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Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet
Clinton Library
DOCUMENT NO.
SUBJECT/IITLE
DATE
RESTRICTION
AND TYPE
001. email
[email protected] to [list] at 14:00:00.00. Subject: RNC Briefing
01/10/1996
b(6)
points on the budget. (13 pages)
COLLECTION:
Clinton Presidential Records
Automated Records Management System [Email]
WHO ([HR 1977, Interior Appropriations])
OA/Box Number: 500000
FOLDER TITLE:
[12/18/1995 - 02/27/1996]
2012-0774-F
ab1091
RESTRICTION CODES
Presidential Records Act - |44 U.S.C. 2204(a))
Freedom of Information Act - 15 U.S.C. 552(b)]
PI National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA|
b(1) National security classified information |(b)(1) of the FOIA]
P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]
b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of
P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]
an agency |(b)(2) of the FOIA]
P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]
financial information |(a)(4) of the PRA|
b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial
P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President
information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]
and his advisors, or between such advisors |a)(5) of the PRA]
b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of
personal privacy |(b)(6) of the FOIA]
personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRAJ
b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement
purposes |(b)(7) of the FOIA]
C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed
b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of
of gift.
financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA]
PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C.
b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information
2201(3).
concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]
RR. Document will be reviewed upon request.
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (ALL-IN-1 MAIL)
CREATOR: Marlene A. MacDonald ( MACDONALD_M ) (WHO)
CREATION DATE/TIME:18-DEC-1995 17:08:19.33
SUBJECT: INTERIOR VETO STATEMENT
TO: Remote Addressee
( 1=US@2=TELEMAIL@3=INTERNET@*RFC-822\MWOLF
READ: NOT READ
TO: Remote Addressee
( 1=US@2=WESTERN UNION@3=@5=ATT.COM@*ELN\62
READ: NOT READ
TO: Remote Addressee
( [email protected]@INET )
READ: NOT READ
TO: Remote Addressee
( [email protected]@INET )
READ: NOT READ
TO: Lori E. Abrams
( ABRAMS_L ) (WHO)
READ: 18-DEC-1995 18:04:36.03
TO: Brenda Anders
(ANDERS_B) (WHO)
READ:19-DEC-1995 13:09:51.28
TO: Walker, Angelina
( Angelina Walker@EOP_OVP@CCGATE@EOPMRX )
READ: NOT READ
TO: Donald A. Baer
( BAER_D ) Autoforward to: Kristin Leight
READ: 18-DEC-1995 17:40:31.07
TO: Karen L. Barbuschak
( BARBUSCHAK_K ) (OA)
READ: 19-DEC-1995 08:25:20.48
TO: Rick E. Borchelt
( BORCHELT_R ) (STP)
READ: NOT READ
TO: Gabrielle M. Bushman
(BUSHMAN_G ) (WHO)
READ: :18-DEC-1995 17:07:19.22
TO: Phillip M. Caplan
( CAPLAN_P ) (WHO)
READ: 20-DEC-1995 12:20:05.39
TO: Laura Capps
( CAPPS_L ) (WHO)
READ: 18-DEC-1995 17:47:54.35
TO: Lisa M. Caputo
( CAPUTO_L ) (WHO)
READ: NOT READ
TO: Joseph W. Cerrell
( CERREL_J ) Autoforward to: Remote Address
READ: NOT READ
TO: C. Patricia Cogdell
(COGDELL_C ) (WHO)
READ:20-DEC-1995 08:33:35.35
TO: Steven A. Cohen
( COHEN_SA ) (WHO)
READ:18-DEC-1995 17:09:47.80
TO: Amanda Crumley
( CRUMLEY_A ) (WHO)
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READ: NOT READ
TO: Carolyn Curiel
(CURIEL_C ) (WHO)
READ: 19-DEC-1995 11:05:21.99
TO: Chris Dorval
(DORVAL_C ) (OPD)
READ: 18-DEC-1995 18:39:28.95
TO: Anne M. Edwards
( EDWARDS_A ) (WHO)
READ: NOT READ
TO: Rahm Emanuel
( EMANUEL_R ) (WHO)
READ: NOT READ
TO: Karen E. Finney
( FINNEY_K ) (WHO)
READ: NOT READ
TO: Donald L. Fowler
( FOWLER_D ) (WHO)
READ: NOT READ
TO: Jeremy M. Gaines
( GAINES_J ) (WHO)
READ: NOT READ
TO: Michael A. Gill
( GILL_M ) Autoforward to: Remote Addressee
READ:NOT READ
TO: Mary Ellen Glynn
( GLYNN_M ) (WHO)
READ:18-DEC-1995 17:31:43.59
TO: Jason S. Goldberg
( GOLDBERG_JS ) (OPD)
READ:NOT READ
TO: Julia R. Green
( GREEN_J ) (WHO)
READ: 18-DEC-1995 17:49:43.56
TO: LAWRENCE J. HAAS
( HAAS_L ) (OMB)
READ: 20-DEC-1995 11:45:51.08
TO: Alexis M. Herman
( HERMAN_A ) (WHO)
READ: NOT READ
TO: Heidi Kukis
( Heidi Kukis@EOP_OVP@CCGATE@EOPMRX )
READ: NOT READ
TO: Manager Infomgt
( INFOMGT ) (SYS)
READ:NOT READ
TO: Brian J. Johnson
( JOHNSON_BJ ) (CEQ)
READ: 18-DEC-1995 17:13:51.87
TO: Wayne C. Johnson
( JOHNSON_WC ) (OA)
READ: 2-JAN-1996 09:07:32.26
TO: James Kohlenberger
( Jim Kohlenberger@EOP_OVP@CCGATE@EOPMRX )
READ: NOT READ
TO: Payne, Julia M.
( Julia M. Payne@EOP_OVP@CCGATE@EOPMRX )
READ: NOT READ
TO: David E. Kalbaugh
( KALBAUGH_D ) (WHO)
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READ: 18-DEC-1995 17:12:23.54
TO: Angus S. King
( KING_A ) (WHO)
READ: 18-DEC-1995 17:53:53.53
TO: Joshua A. King
( KING_J ) (WHO)
READ: NOT READ
TO: G. N. Lattimore
( LATTIMORE_G ) (WHO)
READ: NOT READ
TO: Peggy A. Lewis
( LEWIS_P ) (WHO)
READ:18-DEC-1995 17:53:03.97
TO: Evelyn S. Lieberman
( LIEBERMAN_E ) (WHO)
READ:19-DEC-1995 07:58:42.94
TO: Cynthia J. Lizik
( LIZIK_C ) (OA)
READ: 19-DEC-1995 14:20:45.52
TO: Gordon Li
( LI_G ) (WHO)
READ:18-DEC-1995 17:22:14.76
TO: Doris O. Matsui
( MATSUI_D ) (WHO)
READ: 18-DEC-1995 18:13:17.32
TO: Lorraine McHugh
( MCHUGH_L ) (WHO)
READ:18-DEC-1995 17:10:13.70
TO: Kathy McKiernan
( MCKIERNAN_K ) (WHO)
READ: 18-DEC-1995 17:08:02.80
TO: APRIL K. MELLODY
( MELLODY_A ) (WHO)
READ: 18-DEC-1995 17:20:21.68
TO: Cheryl D. Mills
( MILLS_C ) (WHO)
READ: 18-DEC-1995 17:19:01.29
TO: Julia Moffett
( MOFFETT_J ) (WHO)
READ:NOT READ
TO: Elizabeth A. Montoya
( MONTOYA_E ) (WHO)
READ: 23-DEC-1995 19:46:34.86
TO: Melissa M. Murray
( MURRAY_MM ) (WHO)
READ: 18-DEC-1995 17:09:55.52
TO: Eleanor S. Parker
( PARKER_E ) (WHO)
READ: 18-DEC-1995 17:10:16.15
TO: Jonathan M. Prince
( PRINCE_J ) (WHO)
READ: 19-DEC-1995 09:16:48.09
TO: A. Victoria Rivas-Vazquez
( RIVASVAZQU_A ) (WHO)
READ:NOT READ
TO: Rica F. Rodman
( RODMAN_R ) (WHO)
READ:20-DEC-1995 13:35:30.72
TO: G. Timothy Saunders
( SAUNDERS_GT ) (WHO)
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READ: 19-DEC-1995 09:36:37.27
TO: Laura D. Schwartz
( SCHWARTZ_L ) (WHO)
READ: 19-DEC-1995 10:03:00.42
TO: Douglas S. Sheorn
( SHEORN_D ) (WHO)
READ: 18-DEC-1995 17:40:26.71
TO: Susan P. Shepard
( SHEPARD_S ) (OA)
READ: 19-DEC-1995 10:07:40.93
TO: Richard L. Siewert
( SIEWERT_R ) (WHO)
READ: NOT READ
TO: Joshua Silverman
( SILVERMAN_J ) (WHO)
READ:19-DEC-1995 09:33:11.25
TO: Douglas B. Sosnik
( SOSNIK_D ) (WHO)
READ: 18-DEC-1995 18:13:46.42
TO: Todd Stern
( STERN_T ) (WHO)
READ: NOT READ
TO: Richard Strauss
( STRAUSS_R ) (WHO)
READ:NOT READ
TO: Michael J. Sullivan
( SULLIVAN_M ) (WHO)
READ: 2-JAN-1996 17:35:14.83
TO: Margaret M. Suntum
( SUNTUM_M ) (WHO)
READ:NOT READ
TO: Virginia M. Terzano
( TERZANO_V ) (WHO)
READ: NOT READ
TO: FAX (9-862-0340, William Safire)
( TLXA1MAIL_\F:9-862-0340\C:William Safire\
READ: NOT READ
TO: FAX (94965034, Ann Lewis)
( TLXA1MAIL_\F:94965034\C:Ann Lewis\\ )
READ: NOT READ
TO: Barry J. Toiv
( TOIV_B ) (WHO)
READ: 18-DEC-1995 19:18:25.49
TO: Jodie R. Torkelson
( TORKELSON_J ) (WHO)
READ: 18-DEC-1995 17:37:30.86
TO: Lorraine A. Voles
( VOLES_L ) Autoforward to: Remote Addresse
READ: NOT READ
TO: Michael Waldman
( WALDMAN_M ) (OPD)
READ: NOT READ
TO: Michael J. Sullivan
( WEC_1 )
READ: NOT READ
TO: Michael J. Sullivan
( WEC X ) (WHO)
READ: NOT READ
TO: Dena B. Weinstein
( WEINSTEIN_D ) (WHO)
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READ: 18-DEC-1995 17:27:57.76
TO: Allison Wilkie
( WILKIE_A ) (WHO)
READ:18-DEC-1995 17:20:07.54
TO: Natalie S. Wozniak
( WOZNIAK_N ) (NSC)
READ: 18-DEC-1995 17:18:47.92
TO: Remote Addressee
( [email protected]@INET )
READ: NOT READ
TO: Remote Addressee
( [email protected]@INET )
READ: NOT READ
TO: Remote Addressee
( [email protected]@INET )
READ: NOT READ
TO: Remote Addressee
( [email protected]@INET )
READ: NOT READ
TO: Remote Addressee
( [email protected]@INET )
READ: NOT READ
TO: Remote Addressee
( [email protected]@INET )
READ: NOT READ
TEXT:
PRINTER FONT 12_POINT_COURIER
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
December 18, 1995
TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
I am returning herewith without my approval H.R. 1977, the
"Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1996. II
This bill is unacceptable because it would unduly restrict
our ability to protect America's natural resources and cultural
heritage, promote the technology we need for long
-term energy
conservation and economic growth, and provide adequate health,
educational, and other services to Native Americans.
