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this work had thus far been done and

that we will have to wait several more

months just to get a complete list of

names. We should have a chance to review this information required by law,

Mr. President, before we even consider

further overtures to Vietnam.

Finally, I would point out that President Clinton himself stated on January

26 of this year that he is not fully satisfied that progress on the POW/MIA

issue has been sufficient to justify

moving beyond the steps agreed to last

year when we lifted the embargo.

I would say to the President, ‘‘Keep

your promise, Mr. President, because

they have not made the progress that

you asked for since we lifted the embargo.’’

On that point, I would agree with the

President. For those who take the time

to really study this issue, as I have, it

is difficult to see how you can come to

any other conclusion—there has not

been full disclosure by Vietnam.

With that in mind, I would urge my

colleagues to join with the majority

leader, and our distinguished committee chairmen and others by cosponsoring this resolution. Let us send a clear

signal to Vietnam. Let us tell them

that, while we appreciate some of the

cooperation we have received to date,

we will accept nothing less than full

disclosure on the POW/MIA issue before

agreeing to normalize relations.

That is the way to honor the men and

women who served, and the men and

women who are missing, and the families of the missing.

Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I rise

today in support of Senator SMITH’s

Vietnam POW/MIA bill. As the members of this Chamber know, Senator

Smith has worked long and hard in the

effort to make Hanoi account for our

missing in action and prisoners of war

from Vietnam. This bill is not only the

most recent example of that fine work,

but also a reminder to the administration and other supporters of rushing to

diplomatic relations with Vietnam

that Hanoi has 2,000 unanswered questions to answer before proceeding with

recognition.

My association with Vietnam POW/

MIA’s goes way back to 1970. I helped

found the National League of Families

of POW/MIAs. I remember going to

President Nixon and saying we had to

do something about the POW and MIA

problem—answers had to be given before the people of America could rest

easy that all had been done to find

their loved ones and account for their

fate.

Mr. President, this is not an onerous

bill. It requires Presidential certification on three key issues before moving ahead on normalization: (1) a listing of cases for which the likelihood is

the greatest that Vietnam has information; (2) that Vietnam is fully cooperating in the four key areas outlined by

President Clinton; and (3) that Vietnam is cooperating in providing access

to records concerning Americans captured during the war.

Mr. President, I note that the distinguished chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Senator HELMS and

the distinguished chairman of the

Armed Services Committee, Senator

THURMOND, as well as Senators THOMAS, GRASSLEY, CAMPBELL, and GRAMM

of Texas are original sponsors of the

Vietnam POW/MIA Full Disclosure Act

of 1995. Once again, I commend Senator

SMITH for his leadership on this issue

and yield the floor.

ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS

fS. 194

At the request of Mr. MCCAIN, the

name of the Senator from Alaska [Mr.

MURKOWSKI] was added as a cosponsor

of S. 194, a bill to repeal the Medicare

and Medicaid Coverage Data Bank, and

for other purposes.

S. 358

At the request of Mr. HEFLIN, the

name of the Senator from Louisiana

[Mr. JOHNSTON] was added as a cosponsor of S. 358, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for

an excise tax exemption for certain

emergency medical transportation by

air ambulance.

S. 553

At the request of Ms. MOSELEYBRAUN, the name of the Senator from

New Hampshire [Mr. GREGG] was added

as a cosponsor of S. 553, a bill to amend

the Age Discrimination in Employment

Act of 1967 to reinstate an exemption

for certain bona fide hiring and retirement plans applicable to State and

local firefighters and law enforcement

officers, and for other purposes.

S. 582

At the request of Mr. HATFIELD, the

name of the Senator from Mississippi

[Mr. LOTT] was added as a cosponsor of

S. 582, a bill to amend title 28, United

States Code, to provide that certain

voluntary disclosures of violations of

Federal laws made pursuant to an environmental audit shall not be subject to

discovery or admitted into evidence

during a Federal judicial or administrative proceeding, and for other purposes.

S. 770

At the request of Mr. DOLE, the

names of the Senator from New Mexico

[Mr. DOMENICI], the Senator from Connecticut, [Mr. LIEBERMAN], the Senator

from Oklahoma [Mr. NICKLES], the Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr.

SANTORUM, and the Senator from

Maine [Mr. COHEN] were added as cosponsors of S. 770, a bill to provide for

the relocation of the United States

Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, and

for other purposes.

AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED ON

MAY 17, 1995

THE MEDICARE SELECT ACT OF

1995

CHAFEE (AND OTHERS)

AMENDMENT NO. 1108

Mr. CHAFEE (for himself, Mr. PACKWOOD, Mr. DOLE, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr.

ROCKEFELLER, Mr. KENNEDY, and Mr.

GORTON) proposed an amendment to

the bill (H.R. 483) to amend title XVIII

of the Social Security Act to permit

Medicare select policies to be offered in

all States, and for other purposes; as

follows:

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:

SECTION 1. PERMITTING MEDICARE SELECT

POLICIES TO BE OFFERED IN ALL

STATES FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD.

Section 4358(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, as amended by section 172(a) of the Social Security Act Amendments of 1994, is amended to read as follows:

‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—(1) The amendments

made by this section shall only apply—

‘‘(A) in 15 States (as determined by the

Secretary of Health and Human Services)

and such other States as elect such amendments to apply to them, and

‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (2), during the 5

year period beginning with 1992.

‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary of Health and

Human Services shall conduct a study that

compares the health care costs, quality of

care, and access to services under medicare

select policies with that under other medicare supplemental policies. The study shall

be based on surveys of appropriate age-adjusted sample populations. The study shall

be completed by June 30, 1996.

‘‘(B) The Secretary shall determine during

1996 whether the amendments made by this

section shall remain in effect beyond the 5

year period described in paragraph (1)(B).

Such amendments shall remain in effect beyond such period unless the Secretary determines (based on the results of the study

under subparagraph (A)) that—

‘‘(i) such amendments have not resulted in

savings of premiums costs to those enrolled

in medicare select policies (in comparison to

their enrollment in medicare supplemental

policies that are not medicare select policies

and that provide comparable coverage),

‘‘(ii) there have been significant additional

expenditures under the medicare program as

a result of such amendments, or

‘‘(iii) access to and quality of care has been

significantly diminished as a result of such

amendments.

(3) GAO study: The GAO shall study and report to Congress, no later than June 10, 1996,

on options for modifying the Medigap market to make sure that continuously insured

beneficiaries are able to switch plans without medical underwriting or new pre-existing

condition exclusions. In preparing such options, the GAO shall determine if there are

problems under the current system and the

impact of each option on the cost and availability of insurance, with particular reference to the special problems that may

arise for enrollees in Medicare Select

plans.’’.