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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SEX" ATE November 18, 198,1
than half the megatonnage in the super-
power arsenals.
We are told that many young people
share a feeling of hopelessness about the
future and don't believe they can have an
influence on national and global issues. Dr.
John Mack, a Harvard University psychia-
trist, concluded on the basis of an extensive
study that young people today "are deeply
disturbed by the threat of nuclear war, have
doubts about the future and their own sur-
vival." He concludes, "We may be raising a
generation without hope."
We are here today to tell you that we
reject this epithet. Not only do we have a
vision of hope, but a commitment to share
this vision with others, and a determination
to make this vision a reality.
As we undertake our small part in the
quest for enduring peace, we recognize that
war has become obsolete as a means of de-
ciding national differences. People every-
where In the world are beginning to know it,
but governments don't know it yet. While
we respect the sovereign equality of all
countries and support their efforts to pro-
mote peace, it is also. clear that government
representatives are often inhibited by pro-
vincial mandates and intolerant national
bias. Watching the U.N. proceedings earlier
this fall, I thought of how fluently and ar-
dently the representatives of each nation
spoke up for their sides. But nobody spoke
up for everybody, for that faceless, stateless
body we are all part of called "humanity." If
nations are not to wage war against fellow
nations, they must come to better under-
stand one another. We believe it is essential
to promote informal friendly relations be-
tween nations and those young individuals
who may one day be destined to lead na-
tions.
While the young suffer a disproportionate
share of the evil burden of war, only too
rarely do we share in any role In the con-
duct or prevention of war. Yet we believe
firmly in the energy, promise, and idealism
of youth, and that-at least in part-the
future will be what we endeavor to make of
it. Acknowledging by our very name-the
Millennium Society-that we are custodians
of the Earth for but a fleeting moment in
the vast reaches of Time, we believe that
preventing war and its threat to the survival
of humankind is the greatest challenge
facing our generation today.
According, our founders, through incor-
porators assembled here today at the City
of Chicago. have agreed to the present Arti-
cles of Incorporation, and do hereby estab-
lish an international charitable organisation
dedicated to peace to be known as the Mil-
lennium Society.
By bringing together young women and
men of excellence from throughout the
world-without distinction as to race, sex,
language, or religion-we hope to help
foster international fellowship and free and
open discourse between all peoples on an
unofficial and non-governmental basis.
In the war-tom and divided world of
today, it's ironic to note that some 200 mil-
lion years ago the entire world was united in
the single great continent called Pangaea.
Long before humankind evolved, Pangaea
began to break apart. By 150 million years
B.C.E., the land had divided into two great
continents, Laurasia, comprised of what is
now North America, Europe, and northern
Asia, and Gondwanaland. consisting of
South America, Africa, Austrailia, and the
Indian sub-contine=nt.
The ancient division between Laurasia
and Gondwanaland is evident today not so
much in the separated land masses as in the
tremendous economic and social disparity
between the Northern and Southern hemi-
spheres. We have seen that many of the
people of the world live today much as their And so let us lend our voices to the words
ancestors did when the First Millennium of William Faulkner, who declared in his ac-
began. And we are determined to do our ceptance speech before the Nobel Prize
part to help develop a more equitable shar- Committee:
ing of the world's resources. "I believe that mankind will not merely
THE MILLENNIUM SCHOLARSHIPS endure: He will prevail."
In particular, the Millennium Society has _-
been established to help pass the torch of ION FINAL PASSAGE OF S_ 452,
peace on to ensuing generations. December THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS ACT
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, 1999 C.E., w
ll mark the a
vent o
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e
Millennium Scholarships. The Corporation
will sponsor select Millennium Scholars-
versatile and exceptional young women and
men from all regions and pursuits showing
great promise for leadership and with a
demonstrated commitment to peace-to par-
ticipate in a worldwide program of universi-
ty-level educational exchange.
