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CREATOR: David L. Stevenson ( CN=David L. Stevenson/OU=OSTP/O=EOP [ OSTP ] )
CREATION DATE/TIME:29-JAN-1999 08:57:49.00
SUBJECT:
articles on social promotion
TO: mike smi th
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mike smith @ ed.gov [ UNKNOWN]
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TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
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TO: Ann_O'leary ( Ann_O'leary @ ed.gov [ UNKNOWN]
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TO: Michael Cohen ( CN=Michael Cohen/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
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TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
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TEXT:
I have been talking with Karl Alexander of Johns Hopkins University who
has conducted research on social promotion/retention in Baltimore. He was
quoted in the recent NYT article on social promotion. Attached is a piece
he has written on social promotion for a point/counterpoint for
Scripps-Howard (Lorrie Sheppard is the counterpoint).
It is a helpful
piece. He also is writing for the Newshour Online in response to Newshour
segments about social promotion. He. is interested in writing an op-ed on
social promotion.
David
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Karl Alexander, Professor Johns Hopkins University
Scripps-Howard Point/Counterpoint
President Clinton's call to end social promotion in his State of the Union
address has made retention policy a front burner-issue. This is a healthy
development in my view, but only if it encourages serious discussion of how best
to meet the needs of children who are not achieving at acceptable levels. That
requires getting beyond the stale "to retain or not" debate-- it's too confining.
With colleagues Doris Entwisle and Susan Dauber, in 1994 I published a
book on the effects of grade retention ("On the Success of Failure," Cambridge
University Press) that monitors the school progress of some 800 Baltimore
children from first grade thorough middle school. More than 40% of the children
we studied were held back during that time, many twice. Such numbers signal a
problem of immense proportions, for the young people involved, who lose
precious time, and for the schools, which must bear the cost of educating
repeaters for an extra year or two. But what of the impact of retention, is it
helpful, as intended, or harmful, as critics of the practice claim? We looked,
carefully, at school performance (achievement test scores and marks) and
attitudes (toward self and school) after children were held back in relation to the
same criteria from before they were held back and in relation to promoted
children's school performance and attitudes over the same time frame (some of
these comparisons spanned eight years). Contrary to the critics, retention was
not positively harmful; more than that, it helped. Children held back in the early
elementary years (our focus) made up ground academically and suffered no
emotional scars. These youngsters-- who were far behind academically before
being retained- did not catch up altogether, but they were better off than before.
On that basis, we deemed retention a qualified success.
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That conclusion seems to· have cast us in the role of "friends of retention,"
but that misreads our position. Retention "works" only in a narrow sense-- when
the later situation of repeaters is compared against other poor performing
students who were promoted (or, equivalently, against all promoted children,
using statistical means to adjust for achievement differences that predate
retention). This approach attempts to compare like against like. It is the frame of
reference used in all evaluations of grade retention, and by this standard our
evidence is sound. But if we believe that all children can, and should, realize
success at school, then simply seeing repeaters keep up with other low
achievers is small comfort.
At this point I part company with the critics. Many seem so preoccupied
with the practice that they lose sight of why these children are candidates for
retention in the first place. Most are far behind academically, and social
promotion-- simply moving them ahead unprepared for what awaits them- won't
fix anything. The time bought by repeating a grade can help, but the decision to
promote or not should be made case by case, based on firm understanding of a
child's difficulties and needs. For most poor performing children under most
circumstances, this should be the option of last choice, not first choice. For
them, we need a "third way," one that shores up their skills before problems
mount. Partial promotion, summer programs, ungraded classes, looping,
cooperative learning, and supplemental services (e.g, tutoring) are promising
avenues, but social promotion has no place on the list.
I applaud President Clinton's call for an end to social promotion if it is a
mandate to find this "third way." My fear is that many instead will take it simply
as license to hold back more children.
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CREATOR: Elizabeth R. Newman ( CN=Elizabeth R. Newman/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:29-JAN-1999 09:43:10.00
SUBJECT:
guidance today
TO: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
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can we get guidance from you all today on:
teacher quali ty
mayors handgun crackdown
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CREATOR: Shirley S. Sagawa ( CN=Shirley S. Sagawa/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:29-JAN-1999 09:52:17.00
SUBJECT:
AmeriCorps as census taker
TO: Anne E. McGuire ( CN=Anne E. McGuire/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
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TO: Tanya E. Martin ( CN=Tanya E. Martin/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
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Wanted to make sure you had seen the pieces in the Times and Post
regarding the use of AmeriCorps members as census takers.
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CREATOR: Andrea Kane ( CN=Andrea Kane/ou=oPD/O=EOP [ OPD ] )
CREATION DATE/TIME:29-JAN-1999 10:10:24.00
SUBJECT:
TANF Rule Materials
TO: Cathy R. Mays ( CN=Cathy R. Mays/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Cynthia A. Rice ( CN=Cynthia A. Rice/oU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
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TEXT:
For our 4 p.m. meeting on the TANF rule, here are:
1) Summary prepared by HHS related to how states are doing on work and
other key provisions of the law, with a summary of work efforts in the
states Bruce specifically asked about.
2) Document which includes a chart of the 5 key issues we want to discuss,
followed by 1-2 page summaries on these issues.
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STATE TANF SUCCESS
OVERVIEW: A wide variety of evidence demonstrates that the nation's welfare system has
dramatically changed. The message has changed. States have adopted work-first as their
primary approach for moving families from welfare to work. Welfare-to-work programs have
expanded. Employment, participation levels, and sanctions are up. Many States have
implemented more rigorous time limits. States are making extensive use of diversion programs,
expanding supports for working families, and focusing more attention on the needs of the
hard-to-serve. Decision-making and program responsibilities continue to devolve.
The authors of the Implementation of the Personal Responsibility Act of 1996 [Dick Nathan and
Tom Gais] summarize this dramatic change, as follows:
The central theme of this Overview Report is that a lot is happening now and that there
are surprises in the implementation of the Personal Responsibility Act. As researchers
and participant-observers in this field for a long time, we have never seen, or expected to
see, a period of so much and such pervasive institutional change in social programs. . ..
These changes have occurred in large part because strong signals have been sent by
governors and state legislators that a work-based approach to welfare reform is no longer
just one Federal priority among many but is now a central objective within each state ...
While there are differences among States, counties, and communities about the extent of change,
all States have implemented work-oriented changes.
EVIDENCE OF CHANGE
1) States were successful in meeting the overall TANF participation rates for 1997 (and the vast
majority meets the rates without any waiver adjustments). The national average participation
rate for 1997 was 27.3 percent and percent of welfare recipients engaged in work has tripled
since 1992.
In addition, several States that were not subject to participation requirements in FY 1997 have
reported significant participation rates to us. For example, Illinois is showing that 40% of
recipients are employed, and employment rates in Cook County are now 34%. In Minnesota,
44% of the caseload are involved in paid employment and another 22% in job search.
2) Caseloads (number of recipients) are down 44 percent since January 1993 and based on the·
latest data, every state is now showing a caseload decline. Caseloads in Florida went down
65%; in Texas, 56%; in Georgia, 48%; in Ohio, 42%; in Wyoming, 84%; and in Wisconsin,
77%. States with relatively low declines -- below 20% -- include: Alaska (20%), Rhode Island
(11%), Hawaii (16%), and New Mexico (18%).
3) For adult recipients, during the last quarter ofFY 1997, employment levels increased by about
35 percent. Compared to October 1996 to June 1997, when 14 percent of adult recipients were
employed for the 39 reporting states, in the July-September period,18 percent were employed.
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The average monthly earnings of those employed increased from about $506 to $593, an increase
of about 17 percent.
4) Work participation was mandatory for three of every five adult recipients during the last
quarter ofFY 1997. States reported that a total of 16 percent of participants were exempt under
federal statutory provisions: 7% were exempt from work participation because they were single
custodial parents with a child under 12 months of age, 3% were exempt because of a sanction or
participation in a Tribal Work Program, and 6% were teen parents who were required to
participate in education. In addition, states exempted about 20 percent because of good cause due
to disability or in poor health.
5) Employment rates of individuals who were on welfare in the prior year increased 30% from
1996 to 1997.
6) New evaluations show significant successes in moving recipients to work:
•
LA's evaluation showed a 33% increase in employment levels and a ·46% increase in
earnings (among participants, compared to a control group) after 6 months in the
program. This program served a population that was largely minority.
•
Portland's program achieved a 17% decline in welfare and 35% gain in earnings, with
positive outcomes for both job-ready and harder-to-serve participants. It also showed
gains in job quality (i.e., a 13-percentage point increase in full-time jobs and
1O-percentage point increase in health benefits).
•
Minnesota's MFIP program showed a 40% increase in employment and a 17% decrease
in poverty among single parents who were long-term recipients living in an urban
environment.
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Florida's Family Transition Program increased employment by 7.5% and increased
average earnings 15.7%, over its first two years.
6) State claims of waiver inconsistency did not substantially affect the States' penalty liability for
failure to meet work participation rates. A significant majority of States made the overall rates
without any waiver adjustments, and only a few were helped on the two-parent rates. For 5 of
the 10 States claiming waiver inconsistencies (MA, MO, NH, SC, and VA), the claimed
adjustments had no affect on their penalty liability; and for 3 States (OR, TN, UT), the claims
affected only the State's two-parent liability. For Texas, waiver inconsistencies affected only
the penalty for overall rate. VT claims exemption from the participation rates, but meets the
overall rate. A number of States with waivers claimed no adjustments based on waiver
inconsistencies (CA, CT, IA, MI, NE, and WA), and a couple identified adjustments that worked
to their detriment.
8) There is little evidence that States are setting up separate State programs for the purpose of
avoiding work requirements or diverting the Federal child support collections.
•
Only two States that were subject to participation rates for the last quarter of FY97
avoided them by setting up separate State programs-Florida and Maryland. Both have
strong work policies for two-parent farnilies. Also, Florida met the old JOBS UP rates
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(which indicates an excellent history of moving 2-parent families into work).
Maryland's UP rate for JOBS was 38.5% (against the 50% standard in effect under
JOBS). Georgia avoided the two-parent requirements by funding its two-parent cases
entirely with State monies. South Dakota did not have any 2-parent cases (outside Tribal
Work programs) during the quarter.
•
OCSE is reporting no evidence that States have developed or are planning State-only
child support programs that would divert the Federal share of collections. It reached this
conclusion based on: (a) this year's audits of programs by the OCSE auditors; (b) the
Lewin Group study, which surveyed IV-D directors and State budget staff; and (c)
internal analysis of collections information.
9) In the fourth quarter of FY 1997, about 23 percent of TANF families had no adult recipients.
The number and percentage of child-only cases have been steadily rising since 1988, but the rate
of increase slowed slightly between FY 1996 and October-June 1997. Thus, our data suggest
that the growth in child-only cases may be slowing. Also, they provide no evidence of a shift in
State policies or practice with respect to child-only cases.
10) States have not shifted significant shares of their TANF caseloads into separate State
programs (SSP's). According to the third-quarter FY98 fiscal reports, SSP's represent less than
3 percent of State MOE expenditures and are reported by only 14 States. They represent more
than 20% of the expenditures only in Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, and West Virginia .
. 11) We expect that nearly all States will participate in the High Performance Bonus and thus will
compete for awards based onjob placements and recipients' success in work.
12) In FY 97, States made significant investments in child care services, serving an average of
1.25 million children a month (up 25 percent over 1996). All States made their MOE and
matching requirements for child care, and States spent 99% of the Federal funds. The total
Federal and State dollars spent increased 35% between 1996 and 1997, rising to $4.2 billion in
1997.
13) Most States are moving forward on implementing the Family Violence Option or developing
other specialized strategies to serve victims of domestic violence. Early indications are that
States are taking a cautious approach in screening and granting waivt;:rs. We have limited data
that suggest that the number of victims identified and the number of waivers granted is very
modest to date.
14) There have been substantial decreases in sexual activity among high school students (11 %
between 1991 and 1997) and in teen births (12 percent between 1991 and 1996)..
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HIGHLIGHTS OF WORK EFFORTS IN KEY STATES
California: On January 1, embarked on CaIWORKS, which creates a strong framework for
implementation of work requirements throughout the State (including job acceptance
requirements, up-front job search, and county performance expectations). The State has also
instituted generous earnings disregards and achieved significant caseload reductions. The LA
evaluation showed large earnings and employment gains for a highly urban, largely minority
population (i.e., 33% and 46%, respectively). State shows high participation in unsubsidized
employment.
District of Columbia: Recently took major step forward in moving its welfare-to-work agenda;
effective December 1, entered performance-based contracts with third-party providers to provide
welfare-to-work services for recipients.
Florida: WAGES program has shown very strong results along a variety of indicators, including
caseload reductions, employment entries, and reductions in time on assistance. Claims best
results of the big-eight States. Also, FTP evaluation shows significant gains in employment and
earnmgs.
Hawaii: Working in most difficult economic environment, has federalized assistance for
two-parent families, instituted stronger work requirements (32 hours for all families), and
adopted a full-family sanction (to be effective 7/99).
Illinois: Has instituted strong requirements, especially for those with children over 13, and
strong financial incentives for those finding employment. Impressive record of job retention,
case closures due to employment (for both State and Cook County), and employment rates (for
both State and Cook County).
Minnesota: High employment levels (30%); strong support for working families; 40% gains in
employment and earnings and 17% reduction in poverty in demonstration for single-parent, urban
participants
New Mexico: Had achieved significant caseload reduction (27%), but progress has been slowed
by internal political and legal disputes.
New York: Has achieved a significant caseload reduction (25%) and provides strong support for
working families through disregard policies.
Ohio: Has achieved a significant caseload reduction (26%), implemented strong sanction
policies and strong work supports (including significant, time-limited earnings disregards), and
an employer tax credit to expand job opportunities. Participation and work levels are high
statewide and in Cuyahoga.
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Pennsylvania: Has achieved significant caseload reduction (37% decrease in recipients since
8/96) and implemented a very tough approach to 24-month work requirement. State rules are
raising concerns that State policies are too tough, especially in Philadelphia.
Rhode Island: Has only recently come under data collection and work penalty provisions. Work
focus evident in requirement for participation within 45 days, progressive sanction policy, and
enhanced disregards.
Texas: Began to focus more intensively on work about one year ago, too late to be evident in
participation rates. State data show significant sanction activity. Evaluation shows high level
of employment among individuals diverted from the rolls or leaving welfare for work and off of
TANF for 6 months (as well as some evidence of good job quality).
Vermont: Has achieved significant caseload reduction (32%). Supports work through earnings
disregards and job acceptance requirements.
Washington: Has achieved significant caseload reduction (27%). Supports work through
enhanced disregards and progressive sanctions. 37 percent of the TANF caseload in King
County employed.
West Virginia: Has experienced very significant caseload reduction (58% between 8/96 and
6/98). WV Works expanded from 9 counties to statewide in January 1998. Governor is leading
effort to create jobs (9,696 as of November 1998).
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Proposed Change from NPRM
I.
