[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 22120-22121]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



          LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE REPORT

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, on September 19, I submitted for the 
Record, a list of objectionable provisions in the FY 2001 Legislative 
Branch Appropriations bill. Mr. President, these line items do not 
violate any of the five objective criteria I use for identifying 
spending that was not reviewed in the appropriate merit-based 
prioritization process, and I regret they were included on my list. 
They are as follows:

       $472,176,000 for construction projects at the following 
     locations:
       California, Los Angeles, U.S. Courthouse;
       District of Columbia, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
     Firearms Headquarters;
       Florida, Saint Petersburg, Combined Law Enforcement 
     Facility;
       Maryland, Montgomery County, Food and Drug;
       Administration Consolidation;
       Michigan, Sault St. Marie, Border Station;
       Mississippi, Biloxi-Gulfport, U.S. Courthouse;
       Montana, Eureka/Roosville, Border Station;
       Virginia, Richmond, U.S. Courthouse;
       Washington, Seattle, U.S. Courthouse.
       Repairs and alterations:
       Arizona: Phoenix, Federal Building Courthouse, $26,962,000;
       California: Santa Ana, Federal Building, $27,864,000;
       District of Columbia: Internal Revenue Service 
     Headquarters;
       (Phase 1), $31,780,000, Main State Building (Phase 3), 
     $28,775,000;
       Maryland: Woodlawn, SSA National Computer Center, 
     $4,285,000;
       Michigan: Detroit, McNamara Federal Building, $26,999,000;
       Missouri: Kansas City, Richard Bolling Federal Building, 
     $25,882,000;
       Kansas City, Federal Building, 8930 Ward Parkway, 
     $8,964,000;
       Nebraska: Omaha, Zorinsky Federal Building, $45,960,000;
       New York: New York City, 40 Foley Square, $5,037,000;
       Ohio: Cincinnati, Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse, 
     $18,434,000;
       Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh, U.S. Post Office-Courthouse, 
     $54,144,000;

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       Utah: Salt Lake City, Bennett Federal Building, 
     $21,199,000;
       Virginia: Reston, J.W. Powell Federal Building (Phase 2), 
     $22,993,000.
       Nationwide:
       Design Program, $21,915,000;
       Energy Program, $5,000,000;
       Glass Fragment Retention Program, $5,000,000.
       $276,400,000 for the following construction projects:
       District of Columbia, U.S. Courthouse Annex;
       Florida, Miami, U.S. Courthouse;
       Massachusetts, Springfield, U.S. Courthouse;
       New York, Buffalo, U.S. Courthouse.

  Mr. President, the criteria I use when reviewing our annual 
appropriations bills are not intended to reflect a judgment on the 
merits of an item. They are designed to identify projects that have not 
been properly reviewed. Unfortunately, on occasion, items are 
inadvertently included that should not be.

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