THE GROWTH OF NARCOTERRORISM
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H 10016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -- HOUSE November 12, 1985
sinuation that my office is being used, and see this racist stereotype of Arabs you, so that this great disservice com-
the insinuation that Marwan is some- continue. Marwan is a good man doing mitted against Morwan Burgan can be
how a terrorist has a much broader good work and thus work cannot be brought to the attention of the public,
implication. It is that those of Arab undermined by racists attacks. (a}y1 hopefully corrected without delay.
descent are evil and that
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act, my dear colleagues, America
acts of violence against them are justi- is full of Arab Americans in which the
fied. citizens of this country should take
I spoke before you recently citing justifiable pride. Yet, some of these
FBI records of terrorist acts commit- people are not recognizable by sur-
ted against Americans. The record name as Arab Americans and possibly
shows just what the damage of anti- would not want to be recognizable for
Arab racism has. been. Those of Arab fear of the racist acts that might
background in this country live in real befall them were they to be recog-
fear for their life, their property, their-nized. I had considered telling my col-
career. For, in fact, terrorism and leagues about some of the contribu-
racial discrimination have been visited tions these outstanding Americans
on Arab Americans vastly more often have made in politics, diplomacy, jour-
than the American public is aware of. nalism,. the arts, science and medicine,
I would venture to say that my col- but to respect their possible desire to
leagues are unaware that in June the avoid publicity, I will just mention two
Islamic Center in San Francisco was publicly known examples to make
ransacked after a radio host agreed clear why these people might wish to
with a caller that Shiites should be maintain their privacy. Many of us in
killed; or that in the same month the the Congress know Candy Lightner as
Islamic Institute in Dearborn, MI, was the mother who founded MADD,
similarly vandalized; or that the Islam- Mothers Against Drunk Driving. She
is mosque in Houston was bombed also is an Arab American. Recently, she
in June; or that in August the Ameri- was honored by an Arab American or-
can Arab Anti-Discrimination Commit- ganization for her stand against drunk
tee office in Boston was bombed; or driving. Shortly after receiving the
that the ADC office in Santa Ana, CA, honor she was demoted from her job. I
was bombed in October, killing Alex do not know if there is any connection
Odeh; or that in July a young woman between the two events, but it leaves
in Tucson, AZ, was brutually raped, at least a question in my mind. Young
beaten, and a carving made in her people know Casey Kasem as the host
chest. And for what reason? Because of the long-lived and popular "Top 40
she was dating a man of Palestinian Show." Casey is an Arab American.
background. I would venture to say During the last Presidential campaign
you are unaware of these things- bea when Casey held a fund raiser for
cause the press does not give them Presidential candidate Jesse Jackson,
widespread publicity. They are, after Casey's home was picketed by an anti.
all, acts done against Americans of Arab group.
Arab descent. When can you remem- As I said, the list of distinguished
ber having heard or read something Arab Americans is a long one. It in-
positive about an Arab? cludes Members of Congress, senior
I said that code words connote more diplomats, consumer advocates, lead-
than they denote. By attaching the ing political journalists, well-known
code PLO to Marwan, the Christian entertainers, writers, producers, musi-
Broadcast Network has done much cians, medical researchers, doctors,
more than put Marwan in danger. It and scientists.
has made an indirect slur against the Few of us are aware of the hundreds
hostage families and their efforts to of thousands of Arab Americans who
have their loved ones returned safely are employed in every walk of life this
to them. The Christian Broadcast net- country has- to offer. That is as it
work has insinuated that their actions should be. These people are as deserv-
are secretly controlled by the PLO. ing as you or d of enjoying and taking
One has to wonder at the motivation pride in their ancestry without fear of
of those who would take the suffering retribution. America is culturally rich.
of others and use the effort to bring America's diversity is part of what
an end to that suffering as a tool to in- makes it such a great place to live.
flict further suffering. This. is not a Arab Americans are contributors to
Christian act in my view. Much closer this robust culture of ours, this Ameri-
to what I understand to be Christian can culture. These people are loyal,
action is the work of Marwan Burgan. hard-working, patriotic Americans,
His Christian upbringing taught him just like you and me. These people are
that he was to practice the spiritual just as capable of feeling compassion
and corporal works.of mercy, and true for a fellow human being held hostage
to these Christian counsels, he has as you are, as I am, as Marwan Burgan
tried to aid the suffering hostage fami- is. These people are as deserving of se-
lies. If Marwan were a member of the curity and a sense of well-being in
PLO and if he were working as self- their homes and workplaces as you
lessly as he has been working, I would are, as I am. I pray that there will be a
defend him as strongly as I aln defend- day. when Marwan Burgan and his
ing him now. But, in.truth, Marwan family will again have that security
has been branded by the Christian which we enjoy without thought.
Broadcast Network not because he is a Mr. Speaker and Members, thank
member of the PLO but because he is you very much for this opportunity to
Arab. And we just cannot sit idly by bring this very important message to
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THE GROWTH OF NARCO-
TERRORISM
a previous order of the House, the gen-
tleman from New York [Mr. GILMAN]
is recognized for 60 minutes.
Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise
today to express my deep concern over
the ever increasing relationship be-
tween narcotics trafficking and inter-
national terrorism. This relationship
has grown so strong in recent years
that a new term-"narco-terrorism"-
has become all too common. The
"narco-terrorists" have become so
powerful in some nations that the
1984 report of the United Nations
International Narcotics Control Board
warned that "the very security of
some States is threatened." As a result
of the growing intensity of narcotics
control efforts by some nations there
has been a corresponding increase in
violence, subversion and corruption by
the "narco-terrorists" to impede these
efforts. It is clear that many terrorist
groups are both directly involved in
narcotics production and trafficking,
and indirectly involved through the fi-
nancing of terrorist activities from the
enormous profits derived from the il-
licit narcotics trade. As the use of vio-
lence against international narcotics
control efforts increases we must rec-
ognize the serious threat involved and
do everythix;g in our power to combat
it.
