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[Congressional Record: October 5, 2000 (House)]
[Page H8922-H9004]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:cr05oc00-80]
CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4475, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001
Mr. YOUNG of Florida submitted the following conference report on the
bill (H.R. 4475) making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes:
Conference Report (H. Rept. 106-940)
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R.
4475) ``making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes'', having
met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend
and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an
amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said
amendment, insert: That the following sums are appropriated,
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes, namely:
Section 101. (a) The provisions of the following bill are
hereby enacted into law, H.R. 5394 of the 106th Congress, as
introduced on October 5, 2000.
(b) In publishing the Act in slip form and in the United
States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112, of title 1,
United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall
include after the date of approval at the end an appendix
setting forth the text of the bill referred to in subsection
(a) of this section.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Frank R. Wolf,
Tom DeLay,
Ralph Regula,
Harold Rogers,
Ron Packard,
Sonny Callahan,
Todd Tiahrt,
Robert B. Aderholt,
Kay Granger,
C.W. Bill Young,
Martin Olav Sabo
(except for provisions to withhold highway funds from
states that do not adopt 0.08 blood alcohol concentration
laws),
John W. Olver,
Ed Pastor,
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick
(except for provisions to withhold highway funds from
states that do not adopt 0.08 blood alcohol concentration
laws),
Jose E. Serrano,
Michael P. Forbes,
David R. Obey (with exception to denial of funds to states
without 0.08 BAC),
Managers on the Part of the House.
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Richard C. Shelby,
Pete V. Domenici,
Arlen Specter,
Christopher S. Bond,
Slade Gorton,
Robert F. Bennett,
Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
Ted Stevens,
Frank R. Lautenberg,
Robert C. Byrd,
Barbara A. Mikulski,
Harry Reid,
Herb Kohl,
Patty Murray,
Daniel K. Inouye,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
A BILL Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:
Northern Border Security
The conferees have long agreed on the inadequacy of the
federal response to smuggling and other threats facing the
southern border and ports of entry to the U.S. The security
threat to the northern border of the U.S. was made plain last
winter following the arrests of suspected terrorists
attempting to enter the United States from Canada into
Washington State and Vermont. The need for increased
vigilance along our long, undefended border with Canada is
beyond dispute while at the same time commerce with Canada,
our major bilateral trading partner, grows apace.
Aging infrastructure and staffing shortages have created
significant bottlenecks as well as increased vulnerability to
potential security threats at a number of northern ports of
entry. Yet the conferees perceive inadequate planning for and
commitment to provide the necessary personnel, facilities and
related infrastructure to keep our border crossings safe and
yet facilitate the smooth movement of commerce and
passengers. Shortcomings in infrastructure are readily
visible to visitors to the border, but so are the sparse
staffing levels. The northern border extends nearly 4,000
miles, but has only about 300 agents and inspectors, while
the 2,000 mile southwest border has 8,000. In addition to
increases in agents and inspectors needed to meet the threat
of terrorism, additional land border inspectors are called
for in the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act, which has not been fully implemented.
The conferees therefore direct the U.S. Customs Service,
working with the General Services Administration, the
Immigration and Naturalization Service, and other agencies
responsible for border inspection and facilities, to address
the inadequacies that presently exist in facilities and
personnel and submit to the Congress a plan to address them
with the submission of the fiscal year 2002 budget.
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