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[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 144 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 144

  Expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to the amount that 
  should be appropriated for fiscal year 1996 for federally assisted 
                   education programs and activities.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 1996

  Mr. Sawyer (for himself, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Clay, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. 
   Ackerman, Mr. Baesler, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Barcia, Mr. Becerra, Mr. 
    Beilenson, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Bevill, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Borski, Mr. 
 Brewster, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Brown of 
Ohio, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Chapman, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Clement, Mr. Clyburn, 
 Miss Collins of Michigan, Mrs. Collins of Illinois, Mr. Coleman, Mr. 
 Condit, Mr. Coyne, Ms. Danner, Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Dingell, 
     Mr. Dixon, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Evans, Mr. 
    Faleomavaega, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Fazio of 
   California, Mr. Ford, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Frazer, Mr. 
Frost, Ms. Furse, Mr. Gejdenson, Mr. Pete Geren of Texas, Mr. Gibbons, 
  Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Harman, Mr. Hastings of 
    Florida, Mr. Hefner, Mr. Hilliard, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Holden, Mr. 
  Houghton, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Jackson, Ms. Jackson-Lee, Mr. Jacobs, Mr. 
 Jefferson, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
   Texas, Mr. Johnston of Florida, Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Mr. 
  Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mrs. Kennelly, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Klink, Mr. 
 Levin, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Lofgren, 
Mr. McDermott, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Markey, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Matsui, Mr. 
Meehan, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Minge, Mrs. 
 Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Moakley, Mr. Moran, Ms. Norton, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. 
 Olver, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Orton, Mr. Owens, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Payne of New 
 Jersey, Mr. Payne of Virginia, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, 
  Mr. Peterson of Florida, Mr. Pickett, Mr. Poshard, Mr. Rahall, Mr. 
Reed, Mr. Roemer, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
 Sabo, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Scott, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Skaggs, Ms. Slaughter, 
   Mr. Stark, Mr. Stenholm, Mr. Stokes, Mr. Studds, Mr. Stupak, Mr. 
 Tanner, Mr. Thompson, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Underwood, Ms. 
   Velazquez, Mr. Vento, Ms. Waters, Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Mr. 
 Waxman, Mr. Williams, Mr. Wise, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Wynn, Ms. McCarthy, 
   Mr. Luther, Mr. Costello, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Torres, Mr. 
Nadler, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Boucher, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Dooley, Mr. Volkmer, 
Mr. Murtha, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. 
Ward, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Dicks, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Flake, Mr. McNulty, Mr. 
   Durbin, Mr. Mollohan, Mr. Kanjorski, Mr. Towns, Mr. Mascara, Mr. 
     Montgomery, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. de la Garza, Mr. Fields of 
   Louisiana, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Obey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. 
     Deutsch, and Mr. Browder) submitted the following concurrent 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Economic and 
                       Educational Opportunities

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

 
  Expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to the amount that 
  should be appropriated for fiscal year 1996 for federally assisted 
                   education programs and activities.

Whereas investment in the learning capacity of this and future generations of 
        children is crucial to both the long-term economic strength, and the 
        continued cultural growth, of the United States;
Whereas the American people have indicated that improving the quality of 
        education is one of their highest priorities;
Whereas 1,100,000 children are in danger of losing crucial Federal financial 
        help in reading, writing, mathematics, and advanced reasoning in the 
        1996-97 school year;
Whereas millions of children are in danger of losing access to school-to-work 
        innovations, benefits of locally developed school improvement and 
        student achievement initiatives, and critical services aimed at reducing 
        drug use and violence in schools;
Whereas, the uncertainty in the amount of Federal financial assistance to be 
        appropriated in fiscal year 1996 for education, caused by repeated 
        stopgap funding, is extremely disruptive to local schools and prevents 
        school authorities from engaging in necessary budget planning;
Whereas such planning is contingent on the estimates made by the Department of 
        Education of funding allocations for federally assisted programs and 
        activities; and
Whereas the date of publication of the estimated funding allocation for the 
        principal Federal school assistance program is March 15, 1996: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that, not later than March 15, 
1996, the Congress should appropriate for fiscal year 1996 for each 
continuing program or activity of the Department of Education not less 
than the amount appropriated for fiscal year 1995 for such program or 
activity.
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