[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 23324-23338]
[From the U.S. 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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                  DODD (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1813

  Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Levin, Mrs. 
Murray, and Mr. Johnson) proposed an amendment to the bill (S. 1650) 
making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes; as follows:

       In the matter under the heading ``payments to states for 
     the child care and development block grant'' in the matter 
     under the heading ``Administration for Children and 
     Families'' in title II, strike ``$1,182,672,000'' and insert 
     ``$2,000,000,000''.
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              HUTCHISON (AND BINGAMAN) AMENDMENT NO. 1814

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself and Mr. Bingaman) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as 
follows:


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       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec.   . The United States-Mexico Border Health Commission 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 290n et seq.) is amended--
       (1) by striking section 2 and inserting the following:

     ``SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF BORDER HEALTH COMMISSION.

       ``Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
     this section, the President shall appoint the United States 
     members of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission, 
     and shall attempt to conclude an agreement with Mexico 
     providing for the establishment of such Commission.''; and
       (2) in section 3--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking the semicolon and 
     inserting ``; and'';
       (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a period; and
       (C) by striking paragraph (3).
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                      ASHCROFT AMENDMENT NO. 1815

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. ASHCROFT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to protect 
     Social Security surpluses through strengthened budgetary 
     enforcement mechanisms.
       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security and Medicare 
     Safe Deposit Box Act of 1999''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

       (A) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
       (1) the Congress and the President joined together to enact 
     the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to end decades of deficit 
     spending.
       (2) strong economic growth and fiscal discipline have 
     resulted in strong revenue growth into the Treasury;
       (3) the combination of these factors is expected to enable 
     the Government to balance its budget without the Social 
     Security surpluses;
       (4) the Congress has chosen to allocate in this Act all 
     Social Security surpluses toward saving Social Security and 
     Medicare;
       (5) amounts so allocated are even greater than those 
     reserved for Social Security and Medicare in the President's 
     budget, will not require an increase in the statutory debt 
     limit, and will reduce debt held by the public until Social 
     Security and Medicare reform is enacted; and
       (6) this strict enforcement is needed to lock away the 
     amounts necessary for legislation to save Social Security and 
     Medicare.
       (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to prohibit the 
     use of Social Security surpluses for any purpose other than 
     reforming Social Security and Medicare.

     SEC. 3. PROTECTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUSES.

       (a) Points of Order to Protect Social Security Surpluses.--
     Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(g) Points of Order To Protect Social Security 
     Surpluses.--
       ``(1) Concurrent resolutions on the budget.--It shall not 
     be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to 
     consider any concurrent resolution on the budget, or 
     conference report thereon or amendment thereto, that would 
     set forth an on-budget deficit for any fiscal year.
       ``(2) Subsequent legislation.--It shall not be in order in 
     the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any 
     bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference 
     report if--
       ``(A) the enactment of that bill or resolution as reported;
       ``(B) the adoption and enactment of that amendment; or
       ``(C) the enactment of that bill or resolution in the form 
     recommended in that conference report, would cause or 
     increase an on-budget deficit for any fiscal year.
       ``(3) Exception.--The point of order set forth in paragraph 
     (2) shall not apply to Social Security reform legislation or 
     Medicare reform legislation as defined by section 5(c) of the 
     Social Security and Medicare Safe Deposit Box Act of 1999.
       ``(4) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     `on-budget deficit', when applied to a fiscal year, means the 
     deficit in the budget in the budget as set forth in the most 
     recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget 
     pursuant to section 301(a)(3) for that fiscal year.''.
       (b) Content of Concurrent Resolution on the Budget.--
     Section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
     amended by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs 
     (7) and (8) respectively, and by inserting after paragraph 
     (5) the following new paragraph:
       ``(6) the receipts, outlays, and surplus or deficit in the 
     Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the 
     Federal Disability Insurance trust Fund, combined, 
     established by title II of the Social Security Act;''.
       (c) Super Majority Requirement.--(1) Section 904(c)(1) of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting 
     ``312(g),'' after ``310(d)(2),''.
       (2) Section 904(d)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974 is amended by inserting ``312(g),'' after 
     ``310(d)(2),''.

     SEC. 4. REMOVING SOCIAL SECURITY FROM BUDGET PRONOUNCEMENTS.

       (a) In General.--Any official statement issued by the 
     Office of management and Budget, the Congressional Budget 
     Office, or any other agency or instrumentality of the Federal 
     Government of surplus or deficit totals of the budget of the 
     United States Government as submitted by the President or of 
     the surpluses or deficit totals of the congressional budget, 
     and any description of, or reference to, such totals in any 
     official publication or material issued by either of such 
     Offices or any other such agency or instrumentality, shall 
     exclude the outlays and receipts of the old-age, survivors, 
     and disability insurance program under title II of the Social 
     Security Act (including the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
     Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 
     Trust Fund) and the related provisions of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986.
       (b) Separate Social Security Budget Documents.--The 
     excluded outlays and receipts of the old-age, survivors, and 
     disability insurance program under title II of the Social 
     Security Act shall be submitted in separate Social Security 
     budget documents.

     SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       (a) In General.--This Act shall take effect upon the date 
     of its enactment and the amendments made by this Act shall 
     apply only to fiscal year 2000 and subsequent fiscal years.
       (4) Expiration.--Sections 301(a)(6) and 312(g) shall expire 
     upon the enactment of the Social Security reform legislation 
     and Medicare reform legislation.
       (c) Definition--
       (1) Social Security Reform Legislation.--The term ``Social 
     Security reform legislation'' means a bill or a joint 
     resolution that is enacted into law and includes a provision 
     stating the following: ``For purposes of the Social Security 
     and Medicare Safe Deposit Box Act of 1999, this Act 
     constitutes Social Security reform legislation.''.
       (2) The term ``Medicare reform legislation'' means a bill 
     or a joint resolution that is enacted into law and includes a 
     provision stating the following: ``For purposes of the Social 
     Security and Medicare Safe Deposit Box Act of 1999, this Act 
     constitutes Medicare reform legislation.''.
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                       INHOFE AMENDMENT NO. 1816

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

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING PAYMENTS UNDER THE 
                   PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR HOSPITAL 
                   OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT SERVICES.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
       (1) The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, in order to achieve 
     the objective of balancing the Federal budget, provided for 
     the single largest change in the medicare program under title 
     XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) 
     since the inception of such program in 1965.
       (2) Reliable, independent estimates now project that the 
     changes to the medicare program provided for in the Balanced 
     Budget Act of 1997 will result in the reduction of payments 
     to health care providers that greatly exceeds the level of 
     estimated reductions when such Act was enacted.
       (3) Congressional oversight has begun to reveal that these 
     greater-than-anticipated reductions in payments are harming 
     the ability of health care providers to maintain and deliver 
     high-quality health care services to beneficiaries under the 
     medicare program and to other individuals.
       (4) One of the key factors that has caused these greater-
     than-anticipated reductions in payments is the inappropriate 
     regulatory action taken by the Secretary in implementing the 
     provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.
       (5) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, contrary to 
     the direction of 77 Members of the Senate and 253 Members of 
     the House of Representatives (stated in letters to the 
     Secretary dated June 18, 1999, and September 14, 1999, 
     respectively), has persisted in interpreting the provisions 
     of the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient 
     department services under section 1833(t) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)) in a manner that would 
     impose an unintended 5.7 percent across the board reduction 
     in payments under such system.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the Secretary of Health and Human Services should--
       (1) carry out congressional intent and cease its 
     inappropriate interpretation of the provisions of the 
     prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department 
     services under section 1833(t) of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1395l(t)).

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                 DURBIN (AND DeWINE) AMENDMENT NO. 1817

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. DeWine) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as 
follows:

       At the end of title II, add the following:


                            childhood asthma

       Sec.  . In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated under 
     this title for the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention, $50,000,000 which shall become available on 
     October 1, 2000 and shall remain available through September 
     30, 2001, and be utilized to provide grants to local 
     communities for screening, treatment and education relating 
     to childhood asthma.
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                      HUTCHISON AMENDMENT NO. 1818

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mrs. HUTCHISON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 
to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       Insert at the appropriate place the following new section.
       Sec.   . The Secretary of Education shall recompute the 
     fiscal year 1996 cohort default rate under section 435 of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085) for purposes of 
     determining the eligibility for program participation during 
     academic year 1999-2000 under title IV of such Act of 
     Jacksonville College of Jacksonville, Texas, on the basis of 
     the most recent data provided to the Department of Education 
     by such College.
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                KENNEDY (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1819

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Murray, Ms. 
Mikulski, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Lautenberg, and Mr. Kerry) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 1650, supra; 
as follows:

       On page 60, line 10, before the period, insert the 
     following ``: Provided further, That in addition to any other 
     amounts appropriated under this heading an additional 
     $223,000,000 is appropriated to carry out title II of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965, and a total of $300,000,000 
     shall be available to carry out such title, of which 
     $300,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2000''.
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                        REID AMENDMENT NO. 1820

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

       On page 66, line 16, strike $350 million and replace with 
     $475 million.
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                 GRAHAM (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1821

  Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Dodd, 
Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Cleland) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1650, supra; as follows:

       At the end of title II, add the following:


                      social services block grant

       Sec.   . Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, 
     the amount appropriated under this title for making grants 
     pursuant to section 2002 of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1397a) shall be increased to $2,380,000,000: Provided, 
     That (1) $1,330,000,000 of which shall become available on 
     October 1, 2000, and (2) notwithstanding any other provision 
     of this title, the amount specified for allocation under 
     section 2003(c) of such Act for fiscal year 2000 shall be 
     $2,380,000,000.
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                       INOUYE AMENDMENT NO. 1822

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. INOUYE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. DESIGNATION OF ARLEN SPECTER NATIONAL LIBRARY OF 
                   MEDICINE.

       (a) In General.--The National Library of Medicine building 
     (building 38) at 8600 Rockville Pike, in Bethesda, Maryland, 
     shall be known and designated as the ``Arlen Specter National 
     Library of Medicine''.
       (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     building referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be 
     a reference to the Arlen Specter National Library of 
     Medicine.
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                       KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 1823

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       On page 59, line 25, strike ``$1,404,631,000,'' and insert 
     ``$1,464,631,000, of which $60,000,000 shall be available on 
     October 1, 2000, and''.
       On page 60, line 10, before the period, insert the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That from amounts 
     appropriated under this heading $240,000,000 shall be made 
     available to carry out the Gear up program under chapter 2 of 
     subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act 
     of 1965''.
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                COLLINS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1824

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Breaux, and Mr. Grassley) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 1650, supra; 
as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

