably represented the 
     interests of veterans in Congress and State Legislatures 
     across the Nation and established a network of trained 
     service officers who, at no charge, have helped millions of 
     veterans and their dependents to secure the education, 
     disability compensation, pension, and health care benefits 
     they are rightfully entitled to receive as a result of the 
     military service performed by those veterans:
       (4) the VFW has also been deeply involved in national 
     education projects, awarding nearly $2,700,000 in 
     scholarships annually, as well as countless community 
     projects initiated by its 10,000 posts; and
       (5) the United States Postal Service has issued 
     commemorative postage stamps honoring the VFW's 50th and 75th 
     anniversaries, respectively.
       (b) Therefore, it is the sense of the Senate that the 
     United States Postal Service is encouraged to issue a 
     commemorative postage stamp in honor of the 100th anniversary 
     of the founding of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United 
     States.
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               DeWINE (AND COVERDELL) AMENDMENT NO. 1203

  Mr. CAMPBELL (for Mr. DeWine (for himself and Mr. Coverdell)) 
proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1282, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:
       Sec.  . In addition to the amounts appropriated under this 
     Act for the United States Customs Service, $336,900,000 are 
     appropriated to the United States Customs Service for drug 
     enforcement activities in accordance with section 813(a) of 
     the Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act, of which--
       (1) $258,500,000 shall be used for acquisition of up to six 
     P-3B Slick and up to four P-3B AEW aircraft;
       (2) $25,500,000 shall be used for operations and 
     maintenance support for the P-3B Slick and P-3B AEW aircraft;
       (3) $20,000,000 shall be used for construction of a hangar 
     facility;
       (4) $13,400,000 shall be used for the restoration, 
     operation, and maintenance of a radar facility in the 
     Caribbean region;
       (5) $10,000,000 shall be used for the development and 
     deployment of a commercial unclassified relocatable Passive 
     Coherent Location system for the region to determine active 
     smuggling air and sea corridors;
       (6) $9,500,000 shall be used to perform surface 
     interdiction in the Bahamian Island basic, Caribbean basin, 
     and the Eastern Pacific in conjunction with U.S. Customs 
     Service air program to support end game operations.
       On page 17, line 16, strike ``$3,291,945,000'' and insert 
     ``$3,091,077,000''.
       On page 18, line 6, strike ``$3,305,090,000'' and insert 
     ``$3,169,058,000''.
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                 HUTCHISON (AND KYL) AMENDMENT NO. 1204

  Mr. CAMPBELL (for Mrs. Hutchison (for herself and Mr. Kyl)) proposed 
an amendment to the bill, S. 1282, supra; as follows:

       Insert the following:
       On page 13, line 24: Strike ``$1,670,747,000 and insert 
     $1,720,747,000.
       On page 15, line 6: Insert ``Provided, that $50,000,000 be 
     provided to hire, train, deploy, and provide equipment for 
     500 new full-time, active-duty Customs inspectors.''
       On page 10, line 18: Strike $200,054,000 and insert 
     $199,081,000.
       On page 67, line 21: Strike $91,584,000 and insert 
     $89,814,000.
       On page 53, line 3: Strike $624,896,000 and insert 
     $590,110,000.
       On page 58, line 8: Strike $120,198,000 and insert 
     $109,344,000.
       On page 62, line 26: Strike $27,422,000 and insert 
     $25,805,000.
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                        REID AMENDMENT NO. 1205

  Mr. CAMPBELL (for Mr. Reid) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1282, supra; as follows:

       On page 11, strike line 17, and insert the following: 
     ``$39,320,000 may be used for the Youth Crime Gun 
     Interdiction Initiative, of which $1,120,000 shall be 
     provided for the purpose of expanding the program to include 
     Las Vegas, Nevada, to allow, among other purposes, for the 
     placement of six new agents in this area, with $1,120,000 
     being reimbursed from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund;''
       On page 11, line 18, strike ``diction Initiative.''
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                       BAUCUS AMENDMENT NO. 1206

  Mr. DORGAN (for Mr. Baucus) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1282, supra; as follows:

       On page 98, insert between lines 4 and 5 the following:
       Sec. 636. (a) This section may be cited as the ``Post 
     Office Community Partnership Act of 1999''.
       (b) Section 404 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
       ``(b)(1) Before making a determination under subsection 
     (a)(3) as to the necessity for the relocation, closing, 
     consolidation, or construction of any post office, the Postal 
     Service shall provide adequate notice to persons served by 
     that post office of the intention of the Postal Service to 
     relocate, close, consolidate, or construct that post office 
     not later than 60 days before the final determination is made 
     to relocate, close, consolidate, or construct.
       ``(2)(A) The notification under paragraph (1) shall be in 
     writing, hand delivered or delivered by mail to persons 
     served by that post office, and published in 1 or more 
     newspapers of general circulation within the zip codes served 
     by that post office.
       ``(B) The notification under paragraph (1) shall include--
       ``(i) an identification of the relocation, closing, 
     consolidation, or construction of the post office involved;
       ``(ii) a summary of the reasons for the relocation, 
     closing, consolidation, or construction;
       ``(iii) the proposed date for the relocation, closing, 
     consolidation, or construction;
       ``(iv) notice of the opportunity of a hearing, if 
     requested; and
       ``(v) notice of the opportunity for public comment, 
     including suggestions.
       ``(3) Any person served by the post office that is the 
     subject of a notification under paragraph (1) may offer an 
     alternative relocation, closing, consolidation, or 
     construction proposal during the 60-day period beginning on 
     the date on which the notice is provided under paragraph (1).
       ``(4)(A) At the end of the period specified in paragraph 
     (3), the Postal Service shall make a determination under 
     subsection (a)(3). Before making a final determination, the 
     Postal Service shall conduct a hearing, if requested by 
     persons served by the post office that is the subject of a 
     notice under paragraph (1). If a hearing is held under this 
     paragraph, the persons served by such post office may present 
     oral or written testimony with respect to the relocation, 
     closing, consolidation, or construction of the post office.
       ``(B) In making a determination as to whether or not to 
     relocate, close, consolidate, or construct a post office, the 
     Postal Service shall consider--
       ``(i) the extent to which the post office is part of a core 
     downtown business area;
       ``(ii) any potential effect of the relocation, closing, 
     consolidation, or construction on the community served by the 
     post office;
       ``(iii) whether the community served by the post office 
     opposes a relocation, closing, consolidation, or 
     construction;