THE WORLD MILLENNIUM CHARITY BALL
The Society will also sponsor educational
conferences, charitable fundraisers and
other activities. You have already heard of
our plans for an international gathering of
diverse young leaders from all the conti-
nents of the world on New Year's Eve, 1999
C.E. We will gather at the Great Pyramid of
Cheops at Giza, Egypt, to hail the dawn of
the Third Millennium with a united demon-
stration for peace and celebration of the
brotherhood of humankind.
By way of background, the idea that grew
to become the Millennium Society began
with a group of graduating Yale seniors in
the spring of 1979. It was at Mory's, the tra-
ditional, 134 year old New Haven drinking
club, that we made a pact to take up the
pledge of friendship from O. Henry's classic
short story, "After Twenty Years," and ar-
range a rendezvous in 20 years time. When
we realised that meant the landmark year
of 1999, it was clear a larger gesture was de-
manded.
The idea for a seminal Millennium gather-
ing quickly outgrew the original group of
college friends, and today the Society is led
by an international Board of Directors com-
prised of select young leaders from Africa,
Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas,
Earlier this year the Millennium Society
was incorporated as a nonprofit corporation
with representatives in some 31 nations.
In 1980 we began the search for the quint-
essentllal location to hold the epochal event.
After conafdertng Stonehenge, the mysteri-
ous circle of stones in England, and Machu
Picchu, the lost city of the Incas In the
Andes, the Society declared a myanimous
choice: The Great Pyramid of Cheops at
Giza, Egypt.
Ceasar stood there, so did Napoleon. It is
the sole survivor of what the Roman knew
as "De Septum Orbis Spectaculis"-the
Seven Wonders of the World Standing in
the desert at the crossroads of the three
great continents of the Old World, it Is the
most timeless location on Earth, a symbol of
civilized man's earliest dreams.
We have also arranged with the Cunard
Line to charter the renowned ocean liner
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 beginning Decem-
ber 21, 1999. Some 1,750 young world lead-
ers will embark from New York City aboard
the QE9 for a "floating United Nations"-a.
conference on international peace-during
the ten day voyage to Alexandria, Egypt.
In sixteen years you will find us with our
hair a bit grayer, perhaps a bit less spring in
our walk. Some of us here today will no
doubt be missing from that gathering. But
you will not find us with any Tess hope or
idealism, or confidence in the ultimate tri-
umph of humankind. For there are thou-
sands of young minds in all the lands of the
world who yearn for the spirit of coopera-
tion and peace, and who are willing to work
for it. These are the young friends we seek.
OF 1983
Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. President, when
this Senator was but an unfamiliar
and awed freshman in these hallowed
halls, I was approached by a Senate
staffer who thrust a prospectus for
construction of a new Federal building
under my snoot and urgently demand-
ed my signature. I wanted to better
understand that curious method of
legislating which would approve new
construction projects by merely
having Senators "sign off" on the pro-
spectus. I requested a meeting of the
Environment and Public Works Com-
mittee to discuss this means of author-
izing construction of multimillion-
dollar Federal buildings. Then chair-
man of the committee, JENNINos RAN-
DOLPH, was swift to grant it. He has
always been most accommodating and
kind to me. I later learned that this
process was known as "11(b)."
Section 11(b) refers to a section of
the Public Buildings Act of 1959 which
authorizes either the Committee on
Public Works of the Senate or the
House of Representatives to, by reso-
lution, instruct the General Services
Administration (GSA) to "study and
report" to Congress on the need for a
Federal building in a designated area.
Further, it states that the GSA shall
make this report to Congress within a
"reasonable" time and that the report
shall contain all other information re-
cuuired to be included in any prospec-
tus of the proposed public buildir
project.
Section 11(b) is a trap and a traves
for the taxpayer-let me provide boa
page, and hymn number.
On February 26, 1962, the GSA sub-
mitted to Congress one of those odious
11(b) reports which had been ordered
up by the House Public Buildings Sub-
committee. They are a tough lot over
there-and the staff plays a nastier
game of hardball than do the mem-
bers. The subcommittee recommended
construction of a Federal office build-
ing in Chicago at an estimated cost of
$92 million. Representative John G.