In the past few weeks we have wit-
nessed two deplorable examples of the
types of "narco-terrorism" to which I
have referred. On November 3, reports
surfaced of "The Day of the Dead
Massacre"-of the brutal murders of
22 Mexican police officers in Mexico's
southeastern swamplands at the hands
of a band of drug smugglers. The
Mexican policemen were murdered
after they were ambushed by the band
of smugglers, who were involved in
transferring about 6 tons of marijuana
from trucks to a launch on the Rio
Coachapa. After they were ambushed
they were taken to a nearby farm,
where they were tortured and then
murdered. I am certain that every
Member of this body joins me in ex-
pressing our deepest sympathies to the
families and friends of these brave
men and to the Government of
Mexico. It is heartening to learn from
recent reports that at least 16 arrests
have been made in this brutal case,
and that the commander of the Mexi-
can Federal Judicial Police, Florentino
Ventura, believes that the information
obtained from these suspects will lead
directly to the capture and conviction
of all those responsible. We stand
ready to provide whatever support and
assistance we can in that effort.
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GENERAL LEAVE Now, also they will say, and I quote court of the United States for any dis-
Mr. DELAY. Mr. Speaker, I ask from the bill: "If there are unavoid- trict in which the violation is alleged
unanimous consent that all Members able business circumstances that pre- to have occurred. In other words, the
may have 5 legislative days in which to vent the employer ;.from withholding Secretary of State can go to court and
revise and extend their remarks on the such closings or layoffs until the end receive injunctive relief, which means
subject of this special order. of such period," which means that the we put it off a little further as for as
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is plant can for some unavoidable buss- shutting down a plant or laying off
there nblertlnn to the nnrnioe+ of +L.e -_-- -'-____-- -
uaj wig a uaia, ai.n..
1616. This bill is commonly called the
Labor-Management Notification and
Consultation Act of 1985.
Now, during the debate, many Mem-
bers of - Congress, the proponents of
this bill, at least, claimed that this was
a narrowly gauged bill, that this is
simply a notification bill, that this bill
Is going to protect. jobs, that this bill,
they inferred and some may have said
that this bill would stop the loss of
jobs and possibly stop the closing of
plants.
I would like to take first, Mr. Speak-
er, the first part of the proponents' ar-
gument, that this is a narrowly gauged
bill, that this is a finely honed piece of
legislation, that this is just a simple
little peace of legislation. My experi-
ence in the legislative process going
over 7 years is that when anybody tells
you it is a simple bill, you had better
look out, because it has also been my
experience that some people bring a
simple bill to the floor of this House
and do not tell you. the whole story
that may be in the bill, so I would like
to very briefly start this evening by
pointing out and briefly going through
what this bill is.
This bill only pertains, supposedly,
to 50 or more employees that may be
laid off or that will be laid off in a
plant closing.
Now, the affected employees means
employees who have been employed
by an employer for more than 6
months. Why they picked 6 months, I
do not know. I guess it is to say if you
have been employed more than 6
months, you are a permanent employ-
ee. Frankly, I think if you are em-
ployed for a year so that you qualify
for some benefits and you qualify for
at least vacation makes you a perma-
nent employee. We will get into later
about how important and how onerous
just that little part of the bill is about
employees who have worked for more
than 6 months.
It also goes even further and says
that you have to comply with this bill
if you reduce the number, and I am
quoting: "if you have a reduction in
hours of work of more than 50 percent
during any 6-month period" which
means that if you have to make a busi-
ness decision and your plant is in trou-
ble and you are trying to save the jobs
of probably more than a majority of
the people working in the plant, if you
have to cut, for instance, the work-
week of some employees of all employ-
ees, especially if you have 50 or more
employees, then you have to comply
with this bill.
ees.
Now, who is going to determine what
unavoidable business circumstances
are? They wait until you go into a pu-
nitive process, punitive on the employ-
er, a punitive process to determine
whether you had to close that down
quickly because of unavoidable busi-
ness circumstances.
Now, we go on and get into the con-
sultation part of the bill. First, you are
notified with in 90 days that the plant
is closing and/or a major layoff of 50
or more employees. Not only do you
notify the employees or their repre-
sentatives, in case it may be a union
shop, you also must notify the Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service
that you are shutting the plant or
laying off employees. That immediate-
ly puts it in the realm of the Federal
Government and in that case the Fed-
eral Mediation and Conciliation Serv-
ice has the ability in this bill to extend
beyond the 90 days that you cannot
close your plant or lay off your em-
ployees any period of time it sees fit to
do so.
Now, it goes even further than that.
In section 5 of the bill it says that the
employer must provide the representa-
tive of the affected employees with
"such relevant information as is neces-
sary for the thorough evaluation of
the proposal to order a plant closing
or plant layoff."
Now, I do not know why they even
put in there this kind of language.
What they should have said is, "Mr.
Employer of the plant, you will open
your files and books to the employees
and the respresentatives and show ev-
erything that you have to show," be-
cause everything in a business decision
is used in that business decision, every-
thing that a plant has, whether it be
books, files, customer records, credit
notices, loans, notes, everything is
pulled in then in making a decision
such as this. If you do not do that,
then you are subject to "such protec-
tive orders as the Secretary of Labor
may issue."
