[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15185-15193]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000--continued

  Mr. DORGAN addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota is recognized.
  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, there are a number of amendments that 
Senator Campbell and I have discussed, which we are prepared to accept. 
He has a number of them he will mention.
  Let me mention the amendments by number that we are prepared to 
accept:
  No. 1209, by Senator Harkin, and he will be modifying that in a 
moment; amendment No. 1213, by Senator Torricelli; amendment No. 1212, 
by Senator Wellstone; amendment No. 1198, by Senator Enzi.
  My understanding is that the remaining amendments that are pending 
will be withdrawn. My understanding, also, is that there is no request 
at this point for a recorded vote on final passage.
  I am happy to yield to the chairman, Senator Campbell.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, the amendments Senator Dorgan mentioned 
have been cleared with the majority, and we are prepared to accept 
them.
  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I amend that to say that the Torricelli 
amendment, No. 1213, will be accepted as modified, and it is the same 
case with the Harkin amendment, No. 1209, as modified. That has been 
cleared on both sides of the aisle.
  My understanding, at the moment, is that Senator Schumer from New 
York is not able to clear the Torricelli sense-of-the-Senate amendment 
No. 1213.

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  So we have cleared all of the remaining amendments that Senator 
Campbell and I have just described: No. 1209, a Harkin amendment, as 
modified; No. 1212 by Senator Wellstone; and No. 1198 by Senator Enzi.


             Amendments Nos. 1198, 1209, And 1212, En Bloc

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I send three amendments to the desk, en 
bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from North Dakota [Mr. Dorgan] proposes 
     amendments numbered 1198, 1209, and 1212, en bloc.

  The amendments are as follows:


                           amendment no. 1198

(Purpose: To include Campbell and Uinta Counties to the Rocky Mountain 
    High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas for the State of Wyoming)

       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 Rocky Mountain High 
     Intensity Drug Trafficking Area for the State of Wyoming.''
                                  ____



                           amendment no. 1209

(Purpose: To provide additional funding to reduce methamphetamine usage 
               in High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas)

       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 approve strategy for 
     each of the designed High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, 
     of which $7,000,000 shall be used for methamphetamine 
     programs above the sums allocated in fiscal year 1999, 
     $5,000,000 shall be used for High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
     Areas that are designated after July 1, 1999 and $5,000,000 
     to be used at the discretion of the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy with no less than half of the $7,000,000 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.
       Amend page 55, line 2 by reducing the figure by 
     $17,000,000.

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I am offering this amendment on behalf of 
myself, Senator Daschle, Senator Graham, Senator Bingaman, Senator 
Murray, and Senator Johnson. Our amendment is simple and I believe 
makes common sense. It would give a needed shot in the arm to our war 
against drugs by modestly increasing funding for the High Intensity 
Drug Trafficking Areas--so-called HIDTAs--under the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy.
  The bill before us freezes funding for this important and successful 
program. It provides no increases for the existing 31 HIDTAs across the 
Nation and it provides no funding for new HIDTAs. Our amendment would 
increase HIDTA funding by $17 million. It would provide $7 million to 
combat the rising scourge of methamphetamine abuse. It would provide $5 
million to increase existing HIDTAs. And it would allot $5 million to 
allow the establishment and funding of new HIDTAs.
  I fully recognize the challenges faced by the distinguished chair and 
ranking member of this Subcommittee. They were dealt a bad check and 
they have done a commendable job within the allocation they were given. 
However, we believe that we have found a reasonable offset--one that 
will not undermine the effective functioning of the government.
  We would take $17 million--less then 2.5 percent from the General 
Services Administration account dedicated to the repair and alterations 
of federal government buildings. There is $624 million in this account 
and over $300 million of its goes for unspecified projects. I have no 
doubt that much of these funds are needed, but clearly $17 million 
could be absorbed or a short deferral of a project could be made in 
order to make room for a modest increase in our war on drugs.
  The need for this increase in the HIDTA program could not be clearer, 
particularly as it relates to combating methamphetamine abuse.
  There is a plague sweeping across our Nation, ruining an untold 
number of lives, and claiming countless numbers of our children.
  On our streets as well as well as our classrooms, drugs have become 
more abundant. But there is a new drug, one that is far more addictive 
and readily available than heroin, cocaine, or any other illegal 
narcotic. Methamphetamine is fast becoming the leading addictive drug 
in this nation. From quiet suburbs, to city streets, to the corn rows 
of Iowa, meth is destroying thousands of lives every year. A majority 
of those lives, unfortunately, are our children.
  Methamphetamine is commonly referred to as Iowa's drug of choice. 
This drug is reaching epidemic proportions as its sweeps from the west 
coast, ravages through the Midwest, and is now beginning to reach the 
east. The trail of destruction of human life as a result of 
methamphetamine addiction stretches across America from coast to coast.
  To illustrate the violence meth elicits in people, methamphetamine is 
cited as a contributing factor in 80 percent of domestic violence cases 
in Iowa and a leading factor in a majority of violent crimes.
  The $17 million we provide would be used for increased enforcement 
and prosecution of drug dealers, additional undercover agents, and to 
help pay for the tremendous cost of confiscation and clean up of 
clandestine meth labs.
  I believe that we have a window of opportunity as a nation to take a 
stand right now to defeat the meth scourge plaguing our nation. Our 
amendment will not solve all of these problems, but it will give law 
enforcement the support that they vitally need in their efforts to 
defeat this dangerous drug.
  While we debate this modest proposal, another family is being 
devastated, another community is fighting an uphill battle, and another 
child is getting hooked by this deadly drug. The time is now to make a 
stand to protect our communities and schools by passing this important 
amendment. I ask my colleagues to support this amendment.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1212

  (Purpose: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
   provide bonus grants to high performance States based on certain 
 criteria and collect data to evaluate the outcome of welfare reform, 
                        and for other purposes)

       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 receive 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

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     paragraph for that fiscal year based on scores for the 
     criteria described in clause (ii)(III).
       ``(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 recipients 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.