Pary, from the fifth district of Illinois,
was then chairman of the House Sub-
committe on Buildings and Grounds of
the Committee of Public Works and
Transportation.
Here I then share with you a brief
chronology of the events surrounding
this dazaling and extraordinary
project. The House had first requested
the 11(b) report on the Chicago
project in August 1981. The prospec-
tus alluded to a question of whether
the building was even necessary, and
stated that the project was not on
GSA's list of project priorities over the
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buildings program of the Government ining some of the great issues facing nessed great strides for humankind. Agricul-
through this grubby wheeling and mankind in the balance of this cen- ture, nutrition, and medicine made quantum
dealing. As long as they are allowed to tury and into the next century. leaps. Great institutions of learning, sci-
authorize and deauthorize old projects A millennium, of course, is a period ence. and public welfare were founded. Lit-
at will in order to extort new projects of 1,000 years. In less than two dec eracy and basic primary education became
they will surely never agree to reform ades we will be at the year 2000. It commonplace as the invention of movable
the public buildings program as the seems fitting and proper that interest- type in the 1400's gave birth to the expand-
Senate has worked to do for these past ed citizens from around the world un- journals, shas, of ideas through newspo. It
years. oand books of every y description. It
dertake efforts to foster an interna- was Columbus' epic voyage that linked the
It is ironic that, at the same hour tional effort to celebrate the millenni- hemispheres and, in the words of historian
the House committee was meeting in um in a manner which encourages in- John Fiske, "mingled the two streams of
emergency session to manipulate the ternational understanding and peace. human life which had flowed for countless
buildings program, the Senate debated I ask unanimous consent that the ages apart." Thus the peoples of the Old
and unanimously passed S. 452, the statement by the chairman of the and New Worlds discovered each other and
"Public Buildings Act of 1983." For 4 board of the Millennium Society, Mr. became united in commerce and trade.
There
years-and tireless work by Chairman, Edward McNally, be printed in the times in was a various hands ands classic Renaissance, c andat art s vaorms
s
STAFFORD, Senator RANDOLPH, Senator RECORD. flourished. New . N ex-
and sometimes timeless ex-
MOYNIHAN and myself-the Senate has There being no objection, the state- pression was found in music, architecture,
repeatedly passed this reform bill by ment was ordered to be printed in the theatre, dance, poetry, and later film. It was
ever increasing majorities only to have RECORD, as follows: an age of discovery and exploration. Deserts
it fall on barren and stony ground in REMARKS BY EDWARD E. MCNALLY, CHAIRMAN were crossed, oceans probed, mountains
the House. There are staff members in OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE MILLEN- temporarily conquered. Men walked on the
the House who smile wryly as they NIUM SOCIETY moon. And in ever-increasing ways, science
read this. They think they will likely III thinking about why we are here today I
outwit and and technology were developed and har-
stopped by the Library of Congress last nessed to serve the needs of humankind.
outwait us all. I do not. week to see what the New York Times had But the unfinished history of the Second
Under this legislation, building proj- to say about the Turn of the Century in Millennium is also a history of famine and
tfcts would only be authorized by act 1900. The headlines were strikingly familiar, disease, of fear and abuse, of technology
of Congress-like most every other so much so that many of them could have harnessed to build empires and subjugate--
program of Government-instead of come out of the paper today. "Harlem Des- even exterminate-whole peoples. Man's in-
by resolutions of the Public Works parado Shoots Four Men." "Basketball Mob humanity to man revealed its awful face in
Committees. It would also take an act Nearly Kills Referee." "Secret Arsenal the endless conduct of wars waged at an
of Congress to deauthorize. This Found in Manila." "Uprising Feared in ever-accelerating pace. Where in the Dark
would put an end to their high old fun Korea." "Drifter Found Dead with 70,000 Ages wars were fought ponderously-by
and intrigue. Dollars." hand and on foot-by small numbers of men
Incidentally, another of the many But I don't mean to make it sound like far removed from the scattered cities, war in
excellent ly a of this f he i nothing has changed. Other headlines the Twentieth Century grew to engulf the
legislation talked about "Statehood for Arizona" and energies and populations of entire conti-
to repeal the Public Buildings Act of "Smallpox in Brooklyn." On New Year's nents.