Now, this also goes further to say
and gives authority to the Secretary of
Labor, as it says in subsection (2) of
section 7 that the Secretary of Labor
determines whether you have given
sufficient information to make these
decisions in order to negotiate-and
that is a big word, negotiate the clos-
ing of the plant or the laying off of
employees.
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It gives the authority to the Secre-
tary of State to petition any district
ployer to consult "in good faith during
the period as extended," and (c) re-
quires that reinstatement of back pay
and related benefits. We are talking
about a plant that is in monetary dis-
tress enough to have to be closed or to
lay off employees, and then we re-
quire, well, not only can you not lay
off these employees, you cannot shut
down your plant, but you are going to
pay all back pay and benefits to those
employees, putting even more pressure
on the plant to be closed.
Now we go even further, not just to
the Secretary of State, but we also set
up class action suits in the bill, and it
says under section 7(b):
Any employer who orders a plant closing
or mass layoffs in violation of this Act or a
court order under subsection (a) shall be
liable to each employee who suffers an em-
ployment loss as a result of such closing or
layoff for reinstatement or damages, or
both.
Unbelievable.
Also, it says that employees or their
representatives may sue, either for
himself or for other persons, setting
up class actions suits. And damages
shall include back pay and related
benefits for each day that the employ-
er is in violation, incuding general and
punitive damages, or both. Punitive
damages, which goes right next to the
net worth of the owner of the plant,
and could be substantial. There is no
limit on the punitive damages. All it
says is that they can recover punitive
damages.
If that is not bad enough, as usually
happens in this Congress, we always
protect the lawyers. We go on to an-
other section,. section 3, and says that
while all this litigation is going on, if
this guy who is under monetary dis-
tress enough to be considering shut-
ting down a plant or laying off em-
ployees, loses this how-long-do-we-
know civil actions suit, and these suits
could go on for years, if it happens to
be in Houston, TX, it takes 5 to 8
years to settle many civil actions in
the overcrowded courts in that area.
But even at that, after all this, then,
as I call this bill a full employment for
attorneys, then we allow the court to
bring a judgment to pay any reasona-
ble attorneys' fees. They have to be
paid by the defendant, the owner of
the plant.
It just does not make sense. We have
more in the section entitled "Civil Ac-
tions Against Representatives of Em-
ployees." We also allow that any rep-
resentative who brings action to the
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CONGRESSIONAL RLCORD - SEND elt November 5, 1985
(and Mr. DOME1cICI) to the amendment
of the House to the amendment of the
Senate numbered 2 to the joint resolu-
tion (H.J. Res. 372), supra; as follows:
At the end of the Packwood amendment
No 957 add the following new section:
Burton D. Sheppard, Esgiiire,'Su11it'all &
Worcester, 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20035:
AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES
TO MEET
Sea reports on national defense Reports
COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
shall be submitted to Congress containing
the following information; Mr. PACKWOOD. Mr. President, I
A. The Congressional Budget Office and ask unanimous consent that the Com-
the Office of Management and Budget shall mittee on Rules and Administration be
each estimate the amount of defense and authorised to meet during the session
non-defense outlays, budget authority and of the Senate on Tuesday, November
other budgetary resources to be sequestered 5, to conduct a hearing on S. 1787, to
at the level of detail specified in the other nerid the Federal Election Campaign
sections of this Act, for the possible eases of a Act of 1971, to provide for the public
a September 25, 1986 sequester order, at the
levels of $10 billion, $20 billion, and $30 bil- financing Senate general election
lion. dollars;
B. The Secretary of Defense shall submit The PRESIDING OFFICER. With-
to Congress a report on how the levels of de- out Objection, it Is so ordered.
fense spending reductions estimated by COMMITTEE ON ARMED sERVICES
OMB and CEO pursuant to Sec. (a) above PACKWOOD. Mr. President, I
would be allocated to each program, project. ask Mr. unanimous consent that the Com-
during the session of the Senate on
Tuesday, November 5, to conduct a
meeting on the nomination of James
Curtis Mack, Deputy Administrator of
NOM.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. With-
out objection, it is so ordered.
SUBCOMMITTEE On AVIATION
Mr. PACKWOOD. Mr. President, I
ask unanimous consent that the Avia-
tion Subcommittee of the Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation be authorized to meet during
the session of the Senate on Tuesday,
November 5, to conduct a meeting on
regional airlines.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. With-
out objection, it is so ordered.
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS
or activity receiving a uniform percentage
reduction as specified in the other sections mittee on Armed Services be autho RECENT TERRORISM
of this Act, and shall report on the impacts ized to meet during the session Of th Mr. D'AMATO. Mr. President. as
of such reductions. This report shall be sub. Senate on Tuesday, November 5, at founder and cochariman of the Senate
milted no later than 60 days following en- 8'30 am., to mark up the following Anti-Terrorism Caucus, I rise today to
actment of this Act. bills: call attention to the pressing problem
H.R. 664. amending the Panama Canal of International terrorism, including
In the In the of n -ter-
NOTICES OF HEARINGS Act the regarding Us.B inves. ovethe payment
est on n the Panama the most recent terrorist incident in-
SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL Canal; volving the hijacking of the Italian
RELATIONS H.R. 720, the Panama Canal Amendments cruise liner, the Achitle Laura. In
Mr. DURENBERGER. Mr. Presi- Act of 1985 dealing with the settlement of doing so, I first want to praise the
dent, I wish to announce for the infor- claims for accidents occurring outside the swift and decisive action of the Presi-
mation of the public that the Subcom- Canal Locks; and dent in capturing the PLO terrorists
mittee on Intergovernmental Bela- H.R. 1784, the Panama Canal Commission who perpetrated this inhuman act of
tions will hold a hearing on November Authorization Act of fiscal year 1988. violence. We, as Americans, are united
14, 1985, at 9:30 a.m., in room 562 of Further, to consider the following with all freedom-loving peoples of the
the Dirksen Senate Office Building, on nominations: world when we applaud the Presi-
regulatory activities of the Office of Carol Johnson Johns, of Maryland, and dent's resolve to fight terrorism, and
Management and Budget. Those wish- Mario Effrain Ramirez, of Texas, to be his decision to intercept the hijacker's
ing additional information should con- members of the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the attempt to flee from justice.