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that these 
amendments be agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the amendments are agreed 
to.
  The amendments (Nos. 1198, 1209, and 1212) were agreed to.
  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I yield the floor.
  Mr. CAMPBELL addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Colorado.


      Amendments Nos. 1205, 1196, 1194, 1199, 1204, 1217, and 1206

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to modify 
amendment No. 1205 and ask for its immediate adoption.
  I ask unanimous consent to withdraw amendment No. 1196 by Senator 
Kyl.
  I ask unanimous consent to withdraw amendment No. 1194 by Senator 
Warner, amendment No. 1199 by Senator Grassley, amendment No. 1204 by 
Senator Hutchison, amendment No. 1217 by Senator Cochran, and amendment 
No. 1206 by Senator Baucus.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Amendment No. 1205, as modified, is 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.
       On page 11, line 18, strike ``diction Initiative.''
       On page 62, line 9 strike through page 62 line 15.

  The amendment (No. 1205), as modified, was agreed to.


                      Amendment No. 1210 Withdrawn

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw 
amendment No. 1210 by Senator Schumer.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                           Amendment No. 1198

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, amendment No. 1198 has been cleared by 
both sides. I ask unanimous consent that it be agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 1198) was agreed to.


                      Amendment No. 1213 Withdrawn

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I have visited with Senator Torricelli. He 
is willing to withdraw the amendment, provided that he is offered 5 
minutes to discuss it. Senator Schumer would like 5 minutes as well. 
They are willing to do that when we finish the wrap-up.
  I ask unanimous consent to withdraw amendment No. 1213 on behalf of 
Senator Torricelli.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                         Privilege Of The Floor

  Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Michelle 
Vidovic be able to be on the floor of the Senate for the rest of our 
proceedings tonight.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that any remaining 
amendments at the desk be withdrawn.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


    Amendments Nos. 1208, as modified, 1218, 1219, AND 1220, En Bloc

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I send to the desk a managers' package 
of amendments, and I ask unanimous consent they be considered en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Colorado (Mr. Campbell) proposes 
     amendments numbered 1208, as modified, 1218, 1219, and 1220, 
     en bloc.

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of 
the amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendments are as follows:


                     amendmnt no. 1208 as modified

  (Purpose: To ensure that health and safety concerns at the Federal 
 courthouse at 40 Centre Street in New York, New York, are alleviated)

       Page 56, Line 6, after ``Missouri;'' insert and $1,250,000 
     shall be available for the repairs and alteration of the 
     Federal Courthouse at 40 Center Street, New York, NY.''
                                  ____



                           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''.
                                  ____



                           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 government-wide 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.''.
                                  ____



                           amendment no. 1220

   (Purpose: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to develop an 
Internet site where a taxpayer may generate a receipt for an income tax 
payment which itemizes the portion of the payment which is allocable to 
                various Government spending categories)

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

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     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.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, the package of amendments I have sent to 
the desk has been agreed to by both sides. This package includes the 
following items:
  One technical corrections in the GSA Federal Buildings Fund; addition 
of language regarding the Joint Financial Management Improvement 
Program; an amendment on itemized income tax receipts for Senator 
Schumer; and modifications to amendment No. 1208 for Senator Moynihan.
  I urge their adoption.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the amendments are agreed 
to.
  The amendments (Nos. 1208, as modified, 1218, 1219, 1220, and 1221) 
were agreed to.


          Amendments Nos. 1215, 1216, 1189, and 1190 Withdrawn

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw 
amendment No. 1215 by Senator Graham, No. 1216 by Senator Graham, No. 
1189 by Senator Moynihan, and No. 1190 by Senator Moynihan.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                           Amendment No. 1192

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now consider amendment No. 1192. I ask for its immediate consideration. 
It has been accepted by both sides. I urge its adoption.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Colorado (Mr. Campbell) proposes an 
     amendment numbered 1192.


                           amendment no. 1192

       On page 51, line 15 and on page 57, line 14 strike 
     ``5,140,000,000'' and insert in lieu thereof 
     ``$5,261,478,000''.
       On page 53, line 2 after ``are rescinded'' insert ``and 
     shall remain in the Fund''.

  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I repeat that this amendment has been 
cleared by both sides. I urge its adoption.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the amendment is agreed to.
  The amendment (No. 1192) was agreed to.
  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I rise in support of S. 1282, the 
Treasury and General Government Appropriations bill for FY 2000, as 
reported by the Senate Committee on Appropriations.
  I commend the distinguished chairman and the ranking member for 
bringing the Senate a carefully crafted spending bill within the 
Subcommittee's 302(b) allocation and consistent with the discretionary 
spending caps for FY 2000.
  The pending bill provides $27.6 billion in budget authority and $24.7 
billion in new outlays for FY 2000 to fund the programs of the 
Department of the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Service, 
U.S. Customs Service, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; the 
Executive Office of the President; the Postal Service; and related 
independent agencies. With outlays from prior-years and other completed 
actions, the Senate bill totals $27.8 billion in budget authority and 
$28.2 billion in outlays.
  For discretionary spending, which represents just under half the 
funding in the bill, the Senate bill is at the Subcommittee's 302(b) 
allocation for budget authority, and it is $109 million in outlays 
below the 302(b) allocation. The Senate bill is $0.5 billion in both BA 
and outlays below the President's budget request.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a table displaying the 
Budget Committee scoring of the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

  S. 1282 TREASURY-POSTAL APPROPRIATIONS, 2000--SPENDING COMPARISONS--
                          SENATE-REPORTED BILL
               [Fiscal year 2000, in millions of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                     General             Man-
                                     purpose   Crime    datory    Total
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Senate-Reported Bill:
  Budget authority................   13,204      194    14,385   27,783
  Outlays.........................   13,708      128    14,394   28,230
Senate 302(b) allocation:
  Budget authority................   13,204      194    14,385   27,783
  Outlays.........................   13,817      128    14,394   28,339
1999 level:
  Budget authority................   13,889      132    13,439   27,460
  Outlays.........................   12,762      131    13,439   26,332
President's request:
  Budget authority................   13,792      132    14,385   28,309
  Outlays.........................   14,247      127    14,394   28,768
House-passed bill:
  Budget authority................  ........  .......  .......  ........
  Outlays.........................  ........  .......  .......  ........
 