1959, including the unconstitutional Eve 1899, crusading saloon wrecker Cary Nearly seventy years ago, a war broke out
section 11-b that the House has used Nation was being held in a Wichita jail re- that was to cost the world the "flower of a
again and again with bloated and glee- stricted tinder quarantine. The mayor of generation." Named before we knew to
ful success over the years. Bowling Green, Kentucky, was completely number such global nightmares, the Great
As far as this individual Senator is encased in ice when a water hose burst War-the War to End All Wars-was fol-
concerned, I think it high time to put while fighting a City Hall fire. And I was es- lowed in twenty years time by an even
the House on notice. The Senate will pecially relieved to read one New York larger conflagration. And World War II
headline declaring: "Kidnappers' Pony Iden- gave birth to atomic weaponry.
no longer allow the House to slip us tified." Now as the year 2000 C.E. approaches,
the "Royal Order of the Green On New Year's Eve 1899, President Mc- there is again widespread fear that the twi-
Weenie" and continue to deal with us Kinley was in the White House and accused light of the Millennium will mark the end of
nconscionably. Then, and only then, of interfering in Nicaragua. Teddy Roose- the world. Today that unseen force is
ill they sit down at the table with velt, Governor of New York, was holding spawned not by heaven or nature but by hu-
ie Senate and talk quite seriously court in Albany. In Peking the discharge of mankind itself. The scorching of the Earth
rout public buildings reform legisla- mighty guns to mark the Midnight hour by nuclear war would be the ultimate catas-
created a scarce, and Chinese troops were trophe, meaning not only the loss of a gen-
)n. And, Mr. President, I assure you sent to discover whether the city had been oration, but the destruction of all human-
there will be another day for they attacked or whether it was a Boxer uprising. kind. Without judging the mistakes of our
must return their snouts to the trough In Berlin the German Emperor attended a forefathers, we realize we can never again
before the Newark building can be New Year's Eve service, and gave thanks for afford their risk,
constructed and before the St. Louis the blessings promised by the century about As one great leader, President Dwight D.
building can be renovated. While to begin. The world had yet to hear of Eisenhower, wrote:
Chairman HOWARD requested $39 mil- young Adolph Hitler, who on that night seemed no different than "When we get to point, as we one day will,
lion for Newark, the conferees on the any other eleven-
year-old Austrian boy. that both sides know that in any outbreak
continuing resolution granted design The news accounts of the day focused on of general hostilities, regardless of the ele-
funds only. I will be ready.. It may the Turn of the Century, examining the ment of surprise, destruction will be both
even be more important to load the hundred years gone by and looking ahead to reciprocal and complete, possibly we will
cannon for some of the senior staffers the wonders that another hundred years have sense enough to meet at the confer
over there. They swing a scythe in a would bring. The landmark anniversary we ence table with the understanding that the
wider arc than any elected Congress- approach-New Year's Eve 1999--marks not era of armaments has ended and the human
only the Turn of the Century, but the Turn race must conform its actions to this truth
man in either body. They are a wily, of the Millennium. It is fitting that we look or die."
