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(A) tougher penalties on criminals using
guns and illegal gun purchases;
(B) money for States to get tough on truly
violent teen criminals;
(C) a provision allowing Hollywood to
reach agreements to clean up smut and violence
on television, in video games, and in music;
(D) changing Federal education mandates
to ensure that all students who bring guns to
school can be disciplined; and
(E) a ban on juveniles who commit felonies
from ever legally possessing a gun and from pos-
sessing assault weapons.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that—
(1) any juvenile crime conference report should
reflect a comprehensive approach to juvenile crime
and enhance the prosecution of firearms offenses,
including—
(A) designating not less than 1 Assistant
United States Attorney in each district to pros-
ecute Federal firearms violations and thereby ex-
pand Project Exile nationally;
(B) upgrading the national instant crimi-
nal background system by encouraging States to
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place mental health adjudications on that system
and by improving the overall speed and effi-
ciency of that system; and
(C) providing incentive grants to States to
encourage States to impose mandatory minimum
sentences for firearm offenses;
(2) the right of each law-abiding United States
citizen to own a firearm for any legitimate purpose,
including self-defense or recreation, should not be in-
fringed.
SEC. 2411. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE
MILLION MOM MARCH. (a) FINDINGS.—Since—
(1) on Mother’s Day, May 14, 2000, an esti-
mated 750,000 mothers, fathers, and children united
for the Million Mom March on the National Mall in
Washington, D.C. and were joined by tens of thou-
sands of others, in 70 cities across America, in a call
for meaningful, common-sense gun policy;
(2) 4,223 young people ages 19 and under were
killed by gunfire—one every two hours, nearly 12
young people every day—in the United States in
1997;
(3) American children under the age of 15 are 12
times more likely to die from gunfire than children in
25 other industrialized countries combined;
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(4) gun safety education programs are inad-
equate to protect children from gun violence;
(5) a majority of the Senate resolved that the
House-Senate Juvenile Justice Conference should
meet, consider and pass by April 20, 2000, a con-
ference report to accompany H.R. 1501, the Juvenile
Justice Act, and that the conference report should re-
tain the Senate-passed gun safety provisions to limit
access to firearms by juveniles, felons, and other pro-
hibited persons;
(6) the one-year anniversary of the Columbine
High School tragedy passed on April 20, 2000, with-
out any action by the Juvenile Justice Conference
Committee on the reasonable gun safety measures that
were passed by the Senate almost one year ago;
(7) continued inaction on this critical threat to
public safety undermines confidence in the ability of
the Senate to protect our children and raises concerns
about the influence of special interests opposed to even
the most basic gun safety provisions;
(8) this lack of action on the part of the Juvenile
Justice Conference Committee and this Congress to
stem the flood of gun violence is irresponsible and fur-
ther delay is unacceptable; and
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(9) protecting our children from gun violence is
a top priority for our families, communities, and Na-
tion.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—Now, therefore, be it de-
termined, that it is the sense of the Senate that—
(1) the organizers, sponsors, and participants of
the Million Mom March should be commended for ral-
lying to demand sensible gun safety legislation; and
(2) Congress should immediately pass a con-
ference report to accompany H.R. 1501, the Violent
and Repeat Juvenile Offender Accountability and Re-
habilitation Act, before the Memorial Day Recess, and
include the Lautenberg-Kerrey gun show loophole
amendment and the other Senate-passed provisions
designed to limit access to firearms by juveniles, con-
victed felons, and other persons prohibited by law
from purchasing or possessing firearms.
SEC. 2412. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act may be used to allow
for the entry into, or withdrawal from warehouse for con-
sumption in the United States of diamonds if the country
of origin in which such diamonds were mined (as evidenced
by a legible certificate of origin) is the Republic of Sierra
Leone, the Republic of Liberia, the Republic of Cote
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d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or the Re-
public of Angola.
SEC. 2413. USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FA-
CILITIES AS POLLING PLACES. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of De-
fense shall not prohibit the designation or use of any De-
partment of Defense facility, currently designated by a
State or local election official, or used since January 1,
1996, as an official polling place in connection with a local,
State, or Federal election, as such official polling place.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The prohibition under sub-
section (a) shall apply to any election occurring on or after
the date of enactment of this section and before December
31, 2000.
SEC. 2414. ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION TECH-
NOLOGY. Section 508(f)(1) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
(29 U.S.C. 794d(f)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Effective’’
and all that follows through ‘‘1998,’’ and inserting
‘‘Effective 6 months after the date of publication by
the Access Board of final standards described in sub-
section (a)(2),’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘2 years’’
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘6 months after the
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date of publication by the Access Board of final
standards described in subsection (a)(2).’’.
SEC. 2415. FLOOD MITIGATION NEAR PIERRE, SOUTH
DAKOTA. Section 136(a)(3) of title I of division C of the
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Ap-
propriations Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681–596), is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) DETERMINATION
OF
ECONOMIC
JUS-
TIFICATION.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A determination of
economic justification under subparagraph
(A) shall be based on an assumption that
the Federal Government is liable for ground
water damage to land or property described
in paragraph (1).
‘‘(ii) EFFECT OF CLAUSE.—Clause (i)
does not impose on the Federal Government
any liability in addition to any liability
that the Federal Government may have
under law in effect on October 20, 1998.’’.
SEC. 2416. Section 8114 of the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–262) is amend-
ed ‘‘And other SOFA claims’’ to be inserted following
‘‘. . . the funds made available for payments to persons,
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communities, or other entities in Italy for reimbursement
property damages . . .’’.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction
Appropriations Act, 2001’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
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