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104TH CONGRESS

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.

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. ROMEROBARCELO ́, 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.

VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. VENTO, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WATT of North Carolina,

Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. WISE, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WYNN, Ms.
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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

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 longterm 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
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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

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate

2 concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that, not

3 later than March 15, 1996, the Congress should appro4 priate for fiscal year 1996 for each continuing program

5 or activity of the Department of Education not less than

6 the amount appropriated for fiscal year 1995 for such pro7 gram or activity.

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