tough, moving and bobbing target- not only on the past hundred years, but on Eisenhower's successor, John F. Kennrdy,
but I think we can bag them yet. The the progress of humankind since the First summed it up this way: "Total war makes
taxpayers should hope so, too. Millennium ended some thousand years ago. no sense ' ' * in an age when the deadly
As the year 1000 C.E. approached, there poisons produced by a nuclear exchange
THE MILLENNIUM SOCIETY was widespread fear among the people of would be carried by wind and water and soil
the Old World that the twilight of t:he Mil- and seed to the far corners of the globe and
Mr. PERCY. Mr. President, 3 days lennium would mark the end of the world to generations yet unborn." This scenario
ago in Chicago a new organization by some unseen force of heaven or nature. was confirmed just last month by the re-
Christians to fostering international Christians believed that the Biblical revela- lease of an extraordinary study developed
dedic tolerance, to and understanding international tions of St. John the Devine prophesied a by over a hundred Soviet and American bi-
fiery doom for the Millennium milepost. ologists, which described the pitch-dark,
was announced. The Millennium Soci- After beginning with such gloomy fore- bone-chilling "nuclear winter" that would
ety intends to dedicate itself to exam- bodings, the Second Millennium has wit- be brought on by the detonation of even less
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next 5 years, suggesting then that
"GSA will reassess the need for the
project before awarding any construc-
tion grants."
On February 18, 1983, the House
committee announced a hearing in
Chicago concerning public building
needs. On Friday, February 26, the
GSA submitted an 11(b) report to
OMB which recommended construc-
tion of the Federal office building in
Chicago at a cost of $92 million. On
that same day, GSA hand delivered
the 11(b) to the Senate and House
committees. On Monday, March 1, the
House committee conducted hearings
in Chicago, chaired by none other
than the redoubtable Representative
Fary, chairman of the Subcommittee
on Buildings and Grounds, right there
in his own district. There was an obvi-
ous rush to hurry this gem along be-
cause the Democratic primary elec-
tions were to be held in Chicago on
March 16. Unfortunately or fortunate-
ly-pick one-Congressman Fary was
defeated-yet, the House continued to
press the Senate Committee on Envi-
ronment and Public Works for their
recommendation on this plum or
turkey-pick one-for Representative
Fary.
No opportunity was ever provided
for OMB or the administration to
comment before the Chicago building
proposal was submitted to Congress.
This is the usual case for 11(b) re-
ports. They are wretched and mindless
excesses of self-serving politicos.
S. 452, the Public Buildings Act of
1983, and its predecessors, S. 533, the
act of 1981 which passed the Senate
by a vote of 93 to 0, and S. 2080, the
Act of 1980 which passed just as over-
whelmingly, all seek to repeal this
11(b) process. But it would appear that
11(b)'s are highly addictive and habit
forming to certain persons-mostly
staffers who are long of tooth and
short of tact-in the other body and so
S. 533, the act of 1981, was dead in the
water even before the conference on
the bill began.
Additionally, I have now recently
learned that the Office of Legal Coun-
sel of the U.S. Department of Justice
has determined to include section
11(b) in its compilation of statutes
that contain legislative veto devices
that are prohibited by the case of INS
against Chadha. Requiring the Admin-
istrator of GSA to make particular in-
vestigations or to begin construction
of any particular building by one com-
mitee of either House of the Congress
is clearly outside the plenary legisla-
tive process. The decision in INS
against Chadha states that such ac-
tions can be accomplished only:
In conformity with the express procedures
of the Constitution's prescription for legis-
lative action: Passage by a majority of both
Houses and presentment to the President.
Perhaps this new ruling will have
some rarified influence over some of
the known offenders in the other
body. Many of my House peers-on
both sides of the aisle-are as fed up
as I am with the current process. It is
a pick pocket approach that galls any
thoughtful legislator.
The Senate has overwhelmingly
passed this measure on two previous
occasions, but we have always been
unable to come to an agreement in
conference. Can one see why? The
11(b)'s are always the primary sticking
point in these conferences.
I urge my colleagues to support pas-
sage of S. 452, the Public Buildings
Act of 1983. It has been 34 years since
the last act. And as to acts, it is time
to clean up this one-and call a halt to
these various plums and blubs of brick
and mortar which are produced in
Congress with a rapidity that surprises
even the toughest and wiliest of politi-
cians.