SENATE-REPORTED BILL COMPARED TO:
 
Senate 302(b) allocation:
  Budget authority................  ........  .......  .......  ........
  Outlays.........................     (109)  .......  .......     (109)
1999 level:
  Budget authority................     (685)      62       946      323
  Outlays.........................      946       (3)      955    1,898
President's request:
  Budget authority................     (588)      62   .......     (526)
  Outlays.........................     (539)       1   .......     (538)
House-passed bill:
  Budget authority................   13,204      194    14,385   27,783
  Outlays.........................   13,708      128    14,394   28,230
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: Details may not add to totals due to rounding. Totals adjusted for
  consistency with scorekeeping conventions.

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I want to thank the managers of this bill 
for their hard work in putting forth this legislation which provides 
federal funding for numerous vital programs. However, I am sad to say, 
once again, I find myself in the unpleasant position of speaking about 
unacceptable levels of parochial projects in another appropriations 
bill.
  I have asked rhetorically on the floor of the Senate many times when 
we are going to stop this destructive and irresponsible practice of 
earmarking special-interest pork-barrel projects in appropriations 
bills primarily for parochial reasons. I have yet to receive an answer 
and this practice has neither stopped nor slowed. Last year's Treasury 
Postal Appropriations bill contained well over $826 million in 
specifically earmarked pork-barrel spending.

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This year's bill is a drastic improvement over last year's bill in that 
it only contains a little over $293.6 million in wasteful, pork-barrel 
spending. $293.6 million of waste is much better than $826 million of 
waste, but waste is still waste.
  Where does all this pork go? Well, as usual, this bill contains 
millions on top of millions for court house construction and repairs. 
We have $11,606,000 earmarked for repairs and alterations to the Frank 
M. Johnson, Jr. Federal Building--U.S. Courthouse in Montgomery, 
Alabama, and $21,098,000 for repairs and alterations to the Federal 
Building--U.S. Courthouse Annex in Anchorage, Alaska. I know that these 
court houses may be in dire need of repair and modernization. But are 
these particular projects more important than the litany of other court 
houses competing for funding? The process by which these two earmarks 
were added makes it impossible to assess the relative merit of these 
programs against all other priority needs.
  In addition to earmarks for court houses, this bill contains the 
usual earmarks of money for locality-specific projects such as: 
$500,000 for the State Patrol Digital Distance Learning project to help 
the Nebraska State Patrol create computer-based training programs, and 
$250,000 to the Fort Buford reconstruction project for planning and 
design of the reconstruction of this Fort--a Lewis and Clark ``Corps of 
Discovery'' site.
  Then there are the many sections of the report which have language 
strongly urging various Departments of the Federal Government to 
recognize or participate in a joint-venture with a particular project 
in a state. While these objectionable provisions have no direct 
monetary effect on the bill, this not-so-subtle ``urging'' is sure to 
have some financial benefit for someone or some enterprise in a 
member's home state. For example: Report language urging the 
continuation and expansion of the collaboration between the University 
of North Dakota and the Customs Service for rotorcraft training, and 
report language urging GSA to strongly consider the U.S. Olympic 
Committee's need for additional space and to give priority to the 
USOC's request to gain title or acquire the property located at 1520 
Willamette Avenue in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  This bill also selects particular sites across the country for which 
the report language either provides additional spending for extra staff 
and personnel, or ``urges'' the Agency not to reduce its staff. For 
example: $750,000 for part-time and temporary positions in the Honolulu 
Customs District, Report language designating the Hector International 
Airport as an International Port of Entry, to be adequately staffed and 
equipped so that the users of the facility are provided efficient 
services, and report language directing the Customs Service to ensure 
that staffing levels are sufficient to staff and operate all New Mexico 
border facilities.
  Why are these facilities protected at a time when each agency is 
required to abide by the Government Program Reduction Act which 
mandates that they operate more efficiently with less bureaucracy? Even 
if these positions are critical, why are they not prioritized in the 
normal administrative process?
  Everyone knows that we are very close to breaking the spending caps. 
We have not done so as of yet. I hope my colleagues understand that 
just because we can fund these programs of questionable merit within 
the spending caps, that does not mean we have the right to spend tax 
payers' hard-earned dollars in such an irresponsible fashion.
  I am constantly amazed by the arbitrary fashion by which the 
Appropriations Committee chooses to allocate the dollars that should be 
spent only for important and necessary federal programs.
  The examples of wasteful spending that I have highlighted in this 
floor statement is just the tip of the iceberg. There are many more 
low-priority, wasteful, and unnecessary projects on the extensive list 
I have compiled, and I ask unanimous consent that the list be printed 
in the Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

Objectionable Provisions Contained in S. 1282 the Treasury Department, 
     the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the 
    President, and Certain Independent Agencies Appropriations Bill.