tact Margaret Wrightson, 224-4718, of Health Sciences; and Recently, several of my colleagues
the subcommittee staff. Richard N. Holwill, of the District of Co- and I formed an anti-terrorism caucus
COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION lumbia, to be a member of the Board of the to promote a continued, constructive
Mr. MATHIAS. Mr. President,' I Panama Canal Commission. dialog on terrorism In an effort to de-
wish to announce for the information The PRESIDING OFFICER. With- velop an effective U.S. response. As We
of the public that the Committee on out objection, it is so ordered. recently saw, however, the President
Rules and Administration will be hold- COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS amply demonstrated the importance
ing a hearing on S. 1787. Mr. PACKWOOD. Mr. President, I for us -to take the upper .hand in this
The hearing on Si 1787, to amend ask unanimous consent that the Com- new type of warfare. The President's
the Federal Election Campaign Act of mittee on Governmental Affairs be au- words must stand as a warning to ter-
1971 to provide for the public financ- thorized `to meet during the session of rorists everywhere: You can run, but
ing of Senate General Election Cam- the Senate on Tuesday. November 5, you can't hide.
paigns will be held on Tuesday, No- to conduct a hearing on matters relat- In recent history, we have witnessed
vember 5, 1985, at 9:30 a.m., SR-301, ing to Deputy Director of OMB. several major anti-U.S. terrorist inci
Russell Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER. With- dents. Among these, the hijacking of
WITNESS LIST out objection, it is so ordered. _ Trans World Airways flight 847 on
The Honorable Gary Hart, U.S. Senate, SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE June 14 clearly reflects the type of
Washington, DC. 20510. POLICY amoral behavior we have learned to
The Honorable George J. Mitchell, U.S. Mr. PACKWOOD. Mr. President, I expect, but never justify, from terror-
Senate, Washington?DC. 20510. ask unanimous consent that the Sub- ist groups. On board were 145 passen-
The Honorable David Boren, U.S. Senate, committee on immigration and Refu- gers and 8 crew members, 104 of whom
Washington, D.C. 20510. Policy of the Committee on the were American citizens. The two origi-
The Honorable John F. Kerry, U.S. gee Judiciary be authorized to meet nal hijackers, later joined by several
Sena, Washington, D.C. 20510.
The Senate, Honorable Henry S. Reuss, 1825 I during the session of the Senate on more heavily armed terrorists, expand-
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. Tuesday, November 5, 1985, in order to ed their demands to include not only
PANEL conduct a hearing on asylum proce- the release of X700 Lebanese Shiite
Muslims Imprisoned in Israel, but also
Philip Stern, 2000 P Street, N.W., Wash- dunes.
ington, D.C. 20036. The PRESIDING OFFICER. With- 17 imprisoned in Kuwait and 2 in
Whitney North Seymour, Jr., Esquire, out objection, it is so ordered. Spain-all of whom were criminal ter-
Brown & Seymour, 100 Park Avenue. New COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND rorists themeselves.
York. New York 10017. TRANSPORTATION Our President refused to bargain.
Dr. Amitai Etzioni, George Washington Mr. PACKWOOD. Mr. President, I Israel also refused. Periodically,
University, Washington,, D.C. 20052.k unanimous consent that the Com women. and children were freed and al-
of New Jeffrey Mf Blom, State ol B t- Comm
falo, to this drama as
ty of New ew York`York1# 4260. Buffalo Law School, Bu? Transportation be authorized to and k ow the t agictendp
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For purposes of the. preceding sentence, pro- Service-disabled veterans insurance fund ances for existing contracts (as provided in
gram outlays are the outlays authorized by (36-4012.0-3-701);
law as described by the designated account Veterans special life insurance fund (36- bursements, receipts credited to an account,
numbers, , set ,fork In .the Budget of the 8455-0-8.701); paragraph (7) of this subsection), reim? ,year United States Government, 1986-Appendix. Veterans re and recoveries of prior by which the the deficit obligations.:
(B) Further such term shall not include 4010-0-3-701)-nd opened insurance fund (36- (10) The amount b which for
outlays in the following accounts that result Veterans ? insurance and indemnities (36- a fiscal year exceeds the maximum deficit
from prior legal obligations to the Govern- 0120-0-1-701). amount for such fiscal year shall be treated
meet nt
as "statistically significant" if the amou
Veterans 'Administration loan guaranty re- For purposes of the preceding sentence, pro- of such excess is greater than 5 percent of
volving fund dmini tration loan grain outlays are the outlays authorized by such maximum deficit 'amount. For pur-
lvin (364025-0-3-704); insurance fund (12- law as described by the designated account poses of the fiscal year beginning October 1,
414Agricultural -0-3-351); numbers get forth in the'.Budget of the 1985, the preceding sentence shall be ap-
A0en3- 1); International Development, United States Government, 1986-Appendix. plied by substituting "0" for "5".
housing and other credit guaranty programs (C) Further, such term shall not include
housing regular State unemployment benefits, the
Q(72-4340-0-3-151)-, Investment corporation State-funded share of extended unemploy- RIEGLE (AND CRANSTON)
(74erse ' P51); ment benefits, and loans to States from the AMENDMENT NO. 964
Rural - development insurance fund (12- Federal unemployment account.