MESSAGES FROM THE
PRESIDENT
Messages from the President of the
United States were communicated to
the Senate by Mr. Saunders, one of his
secretaries.
EXECUTIVE MESSAGES
REFERRED
As in executive session, the Acting
President pro tempore laid before the
Senate messages from the President of
the United States submitting sundry
nominations which were referred to
the appropriate committees.
(The nominations received today are
printed at the end of the Senate pro-
ceedings.)
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE
At 9:47 a.m., a message from the
House of Representatives, delivered by
Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks,
announced that the House agrees to
the report of the committee of confer-
ence on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on the amendment of the
Senate to the bill (H.R. 2906) to
amend the Arms Control and Disarm-
ament Act in order to extend the au-
thorization for appropriations.
The message also announced that
the House has passed the following
joint resolution, without amendment:
S.J. Res. 111. Joint resolution expressing
the sense of the Congress with respect to in-
ternational efforts to further a revolution in
child health.
The message further announced
that the House has agreed to the fol-
lowing concurrent resolution, without
amendment:
S. Con. Res. 76. Concurrent resolution to
congratulate Lech Walesa, leader of the in-
dependent Polish trade union Solidarity, on
being awarded the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize.
The message also announced that
the House has passed the following
bill and joint resolution, in which it re-
quests the concurence of the Senate:
H.R. 4456. An act to extend the authori-
ties under the Export Administration Act of
1979, and for other purposes; and
H.J. Res. 279. Joint resolution expressing
the sense of the Congress regarding the re-
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duction of emigration from the Soviet
Union.
The message further announced
that the House has agreed to the fol-
lowing concurrent resolutions, in
which it requests the concurrence of
the Senate:
H. Con. Res. 63. A concurrent resolution
expressing the sense of the Congress con-
cerning the compliance by the Soviet Union
with certain international agreements on
human rights;
H. Con. Res. 111. A concurrent resolution
to commemorate the Ukrainian famine of
1933;
H. Con. Res. 177. A concurrent resolution
expressing the sense of the Congress that
the Soviet Union should allow pianist Vladi-
mir Feltsman freedom to travel with his
family to the United States to perform;
H. Con. Res. 194. A concurrent resolution
expressing support for the sovereignty, ter-
ritorial integrity, and economic development
of the Republic of Costa Rica and for the
survival of Costa Rica's democratic institu-
tions:
H. Con. Res. 196. A concurrent resolution
calling upon the President to study the ad-
visability and practicality of a collaborative
people-to-people program between the
United States and Mexico;
H. Con. Res. 197. A concurrent resolution
expressing support for the agreement on a
framework for negotiating a peaceful settle-
ment to the conflict and turmoil in Central
America which was reached by Costa Rica,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and
Nicaragua as a result of the initiative of the
Contadora group: and
H. Con. Res. 213. A concurrent resolution
expressing the sense of the Congress in sup-
port of the return to democratically elected
Government in Argentina.
At 11:21 a.m., a message from the
House of Representatives, delivered by
Mr. Berry, one of its reading clerks,
announced that the House has agreed
to the report of the committee of con-
ference on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on the amendment of the
Senate to the bill (H.R. 2915) to au-
thorize appropriations for fiscal years
1984 and 1985 for the Department of
State, the U.S. Information Agency,
the Board for International Broadcast-
ing, the Inter-American Foundation.
and the Asia Foundation, to establish
the National Endowment for Democ-
racy, and for other purposes.
