[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12884-12887]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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              DEPARTMENT OF LABOR APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

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                 KERRY (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3659

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. KERRY (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, and Ms. Mikulski) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by them to the bill (H.R. 4577) 
making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of title III, insert the following:
       Sec.   . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     the total amount made available under this title to carry out 
     the technology literacy challenge fund under section 3132 of 
     the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 shall be 
     $517,000,000.
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                        ENZI AMENDMENT NO. 3660

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. ENZI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

       On page 13, line 20, strike ``Provided'' and insert 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 2000, at least 
     $22,200,000 shall be used to carry out education, training, 
     and consultation activities as described in subsections (c) 
     and (d) of section 21 of the Occupational Safety and Health 
     Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 670(c) and (d)): Provided further,''.
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                KENNEDY (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3661

  Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. 
Dodd, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Levin, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Durbin) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

       At the end of title III, insert the following:

     SEC.  . TEACHER QUALITY ENHANCEMENT.

       In addition to any other funds appropriated under this Act 
     to carry out title II of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
     there are appropriated $202,000,000 to carry out such title.
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  (Ordered to lie on the table.)

                      DOMENICI AMENDMENT NO. 3662

  Mr. DOMENICI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

       On page 4, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
       Of the funds made available under this heading for 
     dislocated worker employment and training activities, 
     $5,000,000 shall be made available to the New Mexico 
     Telecommunications Call Center Training Consortium for such 
     activities.
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            LIEBERMAN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENTS NOS. 3663-3664

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Mr. Gorton, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Bryan, Ms. 
Landrieu, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Robb, and Mr. Breaux) submitted 
two amendments intended to be proposed by them to the bill, H.R. 4577, 
supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 3663

       On page 57, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:


                        Title I Targeting Study

       For carrying out a study by the Comptroller General of the 
     United States, evaluating the extent to which funds made 
     available under part A of title I of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 are allocated to schools and 
     local educational agencies with the greatest concentrations 
     of school-age children from low-income families, the extent 
     to which allocations of such funds adjust to shifts in 
     concentrations of pupils from low-income families in 
     different regions, States, and substate areas, the extent to 
     which the allocation of such funds encourage the targeting of 
     state funds to areas with higher concentrations of children 
     from low-income families, the implications of current 
     distribution methods for such funds, and formula and other 
     policy recommendations to improve the targeting of such funds 
     to more effectively serve low-income children in both rural 
     and urban areas, and for preparing interim and final reports 
     based on the results of the study, to be submitted to 
     Congress not later than February 1, 2001, and April 1, 2001, 
     respectively, $10,000, which shall become available on 
     October 1, 2000.
       On page 70, line 7, strike ``$396,672,000'' and insert 
     ``$396,662,000''.
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                           Amendment No. 3664

       In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the 
     following: ``Higher Education Act of 1965, $8,986,800,000, of 
     which $2,729,958,000 shall become available on July 1, 2001, 
     and shall remain available through September 30, 2002, and of 
     which $6,223,342,000 shall become available on October 1, 
     2001 and shall remain available through September 30, 2002, 
     for academic year 2000-2001: Provided, That $7,113,403,000 
     shall be available for basic grants under section 1124 of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965: Provided 
     further, That up to $3,500,000 of those funds shall be 
     available to the Secretary on October 1, 2000, to obtain 
     updated local educational agency level census poverty data 
     from the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That 
     $1,222,397,000 shall be available for concentration grants 
     under section 1124A of that Act: Provided further, That, in 
     addition to the amounts otherwise made available under this 
     heading, an amount of $1,000 (which shall become available on 
     October 1, 2000) shall be transferred to the account under 
     this heading from the amount appropriated under the heading 
     ``program administration'' under the heading ``Departmental 
     Management'' in title III, for carrying out a study by the 
     Comptroller General of the United States, evaluating the 
     extent to which funds made available under part A of title I 
     of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 are 
     allocated to schools and local educational agencies with the 
     greatest concentrations of school-age children from low-
     income families, the extent to which allocations of such 
     funds adjust to shifts in concentrations of pupils from low-
     income families in different regions, States, and substate 
     areas, the extent to which the allocation of such funds 
     encourage the targeting of state funds to areas with higher 
     concentrations of children from low-income families, the 
     implications of current distribution methods for such funds, 
     and formula and other policy recommendations to improve the 
     targeting of such funds to more effectively serve low-income 
     children in both rural and urban areas, and for preparing 
     interim and final reports based on the results of the study, 
     to be submitted to Congress not later than February 1, 2001, 
     and April 1, 2001, respectively: Provided further, That grant 
     awards under sec-''.
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                      FEINSTEIN AMENDMENT NO. 3665