First, the bill makes wrong
-headed choices with regard to
the management and preservation of some of our most precious
assets. In the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, it would
allow harmful clear
-cutting, require the sale of timber at
unsustainable levels, and dictate the use of an outdated
forest plan for the next 2 fiscal years.
In the Columbia River basin in the Pacific Northwest, the
bill would impede implementation of our comprehensive plan for
managing public lands -- the Columbia River Basin Ecosystem
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Management Project. It would do this by prohibiting publication
of a final Environmental Impact Statement or Record of Decision
and requiring the exclusion of information on fisheries and
watersheds. The result: a potential return to legal gridlock
on timber harvesting, grazing, mining, and other economically
important activities.
And in the California desert, the bill undermines our
designation of the Mojave National Preserve by cutting funding
for the Preserve and shifting responsibility for its management
from the National Park Service to the Bureau of Land Management.
The Mojave is our newest national park and part of the 1994
California Desert Protection Act -- the largest addition to our
park system in the lower 48 States. It deserves our support.
Moreover, the bill would impose a misguided moratorium on
future listings and critical habitat designations under the
Endangered Species Act. And in the case of one endangered
species, the marbled murrelet, it would eliminate the normal
flexibility for both the Departments of the Interior and
Agriculture to use new scientific information in managing
our forests.
Second, the bill slashes funding for the Department of
Energy's energy conservation programs. This is short
-sighted
and unwise. Investment in the technology of energy conservation
is important for our Nation's long
-term economic strength and
environmental health. We should be doing all we can to maintain
and sharpen our competitive edge, not back off.
Third, this bill fails to honor our historic obligations
toward Native Americans. It provides inadequate funding for
the Indian Health Service and our Indian Education programs.
And the cuts targeted at key programs in the Bureau of Indian
Affairs' are crippling -- including programs that support child
welfare; adult vocational training; law enforcement and
detention services; community fire protection; and general
assistance to low
-income Indian individuals and families.
more
(OVE
2
Moreover, the bill would unfairly single out certain
self
-governance tribes in Washington State for punitive
treatment. Specifically, it would penalize these tribes
financially for using legal remedies in disputes with non
-tribal
owners of land within reservations.
Finally, the bill represents a dramatic departure from our
commitment to support for the arts and the humanities. It cuts
funding of the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities
so deeply as to jeopardize their capacity to keep providing the
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cultural, educational, and artistic programs that enrich
America's communities large and small.
For these reasons and others my Administration has conveyed
to the Congress in earlier communications, I cannot accept this
bill. It does not reflect my priorities or the values of the
American people. I urge the Congress to send me a bill that
truly serves the interests of our Nation and our citizens.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 18, 1995.
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (ALL-IN-1 MAIL)
CREATOR: Peter G. Umhofer ( UMHOFER_P ) (CEQ)
CREATION DATE/TIME:21-DEC-1995 16:16:05.50
SUBJECT: Southern Physicains
TO: Jill M. Pecunia
( PECUNIA_J ) (WHO)
READ: 21-DEC-1995 16:20:20.10
TEXT:
Here it is
ATTACHMENT
1
ATT CREATION TIME/DATE:21-DEC-1995 16:15:00.00
ATT BODYPART TYPE:p
ATT CREATOR: Peter G. Umhofer
TEXT:
PRINTER FONT 12_POINT_ROMAN
December 21, 1995
Southern Physicians for Social Responsibility
P.O. Box 10518
Atlanta, Georgia 30310
Dear
:
Thank you for your letter regarding the appropriations
legislation from Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of
Housing and Urban Development and independent agencies,
Department of the Interior and related agencies, and Department
of Transportation. It was good to hear from you.
I vetoed both the Interior and VA
-HUD appropriations bills.
They had inadequate funding and special interest riders and I
could not sign them. I have enclosed copies of the veto message
for those bills as well as the statement I issued upon signing
the Transportation legislation. I know that bill was not all we
hoped but to balance I felt I should sign it.
As my Administration works to preserve the environment, I am
grateful for your leadership and welcome your continued
involvement.
Sincerely,
BC
END ATTACHMENT
1
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (ALL-IN-1 MAIL)
CREATOR: Peter G. Umhofer ( UMHOFER_P ) (CEQ)
CREATION DATE/TIME:21-DEC-1995 23:44:41.60
SUBJECT: Ltr
TO: Jill M. Pecunia
( PECUNIA_J ) (WHO)
READ: 22-DEC-1995 09:27:52.96
TEXT:
Here is the letter to the Nevada Endangered Species Alliance. The President's
Interior bill veto statement should be included also. I will red dot that to
you.
ATTACHMENT 1
ATT CREATION TIME/DATE:21-DEC-1995 23:41:00.00
ATT BODYPART TYPE:p
ATT CREATOR: Peter G. Umhofer
TEXT:
PRINTER FONT 12_POINT_ROMAN
December 21 , 1995
Mr. Monte Belote and Ms. Susan Caplowe
Florida Consumer Action Network
4100 West Kennedy Boulevard
Suite 126
Tampa, Florida 33609
Dear Mr. Belote and Ms. Caplowe:
Thank you for your letter regarding the fiscal year 1996
Interior appropriations bill.
It was good to hear from you.
The Administration has listed several legislative riders
including the Endangered Species Act (ESA) provision that would
include unwarranted funding reductions and moratoria language for
ESA critical habitat designations and listing. These would
undermine the Administration's efforts to proceed with prelisting
and other important activities under the ESA. To avoid potential
costly economic and social disruptions in the future I hope the
Congress will drop this and other riders and send me a bill I can
sign.
Once again, thank you for writing.
Sincerely,
BC
END ATTACHMENT 1
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (ALL-IN-1 MAIL)
CREATOR: Lisa Kountoupes ( KOUNTOUPES_L ) (OMB)
CREATION DATE/TIME: 2-JAN-1996 20:30:37.57
SUBJECT: EOP USE ONLY: AMR DAILY
TO: Charles S. Konigsberg
( KONIGSBERG_C ) (OMB)
READ: 2-JAN-1996 21:07:52.29
TO: Alice M. Rivlin
( RIVLIN_A ) (OMB)
READ: 2-JAN-1996 20:55:46.24
TO: Charles E. Kieffer
( KIEFFER_C ) (OMB)
READ: 2-JAN-1996 21:19:45.51
TO: Jacob J. Lew
( LEW_J ) (OMB)
READ: NOT READ
TO: Patrick J. Griffin
( GRIFFIN_P ) (WHO)
READ: NOT READ
TO: Martha Foley
( FOLEY_M ) (WHO)
READ: 2-JAN-1996 20:38:53.74
TO: Ann M. Cattalini
( CATTALINI_A ) (WHO)
READ: 2-JAN-1996 21:37:21.35
TO: James C. Murr
( MURR_J ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:12:59.84
TO: James J. Jukes
( JUKES_J ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 09:26:01.77
TO: Janet R. Forsgren
( FORSGREN_J ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 13:06:45.68
TO: Ronald K. Peterson
( PETERSON_RK ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 09:30:08.33
TO: LAWRENCE J. HAAS
( HAAS_L ) (OMB)
READ: 2-JAN-1996 20:41:09.48
TO: Robert G. Damus
( DAMUS_R ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 09:05:31.39
TO: Barry B. Anderson
( ANDERSON_B ) (OMB)
READ: 2-JAN-1996 21:26:46.44
TO: Gordon Adams
( ADAMS_G ) (OMB)
READ:NOT READ
TO: T J Glauthier
( GLAUTHIER_T ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 09:09:05.40
TO: Kenneth S. Apfel
( APFEL_K ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:10:46.84
TO: Nancy-Ann E. Min
( MIN_N ) (OMB)
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READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:18:57.07
TO: Robert E. Litan
( LITAN_R ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:03:47.33
TO: Joseph Minarik
READ: 3-JAN-1996 19:18:01.63
TO: Sally Katzen
( KATZEN_S ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 12:10:17.50
TO: Lydia Muniz
( MUNIZ_L ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 10:29:54.54
TO: Kristen E. Panerali
( PANERALI_K ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 09:16:00.94
TO: John A. Koskinen
( KOSKINEN_J ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:30:53.66
TO: Steven Kelman
( KELMAN_S ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:31:38.30
TO: G. Edward DeSeve
( DESEVE_G ) (OMB)
READ:NOT READ
TO: John B. Arthur
( ARTHUR_J ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 06:36:20.77
TO: William A. Halter
( HALTER_W ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:14:08.40
TO: Jill M. Blickstein
( BLICKSTEIN_J ) (OMB)
READ: 4-JAN-1996 11:24:56.47
TO: Chantale Wong
( WONG_C ) (OMB)
READ: 2-JAN-1996 21:28:37.81
TO: Laura D. Tyson
( TYSON_L ) Autoforward to: Thomas O'Donnel
READ:NOT READ
TO: Thomas O'Donnell
( ODONNELL_T ) (WHO)
READ:NOT READ
TO: David J. Lane
( LANE_D ) (OPD)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:48:37.34
TO: M. Jill Gibbons
( GIBBONS_M ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:51:21.30
TO: Ronald E. Jones
( JONES_RE ) (OMB)
READ:NOT READ
TO: Ingrid M. Schroeder
( SCHROEDER_I ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:57:58.20
TO: Jeffrey A. Weinberg
( WEINBERG_J ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:59:59.97
TO: James A. Brown
( BROWN_JA ) (OMB)
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READ: NOT READ
TO: Constance J. Bowers
( BOWERS_C ) (OMB)
READ: NOT READ
TO: Melissa Y. Cook
( COOK_MY ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 09:27:42.11
TO: Anna M. Briatico
( BRIATICO_A ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 09:35:49.79
TO: Robert J. Pellicci
( PELLICCI_R ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 09:46:27.60
TO: Alison C. Perkins
( PERKINS_A ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 09:13:02.05
TO: Elyse H. Fitter
( FITTER_E ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 09:18:24.09
TO: Michael L. Goad
( GOAD_M ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:22:35.76
TO: Annette E. Rooney
( ROONEY_A ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:40:49.91
TO: Dena B. Weinstein
( WEINSTEIN_D ) (WHO)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:00:30.05
TO: Stacey L. Rubin
( RUBIN_S ) (WHO)
READ: 2-JAN-1996 20:56:20.76
TO: Jennifer N. Palmieri
( PALMIERI_J ) (WHO)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:40:37.88
TO: Karin L. Kizer
( KIZER_K ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:56:01.01
TO: Deborah F. Kramer
( KRAMER_D ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 10:08:41.14
TO: Diane G. Limo
( LIMO_D ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:31:59.89
TO: Alice E. Shuffield
( SHUFFIELD_A ) (OMB)
READ: 5-JAN-1996 10:07:44.53
TO: Janet L. Graves
( GRAVES_J ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 10:13:01.71
TO: James I. Blount
( BLOUNT_J ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 09:21:07.99
TO: Philip R. Dame
( DAME_P ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:13:06.79
TO: Alan B. Rhinesmith
( RHINESMITH A ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:42:34.84
TO: Kenneth L. Schwartz
(SCHWARTZ_K )(OMB)
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TO: Barry T. Clendenin
( CLENDENIN_B ) (OMB)
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TO: Robert B. Rideout
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TO: Philip A. DuSault
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TO: Phebe N. Vickers
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TO: Ron Cogswell
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TO: Barry White
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TO: Richard P. Emery Jr.