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       ``(iv) any potential effect of the relocation, closing, 
     consolidation, or construction on employees of the Postal 
     Service employed at the post office;
       ``(v) whether the relocation, closing, consolidation, or 
     construction of the post office is consistent with the policy 
     of the Government under section 101(b) that requires the 
     Postal Service to provide a maximum degree of effective and 
     regular postal services to rural areas, communities, and 
     small towns in which post offices are not self-sustaining;
       ``(vi) the quantified long-term economic saving to the 
     Postal Service resulting from the relocation, closing, 
     consolidation, or construction;
       ``(vii)(I) the adequacy of the existing post office; and
       ``(II) whether all reasonable alternatives to relocation, 
     closing, consolidation, or construction have been explored; 
     and
       ``(viii) any other factor that the Postal Service 
     determines to be necessary for making a determination whether 
     to relocate, close, consolidate, or construct that post 
     office.
       ``(C) In making a determination as to whether or not to 
     relocate, close, consolidate, or construct a post office, the 
     Postal Service may not consider compliance with any provision 
     of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 
     651 et seq.).
       ``(5)(A) Any determination of the Postal Service to 
     relocate, close, consolidate, or construct a post office 
     shall be in writing and shall include the findings of the 
     Postal Service with respect to the considerations required to 
     be made under paragraph (4).
       ``(B) The Postal Service shall respond to all of the 
     alternative proposals described in paragraph (3) in a 
     consolidated report that includes--
       ``(i) the determination and findings under subparagraph 
     (A); and
       ``(ii) each alternative proposal and a response by the 
     Postal Service.
       ``(C) The Postal Service shall make available to the public 
     a copy of the report prepared under subparagraph (B) at the 
     post office that is the subject of the report.
       ``(6)(A) The Postal Service shall take no action to 
     relocate, close, consolidate, or construct a post office 
     until the applicable date described in subparagraph (B).
       ``(B) The applicable date specified in this subparagraph 
     is--
       ``(i) if no appeal is made under paragraph (7), the end of 
     the 30-day period specified in that paragraph; or
       ``(ii) if an appeal is made under paragraph (7), the date 
     on which a determination is made by the Commission under 
     paragraph 7(A), but not later than 120 days after the date on 
     which the appeal is made.
       ``(7)(A) A determination of the Postal Service to relocate, 
     close, consolidate, or construct any post office may be 
     appealed by any person served by that post office to the 
     Postal Rate Commission during the 30-day period beginning on 
     the date on which the report is made available under 
     paragraph (5). The Commission shall review the determination 
     on the basis of the record before the Postal Service in the 
     making of the determination. The Commission shall make a 
     determination based on that review not later than 120 days 
     after appeal is made under this paragraph.
       ``(B) The Commission shall set aside any determination, 
     findings, and conclusions of the Postal Service that the 
     Commission finds to be--
       ``(i) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or 
     otherwise not in accordance with the law;
       ``(ii) without observance of procedure required by law; or
       ``(iii) unsupported by substantial evidence on the record.
       ``(C) The Commission may affirm the determination of the 
     Postal Service that is the subject of an appeal under 
     subparagraph (A) or order that the entire matter that is the 
     subject of that appeal be returned for further consideration, 
     but the Commission may not modify the determination of the 
     Postal Service. The Commission may suspend the effectiveness 
     of the determination of the Postal Service until the final 
     disposition of the appeal.
       ``(D) The provisions of sections 556 and 557, and chapter 7 
     of title 5 shall not apply to any review carried out by the 
     Commission under this paragraph.
       ``(E) A determination made by the Commission shall not be 
     subject to judicial review.
       ``(8) In any case in which a community has in effect 
     procedures to address the relocation, closing, consolidation, 
     or construction of buildings in the community, and the public 
     participation requirements of those procedures are more 
     stringent than those provided in this subsection, the Postal 
     Service shall apply those procedures to the relocation, 
     closing, consolidation, or construction of a post office in 
     that community in lieu of applying the procedures established 
     in this subsection.
       ``(9) In making a determination to relocate, close, 
     consolidate, or construct any post office, the Postal Service 
     shall comply with any applicable zoning, planning, or land 
     use laws (including building codes and other related laws of 
     State or local public entities, including any zoning 
     authority with jurisdiction over the area in which the post 
     office is located).
       ``(10) The relocation, closing, consolidation, or 
     construction of any post office under this subsection shall 
     be conducted in accordance with the National Historic 
     Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470h-2).
       ``(11) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to 
     apply to a temporary customer service facility to be used by 
     the Postal Service for a period of less than 60 days.
       ``(12)(A) For purposes of this paragraph the term 
     `emergency' means any occurrence that forces an immediate 
     relocation from an existing facility, including natural 
     disasters, fire, health and safety factors, and lease 
     terminations.
       ``(B) If the Postmaster General makes a determination that 
     an emergency exists relating to a post office, the Postmaster 
     General may suspend the application of the provisions of this 
     subsection for a period not to exceed 180 days with respect 
     to such post office.
       ``(C) The Postmaster General may exercise the suspension 
     authority under subparagraph (A) once with respect to a 
     single emergency for any specific post office.''.
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                       SCHUMER AMENDMENT NO. 1207

  Mr. DORGAN (for Mr. Schumer) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1282, supra; as follows:

       On page 98, insert between lines 4 and 5 the following:

     SEC. 636. ITEMIZED INCOME TAX RECEIPT.

