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(4) the American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists has stated that the trend toward ear-
lier discharge is ‘‘equivalent to a large, uncontrolled,
uninformed experiment that may potentially affect
the health of American women and their babies’’;
(5) a recent study by Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Medical Center found that within an infant’s first
two weeks of life there is a 50 percent increased risk
of readmission and 70 percent increased risk of
emergency room visits if the infant is discharged at
less than two days of age;
(6) studies have shown that early release of in-
fants can result in jaundice, feeding problems, res-
piratory difficulties, and infections of the cord, ears,
and eyes;
(7) the American Medical Association has urged
hospitals and insurance companies, in the absence of
empirical data, to allow the perinatal discharge of
mothers and infants to be determined by the clinical
judgment of attending physicians not by economic
considerations; and
(8) the American Medical Association rec-
ommends that the decision regarding perinatal dis-
charge should be made based on the criteria of medi-
cal stability, delivery of adequate predischarge edu-
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cation, need for neonatal screening, and determina-
tion that adequate feeding is occurring and with
consideration of the mother’s social and emotional
needs and preferences.
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is, therefore, the
sense of Congress that—
(1) the Maternal and Child Health Bureau
should promptly collaborate with other concerned
national organizations to encourage well-designed
studies, separating economic concerns from concerns
about the health and well-being of mothers and chil-
dren, to identify safe neonatal practices with regard
to the hospital discharge of mothers and infants and
establish appropriate medical care procedures during
the perinatal period;
(2) decisions on how long mothers and
newborns should stay in the hospital after delivery
and before discharge should be made by doctors and
patients together based on the medical and health
care needs of the mother and newborn and not by
hospitals, health insurers, health services organiza-
tions, and health benefit plans based primarily on
economic considerations; and
(3) until further empirical data are collected so
as to indicate a need for change in current Guide-
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lines, hospitals, health insurers, health services orga-
nizations, and health benefit plans should abide by
the current Guidelines for Perinatal Care of the
American Academy of Pediatrics and the American
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, that
state that the general time for discharge for mother
and baby should be at least 48 hours following un-
complicated vaginal delivery and at least 96 hours
following uncomplicated caesarian birth and that
permit early discharge if specified criteria are met.
SEC. 514. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None
of the funds made available in this Act may be used for
the expenses of an electronic benefit transfer (EBT) task
force.
SEC. 515. CPI INDEX.—None of the funds made
available in this Act may be used by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics to implement a change in the consumer price
index (which is used to determine cost of living adjust-
ments for such programs as social security) except when
it is made known to the Federal official to whom the funds
are made available that the House of Representatives and
the Senate have authorized a change in such index based
upon a comprehensive revision of the market basket.
SEC. 516. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to enforce the requirements of section
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428(b)(1)(U)(iii) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
with respect to any lender when it is made known to the
Federal official having authority to obligate or expend
such funds that the lender has a loan portfolio under part
B of title IV of such Act that is equal to or less than
$5,000,000.
SEC. 517. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for grants to students at an institution
of higher education under the Pell Grant program under
subpart 1 of part A of the Higher Education Act of 1965
when it is made known to the Federal official having au-
thority to obligate or expend such funds that such institu-
tion is ineligible to particpate in a loan program under
part B of title IV of such Act as a result of a default
rate determination under section 435(a) of such Act.
SEC. 518.—The amount otherwise provided by this
Act for ‘‘Corporation for National and Community Serv-
ice—Domestic Volunteer Service Programs, Operating
Expenses’’ is hereby increased by $13,793,000.
SEC. 519. OTHER
PROGRAMS.—In addition to
amounts otherwise provided in this Act, for carrying out
programs under the head ‘‘SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PRO-
GRAMS’’; for carrying out programs under the head ‘‘VO-
CATIONAL
AND
ADULT
EDUCATION’’, 
respectively,
$50,000,000 and $100,000,000, to be derived from
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amounts under the head ‘‘AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE
POLICY AND RESEARCH—HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RE-
SEARCH’’, $60,000,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding
any other provision in this Act, none of the funds under
the head ‘‘AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RE-
SEARCH—HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH’’ shall be
expended from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds.
