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CREATOR: Karen Tramontano ( CN=Karen Tramontano/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:18-JUL-1998 10:13:19.00
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Attached is the draft briefing for the President's remarks before the AFT
Convention.
I'd like to get it in to Staff Secretary within the next
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�July 17,1998
75TH CONVENTION
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
DATE: July 20,1998
LOCATION: Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
TIME: 11 :00 a.m.
STAFF CONTACT: Karen A. Tramontano
I. PURPOSE
You will be addressing the American Federation of Teachers' Bi-Annual Convention. In
your remarks you will discuss the importance of school discipline and school safety. You will
also announce a White House Conference on School Safety and highlight some of the school
safety policies promoted by the Administration--school uniforms, tough truancy laws,
community-based curfews and zero tolerance for guns. You will call on Congress to support
your education agenda: improving and reforming K-12 education by raising standards for
students and teachers; strengthening accountability; expanding public school choice; reducing
class size; modernizing public schools, investing in technology; expanding after-school learning
and ending social promotions.
II. BACKGROUND
AFT will be voting to elect new officers and a new executive council. Sandy Feldman
will be re-elected President and Ed McElroy will be re-elected Secretary-Treasurer. Nat LaCour
will be elected to a newly created Executive Vice President position. LaCour is also a member
of the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars.
On Friday, Sandy Feldman called on state and local elected officials to stop issuing
emergency credentials to teachers. She also outlined a 7 point plan to improve teacher quality
that includes the following: incentives for experienced but ready-to-retire teachers to remain in
the classrooms; incentives for teachers to become certified in additional fields; flexible
scheduling and part-time teaching opportunities for retired teachers; recruiting paraprofessionals
with college credits and supporting their efforts to become teachers; raising teachers' salaries
and returning qualified supervisors and administrators to the classroom.
The biggest convention issue for AFT was the AFTINEA merger vote. Three weeks ago,
delegates to the NEA Representative Assembly voted against the merger proposal--60% to 40%.
Nonetheless, AFT Convention delegates will vote on the merger proposal. Additionally, the
delegates will vote on whether authority should be given to local and state bodies to merge
voluntarily with NEA local and state affiliates.
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�III. PARTICIPANTS
Pre-brief
Doug Sosnick
Karen Tramontano
Michael Cohen
Event Participants
You will be addressing an audience of approximately 3000 delegates. These delegates
are mostly public school teachers. The audience will include other school related personnel who
work in public education like school nurses, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and other public
employees. Secretary Herman who will be receiving an award from AFT will be on stage.
IV. PRESS PLAN
Open Press
V. SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
•
YOU will be greeted upon arrival by Sandy Feldman, Ed McElroy and Nat
LaCour
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YOU will proceed to a pipe & drape holding area to meet briefly with the
officers
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YOU will proceed to a photo-receiving line to greet approximately 50 members of
AFT's Executive Council
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announcement
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YOU will be introduced by Sandy Feldman
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YOU will make remarks
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YOU will work a rope-line and then depart.
VI. REMARKS
To be provided by speech writing
VII. ATTACHMENTS
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�AFT Press Release outlining President Sandy Feldman's address
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CREATOR: Michael Cohen ( CN=Michael Cohen/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ] )
CREATION DATE/TIME: 18-JUL-1998 10:19:48.00
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Turns out there was a problem with the education section at the end of the
previous draft--it was an incomplete version, and we made some changes in
the speech subsequently. This is now a corrected version.
Sorry for the
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�Promoting Discipline and Safety in Schools
July 17, 1998
In his speech to the AFT today, the President will discuss the importance of school discipline and
safety to the nation. He will announce a White House Conference on School Safety and
highlight some of the school safety policies promoted by the Administration -- school uniforms,
tough truancy laws, community-based curfews, and zero tolerance for guns.
White House Conference on School Safety
•
National School Safety Day. The President will proclaim October 15, 1998, National
School Safety Day and host a White House meeting that will be linked by Satellite to
schools across the country and specifically include the communities impacted by the
recent wave of school shootings.
•
First Annual Report on School Safety. The President will also issue the first Annual
Report on School Safety, which will include: an analysis of all existing national school
crime data and an overview of state and local crime reporting; examples of schools and
strategies that are successfully reducing school violence, drug use, and class disruption;
actions that parents can take locally to combat school crime, including a local safety
checklist; and resources available to schools and communities to help create safe,
disciplined, and drug-free schools.
Promoting School Discipline
•
Spreading school uniform policies across the country. Since President Clinton
highlighted school uniforms in 1996, a large number of schools have adopted uniform
policies. This includes some the nation's largest school districts -- New York City, Dade
County, San Antonio, Houston, Chicago and Boston. In New York City alone, more
than half a million elementary school students will be wearing uniforms by tall of 1999.
•
Improving school attendance and safety in Long Beach, CA: In the 1995-96 school
year -- the third year school uniforms were required -- attendance at the Long Beach
Unified School District K-8 schools reached the highest point ever recorded during the 17
years the district compiled these statistics. With excused absences for illness added in,
attendance exceeded 99%. And between the 1993-94 school year (before uniforms were
required) and the 1996-97 school year, total school crime drop 76%.
•
Keeping kids off the street and in school. Community curfews are designed to help
keep children out of harm's way, enhance community safety, and give parents an
important tool to impart discipline, respect, and rules. A recent survey by the U.S.
Conference of Mayors showed that 276 of347 cities surveyed -- or 80% -- had youth
curfew laws, up from 70% in 1995. And in New Orleans, a community-supported
curfew -- combined with summer jobs and recreational programs for youth -- helped cut
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•
Taking on Truancy. In 1996, at the President's direction, the Education Department
issued a guidebook to the 15,000 school districts nationwide, outlining the core
components of a comprehensive truancy prevention policy and highlighting model
ImUaUves. Since then, the Department has also provided grants to local school districts
to develop innovative truancy prevention programs.
•
Enforcing Zero Tolerance for Guns in Schools. In October 1994, President Clinton signed
into law the Gun-Free Schools Act, and issued a Presidential Directive later that month to
enforce "zero tolerance" for guns in schools -- if a student brings a gun to school, that
student will be expelled for a year. In school year 1996-97, the U.S. Department of
Education estimates that, under zero tolerance policies, 6,093 students were expelled from
public schools for bringing a firearm to schoo!.