Waivers
A. No longer denies penalty relief and penalty reduction to states that continue
waivers inconsistent with TANF and no longer requires state to abandon waiver
program as part of corrective compliance
B. Expands the definition of inconsistent waiver that can be continued under T ANF
to include the entire range of work rules (exemptions, activities, hours, and
who counts in the numerator and denominator ofthe work rate) or time limit
provisions that existed in a state under the waiver if they have waived one or
more technical provisions related to work or time limits under prior law
II. Child Only
A. Deletes the provisions requiring states to report annually on cases excluded from
work rate and time limit calculations
B Allows the Secretary to add cases back into a calculation if found to have been
excluded to avoid penalties
III. Domestic Violence
A. Allow waivers for as long as necessary, while requiring 6-month
redeterminations
B. Allows the clock to stop when a family has a waiver (rather than NPRM
provision which allowed exemption form time limit if individual reached 60th
month and was unable to work)
IV. Separate State Programs
A. Eliminates proposed link between state decision to establish SSP and
eligibility for penalty relief, but maintains plan to monitor state actions
through data reporting and other procedures.
B. Maintains participant-level data reporting in order to qualify for high
performance bonus and caseload reduction credit, but not for penalty relief,
with reduced number of data elements.
C. Limits case-level data and aggregate data reporting to SSPs that are
"welfare-like", i.e. which provide ongoing payments to the family designed to meet
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Proposed Change from NPRM
basic needs of the recipients.
v.
Definition of Assistance
A. Continues to include in the definition of assistance spending that provides
explicit or implicit income support, including child care, transportation, and related
work supports. Expressed policy support for excluding them, but indicates they
have no legal basis to do so. Continues to include workfare payments and some
wage subsidies in assistance, but clarifies that certain payments to employers might
be excluded (e.g. under performance based contracts).
B. Removes time limits on one-time short-term assistance; clarifies that it can be
used to prevent a family going on, or returning to, assistance; and makes general
distinction that assistance is to meet ongoing or recurring needs.
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Waivers
Background
States that had waivers before TANF may continue to operate under their waivers to the extent
they are inconsistent with TANF. The statute also encourages continuation of state waivers.
HHS has no specific authority to regulate waivers; rather, their authority hinges on their authority
to regulate three penalty provisions: work requirements, individual sanctions for failure to work,
and exceeding time limit.
Thirty-five states continue to have waivers in effect, of which 5 will expire before the final rule
take effect in October 1999, and an additional 5 will expire in FY 2000. HHSestimates that if
every eligible state claimed a waiver inconsistency, this would cover about 32% of the
nationwide caseload. However, not every state will -- in fact, for the FY 97 work participation
rates, of the 12 states who claimed a waiver inconsistency, 10 states met the all family rate
without the waiver (CT, IN, MA, MO, NH, OR, SC, SD, TN, and VA) and only 2 states needed
the waiver to meet the all family rate (MT, TX). Eight states only met the two-parent rate with
the waiver (IN, MA, MT, OR, TN, TX, UT, VA). While the participation targets will increase
over time, states will also benefit more from the caseload reduction credit, so it is not necessarily
the case that more states will claim inconsistencies over time.
NPRM
1) Waivers states: lost reasonable cause for work participation or time limit penalties, must
consider modifying waiver policy as part of corrective action, and 19st eligibility for certain
penalty reductions.
2) Recognized waiver inconsistencies related to specific waiver provisions for work activities
and hours, but not exemptions (i.e. who is in the denominator), and individuals participating in a
waiver evaluation.
3) HHS will continue to publish work participation rates and time-limit exception rates achieved
under both the waivers and regular T ANF rules.
4) Governor must certify waiver inconsistencies & provide additional information about waivers.
5) Time limit waivers were limited to those which resulted in closing a case or terminating
benefits (did not recognize inconsistencies for time limits which triggered work requirements).
HHS received strong state, congressional, and other organization opposition to waiver provisions
on the grounds that the NPRM violated the Congressional intent to allow and encourage states to
continue waivers. Shaw emphasized that most states are not using waivers to evade work
requirements and recommends that "we let the waivers run their course", noting that if states do
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use their waivers to avoid the work requirements or time limits, they are likely to experience a
serious jolt when the waiver ends and they may find themselves a magnet for recipients from
other states with more aggressive reforms.
Proposed Final Rule
1) No longer denies penalty relief and penalty reduction to states that continue waivers
inconsistent with TANF, and no longer states to abandon their waivers as part of corrective
compliance. NPRM approach was based on waiver states having an unfair advantage over other
states, but in light ofthe comments, HHS is concerned they don't have defensible legal basis for
the approach.
2) Clarifies and somewhat expands definition of inconsistent waiver that can be continued under
TANF. Removes reliance on the purpose of the waiver and instead include the entire range of
work rules (exemptions, activities, hours, and who counts in the numerator and denominator of
the work rate) or time limit provisions that existed in a state under the waiver ifthey have waived
one or more technical provisions related to work or time limits under prior law. Time limit
waivers are limited to those which reduce or terminate assistance -- waivers which require work
after a certain period of time do not count. States may also claim waiver inconsistencies related
to the sanctions on individuals who fail to work. Final rule also clarifies that states can't expand
waivers beyond approved geographic limits or population groups and cannot stop and resume a
walVer.
3) Maintains intent to publish work participation rates under waivers and regular rules, but not
time limits (data is not available to compute these).
4) Governor must, by July 1, 1999, certify continuation of work and time limit waivers, which
inconsistencies it is claiming, and describe alternative work provisions.
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Child-Only Cases
Background
Child-only cases have risen as a percentage of the total welfare caseload from 9.6% in 1988 to
23% in 1997. Most child-only cases fall into one offour categories:
•
no parent in household
•
sanctioned parent
•
SSI recipient parent
•
undocumented alien parent.
Though less than half (40%) of all child-only cases have no parent in the household, no-parent
households have witnessed the largest percentage increase over the last decade of all child-only
categories. With states strengthening work requirements in their TANF programs,'we may see
increases in SSI recipient and sanctioned parent "child-only" households as more recent data
become available. In 1997, of all cases with a parent in the household some 38% and 15%,
respectively, consisted ofSSI recipient and sanctioned parent households. During the period from
FY 1996 to the last quarter ofFY1997, decline in the number of child-only cases has generally
kept pace with the overall welfare case10ad decline.
There are three key ways in which child-only T ANF cases are treated different than other cases
under current law:
•
they are not subject to work requirements;
•
they are not subject to the Federal 5-year time limit;
•
they are excluded in calculating (e.g., the denominator) a State's annual work
participation rate.
Given these differences, there is added concern that T ANF parents may increasingly relinquish
guardianship of children to other caretaker relatives.
NPRM
While the proposed rule allowed states to develop their own definition of "family," it included
also the proviso that states could not create definitions that excluded adults from cases -- thereby
creating child-only cases -- solely for the purpose of avoiding enforcement of Federal
requirements and penalties for failure to meet annual work participation rates. To monitor this
restriction, HHS proposed that states report annually on the number of cases excluded from
penalty calculations, and the reasons for each exclusion. In addition, the Secretary would have
authority to add cases back into the calculation iffound to have been excluded for the purpose of
avoiding penalties.
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HHS has deleted the provisions requiring states to report annually on cases excluded from work
rate and time limit calculations, and allowing the Secretary to add cases back into a calculation if
found to have been excluded to avoid penalties. Instead, HHS proposes to use the regular T ANF
data collection system to evaluate the nature of child-only cases and to monitor changes.
Domestic Violence
Background
Many studies have identified a high prevalence of domestic violence amongst welfare recipients.
PRWORA contains language allowing states to elect the Family Violence Option (FVO) within
their TANF state plans. This option provides for identification and screening of domestic
violence victims, referral to services, and waivers of program requirements for good cause.
Though a number of states have elected the FVO, there is little data on how many domestic
violence victims have received "good cause" waivers. There were lengthy discussions during
the NPRM process over the FVO issue, and over the Murray/Wellstone amendment which, if
passed, would have affected the treatment of domestic violence victims under T ANF.
NPRM
Under the NPRM, states electing the FVO could be eligible for "reasonable cause" penalty relief
for failure to meet the work participation rates or for exceeding the limit on exceptions to the
five-year limit if caused by program waivers granted under this provision. To be considered for
a "reasonable cause" exception, a "good cause domestic violence waiver" would need to
incorporate three components: (1) individualized responses and service strategies, consistent with
the needs of the individual victims; (2) waivers of program requirements that were temporary in
nature (not to exceed 6 months); and (3) in lieu of program requirements, alternative services for
victims, consistent with the individualized safety and service plans.
In addition, to be considered in determining reasonable cause for exceeding the time-limit
exceptions, such waivers had to be in effect after an individual had received assistance for 60
months, and the individual needed to be temporarily unable to work.
Comments
HHS received a number of comments on the FVO provisions in the NPRM. While generally
satisfied with the framework presented, most comrnenters raised certain objections:
•
a service plan is inappropriate and could put victims at added risk (victims receiving
waivers should be exempt from work requirements);
.
•
a 6-month limit on the waiver is inappropriate, especially given that the statute says as
long as necessary;
•
allowing time limit waivers only for victims who have already hit the 5-year limit
(hardship exemptions) and who are unable to work is inappropriate (the time limit should
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issue of confidentiality for victims.
Final Rule
The final rule makes two key changes to the NPRM provisions:
•
it allows waivers for as long as necessary, while requiring 6-month redeterminations;
•
it removes the link between time-limit waivers and ability to work, and allows the clock
to stop when a family has a waiver.
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. Separate State Programs
Background
Law allows states to meet MOE requirement by spending their own funds on: cash assistance
(including child support collections), child care, certain educational activities, associated
administrative costs, and anything else reasonably calculated to accomplish purposes ofthe law.
State funds spent in a SSP (rather than under TANF program) are not subject to key T ANF
requirements including: work participation, child support, time limit, and reporting.
There is little evidence to date that states are using SSPs to avoid work and no evidence they are
using SSPs to avoid child support (see attached infonnation).
NPRM
Proposed 4 steps to prevent states from using SSPs to avoid work requirements or divert child
support collections:
1. IfHHS detected significant pattern of diversion to SSP that had the effect of avoiding either
the work rates or diverting child support, deny reasonable cause for certain penalties as follows:
If Avoid Work
If Divert Child Support
Then Lose Penalty Relie[for: Work Participation Rate
Work Participation Rate
Time Limit
Time Limit
Individual Work Sanction
Individual Work Sanction
Child Care
Child Support Cooperation
2. IfHHS detected significant pattern of diversion to SSP that had the effect of avoiding either
the work rates or diverting child support, deny penalty reduction for making substantial progress
unless state ends the diversion.
3. Deny work participation rate penalty reduction unless state proves it has not diverted cases to
SSP for purpose of avoiding work requirements.
4. Require data reporting on all families in SSP in order to get: high performance bonus, caseload
reduction credit, or work participation rate penalty reduction.
Widespread comments (including Shaw) universally opposed the NPRM. They objected to tone
of mistrust, limits on state flexibility, chilling effect on state innovations to serve vulnerable
groups and working families, punishment disproportional to offense, and argued that NPRM was
contrary to statute and congressional intent. While Shaw is sympathetic to the NPRM's threat to
deny penalty relief when there is a significant pattern of diverting families to SSPs in order to
evade TANF goals, he questions how the Department can prove intent. In the absence of such
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proof, he recommends erring on the side of state flexibility and closely monitoring state actions.
He supports the need for some amount of case level data in order to monitor what states are
doing and suggests collecting full case level data on some types ofSSPs (such as a separate two
parent program), with less detailed data on other types of programs (such as subsidies for private
employment or an Ere-like program). (This is what HHS has tried to do in final rule in their
distinction between "TANF-like" programs.)
Proposed Final Rule
Eliminates proposed link between state decision to establisli SSP and eligibility for penalty relief
(see NPRM steps #1,2 and 3 below), but maintains plan to monitor state actions through data
reporting and other procedures.
Maintains participant-level data reporting in order to qualify for high performance bonus and
caseload reduction credit, but not for penalty relief, with reduced number of date elements.
Limits case-level data and aggregate data reporting to SSPs that are "welfare-like", i.e. which
provide ongoing payments to the family designed to meet basic needs of the recipients.
Maintains quarterly financial reporting on state spending for SSPs (amount and category) and
annual reporting on description of SSPs (purpose, work activities, expenditures, number served,
eligibility criteria).
The Emergency TANF data reports, in effect until the final rule is effective, do not provide
participant-level information on SSPs, so we do not currently have information on the number of
characteristics of families served in SSPs. However, TANF financial reports provide
information on how much states are spending, and on what types of programs, as shown on the
chart below.
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Information on State Spending for Separate State Programs
In FY 1997, 15 states reported MOE spending for SSPs. Four states spent more than 20% of
their MOE funds in SSPs (Hawaii, Illinois, Colorado, and Iowa), 4 states spent between 10 and
20%, and the remaining 7 states spent less than 6%. (Final FY 98 financial reports are still being
compiled.)
In FY 1998, 14 states reported MOE spending for SSPs. While final data is still being
compiled, the most recent FY 1998 financial report (3rd quarter) show only $189 million, or 3
percent of total state MOE spending, is for SSPs. The majority of SSP spending is for cash and
work based assistance for families that states have chosen to remove from TANF (two-parent
families) or who are not eligible for federal TANF funding (certain immigrants). Those states
who have removed two-parent families from TANF generally have similar work requirements
under their SSP.
FY 98 SSP Expenditures Through 3rd Quarter FY 1998
#of
states
Total
Expenditures
%of
SSP
Expenditures
Comments
Cash &
Work Based
Assistance
6
$1l2M
59%
Mostly 2-parent families (FL, MD, HI),
non-qualified immigrants (HI, W A, WI),
pregnant women (IL, W A), state GAlEA (ME).
Georgia also reports $71M SSP on 4th Q report
(HHS seeking info). VA reported in error on
3rd Q--does not have SSP.
Work
Activities
3
$7M
4%
IL (reported in error on this line -- will be
corrected), lA, WI (non-custodial parent
program)
Child Care
4
$16M
9%
AZ, CO, lA, WY
Admini-stra
tion
3
$3M
2%
Costs associated with operating SSPs (IL, W A,
WI)
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Costs associated with SSPs (IL, W A, WI)
$50M
26%
CO, FL, IN (Healthy Families), ME (higher ed),
RI (citizenship), TN (non-qualified aliens), WA
(?),
$189M
100%
3% oftotal State MOE spending
Systems
3
$O.6M
Transitional
Services
0
N.A.
Other
7
TOTAL
14
Definition of Assistance
. Background
The definition of assistance is one of the key policy issues in the TANF rule. It has major
implications for what kinds of services states will provide to needy families, the nature and level
of spending of federal TANF funds and state MOE funds, and whether these expenditures will
be subject to TANF requirements including time limits, work participation, child support
assignment and data reporting. The tenn "assistance" is used throughout the statute but is not
defined.
