S7120 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 22, 1995

achieve the National Educational Goals for

all citizens, and for other purposes; to the

Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

EC–929. A communication from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the fiscal years

1991 and 1992 report relative to the effectiveness of programs under the Lead Contamination Control Act; to the Committee on Labor

and Human Resources.

EC–930. A communication from the Secretary of Labor, transmitting, pursuant to

law, a fiscal year 1992 report relative to employment and training programs; to the

Committee on Labor and Human Resources.

EC–931. A communication from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, transmitting, pursuant to law, the annual report

of the Administration on Aging for fiscal

year 1994; to the Committee on Labor and

Human Resources.

EC–932. A communication from the

Admninistrator of the Small Business Administration, transmitting, pursuant to law,

the 1994 report relative to minority small

business and capital ownership development;

to the Committee on Small Business.

EC–933. A communication from the Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs, transmitting, a

draft of proposed legislation to amend title

38, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility of certain minors for burial in national

cemeteries; to the Committee on Veterans’

Affairs.

EC–934. A communication from the Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs, transmitting, a

draft of proposed legislation to amend title

38, United States Code, to restrict payment

of a clothing allowance to incarcerated veterans and to create a presumption of permanent and total disability for pension purposes for certain veterans who are patients

in a nursing home; to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

EC–935. A communication from the Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs, transmitting, a

draft of proposed legislation entitled the

‘‘Veterans’ Insurance Reform Act of 1995’’; to

the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

The following reports of committees

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

fwere submitted:

By Mr. CHAFEE, from the Committee on

Environment and Public Works, with an

amendment in the nature of a substitute:

S. 440. A bill to amend title 23, United

States Code, to provide for the designation of

the National Highway System, and for other

purposes (Rept. No. 104–86).

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND

JOINT RESOLUTIONS

fThe following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the first

and second time by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

By Mr. D’AMATO:

S. 838. A bill to provide for additional radio

broadcasting to Iran by the United States; to

the Committee on Foreign Relations.

By Mr. CHAFEE (for himself, Mr. GRAHAM, and Mr. CONRAD):

S. 839. A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit greater flexibility for States to enroll medicaid beneficiaries in managed care arrangements, to

remove barriers preventing the provision of

medical assistance under State medicaid

plans through managed care, and for other

purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

By Mr. CONRAD:

S. 840. A bill to provide the States greater

flexibility in providing jobs for, and assistance to, needy families, to improve child

support enforcement, to reduce teenage pregnancy, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND

SENATE RESOLUTIONS

fThe following concurrent resolutions

and Senate resolutions were read, and

referred (or acted upon), as indicated:

By Mr. DOLE (for himself and Mr.

DASCHLE):

S. Res. 122. A resolution designating James

R. Ketchum as Curator Emeritus of the United States Senate; considered and agreed to.

S. Res. 123. A resolution relating to the retirement of Gerald A. Hackett; considered

and agreed to.

S. Res. 124. A resolution relating to the retirement of Frederick R. Broomfield, Sr.;

considered and agreed to.

BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED

fBy Mr. D’AMATO:

S. 838. A bill to provide for additional

radio broadcasting to Iran by the United States; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

RADIO FREE IRAN ACT

Mr. D’AMATO. Mr. President, I rise

today to introduce the Radio Free Iran

Act.

This legislation is intended to create

a Farsi-language service to be broadcast to Iran that will supplement, not

supplant the current programming already beamed to Iran by the Voice of

America. This service is intended to be

made political in nature and as such,

will bring to the Iranian people the

real news that they are denied access

to be the dictatorial regime in Tehran.

It is vital to the people of Iran that

they be exposed to the truth of what is

happening inside Iran. More must be

done to detail what the regime is doing

to this proud people. The Iranian people must understand how the regime

has created impossible living conditions through massive inflation and

shortages, persecuted minorities, denied human rights, and forced international isolation upon this proud nation because of its abhorrent practices.

The regime has robbed the Iranian

people of its glorious history, replacing

it with the status of a pariah state. The

regime in Tehran is known as the chief

sponsor of international terrorism, it is

known as one of the worst abusers of

human rights, and it is known for its

unceasing determination to obtain

weapons of mass destruction. This in

itself is lowering the Iranian people’s

living standards with each passing day.

This legislation is intended to expose

the people of Iran to a more balanced

approach to the conditions in Iran so

that they can hopefully have a greater

impact on their own future.

If anything is clear it is that the Iranian people deserve better. They deserve a chance to live free of the abusive and dictatorial nature of their corrupt government. They deserve to shed

the status that this regime has cast

upon them, and they deserve the

chance to regain their proper role in

the world.

Radio Free Iran will not be the panacea, but it will be the beginning. I want

Radio Free Iran to be for the Iranian

people what Radio Free Europe did for

the people of Eastern Europe. The only

goal for the Iranian people is freedom

from oppression.

I urge my colleagues to support this

worthwhile project.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be printed in the

RECORD.

There being no objection, the bill was

ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as

follows:

S. 838

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in

Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Radio Free

Iran Act’’.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:

(1) It is the policy of the United States to

support the right of the People of Iran to

seek, receive, and impart information and

ideas through any media, regardless of frontiers, in accordance with article 19 of the

Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

(2) Consonant with this policy, radio broadcasting to Iran may be effective in furthering the open communication of accurate information and ideas about Iran to the people

of Iran.

(3) Such broadcasting to Iran, operated in

a manner not inconsistent with the broad

foreign policy of the United States and in accordance with high professional standards,

would be in the national interest.

SEC. 3. RADIO BROADCASTING TO IRAN.

(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to carry out the

objectives set forth in section 2, the United

States Information Agency shall provide for

the open communication of information and

ideas on Iran through the use of radio broadcasting to Iran. Radio broadcasting to Iran

under this section shall serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of accurate, objective, and comprehensive news

on Iran.

(b) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO BROADCASTING.—(1) Radio broadcasting under subsection (a) shall be provided in accordance

with standards that ensure the broadcast of

programs which are objective, accurate, and

balanced, and which present a variety of

views. Such standards shall be established by

the board established under section 4.

(2) Radio broadcasting under subsection (a)

shall be provided in the Farsi language.

(c) DESIGNATION OF BROADCASTS.—Any program of United States Government radio

broadcasts in the Farsi language under this

section shall be designated ‘‘Radio Free

Iran’’.

(d) RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER RADIO SERVICE TO IRAN.—It is the sense of Congress that

radio broadcasting under this section supplement and not supplant other radio broadcasting and radio broadcasting services to

Iran in the Farsi language that are provided

by the United States Government.

(e) AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT.—The Director

of the United States Information Agency

may carry out this section by means of

grants, contracts, and leases and by such

other means as the Director determines appropriate. Any grant, contract, or lease

under this subsection shall specify that payment thereunder by the Director is subject

to the availability of appropriations thereof.