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Date: 1982-05-18
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. Presldent. may I have this assurance from the majority leader that. when resumption on the resolution occurs. in recognition of the fact that the majority leader has first prerogative of being recognized by the Chairthere is no question in my mind but that. with that power of recognition. he can put Into place his amendment or amendments on social security. I recognize that. Will he assure the minority leader and the minority that if the majority is not ready at that particular time to proceed with their amendment on social security. he will not elect to recess the Senate again. but that members of the minority would be permitted to proceed with at least amendments in other areas of the resolution?
Date: 1982-05-18
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Could we have an understanding that there will be alternation between the two sides on calling up amendments. as we have previously done on budget resolutions?
Date: 1982-05-18
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

I take it the time we have utilized here is not coming out of the time for the budget resolution. Mr. President.
Date: 1982-05-18
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. the time that is allotted to the minority leader under the resolutionI would yield that time to Mr. HOLLINaS on my side of the aisle. I do that at this time.
Date: 1982-05-18
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I do not have any objection to proceeding with morning business. but is it understood that the time that was under my control has been yielded to Senator HOLLINGS?
Date: 1982-05-18
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

I take it it is further understood that the majority leader will soon put forth a request that the Senate come in at 9 a.m.?
Date: 1982-05-18
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. for the RECORD. so that Senators who read the RECORD will understand would the majority leader mind stating again that if at 10 oclock he or Mr. DOMENICI is not prepared to go forward with the social security amendments they have been discussing. that Senators on this side of the aisle could proceed with other amendments so as to utilize the time?
Date: 1982-05-18
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill . to Implement the Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment To Be Used for Such Carriage (ATP). and for other purposes. as amended.
Date: 1982-05-18
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks on the bill just passed.
Date: 1982-05-18
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill to authorize certain employees of the Department of Agriculture to carry firearms in the performance of their duties. as amended.
Date: 1982-05-18
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I rise in support of H.R. 2035. known as the "river riders" or "tick inspectors" bill. This bill would authorize USDA employees charged with the enforcement of animal quarantine laws. and whose duty area has a high potential for danger and violence. to carry firearms for selfprotection under rules and regulations issued by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Attorney General 6f the United States. This bill is required in order to protect the lives of animal health technicians. commonly known as tick inspectors. who daily patrol the United States/Mexico international boundary to prevent the illegal entry of animals into the United States. In the enforcement of our animal quarantine laws. these USDA employees are authorized by law to stop and inspect. without a warrant. persons or vehicles coming into the United States from a foreign country. Conducting such a search for animals. a carcass. or product subject to quarantine laws. without a warrant and unarmed. they are prone to meet with a hostile response. These are not incidents that occur at our designated border crossings. rather. they take place on lonely ranch roads or trails across a pasture by the Rio Grande. These tick inspectors frequently ride up to a situation where they encounter hostile elements suspected of being engaged in illegal acts. Their witnessing of such often exposes them to acts of violence to their persons. One inspector was murdered in his camp. others have been shot at. more than once. while many others have barely escaped bodily injury. At the hearing on this bill. one tick inspector exhibited his saddle. pointing to a bullet hole on the horn. Thanks to the metal top. the shot was deflected. Irenically. a week after the hearing. the same inspector was shot at and injured while on patrol in the same area. An investigation of both incidents revealed evidence of illegal alien smuggling activity. There is no authorization for appropriations since no significant cost is anticipated to be incurred by the Government as a result of enactment of this legislation.
Date: 1982-05-18
Speaker: DE LA GARZA (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I yield as much time as he may consume to the distinguished gentleman from Texas . the original author of the legislation.
Date: 1982-05-19
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. the distinguished majority leader is certainly within his rights and within the rules in proceeding as he has stated he will do. There is no question that he can do this by simply saying that he is directed by the Budget Committee. a majority thereof. to modify the pending resolution. and he can make whatever modifications he chooses and in as many places as he chooses. since no amendment has been adopted to the resolution thus far. Mr. President. I thank the distinguished majority leader for yielding. I understand that he intends to retain the floor. and I respect that right. That was his intention. to yield on that basis only.
Date: 1982-05-19
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