       (a) In General.--Not later than April 15, 2000, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall establish an interactive 
     program on an Internet website where any taxpayer may 
     generate an itemized receipt showing a proportionate 
     allocation (in money terms) of the taxpayer's total tax 
     payments among the major expenditure categories.
       (b) Information Necessary To Generate Receipt.--For 
     purposes of generating an itemized receipt under subsection 
     (a), the interactive program--
       (1) shall only require the input of the taxpayer's total 
     tax payments, and
       (2) shall not require any identifying information relating 
     to the taxpayer.
       (c) Total Tax Payments.--For purposes of this section, 
     total tax payments of an individual for any taxable year 
     are--
       (1) the tax imposed by subtitle A of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 for such taxable year (as shown on his return), 
     and
       (2) the tax imposed by section 3101 of such Code on wages 
     received during such taxable year.
       (d) Content of Tax Receipt.--
       (1) Major expenditure categories.--For purposes of 
     subsection (a), the major expenditure categories are:
       (A) National defense.
       (B) International affairs.
       (C) Medicaid.
       (D) Medicare.
       (E) Means-tested entitlements.
       (F) Domestic discretionary.
       (G) Social Security.
       (H) Interest payments.
       (I) All other.
       (2) Other items on receipt.--
       (A) In general.--In addition, the tax receipt shall include 
     selected examples of more specific expenditure items, 
     including the items listed in subparagraph (B), either at the 
     budget function, subfunction, or program, project, or 
     activity levels, along with any other information deemed 
     appropriate by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director 
     of the Office of Management and Budget to enhance taxpayer 
     understanding of the Federal budget.
       (B) Listed items.--The expenditure items listed in this 
     subparagraph are as follows:
       (i) Public schools funding programs.
       (ii) Student loans and college aid.
       (iii) Low-income housing programs.
       (iv) Food stamp and welfare programs.
       (v) Law enforcement, including the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation, law enforcement grants to the States, and 
     other Federal law enforcement personnel.
       (vi) Infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and mass 
     transit.
       (vii) Farm subsidies.
       (viii) Congressional Member and staff salaries.
       (ix) Health research programs.
       (x) Aid to the disabled.
       (xi) Veterans health care and pension programs.
       (xii) Space programs.
       (xiii) Environmental cleanup programs.
       (xiv) United States embassies.
       (xv) Military salaries.
       (xvi) Foreign aid.
       (xvii) Contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization.
       (xviii) Amtrak.
       (xix) United States Postal Service.
       (e) Cost.--No charge shall be imposed to cover any cost 
     associated with the production or distribution of the tax 
     receipt.
       (f) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Treasury may 
     prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out 
     this section.
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               MOYNIHAN (AND SCHUMER) AMENDMENT NO. 1208

  Mr. CAMPBELL (for Mr. Moynihan (for himself and Mr. Schumer)) 
proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1282, supra; as follows:

       On page 56, line 3, after ``and'', insert the following: 
     ``$5,870,000 shall be available for repairs to and 
     alterations of the Federal courthouse at 40 Centre Street, 
     New York, New York, and''.
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                       HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 1209

  Mr. DORGAN (for Mr. Harkin (for himself and Mr. Edwards)) proposed an

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amendment to the bill, S. 1282, supra; as follows:

       On page 47, strike lines 9 through 11 and insert in lieu 
     thereof the following: ``Area Program, $205,277,000 for drug 
     control activities consistent with the approved strategy for 
     each of the designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, 
     of which $10,000,000 shall be used for methamphetamine 
     programs above the sums allocated in fiscal year 1999 and 
     otherwise provided for in this legislation with no less than 
     half of the $10,000,000 going to areas solely dedicated to 
     fighting methamphetamine usage, of which''
       Amend page 53, line 3 by reducing the dollar figure by 
     $17,000,000;
       Amend page 51, line 15 by reducing the first dollar figure 
     by $17,000,000.
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                       SCHUMER AMENDMENT NO. 1210

  Mr. DORGAN (for Mr. Schumer) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1282, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. TARGETED GUN DEALER ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1999.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Targeted Gun Dealer Enforcement Act of 1999''.
       (b) Regulation of Licensed Dealers.--
       (1) Prohibition on straw purchases.--
       (A) In general.--Section 922(a)(6) of title 18, United 
     States Code, is amended by inserting ``, or with respect to 
     the identity of the person in fact purchasing or attempting 
     to purchase such firearm or ammunition,'' before ``under 
     the''.
       (B) Penalties.--Section 924(a)(3) of title 18, United 
     States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
     ``Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a violation in 
     relation to section 922(a)(6) or 922(d) by a licensed dealer, 
     licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed 
     collector shall be subject to the penalties under paragraph 
     (2) of this subsection.''.
       (2) Notification of state law regarding carrying concealed 
     firearms.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting after subsection (y) the following:
       ``(z) Notification of State Requirements.--It shall be 
     unlawful for a licensed dealer to transfer a firearm to any 
     person, unless the dealer notifies that person whether 
     applicable State law requires persons to be licensed to carry 
     concealed firearms in the State, or prohibits the carrying of 
     concealed firearms in the State.''.
       (3) Revocation or suspension of license; civil penalties.--
     Section 923 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking subsections (e) and (f) and inserting the following:
       ``(e) Revocation or Suspension of License; Civil 
     Penalties.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may, after notice and 
     opportunity for hearing--
       ``(A) suspend or revoke any license issued under this 
     section, if the holder of such license--
       ``(i) willfully violates any provision of this chapter or 
     any rule or regulation prescribed by the Secretary under this 
     chapter; or
       ``(ii) fails to have secure gun storage or safety devices 
     available at any place in which firearms are sold under the 
     license to persons who are not licensees (except that in any 
     case in which a secure gun storage or safety device is 
     temporarily unavailable because of theft, casualty loss, 
     consumer sales, backorders from a manufacturer, or any other 
     similar reason beyond the control of the licensee, the 
     licensed dealer shall not be considered to be in violation of 
     the requirement to make available such a device);
       ``(B) suspend or revoke the license issued under this 
     section to a dealer who willfully transfers armor piercing 
     ammunition; and
       ``(C) assess and collect a civil penalty of not more than 
     $10,000 per violation against any holder of a license, if the 
     Secretary is authorized to suspend or revoke the license of 
     that holder under subparagraph (A) or (B).
       ``(2) Liability.--The Secretary may at any time compromise, 
     mitigate, or remit the liability with respect to any willful 
     violation of this subsection or any rule or regulation 
     prescribed by the Secretary under this subsection.
       ``(3) Review.--An action of the Secretary under this 
     subsection may be reviewed only as provided in subsection 
     (f).
       ``(4) Notification requirement.--Not less than once every 6 
     months, the Secretary shall notify each licensed manufacturer 
     and each licensed dealer of the name, address, and license 
     number of each dealer whose license was suspended or revoked 
     under this section during the preceding 6-month period.
       ``(f) Rights of Applicants and Licensees.--
       ``(1) In general.--If the Secretary denies an application 
     for, or revokes or suspends a license, or assesses a civil 
     penalty under this section, the Secretary shall provide 
     written notice of such denial, revocation, suspension, or 
     assessment to the affected party, stating specifically the 
     grounds upon which the application was denied, the license 
     was suspended or revoked, or the civil penalty was assessed. 
     Any notice of a revocation or suspension of a license under 
     this paragraph shall be given to the holder of such license 
     before the effective date of the revocation or suspension, as 
     applicable.
       ``(2) Appeal Process.--
       ``(A) Hearing.--If the Secretary denies an application for, 
     or revokes or suspends a license, or assesses a civil penalty 
     under this section, the Secretary shall, upon request of the 
     aggrieved party, promptly hold a hearing to review the 
     denial, revocation, suspension, or assessment. A hearing 
     under this subparagraph shall be held at a location 
     convenient to the aggrieved party.
       ``(B) Notice of decision; appeal.--If, after a hearing held 
     under subparagraph (A), the Secretary decides not to reverse 
     the decision of the Secretary to deny the application, revoke 
     or suspend the license, or assess the civil penalty, as 
     applicable--
       ``(i) the Secretary shall provide notice of the decision of 
     the Secretary to the aggrieved party;
       ``(ii) during the 60-day period beginning on the date on 
     which the aggrieved party receives a notice under clause (i), 
     the aggrieved party may file a petition with the district 
     court of the United States for the judicial district in which 
     the aggrieved party resides or has a principal place of 
     business for a de novo judicial review of such denial, 
     revocation, suspension, or assessment;
       ``(iii) in any judicial proceeding pursuant to a petition 
     under clause (ii)--