Challenging Congress to Strengthen Public Schools
President Clinton will call on Congress again to support his efforts to improve and reform
K-12 education by raising standards for students and teachers, strengthening accountability, and
expanding public school choice. The President has proposed the strategic investments necessary
to ensure that our children are prepared for the 21 st century, by reducing class size, modernizing
our schools, investing in technology, expanding after-school learning opportunities, raising
standards and ending social promotions. The President will criticize the Congress for the steps
it has recently taken that short-change our schools and sell our students short, by cutting $2
billion from his request for education investments, and in the process scaling backing needed
initiatives on education reform, on raising educational achievement for our children, and on
providing focused help for students who need it most. He will also call on Congress to support
efforts to
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�MORE PATIENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS Q&AS
July 18, 1998
Q:
The Republican and Democratic proposals are not that different. Aren't you just
playing politics with this issue?
A:
NO" bill is acceptable if it excludes over 100 million Americans, and that is exactly what
the proposal Republicans released this week does. We thought one thing that everyone
agreed on was that all Americans should have basic patient protections. However, the
Senate Republican proposal only applies to Americans in self-insured plans, excluding
most Americans in small businesses and millions of other Americans from being assured
these important protections. Friday's USA Today editorial said it best: there are "100
million reasons the GOP health plans fails."
Both the House and Senate Republican proposals also have many other weaknesses. For
example, they do not assure that patients can see oncologists or heart specialists when
they need to; they do not limit or require disclosure of financial incentives for doctors;
and they do not compensate patients who are maimed or who die as a result of a
wrongful health plan action. Although, by any definition, the Republican plans fall
short, the President remains hopeful and committed to passing a strong patients' bill
of rights this year.
Q:
By requiring any bill to allow individuals to sue their HMOs, aren't you raising the
bar to make it impossible for Republicans to pass legislation this year so you can call
them the "do-nothing" Congress?
A:
We are not raising any bar. The Administration has consistently stated that a right
without a remedy is not a right at all. The right to sue in state courts is certainly one
approach, but we continue to be open to other meaningful approaches that ensure
recourse for patients who have been maimed or who have died as a result of health plan
actions.
As was reported just last week, judges across the country believe that their hands are tied
by the current law. They have explicitly stated that Congress should remove the
statutory barriers of ERISA that prevent consumers from seeking a meaningful remedy
when they are injured because of their health plans' actions.
Q:
But the President said on Thursday that you have to have the right to sue?
A:
No. The President said that any patients' bill of rights should give "patients a right to
sue or some other enforceable legal right that patients' need." This is consistent with
what the Administration has consistently said in testimony and in statements by
Administration officials.
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�Q:
Do you support the state-enforced remedies in the Democratic bill?
A:
The bipartisan Dingell-Ganske bill enforcement mechanism through the state courts is
certainly one viable approach. As I have stated before, we are open to considering other
meaningful approaches to ensure that these patient protections are real.
Q:
What are other approaches that the Administration would except?
A:
There are other meaningful approaches beyond state court enforcement approaches.
Some have suggested some type of Federal court approach. However, the devil is always
in the details, and I am certainly not going to engage in negotiating the specifics on this
show. However, the Administration's position is clear: those Americans who are
maimed or who die because of a health plans' actions must get some type of remedy.
It is important to remember that HMOs are one of the few entities in this country that
cannot be held accountable for wrongful actions. Americans harmed by bad apple
physicians or sloppy manufacturers can be compensated. For some reason, current law
assures that HMOs are not held accountable. We simply believe that is unacceptable.
Q:
Isn't this going to lead to a proliferation of lawsuits? Is that really what we need in
this country -- more lawsuits?
A:
We believe that having a strong internal and independent external appeals process in
place will address almost all patients' grievances and that very few cases will ever make
it into the courts. That is why all of the independent analyses of the Dingell-Ganske
enforcement approach have been scored as costing between a dime and a dollar per
month.
There is no question that this is small price for such an important protection. Under
current law, let's say that a patient is denied a critical mammography test recommended
by her doctors and she is later diagnosed with stage two breast cancer. Even if it is
determined that the HMO was clearly at fault, the patient can only be compensated for the
cost of the test -- not for any subsequent treatment she will need and not for pain and
suffering. We believe that patients who are maimed or die because of action of their
health plans ought to have some type of real compensation.
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�Q:
Some claim that millions of Americans will lose health coverage as a result of the
patients' bill of rights. Is this true?
A.
Such claims are flawed, widely exaggerated scare tactics used by insurers and other
special interests to try to stall and kill this important legislation. There are
absolutely no independent, credible reports that these basic patient protections are going
to significantly increase the number of uninsured. The multi-million dollar,
industry-sponsored ad campaigns that are scaring Americans with these unfounded claims
are based on flawed assumptions that the patients' bill of rights will significantly increase
health care costs.
However, there a numerous independent analyses that these patient protections
would not have a dramatic impact on the cost of health care coverage. A new
analysis by the Congressional Budget Office shows that the patients' bill of rights will
have only minimal effects on premiums. They estimate that these protections will
increase health care costs by $7 per month. In most cases, the cost to the individual
would be only about $2 per month.
There is no reason to believe that this type of increase is going to cause millions of
Americans to lose their health care coverage. Moreover, for good health plans that
already provide these basic protections, it should cost almost nothing.
Also, the Kaiser Foundation has estimated that patient protections would increase
health insurance premiums less than one percent (less than $3 per family per
month), and another Kaiser study released last week even found that allowing patients to
sue their health plans would only increase premiums between three and 13 cents a month.
Finally, the over 150 consumer and health care provider organizations around the
nation that are supporting passing a strong, enforceable patients' bill of rights are
also extremely concerned about the number of uninsured. They certainly would not
be such strong advocates oflegislation if they had those concerns.
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CREATION DATE/TIME: 18-JUL-1998 21:04:54.00
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TEXT:
FYI, just in case you have not all heard this, the AMA left a message
advising me that the House is planning on bringing up one of their
"partial birth" initiatives for a vote sometime on or around this
Wednesday.
Soon after resolution on this issue, they will bring up their
version of the Patients' Bill of Rights -- probably no later than Friday.