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READ: 3-JAN-1996 08:37:03.95
TO: Barbara C. Chow
( CHOW_B ) (WHO)
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TO: Robert E. Barker
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TO: Donald A. Baer
( BAER_D ) Autoforward to: Kristin Leight
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TO: Ann F. Walker
( WALKER_A ) Autoforward to: Daniel P. Coll
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TO: Gene B. Sperling
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TO: Timothy J. Keating
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TO: Kathryn Higgins
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TO: Douglas B. Sosnik
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READ: 3-JAN-1996 09:55:17.77
TO: Lara L. Roholt
( ROHOLT_L ) (OMB)
READ: 3-JAN-1996 09:03:51.00
TEXT:
PRINTER FONT 12_POINT_ROMAN
Tuesday, January 2, 1996 (8:00 pm)
TO:
ALICE RIVLIN
FROM: LISA KOUNTOUPES
SUBJECT:
DAILY LEGISLATIVE REPORT
[The President signed HR 2539, Interstate Commerce Commission
(ICC) Sunset Act, 12/29].
CONGRESS TODAY:
The House conducted no legislative business.
The Senate passed the following bills by unanimous consent:
(1) a clean CR that would extend through 1/12/96 the one that
expired on 12/15/95 (attached to HR 1643 a bill to provide MFN
status for Bulgaria); (2) an expanded mini CR which would
extend funding through the end of the year for care for the
elderly, child protection services, unemployment benefits, the
SEC, DC, certain Native American benefits through the BIA, and
Veterans benefits; and (3) a bill which would allow for any
balanced budget agreement to be considered under the expedited
procedure of a reconciliation conference report (debate
limited to 15 hours). This measure was attached to S 1508, a
bill which deems all federal employees ?emergency?.
SENATE FLOOR SCHEDULE:
Senate will convene on Wednesday, January 3 1996 for the
second session of the 104th Congress. The Majority Leader
announced today that he does not expect any roll call votes
this week.
Not Completed:
- Start II Treaty consideration (under a time agreement)
- S 1470, Senior Citizens Right to Work Act
[SAP sent 12/20: Administrations full support is
contingent on increase being deficit neutral within
Social Security]
- HR 2127 Labor/HHS Appropriations Bill (cloture vote delayed
until further notice)
- HR 2546, DC Appropriations Conference Report
- HR 1868, Foreign Operations Conference Report
[SAP sent 12/15: Secretary of State would recommend veto]
- S 652, Telecommunications Competition/ Deregulation Act
Conference Report
- S 1459, Public Rangelands Management Act
[SAP being developed]
- S 1438, Establishing a Commission to Review Dispute
Settlement Reports of the World Trade Organization
- S--, Bank Regulatory Relief Act
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HOUSE FLOOR SCHEDULE:
The House will convene on January 3, 1996 at noon for the
Second Session of the 104th Congress. According to leadership
offices, legislative business and votes should be expected,
but no specific program has been announced.
Wednesday, January 3 (tentative)
(it is not clear that the Republican leadership has the votes
to override these vetoes)
- Override the President?s veto of HR 1530, Defense
Authorization
- Override the President?s veto of HR 2076,
Commerce/Justice/State Appropriations
Thursday, January 4 (tentative) :
- Override the President?s veto of HR 1977, Interior
Appropriations
- Override the President?s veto of HR 2099, VA/HUD
Appropriations
- HR 2677, National Parks and National Wildlife Refuge Systems
Freedom Act
[SAP sent 12/12: Administration opposes]
- Possible consideration of a CR or another mini CR
Not completed:
- Possible consideration of HR 1745, Utah Pubic Lands
Management Act (if the Republican Leadership has been able to
address concerns that prevented its passage in December) [SAP
sent 12/14: Secretary of the Interior would recommend veto]
- HR 2546, DC Appropriations Conference Report
- HR 558, Texas Low
-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact
Consent Act
[SAP sent 9/16: Administration supports] (failed under
suspension)
- S 652, Telecommunications Competition/ Deregulation Act
Conference Report
- HR 1020, Integrated Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Act
(rumored deal to eliminate budget language from bill and
consider in February 1996)
- S 1470, Senior Citizens Right to Work Act (after passing the
Senate)
- HR 1868, Foreign Operations Conference Report
[SAP sent 12/15: Secretary of State would recommend veto]
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CREATOR: Lisa Kountoupes ( KOUNTOUPES_L ) (OMB)
CREATION DATE/TIME: 4-JAN-1996 21:57:48.24
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TO: Barry T. Clendenin
( CLENDENIN_B ) (OMB)
READ: 5-JAN-1996 07:23:41.91
TO: Robert B. Rideout
( RIDEOUT_R ) (OMB)
READ: 5-JAN-1996 10:06:22.71
TO: Philip A. DuSault
( DUSAULT_P ) (OMB)
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TO: Phebe N. Vickers
( VICKERS_P )(OMB)
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TO: Kathleen Peroff
( PEROFF_K ) (OMB)
READ: 5-JAN-1996 11:39:21.40
TO: Ron Cogswell
( COGSWELL_R ) (OMB)
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TO: Barry White
( WHITE_B ) (OMB)
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TO: Richard P. Emery Jr.
( EMERY_R ) (OMB)
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TO: Barbara C. Chow
( CHOW_B ) (WHO)
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TO: Robert E. Barker
( BARKER_R ) (OMB)
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TO: Donald A. Baer
( BAER_D ) Autoforward to: Kristin Leight
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TO: Ann F. Walker
( WALKER_A ) Autoforward to: Daniel P. Coll
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TO: Todd Stern
( STERN_T ) (WHO)
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(BRANDEL_N ) (OMB)
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TO: Christopher F. Walker
( WALKER_C ) (WHO)
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TO: Deborah L. Shaw
( SHAW_D ) (OMB)
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TO: Gene B. Sperling
( SPERLING_G ) Autoforward to: Daniel Taber
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TO: Timothy J. Keating
( KEATING_T )(WHO)
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TO: Kathryn Higgins
( HIGGINS_K ) (WHO)
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TO: Stephen B. Silverman
( SILVERMAN_S ) (WHO)
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TO: Bruce N. Reed
( REED_B ) (WHO)
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TO: Jeremy D. Benami
(BENAMI_J ) (WHO)
READ: 5-JAN-1996 08:49:29.71
TO: Douglas B. Sosnik
( SOSNIK_D ) (WHO)
READ: 6-JAN-1996 14:53:19.58
TO: Karen L. Hancox
( HANCOX_K ) (WHO)
READ: 5-JAN-1996 07:40:09.41
TO: Shelley N. Fidler
( FIDLER_S ) (CEQ)
READ: 5-JAN-1996 09:07:53.79
TO: Janet L. Himler
( HIMLER_J ) (OMB)
READ: 5-JAN-1996 08:16:14.25
TO: Daniel Tate
( TATE_D ) (WHO)
READ: 5-JAN-1996 09:16:33.30
TO: John C. Angell
( ANGELL_J ) (WHO)
READ: 5-JAN-1996 10:30:49.05
TO: Susanne D. Lind
( LIND_S ) (OMB)
READ: 5-JAN-1996 07:23:30.15
TO: Ellen J. Balis
( BALIS_E ) (OMB)
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TO: Anita Chellaraj
( CHELLARAJ_A ) (OMB)
READ: 5-JAN-1996 09:17:40.62
TO: Alicia K. Kolaian
( KOLAIAN_A ) (OMB)
READ: 5-JAN-1996 09:24:27.89
TO: Jennifer L. Nelson
( NELSON_JL ) (WHO)
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TO: Nick B. Kirkhorn
( KIRKHORN_N ) (WHO)
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TO: Janet Murguia
( MURGUIA_J ) (WHO)
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TO: Lucia A. Wyman
( WYMAN_L ) (WHO)
READ: 9-JAN-1996 16:33:11.63
TO: Alphonse Maldon
( MALDON_A ) (WHO)
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TO: Bruce D. Long
( LONG_B ) (OMB)
READ: 5-JAN-1996 06:28:45.51
TO: James T. Heimbach
( HEIMBACH_J ) (WHO)
READ: 5-JAN-1996 08:34:14.95
TO: Lisa Kountoupes
( KOUNTOUPES_L ) (OMB)
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READ: 4-JAN-1996 22:02:16.50
TO: Robert J. Nassif
( NASSIF_R ) (OMB)
READ: 5-JAN-1996 09:11:48.68
TO: Melinda D. Haskins
( HASKINS_M ) (OMB)
READ: 5-JAN-1996 09:23:14.33
TO: Lauren Haber
( HABER_L ) (OMB)
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TO: Robert S. Fairweather
( FAIRWEATHE_R ) (OMB)
READ: 5-JAN-1996 09:32:53.98
TO: Bruce D. Beard
( BEARD_B ) (OMB)
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TO: James B. Kazel
( KAZEL_J ) (OMB)
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TO: John Gribben
( GRIBBEN_J ) (OMB)
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TO: Victoria L. Schaefer
( SCHAEFER_V ) (OMB)
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TO: Michelle Denton
( DENTON_M ) (CEQ)
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TO: Kathy McKiernan
( MCKIERNAN_K ) (WHO)
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( MELLODY_A ) (WHO)
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( GLYNN_M ) (WHO)
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( TERZANO_V ) (WHO)
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( FISHMAN_I ) (WHO)
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( WEATHERLY_M ) (OMB)
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( MCCONNELL_B ) (OMB)
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( MARTIN_B ) (OMB)
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TO: Nancy E. Schwartz
( SCHWARTZ_N ) (OMB)
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( FITZPATRIC_M ) (OMB)
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TO: Ananias Blocker
( BLOCKER_A ) (WHO)
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TO: Lara L. Roholt
( ROHOLT_L ) (OMB)
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TO: Ben Freeland
( FREELAND_B ) (WHO)
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( JOHNSON_AE ) (WHO)
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TEXT:
PRINTER FONT 12_POINT_ROMAN
Thursday, January 4, 1996 (9:30 pm)
TO:
ALICE RIVLIN
FROM: LISA KOUNTOUPES
SUBJECT:
DAILY LEGISLATIVE REPORT
CONGRESS TODAY:
The House failed to override the President?s veto of HR 1977,
Interior Appropriations (239- 177).