       ``(I) the court may consider any evidence submitted by the 
     parties to the proceeding, regardless of whether or not such 
     evidence was considered at the hearing held under 
     subparagraph (A); and
       ``(II) if the court decides that the Secretary was not 
     authorized to make such denial, revocation, suspension, or 
     assessment, the court shall order the Secretary to take such 
     actions as may be necessary to comply with the judgment of 
     the court.

       ``(3) Stay pending appeal.--If the Secretary suspends or 
     revokes a license under this section, upon the request of the 
     holder of the license, the Secretary shall stay the effective 
     date of the revocation, suspension, or assessment.''.
       (4) Effect of conviction.--Section 925(b) of title 18, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``until any 
     conviction pursuant to the indictment becomes final'' and 
     inserting ``until the date of any conviction pursuant to the 
     indictment''.
       (5) Regulation of high-volume crime gun dealers.--Section 
     923(g) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(8) High-volume crime gun dealers.--
       ``(A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term `high-volume 
     crime gun dealer' means any licensed dealer with respect to 
     which a designation under subparagraph (B)(i) is in effect, 
     as provided in subparagraph (B)(ii).
       ``(B) Designation of high-volume crime gun dealers.--
       ``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall designate a licensed 
     dealer as a high-volume crime gun dealer--
       ``(I) as soon as practicable, if the Secretary determines 
     that the licensed dealer sold, delivered, or otherwise 
     transferred to 1 or more persons not licensed under this 
     chapter not less than 25 firearms that, during the preceding 
     calendar year, were used during the commission or attempted 
     commission of a criminal offense under Federal, State, or 
     local law, or were possessed in violation of Federal, State, 
     or local law; or
       ``(II) immediately upon the expiration date of a suspension 
     of the license of that dealer for a willful violation of this 
     chapter, if such violation involved 1 or more firearms that 
     were subsequently used during the commission or attempted 
     commission of a criminal offense under Federal, State, or 
     local law.
       ``(ii) Effective period of designation.--A designation 
     under clause (i) shall remain in effect during the period 
     beginning on the date on which the designation is made and 
     ending on the later of--
       ``(I) the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on 
     that date; or
       ``(II) the date on which the license issued to that dealer 
     under this section expires.
       ``(C) Notification requirement.--Upon the designation of a 
     licensed dealer as a high-volume crime gun dealer under 
     subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall notify the appropriate 
     United States attorney's office, the appropriate State and 
     local law enforcement agencies (including the district 
     attorney's offices and the police or sheriff's departments), 
     and each State and local agency responsible for the issuance 
     of business licenses in the jurisdiction in which the high-
     volume crime gun dealer is located of such designation.
       ``(D) Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph--
       ``(i) not later than 10 days after the date on which a 
     handgun is sold, delivered, or otherwise transferred by a 
     high-volume crime gun dealer to a person not licensed under 
     this chapter, the high-volume crime gun dealer shall submit 
     to the Secretary and to the department of State police or 
     State law enforcement agency of the State or local 
     jurisdiction in which the sale, delivery, or transfer took 
     place, on a form prescribed by the Secretary, a report of the 
     sale, delivery, or transfer, which report shall include--
       ``(I) the manufacturer or importer of the handgun;
       ``(II) the model, type, caliber, gauge, and serial number 
     of the handgun; and
       ``(III) the name, address, date of birth, and height and 
     weight of the purchaser or transferee, as applicable;
       ``(ii) each high-volume crime gun dealer shall submit to 
     the Secretary, on a form prescribed by the Secretary, a 
     monthly report of each firearm received and each firearm 
     disposed of by the dealer during that month, which report 
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     the manufacturer or importer and the model, type, caliber, 
     gauge, serial number, date of receipt, and date of 
     disposition of each such firearm, except that the initial 
     report submitted by a dealer under this clause shall include 
     such information with respect to the entire inventory of the 
     high-volume crime gun dealer; and
       ``(iii) a high-volume crime gun dealer may not destroy any 
     record required to be maintained under paragraph (1)(A).
       ``(E) Inspection.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the 
     Secretary may inspect or examine the inventory and records of 
     a high-volume crime gun dealer at any time without a showing 
     of reasonable cause or a warrant for purposes of determining 
     compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
       ``(F) Recordkeeping by local police departments.--
     Notwithstanding paragraph (3)(B), a State or local law 
     enforcement agency that receives a report under subparagraph 
     (D)(i) may retain a copy of that record for not more than 5 
     years.
       ``(G) License renewal.--Notwithstanding subsection (d)(2), 
     the Secretary shall approve or deny an application for a 
     license submitted by a high-volume crime gun dealer before 
     the expiration of the 120-day period beginning on the date on 
     which the application is received.
       ``(H) Effect of failure to comply.--
       ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (e), the 
     Secretary shall, after notice and an opportunity for a 
     hearing--
       ``(I) suspend for not less than 90 days any license issued 
     under this section to a high-volume crime gun dealer who 
     willfully violates any provision of this section (including 
     any requirement of this paragraph);
       ``(II) revoke any license issued under this section to a 
     high-volume crime gun dealer who willfully violates any 
     provision of this section (including any requirement of this 
     paragraph) and who has committed a prior willful violation of 
     any provision of this section (including any requirement of 
     this paragraph); and
       ``(III) revoke any license issued under this section to a 
     high-volume crime gun dealer who willfully violates any 
     provision of section 922 or 924.
       ``(ii) Stay pending appeal.--Notwithstanding subsection 
     (f)(3), the Secretary may not stay the effective date of a 
     suspension or revocation under this subparagraph pending an 
     appeal.''.
       (c) Enhanced Ability To Trace Firearms.--
       (1) Voluntary submission of dealer's records.--Section 
     923(g)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read 
     as follows:
       ``(4) Voluntary submission of dealer's records.--
       ``(A) Business discontinued.--
       ``(i) Successor.--When a firearms or ammunition business is 
     discontinued and succeeded by a new licensee, the records 
     required to be kept by this chapter shall appropriately 
     reflect that fact and shall be delivered to the successor. 
     Upon receipt of those records, the successor licensee may 
     retain the records of the discontinued business or submit the 
     discontinued business records to the Secretary.
       ``(ii) No successor.--When a firearms or ammunition 
     business is discontinued without a successor, records 
     required to be kept by this chapter shall be delivered to the 
     Secretary within 30 days after the business is discontinued.
       ``(B) Old records.--A licensee maintaining a firearms 
     business may voluntarily submit the records required to be 
     kept by this chapter to the Secretary if such records are at 
     least 20 years old.
       ``(C) State or local requirements.--If State law or local 
     ordinance requires the delivery of records regulated by this 
     paragraph to another responsible authority, the Secretary may 
     arrange for the delivery of records to such other responsible 
     authority.''
       (2) Centralization and maintenance of records.--Section 
     923(g) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(9) Centralization and maintenance of records by 
     secretary.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary--
       ``(A) may receive and centralize any information or records 
     submitted to the Secretary under this chapter and maintain 
     such information or records in whatever manner will enable 
     their most efficient use in law enforcement investigations; 
     and
       ``(B) shall retain a record of each firearms trace 
     conducted by the Secretary, unless the Secretary determines 
     that there is a valid law enforcement reason not to retain 
     the record.''.
       (3) Licensee reports of secondhand firearms.--Section 
     923(g) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(10) Licensee reports of secondhand firearms.--A licensed 
     importer, licensed manufacturer, and licensed dealer shall 
     submit to the Secretary, on a form prescribed by the 
     Secretary, a monthly report of each firearm received from a 
     person not licensed under this chapter during that month, 
     which report shall not include any identifying information 
     relating to the transferor or any subsequent purchaser.''.
       (d) General Regulation of Firearms Transfers.--
       (1) Transfers of crime guns.--Section 924(h) of title 18, 
     United States Code, is amended by inserting ``or having 
     reasonable cause to believe'' after ``knowing''.
       (2) Increased penalties for trafficking in firearms with 
     obliterated serial numbers.--Section 924(a) of title 18, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``(k),''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``(k),'' after ``(j),''.
       (e) Amendment of Federal Sentencing Guidelines.--The United 
     States Sentencing Commission shall amend the Federal 
     sentencing guidelines to reflect the amendments made by this 
     section.
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               LANDRIEU (AND JEFFORDS) AMENDMENT NO. 1211

