[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 134 (Wednesday, October 6, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12112-S12113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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  DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
                RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT 2000

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                     LAUTENBERG AMENDMENT NO. 2267

  Mr. LAUTENBERG proposed an amendment to amendment No. 1851 proposed 
by Mr. Nickles to the bill (S. 1650) making appropriations for the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human

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Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of the amendment add the following:

     SEC. ____. PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUSES.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
       (1) The Congressional Budget Office has projected that 
     Congress is headed toward using at least $19,000,000,000 of 
     the social security surplus in fiscal year 2000.
       (2) Amendment number 1851 calls for across-the-board cuts, 
     which could result in a broad-based reduction of 10 percent, 
     taking into consideration approved appropriations bills and 
     other costs likely to be incurred in the future, such as 
     relief for hurricane victims, Kosovo, and health care 
     providers.
       (3) These across-the-board cuts would sharply reduce 
     military readiness and long-term defense modernization 
     programs, cut emergency aid to farmers and hurricane victims, 
     reduce the number of children served by Head Start, cut back 
     aid to schools to help reduce the class size, severely limit 
     the number of veterans served in VA hospitals, reduce the 
     number of FBI and Border Patrol agents, restrict funding for 
     important transportation investments, and limit funding for 
     environmental cleanup sites.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that instead of raiding social security surpluses or 
     indiscriminately cutting defense, emergency relief, 
     education, veterans' health care, law enforcement, 
     transportation, environmental cleanup, and other 
     discretionary appropriations across the board, Congress 
     should fund fiscal year 2000 appropriations, without using 
     budget scorekeeping gimmicks, by closing special-interest tax 
     loopholes and using other appropriate offsets.
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                       KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 2268

  Mr. KENNEDY proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       In order to improve the quality of education funds 
     available for education, including funds for Title 1, the 
     Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Pell Grants 
     shall be excluded from any across-the-board reduction.
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                ABRAHAM (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2269

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. ABRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Ashcroft, 
and Mr. Smith of New Hampshire) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by them to amendment No. 1828 proposed by Mr. Coverdell to the 
bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       Strike all after the first word and insert the following:
       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no funds 
     appropriated under this Act shall be used to carry out any 
     program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the 
     hypodermic injection of any illegal drug. This provision 
     shall become effective one day after the date of enactment.

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