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 
to the bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

       On page 71, after line 25, add the following:
       Sec. 305. (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational 
     agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 14101 of 
     the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     8801).
       (2) Master teacher.--The term ``master teacher'' means a 
     teacher who--
       (A) is licensed or credentialed under State law;

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       (B) has been teaching for at least 5 years in a public or 
     private school or institution of higher education;
       (C) is selected upon application, is judged to be an 
     excellent teacher, and is recommended by administrators and 
     other teachers who are knowledgeable of the individual's 
     performance;
       (D) at the time of submission of such application, is 
     teaching and based in a public school;
       (E) assists other teachers in improving instructional 
     strategies, improves the skills of other teachers, performs 
     mentoring, develops curriculum, and offers other professional 
     development; and
       (F) enters into a contract with the local educational 
     agency to continue to teach and serve as a master teacher for 
     at least 5 additional years.
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Education.
       (b) Establishment of Demonstration Project.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than July 1, 2001, the Secretary 
     shall conduct a demonstration project under which the 
     Secretary shall award competitive grants to local educational 
     agencies to increase teacher salaries and employee benefits 
     for teachers who enter into contracts with the local 
     educational agencies to serve as master teachers.
       (2) Requirements.--In awarding grants under the 
     demonstration project, the Secretary shall--
       (A) ensure that grants are awarded under the demonstration 
     project to a diversity of local educational agencies in terms 
     of size of school district, location of school district, 
     ethnic and economic composition of students, and experience 
     of teachers; and
       (B) give priority to local educational agencies in school 
     districts that have schools with a high proportion of 
     economically disadvantaged students.
       (c) Applications.--In order to receive a grant under the 
     demonstration project, a local educational agency shall 
     submit an application to the Secretary that contains--
       (1) an assurance that funds received under the grant will 
     be used in accordance with this section; and
       (2) a detailed description of how the local educational 
     agency will use the grant funds to pay the salaries and 
     employee benefits for positions designated by the local 
     educational agency as master teacher positions.
       (d) Matching Requirement.--The Secretary may not award a 
     grant to a local educational agency under the demonstration 
     project unless the local educational agency agrees that, with 
     respect to costs to be incurred by the agency in carrying out 
     activities for which the grant was awarded, the agency shall 
     provide (directly, through the State, or through a 
     combination thereof) in non-Federal contributions an amount 
     equal to the amount of the grant awarded to the agency.
       (e) Study and Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than July 1, 2005, the Secretary 
     shall conduct a study and transmit a report to Congress 
     analyzing the results of the demonstration project conducted 
     under this section.
       (2) Contents of report.--The report shall include--
       (A) an analysis of the results of the project on--
       (i) the recruitment and retention of experienced teachers;
       (ii) the effect of master teachers on teaching by less 
     experienced teachers;
       (iii) the impact of mentoring new teachers by master 
     teachers; and
       (iv) the impact of master teachers on student achievement; 
     and
       (B) recommendations regarding--
       (i) continuing or terminating the demonstration project; 
     and
       (ii) establishing a grant program to expand the project to 
     additional local educational agencies and school districts.
       (f) Funding.--Of the amount made available under this title 
     under the heading relating to school improvement programs for 
     carrying out activities under title VI of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965, $50,000,000 shall become 
     available on October 1, 2000, and shall remain available 
     through September 30, 2005, for making grants under this 
     section.
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                 HARKIN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3666