In January 1997, HHS released guidance explaining that assistance encompassed most fonns of
support, but excluded (1) services that had no direct monetary value and did not involve explicit
or implicit income support and (2) one-time short-tenn assistance. In 1998, the Child Support
Incentives Act amended T ANF to reflect enactment ofthe Access to Jobs transportation program
in TEA-21 including a "rule of interpretation" stating that the provision of Access to Jobs
transportation benefits (where TANF funds are used as a match) to an individual who is not
otherwise receiving TANF assistance would not be considered assistance.
NPRM
Tried to clarify the 1/97 guidance by explicitly including child care and transportation in
definition of assistance (see chart). In doing so, it was widely perceived to narrow the definition.
NPRM also defined short-tenn, time-limited assistance (see chart).
A wide range of commenters asked us to narrow the definition of assistance, i.e. expand the types
of benefits and services that would not count as assistance. Comments focused on three main
issues: 1) the narrow definition of one-time, short-tenn assistance thwarts state diversion
programs and does not reflect the dynamic nature of the caseload; 2) child care, transportation,
and work supports should not be assistance (not subject to time limits or child support
assignment); and 3) wage subsidies and workfare should not be assistance -- wage subsidies do
not have direct monetary value and workfare is compensation for work (not subject to time limits
or child support assignment).
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NGA and APHSA proposed a narrower definition that CLASP believes is legally pennissible
(see chart).
Proposed Final Rule
Continues to include child care, transportation, and related work supports in definition of
assistance. Expressed policy support for excluding them, but indicates they have no legal basis
to do so. Continues to include workfare payments and some wage subsidies in assistance, but
clarifies that certain payments to employers might be excluded (e.g. under perfonnance based
contracts). Removes time limits on one-time short-tenn assistance; clarifies that it can be used
to prevent a family going on, or returning to, assistance; and makes general distinction that
assistance is to meet ongoing or recurring needs.
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Definition of Assistance
NPRM.
Proposed Final
ery form of support
Ivided to families under
.NF except for the
lowing:
Every form of support
provided to families under
TANF (including child care,
work subsidies, and
allowances to meet living
expenses) except:
Every form of support
provided to families under
TANF (including child care,
work subsidies, and
allowances to meet living
expenses) except:
services that have no direct
'netary value to an
.ividual family and that do
: involve implicit or explicit
orne support (such as
mseling, case management,
)r support and employment
vices that do not involve
,sidies or other forms of
orne support; and
I) services that have no direct
monetary value to an
individual family and that do
not involve implicit or explicit
income support (such as
counseling, case management,
peer support and employment
services that do not involve
subsidies or other forms of
income support'; and
I) services that have no direct
monetary value to an
individual family and that do
not involve implicit or explicit
income support (such as
counseling, case management,
peer support and employment
services that do not involve
subsidies or other forms of
income support; and
one-time, short-tenn
istance (e.g. automobile
,air to retain employment
I avoid welfare receipt and
Jliance repair to maintain
ing arrangements).
2) one-time, short-term
assistance (i.e., assistance
paid within a 30 day period,
no more than once in any
12-month period, to meet
needs that do not extend
NGAIAPHSA Proposal
2) short-tenn benefits
designed to deal with a
specific crisis situation or
episode of need and prevent a
family from going on, or
returning to, assistance rather
1
97 Guidance
Every fonn of support
. provided to families under
T ANF except:
I) state earned income tax
credits, child care,
transportation subsidies or
benefits for working families
that are not directed at their
basic needs.
1 Preamble clarifies that: asistance includes child care, work subsidies, and allowances that cover living
expenses for individuals in education or training such as a) payments/vouchers for direct child care services, and
value of direct child care services provided under contract/similar arrangement. b) payments employers to help
cover the cost of employment or OJT. Assistance excludes child care services such as information & referral or
counseling, short-term/ad hoc child care.
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97 Guidance
NPRM
Proposed Final
beyond a 90-day period, such
as automobile repair to retain
employment and avoid
welfare receipt and appliance
repair to maintain living
arrangements. )
NGAI APHSA Proposal
than to meet ongoing or
recurring needs -- such as
payments for automobile or
appliance repair.
3) Transportation benefits
provided under an Access to
Jobs or Reverse Commute
project, pursuant to section
404 (k) of the Act, to an
individual who is not
otherwise receiving
assistance.
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SUBJECT:
Irene Bueno has accepted our offer to replace Julie Fernandes
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CREATOR: James T. Heimbach ( CN=James T. Heimbach/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:29-JAN-1999 12:11:13.00
SUBJECT:
Initiatives
TO: Elena Kagan (
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Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
CC: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
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TEXT:
As a follow up to yesterday's meeting, I'm re-vamping our priority
charts.
I want to make sure that I have the correct information, so could
you let me know if the following are part of the Crime Bill:
- Children Exposed to Violence Initiative
- Drug Free Prisions Initiative
Also, you mentioned grouping the Lands Legacy and the Better Bonds.
the Livability Initiatives fit into this grouping as well?
Thanks.
Would
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Revised Draft 11:15am, changes in bold
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Revised Final
PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
RADIO ADDRESS ON EQUAL PAY
THE WHITE HOUSE
January 30, 1999
Good morning. Americans have always believed that people who work
hard should be able to provide for themselves and their families.
That is
a fundamental part of AmericaO,s basic bargain.
Today, I want to talk to
you about what we are doing to make sure that bargain works for all of our
people, by ensuring that women and men earn equal pay for equal work.
We are living in a time of remarkable promise. Our economy is the
strongest in a generation -- with nearly 18 million new jobs, the lowest
unemployment in 29 years, family incomes rising by $3,500, and the
greatest real wage .growth in over two decades.
I believe we have an
opportunity -- and an obligation -- to make sure that every American can
benefit from this moment of prosperity.
One of the most important ways we can meet this challenge is by
putting an end to wage discrimination.
When President Kennedy signed the
Equal Pay Act thirty-five years ago, women were entering the workforce in
ever-increasing numbers -- but their work was undervalued. At the time,
for every dollar a man brought home to his family in his paycheck, a woman
doing the same [work) [job) earned only 58 cents.
We have. made a lot of progress since those days.
Last June, the
PresidentO,s Council of Economic AdvisorsO, reported that the gender gap
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has narrowed considerably -- in fact, we have nearly cut it in half.
Today, women earn 76 cents for every dollar a man earns.
We can and should be proud of this progress -- but 76 cents on the
dollar is only three quarters of the way there.
Americans cannot be
satisfied until we are all the way there.
One big reason why the pay gap persists -- despite womenD,s gains
in education and experience -- is the demeaning practice of wage
discrimination in our workplaces. Too many employers still routinely
undervalue -- and underpay -- work done by women. [this line comes almost
verbatim from Harkin talking points]
Make no mistake: When a woman is denied equal pay, it doesn't just
hurt her -- it hurts her family.
Between 1995 and 1996 alone, the number
of families with two working parents increased by nearly two million.
And
in over ten million families [from Labor], the mother is the only
breadwinner.
Just think what that 24 percent wage gap means in real terms.
Over the course of a working year, it means hundreds, even thousands of
bags of groceries ... visits to the doctor ... rent and mortgage
payments. Over the course of a working life, it can mean hundreds of
thousands of dollars ... smaller pensions ... and less to put aside for
retirement.
To prepare our nation to meet the challenges of the 21st Century, we must
do more to ensure equal pay, equal opportunity, and equal dignity for
working women.
Today, I am pleased to announce a new $14 million Equal Pay
Initiative, included in my balanced budget, to help the Department of
Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission expand opportunities
in the workplace for women and make wage discrimination a thing of the
past. With more resources to identify wage discrimination, to educate
employers and workers about their rights and responsibilities, and to
bring more women into better-paying jobs, we will be closer than ever to
making equal pay a reality for every American.
In my State of the Union address, I called on Congress to ensure
equal pay for equal work -- and it brought members of both parties to
their feet in an unanimous show of support.' We know that equal pay is
not a political issue -- it is a matter of principle, a question of what
kind of country we want American to be today, and in the 21st Century,
when our daughters grow up and enter the workplace.
There has been strong leadership from members in both houses of Congress,
including Senator Harkin and Representative Norton.
And I ask the
Congress to take the next step and pass the Paycheck Fairness Act,
sponsored by Senator Daschle and Representative DeLauro -- legislation
that strengthens enforcemeOnt of our equal pay laws, expands opportunity
for women, and helps working families to thrive.
If we meet this challenge, if we value the contributions of all
AmericaD,s workers, then we will be a more productive, prosperous and
proud nation in the 21st century.
Thanks for listening.
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fyi- this is the answer Jose gave Jay in case you want to expand on it.
---------------------- Forwarded by Laura Emmett/WHO/EOP on 01/29/99 11:17
AM ---------------------------
Jose Cerda III
01/29/99 11:07:38 AM
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To:
Laura Emmett/WHO/EOP
cc:
Paul J. Weinstein Jr./OPD/EOP, James T. Heimbach/WHO/EOP
Subject:
Re: Initiatives
Laura/James:
Although the Children Exposed to Violence is a stand-alone, year long
initiative that will be spearheaded by Deputy AG Eric Holder, legislation
related to the initiative (e.g., increased penalties for committing a
violent crime in the presence of a child) will be rolled into the crime
bill.
As for our Zero Tolerance Drug Supervision initiatve (not drug-free
prisons), it will both be rolled into the crime bill and be a key
appropriations priority (whether or not the crime bill moves this year) '.
Jose'
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SUBJECT:
FYOO Territories Issues
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CHIP
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The budget would quadruple Children's Health Insurance Program funding for the
territories with $34 m. (Congress agreed to a one year $32 m increase last year.)
Rum Tax
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The budget would give Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands the full $l3.50 per gallon of
the tax on the islands' and foreign rum vs. $10.50 now. It estimates this at $34 m for P.R.
and $12 m for the V.1. annually -- but the P.R. estimate is probably far too low.
One-sixth of the additional $3/gal. P.R. revenue would be for the P.R. Conservation
Trust.
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The proposal is for five years to address Ways and Means' primary objection to our
proposal last year: a permanent increase over $10.50. It could be extended in 2004
30A
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The budget would open IRC Sec. 30A (the tax credit based on wages and other spending
in Puerto Rico by companies based in States) to new investments and extend it past 2005.
Estimated tax relief of $450 m over five years and $5 b over 10.
IF NECESSARY:
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lOin FYOO from $607 m over five and $6.2 b over 10 under our numbers -- which are
significantly less than Joint Tax's -- in FY99. The tax relief of our FYOO proposal is the
same as that of our past proposal in FY98.
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There was little effort in Congress on behalf of our proposal last year. Archer has refused
to consider it.
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This proposal: preserves the primary objective of opening the credit to new investment;
provides as much tax relief as we originally intended; may be more achievable; and keeps
the issue alive for further extension ifthere is the will for that.
Puerto Rico R&E
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The budget would extend the Research and Experimentation Tax Credit to Puerto Rico
. since some income from P.R. of companies based in States is now being taxed.
Guam Compact Impact
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by the free association compacts with other Micronesian areas from $4.6 m to $10 m.
Virgin Islands Tariff Credits
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Empowerment Zones
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The budget would not include the territories in empowerment zones because they have
greater tax incentives for investment -- Secs. 936 and 30A-- but we are considering
including territories when those incentives expire.
Medicaid
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The budget does not propose lifting the cap on Medicaid in the territories (1) to
concentrate on increasing CHIP and (2) due to the costs to which they do not contribute.
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SSI
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Equal treatment might cost over $1 b a year.
The budget does not propose extending SSI to the territories (1) due to the close to $1 b
a year costs to which they do not contribute.
Education Act
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The budget does not propose equal treatment of Puerto Rico (1) because it already gets
more than all but eight States and (2) that would give it more than all but three States.
Medicare
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We will consider changing the formula for hospital rates in Puerto Rico from SO%ofthe
national rates/SO% local cost factors to one using a greater percentage of national rates.
Cigarette Tax
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We are considering extending the cigarette tax to the territories since (1) it is to
discourage health damaging smoking and (2) raise revenue for health programs that
benefit the islands.
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
RADIO ADDRESS ON EQUAL PAY
THE WHITE HOUSE
January 30, 1999
Good morning.
Americans have always believed that people who work
hard should be able to provide for themselves and their families.
That is
a fundamental part of AmericaD,s basic bargain. Today, I want to talk to
you about what we are doing to make sure that bargain works for all of our
people, by ensuring that women and men earn equal pay for equal work.
We are living in a time of remarkable promise. Our economy is the
strongest in a generation -- with nearly 18 million new jobs, the lowest
unemployment in 29 years, family incomes rising by $3,500, and the
greatest real wage growth in over two decades. We have an opportunity
and an obligation -- to make sure that every American can benefit from
this moment of prosperity.
One of the best ways to meet this challenge is by putting an end
to wage discrimination. When President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act
35 years ago, women were joining the workforce in ever-increasing numbers
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but their work was undervalued. At the time, for every dollar a man
brought home in his paycheck, a woman doing the same work.earned only 58
cents.
We have made a lot of progress since those days. Last June, my
Council of Economic Advisors reported that the gender gap has narrowed
considerably -- in fact, we have nearly cut it in half. Today, women earn
about 75 cents for every dollar a man earns.
We should be proud of this progress
but 75 cents on the dollar is only
three quarters of the way there. Americans cannot be satisfied until we
are all the way there.
One big reason why the pay gap persis'ts - - despite womenD, s gains
in education and experience -- is the demeaning practice of wage
discrimination in our workplaces. Too many employers still undervalue -and underpay
work done by women.
Make no mistake: When a woman is denied equal pay, it doesn't just
hurt her -~ it hurts her family, and that hurts America.
Between 1995 and
1996 alone, the number of families with two working parents increased by
nearly two million. And in over ten million families, the mother is the
only breadwinner.
Just think what a 25 percent wage gap means in real terms.
Over
the course of a working year, it means hundreds, even thousands of bags of
groceries ... visits to the doctor ... rent and mortgage payments.
Over
the course of a working life, it can mean hundreds of thousands of dollars
smaller pensions ... and less to put aside for retirement.
To prepare our nation to meet the challenges of the 21st Century, we must
do more to ensure equal pay, equal opportunity, and equal dignity for
working women.
Today, I am pleased to announce a new $14 million Equal Pay
Initiative, included in my balanced budget, to help the Department of
Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity commission expand opportunities
in the workplace for women and end wage discrimination once and for all.
with more resources to identify wage discrimination, to educate employers
and workers about their rights and responsibilities, and to bring more
women into better-paying jobs, we will be closer than ever to making equal
pay a reality for every American.
In my State of the Union address, I called on Congress to ensure
equal pay for equal work -- and it brought members of both parties to
their feet in an unanimous show of support.
We know that equal pay is
not a political issue-- it is a matter of principle, a question of what
kind of country we want American to be today, and in the 21st Century,
when our daughters grow up and enter the workplace.
There has been strong leadership on fair pay from members in both
houses of Congress, including Senator Harkin and Representative Norton.
Today, I calIon the Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, sponsored
by Senator Daschle and Representative DeLauro -- legislation that
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strengthens enforcement of our equal pay laws, expands opportunity for
women, and helps working families to thrive.