                             bill language

     Department of the Treasury
       $9,200,000 for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 
     for construction of two firearms ranges at the Artesia Center 
     in NM.
       $900,000 is earmarked for a land grant university in North 
     and/or South Dakota to conduct a research program on the 
     United States/Canadian bilateral trade of agricultural 
     commodities and products.
       $150,000 for official reception and representation expenses 
     associated with hosting the Inter-American Center of Tax 
     Administration (CIAT) 2000 Conference.
     Independent agencies
       An earmark of $35,000,000 in Montgomery County, Maryland, 
     for FDA Consolidation.
       $8,263,000 is earmarked for new construction of a border 
     station in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan.
       $753,000 for new construction of a border station in 
     Roosville, Montana.
       An $11,480,000 earmark for new construction of a border 
     station in Sweetgrass, Montana.
       $277,000 for new construction of a border station in Fort 
     Hancock, Texas.
       $11,206,000 for new construction of a border station in 
     Oroville, Washington.
       $11,606,000 is earmarked for repairs and alterations to the 
     Frank M. Johnson, Jr. Federal Building--U.S. Courthouse in 
     Montgomery, Alabama.
       $21,098,000 for repairs and alterations to the Federal 
     Building--U.S. Courthouse Annex in Anchorage, Alaska.
       A $6,831,000 earmark for repairs and alterations to the 
     USGB Building 1 in Menlo Park, California.
       $5,284,000 for repairs and alterations to the USGS Building 
     2 in Menlo Park, California.
       A $7,948,000 earmark for repairs and alterations to the 
     Moss Federal Building--U.S. Courthouse in Sacramento, 
     California.
       $1,100,000 for repairs and alterations in the Interior 
     Building (Phase 1) in the District of Columbia.
       $47,226,000 for repairs and alterations in the Main Justice 
     Building (Phase 2) in the District of Columbia.
       $10,511,000 is earmarked for repairs and alterations to the 
     State Department Building (Phase 2) in the District of 
     Columbia.
       $36,705,000 for repairs and alterations to the Metro West 
     Building in Baltimore, Maryland.
       A $25,890,000 earmark for repairs and alterations to the 
     Social Security Administration Annex in Woodlawn, Maryland.
       $10,989,000 for repairs and alterations to the Bishop H. 
     Whipple Federal Building in Ft. Snelling, Minnesota.
       $8,537,000 for repairs and alterations to the Federal 
     Building at 500 Gold Avenue in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
       $7,234,000 for repairs and alterations to the Celebrezze 
     Federal Building in Cleveland, Ohio.
       An earmark of $1,600,000 for the repairs and alterations of 
     the Kansas City Federal Courthouse at 811 Grand Avenue, 
     Kansas City, Missouri.
       $2,750,000 for GSA to enter into a memorandum of 
     understanding with the North Dakota State University to 
     establish a Virtual Archive Storage Terminal.
     General provisions
       Language indicating that no funds appropriated pursuant to 
     this Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity 
     agrees that in expending the assistance, the entity will 
     comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1993, 
     popularly known as the ``Buy American Act.''
       Language indicating that entities receiving assistance 
     should, in expending the assistance purchase only American-
     made equipment and products.


                            report language

       Report language directing the Director of Federal Law 
     Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) to provide up to $300,000 
     to a graduate level criminal justice program in a Northern 
     Plains State which can provide causal research on the link 
     between youth and criminal activity in rural locations.
       Report language requesting that FLETC give special 
     consideration to the training facilities at the Odegard 
     School for Aerospace Sciences, at the University of North 
     Dakota and at law enforcement training facilities in North 
     Dakota.
       $1,290,000 for the counter-terrorism facility at Glynco, 
     Georgia.
       Report language that the ``Acquisition, construction, 
     improvements, and related expenses'' account covers major 
     maintenance and facility improvements, construction, 
     renovation, capital improvements, and related equipment at 
     FLETC facilities in Glynco, GA, and Artesia, NM.
       Report language urging that strong consideration be given 
     to an application from Greenville, South Carolina for the 
     Gang Resistance Education and Training [GREAT] Program.

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       Report language requesting that the Bureau of Alcohol, 
     Tobacco, and Firearms give strong consideration to 
     designating South Carolina and Las Vegas, Nevada as Youth 
     Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative [YCGII] locations.
       Report language designating the Hector International 
     Airport in Fargo, North Dakota as an International Port of 
     Entry, to be adequately staffed and equipped so that the 
     users of the facility are provided efficient services.
       Report language encouraging the Customs Service to pay 
     close attention to the border facilities in Pembina and 
     Minot, North Dakota.
       Report language instructing Customs to maintain current 
     staffing levels in Arizona in fiscal year 2000 and to report 
     on what resources are necessary to reduce wait times along 
     the Southwest border to twenty minutes.
       Report language directing the Customs Service to maintain 
     the level of services provided in fiscal year 1996 through 
     fiscal year 2000 at the Charleston, West Virginia, Customs 
     office.
       $750,000 for part-time and temporary positions in the 
     Honolulu Customs District.
       Report language directing the Customs Service to ensure 
     that staffing levels are sufficient to staff and operate all 
     New Mexico border facilities.
       Report language urging the Customs Service to give high 
     priority to funding sufficient inspection personnel at ports 
     of entry in Florida for fiscal year 2000.
       Report language urging the Customs Service to consider 
     allocation to smaller States and rural areas with particular 
     emphasis on Vermont when reviewing its staffing requirements.
       Report language expressing the Committee's concerns about 
     the adequacy of staffing levels at the Great Falls, Montana 
     port.
       Report language urging the continuation and expansion of 
     the collaboration between the University of North Dakota and 
     the Customs Service for rotorcraft training.
       Report language indicating the Committee's continued 
     support of adequate staffing levels for tax administration 
     and its support of the staffing plans for the Internal 
     Revenue Service facilities in the communities of Martinsburg 
     and Beckley, West Virginia.
       Report language indicating that Section 105, an 
     administrative provision of the Internal Revenue Service, 
     continues a provision which provides that no reorganization 
     of the field office structure of the Internal Revenue Service 
     Criminal Investigation Division will result in a reduction of 
     criminal investigators in Wisconsin and South Dakota from the 
     1996 level.
       Report language directing the Postal Service to work with 
     the State of Alaska and the Alaska Federation of Natives to 
     develop an inspection program to stop the criminal use of the 
     mail where the U.S. Postal Service is being used to transport 
     drugs to remote villages in Alaska.
       Report language indicating the Committee's awareness that 
     the U.S. Postal Service has announced that it will purchase 
     and deploy ethanol flexible fuel vehicles over the next two 
     years.
       Report language encouraging the Director to consider 
     convening a national conference on rural drug crime to 
     include regional conferences in rural areas, such as those in 
     South Carolina and Vermont, in order to assess the needs of 
     rural law enforcement and the impact of drug related crimes.
       Report language encouraging the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy [ONDCP] to work with the State of North 
     Carolina to develop and implement a plan to designate North 
     Carolina as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area with a 
     focus on intensified interdiction along its interstate and 
     national highways.
       Report language requesting that GSA review the District 
     Court of Vermont's proposal to relocate to a new facility, 
     and that the GSA work with the Courts to determine how to 
     address logistical, safety and space concerns at the 
     Burlington Courthouse and Federal Building.
       Report language urging the General Services Administration 
     to work with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to 
     provide the necessary expanded facilities to meet the chronic 
     space needs at the National Tracing Center in Martinsburg, 
     West Virginia.
       Report language urging GSA to strongly consider the U.S. 
     Olympic Committee's [USOC] need for additional space and to 
     give priority to the USOC's request to gain title or acquire 
     the property located at 1520 Willamette Avenue in Colorado 
     Springs, Colorado.
       Report language encouraging the GSA to assist the Salt Lake 
     Organizing Committee for the Winter and Paralympic Games in 
     2002 as well as the 2001 World Police and Fire Games in 
     Indiana.
       Report language stating that a study of the causes, the 
     impact, the effect, and the options for reversing de-
     population shall be undertaken by the universities of the 
     following four states: Montana, Iowa, Colorado, and North 
     Dakota.
       $500,000 for the State Patrol Digital Distance Learning 
     project to help the Nebraska State Patrol create computer-
     based training programs.
       An $800,000,000 earmark for the repair, alteration, and 
     improvements of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and 
     Museum in Simi Valley, California.
       $250,000 to the Fort Buford reconstruction project for 
     planning and design of the reconstruction of this Fort--a 
     Lewis and Clark ``Corps of Discovery'' site.