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Robb, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
Wellstone, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Reed, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Durbin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by them to the bill, H.R. 4577, 
supra; as follows:

       At the end of title III, insert the following:

     SEC. __. EDUCATION INFRASTRUCTURE.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act--
       (1) from the amount appropriated under this title under the 
     heading ``school improvement programs'' the Secretary of 
     Education shall make available $1,300,000,000 to carry out 
     the Education Infrastructure Act of 1994;
       (2) the total amount made available under this title to 
     carry out title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
     Act of 1965 shall be $1,800,000,000; and
       (3) $1,400,000,000 of such $1,800,000,000--
       (A) shall be available for purposes described in the second 
     proviso under such heading; and
       (B) may be used for purposes described in the third proviso 
     under such heading.
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                        GRAMM AMENDMENT NO. 3667

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. GRAMM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

       On page 91, strike section 515.
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                      LANDRIEU AMENDMENT NO. 3668

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to 
the bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

       On page 41, lines 11 and 12, strike ``$7,881,586,000, of 
     which $41,791,000'' and insert ``$7,895,723,000, of which 
     $55,928,000''.
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                        LEAHY AMENDMENT NO. 3669

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

       On page 45, line 4, insert before the period the following: 
     ``: Provided, That an additional $2,500,000 shall be made 
     available for the Office for Civil Rights: Provided further, 
     That amounts made available under this title for the 
     administrative and related expenses of the Department of 
     Health and Human Services shall be reduced by $2,500,000''.
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         SMITH OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3670

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. 
Durbin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by them to the 
bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, add the following: ``None of the 
     funds appropriated under this Act shall be expended by the 
     National Institutes of Health on a contract for the care of 
     the 288 chimpanzees acquired by the National Institutes of 
     Health from the Coulston Foundation, unless the contractor is 
     accredited by the Association for the Assessment and 
     Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International or has 
     a Public Health Services assurance, and has not been charged 
     multiple times with egregious violations of the Animal 
     Welfare Act.''.
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                      WELLSTONE AMENDMENT NO. 3671

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. WELLSTONE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

       On page 71, after line 25, add the following:
       Sec. __. (a) In addition to any amounts appropriated under 
     this title for the Perkin's loan cancellation program under 
     section 465 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1087ee), an additional $30,000,000 is appropriated to carry 
     out such program.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     amounts made available under titles I and II, and this title, 
     for salaries and expenses at the Departments of Labor, Health 
     and Human Services, and Education, respectively, shall be 
     reduced on a pro rata basis by $30,000,000.
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                  DODD (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3672

  Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Wellstone) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

       At the end of title III, insert the following:

     SEC.  . 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total 
     amount appropriated under this Act to carry out part I of 
     title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
     shall be $1,000,000,000.
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               WELLSTONE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3673

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. WELLSTONE (for himself, Mr. Reid, and Mr. Kennedy) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by them to the bill, H.R. 4577, 
supra; as follows:

       On page 34, line 17, insert before the period the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That in addition to amounts 
     provided herein, $3,000,000 shall be available for the Center 
     for Mental Health Services: Provided further, That amounts 
     made available under this title for the administrative and 
     related expenses of

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     the Department of Health and Human Services shall be reduced 
     on a pro rata basis by $3,000,000''.
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                      WELLSTONE AMENDMENT NO. 3674

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. WELLSTONE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