This should be one of
CongressD, first orders of business.
If we meet this challenge, if we value the contributions of all
AmericaD,s workers, then we will be a more productive, prosperous and
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Thanks for listening.
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
Bruce Reed
Elena Kagan
SUBJECT:
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Health Care -- Medicare Commission Update:
Your Wednesday event
highlighting the need to dedicate a portion of the budget surplus to the Medicare trust
fund was extremely well received by the Democrats and even by Senator Breaux.
Professor Uwe Reinhardt effectively validated the economic need and rationale for the
dedication of these revenues for this purpose. While the event went very well, it also
highlighted the fact that the Medicare Commission has yet to formally acknowledge the
need for these revenues. In addition, it is important to note that Democrats on the
Medicare Commission, with the exception of Senator Kerrey, remain extremely
disturbed about Senator Breaux's lack of responsiveness to their concerns about his
current proposal. Following this week's Commission meeting, Senator Kennedy
delivered a scorching critique of Senator Breaux's pr~mium support proposal and other
elements of the Chairman's mark, including provisions that increase the age of eligibility
to 67 and require beneficiaries to pay copayments for home health services. We are
working with HHS, OMB, and key White House advisors to develop options around the
Commission for your consideration. These include the development of principles of
reform, a strategy to work with the Commission to improve its current proposal and
shape it into an acceptable package, or the development of your own counter-proposal.
Education -- Reaction to ESEA Proposals: Overall initial reaction to your
education proposals has generally been positive within the education community and in
the press. The education community is supportive of your proposals, understands
clearly the need to meet the challenges of raising standards, turning around failing
schools, ending social promotions and the use of unqualified teachers. At the same
time, many are worried about their capacity to meet these challenges, and will be
looking to the Administration's budget and ESEA reauthorization proposals for
financial, programmatic and technical support to carry out the needed reforms. Your
proposals have also generated considerable press attention, with several stories this
week in the New York Times, Washington Post, and USA Today. These stories have
focused on the content of your proposals -- particularly on the pro's and con's of ending
social promotion -- and on the threat that states and school systems could lose funding if
they fail to implement them. There have been a number of favorable editorials,
including one by Diane Ravitch in the Wall Street Journal, NYU education professor
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John Zimmerman in the New York Times, and Timothy Noah in Slate magazine.
Criticisms of your proposal have come from David Broder, who charges that your
proposals merely replicate and add a layer of federal bureaucracy to what the states are
already doing, and Lamar Alexander, Checker Finn are quoted in a number of stories
criticizing your proposal as a federal takeover of state and local education systems.
Education -- Ed-Flex: The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Committee marked-up and reported out an Ed-Flex bill last week, on an 11-0 partisan
vote. The bill would give authority to waive selected federal education requirements to
states that have academic standards, assessments, school report cards and a mechanism
for intervening in failing schools. No Democrats were present at the session, which
occurred shortly after several key votes in the impeachment trial. Kennedy, Dodd,
Harkin, Reed and other committee Democrats (except Wellston e) reluctantly supported
a similar version of this bill last year and expect to ultimately vote for it again when it
comes to the floor. They and we would much prefer to address Ed-Flex as part of
ESEA reauthorization, and we expect it will be taken up in that context regardless of the
fate of this separate bill. Sen. Lott has made Ed-Flex a top priority, and has indicated
that the Senate will take it up shortly. Republicans hope to score a quick, bipartisan
victory with a strong local control message. DPC is working with Sen. Democrats to
develop a series of amendments that will attempt to (1) strengthen the accountability
provisions in the underlying bill, particularly by including all of the accountability
provisions in your State of the Union Address; (2) counter the Republican message with
an amendment that would also authorize the Class Size Reduction initiative for the full
seven years as your originally proposed, and (3) ensure that Ed-Flex is revisited as part
of the ESEA reauthorization by sunsetting this provision when ESEA reauthorization is
complete.
Crime -- National Instant Check System (NICS): On Thursday, the U.S. District
Court of D.C. denied the NRA's motion for a preliminary injunction to block the FBI from
retaining records on gun purchasers as part of the NICS. As you know, the FBI's policy of
temporarily retaining certain records is intended to ensure the integrity and effectiveness of
the NICS while protecting the privacy of gun purchasers.
Crime -- Gun Show Directive: In response to your November 6, 1998 directive, the
Treasury and Justice Departments are ready to submit a joint report to you with their
recommendations on gun shows. The report will be released as part of next week's radio
address. The report indicates that there were over 4,400 gun shows advertised in 1998, most
of which were promoted by about 175 firearm collector organizations and individuals. While
federally-licensed firearms dealers (FFLs) comprise 50 to 75 percent of the vendors at most
gun shows -- and are required by the Brady Act to conduct background checks on prospective
purchasers -- non-FFL vendors are under no legal obligation to conduct a background check or
keep records on their sales, making it impossible for law enforcement to trace firearms they
sell which are later recovered at crime scenes.
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The report confinns that gun shows provide a forum for illegal fireanns sales and
trafficking, and serve as a source for fireanns later used in crimes. In compiling the report,
Treasury and Justice reviewed 314 gun show-related investigations involving more than
54,000 fireanns. The investigations span a wide range of federal fireanns violations,
including straw purchases, transactions by FFLs without Brady checks, and the sale of kits to
modify semiautomatic fireanns into automatic fireanns. Over 46 percent of the gun
show-related investigations involved felons buying or selling fireanns. In more than a third
of the investigations, the fireanns involved were known to have been used in subsequent
crimes, including homicide, assault, robbery, and drug offenses. Many of the investigations
involve numerous fireanns: more than a third involved over 50 fireanns and about one-tenth
involved over 250 fireanns.
In order to close the gun show "loophole", Secretary Rubin and Attorney General
Reno's key recommendations include:
(1) Broadly defining "gun shows" to cover not only traditional gun shows but also
flea markets and other similar venues where fireanns are sold.
(2) Requiring gun show promoters to register with ATF. Promoters would be
required to provide the time and location of every gun show, a list of vendors (both
FFLs and non-FFLs), ensure that all vendors are given infonnation about their legal
obligations, and require vendors to acknowledge receipt of it. Failure to fulfill these
obligations could result in revocation or suspension of registration or civil or criminal
penalties.
(3) Requiring Brady background checks on all firearms transferred at gun
shows. All fireanns would be transferred by, or with the assistance of an FFL. Thus,
FFLs would conduct a Brady checks and retain records for all sales by a non-FFL.
(4) Reporting information to the ATF's National Tracing Center (NTC) on
firearms sold at gun shows. This would require FFLs to submit certain infonnation
(~, manufacturer, serial number) on all fireanns transferred at gun shows to ATF's
NTC and retain such infonnation to assist in future fireanns trace requests by law
enforcement.
(5) Developing an educational campaign, in conjunction with the fireanns industry,
to encourage all fireanns owners to take steps to ensure that fireanns do not fall into
the hands of prohibited persons such as criminals or juveniles.
In addition, the Departments are continuing tc! review the definition of "engaged in the
business" of selling fireanns to make future legislative and regulatory recommendations. The
Gun Control Act requires that those who seek to "engage in the business" of importing,
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manufacturing, or dealing in firearms must obtain a Federal firearms license. Engaging in the
business without a license was involved in more than half of the 314 investigations reviewed
by Treasury and Justice.
The report also recommends committing more resources to combat illegal firearms sales at
gun shows. During the radio address, you will announce that your FY 2000 budget includes
$24 million in new funds to hire over 120 additional ATF agents to bolster firearms
enforcement. The new agents will be used to support investigations at gun shows, the arrest
of violent criminals and gun traffickers, illegal attempts to buy firearms, and to expand the
Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative from 27 to 37 cities. The budget also includes an
additional $5 million for U.S. Attorneys to increase firearms prosecutions.
Welfare Reform/Community Empowerment -- Implementation of FY 99
Initiatives: Last week, to complement your announcement of FY 2000 budget initiatives
related to welfare to work, three agencies also announced grant competitions for FY 1999
funding for three of your initiatives. The Department of Labor announced the availability of
$240 million in FY 99 Welfare-to-Work competitive grants, with priority for projects focusing
on non-custodial parents or long-term welfare recipients with disabilities, substance abuse
problems, limited English proficiency, or domestic violence (this is the third round of
competitive grants). HUD announced the first competition for 50,000 welfare-to-work
housing vouchers, which are available to housing authorities who collaborate with their
welfare and workforce partners to provide assistance to help families get or keep a job. And,
HHS announced the first grant competition under the Individual Development Account
demonstration program you signed into law in October (at the Microenterprise event on
February 5th, you will announce that your new budget includes $20 million for IDAs, which
doubles the FY 99 funding level).
Welfare -- NYC Food Stamp and Medicaid Case: This week, Judge William H.
Pauley III of Federal District Court in lower Manhattan issued an injunction directing the New
York City to allow "all persons applying for food stamps, Medicaid and cash assistance ... to
apply for such benefits on the first day that they visit a Job Center" and to revise its training
and procedures to insure that workers are following federal law. The city must submit a
corrective action plan by February 10. As you know USDA's preliminary investigation
found the city did violate federal law; HHS's investigation is still on-going.
Children and Families --Budget Initiatives: This past week, the Vice President
and the First Lady hosted a series of events to announce new budget initiatives relating
to children and families: (1) the Vice President unveiled that your FY 2000 budget will
include a $607 million increase in Head Start, which would be the largest Head Start
increase ever enacted and serve 42,000 additional children; (2) the First Lady
announced that your budget will include $300 million over five years to provide
enhanced support to children who emancipate from foster care, turning 18 without
being adopted or permanently placed (a new Medicaid eligibility option and greater
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support for vocational and life skills training); (3) the First Lady announced that your
budget will include $67 million in new dollars for childhood asthma research,
surveillance, and management; (4) the First Lady announced $40 million to provide
freestanding children's hospitals -- for the first time -- with Federal financing for
graduate medical education; and (5) the Vice President and the First Lady met with the
women's groups and pro-choice advocates to announce that your FY 2000 budget will
include an historic $25 million increase for Title X family planning services, as well as
$25 million dollars for the United Nations Population Fund (the UNFPA).
Summaries of Leadership Bills
S. 7 -- The Public Schools Excellence Act: Senate Democrats have introduced
the Public Schools Excellence Act (S. 7), which includes our school modernization and
class size reduction proposals and an after-school initiative incorporating both the 21st
Century Learning Program and funds for community-based after-school programs
through the Child Care and Development Block Grant. The bill also includes a
Teacher Excellence Act which closely tracks one we have been developing as well as
relevant aspects of your· accountability proposals. The bill would provide $1.2 billion to
states and local school districts to help raise teacher certification standards, recruit
excellent teacher candidates, retain and support promising beginning teachers and
provide veteran teachers and principals with ongoing professional development needed
to help all children meet high standards. Under this teacher quality proposal, states
and school districts would be accountable for reducing the number of teachers with
emergency credential and out-of-field placement of teachers.
S. 2 -- ESEA Reauthorization: Senate Republicans also introduced a bill (S. 2)
to extend ESEA. However, the bill contains only a statement of themes and principals -returning control to parents, supporting exceptional teachers, making schools safe,
directing federal dollars to the classroom, and stressing basic skills and proven practices
-- that will eventually be translated into specific legislative proposals.
S. 5 -- The Drug Free Centuries Act: In lieu of an omnibus crime bill, the Senate
Republican leadership introduced an anti-drug bill, the Drug Free Centuries Act. The bill has
four titles: international supply reduction, domestic law enforcement, demand reduction, and
funding for federal counter-drug enforcement agencies. Overall, the bill does not contain
many new proposals, but is intended to augment and complement many of the drug
interdiction programs and funding increases enacted in last year's FY 99 omnibus
appropriations act. To this end, the bill increases funding and establishes earmarks for
specific Customs, Coast Guard, DEA, Treasury and Defense counter narcotic operations and
equipment. Moreover, the bill's provisions on international supply reduction borrow
significantly from the Administration's international crime bill introduced last year.
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On the domestic front, the bill increases the number of border patrol agents to 15,000
and contains modest prevention proposals including a $10 million drug-free teen drivers
incentive grant program and $5 million DEA drug-free families grant program. While the
bill does not contain many changes to criminal penalties, it includes a controversial proposal
to establish greater parity on cocaine sentencing by significantly lowering the threshold
amounts of powder cocaine necessary to receive mandatory federal sentences (from 500 grams
to 50 grams for a 5-year sentence, and from 5 kilograms to 500 grams for a 10-year sentence).
S. 9 -- The Safe Schools, Safe Streets, and Secure Borders Act of 1999: S. 9 is an
omnibus· crime bill introduced by the Senate Democratic leadership, similar to legislation
introduced at the end of the last Congress. The Democratic bill contains a two-year extension
for many programs authorized in the 1994 Crime Act, including COPS, the Violent Offender
IncarcerationiTruth-in-Sentencing programs, VAW A, and drug courts. The legislation
incorporates a scaled-back version of the Democratic juvenile crime bill including provisions
on the federal prosecution of juveniles as adults; grants for states to incarcerate violent youths;
prevention programs for at-risk youth; and a number of Administration-supported firearms
measures including a prospective ban on gun ownership for violent juveniles ("juvenile
Brady") and an expansion of the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative. The bill also
contains provisions to assist victims, including a model bill of rights for crime victims in the
federal system. In addition, the bill contains numerous Administration-sponsored·provisions
on money laundering, international crime and hate crimes.
HR. 358 -- Patients Bill of Rights: The Senate Leadership reintroduced the
Daschle-Kennedy Patients Bill Of Rights, which is the companion to the Ganske-Dingell
bill. They included very few changes, and chose not to modify the old remedy /
enforcement provision. They believe that they want to start the process with as strong a
bill as possible and then negotiate off of it.
S. 10 -- The Health Protection and Assistance for Older Americans Act: This
bill incorporates three major initiatives including: (1) your long term care initiative, (2)
your Medicare buy-in, and (3) the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act, which
you explicitly endorsed last year. Obviously, these initiatives will be broken out into
separate bills when and if the legislative process commences. However, this bill reflects
the Democrats' growing belief that they need to particularly emphasize their sensitivity
and responsiveness to issues of importance to older Americans.
S. 17 -- the Child Care ACCESS Act: The Democratic Leadership bill on child
care is called the ACCESS Act -- Affordable Child Care for Early Success and Security.
It largely mirrors your FY 2000 budget request on child care, although it is more
expensive, mainly because it makes the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (DCTC)
refundable for low-income families. The bill adopts our proposals for $7.5 billion over
five years for enhanced child care subsidies for low-income families and greater tax
relief through the DCTC for middle-income families. Also, it incorporates your call to
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expand after-school programs by tripling to $600 million the 21st Century Learning
Program. Similar to our budget, the bill provides tax relief through the DCTC for
parents who stay at home with their young children, but, unlike our proposal, makes
this tax relief refundable, as well. To improve child care quality and promote early
learning, the bill provides $2 billion over five years for States and $2.5 billion for
communities, while your budget includes $900 million over five years for States to invest
in quality improvements and $3 billion over five years for communities to promote
school readiness. Finally, to boost private sector investment in child care, the bill
adopts your proposed tax incentive for employers who offer child care services, but,
unlike our proposal, also includes $400 million over five years to create challenge grants
in which communities that generate funds from the business sector could receive
matched federal dollars.