I am, of course, focusing on the latter issue because Newt Gingrich is
planning on meeting with Nancy Dickey, the President of the AMA, on these
and other issues this week.
As you will recall, the AMA was and is taking the opposite position we are
vis a vis the late-term abortion issue.
I am trying to make sure they do
not get soft on us re the Patients' Bill of Rights.
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CREATION DATE/TIME:20-JUL-1998 09:27:50.00
SUBJECT:
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07/20/98 09:26 AM ---------------------------
Kate P. Donovan
07/17/98 08:12:17 PM
Record Type: Non-Record
To: See the distribution list at the bottom of this message
cc: Wesley P. Warren/CEQ/EOP, Lisa M. Kountoupes/WHO/EOP
Subject: Updated Approps Calendar
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CREATION DATE/TIME:20-JUL-1998 10:17:59.00
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The Senate plans to begin consideration of the C/J/S FY99 Appropriations
bill later this afternoon.
please review the draft and provide
comments/clearance no later than 3pm today.
Thanks.
S. 2260 -- COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, THE JUDICIARY,
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, FY 1999
(Sponsors:
Stevens (R), Alaska; Gregg (R), New Hampshire)
This Statement of Administration policy provides the
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AdministrationO,s views on S. 2260, the Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 1999, as reported
by the Senate Appropriations Committee. Your consideration of the
AdministrationO,s views would be appreciated.
The Administration appreciates efforts by the Committee to
accommodate certain of the PresidentO,s priorities within the 302(b}
allocation. However, the allocation is simply insufficient to make the
necessary investments in programs funded by this bill.
The only way to achieve the appropriate investment level is to
offset discretionary spending by using savings in other areas.
The
President's FY 1999 Budget proposes levels of discretionary spending for
FY 1999 that conform to the Bipartisan Budget Agreement by making savings
in mandatory and other programs available to help finance this spending.
In the recently enacted Transportation Equity Act, Congress -- on a broad,
bipartisan basis -- took similar action in approving funding for surface
transportation programs paid for with mandatory offsets. We want to work
with the Congress on mutually agreeable mandatory and other offsets that
would be used to increase high-priority discretionary programs, including
those funded by this bill.
In addition, we hope that the Committee will
reduce funding for lower priority and unrequested discretionary programs,
and redirect funding to programs of higher priority.
The Administration appreciates the CommitteeO,s support for many
of the PresidentD,s priorities within the bill.
For example, we
appreciate the Committee's funding of law enforcement programs in general
and the COPS program in particular.
Funding COPS at the requested level
of $1.4 billion is consistent with the Balanced Budget Agreement and would
enable us to achieve the goal of hiring 100,000 additional police officers
by the year 2000. However, the Administration is deeply concerned about
the funding level for certain important programs, and has additional
concerns about other aspects of the bill.
These concerns are discussed
below.
Small Business Administration
The Administration strongly objects to the Committee mark of $94
million to administer the Small Business Administration's (SBA's) Disaster
Loan Program, a 43-percent reduction from the President's request.
Such a
drastic reduction in funding to originate and service disaster loans would
severely curtail SBA's ability to respond to the needs of victims of
natural disasters.
We also urge the Senate to provide for additional
disaster loans.
In addition, the Administration has serious concerns about the
Committee mark of $265 million for SBA's Salaries and Expenses account,
$16 million below the request. A cut of this magnitude could require SBA
to reduce its staffing by up to 300 staff years, which would require
furloughs and/or reductions-in-force, jeopardizing SBA's ability to
accomplish its mission.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The Administration strongly urges the Senate to fully fund the
President's request of $279 million for the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC), $25 million above the Committee mark. The additional
resources are essential, and would allow EEOC to reduce the backlog of
pending complaints and implement much-needed reforms in the way all
complaints are managed, including an enhanced alternative dispute
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resolution program. We look forward to working with Congress to provide
funding for EEOC and other programs included in the President's civil
rights enforcement initiative.
Department of Commerce
The Administration appreciates the Committee's support for the
Department of Commerce overall, and in particular its full funding of the
President's request for the Decennial Census, the Nation's single largest
statistical operation. However, the Administration remains concerned
about funding for a number of high priority programs, including:
Statistics initiatives that are necessary to upgrade the Nation's core
statistical infrastructure, particularly efforts to improve our current
measurements of the Gross Domestic Product, Poverty Rate, and other
fundamental economic indicators crucial to sound private and public sector
decision-making.
Increased funding is also vitally important to maintain
the full development of the Continuous Measurement program, which will
provide critical demographic data about the Nation's communities every
year.
The Advanced Technology Program (ATP) and its support of cutting-edge
research.
A $39 million cap on new award grants is a 58-percent cut below
the request. Also within the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, the absence of full funding for the new Advanced Measurement
Laboratory would result in insufficient funds to complete this facility,
and no funds are provided for the Climate Change Technology Initiative.
The Clean Water and follow-on weather satellite initiatives, for which
funding levels are inadequate to fulfill existing contract obligations and
would jeopardize NOAA's ability to combat non-point source pollution and
ensure satellite continuity. The satellite allowance would necessitate
delayed launch vehicle 'delivery, elimination of technology development
currently underway to replace fifteen-year-old instruments, and a
restructuring of the converged satellite program -- a complex and
carefully negotiated multi-agency system.
The National Information Infrastructure Grants Program, which provides
seed money for innovative projects that deploy, use, and evaluate advanced
information technology, would be severely curtailed with the Committee's
50-percent reduction.
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) , which has achieved
impressive results in creating jobs, leveraging private sector dollars,
and increasing local tax bases. A reduction to EDA's Title IX (emergency
relief) and defense conversion programs would adversely affect EDA's
ability to help distressed communities deal with the burdens imposed by
industry down-sizing and international trade agreements.
Department of Justice
We appreciate the CommitteeD,s continued support for law
enforcement and other Department of Justice activities. However, the
Administration is concerned about non-hiring set- asides in the COPS
program and the Committee's action in a number of other areas:
Winstar. The Administration strongly opposes the Committee's approach to
funding for Winstar, which would require substantial reductions to the
non-Wins tar related activities of the litigating divisions, including
Civil Rights. We believe that the large, one-time litigation costs
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out of the savings and loan rescue are appropriately borne by the
Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) Resolution Fund
The Administration is working with the Banking Committees to
permanent funding for Justice's Wins tar costs from the FRF Fund.