     SEC. ----. EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE TO RAISE THE 
                   AWARENESS OF THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF DIABETES 
                   AND TO SUPPORT INCREASED FUNDS FOR DIABETES 
                   RESEARCH.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Diabetes is a devastating, lifelong condition that 
     affects people of every age, race, income level, and 
     nationality.
       (2) Sixteen million Americans suffer from diabetes, and 
     millions more are at risk of developing the disease.
       (3) The number of Americans with diabetes has increased 
     nearly 700 percent in the last 40 years, leading the Centers 
     for Disease Control and Prevention to call it the ``epidemic 
     of our time''.
       (4) In 1999, approximately 800,000 people will be diagnosed 
     with diabetes, and diabetes will contribute to almost 200,000 
     deaths, making diabetes the sixth leading cause of death due 
     to disease in the United States.
       (5) Diabetes costs our nation an estimated $105,000,000,000 
     each year.
       (6) More than 1 out of every 10 United States health care 
     dollars, and about 1 out of every 4 Medicare dollars, is 
     spent on the care of people with diabetes.
       (7) More than $40,000,000,000 a year in tax dollars are 
     spent treating people with diabetes through Medicare, 
     Medicaid, veterans benefits, Federal employee health 
     benefits, and other Federal health programs.
       (8) Diabetes frequently goes undiagnosed, and an estimated 
     5,400,000 Americans have the disease but do not know it.
       (9) Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, 
     blindness in adults, and amputations.
       (10) Diabetes is a major risk factor for heart disease, 
     stroke, and birth defects, and shortens average life 
     expectancy by up to 15 years.
       (11) An estimated 1,000,000 Americans have Type 1 diabetes, 
     formerly known as juvenile diabetes, and 15,200,000 Americans 
     have Type 2 diabetes, formerly known as adult-onset diabetes.
       (12) Of Americans aged 65 years or older, 18.4 percent have 
     diabetes.
       (13) Of Americans aged 20 years or older, 8.2 percent have 
     diabetes.
       (14) Hispanic, African, Asian, and Native Americans suffer 
     from diabetes at rates much higher than the general 
     population, including children as young as 8 years-old, who 
     are now being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, formerly known 
     as adult-onset diabetes.
       (15) In 1999, there is no method to prevent or cure 
     diabetes, and available treatments have only limited success 
     in controlling diabetes devastating consequences.
       (16) Reducing the tremendous health and human burdens of 
     diabetes and its enormous economic toll depend on identifying 
     the factors responsible for the disease and developing new 
     methods for treatment and prevention.
       (17) Improvements in technology and the general growth in 
     scientific knowledge have created unprecedented opportunities 
     for advances that might lead to better treatments, 
     prevention, and ultimately a cure.
       (18) After extensive review and deliberations, the 
     congressionally established and National Institutes of 
     Health-selected Diabetes Research Working Group has found 
     that ``many scientific opportunities are not being pursued 
     due to insufficient funding, lack of appropriate mechanisms, 
     and a shortage of trained researchers''.
       (19) The Diabetes Research Working Group has developed a 
     comprehensive plan for National Institutes of Health-funded 
     diabetes research, and has recommended a funding level of 
     $827,000,000 for diabetes research at the National Institutes 
     of Health in fiscal year 2000.
       (20) The Senate as an institution, and Members of Congress 
     as individuals, are in unique positions to support the fight 
     against diabetes and to raise awareness about the need for 
     increased funding for research and for early diagnosis and 
     treatment.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that--
       (1) the Federal Government has a responsibility to--
       (A) endeavor to raise awareness about the importance of the 
     early detection, and proper treatment of, diabetes; and
       (B) continue to consider ways to improve access to, and the 
     quality of, health care services for screening and treating 
     diabetes;

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       (2) the National Institutes of Health, within their 
     existing funding levels, should increase research funding, as 
     recommended by the congressionally established and National 
     Institutes of Health-selected Diabetes Research Working 
     Group, so that the causes of, and improved treatments and 
     cure for, diabetes may be discovered;
       (3) all Americans should take an active role to fight 
     diabetes by using all the means available to them, including 
     watching for the symptoms of diabetes, which include frequent 
     urination, unusual thirst, extreme hunger, unusual weight 
     loss, extreme fatigue, and irritability; and
       (4) national organizations, community organizations, and 
     health care providers should endeavor to promote awareness of 
     diabetes and its complications, and should encourage early 
     detection of diabetes through regular screenings, education, 
     and by providing information, support, and access to 
     services.
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                        BOND AMENDMENT NO. 1825

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BOND submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following 
     findings:
       (1) The Department of Labor, through the Occupational 
     Safety and Health Administration (referred to in this section 
     as ``OSHA'') plans to propose regulations during 1999 to 
     regulate ergonomics in the workplace. A draft of OSHA's 
     ergonomics regulation became available on February 19, 1999.
       (2) A July 1997 report by the National Institute for 
     Occupational Safety and Health that reviewed epidemiological 
     studies that have been conducted of ``work related 
     musculoskeletal disorders of the neck, upper extremity, and 
     low back'' showed that there is insufficient evidence to 
     assess the level of risk to workers from repetitive motions. 
     Such evidence would be necessary to write an efficient and 
     effective regulation.
       (3) An August 1998 workshop on ``work related 
     musculoskeletal injuries'' held by the National Academy of 
     Sciences reviewed existing research on musculoskeletal 
     disorders. The workshop showed that there is insufficient 
     evidence to assess the level of risk to workers from 
     repetitive motions.
       (4) In October 1998, Congress and the President agreed that 
     the National Academy of Sciences should conduct a 
     comprehensive study of the medical and scientific evidence 
     regarding musculoskeletal disorders. The study is intended to 
     evaluate the basic questions about diagnosis and causes of 
     such disorders.
       (5) To complete that study, Public Law 105-277 appropriated 
     $890,000 for the National Academy of Sciences to complete a 
     peer-reviewed scientific study of the available evidence 
     examining a cause and effect relationship between repetitive 
     tasks in the workplace and musculoskeletal disorders or 
     repetitive stress injuries.
       (6) The National Academy of Sciences currently estimates 
     that this study will be completed late in 2000 or early in 
     2001.
       (7) Given the uncertainty and dispute about these basic 
     questions, and Congress' intention that they be addressed in 
     a comprehensive study by the National Academy of Sciences, it 
     is premature for OSHA to propose a regulation on ergonomics 
     as being necessary or appropriate to improve workers' health 
     and safety until such study is completed.
       (b) Prohibition.--None of the funds made available in this 
     Act may be used by the Secretary of Labor or the Occupational 
     Safety and Health Administration to promulgate or issue, or 
     to continue the rulemaking process of promulgating or 
     issuing, any standard or regulation regarding ergonomics 
     prior to September 29, 2000.
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                        LEVIN AMENDMENT NO. 1826

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. LEVIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. CONSIDERATION OF AN APPLICATION BY A CERTAIN ENTITY 
                   FOR MEDICARE CERTIFICATION AS AN APPLICATION BY 
                   A NEW PROVIDER.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services shall consider an application 
     (or a reapplication) for certification of a long-term care 
     facility under the medicare program under title XVIII of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) that is, or was, 
     submitted after January 1, 1994, by a subsidiary of a not-
     for-profit, municipally-owned, and medicare-certified 
     hospital, where such long-term care facility has had a change 
     of management from the previous owner prior to acquisition by 
     such subsidiary, as an application by a prospective provider.
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                       MURRAY AMENDMENT NO. 1827

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to 
the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ACCESS TO OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL CARE.

       (a) ERISA.--
       (1) In general.--Subpart B of part 7 of subtitle B of title 
     I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
     U.S.C. 1185 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:

     ``SEC. 714. ACCESS TO OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL CARE.

       ``(a) In General.--If a group health plan, or a health 
     insurance issuer in connection with the provision of health 
     insurance coverage, requires or provides for a participant, 
     beneficiary, or enrollee to designate a participating primary 
     care health care professional, the plan or issuer--
       ``(1) may not require authorization or a referral by the 
     individual's primary care health care professional or 
     otherwise for coverage of gynecological care (including 
     preventive women's health examinations) and pregnancy-related 
     services provided by a participating health care 
     professional, including a physician, who specializes in 
     obstetrics and gynecology to the extent such care is 
     otherwise covered; and
       ``(2) shall treat the ordering of other obstetrical or 
     gynecological care by such a participating professional as 
     the authorization of the primary care health care 
     professional with respect to such care under the plan or 
     coverage.
       ``(b) Construction.--Nothing in subsection (a) shall be 
     construed to--
       ``(1) waive any exclusions of coverage under the terms of 
     the plan or health insurance coverage with respect to 
     coverage of obstetrical or gynecological care; or
       ``(2) preclude the group health plan or health insurance 
     issuer involved from requiring that the obstetrical or 
     gynecological provider notify the primary care health care 
     professional or the plan or issuer of treatment decisions.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents in section 1 
     of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
     U.S.C. 1001 note) is amended by inserting after the item 
     relating to section 713 the following new item:

``Sec. 714. Access to obstetrical and gynecological care.
       (b) Public Health Service Act.--
       (1) Group market.--Subpart 2 of part A of title XXVII of 
     the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-4 et seq.) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 2707. ACCESS TO OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL CARE.

       ``(a) In General.--If a group health plan, or a health 
     insurance issuer in connection with the provision of health 
     insurance coverage, requires or provides for a participant, 
     beneficiary, or enrollee to designate a participating primary 
     care health care professional, the plan or issuer--
       ``(1) may not require authorization or a referral by the 
     individual's primary care health care professional or 
     otherwise for coverage of gynecological care (including 
     preventive women's health examinations) and pregnancy-related 
     services provided by a participating health care 
     professional, including a physician, who specializes in 
     obstetrics and gynecology to the extent such care is 
     otherwise covered; and
       ``(2) shall treat the ordering of other obstetrical or 
     gynecological care by such a participating professional as 
     the authorization of the primary care health care 
     professional with respect to such care under the plan or 
     coverage.
       ``(b) Construction.--Nothing in subsection (a) shall be 
     construed to--
       ``(1) waive any exclusions of coverage under the terms of 
     the plan or health insurance coverage with respect to 
     coverage of obstetrical or gynecological care; or
       ``(2) preclude the group health plan or health insurance 
     issuer involved from requiring that the obstetrical or 
     gynecological provider notify the primary care health care 
     professional or the plan or issuer of treatment decisions.''.
       (2) Individual market.--Part B of title XXVII of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-41 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating the first subpart 3 (relating to other 
     requirements) as subpart 2; and
       (2) by adding at the end of subpart 2 the following new 
     section:

     ``SEC. 2753. ACCESS TO OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL CARE.

       ``The provisions of section 2707 shall apply to health 
     insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer in 
     the individual market in the same manner as they apply to 
     health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance 
     issuer in connection with a group health plan in the small or 
     large group market.''.
       (c) Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--Subchapter B of chapter 
     100 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
       (1) in the table of sections, by inserting after the item 
     relating to section 9812 the following new item:

``Sec. 9813. Access to obstetrical and gynecological care.''; and

       (2) by inserting after section 9812 the following:

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     ``SEC. 9813. ACCESS TO OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL CARE.

       ``(a) In General.--If a group health plan, or a health 
     insurance issuer in connection with the provision of health 
     insurance coverage, requires or provides for a participant, 
     beneficiary, or enrollee to designate a participating primary 
     care health care professional, the plan or issuer--
       ``(1) may not require authorization or a referral by the 
     individual's primary care health care professional or 
     otherwise for coverage of gynecological care (including 
     preventive women's health examinations) and pregnancy-related 
     services provided by a participating health care 
     professional, including a physician, who specializes in 
     obstetrics and gynecology to the extent such care is 
     otherwise covered; and
       ``(2) shall treat the ordering of other obstetrical or 
     gynecological care by such a participating professional as 
     the authorization of the primary care health care 
     professional with respect to such care under the plan or 
     coverage.
       ``(b) Construction.--Nothing in subsection (a) shall be 
     construed to--
       ``(1) waive any exclusions of coverage under the terms of 
     the plan or health insurance coverage with respect to 
     coverage of obstetrical or gynecological care; or
       ``(2) preclude the group health plan or health insurance 
     issuer involved from requiring that the obstetrical or 
     gynecological provider notify the primary care health care 
     professional or the plan or issuer of treatment decisions.''.
       (d) Offset.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act, amounts made available for salaries, expenses, and 
     program management to agencies funded under this Act shall be 
     ratably reduced in an amount equal to the amount necessary to 
     carry out the amendments made by this section.
                                 ______
                                 

               COVERDELL (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1828

  Mr. COVERDELL (for himself, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. 
Ashcroft) proposed an amendment to the bill, supra; as follows:

       On page 80, strike lines 1 through 8, and insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __. 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.
                                 ______
                                 

                  COVERDELL AMENDMENTS NOS. 1829-1830

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. COVERDELL submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1829

       At the end of title III, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION REGARDING DAVIS-BACON ACT REQUIREMENTS.

       None of the funds appropriated under this title for 
     construction shall be expended in accordance with the Act of 
     March 3, 1931 (40 U.S.C. 276a et seq.; commonly known as the 
     Davis-Bacon Act), or any other law requiring the payment of 
     wages in accordance with or based on determinations under 
     such Act.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1830

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION.

       None of the funds made available under this Act may be used 
     to enter into a contract with a person or entity that is the 
     subject of a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding 
     commenced by the Federal Government and alleging fraud.
                                 ______
                                 

                       ABRAHAM AMENDMENT NO. 1831

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. ABRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       At the end of the bill add the following:

 TITLE XX--SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUS PRESERVATION AND DEBT REDUCTION ACT

     SEC. __01. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Social Security Surplus 
     Preservation and Debt Reduction Act''.