4155-0-3-452); (D) Further, such term shall not include AN Mr. RIEGLE r.
ON) pro (for himself andn t12o posed Economic development revolving fund (13- non-federal funds appropriated for the Dis- amendment N Noo. 9 95? 7 an amendment to
4406-0-3-452); trict of Columbia. ae proposed by Mr.
International Trade Administration oper- (E) Further, such term shall not include PACKWOOD (and Mr. DOMENICZ) to the
ations and administration (13-1250-0-1-376); outlays for net interest (all of budget func- amendment of the House to the
Government National Mortgage Associa- tion 900), amendment of the Senate numbered 2
tion, guarantees of Mortgage-backed securi- (F) Further, such term shall not include to the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 372),
ties (86-42antee-311), outlays which result from private donations, supra, as follows:
Federal Housing Administration fund (86- guests, or voluntary contributions to the
4.070-0-3-371); Government. At the end of the.amendment of. Mr.
Credit union share Insurance fund (25- (G) Further, such term shall not include PACKWOOD, insert the following:
4468-0-3-371); outlays from intragovernnlental funds to Svc. . Notwithstanding aziy other prow-
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Cor- the extent that such outlays are derived Sion of this Act, for the s of section
Purposes
Peratiop fund (82.4037-0-3-371); from other Federal Government accounts. 204 of this Act the following, shall apply,
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (H) Further,' such term shall not Include with respect to outlays for the Veterans' Ad
fund (16-4204, 3-601J; offsetting receipts, ministration . programs, benefits, and ac-
Maritime 'Administration, war risk incur- (I)'Purther, such term shall not include counts referred to in this sectionnistendi-
anee revolving fund (69-4302-0-3-403) outlays due to increases in the number of medical from the cot nt (36-0160-0-ration
0Federal Crop Insurance Corporation fund Program participants. medical care m anot to -ctroltrollaablle e ex-
0x-
(12-4085-0-3-351); (J) Further, such' term shall not include shall be deemed not to be con
Aviation insurance revolving fund (69. outlays for prior-year obligations, except penditures; a provision,of Iaw: making an ap?
4120-0-3=402) that such term shall Include obligations'for shall ation to such account for a fiscal year
Export-Import Bank of the United States, existing contracts except- of prpgiam activity (83-4027-0-3. (i) those multiyear contracts which m_ shall a deemed Lobe a Provision of Federal
1 )t law requiring an during such fiscal year,
Small Business Administration lease elude a specified penalty for cancellation or the to take effect t during
r, aqqotint
a Sma l ul guar- modification of the contract by the Govern- that he a shall a l be considered of .outlays from fo the such of, the
Small Business Administration 376); surety the Government would result, duedto such reduced by an unorm
bond guarantees revolving fund (73.4156-0- outlay incra ease ,to be redo
bond ; penalty for cancellation or modification, in percentage during a fiscal year (hereinafter
Federal Emergenc a net loss to the Government in the first in this clause referred to as the "current
Y Management Agency, year; and fiscal year") under subsection (b)(1XAXi) of
National Insurance development fund (58- (If) those contracts the reduction of which such section is any amount exceeding the
423r)-o-3-45i% would violate legal obligations of the Gov_ total of all outlays made from such account
Federal EmQrge cy; Management Agency, ernment.. for the preceding fiscal ( estimated
#lood itisiiracice fund (58-4236-0-3- year, aA mated
453); For Purposes of. subsection,{b),; the term Office)'' plus the Director of the Congressional,Buhget
Nuclear Regulatory Commission. salaries "existing contracts". shall include all Feder- lus the amount of outlays edge
aril clear es'(31-0200-0-1-276}; al military and civilian contracts: existing at the Director of the Congressional Budget
Check forgery Insurance fund (ZO-4109-0 the time. a_ sequester order is issued Not- Office estimates will"be needed duringay
3 Sec withstanding any other provision of law, current fiscal year, for increases in outlays
Railroad Rehabilitation and imlirovement any contract entered into or modified by the (over outlays during the preceding year as
financing f nd,(66 Rehabilitation Federal Government after the date of the oo ertto mai) for employment and. under in
Energy security reserve (20-0112.0.1-271); enactment of this joint resolution shall con- qactoorunt f the same e number umber ffull such
Small Business' Administration, business tain a provision that the contract may be equivalent t sn of full and investment fund (73-4154-0-3-376); modified, renegotiated; or terminated to the federal employees employed
Small Business Administration, pollution extent necessary to implement a sequester under such account a fiscal so employed
control -equipment contract guarantee re- order issued under clause (ii) of subsection sion of during law
apreceding increasing o or rcal year; no an in-
volving fund (73-4147-0-3-376); . (b)(1)(A), and a provision that any penalties crease of om ensa o in-
volving public housing-loans and other that would otherwise be payable by the Fed- deem in a rate n rates y compensation or
expenses (86-4098-0-3-604); ? . eral Government under the contract by dependency and indemnity compensation, as
Federal ship financing fund (69-4301-0-3- reason of modification, renegotiation, or ter- defined in tisection (13) tle 38, Uni p t d Staand (Code, or uof a
403); mination of the contract shall not be pay- pi o paid title under cha 11 or 13 .of such
Federal ship financing fund, fishing ves- able if the modification, renegotiation, or benefit title f considered law requiring asels (13.4417-0.3-376); termination is made pursuant to a sequester automatic s spending Increase; w an
Rural housing insurance fund (12-4141-0- order issued under clause (ii) of subsection e for such Isation no en envy,
3-371); (b)(1)(A). Lure for such compensation, dependency
Indian loan guaranty and insurance fund (K) Receipts credited to an account shall and indemnity compensation, or benefits-
(14-4410-0-3-452); not be deducted from outlays for the pur- ture; and considered
no amount 'a cbudget authority oxpyfor
Rail service assIstance (69-0122-0-1-401), pose of determining the amount to be se- such h and a amoudependency ndeand infor
Office of Personnel Management, employ questered pursuant . to subsection compensation, obenefits and indem-
Office life insurance fund (24.8424.0.8-802); (b)(1)(A)(if). city compensation, or benefits shall be se-
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (8)?'The term "sequester mean
questered.