  Mr. McCAIN. In closing, I urge my colleagues on both sides of the 
Capitol and on both sides of the aisle to develop a better standard 
which curbs our habit of funneling hard-earned taxpayer dollars to 
locality-specific special interests.
  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I have sought recognition to express my 
support for Courthouse Construction funding for the U.S. federal 
courthouse in Erie, Pennsylvania. This courthouse is in dire need of 
repair, and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has placed the 
Erie Federal Courthouse on its priority list, and the General Services 
Administration is in the final stages of completing the design for the 
refurbished complex, which will be ready for construction in FY2000. 
Specifically, this project involves the alteration of the existing Erie 
Federal Building, the acquisition, repair and alteration of the 
adjacent Erie County Library building for the bankruptcy court and 
court of appeals; and the construction of a new courthouse annex for 
the district court. The current courthouse provides inadequate space 
and is not consolidated in a single location, presenting logistical and 
security concerns for jurors, judges, attorneys, and the public. The 
project, which will be a major step in the revitalization of downtown 
Erie, will rely substantially on the rehabilitation of existing 
structures as opposed to more costly, new construction.
  I understand that the President's budget did not include funding for 
courthouse construction for the third consecutive year. This failure to 
provide funding for the needs of our judicial system is a serious 
oversight that should not stand in the way of the safety and security 
of my constituents in Erie.
  I look forward to working with the Chairman of the Treasury and 
General Government Subcommittee, Senator Campbell, and my colleague 
from Pennsylvania, Senator Specter, to ensure that this project 
receives funding as soon as possible. In the meantime, I urge the 
General Services Administration to take any necessary actions to 
rectify safety concerns or logistical problems that may result from 
this lapse in funding.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. I welcome the comments by the Senator from Pennsylvania 
and look forward to continuing to work with him on this request. I am 
well aware of the importance he places on the proposed improvements to 
the Erie Federal Courthouse and recognize the significance of timely 
action on this request.


              fy2000 appropriations for the hidta program

  Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, I rise today to express my support for S. 
1282, the Fiscal Year 2000 Treasury, Postal Service, and General 
Government Appropriations bill. In particular, I commend the Senate 
Appropriations Committee for its support of the High Intensity Drug 
Trafficking Area program within this legislation.
  The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program was established in 
1988 to assist state and local governments to investigate, prosecute 
and prevent illegal drug production and trafficking. Since 1990, the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy has designated twenty-six 
regions of the nation as High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas. Most 
recently, the States of Ohio, Oregon, and Hawaii were among those areas 
granted HIDTA status to help improve coordination of drug control 
efforts.
  Unfortunately, communities in my home state of Minnesota continue to 
be threatened by drug abuse and illegal drug trafficking, particularly 
methamphetamine. In recent years, methamphetamine has become the drug 
of choice throughout Minnesota, and is closely associated with 
increased violent crime. In my recent meeting with Office of National 
Drug Control Policy Director General Barry McCaffrey, he referred to 
methamphetamine as ``the worst drug that ever hit America.''
  The alarming rate of meth production and trafficking has been caused 
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small, independent organizations that run clandestine laboratories in 
apartment complexes, farms, motel rooms and residences with 
inexpensive, over-the-counter-materials. The secretive nature of the 
manufacturing process involves toxic chemicals, and frequently results 
in fires, damaging explosions, and destruction to our environment. A 
constituent from Benson, Minnesota underscored the devastating effects 
of illegal meth production when he wrote, ``The resultant crime and 
addition problems are destroying small and mid-sized rural 
communities.''
  The high volume of meth trafficking in Minnesota has also placed 
enormous strain on the resources of those federal and state law 
enforcement agencies investigating abuse of this deadly substance. In 
1998, for example, task forces from Freeborn County, Hennepin County, 
and Washington County seized a total of fourteen meth labs, an increase 
from five seizures in 1997. In 1998, the Minneapolis-St. Paul Resident 
Office of the Drug Enforcement Agency seized more than 200 pounds of 
meth, compared to 67 pounds seized in 1997.
  Mr. President, Minnesota's local law enforcement community has begun 
to strengthen its strategy for combating illegal drug use. By September 
1, a committee that includes representatives from the U.S. Attorney's 
Office, the Minnesota Sheriffs Association, the Minnesota Attorney 
General's Office, and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety will 
submit its proposed HIDTA initiative to the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy.
  When this designation is granted, Minnesota will receive federal 
assistance to improve antidrug efforts currently underway by local 
prosecutors, sheriffs, police chiefs and state law enforcement 
officials. I ask unanimous consent that following my remarks, a 
complete list of the federal and state agencies developing this 
proposal be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.
  (See exhibit 1.)
  Mr. GRAMS. Mr. President, over the last several months, I have also 
worked to focus attention on the value of the HIDTA program to 
communities throughout Minnesota. This past Spring, I presented the 
need for a ``Minnesota HIDTA'' to Office of National Drug Control 
Policy Director Barry McCaffrey during the May edition of my monthly 
cable television program. As the administrator of the HIDTA program, 
General McCaffrey clearly understands that although law enforcement is 
primarily a local responsibility, the federal government can support 
the ability of local law enforcement to investigate and prosecute 
serious drug offenders.
  I am pleased to have included a provision within S. 899, ``The 21st 
Century Justice Act'' that underscores the need for additional federal 
antidrug resources in Minnesota. This provision directs the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy to establish a ``Northern Border High 
Intensity Drug Trafficking Area'' that would include the State of 
Minnesota. It also authorizes $2.7 million in Fiscal Year 2000 to 
improving coordination of antidrug efforts currently underway by local 
prosecutors, sheriffs, police chiefs, and state law enforcement 
officials.
  Again, I commend the Senate for its support for the High Intensity 
Drug Trafficking Area program. I will continue to work with law 
enforcement officials, my colleagues in the Senate, and the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy to ensure that localities have the 
assistance they need to protect our communities from crime and drug 
abuse.