S. 18 -- the SAFER Meat and Poultry Act (Safe and Fair Enforcement and
Recall): Senator Harkin has again introduced the food safety bill we supported last year that
gives USDA much-needed leverage in regulating food processors and handlers. The SAFER
Meat and Poultry Act, one of the Democratic Leadership's Initiatives, would: (1) require
processors and handlers to notify the USDA about contaminated meat and poultry products;
(2) authorize USDA to conduct mandatory recalls of unsafe products; (3) clarify and reinforce
the USDA's authority to refuse or withdraw inspection of plants that violate safety standards
or procedures; and (4) give the USDA the power to assess civil fines for violations.
Currently, the USDA can respond to food safety violations only by bringing criminal actions
or withdrawing inspections; and all recalls are done on a voluntary basis and no civil penalties
are available.
S. 74 -- Paycheck Fairness Act: The Paycheck Fairness Act, an equal pay measure
the Administration supported last year, is also included in the Democratic Leadership
Initiative. The legislation, introduced by Senator Daschle, includes three major provisions:
Increased Penalties for the Equal Pay Act CEP A). The legislation adds full
compensatory and punitive damages as remedies, in addition to the liquidated
damages and back pay awards currently available under the EPA. The proposal
would put gender-based wage discrimination on equal footing with wage
discrimination based on race or ethnicity, for which uncapped compensatory and
punitive damages are already available.
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Non-retaliation provision. The bill would prohibit employers from punishing
employees for sharing salary information with their co-workers. Currently, many
employers are free to take action against employees who share wage information
Training, Research, and Pay Equity Award. The bill provides for increased
training for EEOC employees on wage discrimination; more field research on
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equal pay; and the establishment of a national. award to recognize model
employers.
s. 11 -- Campaign Finance Reform: At Senator Feingold's suggestion, the
Democratic Leadership introduced campaign finance reform legislation (S. 11) modeled on
the bill that passed the Senate in 1993. The legislation includes a ban on "soft money,"
voluntary spending limits, anti-bundling provision, and reduced-price television time. In
order to maintain the aura of bipartisanship around McCain-Feingold, the Democratic
Leadership decided to use the 1993 bill. Senator Feingold's staff believes there is greater
momentum in the House for passage of bipartisan campaign finance reform and have adopted
a "House first" strategy.
s. 20 -- Brownfields And Environmental Cleanup Act of 1999: This bill (S. 20),
whose author is Senator Lautenberg, is based on legislation introduced in prior Congresses is
in part based on EPA's current "brownfields" program. The legislation would: 1) provide
grants t? local and state governments to evaluate brownfields sites. These evaluations would
inform interested parties about what is required to clean up sites, and which types of reuse
would best suit the properties; 2) furnish funds to state and local governments to establish
and capitalize low interest loan programs for cleanups. These funds could be loaned to
prospective purchasers, municipalities, and other parties; 3) limit the potential liability of
innocent property buyers. So long as purchasers or landowners have made reasonable
inquiries about possible contamination, they would be exempt from liability under federal
Superfund law, as would owners of contiguous properties who did not cause or contribute to
the release and exercised appropriate care.
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PRESIDENT CLINTON FIGHTING
FOR NATIVE AMERICANS IN HIS Fy2000 BUDGET
February 1, 1999
The President's FY2000 budget represents a significant step forward for America, protecting Social
Security and Medicare, and putting in place critical investments in education and training, from smaller
class sizes to after-school care. The President also has made a significant commitment to helping Native
Americans, particularly in the areas of education, health care, and law enforcement.
Budget Initiatives for Native Americans:
Investing in Education and Training.
Hiring 100,000 well-prepared teachers to reduce dass size in the early grades. President Clinton
requests $1.4 billion in his FY 2000 budget, a $200 million increase over FY 1999 funding, for his
initiative to hire 100,000 teachers to reduce class size in grades 1-3 to a national average ofl8.
This increase will enable local schools to recruit, hire, and train an additional 8,000 teachers, while
continuing to pay for the 30,000 teachers hired with FY 1999 funds. To ensure that this initiative
supports high-quality teaching, school districts may spend up to 15 percent of these funds for
teacher training and other related activities. Studies show that smaller classes enable teachers to
give personal attention to students, which leads to their getting a stronger foundation in the basic
skills. The studies also show that minority and disadvantaged students show the greatest
achievement gains as a result of reducing class size in the early grades.
$6 Million oftbe $1.4 Billion is for BIA-funded scbools. The funds can used to
recruit, hire and train teachers in order to reduce class size in the early grades.
Training and Recruiting New Native American Teachers.
Only two-thirds of Native American
students successfully complete high school --far fewer than other students. To address this
challenge, the President is proposing $10 million to begin training and recruiting of 1000 new
teachers for areas with high concentrations of American Indian and Alaska Native students.
New Native American Scbool Modernization Bonds. In addition to tbe $22 billion of Scbool
Modernization Bonds autborized in bis budget for the construction and renovation of public
scbools, tbe President's budget includes a new component for Native American schools. The
Secretary of Interior would be authorized to allocate $400 million in School Modernization
Bonds ($200 million in 2000 and $200 million in 2001) to tribes or tribal organizations for the
construction and renovation of BIA funded schools.
BIA School Construction and Repair. Tbe President bas proposed $108 million, an 80
percent increase over tbe FY99 enacted level, to replace and repair some of tbe 185
BIA-funded scbools on reservations. Of these funds, $78 million will be used to assist in
replacing older, unsafe, and dilapidated schools on reservations in accordance with a
Congressionally-approved priority list of replacement schools and would provide for
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much-needed health and safety-related repairs and improvements that together comprise a
roughly $700 million backlog. The remaining $30 million will be used to assist tribes or
tribal organizations in issuing the bonds described above by using these funds to assure
principal repayment.
Strengthening BIA-Funded Schools and Colleges Serving Tribes. The budget provides $542
million for the operation of elementary and secondary schools, tribally controlled community
colleges, and assistance to Indian children attending public schools. This represents an increase of
$35 million from FY99.
Child Care Quality. $173 million to improve the quality of child care for America's working
families and $600 million for a new Early Learning Fund to improve early childhood education and
the quality of care for children under age five.
Teacher Recruitment. The President will propose $35 million --up from $7.5 million last
year --to provide scholarships to 7,000 outstanding students who commit to teaching in
high-poverty public schools.
Head Start. A $607 million increase to fund the President's request of up to an additional 42,000
slots for children and keeping on track towards one million children served by 2002.
Indian Head Start. The budget provides $147 million for Indian Head Start -- a $17 million
increase over FY99.
Fighting Crime in Indian Country.
The President's budget included key increases for law
enforcement:
Improves Law Enforcement in Indian Country. The budget includes $164 million, a 50
percent increase over FY99, for the Departments of Justice and Interior for the second year of the
President's Indian Country Law Enforcement Initiative. The initiative will improve public safety
for the 1.4 million residents on the approximately 56 million acres of Indian lands. This funding
will increase the number of law enforcement officers on Indian lands, provide more equipment,
expand detention facilities, enhance juvenile crime prevention, and improve the effectiveness of
tribal courts. Although violent crime has been declining nationally for several years, it has
been on the rise in Indian country. At the same time, police service on Indian lands has been
steadily shrinking. Recognizing these facts, the President made a major commitment to
improve law enforcement in Indian country
Providing Health Care. President Clinton and Vice President Gore are committed to providing health
care to the Native American population. This budget moves forward on their vision to help realize this goal.
Indian Health Service. The President's budget proposes $2.4 billion, an increase for the
Indian Health Service (lHS) of$170 million or 8 percent over the FY 1999 level. This
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increase would enable IHS to continue expanding accessible and high-quality health care to
its 1.4 million Native American service users. The budget enables IHS to further enhance
current levels of direct health care services, including providing 34,000 breast cancer
screening mammographies to Native American women between ages 50-69; creating 44 new
dental unit teams to provide an additional 25,000 dental visits; reducing the incidence of
complications related to chronic diseases such as diabetes through clinical monitoring and
health promotion on life style changes; and enabling approximately 100 new
community-based public health nurses to provide outreach activities, including home
visitations, well-child examinations, immunizations, prenatal care, health fairs, follow-up
visits, and missed clinical appointments.
IHS Medicaid and Medicare Reimbursements. In addition, from FY98 to FY2000, illS expects
to collect an additional $82 million in reimbursements due to Medicaid collections rate increases.
Based on illS' hospital-based cost data, illS' Medicaid inpatient rates will rise by 40 percent
between 1997 and 1999 and Medicaid outpatient rates will increase by 13 percent. illS will
collect a total of $335 million in Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements in FY2000, helping to
bring the total illS program level to $2.8 billion.
Indian Health Service (IHS) Contract Support Costs. Within the overall IHS increase, the
budget continues to support Tribal self-determination by proposing a $35 million (+17%)
increase for contract support costs, to cover the costs of existing tribal contracts and
compacts.
Helping to Reduce Racial Disparities in Health Status. Despite improvements in the Nation's
overall health, continuing disparities remain in the burden of death and illness that certain minority
groups experience. American Indian and Alaska Natives are about three times as likely to dies
from diabetes as other Americans. To address this need, the budget includes $145 million for
health education, prevention, and treatment services for minority populations. Working with
minority public health providers, advocates, and other consumer representatives, CDC will
continue a $35 million demonstration program to enable selected communities to develop
innovative and effective approaches to address these disparities.
Elevating the Position of the Director of IHS. The President will also continue his efforts to
elevate the Director of illS to the position of Assistant Secretary.
Moving People from Welfare to Work and Empowering Communities. President Clinton
and Vice President Gore are committed to tapping the potential of America's urban and rural communities.
This budget moves forward on their vision to help revitalize America's communities.
Transportation and Housing for Families Moving From Welfare to Work. The President's
budget contains $580 million for welfare to work housing vouchers and transportation assistance to
help those on welfare get to work and stay employed. The President's budget provides $430
million for 75,000 welfare-to-work housing vouchers, including $144 million in new funds for
25,000 additional vouchers. This is a 50 percent increase over the 50,000 vouchers the
President secured last year. The vouchers will help families move closer to a new job, reduce
a long commute, or secure more stable housing so they can perform better on the job. The
President's budget also increases Access to Jobs transportation funding from $75 million to $150
million, doubling the number of individuals and communities that can receive transportation
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assistance. This competitive grant program supports innovative state and local
transportation solutions such as shuttles, van pools, new bus routes, and connector services to
mass transit to help welfare recipients and other low income workers get to work..
Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Expansion. The Administration
requested a major expansion ofthe CDFI program to continue building a national network of
community development banks. The final budget increases CDFI funding from $95 million in
FY99 to $125 million in FY2000 -- a $30 million increase.
Flexible Funding for Empowerment Zones. In January 1999, the Administration
announced 20 new Empowerment Zones from the more than 268 communities that applied.
The 2000 Budget proposes legislation to authorize mandatory funding for 20 new
Empowerment Zones designated in January 1999: 15 Urban Empowerment Zones for 10
years for a total funding commitment of $1.5 billion; $10 million for 10 years for 5 new Rural
Empowerment Zones. The Budget also proposes authorization for $3 million grants in FY
2000 to 15 Strategic Planning Communities also named in January 1999. In addition, the
Administration proposes $5 million per year in mandatory funding for the 20 n·ew Rural
Enterprise Communities designated in 1999. The budget for HUD proposes discretionary
funding of $10 million to assist non-designated urban communities in planning and
implementing portions of their strategic plans; and technical assistance funding of $15
million to assist all communities in the implementation of their strategic plans.
Indian Housing. The budget provides $620 million in block grants for Indian housing, which will
serve 552 tribes.
Protecting Sovereignty and Promoting Self-Determination.
Tribal Contracting and Self-Governance. BIA and illS will continue to promote Tribal
self-determination through local decision-making. Tribal contracting and self-governance compact
agreements now represent half of BIA' s operations budget, and over forty percent of illS' budget.
The self-governance agreements, which give Tribes ·greater flexibility to administer Federal
programs on reservations.
Indian Trust Fund Balances. The Administration is committed to resolving disputed Indian trust
fund account balances through informal dispute resolution and supports the unique
govemrnent-to-govemrnent relationship that exists in Indian trust land management issues. After
Tribal consultations, BIA submitted its "Recommendations of the Secretary ofthe Interior for
Settlement of Disputed Tribal Accounts" to Congress in November 1997. Legislation reflecting
these recommendations was proposed in 1998, but not enacted. It will be reproposed in the 106th
Congress.
Trust Land Management. As part ofBIA's commitment to resolving trust land management
issues, BIA introduced legislation in 1998 to establish an Indian Land Consolidation Pilot program
to address the fractionation of Indian land. In FY99, BIA will devote $5 million to three pilot
projects in Wisconsin, in cooperation with Tribes, to purchase small ownership interests in highly
fractionated tracts of land from willing sellers. The FY2000 budget proposes to double funding
for this program.
Trust Management Improvement Project. The Administration supports DOl's Office of
Special Trustee's trust management improvement project. Current activities include verifying
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individual Indian's account data and converting these data to a commercial-grade accounting
system. Ownership, lease, and royalty information related to the underlying trust assets will also
be verified and converted to a recently acquired commercial asset management system.
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[ OPD ] )
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By the way, OMB and Interior have reviewed it. Thanks, Mary
---------------------- "Forwarded by Mary L . .Smith/OPD/EOP on 01/29/99
02:22 PM ---------------------------
Mary L. Smith
01/29/99 02:20:11 PM
Record Type:
Record
To:
Elena Kagan/OPD/EOP
cc:
Laura Emmett/WHO/EOP
Subject:
Native American budget document
Could you review this Native American budget document by 5pm today? Lynn
Cutler is speaking to a large group of tribes on Monday and would like to
use this to prepare for her speech over the weekend. Thanks, Mary
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PRESIDENT CLINTON FIGHTING
FOR NATIVE AMERICANS IN HIS Fy2000 BUDGET
February 1, 1999
The President's FY2000 budget represents a significant step forward for America, protecting Social
Security and Medicare, and putting in place critical investments in education and training, from smaller
class sizes to after-school care. The President also has made a significant commitment to helping Native
Americans, particularly in the areas of education, health care, and law enforcement.
Budget Initiatives for Native Americans:
Investing in Education and Training.
Hiring 100,000 well-prepared teachers to reduce dass size in the early grades. President Clinton
requests $1.4 billion in his FY 2000 budget, a $200 million increase over FY 1999 funding, for his
initiative to hire 100,000 teachers to reduce. class size in grades 1-3 to a national average of 18.
This increase will enable local schools to recruit, hire, and train an additional 8,000 teachers, while
continuing to pay for the 30,000 teachers hired with FY 1999 funds. To ensure that this initiative
supports high-quality teaching, school districts may spend up to 15 percent of these funds for
teacher training and other related activities. Studies show that smaller classes enable teachers to
give personal attention to students, which leads to their getting a stronger foundation in the basic
skills. The studies also show that minority and disadvantaged students show the greatest
achievement gains as a result of reducing class size in the early grades.