He has the floor. I wish to say that I do not want to prevail on the majority leader any longer. He has the floor. He certainly could cut me off in the middle of a sentence if he wanted to. but he would never do that. I am sure. I thank him for yielding to me.
Date: 1982-05-19
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. if we could have until. say. 1 p.m.. in the meantime if Senators wanted to discuss the matter. would that time be charged against the t1me on the resolution?
Date: 1982-05-19
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. concerning the action taken on Senate Joint Resolution 59. would the distinguished majority leader move to reconsider the action that has been taken?
Date: 1982-05-19
Speaker: ROBERT C. BYRD (democrat)
Chamber: S

Mr. President. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. TION OF S. 1230. OLYMPIC will the gentleman yield on that COIN ACT OF 1982 point? Mr. LONG of Louisiana. Mr. Speak-
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

On that point. Rules. I call up House Resolution 470 let us not go overboard. A letter from and ask for its immediate consideraa staff member of that group came up tion. late yesterday afternoon which con- The Clerk read the resolution. as foltained nothing but his own personal lovs: opinion. No opinion was asked for as H. RES. 470 far as the substitute is concerned. and Resolved. That upon the adoption of this I am suspicious of a letter thatcomes resolution it shall be in order. clause 2(D) of in at this point intime when this legis- rule XI to the contrary notwithstanding. to lation has been before us for so long. move that the House resolve Itself Into the It was not reviewed by the board of Committee of the Whole House on the this organization. but a staff member State of the Union for the consideration of of that group. My conversations with the bill IS. 1230) to provide for the minting peope I theinvstmet cmmuntyof commemorative coins to support the 1084 people in the investment community. Los Angeles Olympic Games. and the first in designing the legislation. they reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. stated. "If you have the full faith and After general debate. which shall be concredit of the Treasury behind the bill fined to the bill and shall continue not to that is all we need. We accept that. We exceed two hours. to be equally dividcd and have confidence in the Treasury of the controlled by the chairman and ranking miUnited States." nority member of the Committee on BankI thank the gentleman for yielding. Ing. Finance and Urban Affairs. the bill shall be read for amendment under the five-
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Speaker. I move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on .the State of the Union for the consideration of the Senate bill to provide for the minting of commemorative coins to support the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

I yielded the gentleman 30 minutes under our agreement. The gentleman from Illinois may proceed and have his other speakers speak.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. would the gentleman yield? The gentleman just made a statement which I would like to correct. Occidental Petroleum was not involved in the Montreal coin program.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

The program was run by the Canadian Government. They hired private marketers as Government employeer. They had a mint strike and the gentleman is very famillar with what happened to the price of gold back then. The price of gold shot up on them and the economy was going through a recession. And that Is why that Governmentrun program failed. It was not a private program. It was a Governmentrun program.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I would say to the gentleman from Illinois. who is just departing the microphone. that the charges are not the important thing. Rebuttals have not
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Yes. 1982. And that which I readnot the letter. but when I had the interchange back and forth with Ms. Buchanan in committee on April 29. 1982. that was when she pulled back on these projects and guarantees and stated in answer to my question. "Thats right. I am not a marketer. Those are speculative. I cant guarantee it."
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Lake Placid. N.Y.. who has a little experience in this area. the gentleman from New York .
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman for yielding. No. 1. let me say that I read not from GAO. By the way. as far as GAO is concerned. we all have a great deal of respect for it. I have a great deal of respect for the gentleman from Kansas. the gentleman from Illinois. the gentleman from California. and the gentleman from Ohio. but none of us have been imparted with absolute total knowledge. We all make mistakes.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I yield an additional 30 seconds to the gentleman from Kaisas. Mr. Chairman. will the gentleman yield further?
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. Ms. Buchanan of the mint. the person that everybody is talking about here. when asked the question about the GAOs position on seigniorage. said: Their argument is a peculiar one and hot one that individuals at the mint are familiar with. their argument being that if you have a $100 coin. for instance. that has $100 worth of gold in it and one could sell it for $200. Using that argument. we would sell out 25cent piece for 27 cents.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. if the gentleman will yield further. the Buchanan statement continues: There is no precedent that one has to add face value to the bullion value to come up with the figure by which you then market your coins. It is a specious thing. In other words. if you do not sell any coins. you do not make any money. If you do not have a program. you would not lose. They admitted it was forgone revenue. and Ms. Buchanan said it is ridiculous.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