     SEC. __02. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds that--
       (1) the $69,246,000,000 unified budget surplus achieved in 
     fiscal year 1998 was entirely due to surpluses generated by 
     the social security trust funds and the cumulative unified 
     budget surpluses projected for subsequent fiscal years are 
     primarily due to surpluses generated by the social security 
     trust funds;
       (2) Congress and the President should balance the budget 
     excluding the surpluses generated by the social security 
     trust funds;
       (3) according to the Congressional Budget Office, balancing 
     the budget excluding the surpluses generated by the social 
     security trust funds will reduce the debt held by the public 
     by a total of $1,859,500,000,000 by the end of fiscal year 
     2009; and
       (4) social security surpluses should be used for social 
     security reform or to reduce the debt held by the public and 
     should not be spent on other programs.

     SEC. __03. PROTECTION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS.

       (a) Protection by Congress.--
       (1) Reaffirmation of support.--Congress reaffirms its 
     support for the provisions of section 13301 of the Budget 
     Enforcement Act of 1990 that provides that the receipts and 
     disbursements of the social security trust funds shall not be 
     counted for the purposes of the budget submitted by the 
     President, the congressional budget, or the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       (2) Protection of social security benefits.--If there are 
     sufficient balances in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
     Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 
     Trust Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury shall give priority 
     to the payment of social security benefits required to be 
     paid by law.
       (b) Points of Order.--Section 301 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(j) Social Security Point of Order.--It shall not be in 
     order in the Senate to consider a concurrent resolution on 
     the budget, an amendment thereto, or a conference report 
     thereon that violates section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement 
     Act of 1990.
       ``(k) Debt Held by the Public Point of Order.--It shall not 
     be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
     would--
       ``(1) increase the limit on the debt held by the public in 
     section 253A(a) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985; or
       ``(2) provide additional borrowing authority that would 
     result in the limit on the debt held by the public in section 
     253A(a) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985 being exceeded.
       ``(l) Social Security Surplus Protection Point of Order.--
       ``(1) In general.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider a concurrent resolution on the budget, an 
     amendment thereto, or a conference report thereon that sets 
     forth a deficit in any fiscal year.
       ``(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply if--
       ``(A) the limit on the debt held by the public in section 
     253A(a) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985 is suspended; or
       ``(B) the deficit for a fiscal year results solely from the 
     enactment of--
       ``(i) social security reform legislation, as defined in 
     section 253A(e)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985; or
       ``(ii) provisions of legislation that are designated as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) or 
     252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985.''.
       (c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--Subsections (c)(1) 
     and (d)(2) of section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974 are amended by striking ``305(b)(2),'' and inserting 
     ``301(k), 301(l), 305(b)(2),''.

     SEC. XX04. DEDICATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUSES TO 
                   REDUCTION IN THE DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.

       (a) Amendments to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.--
     The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended--
       (1) in section 3, by adding at the end the following--
       ``(11)(A) The term `debt held by the public' means the 
     outstanding face amount of all debt obligations issued by the 
     United States Government that are held by outside investors, 
     including individuals, corporations, State or local 
     governments, foreign governments, and the Federal Reserve 
     System.
       ``(B) For the purpose of this paragraph, the term `face 
     amount', for any month, of any debt obligation issued on a 
     discount basis that is not redeemable before maturity at the 
     option of the holder of the obligation is an amount equal to 
     the sum of--
       ``(i) the original issue price of the obligation; plus
       ``(ii) the portion of the discount on the obligation 
     attributable to periods before the beginning of such month.
       ``(12) The term `social security surplus' means the amount 
     for a fiscal year that receipts exceed outlays of the Federal 
     Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
     Disability Insurance Trust Fund.'';
       (2) in section 301(a) by--
       (A) redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (7) 
     and (8), respectfully; and
       (B) inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
       ``(6) the debt held by the public; and''; and (3) in 
     section 310(a) by--
       (A) striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (3);
       (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
       (C) inserting the following new paragraph;
       ``(4) specify the amounts by which the statutory limit on 
     the debt held by the public is to be changed and direct the 
     committee having jurisdiction to recommend such change; or''.
       (b) Amendments to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of

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     1985.--The Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
     of 1985 is amended--
       (1) in section 250, by striking subsection (b) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(b) General Statement of Purpose: This part provides for 
     the enforcement of--
       ``(1) a balanced budget excluding the receipts and 
     disbursements of the social security trust funds; and
       ``(2) a limit on the debt held by the public to ensure that 
     social security surpluses are used for social security reform 
     or to reduce debt held by the public and are not spent on 
     other programs.'';
       (2) in section 250(c)(1), by inserting `` `debt held by the 
     public,' `social security surplus' after `outlays',''; and
       (3) by inserting after section 253 the following:

     ``SEC. 253A. DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC LIMIT.

       ``(a) Limit.--The debt held by the public shall not 
     exceed--
       ``(1) for the period beginning May 1, 2000 through April 
     30, 2001, $3,618,000,000,000;
       ``(2) for the period beginning May 1, 2001 through April 
     30, 2002, $3,488,000,000,000;
       ``(3) for the period beginning May 1, 2002 through April 
     30, 2004, $3,349,000,000,000;
       ``(4) for the period beginning May 1, 2004 through April 
     30, 2006, $3,045,000,000,000;
       ``(5) for the period beginning May 1, 2006 through April 
     30, 2008, $2,698,000,000,000;
       ``(6) for the period beginning May 1, 2008 through April 
     30, 2010, $2,301,000,000,000;
       ``(b) Adjustments for Actual Social Security Surplus 
     Levels.--
       ``(1) Estimated levels.--The estimated level of social 
     security surpluses for the purposes of this section is--
       ``(A) for fiscal year 1999, $125,000,000,000;
       ``(B) for fiscal year 2000, $147,000,000,000;
       ``(C) for fiscal year 2001, $155,000,000,000;
       ``(D) for fiscal year 2002, $163,000,000,000;
       ``(E) for fiscal year 2003, $172,000,000,000;
       ``(F) for fiscal year 2004, $181,000,000,000;
       ``(G) for fiscal year 2005, $195,000,000,000;
       ``(H) for fiscal year 2006, $205,000,000,000;
       ``(I) for fiscal year 2007, $217,000,000,000;
       ``(J) for fiscal year 2008, $228,000,000,000; and
       ``(K) for fiscal year 2009, $235,000,000,000.
       ``(2) Adjustment to the limit for actual social security 
     surpluses.--After October 1 and no later than December 31 of 
     each year, the Secretary shall make the following 
     calculations and adjustments:
       ``(A) Calculation.--After the Secretary determines the 
     actual level for the social security surplus for the current 
     year, the Secretary shall take the estimated level of the 
     social security surplus for that year specified in paragraph 
     (1) and subtract that actual level.
       ``(B) Adjustment.--
       ``(i) 2000 through 2004.--With respect to the periods 
     described in subsections (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3), the 
     Secretary shall add the amount calculated under subparagraph 
     (A) to--
       ``(I) the limit set forth in subsection (a) for the period 
     of years that begins on May 1st of the following calendar 
     year; and
       ``(II) each subsequent limit.
       ``(ii) 2004 through 2010.--With respect to the periods 
     described in subsections (a)(4), (a)(5), and (a)(6), the 
     Secretary shall add the amount calculated under subparagraph 
     (A) to--
       ``(I) the limit set forth in subsection (a) for the period 
     of years that includes May 1st of the following calendar 
     year; and
       ``(II) each subsequent limit.
       ``(c) Adjustment to the Limit for Emergencies.--
       ``(1) Estimate of legislation.--
       ``(A) Calculation.--If legislation is enacted into law that 
     contains a provision that is designated as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) or 252(e), OMB 
     shall estimate the amount the debt held by the public will 
     change as a result of the provision's effect on the level of 
     total outlays and receipts excluding the impact on outlays 
     and receipts of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
     Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
       ``(B) Baseline levels.--OMB shall calculate the changes in 
     subparagraph (A) relative to baseline levels for each fiscal 
     year through fiscal year 2010 using current estimates.
       ``(C) Estimate.--OMB shall include the estimate required by 
     this paragraph in the report required under section 251(a)(7) 
     or section 252(d), as the case may be.
       ``(2) Adjustment.--After January 1 and no later than May 1 
     of each calendar year beginning with calendar year 2000--
       ``(A) with respect to the periods described in subsections 
     (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3), the Secretary shall add the 
     amounts calculated under paragraph (1)(A) for the current 
     year included in the report referenced in paragraph (1)(C) 
     to--
       ``(i) the limit set forth in subsection (a) for the period 
     of years that begins on May 1 of that calendar year; and
       ``(ii) each subsequent limit; and
       ``(B) with respect to the periods described in subsections 
     (a)(4), (a)(5), and (a)(6), the Secretary shall add the 
     amounts calculated under paragraph (1)(A) for the current 
     year included in the report referenced in paragraph (1)(C) 
     to--
       ``(i) the limit set forth in subsection (a) for the period 
     of years that includes May 1 of that calendar year; and
       ``(ii) each subsequent limit.
       ``(3) Exception.--The Secretary shall not make the 
     adjustments pursuant to this section if the adjustments for 
     the current year are less than the on-budget surplus for the 
     year before the current year.
       ``(d) Adjustment to the Limit for Low Economic Growth and 
     War.--
       ``(1) Suspension of statutory limit on debt held by the 
     public.--
       ``(A) Low economic growth.--If the most recent of the 
     Department of Commerce's advance, preliminary, or final 
     reports of actual real economic growth indicate that the rate 
     of real economic growth (as measured by real GDP) for each of 
     the most recently reported quarter and the immediately 
     preceding quarter is less than 1 percent, the limit on the 
     debt held by the public established in this section is 
     suspended.
       ``(B) War.--If a declaration of war is in effect, the limit 
     on the debt held by the public established in this section is 
     suspended.
       ``(2) Restoration of statutory limit on debt held by the 
     public.--
       ``(A) Restoration of limit.--The statutory limit on debt 
     held by the public shall be restored on May 1 following the 
     quarter in which the level of real Gross Domestic Product in 
     the final report from the Department of Commerce is equal to 
     or is higher than the level of real Gross Domestic Product in 
     the quarter preceding the first two quarters that caused the 
     suspension of the pursuant to paragraph (1).
       ``(B) Adjustment.--
       ``(i) Calculation.--The Secretary shall take level of the 
     debt held by the public on October 1 of the year preceding 
     the date referenced in subparagraph (A) and subtract the 
     limit in subsection (a) for the period of years that includes 
     the date referenced in subparagraph (A).
       ``(ii) Adjustment: The Secretary shall add the amount 
     calculated under clause (i) to--
       ``(I) the limit in subsection (a) for the period of fiscal 
     years that includes the date referenced in subparagraph (A); 
     and
       ``(II) each subsequent limit.
       ``(e) Adjustment to the Limit for Social Security Reform 
     Provisions that Affect On-Budget Levels.--
       ``(1) Estimate of legislation.--
       ``(A) Calculation.--If social security reform legislation 
     is enacted, OMB shall estimate the amount the debt held by 
     the public will change as a result of the legislation's 
     effect on the level of total outlays and receipts excluded 
     the impact on outlays and receipts of the Federal Old-Age and 
     Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability 
     Insurance Trust Fund.
       ``(B) Baseline levels.--OMB shall calculate the changes in 
     subparagraph (A) relative to baseline levels for each fiscal 
     year though fiscal year 2010 using current estimates.
       ``(C) Estimate.--OMB shall include the estimate required by 
     this paragraph in the report required under section 252(d) 
     for social security reform legislation.
       ``(2) Adjustment to limit on the debt held by the public.--
     If social security reform legislation is enacted, the 
     Secretary shall adjust the limit on the debt held by the 
     public for each period of fiscal years by the amounts 
     determined under paragraph (1)(A) for the relevant fiscal 
     years included in the report referenced in paragraph (1)(C).
       ``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
     of the Treasury.
       ``(2) Social security reform legislation.--The term `social 
     security reform legislation' means legislation that--
       ``(A) implements structural social security reform and 
     significantly extends the solvency of the Social Security 
     Trust Fund; and
       ``(B) includes a provision stating the following: `For 
     purposes of the Social Security Surplus Preservation and Debt 
     Reduction Act of 1999, this Act constitutes social security 
     reform legislation'.
       This paragraph shall apply only to the first bill or joint 
     resolution enacted into law as described in this 
     paragraph.''.