Immigration and Naturalization Service.
The bill would use $166 million
in receipts from the Immigration and Naturalization Service's (INS's)
Immigration Examination and User Fee accounts to pay for expenses not
directly related to fee activities. Without these receipts there would be
insufficient resources to support fee-related activities -- in particular,
funds to process pending naturalization applications and reduce the
citizenship application backlog.
The Committee mark of $2.4 billion for the INS is $350 million below the
Administration's request.
This level would jeopardize the
Administration's bipartisan border management and enforcement strategy.
We strongly urge the Senate to fully fund the border infrastructure and
technology, detention support, and interior enforcement initiatives
requested by the President.
Protection Against Chemical and Biological Weapons. We appreciate the
Committee's support of the Administration's effort to combat terrorism
involving the use of chemical and biological weapons.
However, we believe
that the levels proposed in the President's June 8th budget amendment
reflect the appropriate balance among all aspects of antiterrorism
activities.
In particular, we hope that the Senate will provide the $49
million that the Administration has requested for bomb squad equipment in
direct appropriations.
Juvenile Justice Block Grant. While juvenile justice programs are an
important element of effective law enforcement, the new $100 million block
grant program recommended by the Committee would authorize a broad and
unfocused range of spending. Rather than funding the block grant, we urge
funding for targeted activities, such as the community prosecutors
program, prosecutorial initiatives, and youth violence courts.
Drug Testing. The Committee bill does not provide the $85 million
requested for the drug testing and intervention program.
Systematic drug
testing is a proven, cost-effective means of using the coercive power of
the criminal justice system to move non-violent offenders into drug
treatment programs, and should be funded.
Counterdrug Strategy.
Report language that directs the Attorney General
to create a new interagency counterdrug strategy is inappropriate.
The
Director of National Drug Control Policy is mandated by statute to perform
this function; it should not be transferred to the Attorney General. The
Administration strongly opposes this report language.
Controlled Substances Act. The Administration has serious concerns about
sections 118 and 119 of the Justice General Provisions, which would weaken
the Drug Enforcement Administration's authority to regulate the flow of
drugs classified as controlled substances. The proposed provisions would
allow relief for recordkeeping and reporting violations. Careless,
negligent, or unknowing violations create an opportunity to divert drugs
to illicit channels just as do knowing or intentional violations, which
are properly subject to misdemeanor penalties under current law.
Critical Infrastructure Protection. The Committee bill provides only $19
million of the $34 million requested to reimburse agencies for expenses
In
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particular, the Committee's funding level excludes $6.6 million needed to
create a national plan for protecting the Nation's infrastructure,
including funds for core staff in the Critical Infrastructure Assurance
Office.
Narrowband Communications.
The Administration is disappointed that the
Subcommittee has not provided the $86 million requested to establish a
fund for the consolidation and coordination of the Department's conversion
to narrowband communications systems.
Bureau of Prisons/Abortion. The Administration urges the Senate to strike
section 102 of the Committee bill, which would prohibit the Bureau of
Prisons from funding abortions except in cases of rape or where the life
of the mother is endangered. The Department of Justice believes that
there is a great likelihood that this provision would be held
unconstitutional.
Legal Services Corporation
The Administration commends the Committee for increasing the
funding level for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) to $300 million,
$13 million above the FY 1998 enacted level. The recent Supreme Court
ruling that interest on lawyer trust accounts (ILTAs) cannot be used to
support civil legal services eliminates a funding source that provided LSC
programs with more than $57 million last year.
It is vitally important
that the Congress fully fund the President's request of $340 million to
ensure equal access to the judicial system.
International Affairs Programs
The Administration appreciates the Committee's support for the
Department of State accounts that fund diplomatic and consular activities
and, in particular, funding the request for the State Department's
information technology modernization effort, including year 2000 (Y2K)
activities.
However, the Committee's cuts and unrequested earmarks in the
Diplomatic and Consular Programs and Salaries and Expenses accounts,
totaling over $30 million, would prevent the Department from meeting
expected wage and price increases, covering critical overseas staffing
gaps, an,d addressing other infrastructure shortfalls.
While the Administration is encouraged by the Committee's
recognition of the Department's overseas facility requirements, we urge
the Senate to restore the $90 million reduction to the Security and
Maintenance of'United States Missions account and to provide full funding
of the President's request for urgently needed embassy facilities in
Beijing and Berlin. The Administration appreciates the Committee's
support for funding the Arms 'Control and Disarmament Agency's activities,
particularly in light of recent events in South Asia.
The Administration appreciates the steps the Subcommittee has
taken to fund the request for arrearage payments this year.
The
Administration wants to work with the Congress to ensure that these funds
are available in a timely fashion to retain our influence in these
organizations and to identify reform measures that further U.S.
interests. However, we oppose the bill's authorization requirement that
is intended to subject this important foreign policy measure to the
unrelated issue of family planning policy. There is legitimate
disagreement over this issue, but none of the U.N. and related
international organizations arrears payments are related to this issue.
Therefore, it is wholly inappropriate to hold the payment of U.S. arrears
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hostage to the family planning issue.
Further, the Committee bill significantly under funds , by about $75
million, the annual assessed contributions to these organizations. This
would increase arrears again and further inhibit qhances for the reforms
that we are all seeking.
In addition, the Committee has imposed a number
of certification requirements and conditions before payments by the United
States to these organizations can be made. The consequence of these
provisions would likely be the loss of vote of the United States in the
United Nations and other international organizations. This would
seriously diminish the ability of the United States to influence issues
before the U.N. General Assembly such as selection of future Secretaries
General and resolutions affecting the Middle East.
Finally, the Administration strongly opposes section 403 and urges
the Senate to strike it from the bill. This provision would reduce
funding for arrears payments by 25 percent of the total expenditure of the
United States made to respond to efforts by Iraq to block United Nations
weapons inspections. The decision of the United States to incur these
critically important expenditures was made on the basis of our own
national security interests.
The Administration is very concerned that funding for the United
States Information Agency's overseas information and broadcasting programs
has been reduced by $80 million below the President's request. The
funding level of $427 million for International Information Programs is
$34 million below the President's request, $24 million of which results
from the omission of funding for overseas administrative costs.