                             Exhibit No. 1

       United States Attorney's Office-District of Minnesota
       Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
       Drug Enforcement Administration
       Federal Bureau of Investigation
       Hennepin County Sheriffs Office
       Internal Revenue Service/CID
       Minnesota Department of Criminal Apprehension
       Minnesota Attorney General's Office
       Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association
       Minnesota Department of Public Safety
       Minnesota Sheriffs Association
       Minnesota State Patrol
       St. Paul Police Department
       United States Customs, Office of Enforcement
       United States Immigration and Naturalization Service.

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I am concerned about a $257,000,000 
decrease in appropriated funding for the United States Customs Service. 
Last year, Congress aided this agency through the Omnibus and Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations, that devotes a large percentage of its 
aggregate budget to preventing the smuggling of Narcotics into the 
United States, with an additional $265,000,000. The Appropriations 
committee, this year, also recognizing the need of the Customs Service 
to react to changing smuggling modes and complex money laundering 
schemes increased the Customs Service total funding by $315,000,000. 
This is $315,000,000 over the President's budget estimate and Congress 
needs to maintain this effort. Drug trafficking is a never-ending 
battle. The demand for illegal drugs in the United States remains 
strong. The U.S. Customs Service is one of our front line drug 
enforcement agencies that protects America's borders every day from 
professional drug traffickers and money launders. Congress needs to 
fully and adequately fund the salaries and expenses and needed 
modernization for one of our major first line counter-drug agencies.
  I am aware of the hard choices the Committee had to make in coming up 
with the current funding level for Customs. But I strongly feel that we 
must do more. Not only has legal trade expanded dramatically but so has 
illegal drug trafficking and alien smuggling. We have not supported the 
modernization or expansion of Customs to keep pace. We cannot maintain 
our commitment to fighting the smuggling of illegal drugs without more 
and better.


 professional liability insurance coverage for senior federal employees

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I have offered an amendment to the 
Treasury, Postal and General Government Appropriations bill to ensure 
that federal managers and law enforcement officials in all federal 
departments and agencies receive the same benefits concerning 
professional liability insurance. Today, several federal departments 
contribute to the costs of professional liability insurance for federal 
managers and law enforcement officials. Other large federal departments 
do not contribute to assisting federal managers obtain this insurance.
  This professional liability insurance is essential as many federal 
managers are personally absorbing the significant costs of obtaining 
legal representation in cases where complaints have been brought 
against. Often, allegations have been made by citizens, against whom 
federal officials were enforcing the law and by employees who had 
performance or conduct problems.
  I have been working with Chairman Cochran of the Government Affairs 
Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal 
Services to address this important issue and I welcome his views on 
this matter.
  Mr. COCHRAN. I agree with Senator Warner that this is an issue that 
must be addressed. In prior action, the Congress provided the authority 
for federal departments and agencies to contribute one-half of the 
costs of obtaining professional liability insurance for federal 
managers and law enforcement officials. Unfortunately, this benefit has 
not been offered by all federal departments. I am committed to working 
with Senator Warner to address this issue and to ensure that all 
federal managers and law enforcement officials are treated fairly.
  Mr. WARNER. I thank Chairman Cochran for his attention to this issue. 
This is an important matter that is critical to ensuring that the 
federal government can attract and retain qualified professionals in 
federal service.
  At this time I will withdraw my amendment and look forward to working 
with Chairman Cochran, Chairman Thompson and other members of the 
Government Affairs Committee.