     SEC. __05. PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.

       Section 1105(f) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``in a manner consistent'' and inserting ``in 
     compliance''.

     SEC. __06. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON MEDICARE RESERVE FUND.

       (A) Findings: The Senate finds that--
       (1) the Congressional budget plan has $505,000,000,000 over 
     ten years in unallocated budget surpluses that could be used 
     for long-term medicare reform, other priorities, or debt 
     reduction;
       (2) the Congressional budget resolution for fiscal year 
     2000 already has set aside $90,000,000,000 over ten years 
     through a reserve fund for long-term medicare reform 
     including prescription drug coverage;
       (3) the President estimates that his medicare proposal will 
     cost $46,000,000,000 over 10 years; and
       (4) thus the Congressional budget resolution provides more 
     than adequate resources for medicare reform, including 
     prescription drugs.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the Congressional budget resolution for fiscal year 2000 
     provides a sound framework for allocating resources to 
     medicare to modernize medicare benefits, improve the solvency 
     of the program, and improve coverage of prescription drugs.

[[Page 23330]]



     SEC. __07. SUNSET.

       This title and the amendments made by this title shall 
     expire on April 30, 2010.
                                 ______
                                 

                       MURRAY AMENDMENT NO. 1832

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to 
the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ACCESS TO OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL CARE.

       (a) ERISA.--
       (1) In general.--Subpart B of part 7 of subtitle B of title 
     I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
     U.S.C. 1185 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:

     ``SEC. 714. ACCESS TO OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL CARE.

       ``(a) In General.--If a group health plan, or a health 
     insurance issuer in connection with the provision of health 
     insurance coverage, requires or provides for a participant, 
     beneficiary, or enrollee to designate a participating primary 
     care health care professional, the plan or issuer--
       ``(1) may not require authorization or a referral by the 
     individual's primary care health care professional or 
     otherwise for coverage of gynecological care (including 
     preventive women's health examinations) and pregnancy-related 
     services provided by a participating health care 
     professional, including a physician, who specializes in 
     obstetrics and gynecology to the extent such care is 
     otherwise covered; and
       ``(2) shall treat the ordering of other obstetrical or 
     gynecological care by such a participating professional as 
     the authorization of the primary care health care 
     professional with respect to such care under the plan or 
     coverage.
       ``(b) Construction.--Nothing in subsection (a) shall be 
     construed to--
       ``(1) waive any exclusions of coverage under the terms of 
     the plan or health insurance coverage with respect to 
     coverage of obstetrical or gynecological care; or
       ``(2) preclude the group health plan or health insurance 
     issuer involved from requiring that the obstetrical or 
     gynecological provider notify the primary care health care 
     professional or the plan or issuer of treatment decisions.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents in section 1 
     of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
     U.S.C. 1001 note) is amended by inserting after the item 
     relating to section 713 the following new item:

``Sec. 714. Access to obstetrical and gynecological care.

       (b) Public Health Service Act.--
       (1) Group market.--Subpart 2 of part A of title XXVII of 
     the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-4 et seq.) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 2707. ACCESS TO OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL CARE.

       ``(a) In General.--If a group health plan, or a health 
     insurance issuer in connection with the provision of health 
     insurance coverage, requires or provides for a participant, 
     beneficiary, or enrollee to designate a participating primary 
     care health care professional, the plan or issuer--
       ``(1) may not require authorization or a referral by the 
     individual's primary care health care professional or 
     otherwise for coverage of gynecological care (including 
     preventive women's health examinations) and pregnancy-related 
     services provided by a participating health care 
     professional, including a physician, who specializes in 
     obstetrics and gynecology to the extent such care is 
     otherwise covered; and
       ``(2) shall treat the ordering of other obstetrical or 
     gynecological care by such a participating professional as 
     the authorization of the primary care health care 
     professional with respect to such care under the plan or 
     coverage.
       ``(b) Construction.--Nothing in subsection (a) shall be 
     construed to--
       ``(1) waive any exclusions of coverage under the terms of 
     the plan or health insurance coverage with respect to 
     coverage of obstetrical or gynecological care; or
       ``(2) preclude the group health plan or health insurance 
     issuer involved from requiring that the obstetrical or 
     gynecological provider notify the primary care health care 
     professional or the plan or issuer of treatment decisions.''.
       (2) Individual market.--Part B of title XXVII of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-41 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating the first subpart 3 (relating to other 
     requirements) as subpart 2; and
       (2) by adding at the end of subpart 2 the following new 
     section:

     ``SEC. 2753. ACCESS TO OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL CARE.

       ``The provisions of section 2707 shall apply to health 
     insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer in 
     the individual market in the same manner as they apply to 
     health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance 
     issuer in connection with a group health plan in the small or 
     large group market.''.
       (c) Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--Subchapter B of chapter 
     100 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
       (1) in the table of sections, by inserting after the item 
     relating to section 9812 the following new item:

     ``Sec. 9813. Access to obstetrical and gynecological care.''; 
                                                               and

       (2) by inserting after section 9812 the following:

     ``SEC. 9813. ACCESS TO OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL CARE.

       ``(a) In General.--If a group health plan, or a health 
     insurance issuer in connection with the provision of health 
     insurance coverage, requires or provides for a participant, 
     beneficiary, or enrollee to designate a participating primary 
     care health care professional, the plan or issuer--
       ``(1) may not require authorization or a referral by the 
     individual's primary care health care professional or 
     otherwise for coverage of gynecological care (including 
     preventive women's health examinations) and pregnancy-related 
     services provided by a participating health care 
     professional, including a physician, who specializes in 
     obstetrics and gynecology to the extent such care is 
     otherwise covered; and
       ``(2) shall treat the ordering of other obstetrical or 
     gynecological care by such a participating professional as 
     the authorization of the primary care health care 
     professional with respect to such care under the plan or 
     coverage.
       ``(b) Construction.--Nothing in subsection (a) shall be 
     construed to--
       ``(1) waive any exclusions of coverage under the terms of 
     the plan or health insurance coverage with respect to 
     coverage of obstetrical or gynecological care; or
       ``(2) preclude the group health plan or health insurance 
     issuer involved from requiring that the obstetrical or 
     gynecological provider notify the primary care health care 
     professional or the plan or issuer of treatment decisions.''.
       (d) Offset.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act, amounts made available for salaries, expenses, and 
     program management to agencies funded under this Act shall be 
     ratably reduced in an amount equal to the amount necessary to 
     carry out the amendments made by this section.
                                 ______
                                 

                      BROWNBACK AMENDMENT NO. 1833

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

       At the end of the bill insert the following:
         TITLE __--TASK FORCE ON THE STATE OF AMERICAN SOCIETY

     SEC __01. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TASK FORCE.

       (a) Establishment.--There is established a task force of 
     the Senate to be known as the Task Force on the State of 
     American Society (hereafter in this title referred to as the 
     ``task force'').
       (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the task force is--
       (1) to study the societal condition of America, 
     particularly in regard to children, youth, and families;
       (2) to make such findings as are warranted and appropriate, 
     including the impact that trends and developments have on the 
     broader society, particularly in regards to child well-being; 
     and
       (3) to study the causes and consequences of youth violence.
       (c) Task Force Procedure.--
       (1) In general.--Paragraphs 1, 2, 7(a) (2), and 10(a) of 
     rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and section 
     202 (i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, shall 
     apply to the task force, except for the provisions relating 
     to the taking of depositions and the subpoena power.
       (2) Equal funding.--The majority and the minority staff of 
     the task force shall receive equal funding.
       (3) Quorums.--The task force is authorized to fix the 
     number of its members (but not less than one-third of its 
     entire membership) who shall constitute a quorum for the 
     transaction of such business as may be considered by the task 
     force. A majority of the task force will be required to issue 
     a report to the relevant committees, with a minority of the 
     task force afforded an opportunity to record its views in the 
     report.

     SEC. __02. MEMBERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION OF THE TASK FORCE.

       (a) Membership.--
       (1) In general.--The task force shall consist of 8 members 
     of the Senate--
       (A) 4 of whom shall be appointed by the President pro 
     tempore of the Senate from the majority party of the Senate 
     upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader of the Senate; 
     and
       (B) 4 of whom shall be appointed by the President pro 
     tempore of the Senate from the minority party of the Senate 
     upon the recommendation of the Minority Leader of the Senate.
       (2) Vacancies.--Vacancies in the membership of the task 
     force shall not affect the authority of the remaining members 
     to execute the functions of the task force and shall be 
     filled in the same manner as original appointments to it are 
     made.
       (b) Chairman.--The chairman of the task force shall be 
     selected by the Majority Leader of the Senate and the vice 
     chairman of the

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     task force shall be selected by the Minority Leader of the 
     Senate. The vice chairman shall discharge such 
     responsibilities as the task force or the chairman may 
     assign.

     SEC. __03. AUTHORITY OF TASK FORCE.

       (a) In General.--For the purposes of this title, the task 
     force is authorized, in its discretion--
       (1) to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the 
     Senate;
       (2) to employ personnel;
       (3) to hold hearings;
       (4) to sit and act at any time or place during the 
     sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of the Senate;
       (5) to procure the services of individual consultations or 
     organizations thereof, in accordance with the provisions of 
     section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946; 
     and
       (6) with the prior consent of the Government department or 
     agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration, to use on a nonreimbursable basis the 
     services of personnel of any such department or agency.
       (b) Other Committee Staff.--At the joint request of the 
     chairman and vice-chairman of the task force, the chairman 
     and the ranking member of any other Senate committee or 
     subcommittee may jointly permit the task force to use, on a 
     nonreimburseable basis, the facilities or services of any 
     members of the staff of such other Senate committee or 
     subcommittee whenever the task force or its chairman, 
     following consultation with the vice chairman, considers that 
     such action is necessary or appropriate to enable the task 
     force to make the investigation and study provided for in 
     this title.

     SEC. __04. REPORT AND TERMINATION.

       The task force shall report its findings, together with 
     such recommendations as it deems advisable, to the relevant 
     committees and the Senate prior to July 7, 2000.

      SEC. __05. FUNDING.

       (a) In General.--From the date this title is agreed to 
     through July 7, 2000, the expenses of the task force incurred 
     under this title--
       (1) shall be paid out of the miscellaneous items account of 
     the contingent fund of the Senate;
       (2) shall not exceed $500,000, of which amount not to 
     exceed $150,000 shall be available for the procurement of the 
     services of individual consultants, or organizations thereof, 
     as authorized by section 202(i) of the Legislative 
     Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(i)); and
       (3) shall include sums in addition to expenses described 
     under paragraph (2), as may be necessary for agency 
     contributions related to compensation of employees of the 
     task force.
       (b) Payment of Expenses.--Payment of expenses of the task 
     force shall be disbursed upon vouchers approved by the 
     chairman, except that vouchers shall not be required for 
     disbursements of salaries (and related agency contributions) 
     paid at an annual rate.
                                 ______
                                 

                     HUTCHINSON AMENDMENT NO. 1834

  Mr. HUTCHINSON proposed an amendment to amendment No. 1812 proposed 
by him to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       Strike all after the first word and insert the following:


             ``of funds for the Consolidated Health Centers

       Sec. __. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     $25,471,000 of the amounts appropriated for the National 
     Labor Relations Board under this Act shall be transferred and 
     utilized to carry out projects for the consolidated health 
     centers under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 254b).
                                 ______
                                 

                      HUTCHISON AMENDMENT NO. 1835

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mrs. HUTCHISON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 
to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. __. SINGLE SEX EDUCATION.