For
broadcasting programs, the Committee mark is $46 million below the
President's request.
A reduction of this magnitude would require a
personnel reduction-in-force, eliminate broadcast language services, and
defer necessary capital and technical radio modernization improvements.
We urge the Senate to provide funding for core information and br
oadcasting programs at the President's requested level. Finally, earmarks
placed on the Educational and Cultural Exchanges program should be removed.
This bill also contains provisions that raise serious
constitutional concerns.
For example, Section 405 regarding Vietnam
unconstitutionally constrains the President's authority with respect to
the conduct of diplomacy, in addition to containing objectionable elements
beyond those contained in similar provisions from previous years.
In
addition, Section 613 on Haiti would limit the President's unfettered
constitutional authority to "receive ambassadors and other public
ministers."
Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Federal Communications
Commission (FCC). The Administration urges the Senate to provide funding
for the FCC's scheduled move to the Portals complex. Absent this funding,
the FCC's ability to implement the mandates of the Telecommunications Act
of 1996 and to carry out critical mission operations may be severely
impaired.
Exxon Valdez Settlement Funds. The Administration strongly objects to a
provision of section 619 that would require certain Exxon Valdez
settlement funds to be spent only for grants for marine research and
community and economic restoration. This language is contrary to the
Clean Water Act and a court-ordered consent decree that require that the
State and Federal natural resource trustees determine how these funds
should best be used.
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TO: Jake Siewert ( CN=Jake Siewert/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
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�Q:
Is it true that the White House is secretly preparing to give a medical J.D. to every
American?
A:
No. To the contrary, we do not want to do anything in this area until we have held public
hearings on this issue and until there are federal privacy protections in place.
As directed by the Congress through the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act of 1996 (Kassebaum-Kennedy), we are looking into adopting standards for providing
for unique health identifiers to help improve electronic transfer of health and billing
infonnation.
In response to the law, HHS has already made regulatory proposals to create identifier
numbers for employers and providers, and is developing proposals for insurers.
However, providing a health identifier number for each individual is a far more complex
issue and raises serious privacy concerns.
For that reason, we have delayed any movement so that we can develop consensus as to
how to proceed in this area. The only action we have taken to date is to establish a
process so that we can fully consult with all parties, particularly consumers. We intend
to hold hearings on this issue in short order even before we issue a proposed rule.
We would advise against implementing individual identifiers before establishing
comprehensive privacy protections. Last fall, the Secretary ofHHS made
recommendations for Federal privacy protectipns, and we have continually called on
Congress to pass legislation in this area. The HHS Advisory Commission has advised
against implementing these protections before we have established privacy protections.
However, we will consult with all interested parties as to how best to proceed.
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CREATOR: Thomas L. Freedman ( CN=Thomas L. Freedman/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:20-JUL-1998 11:38:20.00
SUBJECT:
Rural agenda
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Paul J. weinstein Jr.
READ: UNKNOWN
( CN=Paul J. weinstein Jr./OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
CC: Mary L. Smith ( CN=Mary L. Smith/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
As you know, Podesta pushed to have a Thursday presidential event on rural
issues. NEC clearly wants to take the lead on the event, but does not
have a clear picture of what to announce.
The most likely scenario is we end up pushing for the rural agenda items
that are currently pending in Congress.
These could include:
funding
the Fund for Rural America; the Disaster Assistance plan done last week;
rural school construction and food safety.
In addition, we can talk about
telemedicine, long distance learning, the transportation bill and push for
free trade (maybe saying something on sanctions). This is what I talked
about with Greg Frazier, Glickman's COS.
Sperling may have a different
picture, if so, Sally and Jon Kaplan haven't said.
If this sounds ok, I'll push it at the 1 pm meeting. I mentioned to Paul
we will would need the telemedicine and school construction pieces put
together by Chris and Mike. There was a rumor Sperling was coming to the
meeting (they scheduled it so he could attend) .
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w.
Tobe/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:20-JUL-1998 11:59:38.00
SUBJECT:
Q&A for Rural Teleconference
TO: Charles M. Brain ( CN=Charles M. Brain/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Barry J. Toiv ( CN=Barry J. Toiv/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Jake Siewert ( CN=Jake Siewert/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Janet Murguia ( CN=Janet Murguia/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Linda Ricci
READ: UNKNOWN
( CN=Linda Ricci/OU=OMB/O=EOP @ EOP [ OMB 1 )
CC: Michelle Crisci ( CN=Michelle Crisci/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Darby E. Stott ( CN=Darby E. Stott/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Lori L. Anderson ( CN=Lori L. Anderson/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
I need your q&a for the rural teleconference scheduled for Thurs by COB
tomorrow (tuesday).
Thanks!
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CREATOR: Nicole R. Rabner ( CN=Nicole R. Rabner/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:20-JUL-1998 12:03:01.00
SUBJECT:
FYI on Head Start Reauthorization
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=E1ena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Neera Tanden ( CN=Neera Tanden/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Jennifer L. Klein ( CN=Jennifer L. Klein/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Last Thursday, Congo Riggs introduced a problematic, partisan Head Start
reauthorization bill scheduled for mark-up in full committee this
Wednesday. (The Senate already marked up its reauthorization bill, which,
after negotiation, is both bipartisan and consistent with the President's
budget and policy.)
HHS is drafting a letter from Shalala to the House
Ed and Workforce Committee outlining our significant concerns with the
bill as introduced, which include:
(1) Bill is inconsistent with the President's budget request (underfunded);
(2) Bill restricts Head Start expansion, denying Head Start services to
tens of thousands of children and curtailing expansion of Early Head Start
(it significantly increases the quality set-aside for expansion dollars
(from 25% in current law to 75% in FY 1999), and mandates full-day,
full-year services for all kids currently in Head Start before any
expansion to new kids);
(3) Bill opens up Head Start to vouchers (by enabling the Secretary to
provide certificates to parents for comparable services);
(4) Bill increases Governor authority; and
(4) Bill includes partisan provisions such as repeal of the Davis-Bacon
requirement, and attacks on bilingual education.
Bruce, HHS may request that in the coming days you call Dems (such as
Congo Roemer) to express our strong concerns, if you are willing.