                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

  Mr. CLELAND. Mr. President, I want to clarify with the ranking member 
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the Treasury Appropriations Subcommittee the intent of this bill 
regarding its appropriation of $80.1 million for salaries and expenses 
at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) located in 
Glynco, GA. This appropriation is $6 million less than the $86 million 
for salaries initially requested by FLETC. It is my understanding that 
the lion's share of this reduction is simply the result of a 
readjustment based on what the Subcommittee and Committee believe will 
be the actual workload at FLETC and not an indication of the 
Committee's intent that there be any reduction in FLETC's ability to 
fulfill its mission. Does the Senator care to comment?
  Mr. DORGAN. The Senator is correct. The $6 million reduction is the 
result of the Subcommittee's re-estimation of the likely workload at 
FLETC combined with a small across-the-board cut on all salaries 
covered by the Treasury Department appropriations bill.
  Mr. CLELAND. I thank the Senator. Should the actual workload at FLETC 
result in an appropriations need beyond what is provided for in this 
bill, does the Senator believe that the committee would consider 
alternative funding sources to ensure FLETC could fulfill its mission?
  Mr. DORGAN. The committee recognizes FLETC's important role in 
providing quality training to the nation's law enforcement personnel, 
and it is fully supportive of providing the funding necessary for the 
center to effectively carry out the mission for which it was created.
  Mr. COVERDELL. I thank the Senators for their comments and the 
ranking member for his commitment to FLETC. It is important that 
Congress preserve FLETC's intent and function and I am glad to know 
that this bill continues Congressional support for, and commitment to, 
this important training center. I ask Chairman Campbell if he cares to 
comment on this matter.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Yes, and I echo the sentiments of the ranking member. 
The amount appropriated by the Committee for salaries and expenses does 
not indicate a lower level of support for FLETC. The Senators are 
correct in their understanding of this matter and the Committee will 
continue efforts to preserve consolidated federal law enforcement 
training at FLETC.
  Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, I would like to clarify with the 
chairman the intent of this bill regarding the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center and its facilities in Glynco, GA. Is it the Chairman's 
belief that the appropriations bill now before this body, S. 1282, 
preserves the intent and function of FLETC and takes the appropriate 
steps to move forward with FLETC's five year modernization plan?
  Mr. CAMPBELL. I thank the Senator for his question. Yes, I do believe 
that this bill preserves the intent and function of FLETC. FLETC serves 
an important role for federal law enforcement training and through this 
bill I have taken steps to help it toward completion of its five year 
plan.
  Mr. COVERDELL. I thank the chairman. I understand that $4.6 million 
has been funded in FLETC's base construction account and the Committee 
is directing the Treasury Department to use the money for a chilled 
water system expansion at FLETC's facility in Glynco, GA even though it 
was not specifically mentioned in the bill or report language.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. The Senator is correct. These funds along with $900,000 
for the completion of a new classroom in Artesia, NM will complete 
FLETC's fiscal year 2000 5-year plan funding requirements and will keep 
the effort to expand FLETC's capacity moving forward and on time.
  Mr. COVERDELL. I thank the chairman for his support of this important 
program and for his commitment to FLETC's modernization effort.
  Mr. CLELAND. I thank the two Senators for their statement. I am very 
pleased that this bill continues the commitment of the Committee, and 
the Subcommittee, to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. FLETC 
is a model state-of-the-art facility which is critical to the training 
of our Nation's law enforcement personnel.
  Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, I would like to engage the esteemed 
chairman on a matter important to out Nation's Federal law enforcement 
training and the Glynco, GA site at which this training is conducted. 
As the chairman knows, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center was 
developed to consolidate federal law enforcement training. This was 
done to ensure efficiency, prevent redundancy, and save taxpayer 
dollars. The Chairman is also aware that FLETC has a five year plan for 
its sites in Artesia, NM and Glynco, GA to modernize the facilities and 
address a training overflow issue. I understand that the Chairman's 
bill preserves FLETC's intent and keeps the five-year plan moving into 
the next fiscal year. Understanding the Chairman's work continues 
FLETC's viability, will he be willing to communicate to the Treasury 
Department not only his commitment to this program but his desire to 
see that Treasury take steps towards funding design money for two 
dormitories at Glynco during this fiscal year?
  Mr. CAMPBELL. I thank the Senator for his question and for his 
comments about FLETC's role and the Committee's work on behalf of 
FLETC. I believe in the intent for which FLETC was created and believe 
this bill reflects that belief. I also understand the need to take 
further steps to continue FLETC's 5-year plan. I say to the Senator 
from Georgia that I am willing to communicate with the Treasury 
Secretary Robert Rubin my hope that the Treasury Department provide 
design money for the two dormitories.
  Mr. COVERDELL. The chairman's remarks are appreciated. As the Senator 
from Colorado knows this design money will assist with the dormitories 
scheduled for full funding in fiscal year 2001. Funding for design 
money will provide important continuation of and commitment to FLETC's 
5-year plan. I thank the chairman.
  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I would like to engage the distinguished 
Senator from Colorado, the Chairman of the Subcommittee, in a colloquy.
  Mr. President, I want to begin by applauding the Chairman and Ranking 
Member of the Treasury-General Government Appropriations Subcommittee 
for what they have done under difficult budgetary circumstances. The 
Administration's fiscal year 2000 budget request for Customs included a 
controversial $312.4 million user fee to fund 5,000 existing Customs 
personnel. That budget gimmick essentially forced the Committee to 
either reduce Customs staffing levels or reduce or deny many needed 
projects and new initiatives. Under those difficult circumstances. I 
believe that Committee made the right choice.
  The Customs Service has added to the problem by failing to include 
comprehensive air interdiction and marine enforcement fleet 
modernization plans requested by Congress in its Fiscal Year 2000 
budget request. Has the subcommittee received either of these plans?
  Mr. CAMPBELL. We have not received either of the requested plans from 
the Customs Service. In my view, the Administration clearly has missed 
an opportunity. In the absence of these reports and in response to 
concerns expressed by the Senator from New Mexico and others we have 
urged the Customs Service to look at cost-effective force multiplying 
technologies to improve border control and support other federal, state 
and local law enforcement agencies.
  Mr. DOMENICI. As the Chairman knows, I believe that the AS350 AStar 
helicopter is a proven force-multiplier for Customs that has been used 
along the Southwest border, and elsewhere in the country, to support 
operations by the Border Patrol, and other federal, state, and local 
law enforcement agencies. According to information provided by the 
Customs Service, in the past year these Customs helicopters assisted in 
the seizure of approximately $14 million 7,800 pounds of cocaine, 
almost 25 tons of marijuana, 88 vehicles, 1 aircraft, 12 illegal 
weapons, 5 vessels, and 210 arrests. In addition, the Executive 
Director of the Customs Air Interdiction Division, has indicated that 
AStar is the most cost-effective element of the Customs air fleet. 
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this track record, the AS350 AStar has become the light enforcement 
helicopter of choice for the U.S. Customs Service.
  Mr. President, I understand the budget constraints facing the 
Subcommittee. I would simply ask that as we proceed with this bill in 
conference or later in the year, the Chairman and the distinguished 
Ranking Member of the Subcommittee, Mr. Dorgan, consider making 
investments in proven, cost-effective force multipliers--like the AStar 
helicopters--that can help strengthen law enforcement and improve our 
efforts to combat the inflow of drugs into this country a funding 
priority.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I share the concern expressed by the 
distinguished Senator from New Mexico about the inflow of drugs into 
this country. In addition to urging the Customs Service to transmit the 
requested air and marine modernization plans to the Committee, we 
worked with the Senator from new Mexico and others to add report 
language urging the Customs Service to consider additional investments 
in proven counterdrug assets like the AS350 AStar helicopter and other 
technologies in its current and future plans to try to maximize the 
effectiveness of Customs counterdrug personnel and resources. If 
additional resources become available to the Committee, cost-effective 
force-multipliers like the AS350 AStars will be among our top 
counterdrug priorities.
  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I thank the distinguished Chairman.