       Subsection (b) of section 6301 of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7351) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ``and'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period and inserting 
     ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(10) education reform projects that provide same gender 
     schools and classrooms, as long as comparable educational 
     opportunities are offered for students of both sexes.''.
                                 ______
                                 

                  BOND (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1836

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BOND (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
Chafee, Mr. Biden, Mr. Wellstone, and Mr. Smith of Oregon) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 1650, supra; 
as follows:

       At the end of title II, add the following:


                  withholding of substance abuse funds

       Sec. __. (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated by 
     this Act may be used to withhold substance abuse funding from 
     a State pursuant to section 1926 of the Public Health Service 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 300x-26) if such State certifies to the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services that the State will 
     commit additional State funds, in accordance with subsection 
     (b), to ensure compliance with State laws prohibiting the 
     sale of tobacco products to individuals under 18 years of 
     age.
       (b) Amount of State Funds.--The amount of funds to be 
     committed by a State under subsection (a) shall be equal to 
     one percent of such State's substance above block grant 
     allocation for each percentage point by which the State 
     misses the retailer compliance rate goal established by the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 1926 of 
     such Act, except that the Secretary may agree to a smaller 
     commitment of additional funds by the State.
       (c) Supplement not Supplant.--Amounts expended by a State 
     pursuant to a certification under subsection (a) shall be 
     used to supplement and not supplant State funds used for 
     tobacco prevention programs and for compliance activities 
     described in such subsection in the fiscal year preceding the 
     fiscal year to which this section applies.
       (D) The Secretary shall exercise discretion in enforcing 
     the timing of the State expenditure required by the 
     certification described in subsection (A) as late as July 31, 
     2000.
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                      COVERDELL AMENDMENT NO. 1837

  Mr. COVERDELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       On page 54, line 19, strike ``$1,151,550,000'' and insert 
     ``$1,126,550,000''.
       On page 55, line 8, strike ``$65,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$90,000,000''.
       At the end, insert the following:

     SEC. __. FUNDING.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
       (1) the total amount made available under this Act to carry 
     out part A of title X of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 shall be $39,500,000;
       (2) the total amount made available under this Act to carry 
     out part C of title X of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 shall be $150,000,000; and
       (3) the total amount made available under this Act to carry 
     out subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall be $451,000,000, of 
     which $111,275,000 shall be available on July 1, 2000.
                                 ______
                                 

                  WELLSTONE AMENDMENTS NOS. 1838-1842

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. WELLSTONE submitted five amendments intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1838

       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) 
     and (iv).'' 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 the following:

       ``(I) Employment-related measures.--Employment-related 
     measures, including work force entries, job retention, 
     increases in earnings of recipients of assistance under the 
     State program funded under this title, and measures of 
     utilization of resources available under welfare-to-work 
     grants under paragraph (5) and title I of the Workforce 
     Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.), including 
     the implementation of programs (as defined in subclause 
     (VII)(bb)) to increase the number of individuals training 
     for, and placed in, nontraditional employment.
       ``(II) Measures of changes in income or number of children 
     below half of poverty.--For a sample of recipients of 
     assistance under the State program funded under this title, 
     longitudinal measures of annual changes in income (or 
     measures of changes in the proportion of children in families 
     with income below \1/2\ of the poverty line), including 
     earnings and the value of benefits received under that State 
     program and food stamps.
       ``(III) Food stamps measures.--The change since 1995 in the 
     proportion of children in working poor families that receive 
     food

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     stamps to the total number of children in the State (or, if 
     possible, to the estimated number of children in working 
     families with incomes low enough to be eligible for food 
     stamps).
       ``(IV) Medicaid and schip measures.--The percentage of 
     members of families who are former recipients of assistance 
     under the State program funded under this title (who have 
     ceased to receive such assistance for approximately 6 months) 
     who currently receive medical assistance under the State plan 
     approved under title XIX or the child health assistance under 
     title XXI.
       ``(V) Child care measures.--In the case of a State that 
     pays child care rates that are equal to at least the 75th 
     percentile of market rates, based on a market rate survey 
     that is not more than 2 years old, measures of the State's 
     success in providing child care, as measured by the 
     percentage of children in families with incomes below 85 
     percent of the State's median income who receive subsidized 
     child care in the State, and by the amount of the State's 
     expenditures on child care subsidies divided by the estimated 
     number of children younger than 13 in families with incomes 
     below 85 percent of the State's median income.
       ``(VI) Measures of addressing domestic violence.--In the 
     case of a State that has adopted the option under the State 
     plan relating to domestic violence set forth in section 
     402(a)(7) and that reports the proportion of eligible 
     recipients of assistance under this title who disclose their 
     status as domestic violence victims or survivors, measures of 
     the State's success in addressing domestic violence as a 
     barrier to economic self-sufficiency, as measured by the 
     proportion of such recipients who are referred to and receive 
     services under a service plan developed by an individual 
     trained in domestic violence pursuant to section 260.55(c) of 
     title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
       ``(VII) Definitions.--In this clause:

       ``(aa) Domestic violence.--The term `domestic violence' has 
     the meaning given the term `battered or subjected to extreme 
     cruelty' in section 408(a)(7)((C)(iii).
       ``(bb) Implementation of programs.--The term 
     `implementation of programs' means activities conducted 
     pursuant to section 134(a)(3)(A)(vi)(II) of the Workforce 
     Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2864(a)(3)(A)(vi)(II)), 
     placement of recipients in nontraditional employment, as 
     reported to the Department of Labor pursuant to section 
     185(d)(1)(C) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2935(d)(1)(C)), and the 
     performance of the State on other measures such as the 
     provision of education, training, and career development 
     assistance for nontraditional employment developed pursuant 
     to section 136(b)(2) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2871(b)(2))).
       ``(cc) Nontraditional employment.--The term `nontraditional 
     employment' means occupations or fields of work, including 
     careers in computer science, technology, and other emerging 
     high skill occupations, for which individuals from 1 gender 
     comprise less than 25 percent of the individuals employed in 
     each such occupation or field of work.
       ``(dd) Working poor families.--The term `working poor 
     families' means families that receive earnings at least equal 
     to a comparable amount that would be received by an 
     individual working a half-time position for minimum wage.
       ``(iii) Employment, earning, and income related measures.--
     $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 the 
     measures of employment, earnings, and income described in 
     subclauses (I), (II), and (V) of clause (ii), including 
     scores for the criteria described in those items.
       ``(iv) Measures of support for working families.--
     $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 
     measures of support for working families, including scores 
     for the criteria described in subclauses (III), (IV) and (VI) 
     of clause (ii).
       ``(v) Limitation on applying for only 1 bonus.--To qualify 
     under any one of the employment, earnings, food stamp, or 
     health coverage criteria described in subclauses (I), (III), 
     or (IV) of clause (ii), a State must submit the data required 
     to compete for all of the criteria described in those 
     subclauses.
       (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) changes in income or resources;
       ``(iv) poverty status, including the number of children in 
     families of such former recipients with income below \1/2\ of 
     the poverty line;
       ``(v) 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;
       ``(vi) accessibility of child care and child care cost;
       ``(vii) the percentage of families in poverty receiving 
     child care subsidies;
       ``(viii) measures of hardship, including lack of medical 
     insurance and difficulty purchasing food; and
       ``(ix) the availability of the option under the State plan 
     in section 402(a)(7)(relating to domestic violence) and the 
     difficulty accessing services for victims of domestic 
     violence.
       ``(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;
       ``(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; and
       ``(iii) a State that is already conducting a scientifically 
     acceptable study of former recipients that provides 
     sufficient data required under subparagraph (A) may use the 
     results of such study to satisfy the requirements of this 
     paragraph.''.
       (c) Report of Currently Collected Data.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than July 1, 2000, and annually 
     thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
     transmit to Congress a report regarding characteristics of 
     former and current recipients of assistance under the State 
     program funded under this part, based on information 
     currently being received from States.
       (2) Characteristics.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the 
     characteristics shall include earnings, employment, and, to 
     the extent possible, income (including earnings, the value of 
     benefits received under the State program funded under this 
     title, and food stamps), the ratio of income to poverty, 
     receipt of food stamps, and other family resources.
       (3) Basis of report.--The report under paragraph (1) shall 
     be based on longitudinal data of employer reported earnings 
     for a sample of States, which represents at least 80 percent 
     of the population of the United States, including separate 
     data for each of fiscal years 1997 through 2000 regarding--
       (A) a sample of former recipients;
       (B) a sample of current recipients; and
       (C) a sample of food stamp recipients.
       (d) Report on Development of Measures.--Not later than July 
     1, 2000, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
     transmit to Congress--
       (1) a report regarding the development of measures required 
     under subclauses (II) and (V) of section 403(a)(4)(C)(ii) of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(4)(C)(ii)), as 
     added by this Act, regarding subsidized child care and 
     changes in income; and
       (2) a report, prepared in consultation with domestic 
     violence organizations, regarding the domestic violence 
     criteria required under subclause (VI) of such section.
       (e) Effective Dates.--
       (1) Additional measures of state performance.--The 
     amendments made by subsection (a) apply to each of fiscal 
     years 2001 through 2003, except that the income change (or 
     extreme child poverty) criteria described in section 
     403(a)(4)(C)(ii)(II) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     603(a)(4)(C)(ii)(II)) shall not apply to grants awarded under 
     section 403(a)(4) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(4)) for 
     fiscal year 2001.
       (2) Data collection and reporting.--The amendment made by 
     subsection (b) shall apply to reports submitted in fiscal 
     years beginning with fiscal year 2001.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1839

       In the matter under the heading ``children and families 
     services programs'' under the heading ``Administration for 
     Children and Families'' in title II, strike ``$6,682,635,000, 
     of which $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2001, shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive 
     payments, as authorized by section 473A of the Social 
     Security Act; of which $500,000,000 shall be for making 
     payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act; and of 
     which $5,267,000,000 shall be for making payments under the 
     Head Start Act,'' and insert ``$9,682,635,000, of which 
     $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001, 
     shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive 
     payments, as authorized by section 473A of the Social 
     Security Act; of which $500,000,000 shall be for making 
     payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act; and of 
     which $8,267,000,000 shall be for making payments under the 
     Head Start Act,''.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1840

       At the end of title III, insert the following:

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     SEC. __. ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

       In addition to any other funds appropriated under this Act 
     to carry out title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965, there are appropriated an additional 
     $3,000,000,000 to carry out such title.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1841

       At the end of title II, add the following:


                      social services block grant

       Sec. __. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, 
     the amount appropriated under this title for making grants 
     pursuant to section 2002 of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1397a) shall be increased to $2,380,000,000: Provided, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the 
     amount specified for allocation under section 2003(c) of such 
     Act for fiscal year 2000 shall be $2,380,000,000.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1842

       At the appropriate place add the following:
       Sec. __. It is the sense of the Senate that it is important 
     that Congress determine the economic status of former 
     recipients of assistance under the temporary assistance to 
     needy families program funded under part A of title IV of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).
                                 ______
                                 

                    SMITH AMENDMENTS NOS. 1843-1844

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire submitted two amendments intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1843

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:


                  disabled veterans' outreach programs

       Sec.   . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     $10,000,000 of the amounts appropriated in this Act for the 
     Corporation for Public Broadcasting shall be transferred and 
     utilized to carry out disabled veterans' outreach programs 
     under section 4103A of title 38, United States Code.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1844

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec.   . No funds appropriated under this Act may be used 
     to enforce the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1931 
     (commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. 276a et 
     seq.)) in any area that has been declared a disaster area by 
     the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
     and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
                                 ______
                                 

