[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 23580]
[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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                NICKLES (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1889

  Mr. NICKLES (for himself, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Gramm, and Mr. Ashcroft) 
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:

       Strike all after the first word, and insert the following:

     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 Congress should ensure that the fiscal year 2000 
     appropriations measures do 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 if necessary.

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