(51-8419 0 8-371)
th
s
e per-
, manent cancellation of budget authority,
Veterans Adrhinistratfon, servicemen's obligation =!=guaranteed other budgetary re-
group life ' insurance; fund (36-4009-0,3-701); sources, or loan limi-
Veterans Administration, United States tations, to the,.extent necessary to reduce
Government life insurance fund (36-8150-0- each controllable expenditure by a uniform
7-701); Percentage.
Veterans Administration, National service (9) The term "other budgetary resources"
life insurance fund (36-8132-0-7-701% means unobligated-balances; obligated bal-
HART (AND OTHERS)
AMENDMENT NO. 965
Mr. HART (for himself, Mr. MoxlvI?
HAN Mr, SASSER, and :Mr, LsA}Y) pro-
posed an amendment' to -amendment
No. 957 proposed by Mr; PACKWOOD -
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40 innocent civilians were held hostage
for several days, and 1, American
naval diver Robert?Stethem, was cruel-
ly beaten and murdered.
We must also not forget the six
other American hostages who still
remain in captivity in Lebanon. Some-
day they, too, must return home
safely to America.
Neither should we forget the terror-
ist seizure of the United States Embas-
sy in Iran which resulted in the deten-
tion of 52 hostages for 444 days. Two
days after President Reagan took the
oath of office, all were released. From
the day forward, the President has
held fast to his commitment to combat
terrorism, an insidious disease that
has plagued us for far too long.
Terrorism is a cancer. It is a cancer
eating away at world order and at
every legitimate process of laws estab-
lished to secure and maintain this
order. It is a cancer that is growing,
even in the face of stepped up security
measures .worldwide. , Terrorists seek-
ing to impose their political will over
others through threats, murder, and
destruction are as old as history, but
there comes a time in history when we
must say enough is enough. Terrorism
must be brought to heel, and this
must be done under the very process
of laws that it seeks to overthrow.
In the words of Secretary, of State
George Shultz, "international terror-
ism has rapidly become one of the gra-
vest challenges to American interests
around the world." Only recently have ,
we begun to tabulate acts of terrorism
worldwide, and the statistics are stag-
gering. Since 1968, U.S. personnel and
institutions have been the targets of
over 50 percent of all terrorist acts.
Within the last 12 years, there have
been over 6,000 terrorist incidents
worldwide, resulting in the deaths of
approximately 4,700 innocent people.
Last year alone. Americans suffered
more than 100 casualties. But we do
not suffer alone. By virtue of the free
and open nature of democratic soci-
eties, all Western democracies are vul-
nerable to terrorist attacks.
During 1984, according to the De-
partment of State, the total number of
terrorist incidents was up roughly 30
percent-a total of 650 compared to
500, the figure for 1983 and the aver-
age of the previous 5 years. Western
Europe had over 250 incidents, up one-
third; the Middle East had nearly 200
incidents, up two-thirds, and Latin
America had between 110 and 120 inci-
dents.
When I look at these statistics, I am
outraged. I try to imagine the warped
minds of those in the PLO who are
bent on using- murder and violence as
bargaining tools, but it is difficult. I
know who they are and where they
gain their assistance, but it is difficult
to find an effective solution against
their cruel and inhuman attacks on in-
nocent people.
To address the difficulty of develop-
ing an effective solution to terrorism,
Senators DIXON, DENTON, DECONCINI,
and I formed the Senate Anti-Terror-
ism Caucus in response to the growing
threat of terrorism, especially against
Americans abroad, and the growing
outrage against terrorism by the
American public. It is the hope of the
members of this caucus that the fruits
of our hearings will add to the work of
the standing committees handling
these issues, as well as the work of the
administration, in formulating an ef-
fective policy to counter terrorism.
The caucus convened its first hear-
ing on the 24th of October to investi-
gate the roots of Middle East terror-
ism and possible solutions. We heard
from Ambassador Robert Oakley, Di-
rector of the Office for Counterterror-
ism and Emergency Planning at the
State Department, regarding the
nature of the terrorist threat and the
groups involved in terrorist activities.
Groups involved in. terrorism include
Muslim fanatics, Syrian-backed Pales-
tinians, the PLO, and radicals in
Libya, each of which seek to disrupt
stability and create a forum of terror
to advance their respective causes.
But we must ask ourselves, what can
be done to stop their senseless killing?