At 4:19 p.m., a message from the
House of Representatives, delivered by
Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks,
announced that the House agrees to
the report of the committee of confer-
ence on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on the amendments of the
Senate to the bill (H.R. 4185) making
appropriations for the Department of
Defense for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 1984, and for other pur-
poses; it recedes from its disagreement
to the amendments of the Senate
numbered 3, 5, 64, 75, 91, 92, 101, 107,
111, 112, 130, 133, 134, 138, 141, 142,
143, 149. 151, 152, 153, 156. 157, 158,
161, 163, 169, 172, 173, 176, 179, 180,
183, 184, 185, 186, 205, and 207 to the
bill, and agrees thereto, and it recedes
from its disagreement to the amend-
ments of the Senate to the bill num-
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bered 1, 2, 4, 6,
65,
69, 71,
72,
80, 85, 86,
103, 125, 137,
145,
146,
167,
168,
178,
181, 191, 192,
193,
194,
196,
197,
198,
199, 200, 201,
202,
203,
206,
208,
and
211 to the bill, and agree thereto, each
with an amendment in which it re-
quests the concurrence of the Senate.
The message also announced that
the House has passed the following
joint resolution, without amendment:
S. 1046. An act to clarify the applicability
of a provision of law regarding risk reten-
tion.
The message also announced that
the House has passed the following
bill, in which it requests the concur-
rence of the Senate:
H.R. 2350. An act to amend the Public
Health Service Act to revise and extend the
authorities under that act relating to the
National Institutes of Health and the Na-
tional Research Institutes, and for other
purposes.
The message further announced
that the House has agreed to the fol-
lowing concurrent resolution, in which
it requests the concurrence of the
Senate:
H. Con. Res. 100. Concurrent resolution
calling upon the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics to end the current repressive poli-
cies of forced labor and expressing the sense
of the Congress that the exploitation of
workers in forced-labor camps by the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics is morally rep-
rehensible.
At 5:39 p.m., a message from the
House of Representatives, delivered by
Mr. Berry, one of its reading clerks,
announced that the House agrees to
the report of the committee of confer-
ence on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on the amendment of the
Senate to the bill (H.R. 2968) to au-
thorize appropriations for fiscal year
1984 for intelligence and intelligence-
related activities of the U.S. Govern-
ment, for intelligence community
staff, for the Central Intelligence
Agency retirement and disability
system, and for other purposes.
The message also announced that
the House agrees to the report of the
committee of conference on the dis-
agreeing votes of the two House on
the amendments of the Senate to the
bill (H.R. 3385) to provide equity to
cotton producers under the payment-
in-kind program.
The message further announced
that the House agrees to the report of
the committee of conference on the
disagreeing votes of the two Houses on
the amendments of the Senate to the
joint resolution (H.J. Res. 308) increas-
ing the statutory limit on the public
debt.
The message also announced that
the House agrees to the amendment of
the Senate to the amendment of the
House to the amendment of the
Senate numbered 11 to the bill (H.R.
3959) making supplemental appropri-
ations for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 1984, and for other pur-
poses.
The message further announced
that the House has passed the follow-
ing bill, in which it requests the con-
currence of the Senate:
H.R. 4210. An act to designate the U.S.
Post Office and Courthouse Building in
Greensboro. N.C. as the "L. Richardson
Preyer Federal Building."