If the gentleman will yield. just a quick statement on the guarantee. Is it not correct that S. 1230 requires that there be a $30 million guarantee if the legislation is adopted.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. this amendment was requested by the Treasury Department and is Intended to deal with a technical accounting problem that Treasury considers extremely important. Under S. 1230. as amended. a trust fund is set up to receive advance payments from the private marketers to defray Treasurys operational costs of minting the coins. Treasury may draw on that trust fund for its expenses incurred under the act. A problem arises. for example. when a mint employee spends part of his or her time in a given period on Olympic coin matters and part on other regular mint matters. In that situation. Treasury is concerned that It would have to draw two separate checks. one on the trust fund and one
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Under the legislation. S. 1230. the successful bidder when ordering coins must first say. let us say they are buying $20 million worth of coins. they have come up with $20 million cold hard cash that they give to the Treasury before the mint starts producing the coins. That Is put in a trust fund and those moneys are then drawn upon. On a given day. a mint employee might be working 3 hours on Olympic coins. 5 hours on regular coinage for the Nation. All right. they have to split up those hours. Because of the technicality. instead of giving two checks. they want to be able to give him one check and then reimburse from the trust fund to the appropriated funds.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

This is a technical amendment to allow the Treasury. in the case of an employee who is working half a day on Olympic coins. half a day on regular work for the Treasury. they have for that regular work appropriated funds through your subcommittee. and through the Congress. They also have to pay that man from that trust fund. Rather than draw two checks. they want to give him one check. and then reimburse from the trust fund to the appropriated funds.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Treasury is the one that came to me and asked me for the amendment. I would say to the gentleman.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. if the gentleman will yield. is it the gentlemans understanding that present law is adequate to preclude deductions for purchases of these coins?
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. in the committee amendment there is a provision waiving the applicability of Federal procurement law for contracts entered into under the Olympic Coin Act. The reason for having this waiver was to assure that timeconsuming delays and litigation would not hold up meeting and deadlines for coin delivery specified in the act. If those deadlines slip. the marketing of the coins becomes more difficult and the amount of .money going to our athletes and to the Olympics could be reduced. At the full Banking Committee markup on the Olympic coin bill. my Banking Committee colleague PARREN MITCHELL. who is also chairman of the Small Business Committee. expressed concern that the provision waiving Federal procurement law for the coin program might be construed to override Federal civil rights laws and laws encouraging contracting with small and minority business. I said then that it was never my Intent to abridge anyones rights. and offered to work on mandatory language for the floor to take care of this problem. I am happy to say that the amendment I now offer. which was printed in yesterdays RECORD and has Mr. MITCHELLS full support. would say that the waiver of procurement laws does not relieve anyone who is involved in a contract under the bill from complying with the Federal laws relating to equal opportunity and contracting with small and minority and femaleowned businesses. The amendment is drafted to insure consistency with the important coin production deadlines under the act. I thank my colleague Mr. MITcHELL for making this very significant point.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I would say to my colleague fronm Massachusetts I am pleased to accept his amendment. It has been discussed. I would say the committee attempted to deal with your concern. as you know. in the committee report language. However. I do not have any difficulty accepting the amendment. I am told Treasury has no problem with it. so I urge its adoption.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Mr. Chairman. I would like to make a few points. if I might. A great deal of confusion has been generated about the references in the bill concerning the division of proceeds. What we have to look at. you translate the gross margin numbers. and. under that. the Olympic committees will receive at least twothirds of the net pretax profits of the coin sales. The marketing costs and the risks will be borne by the private companies. The formula protects the Olympic Committee from being charged any increase in marketing costs which occur during the life of the program. In a telegram from Mr. Harry Usher. executive vice president and general managrr. Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. he says: Thank you for offering the legislation and including in your legislation the formula we had previously negotiated. Your proposal shouid provide the Olympics with $2.00 for every $1.00 of pretax profit earned by the marketing group that is the successful bidder. In other words. twothirds of the pretax profits will go to the U.S. Olympic Committee and the Los Angeles Organizing Committee. That is a whole lot more than under the substitute that we have before us right now. I So when Dr. Paul says that millions and millions of dollars are going to be made by the private marketeers. that is fantastic. because twothirds of the profits will go the Olympic committees. Let us not forget one thing. Under the substitute before us the mint sends out to their list and offering. saying. "Do you want to buy some coins?" That is the end of it. They are not marketers. Then they are going to offer bulk sales. Anybody can back a truck up to the mint and purchase these coins at a discount. thereby destroying the international market. Because which international marketer would want to bid on that aspect of it. knowing full well that somebody here locallyJ. C. Penney. as my colleague from Connecticut said. anyone at all. Sears. Roebuck. 7Eleven storescan back the truck up and buy them in bulk. And there you have private marketers. If the gentleman will yield further for one more point. as to the GAO. there is no GAO auditing of the private marketers in the substitute. The GAO audits everything under the St Germain bill. Treasury supports the St Germain bill and opposes the substitute. There are no specific guarantees to the Olympics in the Annunzio bill and. regardless of what the Buchanan speculations might have been. she also stated she could not guarantee one thin dime. And. as I say. there is a loophole in the substitute before us right now. GAO does not have the right to audit the books of the international marketer or any domestic marketer of the coins. and the GAO audit section only gives the GAO the right to look at the books of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee and the U.S. Olympic Committee. whereas my bill extends the audit and recordkeeping requirement to the marketers as well.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

