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AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

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LEVIN AMENDMENT NO. 4020

Mr. LEVIN proposed an amendment to the concurrent resolution (S. Con.
Res. 57) setting forth the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following new section:

SEC. . SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE
OF DRUG ABUSE.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The National Institute on Drug Abuse (hereafter
referred to in this section as ``NIDA'') a part of the
National Institutes of Health (hereafter referred to in this
section

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as ``NIH'') supports over 85 percent of the world's drug
abuse research that has totally revolutionized our
understanding of addiction.
(2) One of NIDA's most significant areas of research has
been the identification of the neurobiological bases of all
aspects of addiction, including craving.
(3) In 1993, NIDA announced that approval had been granted
by the Food and Drug Administration of a new medication for
the treatment of heroin and other opiate addiction which
breaks the addict of daily drug-seeking behavior and allows
for greater compliance because the patient does not need to
report to a clinic each day to have the medication
administered.
(4) Among NIDA's most remarkable accomplishments of the
past year is the successful immunization of animals against
the psycho-stimulant effects of cocaine.
(5) NIDA has also recently announced that it is making
substantial progress that is critical in directing their
efforts to identify potential anti-cocaine medications. For
example, NIDA researchers have recently shown that activation
in the brain of one type of dopamine receptor suppresses
drug-seeking behavior and relapse, whereas activation of
another, triggers drug-seeking behavior.
(6) NIDA's efforts to speed up research to stem the tide of
drug addiction is in the best interest of all Americans.
(7) State and local governments spend billions of dollars
to incarcerate persons who commit drug related offenses.
(8) A 1992 National Report by the Bureau of Justice
Statistics revealed that more than 3 out of 4 jail inmates
reported drug use in their lifetime, more than 40 percent had
used drugs in the month before their offense with 27 percent
under the influence of drugs at the time of their offense. A
significant number said they were trying to get money for
drugs when they committed their crime.
(9) More than 60 percent of juveniles and young adults in
State-operated juvenile institutions reported using drugs
once a week or more for at least a month some time in the
past, and almost 40 percent reported being under the
influence of drugs at the time of their offense.
(10) This concurrent resolution proposes that budget
authority for the NIH (including NIDA) be held constant at
the fiscal year 1996 level of $11,950,000,000 through
fiscal year 2002.
(11) At such appropriation level, it would be impossible
for NIH and NIDA to maintain research momentum through
research project grants.
(12) Level funding for NIH in fiscal year 1997 would reduce
the number of competing research project grants by nearly
500, from 6,620 in fiscal year 1996 to approximately 6,120
competing research project grants, reducing NIH's ability to
maintain research momentum and to explore new ideas in
research.
(13) NIH is the world's preeminent research institution
dedicated to the support of science inspired by and focused
on the challenges of human illness and health.
(14) NIH programs are instrumental in improving the quality
of life for Americans through improving health and reducing
monetary and personal costs of illnesses.
(15) The discovery of an anti-addiction drug to block the
craving of illicit addictive substances will benefit all of
American society.
(b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress
that amounts appropriated for the National Institutes of
Health--
(1) for fiscal year 1997 should be increased by a minimum
of $33,000,000;
(2) for fiscal year 1998 should be increased by a minimum
of $67,000,000;
(3) for fiscal year 1999 should be increased by a minimum
of $100,000,000;
(4) for fiscal year 2000 should be increased by a minimum
of $100,000,000;
(5) for fiscal year 2001 should be increased by a minimum
of $100,000,000;
(6) for fiscal year 2002 should be increased by a minimum
of $100,000,000;

above its fiscal year 1996 appropriation for additional
research into an anti-addiction drug to block the craving of
illicit addictive substances.
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HELMS AMENDMENT NO. 4021

Mr. DOMENICI (for Mr. Helms) proposed an amendment to the concurrent
resolution (S. Con. Res. 57) supra; as follows:

At the appropriate place insert the following:

SEC. . SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE EXTENSION OF THE
EMPLOYER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE EXCLUSION UNDER
SECTION 127 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986.

(a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
(1) since 1978, over 7,000,000 American workers have
benefited from the employer education assistance exclusion
under section 127 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by
being able to improve their education and acquire new skills
without having to pay taxes on the benefit;
(2) American companies have benefited by improving the
education and skills of their employees who in turn can
contribute more to their company;
(3) the American economy becomes more globally competitive
because an educated workforce is able to produce more and to
adapt more rapidly to changing technologies;
(4) American companies are experiencing unprecedented
global competition and the value and necessity of life-long
education for their employees has increased;
(5) the employer education assistance exclusion was first
enacted in 1978;
(6) the exclusion has been extended 7 previous times;
(7) the last extension expired December 31, 1994; and
(8) the exclusion has received broad bipartisan support.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate
that the revenue level assumed in the Budget Resolution
accommodate an extension of the employer education assistance
exclusion under section 127 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 from January 1, 1995, through December 31, 1996.
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McCAIN AMENDMENT NO. 4022

Mr. DOMENICI (for Mr. McCain) proposed an amendment to the concurrent
resolution (S. Con. Res. 57) supra; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. . SENSE OF THE SENATE--TRUTH IN BUDGETING.

