IV
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. CON. RES. 144
Expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to the amount that should
be appropriated for fiscal year 1996 for federally assisted education
programs and activities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 1, 1996
Mr. SAWYER (for himself, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. CLAY, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr.
ACKERMAN, Mr. BAESLER, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. BECERRA,
Mr. BEILENSON, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. BEVILL, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. BORSKI,
Mr. BREWSTER, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BROWN of California, Mr.
BROWN of Ohio, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CHAPMAN, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. CLEM-
ENT, Mr. CLYBURN, Miss COLLINS of Michigan, Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois,
Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. COYNE, Ms. DANNER, Mr. DEFAZIO,
Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DIXON, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. ENGEL,
Ms. ESHOO, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FARR of California,
Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FAZIO of California, Mr. FORD, Mr. FRANK of Massa-
chusetts, Mr. FRAZER, Mr. FROST, Ms. FURSE, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mr.
PETE GEREN of Texas, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr.
GUTIERREZ, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HEFNER, Mr.
HILLIARD, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. HOYER,
Mr. JACKSON, Ms. JACKSON-LEE, Mr. JACOBS, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr.
JOHNSON of South Dakota, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr.
JOHNSTON of Florida, Mr. KENNEDY of Massachusetts, Mr. KENNEDY
of Rhode Island, Mrs. KENNELLY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KLINK, Mr. LEVIN,
Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr.
MCDERMOTT, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. MAT-
SUI, Mr. MEEHAN, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr.
MINGE, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr. MORAN, Ms. NORTON,
Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OLVER, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. ORTON, Mr. OWENS, Mr.
PASTOR, Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey, Mr. PAYNE of Virginia, Ms. PELOSI,
Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. PETERSON of Florida, Mr. PICKETT,
Mr. POSHARD, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. REED, Mr. ROEMER, Mr. ROMERO-
BARCELO´, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SABO, Mr. SANDERS,
Mr. SCOTT, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SKAGGS, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. STARK,
Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. STOKES, Mr. STUDDS, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. TANNER,
Mr. THOMPSON, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Ms.
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. VENTO, Ms. WATERS, Mr. WATT of North Carolina,
Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. WISE, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WYNN, Ms.
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MCCARTHY, Mr. LUTHER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. CRAMER,
Mr. TORRES, Mr. NADLER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. BOUCHER, Ms. RIVERS,
Mr. DOOLEY, Mr. VOLKMER, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. NEAL of
Massachusetts, Mr. TORRICELLI, Mr. WARD, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. DICKS,
Mr. SKELTON, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. MOLLO-
HAN, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. MASCARA, Mr. MONTGOMERY,
Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. DE LA GARZA, Mr. FIELDS of Louisiana, Mr.
TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. OBEY, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. DEUTSCH, and
Mr. BROWDER) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to the
amount that should be appropriated for fiscal year 1996
for federally assisted education programs and activities.
Whereas investment in the learning capacity of this and fu-
ture generations of children is crucial to both the long-
term economic strength, and the continued cultural
growth, of the United States;
Whereas the American people have indicated that improving
the quality of education is one of their highest priorities;
Whereas 1,100,000 children are in danger of losing crucial
Federal financial help in reading, writing, mathematics,
and advanced reasoning in the 1996–97 school year;
Whereas millions of children are in danger of losing access
to school-to-work innovations, benefits of locally devel-
oped school improvement and student achievement initia-
tives, and critical services aimed at reducing drug use
and violence in schools;
Whereas, the uncertainty in the amount of Federal financial
assistance to be appropriated in fiscal year 1996 for edu-
cation, caused by repeated stopgap funding, is extremely
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disruptive to local schools and prevents school authorities
from engaging in necessary budget planning;
Whereas such planning is contingent on the estimates made
by the Department of Education of funding allocations
for federally assisted programs and activities; and
Whereas the date of publication of the estimated funding al-
location for the principal Federal school assistance pro-
gram is March 15, 1996: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that, not
later than March 15, 1996, the Congress should appro-
priate for fiscal year 1996 for each continuing program
or activity of the Department of Education not less than
the amount appropriated for fiscal year 1995 for such pro-
gram or activity.
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