                  HARKIN (AND ROBB) AMENDMENT NO. 1845

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. HARKIN (for himself and Mr. Robb) submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC.   . SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) The General Accounting Office has performed a 
     comprehensive survey of the Nation's public elementary and 
     secondary school facilities and has found severe levels of 
     disrepair in all areas of the United States.
       (2) The General Accounting Office has concluded that more 
     than 14,000,000 children attend schools in need of extensive 
     repair or replacement, 7,000,000 children attend schools with 
     life threatening safety code violations, and 12,000,000 
     children attend schools with leaky roofs.
       (3) The General Accounting Office has found the problem of 
     crumbling schools transcends demographic and geographic 
     boundaries. At 38 percent of urban schools, 30 percent of 
     rural schools, and 29 percent of suburban schools, at least 
     one building is in need of extensive repair or should be 
     completely replaced.
       (4) The condition of school facilities has a direct affect 
     on the safety of students and teachers and on the ability of 
     students to learn. Academic research has provided a direct 
     correlation between the condition of school facilities and 
     student achievement. At Georgetown University, researchers 
     have found the test scores of students assigned to schools in 
     poor condition can be expected to fall 10.9 percentage points 
     below the test scores of students in buildings in excellent 
     condition. Similar studies have demonstrated up to a 20 
     percent improvement in test scores when students were moved 
     from a poor facility to a new facility.
       (5) The General Accounting Office has found most schools 
     are not prepared to incorporate modern technology in the 
     classroom. Forty-six percent of schools lack adequate 
     electrical wiring to support the full-scale use of 
     technology. More than a third of schools lack the requisite 
     electrical power. Fifty-six percent of schools have 
     insufficient phone lines for modems.
       (6) The Department of Education has reported that 
     elementary and secondary school enrollment, already at a 
     record high level, will continue to grow over the next 10 
     years, and that in order to accommodate this growth, the 
     United States will need to build an additional 6,000 schools.
       (7) The General Accounting Office has determined the cost 
     of bringing schools up to good, overall condition to be 
     $112,000,000,000, not including the cost of modernizing 
     schools to accommodate technology, or the cost of building 
     additional facilities needed to meet record enrollment 
     levels.
       (8) Schools run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for 
     Native American children are also in dire need of repair and 
     renovation. The General Accounting Office has reported that 
     the cost of total inventory repairs needed for BIA facilities 
     is $754,000,000. The December 1997 report by the Comptroller 
     General of the United States states that, ``Compared with 
     other schools nationally, BIA schools are generally in poorer 
     physical condition, have more unsatisfactory environmental 
     factors, more often lack key facilities requirements for 
     education reform, and are less able to support computer and 
     communications technology,
       (9) State and local financing mechanisms have proven 
     inadequate to meet the challenges facing today's aging school 
     facilities. Large numbers of local educational agencies have 
     difficulties securing financing for school facility 
     improvement.
       (10) The Federal Government has provided resources for 
     school construction in the past. For example, between 1933 
     and 1939, the Federal Government assisted in 70 percent of 
     all new school construction.
       (11) The Federal Government can support elementary and 
     secondary school facilities without interfering in issues of 
     local control, and should help communities leverage 
     additional funds for the improvement of elementary and 
     secondary school facilities.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that Congress should provide at least $3,700,000,000 in 
     Federal resources to help communities leverage funds to 
     modernize public school facilities.
                                 ______
                                 

                        ENZI AMENDMENT NO. 1846

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

       On page 13, line 14, insert after ``1970;'' the following: 
     ``Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 
     heading that is in excess of the amount appropriated for such 
     purposes for fiscal year 1999, $16,883,500 shall be used to 
     carry out the activities described in paragraph (1) and 
     $16,883,500 shall be used to carry out paragraphs (2) through 
     (6);''.
                                 ______
                                 

                       DeWINE AMENDMENT NO. 1847

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. DeWINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       At the end, insert the following:

     SEC.   . FUNDING.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
       (1) the total amount made available under this Act to carry 
     out part C of title VIII of the Higher Education Amendments 
     of 1998 shall be $2,000,000;
       (2) the total amount made available under this Act to carry 
     out section 428K of the Higher Education Act of 1965 shall be 
     $2,000,000;
       (3) the total amount made available under the heading 
     ``salaries and expenses'', under the heading ``Occupational 
     Safety and Health Administration'', under title I, for 
     salaries and expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health 
     Administration shall be $96,755,000; and
       (4) the total amount made available under the heading 
     ``salaries and expenses'', under the heading ``Departmental 
     Management'', under title I, for salaries and expenses at the 
     Department of Labor shall be $245,001,000.
                                 ______
                                 

                    GREGG AMENDMENTS NOS. 1848-1849

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. GREGG submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1848

       In the matter under the heading ``community service 
     employment for older americans'', in the matter under the 
     heading ``Employment and Training Administration'', in title 
     I, insert before the period at the end of the first sentence 
     the following: ``: Provided, That funds appropriated for 
     activities carried out under title V of such Act if allocated 
     to private nonprofit organizations, shall only be allocated 
     to such private nonprofit organizations (for use by such 
     organizations, affiliates of such organizations, or 
     successors in interest of such organizations), if such 
     organizations administer not more than 10 percent of the 
     projects carried out by such organizations with such funds 
     through subcontracts with entities that are not directly 
     associated or affiliated with such organizations.''
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1849

       In the matter under the heading ``community service 
     employment for older americans'', in the matter under the 
     heading ``Employment and Training Administration'', in

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     title I, insert before the period at the end of the first 
     sentence the following: ``: Provided, That funds appropriated 
     to carry out title V of such Act shall not be allocated to a 
     public agency or a public or private nonprofit organization, 
     affiliate of such an agency or organization, or successors in 
     interest of such an agency or organization, if it has been 
     determined that there has been fraud or criminal activity 
     within such agency or organization, or that there are 
     substantial and persistent administrative deficiencies 
     involving such agency or organization, or that such agency or 
     organization, for the period of 1993 through 1996, had 
     disallowed costs in excess of 3 percent of funds that were 
     awarded over such period to carry out title V of such Act, as 
     found in independent audits conducted by the Office of 
     Inspector General or by final determinations by the 
     Secretary''.
                                 ______
                                 

                   NICKLES AMENDMENTS NOS. 1850-1851

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. NICKLES submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1850

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     ``SEC.   . PROTECTION OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND.

       ``(a) Section 253(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:
       `` `(b) Excess deficit.--The excess deficit is, if greater 
     than zero, the estimated on-budget deficit for the budget 
     year, excluding any surplus in the old-age, survivors, and 
     disability insurance program established under title II of 
     the Social Security Act.'.
       ``(b) Section 253(g) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 is repealed.''.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1851

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     ``SEC.   . PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUSES.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) Congress and the President should balance the budget 
     excluding the surpluses generated by the social security 
     trust funds; and
       (2) social security surpluses should only be used for 
     social security reform or to reduce the debt held by the 
     public and should not be spent on other programs.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the Sense of the Senate 
     that conferees on the fiscal year 2000 appropriations 
     measures should ensure that total discretionary spending does 
     not result in an on-budget deficit (excluding the surpluses 
     generated by the Social Security trust funds) by adopting an 
     across-the-board reduction in all discretionary 
     appropriations sufficient to eliminate such deficit.
                                 ______
                                 

                        REID AMENDMENT NO. 1852

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. REID submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:


       sense of the senate on prevention of needlestick injuries

       Sec. __. (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
       (1) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 
     that American health care workers report more than 800,000 
     needlestick and sharps injuries each year;
       (2) the occurrence of needlestick injuries is believed to 
     be widely under-reported;
       (3) needlestick and sharps injuries result in at least 
     1,000 new cases of health care workers with HIV, hepatitis C 
     or hepatitis B every year; and
       (4) more than 80 percent of needlestick injuries can be 
     prevented through the use of safer devices.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the Senate should pass legislation that would eliminate 
     or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to 
     health care workers.
                                 ______
                                 

                      SARBANES AMENDMENT NO. 1853

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. SARBANES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       Sec. __. (a) Section 1905(u)(2)(B) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1395d(u)(2)(B)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(i)'' after ``(B)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(ii) for purposes of clause (i), a child is not 
     considered to qualify for medical assistance under the State 
     plan if the child qualified for such assistance only under a 
     demonstration that--
       ``(I) was approved under section 1115(a);
       ``(II) was implemented on or before March 31, 1997; and
       ``(III) did not include hospital services as a covered 
     benefit.''.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     amounts made available for salaries, expenses, and program 
     management to agencies funded under title II of this Act 
     shall be ratably reduced in an amount equal to the amount 
     necessary to carry out the amendments made by subsection (a).
                                 ______
                                 

                  WELLSTONE AMENDMENTS NOS. 1854-1859

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. WELLSTONE submitted six amendments intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1854

       At the end of title III, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

       In addition to any other funds appropriated under this Act 
     to carry out title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965, there are appropriated an additional 
     $3,000,000,000 to carry out such title.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1855

       In the matter under the heading ``children and families 
     services programs'' under the heading ``Administration for 
     Children and Families'' in title II, strike ``$6,682,635,000, 
     of which $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2001, shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive 
     payments, as authorized by section 473A of the Social 
     Security Act; of which $500,000,000 shall be for making 
     payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act; and of 
     which $5,267,000,000 shall be for making payments under the 
     Head Start Act,'' and insert ``$9,682,635,000, of which 
     $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001, 
     shall be for grants to States for adoption incentive 
     payments, as authorized by section 473A of the Social 
     Security Act; of which $500,000,000 shall be for making 
     payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act; and of 
     which $8,267,000,000 shall be for making payments under the 
     Head Start Act,''.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1856

       At the appropriate place add the following:
       Sec. __. It is the sense of the Senate that it is important 
     that Congress determine the economic status of former 
     recipients of assistance under the temporary assistance to 
     needy families program funded under part A of title IV of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1857

       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) 
     and (iv).'' 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 the following:

       ``(I) Employment-related measures.--Employment-related 
     measures, including work force entries, job retention, 
     increases in earnings of recipients of assistance under the 
     State program funded under this title, and measures of 
     utilization of resources available under welfare-to-work 
     grants under paragraph (5) and title I of the Workforce 
     Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.), including 
     the implementation of programs (as defined in subclause 
     (VII)(bb)) to increase the number of individuals training 
     for, and placed in, nontraditional employment.
       ``(II) Measures of changes in income or number of children 
     below half of poverty.--For a sample of recipients of 
     assistance under the State program funded under this title, 
     longitudinal measures of annual changes in income (or 
     measures of changes in the proportion of children in families 
     with income below \1/2\ of the poverty line), including 
     earnings and the value of benefits received under that State 
     program and food stamps.
       ``(III) Food stamps measures.--The change since 1995 in the 
     proportion of children in working poor families that receive 
     food stamps to the total number of children in the State (or, 
     if possible, to the estimated number of children in working 
     families with incomes low enough to be eligible for food 
     stamps).
       ``(IV) Medicaid and schip measures.--The percentage of 
     members of families who are former recipients of assistance 
     under the State program funded under this title (who have 
     ceased to receive such assistance for approximately 6 months) 
     who currently receive medical assistance under the State plan 
     approved under title XIX or the child health assistance under 
     title XXI.
       ``(V) Child care measures.--In the case of a State that 
     pays child care rates that are

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     equal to at least the 75th percentile of market rates, based 
     on a market rate survey that is not more than 2 years old, 
     measures of the State's success in providing child care, as 
     measured by the percentage of children in families with 
     incomes below 85 percent of the State's median income who 
     receive subsidized child care in the State, and by the amount 
     of the State's expenditures on child care subsidies divided 
     by the estimated number of children younger than 13 in 
     families with incomes below 85 percent of the State's median 
     income.
       ``(VI) Measures of addressing domestic violence.--In the 
     case of a State that has adopted the option under the State 
     plan relating to domestic violence set forth in section 
     402(a)(7) and that reports the proportion of eligible 
     recipients of assistance under this title who disclose their 
     status as domestic violence victims or survivors, measures of 
     the State's success in addressing domestic violence as a 
     barrier to economic self-sufficiency, as measured by the 
     proportion of such recipients who are referred to and receive 
     services under a service plan developed by an individual 
     trained in domestic violence pursuant to section 260.55(c) of 
     title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
       ``(VII) Definitions.--In this clause:

       ``(aa) Domestic violence.--The term `domestic violence' has 
     the meaning given the term `battered or subjected to extreme 
     cruelty' in section 408(a)(7)((C)(iii).
       ``(bb) Implementation of programs.--The term 
     `implementation of programs' means activities conducted 
     pursuant to section 134(a)(3)(A)(vi)(II) of the Workforce 
     Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2864(a)(3)(A)(vi)(II)), 
     placement of recipients in nontraditional employment, as 
     reported to the Department of Labor pursuant to section 
     185(d)(1)(C) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2935(d)(1)(C)), and the 
     performance of the State on other measures such as the 
     provision of education, training, and career development 
     assistance for nontraditional employment developed pursuant 
     to section 136(b)(2) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2871(b)(2))).
       ``(cc) Nontraditional employment.--The term `nontraditional 
     employment' means occupations or fields of work, including 
     careers in computer science, technology, and other emerging 
     high skill occupations, for which individuals from 1 gender 
     comprise less than 25 percent of the individuals employed in 
     each such occupation or field of work.
       ``(dd) Working poor families.--The term `working poor 
     families' means families that receive earnings at least equal 
     to a comparable amount that would be received by an 
     individual working a half-time position for minimum wage.
       ``(iii) Employment, earning, and income related measures.--
     $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 the 
     measures of employment, earnings, and income described in 
     subclauses (I), (II), and (V) of clause (ii), including 
     scores for the criteria described in those items.
       ``(iv) Measures of support for working families.--
     $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 
     measures of support for working families, including scores 
     for the criteria described in subclauses (III), (IV) and (VI) 
     of clause (ii).
       ``(v) Limitation on applying for only 1 bonus.--To qualify 
     under any one of the employment, earnings, food stamp, or 
     health coverage criteria described in subclauses (I), (III), 
     or (IV) of clause (ii), a State must submit the data required 
     to compete for all of the criteria described in those 
     subclauses.
       (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) changes in income or resources;
       ``(iv) poverty status, including the number of children in 
     families of such former recipients with income below \1/2\ of 
     the poverty line;
       ``(v) 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;
       ``(vi) accessibility of child care and child care cost;
       ``(vii) the percentage of families in poverty receiving 
     child care subsidies;
       ``(viii) measures of hardship, including lack of medical 
     insurance and difficulty purchasing food; and
       ``(ix) the availability of the option under the State plan 
     in section 402(a)(7)(relating to domestic violence) and the 
     difficulty accessing services for victims of domestic 
     violence.
       ``(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;
       ``(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; and
       ``(iii) a State that is already conducting a scientifically 
     acceptable study of former recipients that provides 
     sufficient data required under subparagraph (A) may use the 
     results of such study to satisfy the requirements of this 
     paragraph.''.
       (c) Report of Currently Collected Data.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than July 1, 2000, and annually 
     thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
     transmit to Congress a report regarding characteristics of 
     former and current recipients of assistance under the State 
     program funded under this part, based on information 
     currently being received from States.
       (2) Characteristics.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the 
     characteristics shall include earnings, employment, and, to 
     the extent possible, income (including earnings, the value of 
     benefits received under the State program funded under this 
     title, and food stamps), the ratio of income to poverty, 
     receipt of food stamps, and other family resources.
       (3) Basis of report.--The report under paragraph (1) shall 
     be based on longitudinal data of employer reported earnings 
     for a sample of States, which represents at least 80 percent 
     of the population of the United States, including separate 
     data for each of fiscal years 1997 through 2000 regarding--
       (A) a sample of former recipients;
       (B) a sample of current recipients; and
       (C) a sample of food stamp recipients.
       (d) Report on Development of Measures.--Not later than July 
     1, 2000, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
     transmit to Congress--
       (1) a report regarding the development of measures required 
     under subclauses (II) and (V) of section 403(a)(4)(C)(ii) of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(4)(C)(ii)), as 
     added by this Act, regarding subsidized child care and 
     changes in income; and
       (2) a report, prepared in consultation with domestic 
     violence organizations, regarding the domestic violence 
     criteria required under subclause (VI) of such section.
       (e) Effective Dates.--
       (1) Additional measures of state performance.--The 
     amendments made by subsection (a) apply to each of fiscal 
     years 2001 through 2003, except that the income change (or 
     extreme child poverty) criteria described in section 
     403(a)(4)(C)(ii)(II) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     603(a)(4)(C)(ii)(II)) shall not apply to grants awarded under 
     section 403(a)(4) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(4)) for 
     fiscal year 2001.
       (2) Data collection and reporting.--The amendment made by 
     subsection (b) shall apply to reports submitted in fiscal 
     years beginning with fiscal year 2001.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1858

       At the end of title II, add the following:


                      social services block grant

       Sec. __. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, 
     the amount appropriated under this title for making grants 
     pursuant to section 2002 of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1397a) shall be increased to $2,380,000,000: Provided, 
     That notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the 
     amount specified for allocation under section 2003(c) of such 
     Act for fiscal year 2000 shall be $2,380,000,000.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1859

       At the end of title III, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

       In addition to any other funds appropriated under this Act 
     to carry out title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965, there are appropriated an additional 
     $3,000,000,000 to carry out such title.
                                 ______
                                 

                       COCHRAN AMENDMENT NO. 1860

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. COCHRAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following: 
     ``Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be available from 
     the Office on Women's Health to support biological, chemical 
     and botanical studies to assist in the development of the 
     clinical evaluation of phytomedicines in women's health.''
                                 ______
                                 

                BINGAMAN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1861

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)

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  Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Kennedy) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by them to the bill, 
supra; as follows:

       On pages 52, line 8, after ``section 1124A'', insert the 
     following: ``Provided further, That $200 million of funds 
     available under section 1124 and 1124A shall be available to 
     carry out the purposes of section 1116(c) of the Elementary 
     and Secondary Education Act of 1965.''
                                 ______
                                 

                     REED AMENDMENTS NOS. 1862-1863

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. REED submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1862

       In title I, under the heading ``Occupational Safety and 
     Health Administration--salaries and expenses'', strike the 
     second proviso.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1863

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. INVESTIGATIONS AND REPORTS CONCERNING EMPLOYEE 
                   DEATHS.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this Act, amounts appropriated to the Occupational Safety and 
     Health Administration for fiscal year 2000 may be obligated 
     or expended to conduct an investigation in response to an 
     accident causing the death of an employee described in 
     subsection (b) and to issue a report concerning the causes of 
     such an accident, so long as the Occupational and Safety and 
     Health Administration does not impose a fine or take any 
     other enforcement action as a result of such investigation or 
     report.
       (b) Employee.--An employee described in this section is an 
     employee who is under 18 years of age and who is employed by 
     a person engaged in a farming operation that does not 
     maintain a temporary labor camp and that employs 10 or fewer 
     employees.
                                 ______
                                 

                  REED (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1864

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. REED (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Levin, 
and Mr. Conrad) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by them 
to the bill, supra; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:


         leveraging educational assistance partnership program

       Sec. __. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of this title, amounts appropriated in this title 
     to carry out the leveraging educational assistance 
     partnership program under section 407E of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070c et seq.) shall be 
     increased by $50,000,000.
       (b) Reduction.--The total discretionary amount appropriated 
     by this Act shall be reduced by $50,000,000. Such reduction 
     shall be made through a uniform percentage reduction in the 
     amounts made available for expenses and program management to 
     agencies funded under titles I through IV of this Act.
                                 ______
                                 

                  REED (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1865

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Murray, 
Mr. Levin, and Mr. Conrad) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by them to the bill, supra; as follows:

                   Office of Postsecondary Education


                      student financial assistance

       For carrying out subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part A, part C and 
     part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 
     amended, $9,548,000, which shall remain available through 
     September 30, 2001.
                                 ______
                                 

                     REED AMENDMENTS NOS. 1866-1868

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. REED submitted three amendments intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S 1650, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1866

       In title I, under the heading ``Occupational Safety and 
     Health Administration--salaries and expenses'', insert before 
     the colon at the end of the second proviso the following: ``, 
     except that amounts appropriated to the Occupational Safety 
     and Health Administration for fiscal year 2000 may be 
     obligated or expended to conduct an investigation in response 
     to an accident causing the death of an employee (who is under 
     18 years of age and who is employed by a person engaged in a 
     farming operation that does not maintain a temporary labor 
     camp and that employs 10 or fewer employees) and to issue a 
     report concerning the causes of such an accident, so long as 
     the Occupational and Safety and Health Administration does 
     not impose a fine or take any other enforcement action as a 
     result of such investigation or report''.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1867

       At the end of title I, add the following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated in this title may 
     be expended for expenses of the Office of Workers' 
     Compensation Programs until the day after there is enacted a 
     law that states the following:
       ``(a) Notwithstanding any provision of section 8122 of 
     title 5, United States Code, a claim for compensation under 
     subchapter I of chapter 81 of such title shall be treated as 
     timely filed for the purposes of that subchapter if--
       ``(1) the individual who filed the claim is eligible to do 
     so under subsection (b) or is a person who filed the claim on 
     behalf of such an individual;
       ``(2) the claim is for compensation for a disability or 
     death resulting from a disease or condition described in 
     subsection (c); and
       ``(3) the claim--
       ``(A) was filed under section 8121 of title 5, United 
     States Code, on or before the date of the enactment of this 
     Act; or
       ``(B) is filed under such section within one year after 
     that date.
       ``(b) An individual is eligible under this section to file 
     a claim for compensation under section 8121 of title 5, 
     United States Code, without regard to paragraph (1) of that 
     section, if the individual--
       ``(1) while serving as an employee of the War Department or 
     the Navy Department during World War II, was exposed to a 
     nitrogen or sulfur mustard agent in the performance of 
     official duties as an employee; and
       ``(2) developed a disease specified in subsection (c) after 
     the exposure.
       ``(c) A claim for compensation under subchapter I of 
     chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, that is filed 
     under this section shall be granted if warranted under the 
     provisions of that subchapter for a disability or death 
     resulting from any of the following diseases or conditions:
       ``(1) In the case of an individual who was exposed to a 
     sulfur mustard agent:
       ``(A) Chronic conjunctivitis.
       ``(B) Chronic keratitis.
       ``(C) Chronic corneal opacities.
       ``(D) Formation of scars.
       ``(E) Nasopharyngeal cancer.
       ``(F) Laryngeal cancer.
       ``(G) Lung cancer, other than mesothelioma.
       ``(H) Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.
       ``(I) Chronic laryngitis.
       ``(J) Chronic bronchitis.
       ``(K) Chronic emphysema.
       ``(L) Chronic asthma.
       ``(M) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
       ``(2) In the case of an individual who was exposed to a 
     nitrogen mustard agent:
       ``(A) Any disease or condition specified in paragraph (1).
       ``(B) Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia.
       ``(d) Section 8119 of title 5, United States Code, does not 
     apply with respect to a claim filed under this section.
       ``(e) In this section, the term `World War II' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 101(8) of title 38, United 
     States Code.''.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1868

       At the end of title I, add the following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated in this title may 
     be expended for expenses of the Office of Workers' 
     Compensation Programs until the day after there is enacted a 
     law that states the following:
       ``(a) Notwithstanding any provision of section 8122 of 
     title 5, United States Code, a claim for compensation under 
     subchapter I of chapter 81 of such title shall be treated as 
     timely filed for the purposes of that subchapter if--
       ``(1) the individual who filed the claim was eligible to do 
     so under subsection (b) or was a person who filed the claim 
     on behalf of such an individual;
       ``(2) the claim is for compensation for a disability or 
     death resulting from a disease or condition described in 
     subsection (c); and
       ``(3) the claim was filed under section 8121 of title 5, 
     United States Code, not later than March 10, 1994.
       ``(b) An individual is eligible under this section to file 
     a claim for compensation under section 8121 of title 5, 
     United States Code, without regard to paragraph (1) of that 
     section, if the individual--
       ``(1) while serving as an employee of the War Department or 
     the Navy Department during World War II, was exposed to a 
     nitrogen or sulfur mustard agent in the performance of 
     official duties as an employee; and
       ``(2) developed a disease specified in subsection (c) after 
     the exposure.
       ``(c) A claim for compensation under subchapter I of 
     chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, that is filed 
     under this section shall be granted if warranted under the 
     provisions of that subchapter for a disability or death 
     resulting from any of the following diseases or conditions:
       ``(1) In the case of an individual who was exposed to a 
     sulfur mustard agent:
       ``(A) Chronic conjunctivitis.
       ``(B) Chronic keratitis.
       ``(C) Chronic corneal opacities.
       ``(D) Formation of scars.
       ``(E) Nasopharyngeal cancer.
       ``(F) Laryngeal cancer.
       ``(G) Lung cancer, other than mesothelioma.
       ``(H) Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.