  Mr. DORGAN (for Mrs. Landrieu (for herself, and Mr. Jeffords)) 
proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1282, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, add the following:

          TITLE ____--CHILD CARE CENTERS IN FEDERAL FACILITIES

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Federal Employees Child 
     Care Act''.

     SEC. ____2. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title (except as otherwise provided in section 
     ____4):
       (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
     Administrator of General Services.
       (2) Executive agency.--The term ``Executive agency'' has 
     the meaning given the term in section 105 of title 5, United 
     States Code, except that the term--
       (A) does not include the Department of Defense and the 
     Coast Guard; and
       (B) includes the General Services Administration, with 
     respect to the administration of a facility described in 
     paragraph (3)(B).
       (3) Executive facility.--The term ``executive facility''--
       (A) means a facility that is owned or leased by an 
     Executive agency; and
       (B) includes a facility that is owned or leased by the 
     General Services Administration on behalf of a judicial 
     office.
       (4) Judicial facility.--The term ``judicial facility'' 
     means a facility that is owned or leased by a judicial office 
     (other than a facility that is also a facility described in 
     paragraph (3)(B)).
       (5) Judicial office.--The term ``judicial office'' means an 
     entity of the judicial branch of the Federal Government.
       (6) Legislative facility.--The term ``legislative 
     facility'' means a facility that is owned or leased by a 
     legislative office.
       (7) Legislative office.--The term ``legislative office'' 
     means an entity of the legislative branch of the Federal 
     Government.

     SEC. ____3. FEDERAL CHILD CARE EVALUATION.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Administrator and the Director of 
     the Office of Personnel Management shall jointly prepare and 
     submit to Congress a report that evaluates child care 
     provided by entities sponsoring child care facilities in 
     executive facilities, legislative facilities, or judicial 
     facilities.
       (b) Contents.--The evaluation shall contain, at a minimum--
       (1) information on the number of children receiving child 
     care described in subsection (a), analyzed by age, including 
     information on the number of those children who are age 6 
     through 12;
       (2) information on the number of families not using child 
     care described in subsection (a) because of the cost of the 
     child care; and
       (3) recommendations for improving the quality and cost 
     effectiveness of child care described in subsection (a), 
     including recommendations of options for creating an optimal 
     organizational structure and using best practices for the 
     delivery of the child care.

     SEC. ____4. CHILD CARE SERVICES FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

       (a) In General.--In addition to services authorized to be 
     provided by an agency of the United States pursuant to 
     section 616 of the Act of December 22, 1987 (40 U.S.C. 490b), 
     an Executive agency that provides or proposes to provide 
     child care services for Federal employees may use agency 
     funds to provide the child care services, in a facility that 
     is owned or leased by an Executive agency, or through a 
     contractor, for civilian employees of the agency.
       (b) Affordability.--Funds so used with respect to any such 
     facility or contractor shall be applied to improve the 
     affordability of child care for lower income Federal 
     employees using or seeking to use the child care services 
     offered by the facility or contractor.
       (c) Regulations.--The Administrator after consultation with 
     the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall, 
     within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     issue regulations necessary to carry out this section.
       (d) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     ``Executive agency'' has the meaning given the term by 
     section 105 of title 5, United States Code, but does not 
     include the General Accounting Office.

     SEC. ____5. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO CHILD CARE 
                   PROVIDED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.