It is the Sense of the Senate that:
(a) The Congressional Budget Office has scored revenue
expected to be raised from the auction of Federal
Communications Commission licenses for various services;
(b) For budget scoring purposes, the Congress has assumed
that such auctions would occur in a prompt and expeditious
manner and that revenue raised by such auctions would flow to
the federal treasury;
(c) The Resolution assumes that the revenue to be raised
from auctions totals billions of dollars;
(d) The Resolution makes assumptions that services would be
auctioned where the Federal Communications Commission has not
yet conducted auctions for such services, such as Local
Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS), licenses for paging
services, final broadband PCS licenses, narrow band PCS
licenses, licenses for unserved cellular, and Digital Audio
Radio (DARS), and other subscription services, revenue from
which has been assumed in Congressional budgetary
calculations and in determining the level of the deficit; and
(e) The Commission's service rules can dramatically affect
license values and auction revenues and therefore the
Commission should act expeditiously and without further delay
to conduct auctions of licenses in a manner that maximizes
revenue, increases efficiency, and enhances competition for
any service for which auction revenues have been scored by
the Congressional Budget Office and/or counted for budgetary
purposes in an Act of Congress.
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FAIRCLOTH AMENDMENTS NOS. 4023-4024

Mr. DOMENICI (for Mr. Faircloth) proposed two amendments to the
concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 57) supra; as follows:

Amendment No. 4023

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. . SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING WELFARE REFORM.

The Senate finds that--
S. Con. Res. 57 assumes substantial savings from welfare
reform; and
Children born out of wedlock are five times more likely to
be poor and about ten times more likely to be extremely poor
and therefore are more likely to receive welfare benefits
that children from two parent families; and
High rates of out-of-wedlock births are associated with a
host of other social pathologies; for example, children of
single mothers are twice as likely to drop out of high
school; boys whose fathers are absent are more likely to
engage in criminal activities; and girls in single-parent
families are three times more likely to have children out of
wedlock themselves; therefore
It is the sense of the Senate that any comprehensive
legislation sent to the President that balances the budget by
a certain date and that includes welfare reform provisions
and that is agreed to by the Congress and the President shall
also contain to the maximum extent possible a strategy for
reducing the rate of out-of-wedlock births and encouraging
family formation.
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Amendment No. 4024

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. . SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING REDUCTION OF THE
NATIONAL DEBT.

The Senate finds that--
S. Con. Res. 57 projects a public debt in Fiscal Year 1997
of $5,400,000,000,000;
S. Con. Res. 57 projects that the public debt will be
$6,500,000,000,000 in the Fiscal Year 2002 when the budget
resolution projects a unified budget surplus;
This accumulated debt represents a significant financial
burden that will require excessive taxation and lost economic
opportunity for future generations of the United States;
therefore
It is the sense of the Senate that any comprehensive
legislation sent to the President that balances the budget by
a certain date and that is agreed to by the Congress and the
President shall also contain a strategy for reducing the
national debt of the United States.
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ROTH (AND EXON) AMENDMENT NO. 4025

Mr. EXON. (for Mr. Roth for himself and Mr. Exon) proposed an
amendment to the concurrent resolution, Senate Concurrent Resolution
57, supra; as follows:

At the appropriate place insert the following:

SEC. . SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE FUNDING OF AMTRAK.

(a) Finding.--The Senate finds that--
(1) a capital funding stream is essential to the ability of
the National Rail Passenger Corporation (``Amtrak'') to
reduce its dependence on Federal operating support; and
(2) Amtrak needs a secure of financing, no less favorable
than provide to other modes of transportation, for capital
improvements.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate
that--
(1) revenues attributable to one-half cent per gallon of
the excise taxes imposed on gasoline, special motor fuel, and
diesel fuel from the Mass Transit Account should be dedicated
to a new Intercity Passenger Rail Trust Fund during the
period January 1, 1997, through September 30, 2001;
(2) revenues would not be deposited in the Intercity
Passenger Rail Trust Fund during any fiscal year to the
extent that the deposit is estimated to result in available
revenues in the Mass Transit Account being insufficient to
satisfy that year's estimated appropriation levels;
(3) monies in the Intercity Passenger Rail Trust Fund
should be generally available to fund, on a reimbursement
basis, capital expenditures incurred by Amtrak; and
(4) amounts to fund capital expenditures related to rail
operations should be set aside for each State that has not
had Amtrak service in such State for the preceding year.
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BINGAMAN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 4026

Mr. DOMENICI (for Mr. Bingaman, for himself, Ms. Snowe, and Mr.
Cohen) proposed an amendment to Senate Concurrent Resolution 57, supra;
as follows:

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. . SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION PLACING HIGH
PRIORITY ON MAINTAINING FIELD-BASED ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVES.