       On page 92, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:
       Sec. __. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds for Certain 
     Agreements.--Except as provided in subsection (b), none of 
     the funds made available under this Act may be used by the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into--
       (1) an agreement on the conveyance or licensing of a patent 
     for a drug, or on another exclusive right to a drug;
       (2) an agreement on the use of information derived from 
     animal tests or human clinical trials that are conducted by 
     the Department of Health and Human Services with respect to a 
     drug, including an agreement under which such information is 
     provided by the Department to another Federal agency on an 
     exclusive basis; or
       (3) a cooperative research and development agreement under 
     section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act 
     of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a) pertaining to a drug.
       (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to an 
     agreement where--
       (1) the sale of the drug involved is subject to a price 
     agreement that is reasonable (as defined by the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services); or
       (2) a reasonable price agreement with respect to the sale 
     of the drug involved is not required by the public interest 
     (as defined by such Secretary).
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                BINGAMAN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3675

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Reid, Ms. Collins, and Mr. DeWine) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by them to the bill, 
H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

       On page 59, line 12, strike the period and insert the 
     following: ``Provided further, That of the amount made 
     available under this heading for activities carried out 
     through the Fund for the Improvement of Education under part 
     A of title X, $20,000,000 shall be made available to enable 
     the Secretary of Education to award grants to develop and 
     implement school dropout prevention programs.''.
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                   JEFFORDS AMENDMENTS NOS. 3676-3677

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. JEFFORDS submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 3676

       (a) On page 59, between lines 12 and 13, insert the 
     following:


               ``High School Academic Achievement Program

       For necessary expenses to help school students reach their 
     full academic and technical skills potential through enriched 
     learning experiences, $20,000,000.''
       (b) Offset.--Amounts made available under this Act for the 
     administrative and related expenses for departmental 
     management for the Department of Labor, the Department of 
     Health and Human Services, and the Department of Education 
     shall be reduced on a pro rata basis by $20,000,000.
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                           Amendment No. 3677

       On page 92, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:

     SEC. __. AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.

       Section 2111(c)(1)(D) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 300aa-11(c)(1)(D)) is amended by striking ``and'' at 
     the end and inserting ``or (iii) suffered such illness, 
     disability, injury or condition from the vaccine which 
     resulted in inpatient hospitalization and surgical 
     intervention to correct such illness, disability, injury or 
     condition, and''.
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                KENNEDY (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3678

  Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Robb, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. 
Rockefeller, Mr. Reed, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kerry, and 
Mr. Bayh) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 2, line 12, strike ``$2,990,141,000'' and insert 
     ``$3,889,387,000''.
       On page 2, line 13, strike ``$1,718,801,000'' and insert 
     ``$2,239,547,000''.
       On page 2, line 15, strike ``$1,250,965,000'' and insert 
     ``$1,629,465,000''.
       On page 2, line 17, strike ``$1,000,965,000'' and insert 
     ``$1,254,465,000''.
       On page 2, line 18, strike ``$250,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$375,000,000''.
       On page 5, line 6, strike ``$153,452,000'' and insert 
     ``$197,452,000''.
       On page 5, line 7, strike ``$3,095,978,000'' and insert 
     ``$3,196,746,000''.
       On page 5, line 26, strike ``$153,452,000'' and insert 
     ``$197,452,000''.
       On page 6, line 1, strike ``$763,283,000'' and insert 
     ``$788,283,000''.
       On page 20, line 1, strike ``$19,800,000'' and insert 
     ``$22,300,000''.
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                       BREAUX AMENDMENT NO. 3679

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BREAUX submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CONSIDERATION OF OMNIBUS 
                   APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE REPORTS IF NOT 
                   AVAILABLE FOR 2 DAYS.