       (a) Availability of Federal Child Care Centers for Onsite 
     Contractors; Percentage Goal.--Section 616 of the Act of 
     December 22, 1987 (40 U.S.C. 490b) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``officer or agency of the United States'' 
     and inserting ``Federal agency or officer of a Federal 
     agency''; and

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       (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(2) the officer or agency determines that the space will 
     be used to provide child care and related services to--
       ``(A) children of Federal employees or onsite Federal 
     contractors; or
       ``(B) dependent children who live with Federal employees or 
     onsite Federal contractors; and
       ``(3) the officer or agency determines that the individual 
     or entity will give priority for available child care and 
     related services in the space to Federal employees and onsite 
     Federal contractors.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e)(1)(A) The Administrator of General Services shall 
     confirm that at least 50 percent of aggregate enrollment in 
     Federal child care centers governmentwide are children of 
     Federal employees or onsite Federal contractors, or dependent 
     children who live with Federal employees or onsite Federal 
     contractors.
       ``(B) Each provider of child care services at an individual 
     Federal child care center shall maintain 50 percent of the 
     enrollment at the center of children described under 
     subparagraph (A) as a goal for enrollment at the center.
       ``(C)(i) If enrollment at a center does not meet the 
     percentage goal under subparagraph (B), the provider shall 
     develop and implement a business plan with the sponsoring 
     Federal agency to achieve the goal within a reasonable 
     timeframe.
       ``(ii) The plan shall be approved by the Administrator of 
     General Services based on--
       ``(I) compliance of the plan with standards established by 
     the Administrator; and
       ``(II) the effect of the plan on achieving the aggregate 
     Federal enrollment percentage goal.
       ``(2) The Administrator of General Services Administration 
     may enter into public-private partnerships or contracts with 
     nongovernmental entities to increase the capacity, quality, 
     affordability, or range of child care and related services 
     and may, on a demonstration basis, waive subsection (a)(3) 
     and paragraph (1) of this subsection.''.
       (b) Payment of Costs of Training Programs.--Section 
     616(b)(3) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 490b(b)(3)) is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(3) If a Federal agency has a child care facility in a 
     Federal space, or is a sponsoring agency for a child care 
     facility in a Federal space, the agency or the General 
     Services Administration may pay accreditation fees, including 
     renewal fees, for that center to be accredited. Any Federal 
     agency that provides or proposes to provide child care 
     services for children referred to in subsection (a)(2), may 
     reimburse any Federal employee or any person employed to 
     provide the services for the costs of training programs, 
     conferences, and meetings and related travel, transportation, 
     and subsistence expenses incurred in connection with those 
     activities. Any per diem allowance made under this section 
     shall not exceed the rate specified in regulations prescribed 
     under section 5707 of title 5, United States Code.''.
       (c) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 616(c) of 
     such Act (40 U.S.C. 490b(c)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``Federal'' before ``child care centers''; 
     and
       (2) by striking ``Federal workers'' and inserting ``Federal 
     employees''.
       (d) Provision of Child Care by Private Entities.--Section 
     616(d) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 490b(d)) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(d)(1) If a Federal agency has a child care facility in a 
     Federal space, or is a sponsoring agency for a child care 
     facility in a Federal space, the agency, the child care 
     center board of directors, or the General Services 
     Administration may enter into an agreement with 1 or more 
     private entities under which the private entities would 
     assist in defraying the general operating expenses of the 
     child care providers including salaries and tuition 
     assistance programs at the facility.
       ``(2)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a 
     Federal agency does not have a child care program, or if the 
     Administrator of General Services has identified a need for 
     child care for Federal employees at a Federal agency 
     providing child care services that do not meet the 
     requirements of subsection (a), the agency or the 
     Administrator may enter into an agreement with a non-Federal, 
     licensed, and accredited child care facility, or a planned 
     child care facility that will become licensed and accredited, 
     for the provision of child care services for children of 
     Federal employees.
       ``(B) Before entering into an agreement, the head of the 
     Federal agency shall determine that child care services to be 
     provided through the agreement are more cost effectively 
     provided through the arrangement than through establishment 
     of a Federal child care facility.
       ``(C) The Federal agency may provide any of the services 
     described in subsection (b)(3) if, in exchange for the 
     services, the facility reserves child care spaces for 
     children referred to in subsection (a)(2), as agreed to by 
     the parties. The cost of any such services provided by a 
     Federal agency to a Federal child care facility on behalf of 
     another Federal agency shall be reimbursed by the receiving 
     agency.
       ``(3) This subsection does not apply to residential child 
     care programs.''.
       (e) Pilot Projects.--Section 616 of such Act (40 U.S.C. 
     490b) is further amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(f)(1) Upon approval of the agency head, a Federal agency 
     may conduct a pilot project not otherwise authorized by law 
     for no more than 2 years to test innovative approaches to 
     providing alternative forms of quality child care assistance 
     for Federal employees. A Federal agency head may extend a 
     pilot project for an additional 2-year period. Before any 
     pilot project may be implemented, a determination shall be 
     made by the agency head that initiating the pilot project 
     would be more cost-effective than establishing a new Federal 
     child care facility. Costs of any pilot project shall be paid 
     solely by the agency conducting the pilot project.
       ``(2) The Administrator of General Services shall serve as 
     an information clearinghouse for pilot projects initiated by 
     other Federal agencies to disseminate information concerning 
     the pilot projects to the other Federal agencies.
       ``(3) Within 6 months after completion of the initial 2-
     year pilot project period, a Federal agency conducting a 
     pilot project under this subsection shall provide for an 
     evaluation of the impact of the project on the delivery of 
     child care services to Federal employees, and shall submit 
     the results of the evaluation to the Administrator of General 
     Services. The Administrator shall share the results with 
     other Federal agencies.''.
       (f) Background Check.--Section 616 of such Act (40 U.S.C. 
     490b) is further amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) Each Federal child care center located in a Federal 
     space shall ensure that each employee of the center 
     (including any employee whose employment began before the 
     date of enactment of this subsection) shall undergo a 
     criminal history background check consistent with section 231 
     of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13041).''.
       (g) Definitions.--Section 616 of such Act (40 U.S.C. 490b) 
     is further amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(h) In this section:
       ``(1) The term `Federal agency' has the meaning given the 
     term `Executive agency' in section ____2 of the Federal 
     Employees Child Care Act.
       ``(2) The terms `Federal building' and `Federal space' have 
     the meanings given the term `executive facility' in such 
     section ____2.
       ``(3) The term `Federal child care center' means a child 
     care center in an executive facility, as defined in such 
     section ____2.
       ``(4) The terms `Federal contractor' and `Federal employee' 
     mean a contractor and an employee, respectively, of an 
     Executive agency, as defined in such section ____2.''.
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                      WELLSTONE AMENDMENT NO. 1212

  Mr. DORGAN (for Mr. Wellstone) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1282, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. EVALUATION OF OUTCOME OF WELFARE REFORM AND 
                   FORMULA FOR BONUSES TO HIGH PERFORMANCE STATES.