$6 Million of the $1.4 Billion is for BIA-funded schools. The funds can used to
recruit, hire and train teachers in order to reduce class size in the early grades.
Training and Recruiting New Native American Teachers.
Only two-thirds of Native American
students successfully complete high school --far fewer than other students. To address this
challenge, the President is proposing $10 million to begin training and recruiting oflOOO new
teachers for areas with high concentrations of American Indian and Alaska Native students.
New Native American School Modernization Bonds. In addition to the $22 billion of School
Modernization Bonds authorized in his budget for the construction and renovation of public
schools, the President's budget includes a new component for Native American schools. The
Secretary of Interior would be authorized to allocate $400 million in School Modernization
Bonds ($200 million in 2000 and $200 million in 2001) to tribes or tribal organizations for the
construction and renovationofBIA funded schools.
BIA School Construction and Repair. The President has proposed $108 million, an 80
percent increase over the FY99 enacted level, to replace and repair some of the 185
BIA-funded schools on reservations. Of these funds, $78 million will be used to assist in
replacing older, unsafe, and dilapidated schools on reservations in accordance with a
Congressionally-approved priority list of replaceme.nt schools and would provide for
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much-needed health and safety-related repairs and improvements that together comprise a
roughly $700 million backlog. The remaining $30 million will be used to ass.ist tribes or
tribal organizations in issuing the bonds described above by using these funds to assure
principal repayment.
Strengthening BIA-Funded Schools and Colleges Serving Tribes. The budget provides $542
million for the operation of elementary and secondary schools, tribally controlled community
colleges, and assistance to Indian children attending public schools. This represents an increase of
$35 million from FY99.
.
Child Care Quality. $173 million to improve the quality of child care for America's working
families and $600 million for a new Early Learning Fund to improve early childhood education and
the quality of care for children under age five.
Teacher Recruitment. The President will propose $35 million --up from $7.5 million last
year --to provide scholarships to 7,000 outstanding students who commit to teaching in
high-poverty public schools.
Head Start. A $607 million increase to fund the President's request of up to an additional 42,000
slots for children and keeping on track towards one million children served by 2002.
Indian Head Start. The budget provides $147 million for Indian Head Start -- a $17 million
increase over FY99.
Fighting Crime in Indian Country.
The President's budget included key increases for law
enforcement:
Improves Law Enforcement in Indian Country. The budget includes $164 million, a 50
percent increase over FY99, for the Departments of Justice and Interior for the second year ofthe
President's Indian Country Law Enforcement Initiative. The initiative will improve public safety
for the 1.4 million residents on the approximately 56 million acres of Indian lands. This funding
will increase the number of law enforcement officers on Indian lands, provide more equipment,
expand detention facilities, enhance juvenile crime prevention, and improve the effectiveness of
tribal courts. Although violent crime has been declining nationally for several years, it has
been on the rise in Indian country. At the same time, police service on Indian lands has been
steadily shrinking. Recognizing these facts, the President made a major commitment to
improve law enforcement in Indian country
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Providing Health Care. President Clinton and Vice President Gore are committed to providing health
care to the Native American popUlation. This budget moves forward on their vision to help realize this goal.
Indian Health Service. The President's budget proposes $2.4 billion, an increase for the
Indian Health Service (IHS) of $170 million or 8 percent over the FY 1999 level. This
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increase would enable IHS to continue expanding accessible and high-quality health care to
its 1.4 million Native American service users. The budget enables IHS to further enhance
current levels of direct health care services, including providing 34,000 breast cancer
screening mammographies to Native American women between ages 50-69; creating 44 new
dental unit teams to provide an additional 25,000 dental visits; reducing the incidence of
complications related to chronic diseases such as diabetes through clinical monitoring and
health promotion on life style changes; and enabling approxi~ately 100 new
community-based public health nurses to provide outreach activities, including home
visitations, well-child examinations, immunizations, prenatal care, health fairs, follow-up
visits, and missed clinical appointments.
IHS Medicaid and Medicare Reimbursements. ill addition, from FY98 to FY2000, illS expects
to collect an additional $82 million in reimbursements due to Medicaid collections rate increases.
Based on illS' hospital-based cost data, illS' Medicaid inpatient rates will rise by 40 percent
between 1997 and 1999 and Medicaid outpatient rates will increase by 13 percent. illS will
collect a total of $335 million in Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements in FY2000, helping to
bring the total illS program level to $2.8 billion.
Indian Health Service (IHS) Contract Support Costs. Within the overall IHS increase, the
budget continues to support Tribal self-determination by proposing a $35 million (+17%)
increase for contract support costs, to cover the costs of existing tribal contracts and
compacts.
Helping to Reduce Racial Disparities in Health Status. Despite improvements in the Nation's
overall health, continuing disparities remain in the burden of death and illness that certain minority
groups experience. American illdian and Alaska Natives are about three times as likely to dies
from diabetes as other Americans. To address this need, the budget includes $145 million for
health education, prevention, and treatment services for minority popUlations. Working with
minority public health providers, advocates, and other consumer representatives, CDC will
contin~e a $35 million demonstration program to enable selected communities to develop
innovative and effective approaches to address these disparities.
Elevating the Position of the Director of IHS. The President will also continue his efforts to
elevate the Director of illS to the position of Assistant Secretary.
Moving People from Welfare to Work and Empowering Communities. President Clinton
and Vice President Gore are committed to tapping the potential of America's urban and rural communities.
This budget moves forward on their vision to help revitalize America's communities.
Transportation and Housing for Families Moving From Welfare to Work. The President's
budget contains $580 million for welfare to work housing vouchers and transportation assistance to
help those on welfare get to work and stay employed. The President's budget provides $430
million for 75,000 welfare-to-work housing vouchers, including $144 million in new funds for
25,000 additional vouchers. This is a 50 percent increase over the 50,000 vouchers the
President secured last year. The vouchers will help families move closer to a new job, reduce
a long commute, or secure more stable housing so they can perform better on the job. The
President's budget also increases Access to Jobs transportation funding from $75 million to $150
million, doubling the number of individuals and communities that can receive transportation
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assistance. This competitive grant program supports innovative state and local
transportation solutions such as shuttles, van pools, new bus routes, and connector services to
mass transit to help welfare recipients and other low income workers get to work.
Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Expansion. The Administration
requested a major expansion of the CDFI program to continue building a national network of
community development banks. The final budget increases CDFI funding from $95 million in
FY99 to $125 million in FY2000 -- a $30 million increase.
Flexible Funding for Empowerment Zones. In January 1999, the Administration
announced 20 new Empowerment Zones from the more than 268 communities that applied.
The 2000 Budget proposes legislation to authorize mandatory funding for 20 new
Empowerment Zones designated in January 1999: 15 Urban Empowerment Zones for 10
years for a total funding commitment of $1.5 billion; $10 million for 10 years for 5 new Rural
Empowerment Zones. The Budget also proposes authorization for $3 million grants in FY
2000 to 15 Strategic Planning Communities also named in January 1999. In addition, the
Administration proposes $5 million per year in mandatory funding for the 20 new Rural
Enterprise Communities designated in 1999. The budget for HUD proposes discretionary
funding of $10 million to assist non-designated urban communities in planning and
implementing portions of their strategic plans; and technical assistance funding of $15
million to assist all communities in the implementation of their strategic plans.
Indian Housing. The budget provides $620 million in block grants for Indian housing, which will
serve 552 tribes.
Protecting Sovereignty and Promoting Self-Determination.
Tribal Contracting and Self-Governance. BIA and IHS will continue to promote Tribal
self-determination through local decision-making. Tribal contracting and self-governance compact
agreements now represent half ofBIA's operations budget, and over forty percent ofIHS' budget.
The self-governance agreements, which give Tribes greater flexibility to administer Federal
programs on reservations.
Indian Trust Fund Balances. The Administration is committed to resolving disputed Indian trust
fund account balances through informal dispute resolution and supports the unique
government-to-government relationship that exists in Indian trust land management issues. After
Tribal consultations, BIA submitted its "Recommendations ofthe Secretary of the Interior for
Settlement of Disputed Tribal Accounts" to Congress in November 1997. Legislation reflecting
these recommendations was proposed in 1998, but not enacted. It will be reproposed in the 106th
Congress.
Trust Land Management. As part ofBIA's commitment to resolving trust land management
issues, BIA introduced legislation in 1998 to establish an Indian Land Consolidation Pilot program
to address the fractionation of Indian land. In FY99, BIA will devote $5 million to three pilot
projects in Wisconsin, in cooperation with Tribes, to purchase small ownership interests in highly
fractionated tracts of land from willing sellers. The FY2000 budget proposes to double funding
for this program.
Trust Management Improvement Project. The Administration supports DOl's Office of
Special Trustee's trust management improvement project. Current activities include verifying
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individual Indian's account data and converting these data to a commercial-grade accounting
system. Ownership, lease, and royalty infonnation related to the underlying trust assets will also
be verified and converted to a recently acquired commercial asset management system.
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RECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL
CREATOR: Amy Weiss
(NOTES MAIL)
( CN=Amy weiss/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:29-JAN-1999 14:47:14.00
SUBJECT:
Monday's School Board Event
TO: Laura Emmett
READ: UNKNOWN
CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP
READ: UNKNOWN
[ WHO 1 )
OPD 1 )
TO: Michael Cohen ( CN=Michael Cohen/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Jennifer M. Palmieri ( CN=Jennifer M. Palmieri/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Is there news coming out of this we'd want to advance to wires/radio for
am Monday or will it not be new stuff as not to step on budget? Pls
advise. I can call the wires/radio sunday night,
If nothing else, I can
give them the press paper. Thanks.
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III
(NOTES MAIL)
( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:29-JAN-1999 17:32:05.00
SUBJECT:
Re: Race Report: crime Section
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Leanne and I are both reading this ... jc3
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CREATOR: Andrea Kane ( CN=Andrea Kane/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ] )
CREATIONDATE/TIME:29-JAN-1999 18:07:59.00
SUBJECT:
Robert Pear on WTW
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Cynthia A. Rice ( CN=Cynthia A. Rice/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Just got this from DOL -- sounds like Robert may be writing story for
tomorrow on WTW
---------------------- Forwarded by Andrea Kane/OPD/EOP on 01/29/99 06:08
PM ---------------------------
Jennings Lynn <jennings-lynn @ dol.gov>
01/29/99 05:30:28 PM
Record Type: Record
To: Andrea Kane/OPD/EOP
cc:
Subject: FW: Huddle Item
From: Lewis Peggy A - OPA
Sent: Friday, January 29, 1999 4:59 PM
To: Saltz David; King Susan
Cc: Meftah Yvette; Jennings Lynn
Subject: Huddle Item
Importance: High
Hi everybody! i'm taking this opportunity to just update everybody at the
same time ... Robert Pear of the New York Times called at 3:10pm and wanted
some information on Welfare-to-Work ...
specifically:
*how many and which states turned down w2w funds
*a table which shows how much each state was alloted
*the amount each state "drew down"
*the total amount of w2w funds for this year
*the total amount for last year ...
Lynn gave me the latest state by state break down ... we also
included the two 1999 w2w releases for Louisiana and Missouri ..
the fact sheet from the White House event.
It turns out he just
wanted the information and didn't want to talk to anybody ...
He says his deadline was today, so i assume we'll see something in the
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DATE/TIME:29-~AN-1999
[ UNKNOWN]
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1B:30:43.00
school boards briefing paper
TO: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP
READ: UNKNOWN
[ WHO]
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READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Please note, as this afternoon's conference call Senators Kennedy, John
Kerry, and Gordon Smith will all remain for the President's speech, and
will be seated on stage.
They will have addressed the group prior to the
President's arrival.
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January 29, 1999
ADDRESS TO THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION
DATE:
February 1, 1999
LOCATION: Grand Hyatt Hotel
BRIEFING TIME: 4:00pm - 4:20pm
EVENT TIME:
4:30pm - 5:30pm
FROM:
Bruce Reed, Ben Johnson
I.
PURPOSE
To build support for your education initiatives and education budget, and to thank the
National School Boards Association for their efforts in fostering excellence in public
elementary and secondary education.
II.
BACKGROUND
You will be addressing approximately 800 participants in the National School Board
Associations' Annual Federal Relations Network Conference. The audience will include
NSBA leaders and approximately 700 local school board members from every
congressional district. The theme for the conference is "The Federal Role: Collaboration
for Student Achievement". The Federal Relations Network Conference began on
Sunday, January 31, and will end tomorrow, Tuesday, February 2, with participants
spending the day on Capitol Hill meeting their representatives and senators. NSBA and
its Federation members represent the nation's 95,000 local school board members.
NSBA has been a strong supporter of all of your education initiatives of the past 6 years,
and has worked closely with the Administration to secure their enactment. The
participants in this Federal Relations Network Conference will be focused primarily on
the upcoming reauthorization of ESE A, and on education appropriations. As they
approach ESEA reauthorization, they will be generally supportive of the substantive
direction of your accountability proposals, though concerned that they be given adequate
flexibility to implement them. They will push generally for greater local flexibility in
federal education programs, though they have also opposed block grant proposals in the
past. They are staunchly opposed to the voucher proposals the Republicans are expected
to offer.
�III.
PARTICIPANTS
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Briefing Participants:
Bruce Reed
Mike Cohen
Ben Johnson
Doug Sosnik
Paul Begala
Joe Lockhart
Paul Glastris
Program Participant:
Barbara Wheeler, President, National School Boards Association
Stage Participants (seated only):
Senator Edward Kennedy
Senator John Kerry
Senator Gordon Smith
National School Boards Association Board of Directors (20)
IV.
PRESS PLAN
Open Press.
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
- You will be announced onto the stage.
- Barbara Wheeler, President, National School Boards Association, will make remarks
and introduce you.
- You will make remarks, pose for a photograph with the stage participants, work a
ropeline, and depart.
VI.
REMARKS
Remarks Provided by Speechwriting.
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CREATOR: Cynthia A. Rice ( CN=Cynthia A. Rice/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ] )
CREATION DATE/TIME:29-JAN-1999 20:33:12.00
SUBJECT:
Tobacco Budget Paper
TO: Devorah R. Adler ( CN=Devorah R. Adler/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ]
READ:UNKNOWN
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)
( CN=Christopher C. Jennings/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ]
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READ: UNKNOWN
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CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
CN=Jeanne Lambrew/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
TO: Caroline R. Fredrickson ( CN=Caroline R. Fredrickson/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Thomas L. Freedman ( CN=Thomas L. Freedman/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Here's the coordinated paper we've given Lew, Rubin, and Shalala for their
upcoming testimonies:
(internal)
Summary of tobacco policy (internal)
Tobacco text of budget document (will be out with rest of budget on Monday)=========
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CIGARETTE PRICE INCREASES
Question:
Answer:
. The State Attorneys General Agreement with the tobacco
companies is expected to result in an increase of about 40 cents
per pack by FY 2000. The President's budget assumes a 55 cent
per pack excise tax increase, plus the acceleration of a previously
enacted 15 cent per pack increase under the 1997 Balanced
Budget Amendment (BBA). Aren't these increases just a bigger
version of the tobacco tax increase that was defeated in the Senate
last year, which only started at 62 cents per pack and then ramped
up to $1.10 per pack after five years?