                hartsfield atlanta international airport

  Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, I would like to bring to the attention 
of the chairman the tremendous need for the speedy assignment of 
additional Customs Inspectors for Hartsfield Atlanta International 
Airport.
  There has been a 100% increase in the number of international gates 
at Hartsfield from 1994 to 1999 and yet only a 14% increase in Customs 
Inspectors during the same period. In addition, there has been a 102% 
increase in metric tons of cargo and no increase in inspectors to 
handle that growth.
  Hartsfield airport officials and the business community believe this 
lack of Customs Inspectors to handle the rapid growth in both 
passengers and cargo will soon place the airport at a serious 
competitive disadvantage. It is my understanding that millions of 
dollars a year will be lost by business travelers and industries in the 
Atlanta region due to inefficient movement of passengers and goods if 
this problem is not addressed soon.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Is it not true that the INS recently assigned 15 new 
inspectors to Hartsfield to handle the airport's tremendous growth?
  Mr. COVERDELL. Yes, the chairman is correct.
  Mr. CLELAND. Mr. President, I would like to state my concern to the 
chairman on this matter as well. Hartsfield recently surpassed O'Hare 
as the busiest airport in the world. I, too, strongly urge the U.S. 
Customs Service to address their lack of sufficient personnel at 
Hartsfield and respond as the INS has done in assigning the proper 
staff to this vital economic engine for the metro Atlanta region.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. I thank my two colleagues for their comments on this 
matter and I encourage the Customs Service to work to address these 
issues.
  Mr. President, I know of no further amendments to be offered. I 
believe we are ready for third reading of the bill. Senator Dorgan is 
prepared for that.
  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I think we are ready for third reading.
  Let me, in 10 seconds, thank the staff on both sides who have worked 
so hard on this legislation.
  I think all of the amendments have been disposed of. We are ready for 
final passage.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. I also thank Senator Dorgan for all of his work. I ask 
now for a voice vote on final passage.
  Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, will we have a recorded vote on the 
conference report?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Third reading.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Yes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on third reading of the bill.
  The bill was read the third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, the 
question is, Shall the bill pass?
  The bill (S. 1282), as amended, was passed.
  (The bill will be printed in a future edition of the Record.)
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. LOTT. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I know there may be some wrap-up statements.
  I commend the managers of the Treasury-Postal Service appropriations 
bill. They have worked together very well today. They have been able to 
complete a bill in 1 day that ordinarily takes days, or as much as a 
week. I commend them for that.


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  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, in light of the vote that just occurred on 
the Treasury-Postal Service appropriations bill, and the agreement just 
reached a few moments ago with respect to the District of Columbia 
appropriations, the Senate has conducted its last vote for the week. 
There will be no further votes tonight and no votes in the morning.
  The next vote will occur on Tuesday, July 13. The Senate will 
reconvene on Monday, July 12, at noon. However, no votes will occur 
during Monday's session of the Senate.
  Votes will occur during the session of the Senate beginning Tuesday, 
July 13, through Friday, July 16. There will be votes on Friday, July 
16. So be prepared for that. That was under a previously agreed to 
cloture vote at 10:30 on Friday, the 16th, concerning the Social 
Security lockbox issue.
  We will be in session some tomorrow. But there will be no recorded 
votes in the morning.
  I thank all of our colleagues for their cooperation. Senator Daschle 
and our whips have all worked to make it possible to complete not one 
but two appropriations bills. I wish all of our colleagues a safe and 
happy holiday. I look forward to seeing you back on the 12th.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the 
Senate receives from the House of Representatives the companion bill to 
S. 1282, the Senate immediately proceed to the consideration of that 
measure; that all after the enacting clause be stricken and the text of 
Senate bill S. 1282, as passed, be inserted in lieu thereof; that the 
House bill, as amended, be read for the third time and passed; that the 
Senate insist on its amendment, request a conference with the House on 
the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and that the Chair be 
authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate; and that the 
foregoing occur without any intervening action or debate.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the bill, S. 1282, not be 
engrossed; that it remain at the desk pending receipt of the House 
companion bill, and that upon passage by the Senate of the House bill, 
as amended, the passage of S. 1282 be vitiated and the bill be 
indefinitely postponed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, we agreed to a statement, after passage 
of the bill, of Senator Torricelli. I think that was the only one 
agreed to.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey.
  Mr. TORRICELLI. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Colorado for 
his consideration.

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