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CREATOR: Ronald E. Jones ( CN=Ronald E. Jones/OU=OMB/O=EOP [ OMB 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:20-JUL-1998 12:48:54.00
SUBJECT:
DOJ Letter for expedited clearance
TO: Jefferson B. Hill ( CN=Jefferson B. Hill/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Ellen J. Balis ( CN=Ellen J. Ba1is/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: David J. Haun ( CN=David J. Haun/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Joseph J. Minarik ( CN=Joseph J. Minarik/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Sarah Rosen ( CN=Sarah Rosen/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Pamula L. Simms ( CN=Pamula L. Simms/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Alice Veenstra ( CN=Alice Veenstra/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Elizabeth Gore ( CN=Elizabeth Gore/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Christopher D. Carroll ( CN=Christopher D. Carroll/OU=CEA/O=EOP@EOP [ UNKNOWN 1
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Paul J. Weinstein Jr.
READ: UNKNOWN
( CN=Paul J. Weinstein Jr./OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD 1 )
TO: Roger S. Ballentine ( CN=Roger S. Ballentine/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: James J. Jukes ( CN=James J. Jukes/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: James C. Murr ( CN=James C. Murr/OU=OMB/O=EOP@EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
You will receive shortly a draft DoJ letter on HR 2592, the Private
Trustee Reform Act., which the Department had previously opposed.
The
letter transmits compromise language worked out with Congressional staff
and private trustees.
DoJ has been asked to send this letter for tomorrow's markup of HR 2592 by
the full Judiciary Committee.
If I do not hear from you by 5:00 PM today, I will assume you have no
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CREATOR: Mindy E. Myers ( CN=Mindy E. Myers/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TlME:20-JUL-1998 13:15:39.00
SUBJECT:
Kiddie Mac Mtg
TO: Sandra Yamin ( CN=Sandra Yamin/OU=OMB/O=EOP @ EOP [ OMB 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Dario J. Gomez ( CN=Dario J. Gomez/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1·)
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Barbara Chow ( CN=Barbara Chow/OU=OMB/O=EOP @ EOP
READ: UNKNOWN
OMB 1 )
TO: Jennifer L. Klein ( CN=Jennifer L. Klein/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Charles M. Brain ( CN=Charles M. Brain/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Emil E. Parker ( CN=Emil E. Parker/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Nicole R. Rabner ( CN=Nicole R. Rabner/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Neera Tanden ( CN=Neera Tanden/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Janet Murguia ( CN=Janet Murguia/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
We have set up a mtg on Kiddie Mac with appropriate Hill staff (Maloney,
Baker, D'Aroato and Kohl staff) as well as agency liaisons for 4:00pm on
Thursday, July 23 in 472 OEOB.
Please let me know if you/your principle
will be able to attend.
(We will also be scheduling a conference calIon Wednesday to discuss the
mtg.
I will forward details to you when I receive them).
Relevant Agency Staff:
Penny Rostrow, Treasury Leg Affairs
622-1910
Ed Demarco and Scott Frame, Treasury Office of Government Sponsored
Entitites
622-8355
Gus Fauscher, Treasury Office of Economic Policy
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Nancy Libson, HUD Leg. Affairs
708-0005 (NOTE: Nancy will also identify and bring a HUD poliqy official
TBD)
John Gray, SBA Office of Capital Access
205-6657
Mary Bourdette, HHS Leg. Affairs
690-6311
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CREATOR: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME: 20-JUL-1998 13: 29.: 54.00
SUBJECT:
TO: ELENA (Pager) #KAGAN ( ELENA (Pager)
READ: UNKNOWN
#KAGAN [ UNKNOWN 1 )
TEXT:
Joe is going to brief very soon & they want tobacco guidance - how do
Q&A'S look? -Laura
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CREATOR: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:20-JUL-1998 13:52:43.00
SUBJECT:
TO: ELENA (Pager) #KAGAN ( ELENA (Pager) #KAGAN [ UNKNOWN 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Todd Summers just sent over Q&A's on AIDS Protest today for your review
ASAP for press -Laura
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CREATOR: Thomas L. Freedman ( CN=Thomas L. Freedman/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ] )
CREATION DATE/TIME:20-JUL-1998 14:58:04.00
SUBJECT:
Rural Agenda
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Mary L. Smith ( CN=Mary L. Smith/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Paul J. Weinstein Jr.
READ: UNKNOWN
( CN=Paul J. weinstein Jr./OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
TEXT:
Gene is evidently going up to the Hill at 5:30 with Larry and Frazier from
USDA to talk rural agenda.
Either of you might want to go.
Here is
Kaplan's first cut on a memo.
I suggested we add rural housing, food
safety, rural welfare to work,
highway funds, and 2 possible new
announcements: $10 million for rural housing, and a Texas disaster
announcements.
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�II PRESIDENT CLINTON ANNOO~t3EIPRllRl\AHU:TION PLAN FOR AMERICA II
Five and A Half Years of Progress. For five and a half years, President Clinton and Vice
President Gore have worked to expand opportunity for rural Americans and farm families. We
have strengthened crop insurance, provided critical disaster assistance to ranchers who have lost
livestock, doubled our use of export credits from last year, improved our school lunch programs by
buying surplus commodities, and worked to diversify the sources of enterprise and income in rural
America. [EXPAND TO INCLUDE RURAL, NOT JUST AG]
But rural America still faces challenges -- with the economic crisis in Asia weakening some of our
best customers for farm products, with strong world crop production bringing prices down, and with
farmers facing floods and fires and drought and crop disease.
A TEN-POINT ACTION PLAN FOR RURAL AMERICA
1. Implementing the Wheat Purchase Initiative. On Saturday, President Clinton acted within his
full authority as President to take immediate steps to help our family farmers and to reduce crop
surpluses at home. This week, the United States government will begin to purchase more than 80
million bushels of wheat, which could lift prices as much as 13 cents a bushel. With this wheat, the
President has instructed Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman to launch a new food aid initiative
to press the world struggle against hunger.
Secretary Glickman, working with our Agency for International Development, will use the authority
granted to him by Congress to oversee substantial donations of U.S. wheat to countries where the
need is greatest -- places such as Sudan and Indonesia. Donations will also be made to private
humanitarian groups. It is good for American farmers, good for our economy and it's the right
thing to do.