Every day 3,000 children become smokers -- 1,000 have their lives
shortened because of it. Almost 90 percent of adult smokers
began smoking by age 18.
Pubic health experts agree that the single most effective way to cut
youth smoking is to raise the price of cigarettes.
Last year, the President called for an increase of $1.10 per pack (in
constant dollars) to help cut youth smoking in half within five years.
This year, we can build on increases already agreed to between
the tobacco companies and the States and those already legislated
by the Congress. As a result, we can reach our targets to reduce
underage smoking with a legislated increase of half the $1.10 per
pack amount.
This increase also will ensure that tobacco companies, rather than
taxpayers, pay the costs imposed on the federal government by the
tobacco industry. The 55-cent increase will cover the
tobacco-related health costs incurred by the Department of
Defense, the Veteran's Administration, the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, and the Indian Health Service.
Background:
The acceleration of the 15 cent excise tax would make the entire
tax effective October 1, 1999, instead of the current law framework
which would raise the excise tax 10 cents effective January 1, 2000
and another 5 cents effective January 1,2002.
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USES OF ADDITIONAL TOBACCO REVENUES
Question:
The President's FY 2000 budget assumes that $8 billion will be
received in additional tobacco revenues. What programs included .
in the Budget will be funded by these additional revenues?
Answer:
Tobacco-related health problems cost the Federal government
billions of dollars each year. In the case of tobacco, The
Administration is seeking reimbursement to the taxpayer for costs
directly attributable to the tobacco companies.
Exclusive of Medicare, we have calculated the tobacco-related
health care costs in FY 2000 for four major Federal programs listed
below:
$ in Billions
Veterans Affairs
4.0
FEHB
2.2
Defense
1.6
Indian Health Service
0.3
8.0
Background:
1. The overall programs shown above are funded in the President's
budget. If pressed on whether this funding is contingent, note that
obviously we would work with the Congress to fund the programs.
2. The House Veterans Affairs Committee has informally indicated
that they may seek legislation to fence off a share of any
tobacco-related litigation proceeds for veterans programs given the
level of tobacco-related costs attributable to veterans. To our
knowledge, the Committee has not yet contemplated language to
earmark tax revenues. The Committee is still upset that $17 billion
in PAYGO savings from clarifying eligibility for service-related
disability compensation for veteran tobacco-related illnesses
contained in last year's Transportation Equity Act (TEA-21) did not
go to veterans programs. The 2000 Budget includes a new $56
million smoking cessation program available to any honorably
discharged veteran to reduce tobacco-related disease within the
veteran population.
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TOBACCO TAXES AND SMUGGLING
Question:
The combined effect of recent state settlements, scheduled increases in
fede~al tobacco taxes, and your proposed $0.55 per-pack increase in the
federal tax will raise the effective tax on cigarettes by about $1.00
per-pack. Is this large tax increase likely to cause a serious smuggling
problem?
Answer:
The Budget contains $5.2 million for enhanced enforcement at ATF. This
increase will provide additional staff to enable ATF to accommodate
increased monitoring and the investigative efforts needed to deter, identify
and suppress illegal diversion activities.
The State Attorney Generals' settlement has a labeling requirement for
exported cigarettes, and current law gives ATF authority to require export
labeling beginning in the year 2000. Clear "EXPORT ONLY" labels on
exported cigarettes should make smuggling these cigarettes back into the
U.S. more difficult.
Even with the Administration's proposed tax increase, the total tax on
cigarettes in the U.S. would remain low by world standards, and would
remain well below the tax imposed by Canada at the height of its
smuggling problem.
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MEDICAID TOBACCO RECOUPMENT POLICY
Questions:
What is the Administration's Medicaid tobacco recoupment policy in
the Budget? Why wait until FY 2001 to begin claiming the Federal
share of the state tobacco settlements? Why is there a
discrepancy between the CBa and the Administration's estimate
regarding the amount that the federal government will ultimately
recoup from the states?
Answers:
Current Medicaid law requires HCFA to recoup the Federal share
(on average 57%) of all state third-party liability collections,
including the recent state tobacco settlements. Since U.S.
taxpayers paid a substantial portion of the Medicaid costs that were
the basis for the state settlements, the Budget assumes the
Federal government will follow the law and claim its share of the
proceeds. However, the Administration again proposes to work
with the States and the Congress to enact tobacco legislation that,
among other things, resolves these Federal claims in exchange for
a commitment by the States to use tobacco money to support
shared state and national priorities which reduce youth smoking,
promote public health and children's programs, and assist affected
rural communities.
The Administration has delayed action on claiming the Federal
share of the state tobacco settlements until FY 2001 so that we can
work with the States and Congress over the next year on mutually
agreeable legislation.
The Administration believes that Medicaid costs were the basis for
the states' recovery, whereas CSO assumed that only half of the
state settlement funds were attributable to Medicaid. Mori:lover,
CBO assumed that there is a 25 percent probability that HCFA will
successfully retrieve the funds from the states.
Background:
The Budget envisions legislation that would waive HCFA's ability to
recoup the Federal share in exchange for a commitment by the
States to use the Federal share to support shared state and
national priorities. Savings assumed in the Budget under this
tobacco recoupment "allowance" sum to $4.6 billion (SA) in FY
2001 and $18.9 billion (SA) over FY 2001-2004.
Note that CBa will also likely score a PAYGO cost (roughly $3
billion over five years) to the provision in the legislation that would
waive HCFA's recoupment authority, which would thus reduce
available savings. However, OMS would not score a PAYGO cost
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to this legislation given that it includes no tobacco recoupment
collections in the Medicaid current law baseline.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LITIGATION
Questions:
What is the Department of Justice doing in relation to developing a
plan to sue the tobacco industry? How does this lawsuit relate to
the proposed claim for recoupment of a portion of the state's
settlement money?
Answers:
The Justice Department is preparing a litigation plan to take the
tobacco companies to court to recover certain federal health care
expenditurEls caused by tobacco use.
The Justice Department has concluded that there are viable
grounds to recover federal funds paid out as a result of
tobacco-related illnesses and is creating a task force to make
decisions on the best way to bring litigation.
There is no connection at all between the lawsuit and recoupment.
The task force will be evaluating claims against the tobacco
companies, not the states. Issues concerning recoupment of the
state settlements are entirely separate and distinct.
Background:
In FY 1999, the Department of Justice will fund the task force out
of existing funds. However, the FY 2000 budget
contains $20 million to pay for expenses related to the suit.
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COSTS OF SMOKING TO MEDICARE AND OTHER FEDERAL
HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS .
Question:
Answer:
Background:
What are the Administration's estimates of the costs of smoking to
the Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health care programs?
The federal government has incurred hundreds of billions of dollars
tobacco-related health costs. For one year (FY 2000) alone, the
Administation estimates the federal government has incurred $8
. billion dollars in tobacco-related health costs in Defense, Veterans
Affairs, FEHBP, and Indian Health Service. However, we have not
yet conducted a formal analysis of the past costs in these four
programs, nor of the past or present costs in the Medicare
program. We will be carefully analyzing these questions as part of
the Justice Department's upcoming suit against the tobacco
industry.
Exclusive of Medicare, we have calculated the tobacco-related
health care costs in FY 2000 for four major Federal programs listed
below:
$ in Billions
Veterans Affairs
4.0
FEHB
2.2
Defense
1.6
Indian Health Service
0.3
8.0
We have not yet conducted a formal analysis of the past costs in
these four programs, nor of the past or present costs in the
Medicare program and we believe it is critical that we not make
statements specifying the magnitude of potential liability in advance
of the filing of the Department of Justice lawsuit.
The President said in the State of the Union that "Smoking has cost
taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars in Medicare and other
programs." This remark was intended to include present and past
costs in Medicare, Defense, Veterans, FEHBP, and Indian Health
Services (past costs for Medicare could date back to its creation in
1965). At this time, no decision has been made on whether to
estimate Medicaid tobacco costs.
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PROTECTION FOR TOBACCO FARMERS
Question:
The combined effect of the State Attorneys General Settlement
Agreement and the President's proposed per pack
price increases will certainly have an effect on tobacco volumes
and crop requirements. What assistance does the President's
budget include for tobacco farmers?
Answer:
States, farmer, and industry representatives recently produced a $5
billion agreement to provide
financial assistance to tobacco
farmers and their communities.
The Administration supports this
agreement, and remains
committed to protect tobacco
farmers and their communities.
The Administration will work with
all parties, as needed, to ensure
the financial well-being of
tobacco farmers, their families,
and their communities.
Background:
During the Senate's consideration of the McCain tobacco
legislation in the spring of 1998, a number of Congressional
proposals were offered to compensate farmers and
tobacco-dependent communities for the effects of the expected
decrease in consumer demand for tobacco, and tobacco farmer's
income, as the result of higher tobacco taxes. Much of the benefit
from these farm compensation proposals actually would not have
gone to farmers; instead the money would have been received by
those who own the production quotas to grow tobacco that USDA
made available in the 1930's and that have provided a continued
income to the quota owners from quota leasing or rentals.
Additional:
The Administration made supportive statements about some of the
Congressional tobacco farmer proposals that surfaced last spring,
but that support was conditioned on gaining agreement on
comprehensive tobacco legislation. At this point, however, the
Administration wishes to avoid any premature commitments on
particular forms of tobacco farmer assistance, and therefore has
not included proposals in the FY 2000 Budget.
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FDA AUTHORITY TO REGULATE TOBACCO PRODUCTS
Question:
The Administration has indicated it will support providing the FDA
full authority to regulate tobacco products. Will the Administration
support legislation that includes changes proposed in last year's
Senate Commerce Committee bill or are other alternatives
acceptable?
Answer:
The Administration will support legislation that confirms the FDA's
authority to regulate tobacco products in order to halt advertising
targeted at children, and to curb minors' access to tobacco
products. This goal can be achieved by legislation contained in
last year's Senate Commerce Committee bill or other legislation
reaffirming FDA's full authority over tobacco products.
Background:
During consideration of the McCain tobacco legislation last spring,
the DPC negotiated a compromise version of the FDA tobacco
authority language. The McCain bill language created a separate
chapter in the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act giving the FDA explicit
authority over access to and advertising of tobacco products, in
order to ensure that FDA regulation of tobacco did not impinge on
the regulation of other products. The objective this year would be to
gain agreement on the language included in McCain, or on
language that otherwise confirms FDA's full authority over tobacco
produCts.
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TOBACCO - PUBLIC HEALTH SPENDING
Question:
Is the Administration proposing increases for tobacco-related public
health (cessation, advertising, education and enforcement)?
Answer:
Yes, the FY 2000 Budget includes a $122.2 million increase for
tobacco-related public health:
•
•
•
•
+$34 million for FDA for a total of $68 million
+$27 million for CDC for a total of $101 million
+$56 million for a VA smoking cessation program
+$5.2 million for ATF enforcement
Total: $122.2 million
Background:
Increases will specifically be used for the following:
•
FDA's funding will be used to continue the commissioning of
statellocal officials to enforce access restrictions of the FDA
tobacco regulation to conduct unannounced visits to retailers
using adolescents younger than 18 who attempt to purchase
cigarettes or smokeless tobacco. FDA will also expand
outreach efforts.
•
CDC will enhance existing State-based tobacco control
activities (e.g., ASSIST).
•
VA's Smoking Cessation program can be utilized by any
veteran who began smoking during military service to the
extent that resources are available. Private service
providers will be used to implement this program on a per
capita basis to ensure wider access throughout the Nation.
•
ATF's initiative provides additional staff to enable this
agency to accomodate the increased number of controlled
entities, the increased monitoring, and the investigative
efforts needed to deter, identify and suppress illegal
diversion activities.
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CHILD CARE AND TOBACCO FUNDING
Question:
Is the Administration again going to propose to fund child care and
other activities unrelated to tobacco by raising taxes on smokers?
Answer:
No. The President remains committed to a comprehensive child
care initiative that assists parents in their search for affordable,
quality child care and he is proposing to increase child care funding
by $3.6 billion over 1999. However, none of this increase is paid
for with tobacco funds. Instead, tobacco funds will reimburse the
government for direct health costs incurred by the government as a
result of tobacco products.
Background:
A central component of both the 1999 and 2000 child care initiative
is a $7.5 billion (over five years) increase in funding for the Child
Care and Development Fund to assist low-income families with
their child care costs. Last year, this piece of the proposal was
funded with receipts from proposed tobacco legislation.
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USDA TOBACCO USER FEE
Question:
Explain the USDA tobacco user fee, and what does the Budget do
for tobacco farmers?
Answer:
The FY 2000 Budget proposes to cover the administrative costs of
the federal tobacco programs by expanding the expiring
assessment on marketings of tobacco. This "user fee" would
increase from 1 percent of tobacco marketings (including imports)
to two percent. The portion levied on farmers (0.5 percent) would
remain the same as at present, while the charge to cigarette
manufacturers would increase from 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent.
The fee would raise about $60 million in FY 2000.
States, farmer, and industry representatives recently produced a $5
billion agreement to provide financial assistance to tobacco farmers
and their communities. The Administration supports this
agreement, and remains committed to protecting tobacco farmers
and their communities. The Administration will work with all
parties, as needed, to ensure the financial well-being of tobacco
farmers, their families, and their communities.
Background:
USDA incurs about $60 million in costs for programs that assist
tobacco growers, including administering price support loans to
tobacco grower cooperatives, crop insurance, and marketing
oversight. The 1993 OBRA imposed a marketing assessment for
deficit reduction on the tobacco program, which is required to
operate at "no net cost" to the taxpayer anyway (ensured through a
different assessment on cooperatives to cover any losses on their
price-support loans). The deficit reduction fee is set to expire with
the 1998 crop (with the final collection in FY 1999). The Budget
proposal would extend and expand the fee, on a fiscal year basis,
and provide discretionary savings. These savings helped to offset
higher funding for USDA count-based office staff.
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WHAT IS MEDICAID RECOUPMENT PAYING FOR?
Questions:
The Budget shows a negative $4.6 billion allowance in FY 2001
growing to negative $4.8 billion in FY 2004. What is this allowance
for? Specifically, what discretionary spending will be reduced?
Answers:
The Budget envisions legislation that would waive HCFA's ability to
recoup the Federal share in exchange for a commitment by the
States to use tobacco money to support shared state and national
priorities which reduce youth smoking, promote public health and
children's programs, and assist affected rural communities. We
will work with the Congress and the States to determine the
appropriate mix of programs.
Background:
Last year, the Administratrion proposed a menu of specific
programs that states could fund, including child care, substance
abuse and mental health programs, and Safe and Drug Free
Schools. We are beginning discussions on what a menu for
recoupment legislation might include.