       It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider a 
     conference report on an Omnibus Appropriations bill (an 
     appropriations bill containing 2 or more of the 13 regular 
     appropriations Acts) unless that conference report has been 
     available at least 2 days prior to consideration.
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               WELLSTONE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3680

  Mr. REID (for Mr. Wellstone (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Reid)) 
proosed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

       On page 34, line 17, insert before the period the 
     following: ``:Provided further, That within the amounts 
     provided herein $3,000,000 shall be available for the Center 
     for Mental Health Services to support through grants a 
     certification program to improve and evaluate the 
     effectiveness and responsiveness of suicide hotlines and 
     crisis centers in the United States and to help support and 
     evaluate''. a national hotline and crisis center network.
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                  TORRICELLI AMENDMENTS NOS. 3681-3682

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. TORRICELLI submitted two amendments intended to be proposed to 
him to the bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 3681

       On page 27, line 24, strike the period and insert the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That the funds made 
     available under this heading for section 317A of the Public 
     Health Service Act may be made available for programs 
     operated in accordance with a strategy (developed and 
     implemented by the Director for the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention) to identify and target resources for 
     childhood lead poisoning prevention to high-risk populations, 
     including ensuring that any individual or entity that 
     receives a grant under that section to carry out activities 
     relating to childhood lead poisoning prevention shall use 10 
     percent of the grant funds awarded for the purpose of funding 
     screening assessments and referrals at sites of operation of 
     the Early Head Start programs under the Head Start Act.''.
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                           Amendment No. 3682

       On page 42, line 12, strike the period and insert the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That the funds made 
     available under this heading for section 645A of the Head 
     Start Act shall be made available for Early Head Start 
     programs in which the entity carrying out such a program 
     may--
       ``(1) determine whether a child eligible to participate in 
     the program has received a blood lead screening test, using a 
     test that is appropriate for age and risk factors, upon the 
     enrollment of the child in the program; and
       ``(2) in the case of a child who has not received such a 
     blood lead screening test, ensure that each enrolled child 
     receives such a test either by referral or by performing the 
     test (under contract or otherwise).''.
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                     TORRICELLI AMENDMENT NO. 3683

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. TORRICELLI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

       On page 92, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:

                   PART __--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     SEC. __01. DISCLOSURE OF FIRE SAFETY STANDARDS AND MEASURES 
                   WITH RESPECT TO CAMPUS BUILDINGS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Campus 
     Fire Safety Right to Know Act''.
       (b) Amendment.--Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
       (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (N);
       (B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (O) 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

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       ``(P) the fire safety report prepared by the institution 
     pursuant to subsection (h).''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(h) Disclosure of Fire Safety Standards and Measures.--
       ``(1) Fire safety reports required.--Each eligible 
     institution participating in any program under this title 
     shall, beginning in academic year 2001-2002, and each year 
     thereafter, prepare, publish, and distribute, through 
     appropriate publications or mailings, to all current students 
     and employees, and to any applicant for enrollment or 
     employment upon request, an annual fire safety report 
     containing at least the following information with respect to 
     the campus fire safety practices and standards of that 
     institution:
       ``(A) A statement that identifies each student housing 
     facility of the institution, and whether or not each such 
     facility is equipped with a fire sprinkler system or another 
     equally protective fire safety system.
       ``(B) Statistics concerning the occurrence on campus, 
     during the 2 preceding calendar years for which data are 
     available, of fires and false fire alarms.
       ``(C) For each such occurrence, a statement of the human 
     injuries or deaths and the structural damage caused by the 
     occurrence.
       ``(D) Information regarding fire alarms, smoke alarms, the 
     presence of adequate fire escape planning or protocols (as 
     defined in local fire codes), rules on portable electrical 
     appliances, smoking and open flames (such as candles), 
     regular mandatory supervised fire drills, and planned and 
     future improvement in fire safety.
       ``(2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection 
     shall be construed to authorize the Secretary to require 
     particular policies, procedures, or practices by institutions 
     of higher education with respect to fire safety.
       ``(3) Reports.--Each institution participating in any 
     program under this title shall make periodic reports to the 
     campus community on fires and false fire alarms that are 
     reported to local fire departments in a manner that will aid 
     in the prevention of similar occurrences.
       ``(4) Reports to secretary.--On an annual basis, each 
     institution participating in any program under this title 
     shall submit to the Secretary a copy of the statistics 
     required to be made available under paragraph (1)(B). The 
     Secretary shall--
       ``(A) review such statistics;
       ``(B) make copies of the statistics submitted to the 
     Secretary available to the public; and
       ``(C) in coordination with representatives of institutions 
     of higher education, identify exemplary fire safety policies, 
     procedures, and practices and disseminate information 
     concerning those policies, procedures, and practices that 
     have proven effective in the reduction of campus fires.
       ``(5) Definition of campus.--In this subsection the term 
     `campus' has the meaning provided in subsection (f)(6).''.
       (c) Report to Congress by Secretary of Education.--Not 
     later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     the Secretary of Education shall prepare and submit to the 
     Congress a report containing--
       (1) an analysis of the current status of fire safety 
     systems in college and university facilities, including 
     sprinkler systems;
       (2) an analysis of the appropriate fire safety standards to 
     apply to these facilities, which the Secretary shall prepare 
     after consultation with such fire safety experts, 
     representatives of institutions of higher education, and 
     other Federal agencies as the Secretary, in the Secretary's 
     discretion, considers appropriate;
       (3) an estimate of the cost of bringing all nonconforming 
     dormitories and other campus buildings up to current new 
     building codes; and
       (4) recommendations from the Secretary concerning the best 
     means of meeting fire safety standards in all college and 
     university facilities, including recommendations for methods 
     to fund such cost.
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                BAUCUS (AND JEFFORDS) AMENDMENT NO. 3684