The Senate passed HJRes 153, a DC only CR through January 25
(voice).
[On Wednesday, January 3, the House Rules Committee approved a
measure to give the Speaker recess authority through January
23 and to waive the 2/3 vote requirement for considering
measures on the House floor on the same day they are reported
from the Committee. The ability to waive the 2/3 requirement
is for measures related to (1) FY 1996 appropriations, (2)
continuing appropriations for FY 1996, (3) increasing or
waiving the public debt limit and (4) providing for a balanced
budget. Similar authority expired at the end of the first
session of the 104th Congress. The House has not yet voted on
the rule.]
**The House Rules Committee was scheduled to meet Thursday
night at 10:00 pm presumably to grant a rule to consider a
partial CR that would provide pay to federal workers and allow
them to go back to work. It was unclear at 9:30 pm if a CR
will come to the House floor on Friday, January 5th.
SENATE FLOOR SCHEDULE:
The Majority Leader has announced that he does not expect any
roll call votes this week.
Friday, December 5:
- partial CR after House passes possible
Not Completed:
- Start II Treaty consideration (under a time agreement)
- S 1470, Senior Citizens Right to Work Act
[SAP sent 12/20: Administrations full support is
contingent on increase being deficit neutral within
Social Security]
- HR 2127 Labor/HHS Appropriations Bill (cloture vote delayed
until further notice)
- HR 2546, DC Appropriations Conference Report
- HR 1868, Foreign Operations Conference Report
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[SAP sent 12/15: Secretary of State would recommend veto]
- S 652, Telecommunications Competition/ Deregulation Act
Conference Report
- S 1459, Public Rangelands Management Act
[SAP being developed]
- S 1438, Establishing a Commission to Review Dispute
Settlement Reports of the World Trade Organization
- S--, Bank Regulatory Relief Act
HOUSE FLOOR SCHEDULE:
Friday, January 5 (tentative)
- partial CR possible
- S 1514 military pay raise (not on schedule, but possible)
- HR 2677, National Parks and National Wildlife Refuge Systems
Freedom Act (possible)
[SAP sent 12/12: Administration opposes]
- Override the President?s veto of HR 2099, VA/HUD
Appropriations (looking less likely that the House Republican
leadership will bring this up for a vote)
Not completed:
- Possible consideration of HR 1745, Utah Pubic Lands
Management Act (if the Republican Leadership has been able to
address concerns that prevented its passage in December) [SAP
sent 12/14: Secretary of the Interior would recommend veto]
- HR 2546, DC Appropriations Conference Report
- HR 558, Texas Low
-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact
Consent Act
[SAP sent 9/16: Administration supports] (failed under
suspension)
- S 652, Telecommunications Competition/ Deregulation Act
Conference Report
- HR 1020, Integrated Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Act
(rumored deal to eliminate budget language from bill and
consider in February 1996)
- S 1470, Senior Citizens Right to Work Act (after passing the
Senate)
- HR 1868, Foreign Operations Conference Report
[SAP sent 12/15: Secretary of State would recommend veto]
APPROPRIATIONS
The President has signed the Military Construction Bill (HR
1817), the Agriculture Bill (HR 1976), the Energy and Water
Bill (HR 1905), the Transportation Bill, (HR 2002), the
Treasury Postal Bill (HR 2020) and the Legislative Branch
Bill (HR 1854) HR 2126, the Defense Appropriations bill has
also been enacted into law. The President has vetoed the
Interior Appropriations Bill (HR 1977), the VA/HUD
Appropriations Bill (HR 2099) and the Commerce/Justice/State
Appropriations Bill (HR 2076). Veto recommendations are
indicated by an asterisk.
*Agriculture (HR 1976)
- House subcommittee reported-
-OMB letter 6/21: serious
objections.
- House committee reported-
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Floor SAP 7/18: USDA/OMB veto
recommendation.
- House passed-
-OMB letter 8/11: USDA/OMB veto recommendation.
- Senate Committee reported-
- Floor SAP 9/18: Administration
could support if concerns addressed.
- House & Senate passed-
-OMB letter 9/27: Administration could
support if concerns addressed.
- POTUS signed 10/21 (PL 104
-37).
*C/J/S (HR 2076)
- House subcommittee reported-
-OMB letter 7/18: Attorney
General/Commerce/OMB veto recommendation.
- House committee reported-
-Rules SAP 7/20: Attorney
General/Commerce/OMB veto recommendation.
- House committee reported-
Floor SAP 7/24: Attorney
General/Commerce/OMB veto recommendation.
- House committee reported-
POTUS letter 7/25: "I would veto
it because it would eliminate the Community Oriented Policing
Services (COPS) program."
- House passed-
-OMB letter 8/12: Commerce/OMB veto
recommendation.
- Senate subcommittee reported-
-OMB letter 9/12: President
would veto.
- Senate committee reported-
Floor SAP 9/14: President would
veto.
- House & Senate passed-
-OMB letter 11/6: President would
veto.
- Conference Report-
House Floor SAP 12/6: President would
veto.
- Conference Report-
-Senate Floor SAP 12/7: President would
veto.
- POTUS veto 12/19.
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Unsuccessful House vote to override veto 1/3.
Defense (HR 2126)
House subcommittee reported-
OMB letter 7/20: Administration
does not support.
- House committee reported-
-Rules SAP 7/27: "the President
will not support the bill unless.
concerns are addressed. "
- House committee reported-
Floor SAP 7/31: "the President
will not support the bill unless.
concerns are addressed. "
Senate committee reported-
Floor SAP 8/10: senior advisers
veto recommendation.
- House committee reported-
Floor SAP 9/7: senior advisers
veto recommendation.
- House and Senate passed-
OMB letter 9/18: senior advisors
veto recommendation.
- Conference Report-
OMB letter 9/29: President will veto.
- POTUS letter 10/18: President will veto.
- Enacted 12/1 (PL 104
-61).
*DC (HR 2546)
Senate committee reported-
Floor SAP 9/21: pleased with
funding level, but strongly opposed to provision.
House subcommittee reported-
-OMB letter 10/24: strongly
object to funding cuts
House committee reported-
Rules SAP 10/30: senior advisors
would recommend veto.
House committee reported-
Floor SAP 11/1: President would
veto.
- House and Senate passed-
OMB letter 11/15: as passed by the
House, President would veto. Strong objections to Senate
bill, but it is a significant improvement over House version.
*Energy/Water (HR 1905)
House subcommittee reported-
-OMB letter 6/20: strongly
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opposed.
- House passed-
- OMB letter 7/20: strongly opposed.
- Senate committee reported-
- Floor SAP 7/31: strongly opposed.
- House and Senate passed-
-OMB letter 10/13: senior advisors
would recommend veto based on potential conference changes.
- POTUS signed 11/13 (PL 104
-46). -
*Foreign Ops (HR 1868)
- House committee reported-
- Floor SAP 6/22: difficulty
supporting if improvements are not made.
- Senate subcommittee reported-
-OMB letter 9/14: raising
concerns.
- Senate committee reported-
- Floor SAP 9/20: serious concerns.
- House and Senate passed-
- OMB letter 10/19: State & Treasury
veto recommendation if low House funding & Senate earmarks are
not corrected.
- House committee reported-
- Floor SAP 10/31: Secretary of
State would recommend veto.
- Conference report-
House Floor SAP 12/13: Secretary of State
would recommend veto.
- Conference report-
- Senate Floor SAP 12/15: Secretary of
State would recommend veto.
*Interior (HR 1977)
- House subcommittee reported-
-OMB letter 6/21: serious
objections.
- House committee reported-
- Floor SAP 7/12: OMB/Interior veto
recommendation.
- House passed-
OMB letter 7/25: OMB/Interior veto
recommendation.
- House passed-
- -Senate Floor SAP 8/4: OMB/Interior veto
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recommendation.
- House and Senate passed-
OMB letter 9/18: OMB/Interior veto
recommendation.
- Conference committee-
- VP statement 9/22: ?If Congress sends
the President the fiscal 1996 Interior Appropriations Bill as
approved by the conference committee, he will veto it.?
- Conference report-
-OMB letter 10/19: ?Vice President stated
on September 22 that if Congress sent the POTUS the FY 1996
Interior Appropriations Bill as approved by the conference
committee, the President would veto it.?
- Conference report (of 10/31)
-House Floor SAP 11/6:
President would veto.
- Conference report (of 12/12) -
House Floor SAP 12/13:
President would veto.
- Conference report (of 12/12)
Senate Floor SAP 12/14:
President would veto.
- POTUS veto 12/18.
- Unsuccessful House vote to override veto 1/4
*Labor/HHS/Ed (HR 2127)
- Panetta, 7/11: if subcommittee. chairman's mark reaches the
President's desk in its current form, "he will veto."
House subcommittee reported-
OMB letter 7/19: President
would veto.
House committee reported-
-Rules SAP 7/27: President would
veto.
- House committee reported-
Floor SAP 8/2: President would
veto.
- House passed-
OMB letter 8/12: President would veto.
- Senate subcommittee reported-
OMB letter 9/14: President
would veto.
- Senate committee reported-
-Floor SAP 9/26: President would
veto.
*Leg Branch (HR 1854)
- Conference report-
POTUS said on 8/1: "If the congressional
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leadership follows through on its plan to send me its own
funding bill before it finishes work on the rest of the
budget, I will be compelled to veto it."
- Rivlin letter 9/6: ?To avoid a veto, Congress should first
make substantial progress in presenting other appropriations
bills that the President can sign
?
- POTUS veto 10/3: will not sign Leg. Branch Appropriations
until Congress completes action on remaining FY 1996
Appropriations bills
- POTUS signed 11/19 (PL 104
-53)
Mil Con (HR 1817)
- House subcommittee reported-
-OMB letter 6/13: would support
if modified.
- House committee reported-
Rules SAP 6/15: would support if
modified.
- House
-passed-
OMB letter 7/18: strongly objects to certain
provisions.
- Senate committee reported-
- Floor SAP 7/20: strongly objects
to certain provisions.
- House and Senate passed-
-OMB letter 9/14: serious
objections, position to be determined.
- POTUS signed 10/3 (PL 1 04
-32): disappointed that Act
provides $70 million for unneeded projects
would have used
line
-item veto authority had Congress completed action on
line
-item veto legislation.
Transportation (HR 2002)
- House committee reported-
-Rules SAP 7/19: serious
objections.
- House committee reported-
- Floor SAP 7/21: serious
objections.
- House passed-
OMB letter 8/1: serious objections.
- Senate committee reported-
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Floor SAP 8/9: appreciate that
several concerns are addressed, but have some remaining
concerns.
House and Senate passed-
OMB letter 9/13: outlines several
remaining concerns.
- POTUS signed 11/15 (PL 104
-50).
*Treasury/Postal (HR 2020)
- House subcommittee reported-
-OMB letter 7/10: serious
objections.
- House committee reported-
Floor SAP 7/17: OMB/Sr. WH
officials/OPM veto recommendation.
House
-passed-
OMB letter 7/24: OMB/Sr. WH
officials/Treasury/OPM veto recommendation.
