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(2) the Senate Radio and Television Correspond-
ents Gallery;
(3) the Senate Periodical Press Gallery; and
(4) the Senate Press Photographers Gallery.
Ω51æSEC. 312. None of the funds made available in
this Act may be used for any program for the selection of
Federal Government contractors when such program results
in the award of Federal contracts to unqualified persons,
in reverse discrimination, or in quotas, or is inconsistent
with the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States
in Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena on June 12, 1995.
Ω52æSEC. 313. It is the sense of the Senate that before
the conclusion of the 104th Congress, comprehensive welfare
reform, food stamp reform, Medicare reform, Medicaid re-
form, superfund reform, wetlands reform, reauthorization
of the Safe Drinking Water Act, reauthorization of the En-
dangered Species Act, immigration reform, Davis-Bacon re-
form, State Department reauthorization, Defense Depart-
ment reauthorization, Bosnia arms embargo, foreign aid re-
authorization, fiscal year 1996 and 1997 Agriculture ap-
propriations, Commerce, Justice, State appropriations, De-
fense appropriations, District of Columbia appropriations,
Energy and Water Development appropriations, Foreign
Operations appropriations, Interior appropriations, Labor,
Health and Human Services and Education appropria-
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tions, Legislative Branch appropriations, Military Con-
struction appropriations, Transportation appropriations,
Treasury and Postal appropriations, and Veterans Affairs,
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agen-
cies appropriations, reauthorization of the Older Americans
Act, reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, health care reform, comprehensive cam-
paign finance reform, job training reform, child support en-
forcement reform, tax reform, and a ‘‘Farm Bill’’ should
be considered.
Ω53æSEC. 314. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds
that—
(1) war and human tragedy have reigned in the
Balkans since January 1991;
(2) the conflict has occasioned the most horren-
dous war crimes since Nazi Germany and the Third
Reich’s death camps;
(3) these war crimes have been characterized by
‘‘ethnic cleansing’’, summary executions, torture, forc-
ible displacement, massive and systematic rape, and
attacks on medical and relief personnel committed
mostly by Bosnian Serb military, para-military, and
police forces;
(4) more than 200,000 people, mostly Bosnian
Muslims, have been killed or are missing, 2.2 million
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are refugees, and another 1.8 million have been dis-
placed in Bosnia;
(5) the final report of the Commission of Experts
on War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia, submitted
to the United Nations Security Council on May 31,
1995, documents more than 3500 pages of detailed
evidence of war crimes committed in Bosnia;
(6) the decisions of the United Nations Security
Council have been disregarded with impunity;
(7) Bosnian Serb forces have hindered humani-
tarian and relief efforts by the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees, the International Com-
mittee of the Red Cross, and other relief efforts;
(8) Bosnian Serb forces have incessantly shelled
relief outposts, hospitals, and Bosnian population
centers;
(9) the rampage of violence and suffering in
Bosnia and Herzegovina continues unchecked and the
United Nations and NATO remain unable or willing
to stop it; and
(10) the feeble reaction to the Bosnian tragedy is
sending a message to the world that barbaric warfare
and inhumanity is to be rewarded.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the Senate hereby—
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(1) condemns the war crimes and crimes against
humanity committed by all sides to the conflict in the
Balkans, particularly the Bosnian Serbs; and
(2) condemns the policies and actions of Bosnian
Serb President Radovan Karadzic and Bosnian Serb
military commander Ratko Mladic and urges the
Special Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tri-
bunal for the Former Yugoslavia to expedite the re-
view of evidence for their indictment for such crimes.
(3) It is the sense of the Senate that the Special
Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal
for the Former Yugoslavia should investigate the re-
cent and ongoing violations of international humani-
tarian law in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(4) The Senate urges the President to make all
information, including intelligence information, on
war crimes and war criminals available to the Inter-
national Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugo-
slavia.
(5) It is the sense of the Senate that the Presi-
dent should not terminate economic sanctions, or co-
operate in the termination of such sanctions, against
the Governments of Serbia and Montenegro unless
and until the President determines and certifies to
Congress that President Slobodan Milosovic of Serbia
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is cooperating fully with the International Criminal
Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
Ω54æSEC. 315. REPEAL OF PROHIBITIONS AGAINST POLITI-
CAL RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO FED-
ERAL EMPLOYMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Section 3303 of title 5, United
States Code, is repealed.
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1)
The table of sections for chapter 33 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by striking out the item relating to section
3303.
(2) Section 2302(b)(2) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) solicit or consider any recommendation or
statement, oral or written, with respect to any indi-
vidual who requests or is under consideration for any
personnel action unless such recommendation or state-
ment is based on the personal knowledge or records of
the person furnishing it and consists of—
‘‘(A) an evaluation of the work performance,
ability, aptitude, or general qualifications of
such individual; or
‘‘(B) an evaluation of the character, loyalty,
or suitability of such individual;’’.