(a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) The Economic Development Administration plays a crucial
role in helping economically disadvantaged regions of the
United States develop infrastructure that supports and
promotes greater economic activity and growth, particularly
in nonurban regions.
(2) The Economic Development Administration helps to
promote industrial park development, business incubators,
water and sewer system improvements, vocational and technical
training facilities, tourism development strategies,
technical assistance and capacity building for local
governments, economic adjustment strategies, revolving loan
funds, and other projects which the private sector has not
generated or will not generate without some assistance from
the Government through the Economic Development
Administration.
(3) The Economic Development Administration maintains 6
regional offices which oversee staff that are designated
field-based representatives of the Economic Development
Administration, and these field-based representatives provide
valuable expertise and counseling on economic planning and
development to nonurban communities.
(4) The Economic Development Administration Regional
Centers are located in the urban areas of Austin, Seattle,
Denver, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Chicago.
(5) Because of a 37-percent reduction in approved funding
for salaries and expenses from fiscal year 1995, the Economic
Development Administration has initiated staff reductions
requiring the elimination of 8 field-based positions. The
field-based economic development representative positions
that are either being eliminated or not replaced after
voluntary retirement and which currently interact with
nonurban communities on economic development efforts cover
the States of New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode
Island, and North Carolina.
(6) These staff cutbacks will adversely affect States with
very low per-capita personal income, including New Mexico
which ranks 47th in the Nation in per-capita personal income,
Oklahoma ranking 46th, North Dakota ranking 42nd, Arizona
ranking 35th, Maine ranking 34th, and North Carolina ranking
33rd.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate
that the functional totals and reconciliations instructions
underlying this budget resolution assume that--
(1) it is regrettable that the Economic Development
Administration has elected to reduce field-based economic
development representatives who are fulfilling the Economic
Development Administration's mission of interacting with and
counseling nonurban communities in economically disadvantaged
regions of the United States;
(2) the Economic Development Administration should take all
necessary and appropriate actions to ensure that field-based
economic development representation receives high priority;
and
(3) the Economic Development Administration should
reconsider the planned termination of field-based economic
development representatives responsible for States that are
economically disadvantaged, and that this reconsideration
take place without delay.
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DOMENICI AMENDMENT NO. 4027

Mr. DOMENICI proposed an amendment to amendment No. 4012 proposed by
Mr. Specter to the concurrent resolution, Senate Concurrent Resolution
57, supra; as follows:

