S7528 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD— SENATE May 25, 1995 

When the state decided that inmates would 

not be allowed to see movies with exposed 

breasts and genitals, an inmate claimed that 

violated his Constitutional rights. 

Inmates claimed the state stole money 

from their prison accounts. But another inmate claimed the state illegally deposited 

money in his account, disqualifying him as 

an indigent. 

An inmate claimed he was wrongly disciplined for refusing to change the television 

from a Spanish-language channel. 

An inmate said he was not provided the 

proper books for a black studies class he was 

taking. 

Several inmates said they weren’t allowed 

to go to the bathroom while using the law library. 

One inmate was denied access to the law library after he kicked and tampered with a 

security device in the library. 

An inmate said he wasn’t allowed to get 

married. 

An inmate said he was forced to work and 

not paid minimum wage. 

Lawsuits filed by inmates are expensive for 

Arizona taxpayers. The Attorney General’s 

Office budgets $1.5 million per year to fight 

the suits, not including court costs. Other 

state departments also pay some costs. 

To cut down on the number of frivolous 

suits filed, the state Legislature last year 

passed a law that requires inmates to pay 

part or all of the filing costs from money 

earned in prison jobs. In addition, inmates 

who filed unsubstantiated or harassing lawsuits can be forced to forfeit five days of 

good-behavior credit. 

The new law didn’t slow down Mitchell H. 

Jackson, a convicted drug dealer incarcerated at the state prison in Tucson. Jackson 

has filed 22 suits against the state in recent 

years. He got off to a good start in 1995, filing two in the first week. 

In one of his suits, he targets the new law 

requiring inmates to pay filing fees. He 

claims that has caused him ‘‘mental anguish 

and emotional distress.’’ He wants $10 million from each of the 90 legislators—a total 

of almost $1 billion. 

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ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS 

S. 240

At the request of Mr. DOMENICI, the 

name of the Senator from New York 

[Mr. D’AMATO] was added as a cosponsor of S. 240, a bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to establish 

a filing deadline and to provide certain 

safeguards to ensure that the interests 

of investors are well protected under 

the implied private action provisions of 

the act. 

S. 245

At the request of Mr. COHEN, the 

name of the Senator from Georgia [Mr. 

NUNN] was added as a cosponsor of S. 

245, a bill to provide for enhanced penalties for health care fraud, and for 

other purposes. 

S. 256

At the request of Mr. DOLE, the name 

of the Senator from Maine [Ms. SNOWE] 

was added as a cosponsor of S. 256, a 

bill to amend title 10, United States 

Code, to establish procedures for determining the status of certain missing 

members of the Armed Forces and certain civilians, and for other purposes. 

S. 327

At the request of Mr. HATCH, the 

name of the Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. SANTORUM] was added as a 

cosponsor of S. 327, a bill to amend the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide clarification for the deductibility 

of expenses incurred by a taxpayer in 

connection with the business use of the 

home. 

S. 490

At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the 

name of the Senator from Montana 

[Mr. BURNS] was added as a cosponsor 

of S. 490, a bill to amend the Clean Air 

Act to exempt agriculture-related facilities from certain permitting requirements, and for other purposes. 

S. 515

At the request of Mr. BRADLEY, the 

name of the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. KERRY] was added as a cosponsor of S. 515, a bill to amend the 

Federal Meat Inspection Act and the 

Poultry Products Inspection Act to 

provide for improved public health and 

food safety through the reduction of 

harmful substances in meat and poultry that present a threat to public 

health, and for other purposes. 

S. 714

At the request of Mr. LEAHY, the 

name of the Senator from Illinois [Ms. 

MOSELEY-BRAUN] was added as a cosponsor of S. 714, a bill to require the 

Attorney General to study and report 

to Congress on means of controlling 

the flow of violent, sexually explicit, 

harassing, offensive, or otherwise unwanted material in interactive telecommunications systems. 

S. 758

At the request of Mr. HATCH, the 

name of the Senator from Maine [Ms. 

SNOWE] was added as a cosponsor of S. 

758, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for S corporation reform, and for other purposes. 

S. 770

At the request of Mr. DOLE, the name 

of the Senator from Oregon [Mr. PACKWOOD] was added as a cosponsor of S. 

770, a bill to provide for the relocation 

of the United States Embassy in Israel 

to Jerusalem, and for other purposes. 

S. 816

At the request of Mr. DEWINE, the 

name of the Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. SANTORUM] was added as a 

cosponsor of S. 816, a bill to provide 

equal protection for victims of crime, 

to facilitate the exchange of information between Federal and State law enforcement and investigation entities, 

to reform criminal procedure, and for 

other purposes. 

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 3

At the request of Mr. SIMON, the 

name of the Senator from Washington 

[Mr. GORTON] was added as a cosponsor 

of Senate Concurrent Resolution 3, a 

concurrent resolution relative to Taiwan and the United Nations. 

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 15—RELATIVE TO THE 

COSTS OF INTERNATIONAL 

PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES 

Ms. SNOWE submitted the following 

concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary: 

S. CON. RES. 15 

Whereas in fiscal year 1989 the United 

States provided $29,000,000 to the United Nations for assessed United States contributions for international peacekeeping activities, compared to $485,000,000 paid for combined assessed contributions for all other 

international organizations, including the 

United Nations, all United Nations specialized agencies and the Organization for American States and all other Pan American 

international organizations; 

Whereas in fiscal year 1994 United States 

assessed contributions to the United Nations 

for international peacekeeping activities had 

grown to $1,072,000,000, compared to 

$860,000,000 for combined assessed contributions for all other international organizations; 

Whereas for fiscal year 1995 the President 

requested a $672,000,000 United Nations 

peacekeeping supplemental appropriation 

which, if approved, would have been a direct 

increase in the Federal budget deficit and 

would have brought fiscal year 1995 total appropriations for assessed contributions for 

United Nations peacekeeping activities to 

$1,025,000,000; 

Whereas for fiscal year 1995 the President 

also requested supplemental appropriations 

of $1,900,000,000 to cover the Department of 

Defense’s unbudgeted costs for humanitarian 

and peacekeeping missions in Haiti, Kuwait 

and Bosnia, which are in addition to regular 

United States assessed contributions to the 

United Nations for peacekeeping activities; 

and 

Whereas for fiscal year 1996 the President 

requested $445,000,000 for assessed contributions to the United Nations for international 

peacekeeping activities, a funding level most 

observers believe to be a significant understatement of actual peacekeeping obligations the Administration has committed the 

United States to support and which, if accurate, would lead to the third year in a row in 

which the Administration requests supplemental appropriations for assessed contributions to international peacekeeping in excess 

of $600 million outside of the regular budget 

process: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Executive 

Branch should cease obligating the United 

States to pay for international peacekeeping 

operations in excess of funds specifically authorized and appropriated for this purpose. 

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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 16—RELATIVE TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

Ms. SNOWE submitted the following 

concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 

Relations: 

S. CON. RES. 16 

(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—

(1) Iran is aggressively pursuing a program 

to acquire and/or develop nuclear weapons; 

(2) the Director of Central Intelligence, in 

September of 1994, confirmed that Iran is 

manufacturing and stockpiling chemical 

weapons; 

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