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Tobacco Policies in the FY 2000 Budget
Every day, 3,000 children become smokers -- 1,000 have their lives shortened because of it.
Almost 90 percent of adult smokers began smoking by age 18 and today, 4.5 million children
aged 12 to 17 -- 37 percent of all high school students -- smoke cigarettes. Tobacco is linked to
over 400,000 deaths a year from cancer, respiratory illness, heart disease and other problems.
The 1998 State tobacco settlement was an important step in the right direction, but more must be
done to protect our children and hold the tobacco industry accountable. The Budget therefore
mentions the following tobacco policies: 1) price increase; 2) FDA authority; 3) public health
investments; 4) tobacco-related Federal health cost litigation; 5) farmers; and 6) recoupment
negotiations, as discussed below:
(1)
Raising the Price of Cigarettes to Discourage Youth Tobacco Use
Last year, the President called for an increase of $1.10 per pack to help cut youth smoking in
half. This year, we can build on price increases already agreed to between the tobacco
companies and the States and those already legislated by the Congress.
The FY 2000 Budget contains three revenue components:
•
A 55 cents per-pack increase to be collected through tobacco excise taxes.
•
Acceleration of the BBA's 15 cents excise tax. The 1997 Balanced Budget Agreement
(BBA) raised the excise tax 10 cents per-pack effective January 1, 2000 and another 5
cents effective January 1, 2002, for a cumulative 15 cent increase. The FY 2000 Budget
accelerates the effective date ofthis entire tax by one year, effective October 1, 1999.
•
The BATF excise shift. Treasury assumes that revenues will be lower than we estimated
in 2000 because smokers will stock up in FY 1999, before the 70 cent total price increase
takes effect. The stocking up effect reduces 2000 revenues, but increases 1999 revenues
by $304 million. To capture the 1999 revenues for use in 2000, Treasury came up with
an excise tax shift. The shift loses money in 1999 and gains in 2000, more or less
canceling out the stocking up effect. Note that the shift applies to all excise taxes
collected by BATF, not just tobacco.
Federal Receipts Raised from Tobacco Excise Taxes (in billions)
Year
1999
2004
00-04
55 cents
.165
32.195
BBA 15 cent
.139
1.923
ShiftBATF
-.381
2000
6.525
2002
2001
6.426
1.081
.381
6.426
0.679
6.418
0.163
2003
6.400
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34.499
.381
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7.987
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6.418
6.589
6.400
In FY 2000, these revenues are attributable to tobacco-related health care costs in the following
Federal programs (as displayed in Table S--.J.
Federal Program
Tobacco-Related Costs
(in billions)
Veterans' Affairs
OPMFEHB i
Department of Defense
Indian Health Service
TOTAL
4.0
2.2
1.6
0.3
$8.0
The programs above are funded in the Budget and funding is not contingent upon tobacco
receipts.
(2) Re-Affirm Full FDA Authority to Regulate Tobacco Products
The Administration will again support legislation that confirms the FDA's authority to regulate
tobacco products in order to halt advertising targeted at children and to curb minors' access to
tobacco products.
(3) Support Public Health Initiatives To Curb Tobacco Use
The Budget includes $122.2 million additional funds for tobacco-related activities in CDC,
FDA, VA, and ATF:
•
$27 million for expanding CDC's existing State-based tobacco prevention activities. The
FY 2000 increases brings CDC's tobacco budget to $101 million, $73 million (+37%)
above FY 1999.
•
$34 million for FDA's outreach and enforcement activities. FDA's increase doubles its
tobacco budget to $68 million.
•
$56 million for a smoking cessation program in VA for any honorably discharged veteran
who began smoking in the military.
•
$5.2 million for enhanced enforcement at ATF to prevent evasion oftobacco taxes.
II OPM Federal Employee Health Benefits Program figure includes the total premium costs, and is not broken
down by enrollee share (28%) and Federal share (72%).
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(4) Lawsuits to Recover Tobacco-Related Federal Health Care Costs
The FY 2000 Budget proposes $20 million for the Department of Justice to finance costs
incurred in preparing and bringing litigation against tobacco companies for tobacco-related
Federal health costs. The Justice Department has concluded that there are viable legal grounds to
recover tobacco-related health care costs and is fonning a task force to make decisions on the
litigation. The Justice Department has noted two possible theories on which to proceed -- the
Medical Care Recovery Act and the Medicare Secondary Payer Act -- but the eventual litigation
could rely on additional theories as well.
(5) Protecting Farmers and Farming Communities
[Note: the FY 2000 budget does not
include additional funds for tobacco farmers].
States, farmer, and industry representatives recently produced a $5 billion agreement to provide
financial assistance to tobacco farmers and their communities. This Administration supports
this agreement and remains committeed to protecting tobacco farmers and their communities.
The Administration will work with all parties, as needed, to ensure the financial well-being of
tobacco farmers, their families, and their communities.
(6) Claiming the Federal Share of State Tobacco Settlements
Since U.S. taxpayers paid a substantial portion of the Medicaid costs that were the basis for the
State settlement with the tobacco companies, Federal law requires that the Federal Government
recoup its share. However, the Administration will work with the States and the Congress to
enact tobacco legislation that, among other things, resolves these Federal claims in exchange for
a commitment by the States to use tobacco money to support shared national and State priorities
which reduce youth smoking, promote public health and children's programs, and assist affected
rural communities.
The amounts below represent the estimated Federal share (roughly 57 percent) oftobacco
industry payments under the State Attorneys General Settlement Agreement.
Year-by-Year Forgone Recoupment (in billions)
Year
Non-Recoupment
2000
0.0
2001
4.6
3
2002 2003 2004
4.8
4.7
2001-04
4.8
18.9
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Text of FY 2000 Budget Language on Tobacco
Stopping Youth Smoking: Every day, 3,000 children become smokers -- 1,000 have theirs
lives shortened because of it. Almost 90 percent of adult smokers began smoking by age
18 and today, 4.5 million children aged 12 to 17 -- 37 percent of all high school students -smoke cigarettes. Tobacco is linked to over 400,000 deaths a year from cancer, respiratory
illness, heart disease and other problems. To end this public health crisis, we must have a
focused public health effort to reduce youth smoking. The 1998 State tobacco settlement
was an important step in the right direction, but more must be done to protect our children
and hold the tobacco industry accountable. The Administration believes additional steps
must be taken at the national level to reduce youth smoking:
•
Raise the price of cigarettes so fewer young people start to smoke: Public health
experts agree that the single most effective way to cut youth smoking is to raise the
price of cigarettes. Last year, the President called for an increase of $1.10 per pack
(in constant dollars) to help cut youth smoking in half within five years. This year,
we build on increases already agreed to between the tobacco companies and the
States and those already legislated by the Congress. As a result, we can reach the
target with a legislated increase of half this amount.
The funds that result from this policy will offset tobacco-related Federal health care
costs. Each year, the Federal Government spends billions of dollars treating
tobacco-related diseases for our Armed Forces, veterans, and Federal employees. It
is fitting that the tobacco industry reimburse U.S. taxpayers for these costs, just as it
has already agreed to do for the states.
•
Reaffirm the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) full authority to keep cigarettes
out of the hands of children: The Administration will again support legislation that
confirms the FDA's authority to regulate tobacco products in order to halt
advertising targeted at children, and to curb minors access to tobacco products.
While the State settlement limits tobacco advertising, it still allows certain
marketing prac~ices targeted at children, including newspaper and magazine
advertising and retail signs near schools. Moreover, only by affirming FDA's
authority can Congress ensure that America's children are protected from the next
generation of tobacco industry marketing. We should take this matter out of the
courts and ensure that the FDA -- the nation's leading health consumer protection
agency, providing oversight for food, drugs, and medical devices -- has full authority
to protect our children from tobacco.
•
Support critical public health efforts to prevent youth smoking: To help support
tobacco prevention programs in States and local communities, the Administration's
budget will double the funding for FDA's tobacco budget to $68 million and
increase funding for the Centers for Disease Control's tobacco control efforts by
one-third, from $74 to $101 million. In addition, the Administration will continue
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to support measures that hold the tobacco industry accountable for reducing youth
smoking.
•
Protectfarmers andfarming communities: The Administration remains committed
to protecting farmers and their communities, and is monitoring closely on-going
efforts by State, farmer, and industry representatives to provide funding and
purchase commitments to tobacco farmers. The Administration will work with all
parties, as needed, to ensure the financial well-being of tobacco farmers, their
families, and communities.
Since U.S. taxpayers paid a substantial portion of the Medicaid costs that were the
basis for much of the State settlement with the tobacco companies, Federal law requires
that the Federal Government recoup its share. However, the Administration will work
with the States and the Congress to enact tobacco legislation that, among other things,
resolves these Federal claims in exchange for a commitment by the States to use tobacco
money to support shared national and state priorities which reduce youth smoking,
promote public health and children's program, and assist affected rural communities.
In addition to these Medicaid costs, tobacco-related health problems have cost
Medicare and other Federal programs billions of dollars each year. To recover these
losses, the U.S. Department of Justice intends to bring suit against the tobacco industry,
and the Budget contains $20 million to pay for necessary legal costs. The Administration
will propose that recoveries will be used to enhance the security of Medicare for future
generations.
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<p>Elena Kagan worked as Associate White House Counsel from 1995-1996 and Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (DPC) from 1997-1999.</p>
<p>During her work at the White House Justice Kagan worked on many topics including, but not limited to: AIDS, budget appropriations, campaign finance reform, education, health, labor, race, tobacco, Native Americans, and welfare.</p>
<p>In 1999 President Clinton nominated Kagan to the U.S. District Court of Appeals, no hearing was ever scheduled and she was thereby never confirmed.</p>
<p>Note: These records were made available in response to a <a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/freedom-of-information-act-requests">Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)</a> request, FOIA 2009-1006-F. This collection contains both records created by Elena Kagan and records concerning Elena Kagan. </p>
<p><strong>Descriptions of the Sub Collections:</strong></p>
<ul><li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Elena+Kagan%27s+White+House+Counsel+Files&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">White House Counsel Files</a></strong><br /> These records consist of files created and received by Elena Kagan when she served as Associate Counsel to President Clinton from 1995 to 1996. The files include but are not limited to records concerning Amtrak, campaign finance reform, gaming/gambling (especially as it relates to Native Americans), timber, regulatory reform, and welfare. The records include memoranda, notes, correspondence, articles, reports, executive orders, bills, and directives.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Elena+Kagan%27s+Domestic+Policy+Council+Files&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">Domestic Policy Council Files</a></strong><br />These records contain files created and received by Elena Kagan when she served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (DPC) from 1997-1999. The files include records concerning domestic policy topics such as AIDS, budget appropriations, campaign finance reform, education, health, labor, race, tobacco, and welfare. The records include memoranda, correspondence, articles, and reports.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=White+House+Staff+%26+Office+Files+re+Elena+Kagan&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">White House Staff Files re Elena Kagan</a></strong><br />These records are compiled from a variety of staff office files including the Chief of Staff, Personnel, Office of First Lady, Counsel, and DPC and include correspondence, memorandum, forms, and reports all concerning or having to do with Elena Kagan.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=White+House+Office+of+Records+Management+Files+re+Elena+Kagan&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">White House Office of Records Management Files (WHORM)</a></strong><br />These records are from the White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) subject file series. The Clinton Presidential Library inherited a document-level index maintained by WHORM during the Clinton Administration which tracked some incoming correspondence and other documents as they were circulated throughout the White House and filed by WHORM. The records contain files created and received by Elena Kagan that were tracked by the WHORM Subject File index. The files include records related to a variety of topics such as memoranda, correspondence, and Domestic Policy Council weekly reports. The records are tracked by an alpha/numeric code, and are listed as such.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Elena+Kagan%27s+1999+Nomination+to+U.S.+Court+of+Appeals&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">Elena Kagan's 1999 Nomination to U.S. Court of Appeals</a></strong><br />After serving as the Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council, Elena Kagan was nominated to serve on the U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia (D.C. Circuit) in1999. Her nomination expired in 2000 without Senate action. The files in this opening contain records from the White House Staff and Office Files, Counsel’s Office and Presidential Personnel, concerning her nomination. The records consist of Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaires, correspondence, law review files, news articles, briefs, and press briefings.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Email+Received+by+Elena+Kagan&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">Email Received by Elena Kagan</a></strong><br />These records consist of email received by Elena Kagan during her time as Associate White House Counsel from 1995-1996 and Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (DPC) from 1997-1999. In addition to the email proper, these messages include forwards, reply chains, and attachments. The attached documents include notes, memorandum, articles, reports, executive orders, bills, and directives. These email concern a myriad of topics including but not limited to Amtrak, campaign finance reform, gaming/gambling (especially as it relates to Native Americans), timber, regulatory reform, welfare and domestic policy topics such as AIDS, budget appropriations, education, health, labor, race, and tobacco.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Email+Sent+by+Elena+Kagan&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">Email Sent by Elena Kagan</a></strong><br />These records consist of email sent by Elena Kagan during her time as Associate White House Counsel from 1995-1996 and Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (DPC) from 1997-1999. In addition to the email proper, these messages include forwards, reply chains, and attachments. The attached documents include notes, memorandum, articles, reports, executive orders, bills, and directives. These email concern a myriad of topics including but not limited to Amtrak, campaign finance reform, gaming/gambling (especially as it relates to Native Americans), timber, regulatory reform, welfare and domestic policy topics such as AIDS, budget appropriations, education, health, labor, race, and tobacco.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Elena+Kagan%27s+Records+re+Native+Americans&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">Elena Kagan's Records re Native Americans</a></strong><br />These records were created or received by Elena Kagan during her service as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (1997-99). These ten folders were previously opened as part of a Freedom of Information Act request related to Native Americans (FOIA case <a href="http://www.clintonlibrary.gov/Documents/Finding-Aids/2006/2006-0197-F%28seg%203%29.pdf" target="_blank">2006-0197-F</a>).These records consist of memoranda, emails, reports, notes, and clippings.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Additional+Materials+re+Elena+Kagan&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">Additional Materials re Elena Kagan</a></strong><br />These records were taken from the files of Elena Kagan. They include memos to, from, and relating to Elena Kagan’s work on Domestic Policy issues. The records include some memos from Elena Kagan to President Clinton.</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/items/browse?search=&advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=70&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Federal+Email+re+Elena+Kagan&range=&collection=&type=&user=&tags=&public=&featured=&exhibit=&submit_search=Search+for+items">Federal Email re Elena Kagan</a></strong><br />The federal email re: Elena Kagan consists of 114 email messages that were part of the Federal side of the Clinton White House. The email generally consists of summaries of meetings or telephone conversations in which Elena Kagan was a participant.</li>
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Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System
Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files
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Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
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Office of the Counsel to the President
Domestic Policy Council
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Chief of Staff
White House Office for Women's Initiative and Outreach
Automated Records Management System
Tape Restoration Project
Security Office
Presidential Personnel
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1995-1999
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2945 folders
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[01/29/1999]
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2009-1006-F
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Email Received by Elena Kagan
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Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System
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ARMS - Box 043 - Folder 007
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