- Senate subcommittee reported-
POTUS statement re: ONDCP
7/26: ?As this bill is now constructed, I will not sign it?.
Senate subcommittee reported-
-OMB letter 7/27: Treasury veto
recommendation.
Senate committee reported-
Floor SAP 8/3: President has
stated he would not sign due to elimination of ONDCP;
Treasury veto recommendation due to other concerns.
- House and Senate passed-
-OMB letter 9/12: OMB, Treasury, OPM
veto threat on House and Senate bills.
- POTUS signed 11/19 (PL 104
-52).
*VA/HUD/Independent Agencies (HR 2099)
House subcommittee reported-
Panetta statement 7/11:
President will veto.
House subcommittee reported-
OMB letter 7/17: senior
advisors veto recommendation.
- House committee reported-
-Rules SAP 7/24: President would
veto.
- House committee reported-
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- Floor SAP 7/26: President would
veto.
- House
-passed-
- POTUS stated 8/1: "The minute this polluter's
protection act hits my desk, I will veto it."
- House
-passed-
- OMB letter 8/12: President would veto.
- Senate subcommittee reported-
- -OMB letter 9/13: President
would veto.
- Senate committee reported-
- Floor SAP 9/25: President would
veto.
- House & Senate passed-
-OMB letter 11/6: President would
veto.
- Conference Report-
- -House Floor SAP 11/20: President will
veto.
- Conference Report-
- House Floor SAP 12/7: President will veto
- Conference Report-
- Senate Floor SAP 12/14: President would
veto.
- POTUS veto 12/18.
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (ALL-IN-1 MAIL)
CREATOR: Diane Ikemiyashiro ( IKEMIYASHI_D ) (WHO)
CREATION DATE/TIME:18-JAN-1996 13:16:45.78
SUBJECT: Gov. Dean letter
TO: John B. Emerson
( EMERSON_J ) (WHO)
READ: 18-JAN-1996 13:28:20.14
TEXT:
Hi, John.
I've got another letter for you. If this draft is okay, should it be
autopenned? Thanks. - - Diane
Thank you for your letter regarding your concerns about the
funding for the Department of Energy Weatherization Assistance
Program and for the Conservation program as a whole.
I appreciate your support for our position to veto the Interior
and Related Agencies appropriation, and in fact we did just that.
Like you, I am disappointed that the Congress has chosen to
reduce funding for this worthwhile program. We are working to
gain restoration of some of the funds cut from the Weatherization
program; however, if we are unsuccessful, there should still be
sufficient money to address the needs of the many low-income
Americans who rely on weatherization assistance. We will soon
start implementing the new formula for this aid, even if at
slightly reduced levels of funding.
Thanks, again, for writing about this appropriations bill. I
send you my best wishes.
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (ALL-IN-1 MAIL)
CREATOR: Michael T. Schmidt ( SCHMIDT_MT ) (OPD)
CREATION DATE/TIME:19-JAN-1996 14:33:52.68
SUBJECT: RE: HR 1977 veto
TO: Diane Ikemiyashiro
( IKEMIYASHI_D ) (WHO)
READ: 19-JAN-1996 14:36:51.47
TEXT:
Looks OK to me as far as I can tell. Have you run it by OMB
(since they did the veto statement) ?
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (ALL-IN-1 MAIL)
CREATOR: Diane Ikemiyashiro ( IKEMIYASHI_D ) (WHO)
CREATION DATE/TIME:19-JAN-1996 14:53:33.37
SUBJECT: HR 1977
TO: E. Irene James
( JAMES_E ) (OMB)
READ: 19-JAN-1996 14:53:51.59
TO: Richard H. Kodl
( KODL_R ) (OMB)
READ: 19-JAN-1996 14:55:30.90
TEXT:
Irene and Rich - -
Per my voice-mail message to you both -- the following is a POTUS draft response
in regard to the HR 1977 veto. Can you please let me know if it's okay? My
draft is based on the statement that POTUS gave to the House of Reps. on the day
he vetoed the bill. Thanks in advance for your assistance.
- - Diane
Thank you for your letter regarding the budget cuts targeted at
Native American programs.
As you may know, on December 18, 1995, I vetoed H.R. 1977, the
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1996. I did not sign the bill because it would unduly
restrict our ability to protect America's natural resources and
cultural heritage, promote the technology we need for long-term
energy conservation and economic growth, and fails to honor our
historic obligations toward programs that provide adequate
health, education, and other vital services to Native Americans.
Many of the cuts that have been proposed by the Congress would
severely impede the health and welfare of Native American
children and families including cuts targeted at key programs in
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, programs that support child
welfare, adult vocational training, law enforcement, detention
services, community fire protection, and general assistance to
low-income Indian individuals and families.
For these reasons and others my Administration has conveyed to
the Congress in earlier communications, that the bill they
presented to me was unacceptable. It does not reflect my
priorities or the values of the American people. I urge the
Congress to send me a bill that truly serves the interests of all
our people.
Your views are important to me, and I appreciate knowing of your
interest in this issue.
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (ALL-IN-1 MAIL)
CREATOR: Michael T. Schmidt ( SCHMIDT_MT ) (OPD)
CREATION DATE/TIME:19-JAN-1996 14:38:10.82
SUBJECT: RE: HR 1977 veto
TO: Diane Ikemiyashiro
( IKEMIYASHI_D ) (WHO)
READ: 19-JAN-1996 14:39:41.99
TEXT:
You could ask Rich Kodl or Irene James to start -- they would know
or may be the right people.
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (ALL-IN-1 MAIL)
CREATOR: Diane Ikemiyashiro ( IKEMIYASHI_D ) (WHO)
CREATION DATE/TIME:19-JAN-1996 14:27:12.52
SUBJECT: HR 1977 veto
TO: Michael T. Schmidt
( SCHMIDT_MT ) (OPD)
READ: 19-JAN-1996 14:35:44.23
TEXT:
Hi, Mike --
How are you these days? I haven't bugged you about Native American letters for
a while, SO I thought this would be a perfect time to do so! Seriously, Mike,
the following draft is a POTUS response regarding the H.R. 1977 veto. My draft
is based on the statement that POTUS gave to the House of Reps. on the day he
vetoed the act, Dec. 18. Thanks for your help.
- - Diane
Thank you for your letter regarding the budget cuts targeted at
Native American programs.
As you may know, on December 18, 1995, I vetoed H.R. 1977, the
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1996. The bill was unacceptable because it would unduly
restrict our ability to protect America's natural resources and
cultural heritage, promote the technology we need for long-term
energy conservation and economic growth, and fails to honor our
historic obligations toward programs that provide adequate
health, education, and other vital services to Native Americans.
Many of the cuts that have been proposed by the Congress would
severely impede the health and welfare of native American
children and families. The cuts targeted at key programs in the
Bureau of Indian Affairs' are crippling -- including programs
that support child welfare, adult vocational training, law
enforcement, detention services, community fire protection, and
general assistance to low-income Indian individuals and families.
For these reasons and others my Administration has conveyed to
the Congress in earlier communications, that the bill they
presented to me was unacceptable. It does not reflect my
priorities or the values of the American people. I urge the
Congress to send me a bill that truly serves the interests of all
our people.
I encourage and welcome your continued involvement.
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (ALL-IN-1 MAIL)
CREATOR: Adam R. Kreisel ( KREISEL_A ) (WHO)
CREATION DATE/TIME:22-JAN-1996 15:50:59.45
SUBJECT: feinstein letter
TO: Tracy A. Beckett
( BECKETT_T ) (WHO)
READ: 22-JAN-1996 16:08:54.82
TEXT:
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TEXT:
PRINTER FONT 12_POINT_COURIER
December 19, 1995
Dear Senator Feinstein:
Thank you for your letter. I appreciate your following
-up on
our conversation regarding funding for the Mojave National
Preserve.
The President shares your concerns on the Mojave National
Preserve. I have enclosed a copy of the President's veto
statement of H.R. 1977, the Interior Appropriations Bill. In
his statement, the President explicitly mentions the Mojave
provisions among his objections to the Bill.
Please be assured that I will keep your concerns in mind as
we continue to work with the Congress on the Interior
Appropriations Bill.
Thank you again for your letter.
Sincerely,
Leon E. Panetta
Chief of Staff
The Honorable Dianne Feinstein
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
LEP/ark
enclosure
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (EXTERNAL MAIL)
CREATOR: [email protected]@INET@EOPMRX
CREATION DATE/TIME: 1-FEB-1996 17:11:00.00
SUBJECT: BIA thanks VP Gore
TO: JOHNSON_BJ
( JOHNSON_BJ@A1@CD ) (CEQ)
READ: 1-FEB-1996 17:18:51.25
TO: mckiernan_k
( mckiernan_k@A1@CD ) (WHO)
READ: 1-FEB-1996 17:25:48.00
TEXT:
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 1, 1996
Michael Anderson (O) 202/208-5116
ASSISTANT SECRETARY - INDIAN AFFAIRS
APPLAUDS EFFORTS OF
VICE PRESIDENT GORE
Ada E. Deer, Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs, today expressed her gratitude
to Vice President Al Gore for directly intervening on behalf of Americans
Indians in last week's intense negotiations over the Department of the
Interior's (DOI) continued funding resolution.
"Vice President Gore once again demonstrated his strong leadership and concern
over the devastating effect massive budget cuts would have on American Indian
programs,' said Ms. Deer. "His efforts will have a decisive and immediate
positive impact on the Indian Community," she says.
The debate between President Clinton and Congressional Republicans over the
federal government's fiscal year 1996 budget resulted in his veto of an Interior
Appropriations bill he considered mean-spirited and unacceptable in cuts to
Indian and environmental programs. In retaliation, many Bureaus were targeted
by Congress to receive drastically reduced funding in the continuing resolution.
However, Vice President Gore championed the cause of Indian tribal governments
in tough last-minute negotiations with the Congress. As a result, funding for
Indian tribal governments will be provided at the agreed upon 1996 Conference
level as opposed to announced cuts between 25 and 36 percent, as the Senate had
supported.
Federal government funding for Indian tribal governments is critical because,
unlike city, county, or state governments that typically have a non-federal tax
base as a primary source of revenue, Indian tribes often rely on federal funds
for service delivery.
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Without this direct intervention, many Indian tribal governments face severe
reductions in their ability to provide for tribal members, particularly the
elderly and children who depend on these services.
Ms. Deer cautioned that tribes should not be too optimistic. "We're not out of
the woods yet, she said. "This funding runs out on March 15th. The Senate is
still threatening cuts of 25% or more in the future."
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (ALL-IN-1 MAIL)
CREATOR: Diane Ikemiyashiro ( IKEMIYASHI_D ) (WHO)
CREATION DATE/TIME:15-FEB-1996 17:45:33.52
SUBJECT: Gov. Dean
TO: John B. Emerson
( EMERSON_J ) (WHO)
READ:15-FEB-1996 17:51:27.71
TEXT:
Another gov. letter, and there' 11 be more coming your way!