I can show the gentleman the telegram I have from Harry Usher. I think the gentleman is familiar with the gentleman. He is with the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

He negotiated the contracts with the bidders. We put into the legislation the same floor on the contracts as the contract that was negotiated. I read from his telegram. He thanks me for including in my legislation the formula that had previously been negotiated with the marketers. and he says. Your proposal should provide the Olympics with $2That is the U.S. Olympic Committee and the LAOOdper every one dollar of pretax profit earned by the marketing group that is the successful bidder. also the use of the formula means the return to the Olympics will not be reduced if the marketing costs rise. Remember. it is a guarantee. They cannot charge off any rise or Increase in marketing costs. I am just reading to you. as I say. from a telegram from Mr. Usher. Now. it says here. translating. the gross margin numbers the Olympics committee will receive twothirds of the net pretax profits. Coin sales marketing cost and risk will be borne by private companies. The formula protects the Olympic committees from being charged any increase in marketing cost which occur during the life of the program.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

May I make a point. Under the ANNUNZIO substitute. now before us. once the list that Treasury has is exhausted and they then begin selling in bulk to the private marketers who can just drive up and purchase whatever amount they want. They sell those at a discount thereby further reducing the profit to the Olympic Committee just in order to sell them at a discount.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

Thirtysix percent of the gross margin. the gross revenues. minus coin costs. but it does not include any advertising or marketing costs.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

I think the best source we haveI am talking about the legislation that I have introduced. that hopefully will be up next for a vote. once this is defeatedthe best source I have is the LAOOC. Some very sharp businessmen within that committee negotiated with the marketing groups. got the best terms possible. and they are the ones that say to me that it is twothirds to the Olympic Committee and onethird to-
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. That is gross margin. That is before advertising. marketing. et cetera. But on the net pretax profits. it is twothirds. onethird.
Date: 1982-05-20
Speaker: ST GERMAIN (democrat)
Chamber: H

That is a floor. I think the gentlewoman read it very carefully. That is the floor. That is the lowest they can go. They can contract upwards from there for a higher profit.