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(6) community, migrant, homeless, and public
housing health centers have proven uniquely qualified
to address the lack of adequate health care services for
uninsured populations, serving over 4,500,000 unin-
sured patients in 1999, including over 1,000,000 new
uninsured patients who have sought care from such
centers in the last 3 years;
(7) health centers care for nearly 7,000,000 mi-
norities, nearly 600,000 farmworkers, and more than
500,000 homeless individuals each year;
(8) health centers provide cost-effective com-
prehensive primary and preventive care to uninsured
individuals for less than $1.00 per day, or $350 an-
nually, and help to reduce the inappropriate use of
costly emergency rooms and inpatient hospital care;
(9) current resources only allow health centers to
serve 10 percent of the Nation’s 44,000,000 uninsured
individuals;
(10) past investments to increase health center
access have resulted in better health, an improved
quality of life for all Americans, and a reduction in
national health care expenditures; and
(11) Congress can act now to increase access to
health care services for uninsured and low-income
people together with or in advance of health care cov-
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erage proposals by expanding the availability of serv-
ices at community, migrant, homeless, and public
housing health centers.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the functional totals underlying this resolution on
the budget assume that—
(1) appropriations for consolidated health centers
under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 254b) should be increased by 100 percent
over the next 5 fiscal years in order to double the
number of individuals who receive health care services
at community, migrant, homeless, and public housing
health centers; and
(2) appropriations for consolidated health centers
should be increased by $150,000,000 in fiscal year
2001 over the amount appropriated for such centers
in fiscal year 2000.
SEC. 353. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING FISCAL
YEAR 2001 FUNDING FOR THE UNITED STATES
COAST GUARD.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find-
ings:
(1) The United States Coast Guard in 1999
saved approximately 3,800 lives in providing the es-
sential service of maritime safety.
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(2) The United States Coast Guard in 1999 pre-
vented 111,689 pounds of cocaine and 28,872 pounds
of marijuana from entering the United States in pro-
viding the essential service of maritime security.
(3) The United States Coast Guard in 1999
boarded more than 14,000 fishing vessels to check for
compliance with safety and environmental laws in
providing the essential service of the protection of nat-
ural resources.
(4) The United States Coast Guard in 1999 en-
sured the safe passage of nearly 1,000,000 commercial
vessel transits through congested harbors with vessel
traffic services in providing the essential service of
maritime mobility.
(5) The United States Coast Guard in 1999 sent
international training teams to help more than 50
countries develop their maritime services in providing
the essential service national defense.
(6) Each year, the United States Coast Guard
ensures the safe passage of more than 200,000,000
tons of cargo cross the Great Lakes including iron ore,
coal, and limestone. Shipping on the Great Lakes
faces a unique challenge because the shipping season
begins and ends in ice anywhere from 3 to 15 feet
thick. The ice-breaking vessel MACKINAW has al-
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lowed commerce to continue under these conditions.
However, the productive life of the MACKINAW is
nearing an end. The Coast Guard has committed to
keeping the vessel in service until 2006 when a re-
placement vessel is projected to be in service, but to
meet that deadline, funds must be provided for the
Coast Guard in fiscal year 2001 to provide for the
procurement of a multipurpose-design heavy ice-
breaker.
(7) Without adequate funding, the United States
Coast Guard would have to radically reduce the level
of service it provides to the American public.
(b) ADJUSTMENT IN BUDGET LEVELS.—
(1) INCREASE
IN
FUNDING
FOR
TRANSPOR-
TATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this
resolution, the amounts specified in section 103(8) of
this resolution for budget authority and outlays for
Transportation (budget function 400) for fiscal year
2001 shall be increased as follows:
(A) The amount of budget authority for that
fiscal year, by $300,000,000.
(B) The amount of outlays for that fiscal
year, by $300,000,000.
(2) OFFSETTING DECREASE IN FUNDING FOR AL-
LOWANCES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
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this resolution, the amounts specified in section
103(19) of this resolution for budget authority and
outlays for Allowances (budget function 920) for fiscal
year 2001 shall be decreased as follows:
(A) The amount of budget authority for that
fiscal year, by $300,000,000.
(B) The amount of outlays for that fiscal
year, by $300,000,000.
(c) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that—
(1) the provisions of this resolution, as modified
by subsection (b), should provide additional budget
authority and outlay authority for the United States
Coast Guard for fiscal year 2001 such that the
amount of such authority in fiscal year 2001 exceeds
the amount of such authority for fiscal year 2000 by
$300,000,000; and
(2) any level of such authority in fiscal year
2001 below the level described in paragraph (1) would
require the Coast Guard to—
(A) close numerous stations and utilize re-
maining assets only for emergency situations;
(B) reduce the number of personnel of an
already streamlined workforce;
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(C) curtail its capacity to carry out emer-
gency search and rescue; and
(D) reduce operations in a manner that
would have a detrimental impact on the sustain-
ability of valuable fish stocks in the North Atlan-
tic and Pacific Northwest and its capacity to
stem the flow of illicit drugs and illegal immi-
gration into the United States.
Attest:
Secretary.
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