If okay, auto or real sig? Thanks. -- Diane
Thank you for your letter. I appreciate your kind words regarding my veto of
H.R. 1977, the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill.
You and I agree that assistance programs such as the Low Income Weatherization
Assistance Program are important to the citizens of Nebraska and our nation. I
am disappointed that Congress has chosen to reduce funding for this worthwhile
program in their fiscal 1996 budget, and as you know, my Administration has
been working to restore some of this funding. We also hope to achieve some
increase in the weatherization funds for fiscal 1997 and will continue to work
with Congress to achieve this goal.
Thanks again for writing. You have my best wishes.
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (ALL-IN-1 MAIL)
CREATOR: Dinah Bear ( BEAR_D ) (CEQ)
CREATION DATE/TIME:26-FEB-1996 18:30:31.97
SUBJECT: revised Tongass attachment
TO: Barbara C. Chow
( CHOW_B ) (WHO)
READ:26-FEB-1996 18:50:33.49
TEXT:
addition is to flag possibility that if the recent settlement
discussions come up, Alaska del. may raise (unfairly) accusation
that timber industry was cut out of the discussions.
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CURRENT ISSUES ON THE TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST
The Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska, the country's
largest national forest, has long been a center of controversy
regarding the appropriate allocation of the forest for timber
harvest, fishing, recreation, wildlife protection and other uses
and values. It is the largest temperate rain forest in the U.S.,
and protection of the Tongass has increasingly become a national
issue.
The Tongass is the only national forest in the country on which
long
-term (50 year) timber contracts exist. At the beginning of
this Administration, there were two 50 year contracts in
existence (APC and KPC). The APC contract was terminated because
USDA determinated that there was a breach of contract. The
Ketchikan Pulp Corp (KPC) still operates under an increasingly
controversial 50 year contract. The Alaska delegation is
extremely protective of KPC and other timber constituents and
believes this Administration has inappropriately lowered the
volume of timber harvest. However, Governor Knowles' office
believes prior levels of timber harvest on the Tongass were
unsustainable, that timber harvest sales should be increasingly
shifted to existing small independent operators, and that tourism
and commercial fishing are of increasing economic importance in
the area.
The Forest Service is in the process of revising the Tongass Land
Management Plan (known as T
-LMP), a process which has been
on
-going for over a decade. Concern about the possibility of
even lower timber levels emerging from that process has motivated
the Alaska delegation to include a "Tongass rider" on the
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Interior appropriations bill. In your veto message for that
bill, you highlighted the Tongass rider as a principle objection.
Since the veto, we have seen variations on the original rider,
but none that have been deemed acceptable to the administration.
In an effort to address genuine concerns about lack of timber
harvest for small operators on the Tongass, the Administration
negotiated and announced at the end of last week a proposed
lawsuit settlement that will help ensure an immediate timber
supply for small operators. If approved by the court, the
settlement will release from injunction an estimated 105 million
board ft. (mmbf) of timber. Approximately 92 mmbf would be
available to small, independent timber operators and the
remainder would go to KPC.
While we believe and Gov. Knowles believes that the proposed
settlement is of significant benefit to small operators, you
should know that the delegation is likely to be critical of it as
not offering sufficiently large units of timber for harvest. The
delegation may also complain that the timber industry
association, the Alaska Forestry Association, which intervened in
the case, was cut out of the settlement negotiations. This is
not the case; while the first round of negotiations were in fact
between the plaintiffs and the government, as soon as there was a
draft settlement offer, we opened discussions with the
intervenors, who subsequently made a counteroffer that was
rejected by the plaintiffs.
In addition, we plan to or will have sent by the time of your
meeting a letter to the Alaska delegation a letter outlining
other commitments regarding the Tongass and Southeast Alaska.
These include:
O
publishing the draft EIS for the Tongass Land Management
Plan this spring and the
issuing the
decision document by the end of this year;
O
meeting our contractual obligations for timber to KC;
O
in combination with the timber released from the proposed
settlement discussed
above, making
available an estimated 90 and 100 mmbf for harvest to small
operators in 1996;
O
working with the timber industry, the State, and other
concerned parties to explore
ways of
providing more certainty about out
-year timber supplies;
O
providing more than $750,000 in grant money through the
Forest Service's Rural
Community
Assistance program to resource
-dependent communities in Alaska to
enhance economic diversity and employment opportunities;
O
exploring opportunities for the federal government to assist
in the economic
diversification
and revitalization of Wrangell (a community which we understand
to
be particularly hard
-hit by the reduction in timber harvest
due to the termination of the APC contract).
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
February 27, 1996
PRESS BRIEFING
BY GINNY TERZANO AND DAVID JOHNSON
The Briefing Room
1:10 P.M. EST
MS. TERZANO: Hi. David and I are going to try to help
you here today with any questions you may have. David is going to --
we'll just do a tag team, sort of. David will help you on the
foreign policy issues and I will help you on everything else. And
we're ready to begin. Any questions?
0
Can you give us a readout on the meeting that
Panetta had this morning on the budget?
MS. TERZANO: Sure. Mr. Panetta went up to Capitol Hill
today to meet with the Chairman, both the minority and majority's
-
-Senator Hatfield and Senator Byrd, Congressman Livingston and
Congressman Obey, the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee - - to
talk about the FY '96 appropriation bills. He had a very good
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meeting with them where they reached an agreement where we would work
toward one appropriations bill to resolve all of the differences on
the appropriation bills, on all of the outstanding appropriation
bills and to work towards those differences, and to also work toward
meeting the President's priorities as far as investments and
modifying some of the language concerns that the President had in
various appropriation bills.
In doing so, they have agreed to designate staff, both
here at the White House and OMB and at Capitol Hill to begin the
necessary discussions to resolve the differences, and those
discussions will start today.
I
Those are the five still unresolved appropriations
bills?
MS. TERZANO: The unresolved ones are -- I will go
through them -- Labor, HHS, education, which is one; V.A.
-HUD, which
also contains EPA; Commerce, Justice, State; the Interior
appropriations; and D.C.
I
And does this mean that the President's giving up
on the seven
-year balanced budget negotiations?
MS. TERZANO: Oh, of course not. As Mike indicated
yesterday, there are three moving targets as far as getting a budget
and working toward a straightforward debt limit extension bill and
resolving the FY '96 appropriation concerns. And we are all moving
together on that front. As Mr. Panetta indicated himself this
morning after the meeting, it was a good meeting, it was a productive
meeting, and we are working toward resolving these three issues.
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Q
Ginny, is there a feeling that with working toward
an agreement on the appropriations bill to put them into a single
mega
-bill, that that could be done in time to avert the need of
another CR, or will it take longer than March 15?
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MS. TERZANO: Well, that's certainly the President's
hope. We don't want to move up against the mid
-March deadline of
having to go through the government shutting down again and imposing
on federal workers. The meeting today -- we were encouraged by the
meeting today and the progress that was made in the meeting in
agreeing to work towards one appropriations bill. And as I've said,
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the staff is going to begin to have the serious discussions to
resolve the differences, and we hope that this can happen as quickly
as possible.
Q
So the emphasis is more on getting the
appropriations resolved than on negotiating a CR at this point?
MS. TERZANO: At this point, yes.
I
One of the things they mentioned this morning was
$5 billion in add
-backs. Could you explain what that is?
MS. TERZANO: It is my understanding, and I would also
like to refer you to OMB and to we may have Barry Toiv just do
some follow
-up through phone calls later but it's my understanding
that with the appropriation bills, in discussions that the President
requested, for instance, in Oval Office meetings when the budget
discussions were going on, these bills are already $25 billion below
the President's initial request. What happened today is that they
have they are looking at $8 billion add
-back which would help
restore some of those initial funds that are lost, which is not any
different than what was discussed in budget meetings last fall and at
the end of the year.
I
Was there any progress beyond the procedural notion
of just lumping them all into one piece of legislation? Was there
any substantive progress in resolving some of the unresolved issues
behind the continued delay in passing these fiscal '96 bills?
MS. TERZANO: On the appropriations bills?
I
Yes.
MS. TERZANO: Yes. I mean, Mr. Panetta came out of that
meeting very encouraged and is encouraged that both Republicans and
Democrats involved in this meeting want to work together and resolve
this, and going back to your question, Leo, hoping to resolve it
before the mid
March deadline.
I
Following up on that, are there any issues that
were not resolved going into this meeting that are now resolved other
than the procedural question of let's put them in all the into
MS. TERZANO: Well, there were many issues that were not
resolved, but what Mr. Panetta did going into this meeting was hope
to keep the investments that the President has in his priorities on
the various appropriations bill. And we have certain concerns over
legislative language, and there are many issues on the table on both
of those fronts that are not yet resolved. But we feel optimistic
that the members in this room want to work with us. We certainly
want to work with them to get the appropriation bill passed.
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I
Ginny, have there been any occasions in the last
two or three weeks while Congress was in recess that the Republican
leadership, both on the Appropriations Committee and elsewhere, was
more and more tending to get rid of the '96 stuff, in other words to
bury the hatchet with regard to '96 appropriations because they want
to focus on '97 and they want to focus on the seven
-year balanced
budget in other words, the other targets? Did Leon in his
discussion today with Livingston and Hatfield get the feeling that
the Republicans are ready to sort of call it quits on '96
differences?
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MS. TERZANO: I can't help you directly with your
question, but it is my impression that the primary focus of this
meeting was to talk about the FY '96 appropriation bills, which they
did address very specifically and within urgent mind
-set to work on
this prior to March 15th or mid
-March. And the results of this
meeting are good coming out of the meeting, which is why we are now
working at the staff level to proceed on this at a fast pace.
Q
Was a date set for another meeting?
MS. TERZANO: With the appropriation chairs and Mr.
Panetta? No, not that I'm aware of.
Q
I'm a little curious as to why you all wanted to
lump everything together into one bill. It would seem that that
would make it more difficult to deal with the things that you would
object to. The Interior bill alone has enough stuff in it that you
all don't like.
MS. TERZANO: I think in part, it is to move as quickly
as possible on this. If you put all of the issues on the table with
the six appropriation bills that are out there with the differences,
discuss those, work those out and negotiate them and do it in one
bill, I think the thinking is, in part, that we can do it more
efficiently than we have in the past, and at a quicker pace.
Q
You also run the risk of things that the President
thoroughly dislikes.
MS. TERZANO: Well, that's part of the discussion that's
on the table. Mr. Panetta indicated with the appropriators today
that the President's investment should be restored and legislative
language on certain bills needs to be changed. And those are the
discussions that are now going to go forward with the various staff
people involved in it.
I
Anything new on Chelsea's birthday?
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MS. TERZANO: No. She's no, she's at school.
I
Do you know what their plans are for dinner?
MS. TERZANO: No, I think I believe that they've
planned some type of birthday celebration and I don't have the
specifics on that, and I'll refer you to the First Lady's Office.
I
How about Cuba? Do you have anything on Cuba?
MS. TERZANO: David, do you have an appropriations do
you want to do this?