       (a) Additional Measures of State Performance.--Section 
     403(a)(4)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     603(a)(4)(C)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Not later'' and inserting the following:
       ``(i) In general.--Not later'';
       (2) by inserting ``The formula shall provide for the 
     awarding of grants under this paragraph based on criteria 
     contained in clause (ii) and in accordance with clauses 
     (iii), (iv), and (v).'' after the period; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(ii) Formula criteria.--The grants awarded under this 
     paragraph shall be based on--

       ``(I) employment-related measures, including work force 
     entries, job retention, and increases in household income of 
     current recipients of assistance under the State program 
     funded under this title;
       ``(II) the percentage of former recipients of such 
     assistance (who have ceased to receive such assistance for 
     not more than 6 months) who receive subsidized child care;
       ``(III) the improvement since 1995 in the proportion of 
     children in working poor families eligible for food stamps 
     that receive food stamps to the total number of children in 
     the State and
       ``(IV) the percentage of members of families which are 
     former recipients of assistance under the State program 
     funded under this title (which have ceased to receive such 
     assistance for not more than 6 months) who currently receive 
     medical assistance under the State plan approved under title 
     XIX or the child health assistance under title XXI.

     For purposes of subclause (III), the term `working poor 
     families' means families which receives earnings equal to at 
     least the comparable amount which would be received by an 
     individual working a half-time position for minimum wage.
       ``(iii) Employment related measures.--Not less than 
     $100,000,000 of the amount appropriated for a fiscal year 
     under subparagraph (F) shall be used to award grants to 
     States under this paragraph for that fiscal year based on 
     scores for the criteria described in clause (ii)(I) and the 
     criteria described in clause (ii)(II) with respect employed 
     former recipients.
       ``(iv) Food stamp measures.--Not less than $50,000,000 of 
     the amount appropriated for a fiscal year under subparagraph 
     (F) shall be used to award grants to States under this 
     paragraph for that fiscal year based on scores for the 
     criteria described in clause (ii)(III).

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       ``(v) Medicaid and SCHIP criteria.--Not less than 
     $50,000,000 of the amount appropriated for a fiscal year 
     under subparagraph (F) shall be used to award grants to 
     States under this paragraph for that fiscal year based on 
     scores for the criteria described in clause (ii)(IV).''.
       (b) Data Collection and Reporting.--Section 411(a) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 611(a)) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(8) Report on outcome of welfare reform for states not 
     participating in bonus grants under section 403(a)(4).--
       ``(A) In general.--In the case of a State which does not 
     participate in the procedure for awarding grants under 
     section 403(a)(4) pursuant to regulations prescribed by the 
     Secretary, the report required by paragraph (1) for a fiscal 
     quarter shall include data regarding the characteristics and 
     well-being of former recipients of assistance under the State 
     program funded under this title for an appropriate period of 
     time after such recipient has ceased receiving such 
     assistance.
       ``(B) Contents.--The data required under subparagraph (A) 
     shall consist of information regarding former recipients, 
     including--
       ``(i) employment status;
       ``(ii) job retention;
       ``(iii) poverty status;
       ``(iv) receipt of food stamps, medical assistance under the 
     State plan approved under title XIX or child health 
     assistance under title XXI, or subsidized child care;
       ``(v) accessibility of child care and child care cost; and
       ``(vi) measures of hardship, including lack of medical 
     insurance and difficulty purchasing food.
       ``(C) Sampling.--A State may comply with this paragraph by 
     using a scientifically acceptable sampling method approved by 
     the Secretary.
       ``(D) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such 
     regulations as may be necessary to ensure that--
       ``(i) data reported under this paragraph is in such a form 
     as to promote comparison of data among States; and
       ``(ii) a State reports, for each measure, changes in data 
     over time and comparisons in data between such former 
     recipients and comparable groups of current recipients.''.
       (c) Report of Currently Collected Data.--Not later than 
     July 1, 2000, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     shall transmit to Congress a report regarding earnings and 
     employment characteristics of former recipients of assistance 
     under the State program funded under this part, based on 
     information currently being received from States. Such report 
     shall consist of a longitudinal record for a sample of 
     States, which represents at least 80 percent of the 
     population of each State, including a separate record for 
     each of fiscal years 1997 through 2000 for--
       (1) earnings of a sample of former recipients using 
     unemployment insurance data;
       (2) earnings of a sample of food stamp recipients using 
     unemployment insurance data and
       (3) earnings of a sample of current recipient of assistance 
     using unemployment insurance data.
       (d) Effective Dates.--
       (1) The amendment made by subsection (a) applies to each of 
     fiscal years 2000 through 2003.
       (2) The amendment made by subsection (b) applies to reports 
     in fiscal years beginning in fiscal year 2000.
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               TORRICELLI (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1213

  Mr. DORGAN (for Mr. Torricelli (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Dodd, 
and Mr. Lautenberg)) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1282, supra; 
as follows:
       On page 98, insert between lines 4 and 5 the following:

     SEC. 636. PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF DISCRIMINATORY 
                   COMMUTER TAXES BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF 
                   STATES.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 4 of title 4, United States Code, 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 116. Prohibition on imposition of discriminatory 
       commuter taxes by political subdivisions of States

       ``A political subdivision of a State may not impose a tax 
     on income earned within such political subdivision by 
     nonresidents of the political subdivision unless the 
     effective rate of such tax imposed on such nonresidents who 
     are residents of such State is not less than such rate 
     imposed on such nonresidents who are not residents of such 
     State.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
     chapter 4 of title 4, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

``116. Prohibition on imposition of discriminatory commuter taxes by 
              political subdivisions of States.''.

       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of 
     enactment of this Act.
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               LAUTENBERG (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1214

  Mr. DORGAN (for Mr. Lautenberg (for himself and Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
Byrd, Mr. Hollings, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Johnson)) proposed an amendment 
to the bill, S. 1282, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. INCLUSION OF ALCOHOL ABUSE BY MINORS IN NATIONAL 
                   ANTI-DRUG MEDIA CAMPAIGN.