What is being done to create an inter-
national forum? Is there international
cooperation to thwart terrorist expan-
sion? The answers to these questions
are mixed and varied. As Ambassador
Oakely affirmed, it is difficult to gain
international cooperation. For exam-
ple, during the Iranian crisis in 1983,
the United States tried to impose eco-
nomic sanctions against the Iranian
Government as pressure for the re-
lease of the American hostages, but
there was little or no international co-
operation. If we are to put an end to
terrorism, all' affected nations must be
uniformly resolved to take the neces-
sary action. There must be no weak
links in the international chain to bind
those people who either sanction or
carry out terrorist activities.
We also heard from Peter Hill, a
former hostage aboard TWA flight
847, who offered his personal experi-
ences during this hijacking and sug-
gested the placement of sky marshals
aboard international flights as a pre-
emptive solution. He suggested many
instances in which the hijackers of
that flight left themselves vulnerable
to attack. I do not believe this to be an
isolated case In which hijackers have
left themselves open and vulnerable.
We must, therefore, seriously consider
the viability of this initiative as a pre-
emptive solution to future acts of air
piracy.
We heard from Sue Franceschini,
the sister of Reverend Jenko, one of
the six American captives currently
being held in Beirut, on the need to
make the American people more aware
of the increasing threat of terrorism
and its effects on the victim's families.
As we all know, terrorism strikes not
only the immediate victim, but also
that victim's family and friends. An-
gered by the difficulty in obtaining
her brother's release, Ms. Franceschini
has contacted many State and local of-
ficials throughout the Union to gain
their increased attention to terrorism.
With the assistance of women like Ms.
Franceschini, our Nation will properly
place the issue of terrorism on the top
of our national agenda.
Finally, we heard from Yohan Alex-
ander, a noted scholar in the unchart-
ed academic field of international ter-
rorism, on the proliferation of terror-
ist activities in recent months, which
indicates a renewed effort of low-in-
tensity warfare against the United
States. Although we have been fortu-
nate that relatively few terrorist at-
tacks have occurred within the borders
of the United States, our citizens over-
seas are under constant threat.
It is absolutely critical that we, as
members of Congress, maintain a con-
tinued, constructive dialog on possible
solutions to terrorism to free the inno-
cent people of this world from sense=
less murder and destruction. Our
struggle to find ways to combat terror-
ism will continue, but, unfortunately,
terrorists will continue to prey upon
these innocent victims unless we find a
viable solution.
As I have stated, the President re-
cently showed us the solution to ter-
rorism and that is: to fight fire with
fire. The U.S. response to terrorism
has been on an ad hoc basis for far too
long and has involved a broad range of
tactics, from direct negotiations to
international. cooperation. But these
efforts are no longer effective against
the emergence of state-supported,
state-sponsored terrorism.
The Palestine Liberation Organiza-
tion, the organization behind the hi-
jacking of the ' Achille Lauro, is an
outlaw terrorist organization. They
are a people without a state, bound by
a cause they cannot win, and support-
ed by states to perpetuate the murder
and destruction that has plagued the
innocent for years.
The 1978 Arab summit in Baghdad,
Iraq, mandated that the major oil-ex-
porting Arab states were to give $300
million a year to the PLO for 10 years
between 1979 and 1989. This money is
channeled through the Palestine Na-
tional Fund to Yasser Arafat, the rec-
ognized spokesman for the PLO who
has final control over this money.
Contributing states and their appor-
tionments this year, in millions of dol-
lars, were: Saudi Arabia, $$5.7;
Kuwait, $47.1; Libya, $47.1; Iraq, $44.6
million; the United Arab Emirates,
$34.3; Algeria, $21.4; and Qatar, $19.8
million. These nations also provide
sanctuary, training, and logistics to
tens of thousands of PLO militants.
During the 1970's Yasser Arafat suc-
ceeded in gaining recognition as the
PLO's sole credible voice of the state-
less Palestinian people in many parts
of the world, but, in recent years, Ara-
fat's recognition has diminished. In
1982, he was driven from his military
stronghold in Lebanon. As a result,
the PLO has been' forced to disperse.
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around the Arab world. More recently, and commend him for his actions
his Tunisian camp was destroyed by during. this crisis. He has steered this
Israeli jets, and on October 10, Press- Nation in the right direction to effec-
dent Reagan succeeded In apprehend- tively combat terrorism, and he has
ins four of Arafat's Palestinian terror- enabled all Americans to once again
fats for hijacking the AchiUle Lauro. stand tall in the fate of this age-old
Now A
f
t h
ra
a
as even been denied the cancer.
opportunity to address the United Na- Terrorism cannot be allowed to
tions. flourish, and terrorists everywhere
Mr. President, the events on October should heed our President's warning:
11 must stand as a message to terror- You can run, but you can't hide.
fists everywhere that the United States Thank you, Mr. President.0
will no longer stand Idly by as inno-
cent people are victimized by
actions on October 11 clearly demon- ? Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, If Presi-
strate his leadership of the American dent Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev
people and his resolve to combat ter- are to succeed in devising a formula to
rorism. significantly limit nuclear and space
Initially, the President reacted with weapons, they should first take a very
caution to the seizure by Palestinians fundamental step. That is to immedi-
of the Italian cruise liner, and careful- ately resume the negotiation of a com-
ly weighed his options to end the prehensive test ban treaty.
drama. As in most PLO terrorist irlci- A comprehensive test ban ICTBI
dents, American lives were at stake, with rigorous on-site inspection and
thus, every precaution had to be taken provisions could pave the way toward
to ensure their safety. Communication a freeze on the production and deploy-
lines were opened to Italy, Egypt, and ment of nuclear weapons. It could
Israel and were kept open around the help put an end to the constant
clock as the drams developed, Keeping parade of destabilizing nuclear innova-
his options open, the President sent tions, which have failed to enhance
several military ships into the area to our security.
be available if needed. He was content, That is why I joined a bipartisan
at least initially, to let the Italian Gov- group of Senators in introducing
ernment take the Lead. Negotiations Senate Joint Resolution 179, calling
with other nations were underway to upon President Reagan to propose to
end the crisis, but no concessions were the Soviet Union "the immediate re-
to be made to the terrorists. sumption of negotiations toward con-
After identifying themselves as clusion of a verifiable comprehensive
members of the Palestine Liberation test ban treaty."