I
Did Leon find as much zeal on the part of the
Republicans for a balanced budget as there was earlier? Are they
fading in their zeal for the balanced budget
MS. TERZANO: I did not ask him about that, but the
President's commitment to reaching a balanced budget in seven years
is still there, and we are working with Congress to move ahead on the
issues that are not resolved and to get a balanced budget done.
I
Ginny, on another subject, there was a report
released today that purported to uncover a continuing pattern of
abuse of the don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue policy. Is the
administration
MS. TERZANO: Who was the report done by?
Q
Service Members Legal Defense Network.
MS. TERZANO: Okay, that's going to be David. Let's do
this budget question.
I
I have one other budget debt limit question. Did
the debt limit come up this morning? Where are we on that?
MS. TERZANO: I am not aware that the debt limit came up
specifically in the meeting, but as Mr. Panetta's letter indicated
yesterday that went up to Senator Dole and Speaker Gingrich, is that
the President does want to see a straightforward, long
-term extension
of the debt limit, and hopes to and we are prepared to work with
Congress to ensure that we can get this done, as Republicans
indicated in their February letter to the White House that they
wanted to do SO also -- one that would be acceptable both to Congress
and to the President.
Q
Ginny, on this point, Republicans today, I think
Domenici and Gingrich, were also talking about either a
straightforward debt limit extension or minimal qualification. Would
the President object to merging his desire for a seven
-year balanced
budget compromise with Congress and the debt limit SO that the
Republicans would get some political cover for their troops being
able to say we are moving at the same time toward the balanced
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budget, or is it absolutely a clean debt limit extension as far as
the White House is concerned?
MS. TERZANO: It is the White House's preference that we
have a straightforward, long
-term extension, which has been our
position from the beginning. You are going to see between now and
when we have the various issues resolved, a lot of ideas put out on
the table, such as Senator Domenici's this morning, and those are
ideas that we will consider, we will look at. But the President's
preference is to do a straightforward bill and to get that passed as
quickly as possible.
MR. JOHNSON: Mr. Fournier, you had a question?
Q
To what extent was the President restrained
yesterday in his decision in the sanctions by his concern that any
effort, any action would hurt the Cuban people?
MR. JOHNSON: I think that in evaluating all of the
possible options for taking actions yesterday, there was a balance of
decisions to be made. As some people have said, the decisions were
easy. The steps that were taken were ones that we tried to focus in
every way that we could to get the impact on the Cuban government and
not on the Cuban people or on the American people. And while I
wouldn't adopt your word "constrained," I would say that there was an
effort to ensure that all of the actions that we took had the
greatest impact on the government of Cuba and on its assets.
Q
You may have heard that up on the Hill, of course,
some of the South Florida legislators were saying nothing short of a
naval blockade is needed at this point, and it's easy to, I guess,
dismiss them as playing to their constituents, but was that ever
seriously considered, and if you would say why you would not
seriously consider it?
MR. JOHNSON: I think that others standing here have
said that we considered the President considered and his advisors
considered a full range of options. The President believed that the
ones that he announced yesterday were the appropriate package in
response to what was a heinous act, and we believe that it's the best
package for moving our interests forward.
If I could just take this opportunity to tell you that
something is going to happen later this afternoon in New York, we're
going to release some additional material that we believe will
indicate further that this was a deliberate act that will show that
there's no question as to the command authorities being knowledgeable
of what was going on, and that this cruelty was carried out with the
full knowledge of the Cuban government.
Q
David, how will the information have anything
further to do with the question of whether any of the airplanes, or
all of them, have violated Cuban air space?
MR. JOHNSON: I think a senior administration official
outlined our position on that on Sunday afternoon, I believe. This
information, I do not believe, will go to that question. But
something I would like to underline that seems to be missing from
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some newscasts which outline this problem, and that is, no matter
where this took place, it was a clear violation of international law,
and it was a case of a wanton killing no matter whether it took
place inside of Cuban waters or outside of Cuban waters.
I
Excuse me a second, Wolf. When you put this out,
are you going to have somebody brief on it, or are you just going to
do it in the Security Council?
MR. JOHNSON: That remains somewhat undecided, but I
have a feeling that we'll have Ms. Albright provide some commentary
on it as well.
I
Out of New York?
MR. JOHNSON: Yes.
Q
Are these taped intercepts of communications
between the MiGs and ground control
MR. JOHNSON: We'll see what happens in New York. Stay
tuned.
I
When you say "deliberate act," do you mean that the
Cubans knew that these planes would be coming in, that it was even
something that premeditated in advance?
MR. JOHNSON: I would say that it's clear that the
fighters, the pilots, the fighters requested and gained permission
for their act before they carried it out.
Q
How high did it go in the chain in Cuba?
MR. JOHNSON: That I can't
Q
Wait a minute, David. Has there ever been any
doubt that they requested and gained permission? I mean, we knew
that, didn't we, or did we?
MR. JOHNSON: I think we've outlined that before, but I
think we're going to be providing you with some more concrete
evidence this afternoon.
I
The fact that the shootdown of aircraft was
approved up the chain of command, that's not exactly the kind of
thing that would cause you to fall over in a swoon. That's not
surprising, is it? How does that advance the cause that this was a
premeditated act if that's what you're trying to advance?
MR. JOHNSON: What we will do this afternoon is that in
addition to providing our assessment of what's going on, we will
provide some actual evidence that we believe will make that more
concrete and compelling.
Q
David, what is the relationship of U.S.
intelligence to Brothers to the Rescue? Is there one?
MR. JOHNSON: I made some inquiries on that based on
your interest this morning, and I'm told that there is no
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relationship between U.S. intelligence and Brothers to the Rescue.
I
How do you define that no relationship?
MR. JOHNSON: It's not a front organization, it's not
funded by.
I
And are any CIA or FBI officers, officials,
operatives working with or for or in support of Brothers to the
Rescue?
MR. JOHNSON: I'm told that the folks who run those
agencies don't give anybody any sort of green or red or yellow flags
on that sort of thing whether you're talking about an organization in
south Florida or one in suburban Virginia.
I
There's a report that Mr. Basulto who's the head of
Brothers to the Rescue is going to do another flight. He says he's
going to do another flight this weekend and take a priest with him
aboard his plane.
MR. JOHNSON: And?
Q
Is the U.S. government planning on doing anything
to prevent another flight on behalf of Brothers to the Rescue getting
close to Cuban air space?
MR. JOHNSON: I told you this morning that the FAA was
considering what type of steps might be appropriate with respect to
the individual pilots that are involved in this organization, and
their considerations are ongoing, but I feel sure that they will have
reached some conclusions before the end of the week.
I
And what do you expect will happen?
MR. JOHNSON: I expect them to announce those decisions.
Q
The FAA?
MR. JOHNSON: Yes.
I
Is one option to revoke their license?
MR. JOHNSON: I expect them to announce those decisions.
I
To follow up on Chris's question earlier, when you
said it was a deliberate act, this guy who left Brothers, the former
Cuban pilot, is there some suggestion that this was a set
-up, that
the MiGs were out there and knew that these flights were coming in
and were prepared to do what they did in advance?
MR. JOHNSON: You may draw that inference, but I don't
have anything I can give you that would necessarily imply that.
Q
David, you said that no matter where the shootdown
took place it's a violation of international law. Just for the
record, could you state why?
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MR. JOHNSON: Because it is contrary to international
law, specifically Chicago Convention 1944, for civil aircraft to be
attacked by military aircraft.
I
What's going on with the administration's attempt
to find a compromise on the Helms
-Burton, what's taking place today?
MR. JOHNSON: This afternoon officials from the
administration will be meeting on the Hill with committee staff in
order to review the bill. We believe that one of the real strengths
of our foreign policy with Cuba has been its bipartisan nature that's
represented in the Cuban Democracy Act now. We'd like to move
forward with the Congress now to craft a bill, to get it passed
rapidly and get it into law that would further cement that policy and
would show Castro that both parties, the entire administration and
the Congress are behind our efforts to tighten up the sanctions on
Cuba.
I
What will you do if Helms says, look, forget it,
there's nothing to compromise, here's our bill, you sign it?
MR. JOHNSON: We believe we're going to be able to make
a compelling case. We plan to try to work with the Congress and try
to bring that forward. I'm not going to speculate on what's a
hypothetical situation.
Q
Dave, beyond the action you say the FAA is
contemplating here, what, if anything, is the administration doing in
the meantime to discourage these flights to the area around Cuba?
MR. JOHNSON: We've made clear to this organization in
the past I believe that Glyn Davies at the State Department
outlined some of those meetings that we had had that we believe
that their attempts to enter Cuban air space in the past and leaflet
was not in their best interests and was a dangerous thing to do. At
the same time, we've made clear to the Cuban government that we
expected them to act with restraint and act in accordance with law.
Q
That's the past. What are you doing now, though,
to discourage, if anything?
MR. JOHNSON: As I believe Wolf made clear, the
announcement from Mr. Basulto came about five minutes before we came
out here, so I think it's, for me to outline the steps that we are
taking right now to talk to him about this act that had been just
announced would be
I
Well, not specifically that. I mean, this morning
it was clear that they were talking about doing this again this
weekend. What, if anything, does the administration intend to do to
discourage these flights?
MR. JOHNSON: I am sure that we will be making our
feelings known to the Brothers to the Rescue, letting them know again
how dangerous we believe this practice is.
Q
What does the President expect Cuba to do? Do we
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have any deadline we're imposing on Cuba before he contemplates any
possible further actions?
MR. JOHNSON: Well, we believe that we want to move
forward with this package that he announced yesterday. We believe
that part of that is going to be the compensation aspect of it. We
would expect them to move forward promptly on compensation and to
move forward on retracting their statements, and making a commitment
not to engage in this behavior again. I'm not going to speculate on
what sort of timetable we have for that.
Q
David, is it the administration's view today what
it was at the Sunday briefing that one of the downed planes was five
miles north of Cuban space and the other 16 miles north?
MR. JOHNSON: I don't have in front of me the exact data
that we used on Sunday, but it has not changed.
Q
Members of Congress have said that Helms
-Burton
could be passed by next week. Do you think the administration could
come up with a compromise by next week?
MR. JOHNSON: I think that depends a good deal on the
outcome of the consultations that begin this afternoon. I can't
foreshadow that for you.
I
Who's representing the administration on the
deliberations this afternoon?
MR. JOHNSON: They're individuals from the State
Department, the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations; Rick
Nuncio will be up there from the White House, and others as well.
I
David, to follow up on Leo's question, did the two
planes downed ever enter Cuban air space at all?
MR. JOHNSON: I believe, as we told you on Sunday
afternoon, we could not prove conclusively that they did not. But we
had no evidence that they had.
Q
That hasn't
changed?
MR. JOHNSON: That has not changed.
Q
Does the administration remain opposed to the
provision on Helms
-Burton on confiscated property and the right to
sue?
MR. JOHNSON: We're going to work with the Congress on
ways that we believe we can sharpen the scope of some of those
measures SO that they're narrowed in such a way that their impact is
directed at the Cuban government, and that's the attempt that we're
going to be making over the next several days.
I
And would the President veto Helms
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-Burton in its
present state?