2. Exempting Food Exports from
u.s. Sanctions Policy.
President Clinton recently stated
support for legislation that would exempt Federal government financing of US food exports from
economic sanctions required by the nuclear non-proliferation law. This was in response to the
harmful potential effect to overseas consumers and US farmers of wheat from the sanctions on
Pakistan, the market for 7 percent of US wheat. But more congressional action must follow. We
should expand eligibility for direct and guaranteed loans, extend marketing loans when crop prices
are low or transportation problems make marketing difficult, give farmers more flexibility to plant
other crops when their primary crops fail. And above all, we must keep the market for our products
growing by paying our dues to the International Monetary Fund so that we can stabilize and help to
reform Asian economies that are such important customers for America's farmers, and for our other
exporters who are responsible for 30 percent of the remarkable growth we've enjoyed since 1993.
3. Promoting an Aggressive Regional Approach to Free Trade. The Clinton Administration has
put in place a comprehensive approach to opening agricultural markets in each of our key export
markets. NAFTA opened Mexico and Canada to U.S. exports; now, exports are up _ percent
[CK]. We have established an agricultural negotiating group in the FTAA talks and important
discussions on specific agricultural products in APEC. And for the first time ever under the
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�Transatlantic Economic Partnership, we have a mechanism in place to facilitate cooperation with
Europe on a range of issues, including approval of genetically modified organisms.
4. Enforcing Our Trade Agreements. This administration has brought and won a number of
important agricultural disputes, including the European Union's restrictions on hormone grown
beef, bananas and pork in the Phillippines. We have been aggressive in using every tool at our
disposal to ensure that agreements made are agreements kept.
5. Protecting Universal Service. [KALIL TO ADD] President Clinton has set a goal of
connecting all rural clinics and hospitals to the "information superhighway." In 1996, he signed the
Telecommunications Act, which expanded the definition of universal service to include rural health
care providers (hospitals, clinics, community health care centers, local health departments, and
medical schools). These institutions are now applying for universal service support, which will be
available starting January 1, 1998. The program (administered by an independent corporation
established by the FCC) is designed to ensure that rural health care providers pay no more than their
urban counterparts for telecommunication services. This will help improve the quality of care in
rural America by allowing patients to receive advice from the best specialists in the country.
6. Carrying Over EEP Balances. The Administration will soon propose legislation to "sweep"
unused balances in USDA's Export Enhancement Program (EEP) int9 other programs such as
PL480 Title I in the last quarter of a fiscal year. This will enable unnecessary and distorting
subsidies for commercial exports to fund additional sales of US crops. The Administration's FY
1999 Budget already proposes that unused balances be carried over into subsequent years to expand
U.S. exports.
7. Improving Education in Risk Management for Farmers. Farmers' ability to manage risk
remains low. Relatively few producers forward contract their crops, though futures markets
originated as a way for farmers to avoid risk. USDA needs to improve its education and outreach
in risk management, perhaps linked with the long-distance learning initiative. More funding could
be made available for pilot options programs, including a new initiative for dairy producers.
8. Establishing a Fundfor Rural America. If we're calling for funding for the Fund for Rural
America, we should also call for letting the funding go forward for the $120 m. in annual ag
research provided in the Ag Research bill the President signed a couple weeks ago. This would
echo the President's comments at the signing, and reinforce the message that we think research has a
vital role in moving ag forward into the 21st century. [???/ChaUenge Congress to moveforwardJ
9. Crop Insurance/Adjustment Assistance. The economic risk being faced in some rural regions,
such as North Dakota, reveals shortcomings of the current Federal crop insurance regime. The
problem is less crop price than crop yield, and an actuarially-sound insurance program must raise
premiums and lower coverage in response to multi-year disease or weather problems. Without
abandoning Administration policy by reinstating permanent crop disaster authority (a controversial,
unnecessary step), the Administration could propose: (1) a program of short-term (5 years)
retirement of formerly-productive farmland now beset with physical problems such as excess
moisture; (2) indemnity payments for losses due to disease, perhaps through crop insurance
subsidies in an auxiliary program. These payments might be designed as adjustment assistance, to
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enable producers in marginal agricultural regions to re-educate or retool. [????IChallenge House
to move forward}
10. Whole Farm Insurance. USDA is exploring the feasibility ofa Whole Farm Coverage
Insurance Program, based on the farmer's income tax information. The appeal of such a product is
that producers could insure their whole farm, not just individual crops as under the current program.
Whole farm insurance could also potentially address the problem of insuring minor crops and
livestock. However, there are a number of rating issues that need to be addressed and USDA lacks
legal authority to insure livestock under permanent programs. USDA hopes to pilot a program in
1999.
11. Pushing for Rural School Modernization. Almost one-half of the nation's 80,000 public
elementary and secondary schools are located in rural or small town areas. According to the U.S.
General Accounting Office, 30 percent of those rural and small town schools (educating 4.5 million
children) have at least one building in need of extensive repair or replacement. We must move
forward this year with a comprehensive effort to address the needs of rural schoolchildren.
12. Building a Digital Library for Rural America. The goal ofthis initiative is to dramatically
increase the quantity, quality and accessibility of networked information related to agriculture and
rural development by leveraging USDA's existing investment in research and education at our
nation's land-grant colleges. [Distance Learning??]
13. Advancing Telemedicine. USDA is committed to making advanced telecommunications
services such as the Internet available to more rural families. From 1992 to 1996, USDA more than
doubled the amount ofloans for advanced telecommunication facilities. Last year, it loaned $380
million for 79 rural telecommunications projects providing service to 211,000 rural households and
businesses. Provided almost $17 million in loans and grants for distance learning and telemedicine
projects in 1997 to expand educational and medical opportunities to America's rural communities.
Since 1993, the DLT program has funded 192 projects in 41 states.