       (a) In General.--The Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277) is 
     amended--
       (1) in section 101(h) of division A (the Treasury 
     Department Appropriations Act, 1999), in title III under the 
     heading ``federal drug control programs--special forfeiture 
     fund (including transfer of funds)'', by inserting 
     ``(including the use of alcohol by individuals who have not 
     attained 21 years of age)'' after ``drug use among young 
     Americans'';
       (b) Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization 
     Act of 1998.--Section 704(b) of the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (title VII of 
     division C of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)) 
     is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (14), by striking ``and'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (2) in paragraph (15), by striking the period and inserting 
     ``; and'', and by adding at the end the following:
       ``(16) shall conduct a national media campaign in 
     accordance with the Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 1998 
     (including with respect to the use of alcohol by individuals 
     who have not attained 21 years of age).''.
       (c) Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 1998.--The Drug-Free 
     Media Campaign Act of 1998 (subtitle A of title I of division 
     D of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)) is amended--
       (1) in section 102(a), by inserting before the period the 
     following: ``, and use of alcohol by individuals in the 
     United States who have not attained 21 years of age''; and
       (2) in section 103(a)(1)(H), by inserting after ``antidrug 
     messages'' the following: ``and messages discouraging 
     underage alcohol consumption,''.
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                    GRAHAM AMENDMENTS NOS. 1215-1216

  Mr. DORGAN (for Mr. Graham) proposed two amendments to the bill, S. 
1282, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1215

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ____. Amounts provided for the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy in this Act are hereby increased by 
     $2,500,000, to be available for the funding for law 
     enforcement in the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area 
     associated with Jacksonville, Florida. Amounts provided for 
     General Services Administration building operations in this 
     Act are reduced by $2,500,000.
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                           Amendment No. 1216

       On page 15, line 2, after the colon, insert the following: 
     ``Provided further, That the number of Customs Service 
     personnel assigned to Customs facilities in Florida or along 
     the United States-Mexico border shall not be reduced below 
     the number of such personnel assigned to such facilities for 
     fiscal year 1999, if the reduction or diversion of personnel 
     from those facilities would be detrimental to the drug 
     enforcement or investigative operations of the Customs 
     Service, or to the ability of the Customs Service to process 
     international passengers, vessels, or cargo:''.
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                       COCHRAN AMENDMENT NO. 1217

  Mr. DORGAN (for Mr. Cochran) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1282, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill insert the following 
     new section:
       ``Section 1122 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 1994 is hereby repealed''.
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                   CAMPBELL AMENDMENTS NOS. 1218-1219

  Mr. CAMPBELL proposed two amendments to the bill, S. 1282, supra; as 
follows:

                           Amendment No. 1218

       On page 62, line 8, after ``building operations'' insert 
     ``Provided, That the amounts provided above under this 
     heading for rental of space, building operations and in 
     aggregate amount for the Federal Buildings Fund, are reduced 
     accordingly''.
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                           Amendment No. 1219

       At the appropriate place, at the end of the General 
     Services Administration, General Provisions insert the 
     following new sections:
       Sec. 411. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, funds made 
     available for fiscal year 2000 by this or any other Act to 
     any department or agency, which is a member of the Joint 
     Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) shall be 
     available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP salaries 
     and administrative costs.
       Sec. 412. The Administrator of General Services may provide 
     from governmentwide credit card rebates, up to $3,000,000 in 
     support of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program 
     as approved by the Chief Financial Officers Council.

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                       SCHUMER AMENDMENT NO. 1220

  Mr. CAMPBELL (for Mr. Schumer) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1282, supra; as follows:

       On page 98, insert between lines 4 and 5 the following:

     SEC. 636. ITEMIZED INCOME TAX RECEIPT.

       (a) In General.--Not later than April 15, 2000, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall establish an interactive 
     program on an Internet website where any taxpayer may 
     generate an itemized receipt showing a proportionate 
     allocation (in money terms) of the taxpayer's total tax 
     payments among the major expenditure categories.
       (b) Information Necessary To Generate Receipt.--For 
     purposes of generating an itemized receipt under subsection 
     (a), the interactive program--
       (1) shall only require the input of the taxpayer's total 
     tax payments, and
       (2) shall not require any identifying information relating 
     to the taxpayer.
       (c) Total Tax Payments.--For purposes of this section, 
     total tax payments of an individual for any taxable year 
     are--
       (1) the tax imposed by subtitle A of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 for such taxable year (as shown on his return), 
     and
       (2) the tax imposed by section 3101 of such Code on wages 
     received during such taxable year.
       (d) Content of Tax Receipt.--
       (1) Major expenditure categories.--For purposes of 
     subsection (a), the major expenditure categories are:
       (A) National defense.
       (B) International affairs.
       (C) Medicaid.
       (D) Medicare.
       (E) Means-tested entitlements.
       (F) Domestic discretionary.
       (G) Social Security.
       (H) Interest payments.
       (I) All other.
       (2) Other items on receipt.--
       (A) In general.--In addition, the tax receipt shall include 
     selected examples of more specific expenditure items, 
     including the items listed in subparagraph (B), either at the 
     budget function, subfunction, or program, project, or 
     activity levels, along with any other information deemed 
     appropriate by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director 
     of the Office of Management and Budget to enhance taxpayer 
     understanding of the Federal budget.
       (B) Listed items.--The expenditure items listed in this 
     subparagraph are as follows:
       (i) Public schools funding programs.
       (ii) Student loans and college aid.
       (iii) Low-income housing programs.
       (iv) Food stamp and welfare programs.
       (v) Law enforcement, including the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation, law enforcement grants to the States, and 
     other Federal law enforcement personnel.
       (vi) Infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and mass 
     transit.
       (vii) Farm subsidies.
       (viii) Congressional Member and staff salaries.
       (ix) Health research programs.
       (x) Aid to the disabled.
       (xi) Veterans health care and pension programs.
       (xii) Space programs.
       (xiii) Environmental cleanup programs.
       (xiv) United States embassies.
       (xv) Military salaries.
       (xvi) Foreign aid.
       (xvii) Contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization.
       (xviii) Amtrak.
       (xix) United States Postal Service.
       (e) Cost.--No charge shall be imposed to cover any cost 
     associated with the production or distribution of the tax 
     receipt.
       (f) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Treasury may 
     prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out 
     this section.

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