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Jeffords) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by them to the bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 54, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING IMPACTS OF THE 
                   BALANCED BUDGET ACT OF 1997.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) Since its passage in 1997, the Balanced Budget Act of 
     1997 has drastically cut payments under the medicare program 
     under title XVIII of the Social Security Act in the areas of 
     hospital, home health, and skilled nursing care, among 
     others. While Congress intended to cut approximately 
     $100,000,000,000 from the medicare program over 5 years, 
     recent estimates put the actual cut at over $200,000,000,000.
       (2) A recent study on home health care found that nearly 70 
     percent of hospital discharge planners surveyed reported a 
     greater difficulty obtaining home health services for 
     medicare beneficiaries as a result of the Balanced Budget Act 
     of 1997.
       (3) According to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, 
     rural hospitals were disproportionately affected by the 
     Balanced Budget Act of 1997, dropping the inpatient margins 
     of such hospitals over 4 percentage points in 1998.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that 
     Congress and the President should act expeditiously to 
     alleviate the adverse impacts of the Balanced Budget Act of 
     1997 on beneficiaries under the medicare program under title 
     XVIII of the Social Security Act and health care providers 
     participating in such program.
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                 BAUCUS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3685

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Domenici, and Mrs. 
Hutchison) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

       At the end of title III, insert the following:
       Sec. __. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act--
       (1) the total amount made available under this title to 
     carry out section 8007 of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 shall be $50,000,000; and
       (2) the amount of funds provided to each Federal agency 
     that receives appropriations under this Act in an amount 
     greater than $20,000,000 shall be reduced by a uniform 
     percentage necessary to achieve an aggregate reduction of 
     $25,000,000 in funds provided to all such agencies under this 
     Act.
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               WELLSTONE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3686

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. WELLSTONE (for himself, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Lieberman, 
Mr. Levin, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Reed) submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed by them to the bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

       On page 37, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following:
       For making payments under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget 
     Reconciliation Act of 1981, $1,100,000,000, to be available 
     for obligation in the period October 1, 2001 through 
     September 30, 2002.
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                 BAUCUS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3687

  Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Domenici, and Mrs. 
Hutchison) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by them to 
the bill, H.R. 4577, supra; as follows:

       At the end of title III, insert the following:
       Sec.   . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act--
       (1) the total amount made available under this title to 
     carry out section 8007 of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965 shall be $50,000,000; and
       (2) Amounts made available under this Act for the 
     administrative and related expenses of the Department of 
     Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the 
     Department of Education shall be reduced on a pro rata basis 
     by $25,000,000.

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