TITLE VI—POLITICAL ADVOCACY
PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR
POLITICAL ADVOCACY
SEC. 601. (a) LIMITATIONS.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the following limitations apply to
any grant which is made from funds appropriated under
this or any other Act or controlled under any congressional
authorization until Congress provides specific exceptions
in subsequent Acts:
(1) No grantee may use funds from any grant
to engage in political advocacy.
(2) No grant applicant, except an individual
person, may receive any grant if its expenditures for
political advocacy for any one of the previous five
Federal fiscal years exceeded its prohibited political
advocacy threshold (but no Federal fiscal year before
1996 shall be considered). For purposes of this title,
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the prohibited political advocacy threshold for a
given Federal fiscal year is to be determined by the
following formula:
(A) calculate the difference between the
grant applicant’s total expenditures made in a
given Federal fiscal year and the total grants it
received in that Federal fiscal year;
(B) for the first $20,000,000 of the dif-
ference calculated in (A), multiply by .05;
(C) for the remainder of the difference cal-
culated in (A), multiply by .01;
(D) the sum of the products described in
(B) and (C) equals the prohibited political ad-
vocacy threshold.
(3) During any one Federal fiscal year in which
a grantee, except an individual person, has posses-
sion, custody or control of grant funds, the grantee,
except an individual person, shall not use any funds
(whether derived from grants or otherwise) to en-
gage in political advocacy in excess of its prohibited
political advocacy threshold for the prior Federal fis-
cal year.
(4) No grantee may use funds from any grant
to purchase or secure any goods or services (includ-
ing dues and membership fees) from any other indi-
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vidual, entity, or organization whose expenditures
for political advocacy for the previous Federal fiscal
year exceeded 15 percent of its total expenditures
for that Federal fiscal year.
(5) No grantee may use funds from any grant
for any purpose (including but not limited to extend-
ing subsequent grants to any other individual, en-
tity, or organization) other than to purchase or se-
cure goods or services, except as specifically per-
mitted by Congress in the law authorizing the grant.
(6) Any individual, entity, or organization that
awards or administers a grant shall take reasonable
steps to ensure that the grantee complies with the
requirements of this title. Reasonable steps to en-
sure compliance shall include written notice to a
grantee that it is receiving a grant, and that the
provisions of this title apply to the grantee.
(b) ENFORCEMENT.—The following enforcement pro-
visions apply with respect to the limitations imposed under
subsection (a):
(1) Each grantee shall be subject to audit from
time to time as follows:
(A) Audits may be requested and con-
ducted by the General Accounting Office or
other auditing entity authorized by Congress,
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including the inspector general of the Federal
entity awarding or administering the grant.
(B) Grantees shall follow generally accept-
ed accounting principles in keeping books and
records relating to each grant and no Federal
entity may impose more burdensome accounting
requirements for purposes of enforcing this
title.
(C) A grantee that engages in political ad-
vocacy shall have the burden of proving, by
clear and convincing evidence, that it is in com-
pliance with the limitations of this section.
(2) Violations by a grantee of the limitations
contained in subsection (a) may be enforced and the
grant may be recovered in the same manner and to
the same extent as a false or fraudulent claim for
payment or approval made to the Federal Govern-
ment pursuant to sections 3729 through 3812 of
title 31, United States Code.
(3) Any officer or employee of the Federal Gov-
ernment who awards or administers funds from any
grant to a grantee who is not in compliance with
this section shall—
(A) for knowing or negligent noncompli-
ance with this section, be subjected to appro-
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priate administrative discipline, including, when
circumstances warrant, suspension from duty
without pay or removal from office; and
(B) for knowing noncompliance with this
section, pay a civil penalty of not more than
$5,000 for each improper disbursement of
funds.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this title:
(1) POLITICAL ADVOCACY.—The term ‘‘political
advocacy’’ includes—
(A) carrying on propaganda, or otherwise
attempting to influence legislation or agency ac-
tion, including, but not limited to monetary or
in-kind contributions, endorsements, publicity,
or similar activity;
(B) participating or intervening in (includ-
ing the publishing or distributing of statements)
any political campaign on behalf of (or in oppo-
sition to) any candidate for public office, includ-
ing but not limited to monetary or in-kind con-
tributions, endorsements, publicity, or similar
activity;
(C) participating in any judicial litigation
or agency proceeding (including as an amicus
curiae) in which agents or instrumentalities of
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Federal, State, or local governments are par-
ties, other than litigation in which the grantee
or grant applicant: is a defendant appearing in
its own behalf; is defending its tax-exempt sta-
tus; or is challenging a government decision or
action directed specifically at the powers, rights,
or duties of that grantee or grant applicant;
and
(D) allocating, disbursing, or contributing
any funds or in-kind support to any individual,
entity or organization whose expenditures for
political advocacy for the previous Federal fiscal
year exceeded 15 percent of its total expendi-
tures for that Federal fiscal year.