MR. JOHNSON: We haven't retracted our statement of
administration policy, but I think it's erroneous to talk about its
present state because it is "its present states." There's more than
one version of the bill that's outstanding.
I
Is there any version of the bill outstanding that
the President would now accept?
MR. JOHNSON: I think what we want to do over the next
several hours anyway is to consult with the Congress on ways that we
believe we can improve the measure.
Q
Are you still waiting for a stronger declaration
from the U.N., besides "deploring"?
MR. JOHNSON: Well, we got last night something that we
were pleased that we obtained, and that is a clear statement from the
Security Council that clearly deplored the action. We expect there
to be further meetings today and tomorrow. As some of you know, the
Cuban Foreign Minister asked to come to New York and present the
Cuban government's version of events. We believe that that's an
occasion that we can take full advantage of to underline our case to
the international community that further steps need to be taken.
Q
Which government agencies will make its feelings
known to Brothers to the Rescue about not flying over or near Cuban
air space?
MR. JOHNSON: Well, the most likely one will be the one
that controls flight operations out of the United States, the FAA.
Q
Is that the only one?
MR. JOHNSON: It may not be.
Q
Do you think the FBI is one of those?
MR. JOHNSON: I'm not going to try to give you a list
without knowing, Wolf.
Q
But, David, in real terms, short of grounding them,
you've warned them many times, they're prepared to go back again.
Couldn't this just happen again this weekend?
MR. JOHNSON: I think that - - let's, before we jump to
those conclusions, let's let the FAA make their conclusions known and
the steps that they think are appropriate to take.
I
Well, David, without minimizing what the Cuban MIGs
did, does the administration consider that there's any sort of fault
or blame that attaches to Brothers for continuing
MR. JOHNSON: I'm not going to stand here and blame a
victim for his death in clear violation of international law. I
can't do that, and I'm not going to.
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Q
I'm sorry you figure that having warned these
pilots repeatedly as you said you've done about the dangers of going
there and then continuing to do it anyway, you still say that it's
only the Cubans fault that this entire episode took place?
MR. JOHNSON: I cannot blame them for having -- for the
Cuban government violating international law and killing people. Is
that I'm having a hard time finding any other motivation, any
other implication for your question.
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Shouldn't they have known there was perhaps some
risk involved?
MR. JOHNSON: Well, they certainly knew that there was
some risk involved. We had explained to them that there was some
risk involved, and they were operating, doing things which were
potentially very dangerous. But I'm not going to blame them for
their death.
Q
Therefore, knowing the risk that was involved and
taking the risk and then suffering a penalty, how much does the U.S.
government owe in that situation? In other words, how much do you
have to put on the line
MR. JOHNSON: Well, I think the
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if they had agreed to take the risk?
MR. JOHNSON: The President made clear yesterday what
steps the United States government was prepared to take and was going
to take. And I think I would draw you back to two points that are, I
think, very important here. There is no reason there is no excuse
under international law for shooting down a civil aircraft anywhere,
any time, anyplace. The second point I'd make is that as we made
clear on Sunday afternoon, there is ample evidence that both of these
aircraft, when they were shot down, were not in Cuban air space.
They were well into international air space.
I
Do you think that, since you claim this was a
violation of the Chicago Convention, aviation conventions, other
countries should sever their air links with Cuba?
MR. JOHNSON: We have asked that for the International
Civil Aviation Organization in Montreal to undertake an investigation
of the incident, and that's certainly one of the outcomes that could
occur based on their investigation.
I
But, in the meantime, do you think Canada or Mexico
or other countries that service Cuba should stop flying there?
MR. JOHNSON: I think we're going to work through the
processes we're in now. I certainly would not exclude us pushing for
something like that.
I
David, is anyone in the administration looking into
why it took the FAA so long to move to do something rather than just
warn Brothers to the Rescue? You say the FAA, before the weekend,
will take some steps. At that point, it will be a fair question to
ask why those steps were not taken before the incident.
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MR. JOHNSON: Well, you have to, I think, to get an
appreciation for this, you have to look back at what the original
purpose of an intent of Brothers to the Rescue was and is, and that
is to rescue people who are in rafts at sea and to draw the attention
of the United States Coast Guard and other rescue vessels to people
who might be in distress. There's also the area that they were
flying in is not just one that individuals who are engaged in trying
to rescue rafters fly in. It's also one that numerous U.S. general
aviation aircraft fly in under visual flight rules where they don't
even have to file a flight plan if they do not wish to, although
that's highly recommended for search and rescue purposes.
So I think that what has been done under the FAA's rules
is to follow their procedures, to investigate incidents as they occur
and to operate in accordance with due process of law to review pilot
licenses when violations occur. I think they have not acted
improperly.
Q
Are you satisfied that somehow the coincidence of
timing that went the final action that finally blossoms three or
four days after a couple of planes are shot down, when it's been
months and months since Brothers to the Rescue veered toward a more
political anti
-Castro stand as against saving people -- and the FAA
itself had begun proceedings at least a couple of the pilots. The
question still arises, why did it take the FAA as long as it did?
MR. JOHNSON: The FAA had not only begun procedures,
they had completed those procedures and they were in an appellate
stage. Under our law people have a right to due process of law, and
that's exactly what these individuals had availed themselves of.
We're clearly faced with a different situation now. We had a
government kill four people flying on U.S. registered aircraft, two
individual aircraft, over this past weekend. It's prudent now to
take a look at the situation and see if there are changes that need
to be made in order to address what is clearly a different situation.
I
David, can I change subjects?
MR. JOHNSON: Let's finish Cuba and I'll get to your
-yes.
Q
One more question. On the President's directive to
expand the reach of Radio Marti, why is that so important and how
much money is going to be involved to stop jamming of Radio Marti?
MR. JOHNSON: It is not an extremely large amount of
money. I don't know if we've identified an exact sum, but it's in
the very few millions, instead of the tens of millions. The reason
that that's important is that Radio Marti has become one of the very
few sources of news that is unbiased and unvarnished that the Cuban
people have access to. As more than one person has said, most of the
Cuban people first heard of these killings on Sunday afternoon from
Radio Marti. We believe that it is appropriate at this time to step
up and increase its penetration into the island.
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Why have you waited so long to if it's such a
cheap cost to prevent the jamming of Radio Marti?
MR. JOHNSON: We just believe it's an appropriate thing
to do at this point.
I
Why wasn't it appropriate three months ago or three
years ago?
MR. JOHNSON: I think we're faced with a little
different situation now than we were three months ago. Decisions
have to be made, budgets have to be allocated. There are other
competing interests for those funds, as well.
I
David, you said earlier there is no relationship
between U.S. intelligence and this organization. Has there been any
relationship at all?
MR. JOHNSON: None.
Q
David, if there is -- if these flights go off this
weekend, as they're threatening, are we considering a warning to
Castro not to bother them?
MR. JOHNSON: I think we would - - given the timing of
this recent announcement, I'd like to look into what the announcement
is and what steps we're planning to take before I give you an
off
-the
-cuff answer to something that may occur in 96 hours.
I
Is there any signs of a correlation between the
Cuban attack and the recent announcement of U.S. government to
compensate for the victims of the families aboard the Iranian airline
shot down by the U.S. Navy?
MR. JOHNSON: I'm unaware of any connection between
those two things.
I
Can we do "don't ask, don't tell" real quick?
MR. JOHNSON: We are, but let's
I
What portion of the Helms bill would you be ready
to accept now that you didn't accept before?
MR. JOHNSON: I think I said earlier that we're going to
be consulting with staff on the Hill this afternoon. We're going to
be developing an approach in consultation with them. I'm not going
to try to foreshadow that for you.
And your question?
Q
David, was this out of the blue from the point of
view of the White House? Castro had been receiving some wider
international acceptance recently, and these flights, apparently
being gone on for some period of time. Is there any assessment as to
why this happened over the weekend?
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MR. JOHNSON: I don't think I can account for this type
of killing, no -- its timing.
Q
This report that was released today by the Service
Members Legal Defense Network said that DOD discharged 722 people
under its gay policy in '95, which was a four
-year high, and they
documented 363 violations of don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue in
the past year. Is the administration concerned about what groups
like this one are saying that there's really no change in the
military's treatment of gay troops?
MR. JOHNSON: I'd like to make, I think, three points on
that. The first is that, in the past, the Defense Department has met
with this group, and when it's brought to the Department's
attention's facts, it may have indicated a violation of the
Pentagon's policy with respect to don't ask, don't tell. In each
case, the Department has looked into those facts that they've
presented and where they've been able to substantiate them, they've
taken corrective action.
The second point I would make is that the discrepancy in
numbers identified in the report is largely, if not exclusively, due
to a change in the accounting rules that the Pentagon has adopted in
the last year to account for discharges. Based on assessment of
fiscal years '91 through '95, the discharges using consistent
counting rules would indicate that they've fallen from a high of
about 950 in 1991 to, using consistent accounting rules, down to
about 610 in '95. There was a rather rapid drop
-off at the beginning
of the administration and then it's been level in the meantime.
The third point I would make is I think Dennis excuse
me I think Ken Bacon at the Pentagon will be taking a number of
questions on this during the course of the day, and he'll probably
have a rather a much fuller explanation of the Defense
Department's reaction to the report.
Q
As far as the administration is concerned, is the
administration confident that the policies that it enacted two years
ago, in terms of don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue, is being
implemented the way that you wanted it to?
MR. JOHNSON: The administration and the Department
of Defense believes that whenever anything that's inconsistent with
this policy has been brought to its attention, it's investigated and,
where substantiated, it's implemented changes to the policy and
actions which compensate for any wrong
-doing that was done. And
that's been a very, very few incidents when investigations have in
fact taken place.
I
Just a clarification on the numbers -- you're
saying 950 were dismissed in '91; for what reason, what was given?
MR. JOHNSON:
So
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-called discharges due to
homosexuality.
I
And then 610 in '95?
MR. JOHNSON: Right, using consistent counting rules.
Q
Is there anything else that has to come from the
administration, or does the administration intend to issue any
directives, any clarifications in the near future on don't ask, don't
tell, don't pursue?
MR. JOHNSON: Well, the administration will clearly take
a very close look at this report, and if it indicates charges that
can be substantiated where policy changes need to be made in order to
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ensure that the policy that's already been adopted is effective,
those changes will be made.
Q
You don't see a problem, the way that they --
MR. JOHNSON: I think we have to look into what they've
laid out. But the numbers, which is the primary feature of their
report, we find is largely, if not totally, a counting rule change.
I
Last question on Ireland? Lake said last week
after the President's calls to Bruton and Major that both of them
said they'd be back in touch with the President this week. Have
they, and what's the status of Adams's visa?
MR. JOHNSON: I'm unaware of any contact at the
presidential level this week. It's rather early in the week, and
these calls just took place on Saturday. Our contacts with all the
parties continue, but we have not yet made any decisions with respect
to visas.
MS. TERZANO: I have one -- which is good news. With
the exception of the travel pool, we have a lid. I think Kathy and
April worked on getting all the paper out, and Marlene, also. We
have a photo lid and a paper lid.
THE PRESS: Bravo.
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