ENROLLED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
SIGNED
At 4:59 p.m., a message from the
House of Representatives, delivered by
Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks,
announced that the Speaker has
signed the following enrolled bills:
S. 726. An act to amend the and extend
the tribally Controlled Community College
Assistance Act of 1978, and for other pur-
poses;
S. 450. An act to amend title 39, United
States Code, to strengthen the investigatory
and enforcement powers of the Postal Serv-
ice by authorizing certain inspection author-
ity and by providing for civil penalties for
violations of orders under section 3005 of
such title (pertaining to schemes for obtain-
ing money by false representations or lotter-
ies), and for other purposes;
H.R. 24. An act to make certain land
owned by the United States in the State of
New York part of the Treen Mountain Na-
tional Forest;
H.R. 2230. An act to amend the Civil
Rights Act of 1957 to extend the life of the
Civil Rights Commission, and for other pur-
poses;
H.R. 2590. An act to amend the Agricul-
tural Adjustment act to authorize market-
ing research and promotion projects, includ-
ing paid advertising, for filberts, and to
amend the Potato Research and Promotion
Act;
H.R. 2592. An act to transfer from the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and
Budget to the Administrator of General
Services the responsibility for publication of
the catalog of Federal domestic assistance
programs, and for other purposes;
H.R. 2780. An act to extend and amend
the provisions of title 31, United States
Code, relating to the general revenue shar-
ing program;
H.R. 4013. An act to extend the small
business development center program ad-
ministered by the Small Business Adminis-
tration until January 1, 1985;
H.R. 4042. An act to continue in effect the
current certification requirements with re-
spect to El Salvador until the Congress
enacts new legislation providing conditions
for U.S. military assistance to El Salvador or
until the end of fiscal year 1984, whichever
occurs first;
S.J. Res. 44. Joint resolution to authorize
the President to issue a proclamation desig-
nating the week beginning on March 11,
1984, as "National Surveyors Week";
S.J. Res. 111. Joint resolution expressing
the sense of the Congress with respect to in-
ternational efforts to further a revolution in
child health;
S.J. Res. 141. Joint resolution to designate
the week of December 4, 1083, through De-
cember 10, 1983, as "Carrier Alert Week";
and
H.J. Res. 93. Joint resolution to provide
for the awarding of a special gold medal to
Danny Thomas in recognition of his hu-
manitarian efforts and outstanding work as
a American.
The enrolled bills and joint resolu-
tions were subsequently signed by the
President pro tempore (Mr. TIIUR.-
MOND ).
At 6:57 p.m., a message from the
House of Representatives, delivered by
Ms. Goetz, one of its reading clerks,
announced that the House agrees to
the report of the committee of confer-
ence on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on the amendment of the
Senate to the bill (H.R. 1035) to make
certain technical amendments to im-
prove implementation of the Educa-
tion Consolidation and Improvement
Act of 1981, and for other purposes.
The message also announced that
the House has passed the following
bill, with an amendment, in which it,
requests the concurrence of the
Senate:
S. 505. An act to designate the Federal
building to be constructed in Savannah, Ga.,
as the "Juliette Gordon Low Federal Build-
ing."
The message further announced
that the House disagrees to the
amendment of the Senate to the bill
(H.R. 4194) to extend the expiration
date of section 252 of the Energy
Policy and Conservation Act.
The message also announced that
pursuant to the request of the Senate,
the bill from the Senate (S. 2040) enti-
tled "An act to amend the Securities
Act of 1933 and the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934 with respect to the
treatment of mortgage backed securi-
ties, to increase the authority of the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corpo-
ration, and for other purposes," is re-
turned to the Senate.
The message further announced
that pursuant to the provisions of 22
U.S.C. 276(d), the Speaker appoints as
members of the U.S. delegation to
attend the 25th meeting of the
Canada-United States Interparliamen-
tary Group on March 8 through 12,
1984, in Puerto Rico, the following
Members on the part of the House:
Mr. FASCELL, Chairman, Mr. BOLAND,
Vice Chairman, Mr. GIBBONS. Mr.
HAMILTON, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. BARNES,
Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. BROOMFIELD, Mr.
HORTON, Mr. WINN, Mr. STANGELAND,
and Mr. MARTIN of New York.
The message also announced that
the House agrees to the amendment of
the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2196) to
extend the authorization of appropri-
ations to the National Historical Publi-
cations and Records Commission for 5
years.
The message further announced
that the House agrees to the amend-
ments of the Senate to the bill (S. 589)
to authorize $15,500,000 for capital im-
provement projects on Guam, and for
other purposes.
The message also announced that
the House has passed the following
bill, without amendment:
S. 1837. An act to designate the Federal
building in Seattle, Wash., as the "Henry M.
Jackson Federal Building."
The message further announced
that the House has passed the follow-
ing bills, in which it requests the con-
currence of the Senate:
H.R. 3376. An act to declare that the
United States holds certain lands in trust
for the Makah Indian Tribe, Washington:
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