(2) INFLUENCE LEGISLATION OR AGENCY AC-
TION.—
(A) GENERAL RULE.—Except as otherwise
provided in subparagraph (B), the term ‘‘influ-
ence legislation or agency action’’ includes—
(i) any attempt to influence any legis-
lation or agency action through an attempt
to affect the opinions of the general public
or any segment thereof, and
(ii) any attempt to influence any legis-
lation or agency action through commu-
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nication with any member or employee of
a legislative body or agency, or with any
government official or employee who may
participate in the formulation of the legis-
lation or agency action.
(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The term ‘‘influence
legislation or agency action’’ does not include—
(i) making available the results of
nonpartisan analysis, study, research, or
debate;
(ii) providing technical advice or as-
sistance (where such advice would other-
wise constitute the influencing of legisla-
tion or agency action) to a governmental
body or to a committee or other subdivi-
sion thereof in response to a written re-
quest by such body or subdivision, as the
case may be;
(iii) 
communications 
between 
the
grantee and its bona fide members with re-
spect to legislation, proposed legislation,
agency action, or proposed agency action
of direct interest to the grantee and such
members, other than communications de-
scribed in subparagraph (C);
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(iv) any communication with a govern-
mental official or employee; other than—
(I) a communication with a mem-
ber or employee of a legislative body
or agency (where such communication
would otherwise constitute the influ-
encing of legislation or agency action);
or
(II) a communication the prin-
cipal purpose of which is to influence
legislation or agency action; and
(v) official communications by employ-
ees of State or local governments, or by or-
ganizations whose membership consists ex-
clusively of State or local governments.
(C) COMMUNICATIONS WITH MEMBERS.—
(i) A communication between a grant-
ee and any bona fide member of such orga-
nization to directly encourage such member
to communicate as provided in paragraph
(2)(A)(ii) shall be treated as a (2)(A)(ii)
communication by the grantee itself.
(ii) A communication between a
grantee and any bona fide member of such
organization to directly encourage such
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member to urge persons other than mem-
bers to communicate as provided in either
clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (2)(A) shall
be treated as a communication described in
paragraph (2)(A)(i).
(3) The term ‘‘legislation’’ includes the intro-
duction, amendment, enactment, passage, defeat,
ratification, or repeal of Acts, bills, resolutions, trea-
ties, declarations, confirmations, articles of impeach-
ment, or similar items by the Congress, any State
legislature, any local council or similar governing
body, or by the public in a referendum, initiative,
constitutional amendment, recall, confirmation, or
similar procedure.
(4) The term ‘‘grant’’ includes the provision of
any Federal funds, appropriated under this or any
other Act, or other thing of value to carry out a pub-
lic purpose of the United States, except: the provi-
sion of funds for acquisition (by purchase, lease or
barter) of property or services for the direct benefit
or use of the United States; the payments of loans,
debts, entitlements; or the provision of funds to or
distribution of funds by an Article I or III court and
the provision of grant and scholarship funds to stu-
dents for educational purposes.
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(5) The term ‘‘grantee’’ includes any recipient
of any grant. The term shall not include any state
or local government, but shall include any recipient
receiving a grant (as defined by subsection c(4))
from a state or local government.
(6) The term ‘‘agency action’’ includes the defi-
nition contained in section 551 of Title 5, United
States Code, and includes action by state or local
government agencies.
(7) The term ‘‘agency proceeding’’ includes the
definition contained in section 551 of Title 5, United
States Code, and includes proceedings by state or
local government agencies.
DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 602. (a) Not later than December 31 of each
year, a grantee, except an individual person, shall provide
(via either electronic or paper medium) to each Federal
entity that awarded or administered its grant an annual
report for the prior Federal fiscal year, certified by the
grantee’s chief executive officer or equivalent person of au-
thority, and setting forth: the grantee’s name, the grant-
ee’s identification number, and—
(1) a statement that the grantee did not engage
in political advocacy; or
(2) a statement that the grantee did engage in
political advocacy, and setting forth for each grant—
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(A) the grant identification number;
(B) the amount or value of the grant (in-
cluding all administrative and overhead costs
awarded);
(C) a brief description of the purpose or
purposes for which the grant was awarded;
(D) the identity of each Federal, state and
local government entity awarding or administer-
ing the grant, and program thereunder;
(E) the name and grantee identification
number of each individual, entity, or organiza-
tion to whom the grantee made a grant;
(F) a brief description of the grantee’s po-
litical advocacy, and a good faith estimate of
the grantee’s expenditures on political advocacy;
(G) a good faith estimate of the grantee’s
prohibited political advocacy threshold.
(b) OMB COORDINATION.—The Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall develop by regulation one stand-
ardized form for the annual report that shall be accepted
by every Federal entity, and a uniform procedure by which
each grantee is assigned one permanent and unique grant-
ee identification number.
FEDERAL ENTITY REPORT
SEC. 603. Not later than May 1 of each calendar
year, each Federal entity awarding or administering a
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grant shall submit to the Bureau of the Census a report
(standardized by the Office of Management and Budget)
setting forth the information provided to such Federal en-
tity by each grantee during the preceding Federal fiscal
year, and the name and grantee identification number of
each grantee to whom it provided written notice under sec-
tion 1(a)(6). The Bureau of the Census shall make this
database available to the public through the Internet.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
SEC. 604. (a) Any Federal entity awarding a grant
shall make publicly available any grant application, audit
of a grantee, list of grantees to whom notice was provided
under section 1(a)(6), annual report of a grantee, and that
Federal entity’s annual report to the Bureau of the Cen-
sus.
(b) The public’s access to the documents identified
in section 4(a) shall be facilitated by placement of such
documents in the Federal entity’s public document reading
room and also by expediting any requests under section
552 of title 5, United States Code, the Freedom of Infor-
mation Act as amended, ahead of any requests for other
information pending at such Federal entity.
(c) Records described in section (a) shall not be sub-
ject to withholding except under exemption (b)(7)(A) of
section 552 of title 5, United States Code.
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(d) No fees for searching for or copying such docu-
ments shall be charged to the public.
SEVERABILITY
SEC. 605. If any provision of this title or the applica-
tion thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid,
the remainder of this title and the application of such pro-
vision to other persons and circumstances shall not be af-
fected thereby.
FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS PRESERVED
SEC. 606. Nothing in this title shall be deemed to
abridge any rights guaranteed under the first amendment
of the United States Constitution, including freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably
to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress
of grievances.
TITLE VII—DEFICIT REDUCTION LOCK-BOX
SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as
the ‘‘Deficit Reduction Lock-box Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 702. DEFICIT REDUCTION LOCK-BOX AC-
COUNT.—(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT.—Title III of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section:
‘‘DEFICIT REDUCTION LOCK-BOX ACCOUNT
‘‘SEC. 314. (a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
AC-
COUNT.—There is established in the Congressional
Budget Office an account to be known as the ‘Defi-
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cit Reduction Lock-box Account’. The Account shall
be divided into subaccounts corresponding to the
subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations.
Each subaccount shall consist of three entries: the
‘House Lock-box Balance’; the ‘Senate Lock-box
Balance’; and the ‘Joint House-Senate Lock-box
Balance’.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF ACCOUNT.—Each entry in
a subaccount shall consist only of amounts credited
to it under subsection (c). No entry of a negative
amount shall be made.
‘‘(c) CREDIT OF AMOUNTS TO ACCOUNT.—(1)
The Director of the Congressional Budget Office
(hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘Direc-
tor’) shall, upon the engrossment of any appropria-
tion bill by the House of Representatives and upon
the engrossment of that bill by the Senate, credit to
the applicable subaccount balance of that House
amounts of new budget authority and outlays equal
to the net amounts of reductions in new budget au-
thority and in outlays resulting from amendments
agreed to by that House to that bill.
‘‘(2) The Director shall, upon the engrossment
of Senate amendments to any appropriation bill,
credit to the applicable Joint House-Senate Lock-