Front, a faction of the PLO known to The administration abandoned CTB
support Arafat, the hijackers demand- negotiations claiming that such a
ed the release of other Palestinian ter- treaty would pose serious verification
rorists currently jailed in ~ Israel- problems.
threatening to take the lives of inno- Yet the administration has failed to
cent Americans if their demands were admit to the significant progress
not met. They soon realized, however, which had been made with the Soviets
that their demands would not be met. in resolving issues which had seemed
Coldly and cruelly, the: four Palestini- insurmountable, on terms proposed by
an terrorists attempted to force the the United States.
world into submission, but. AM no con- Indeed, prior to United States with-
cessions to their demands were-made. drawal from CTB negotiations the So-
Their mission failed the hijackers viets had accepted a United States
were talked off the ship and allowed plan for conducting on-site Inspections
to leave the Acldie Lauro by boat. But to help resolve compliance questions.
when Nicholas Vellotes, U.S. Ambassa- This was truly an historic achieve-
dor to Egypt, visited the ship to make ment. Failure to reach agreement on
certain no hostages were harmed, he the issue of on-site Inspections was one
discovered that Leon Klinghoffer, a of the main reasons it was possible to
69-Year-old man confined to a wheel- only conclude a partial rather than a
chair, had been shot, and in a despica-. comprehensive test ban in 1963.
ble and inhuman gesture, his body had In another major breakthrough on
been thrown overboard, verification, the Soviets had accepted
After learning what had happened, a United States proposal for deploy-
to Mr. Klingheffer, President Reagan meat of a network of sophisticated
waited for the opportunity to strike. seismic monitoring stations on their
Poised and ready for their go-ahead territory. Such seismic facilities Inside
command, the U.S.S. Saratoga waited the Soviet Union combined with our
in the Ionian Sea between Italy and impressive existing national technical
Greece. The order was then given to, means of verification would give us a
launch four Navy F-14's into forma- very effective basis for verifying a
tion, and at 5:30 p.m. eat. on October CTB treaty.
10, the President issued their final In addition, Soviet. willingness to
orders to intercept the flight of Egyp accept these selnle stations on their
tian 737 airliner as .the hijackers at- territory represents a dramatic ad-
tempted to flee from justice. vance in Soviet attitudes toward verifi-
Mr. President, .I would. like ,to rester- cation, with significant implications
ate my Praise for our great President, for future arms control agreements.
Mr. President, as vice chairman of
the Senate Select Committee on Intel-
ligence, I can tell my colleagues that
the kind of cooperative measures
which the Soviets have agreed to in
previous CTB negotiations would serve
as very valuable principles for our ne-
gotiators in Geneva-if they are Imple-
mented.
It is ironic that an administration
which refuses to have arms control
without progress on verification Issues
would refuse to implement significant'
breakthroughs that improve the verifi-
cation capabilities of the United
States.
Mr. President, last summer Premier
Gorbachev proposed a 5-month mora-
torium on nuclear testing, through De-
cember 1985. Rather than dismiss Gor-
bachev's offer as the administration
did, It could have used the Soviet pro-
posal as a starting point for the re-
sumption of the CTB negotiations. We
could have insisted that the Soviets
begin to Implement some of the signif-
icant on-site Inspection procedures to
which they had previously agreed in
the CTB negotiations.
These are objectives that can be
achieved in Geneva. They are small
steps _ which can have significant
impact in creating the momentum re-
quired for the negotiation of a new
treaty. We must have the courage to
take these small steps..
EXPANDED CAPITAL OWNER-
SHIP AND THE IDEOLOGICAL
HIGH GROUND
? Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, today I
am Introducing, the second of four
statements on expanded capital own-
ership. This I. part of. a position, paper.
entitled "Project .Economic Justice: A.
Revolutionary Free Enterprise Chal-
lenge to Marxism," prepared by
Norman G. Kurland.
Mr. Kurland is president of the con-
sulting firm, Equity Expansion Inter-
national, and also of the nonprofit
educational firm, the Center for Eco
nomic and Social Justice, chaired by
Ambassador J. William Middendorf U.
Mr. Kurland is recognized as. one of
America's leading authorities on the
design and Implementation of the em-
ployee stock ownership plan tech-
nique, which can be a powerful mecha-
nism for connecting workers to future
capital credit.. Mr. Kurland drafted
and spearheaded the campaign behind
the original ESOP laws adopted by
Congress and has developed a number
of model ESOP's. I Invite my col-
leagues to read this Piece entitled "A
Strategy for Expanding Capital Own-
ership."
The statement follows:
A BTRAmOT FOR Exp*xnuvo CAPITAL
OWMZRIHIP
(By Norman 0. Kurland)
Few can argue that, given the rich cultur-
al diversity of Americans, freedom and de-
mocracy have been raised to extraordinary ,
levels In America. Our "history continues to
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