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       ``(I) Chronic laryngitis.
       ``(J) Chronic bronchitis.
       ``(K) Chronic emphysema.
       ``(L) Chronic asthma.
       ``(M) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
       ``(2) In the case of an individual who was exposed to a 
     nitrogen mustard agent:
       ``(A) Any disease or condition specified in paragraph (1).
       ``(B) Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia.
       ``(d) Section 8119 of title 5, United States Code, does not 
     apply with respect to a claim filed under this section.
       ``(e) In this section, the term `World War II' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 101(8) of title 38, United 
     States Code.''.
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                  REED (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1869

  (Ordered to the lie on the table.)
  Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Murray, 
Mr. Levin, and Mr. Conrad) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by them to the bill, supra; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:


         leveraging educational assistance partnership program

       Sec.  . (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of this title, amounts appropriated in this title 
     to carry out the leveraging educational assistance 
     partnership program under section 407 of the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070c et seq.) shall be increased by 
     $50,000,000, and these additional funds shall become 
     available on October 1, 2000.
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                 WYDEN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1870

  (Ordered to the lie on the table.)
  Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Graham, and Mr. Smith of Oregon) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by them to the bill, 
supra; as follows:

       On page 19, line 8, insert before the period the following: 
     ``: Provided further, That funds made available under this 
     heading shall be used to report to Congress, pursuant to 
     Public Law 85-67 (29 U.S.C. 5630 with options that will 
     ensure a legal domestic work force in the agricultural 
     sector, and provide for improved compensation, longer and 
     more consistent work periods, improved benefits, improved 
     living conditions and better housing quality, and 
     transportation assistance between agricultural jobs for 
     agricultural workers, and address other issues related to 
     agricultural labor that the Secretary of Labor determines to 
     be necessary''.
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                   DOMENICI AMENDMENTS NOS. 1871-1872

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. DOMENICI submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1871

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC.   . LAWTON CHILES FOUNDATION.

       From amounts made available to the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services under this Act, the Secretary shall award a 
     grant, in the amount of $10,000,000, to the Lawton Chiles 
     Foundation to support a facility for the foundation.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1872

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC.   . LAWTON CHILES FOUNDATION.

       From amounts made available to the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services under this Act, the Secretary shall award a 
     grant, in the amount of $10,000,000, to the Lawton Chiles 
     Foundation to support a facility for the foundation.
                                 ______
                                 

                   BINGAMAN AMENDMENTS NOS. 1873-1874

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BINGAMAN submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1873

       At the appropriate place in the bill add the following:

     SEC.   . STUDY OF CONFOUNDING BIOPHYSIOLOGICAL INFLUENCES ON 
                   POLYGRAPHY.

       From within funds made available by this Act, the Director 
     of the National Institutes of Health shall enter into 
     appropriate arrangements with the National Academy of 
     Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study and investigation 
     into the scientific validity of polygraphy as a screening 
     tool for federal and federal contractor personnel. Such study 
     and investigation shall include the effect of prescription 
     and non-prescription drugs on the validity of polygraph 
     tests, the potential for other techniques of suppressing or 
     altering conscious or autonomic physiological reflexes to 
     compromise the validity of polygraph tests, and differential 
     responses to polygraph tests according to biophysiological 
     factors that may vary according to age, gender, ethnic or 
     socioeconomic backgrounds, or other factors relating to 
     natural variability in human populations. The study and 
     investigation shall specifically address the scientific 
     validity of polygraph tests being proposed for use in 
     proposed rules published at 64 Fed. Reg. 45062 (August 18, 
     1999).
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1874

       At the appropriate place in the bill add the following:

     SEC.   . STUDY OF CONFOUNDING BIOPHYSIOLOGICAL INFLUENCES ON 
                   POLYGRAPHY.

       From within funds made available by this Act, the Director 
     of the National Institutes of Health shall enter into 
     appropriate arrangements with the National Academy of 
     Sciences to conduct a comprehensive study and investigation 
     into the scientific validity of polygraphy as a screening 
     tool for federal and federal contractor personnel. Such study 
     and investigation shall include the effect of prescription 
     and non-prescription drugs on the validity of polygraph 
     tests, the potential for other techniques of suppressing or 
     altering conscious or autonomic physiological reflexes to 
     compromise the validity of polygraph tests, and differential 
     responses to polygraph tests according to biophysiological 
     factors that may vary according to age, gender, ethnic or 
     socioeconomic backgrounds, or other factors relating to 
     natural variability in human populations. The study and 
     investigation shall specifically address the scientific 
     validity of polygraph tests being proposed for use in 
     proposed rules published at 64 Fed. Reg. 45062 (August 18, 
     1999).
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                BINGAMAN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1875

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Kennedy) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by them to the bill, 
supra; as follows:

       On page 52, line 8, after ``section 1124A'', insert the 
     following: ``Provided further, That $200 million of funds 
     available under section 1124 and 1124A shall be available to 
     carry out the purposes of section 1116(c) of the Elementary 
     and Secondary Education Act of 1965.''
                                 ______
                                 

                   BINGAMAN AMENDMENTS NOS. 1876-1878

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BINGAMAN submitted three amendments intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1876

       At the end of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 216. STUDY AND REPORT ON THE GEOGRAPHIC ADJUSTMENT 
                   FACTORS UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

       (a) Study.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     shall conduct a study on--
       (1) the reasons why, and the appropriateness of the fact 
     that, the geographic adjustment factor (determined under 
     paragraph (2) of section 1848(e) (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(e)) used 
     in determining the amount of payment for physicians' services 
     under the medicare program is less for physicians' services 
     provided in New Mexico than for physicians' services provided 
     in Arizona, Colorado, and Texas; and
       (2) the effect that the level of the geographic cost-of-
     practice adjustment factor (determined under paragraph (3) of 
     such section) has on the recruitment and retention of 
     physicians in small rural states, including New Mexico, Iowa, 
     Louisiana, and Arkansas.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 3 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services shall submit a report to Congress on the study 
     conducted under subsection (a), together with any 
     recommendations for legislation that the Secretary determines 
     to be appropriate as a result of such study.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1877

       At the end of title II, add the following:


                  dental sealant demonstration program

       Sec. __. From amounts appropriated under this title for the 
     Health Resources and Services Administration, $1,000,000 
     shall be made available to the Maternal Child Health Bureau 
     for the establishment of a multi-State preventive dentistry 
     demonstration program to improve the oral health of low-
     income children and increase the access of children to dental 
     sealants through community- and school-based activities.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1878

       At the end of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 216. REVISION OF GEOGRAPHIC ADJUSTMENT FACTOR USED IN 
                   MAKING MEDICARE PAYMENTS FOR PHYSICIANS' 
                   SERVICES IN NEW MEXICO.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 1848 of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4), in the case of physicians' 
     services

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     provided in New Mexico, the geographic adjustment factor 
     (determined under subsection (e)(2) of such section) used in 
     determining the amount of payment for such services shall be 
     equal to the national average of such factors.
       (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to services 
     provided on or after January 1, 2000.
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                BINGAMAN (AND MURRAY) AMENDMENT NO. 1879

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mrs. Murray) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as 
follows:

       At the end of title III add the following:


                  advanced placement incentive program

       Sec. __. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, 
     the amount appropriated under this title to carry out school 
     improvement activities authorized by titles II, IV, V-A and 
     B, VI, IX, X, and XIII of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 (``ESEA''); the Stewart B. McKinney 
     Homeless Assistance Act; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 
     part B of title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     programs shall be increased to $2,888,634,000: Provided, That 
     $2,000,000 of which shall become available on October 1, 
     2000, shall remain available through September 30, 2001, and 
     shall be made available for grants to States to enable the 
     States to establish pilot programs for Internet-based 
     advanced placement courses in rural parts of the United 
     States where students would not have access to advanced 
     placement instruction without the assistance provided under 
     this section.
                                 ______
                                 

                  WELLSTONE AMENDMENTS NOS. 1880-1881

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. WELLSTONE submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1880

       On page 31, line 9, strike ``2,750,700,000'' and insert 
     ``$2,799,516,000, of which $70,000,000 shall be made 
     available to carry out the mental health services block grant 
     under subpart I of part B of title XIX of the Public Health 
     Service Act, and''.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1881

       On page 31, line 9, strike ``$2,750,700,000'' and insert 
     ``$2,799,516,000, of which $70,000,000 shall be made 
     available to carry out the mental health services block grant 
     under subpart I of part B of title XIX of the Public Health 
     Service Act, and''.
                                 1_____
                                 

                  KERRY (AND SMITH) AMENDMENT NO. 1882

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Smith of Oregon) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 1650, supra; 
as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert:

     SEC.    . SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC 
                   EDUCATION REFORM.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
       (1) Recent scientific evidence demonstrates that enhancing 
     children's physical, social, emotional, and intellectual 
     development before the age of six results in tremendous 
     benefits throughout life.
       (2) Successful schools are led by well-trained, highly 
     qualified principals, but many principals do not get the 
     training that the principals need in management skills to 
     ensure their school provides an excellent education for every 
     child.
       (3) Good teachers are a crucial catalyst to quality 
     education, but one in four new teachers do not meet state 
     certification requirements; each year more than 50,000 under-
     prepared teachers enter the classroom; and 12 percent of new 
     teachers have had no teacher training at all.
       (4) Public school choice is a driving force behind reform 
     and is vital to increasing accountability and improving low-
     performing schools.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the federal government should support state and local 
     educational agencies engaged in comprehensive reform of their 
     public education system and that any education reform should 
     include at least the following principals:
       (A) that every child should begin school ready to learn by 
     providing the resources to expand existing programs, such as 
     Even Start and Head Start;
       (B) that training and development for principals and 
     teachers should be a priority;
       (C) that public school choice should be encouraged to 
     increase options for students; and
       (D) that support should be given to communities to develop 
     additional counseling opportunities for at-risk students.
       (E) School boards, administrators, principals, parents, 
     teachers, and students must be accountable for the success of 
     the public education system and corrective action in 
     underachieving schools must be taken.
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              BINGAMAN (AND HUTCHISON) AMENDMENT NO. 1883

  (Ordfered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mrs. Hutchison) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __. The United States-Mexico Border Health Commission 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 290n et seq.) is amended--
       (1) by striking section 2 and inserting the following:

     ``SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF BORDER HEALTH COMMISSION.

       ``Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
     this section, the President shall appoint the United States 
     members of the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission, 
     and shall attempt to conclude an agreement with Mexico 
     providing for the establishment of such Commission.''; and
       (2) in section 3--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking the semicolon and 
     inserting ``; and'';
       (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a period; and
       (C) by striking paragraph (3).
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                      BROWNBACK AMENDMENT NO. 1884

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BROWNBACK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place insert the following:
       The Senate finds the following:
       Earlier this year, the House of Representatives passed a 
     Social Security lockbox designed to protect the Social 
     Security surplus by an overwhelming vote of 416 to 12;
       Bipartisan efforts over the past few years have eliminated 
     the budget deficit and created a projected combined Social 
     Security and non-Social Security surplus of 
     $2,896,000,000,000 over the next ten years;
       This surplus is largely due to the collection of the Social 
     Security taxes and interest on already collected receipts in 
     the trust fund;
       The President and the Congress have not reached an 
     agreement to use any of the non-Social Security surplus on 
     providing tax relief; and
       Any unspent portion of the projected surplus will have the 
     effect of reducing the debt held by the public; Now, 
     therefore,
       It is the sense of the Senate that the Senate--
       (1) Should not consider legislation that would spend any of 
     the Social Security surplus; and
       (2) Should continue to pursue efforts to continue to reduce 
     the $3,618,000,000,000 in debt held by the public.
                                 ______
                                 

                      COVERDELL AMENDMENT NO. 1885

  Mr. COVERDELL proposed an amendment to amendment No. 1846 proposed by 
Mr. Enzi to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as follows:

       Strike all after the first word and insert the following: 
     ``That of the amount appropriated under this heading that is 
     in excess of the amount appropriated for such purposes for 
     fiscal year 1999, $16,883,000 shall be used to carry out the 
     activities described in paragraph (1) and $16,883,000 shall 
     be used to carry out paragraphs (2) through (6);''.
                                 ______
                                 

                 GRAHAM (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1886

  Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Dodd, 
Mr. Kennedy) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1650, supra; as 
follows:

       Strike all after the first word and insert the following: 
     Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the amount 
     appropriated under this title for making grants pursuant to 
     section 2002 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397a) 
     shall be increased to $2,380,000,000: Provided, That (1) 
     $1,330,000,000 of which shall become available on October 1, 
     2000, and (2) notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     title, the amount specified for allocation under section 
     2003(c) of such Act for fiscal year 2001 shall be 
     $3,030,000,000.

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