At the appropriate places on the Harkin amendment, make the
following changes:
On page 25, line 17, increase the amount by $0.
On page 25, line 18, increase the amount by $0.
On page 27, line 16, increase the amount by $300,000,000.
On page 27, line 17, increase the amount by $600,000,000.
On page 42, line 2, decrease the amount by $1,800,000,000.
On page 42, line 3, increase the amount by $700,000,000.
On page 52, line 11, decrease the amount by $0.
On page 52, line 12, decrease the amount by $0.
On page 52, line 14, increase the amount by $5,000,000,000.
On page 52, line 15, increase the amount by $1,400,000,000.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this resolution, on
page 52, line 15, the amount is deemed to be
$270,923,000,000.
On page 4, line 8, the amount is deemed to be
$1,323,100,000,000.
On page 4, line 9, the amount is deemed to be
$1,361,600,000,000.
On page 4, line 10, the amount is deemed to be
$1,392,400,000,000.
On page 4, line 11, the amount is deemed to be
$1,433,600,000,000.
On page 4, line 12, the amount is deemed to be
$1,454,000,000,000.
On page 4, line 17, the amount is deemed to be
$1,318,600,000,000.
On page 4, line 18, the amount is deemed to be
$1,353,500,000,000.
On page 4, line 19, the amount is deemed to be
$1,382,400,000,000.
On page 4, line 20, the amount is deemed to be
$1,415,600,000,000.
On page 4, line 21, the amount is deemed to be
$1,433,100,000,000.
On page 5, line 1, the amount is deemed to be
$232,400,000,000.
On page 5, line 2, the amount is deemed to be
$223,600,000,000.
On page 5, line 3, the amount is deemed to be
$206,300,000,000.
On page 5, line 4, the amount is deemed to be
$185,700,000,000.
On page 5, line 5, the amount is deemed to be
$143,500,000,000.
On page 5, line 9, the amount is deemed to be
$5,449,000,000,000.
On page 5, line 10, the amount is deemed to be
$5,722,700,000,000.
On page 5, line 11, the amount is deemed to be
$5,975,100,000,000.
On page 5, line 12, the amount is deemed to be
$6,207,700,000,000.
On page 5, line 13, the amount is deemed to be
$6,398,600,000,000.
On page 5, line 14, the amount is deemed to be
$6,550,500,000,000.
On page 6, line 13, the amount is deemed to be
$290,000,000,000.
On page 6, line 14, the amount is deemed to be
$277,400,000,000.
On page 6, line 15, the amount is deemed to be
$256,000,000,000.
On page 6, line 16, the amount is deemed to be
$236,100,000,000.
On page 6, line 17, the amount is deemed to be
$193,300,000,000.
On page 6, line 18, the amount is deemed to be
$155,400,000,000.
On page 9, line 22, the amount is deemed to be
$14,900,000,000.
On page 11, line 22, the amount is deemed to be
$16,700,000,000.
On page 11, line 23, the amount is deemed to be
$16,800,000,000.
On page 13, line 17, the amount is deemed to be
$3,700,000,000.
On page 13, line 18, the amount is deemed to be
$3,100,000,000.
On page 15, line 17, the amount is deemed to be
$21,500,000.
On page 17, line 16, the amount is deemed to be
$12,800,000,000.
On page 17, line 17, the amount is deemed to be
$11,000,000,000.
On page 19, line 16, the amount is deemed to be
$8,100,000,000.
On page 19, line 17, the amount is deemed to be
$-2,400,000,000.
On page 21, line 16, the amount is deemed to be
$42,600,000,000.
On page 21, line 17, the amount is deemed to be
$39,300,000,000.
On page 23, line 15, the amount is deemed to be
$9,900,000,000.
On page 23, line 16, the amount is deemed to be
$10,800,000,000.
On page 29, line 10, the amount is deemed to be
$193,200,000,000.
On page 29, line 11, the amount is deemed to be
$191,500,000,000.
On page 31, line 3, the amount is deemed to be
$232,400,000,000.

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On page 31, line 4, the amount is deemed to be
$240,300,000,000.
On page 38, line 8, the amount is deemed to be
$13,700,000,000.
On page 39, line 25, the amount is deemed to be
$282,800,000,000.
On page 40, line 1, the amount is deemed to be
$282,800,000,000.
On page 40, line 7, the amount is deemed to be
$289,400,000,000.
On page 40, line 8, the amount is deemed to be
$289,400,000,000.
On page 40, line 14, the amount is deemed to be
$293,200,000,000.
On page 40, line 15, the amount is deemed to be
$293,200,000,000.
On page 40, line 21, the amount is deemed to be
$294,700,000,000.
On page 40, line 22, the amount is deemed to be
$294,700,000,000.
On page 41, line 3, the amount is deemed to be
$298,900,000,000.
On page 41, line 4, the amount is deemed to be
$298,900,000,000.
On page 41, line 10, the amount is deemed to be
$303,400,000,000.
On page 41, line 11, the amount is deemed to be
$303,400,000,000.
On page 41, line 17, the amount is deemed to be
$348,234,000,000.
On page 41, line 18, the amount is deemed to be
$351,240,000,000.
On page 41, line 19, the amount is deemed to be
$348,465,000,000.
On page 41, line 20, the amount is deemed to be
$349,951000,000.
On page 41, line 21, the amount is deemed to be
$351,311,000,000.
On page 41, line 22, the amount is deemed to be
$352,756,000,000.
On page 42, line 8, the amount is deemed to be
-$200,000,000.
On page 42, line 9, the amount is deemed to be
$100,000,000.
On page 42, line 15, the amount is deemed to be
-$400,000,000.
On page 42, line 16, the amount is deemed to be
-$300,000,000.
On page 42, line 22, the amount is deemed to be
-$800,000,000.
On page 42, line 23, the amount is deemed to be
-$800,000,000.
On page 43, line 5, the amount is deemed to be
-$1,200,000,000.
On page 43, line 6, the amount is deemed to be
-$1,100,000,000.
On page 43, line 12, the amount is deemed to be
-$3,700,000,000.
On page 43, line 13, the amount is deemed to be
-$3,700,000,000.

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