14. Promoting Economic Development in Rural America. The Clinton Administration, working
with Congress, has invested more than $175 million in the nation's three rural empowerment zones
and 33 rural enterprise communities (EZ/ECs) since 1995, creating or saving over 7,000 jobs. And
more than 700,000 rural citizens now receive additional services in the EZ/EC's as a result of
USDA loans, grants, and programs. [ADD ruralloans/access to capital; Mary Smith checking
with USDA; Kaplan checking with SBA and CDFI for ideas]
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CREATOR: Cynthia A. Rice ( CN=Cynthia A. Rice/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:20-JUL-1998 14:58:05.00
SUBJECT:
Waxman's being interviewed by the networks re: GOP airline flights
TO: Laura Emmett
READ: UNKNOWN
CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Cynthia Dailard
READ: UNKNOWN
CN=Cynthia Dailard/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
I'll fax'over the complete report to you,
fyi --
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CREATOR: Cynthia A. Rice ( CN=Cynthia A. Rice/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:20-JUL-1998 14:58:06.00
SUBJECT:
I hear the House GOP leadership is meeting tomorrow re: tobacco
TO: Cynthia Dailard ( CN=Cynthia Dailard/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
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:
I asked Marti Thomas of the Treasury Dept to keep her ear to the ground
re: House action on tobacco.
She's hearing that the GOP leadership is
meeting tomorrow to discuss tobacco -- maybe their bill will shortly
follow?
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CREATOR: Thomas L. Freedman ( CN=Thomas L. Freedman/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ] )
CREATION DATE/TIME:20-JUL-1998 17:22:09.00
SUBJECT:
Rural agenda version II
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Mary L. Smith ( CN=Mary L. Smith/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO]
READ: UNKNOWN
)
TEXT:
Here's the latest version for Thursday.
The headings don't work, and we
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�II PRESIDENT CLINTON ANNOONPEWI!l{RJtA6UTION PLAN FOR AMERICA II
Five and A Half Years of Progress. For five and a half years, President Clinton and Vice
President Gore have worked to expand opportunity for rural Americans and farm families. The
Administration has worked to strengthen crop insurance, provided critical disaster assistance to
ranchers who have lost livestock, doubled our use of export credits from last year, improved our
school lunch programs by buying surplus commodities, and worked to diversify the sources of
enterprise and income in rural America. [EXPAND TO INCLUDE RURAL, NOT JUST AG)
But rural America still faces challenges -- with the economic crisis in Asia weakening some of our
best customers for farm products, with strong world crop production bringing prices down, and with
farmers facing floods and fires and drought and crop disease.
A FOUR-POINT ACTION PLAN FOR RURAL AMERICA
EXPANDING THE RURAL ECONOMY
•
Implementing the Wheat Purchase Initiative. On Saturday, President Clinton acted within
his took immediate steps to help our family farmers and to reduce crop surpluses at home.
He directed the Secretary of Agriculture to purchase more than 80 million bushels of wheat,
which could lift prices as much as 13 cents a bushel. With this wheat, the President will
launch a new food aid initiative to press the world struggle against hunger. Secretary
Glickman, working with our Agency for International Development, will oversee substantial
donations of U.S. wheat to countries where the need is greatest -- places such as Sudan and
Indonesia. Donations will also be made to private humanitarian groups. It's good for
American farmers and good for our economy.
•
Exempting Food Exports/rom U.S. Sanctions Policy. President Clinton signed into law
an exemption for US food exports from economic sanctions required by the nuclear
non-proliferation law. This law will allow American farmers to sell wheat to Pakistan, the
market for 7 percent of US wheat. But, Congress should do more to give us the braodest
possible flexibility.
•
Fighting for Full Funding o/the IMF to Shore Up America's Customers Around the
World. We must keep the market for our products growing by paying our dues to the
International Monetary Fund so that we can stabilize and help to reform Asian economies
that are such important customers for America's farmers, and for our other exporters who are
responsible for 30 percent of the remarkable growth we've enjoyed since 1993.
•
Promoting an Aggressive Regional Approach to Free Trade. The Clinton Administration
has put in place a comprehensive approach to opening agricultural markets in each of our
key export markets. NAFTA opened Mexico and Canada to U.S. exports; now, exports are
up _ percent [CK]. We have established an agricultural negotiating group in the FTAA
talks and important discussions on specific agricultural products in APEC. And for the first
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facilitate cooperation with Europe on a range of issues, including approval of genetically
modified organisms.
•
Enforcing Our Trade Agreements. This administration has brought and won a number of
important agricultural disputes, including the European Union's restrictions on hormone
grown beef, bananas and pork in the Phillippines. We have been aggressive in using every
tool at our disposal to ensure that agreements made are agreements kept.
•
Carrying Over EEP Balances. Congress has consistently refused to fully fund our efforts
to enhance the ability of American business to export their farm products around the world.
Weare now looking at ways to ensure that the Export Enhancement Program has ("EEP") is
flexible enough to move balances lefty at the end of the year into other programs to fund
additional sales of US crops. The Administration's FY 1999 Budget already proposes that
unused balances be carried over into subsequent years to expand U.S. exports.
•
Announcing New USDA Initiative on Rural Development. Today, President Clinton is
announcing that USDA is (1) awarding more than $10 million in loans and grants for rural
housing; (2) targeting $237 million in existing funding into the Northern Great Plains
Initiative; and (3) providing $1 million in rural business enterprise grants. [WHAT ARE
DETAILS ON THESE?] [Texas may be a disaster area]
•
Increasing Access to Capital in Rural America. The Clinton Administration, working
with Congress, has invested more than $175 million in the nation's three rural empowerment
zones and 33 rural enterprise communities (EZ/ECs) since 1995, creating or saving over
7,000 jobs. And more than 700,000 rural citizens now receive additional services in the
EZ/EC's as a result of USDA loans, grants, and programs. [ADD info from USDA, SBA
and CDFI)
IMPROVING EDUCATION AND PROTECTING UNIVERSAL SERVICE IN RURAL AMERICA
•
Protecting Universal Service.
President Clinton strongly supports universal service, a
long-standing goal of ensuring that all Americans have access to affordable telephone service.
Without universal service, telephone rates would be prohibitively expensive for many
Americans living in rural areas. The President also supports the e-rate, which would
expand universal service to include schools, libraries, and rural health care providers.
Unfortunately, some members of Congress have introduced legislation which would repeal
the e-rate and undermine universal service. The President urges the Congress to join him
in supporting universal service.
•
Pushing for Rural School Modernization. Almost one-half of the nation's 80,000 public
elementary and secondary schools are located in rural or small town areas. According to the
U.S. General Accounting Office, 30 percent of those rural and small town schools (educating
4.5 million children) have at least one building in need of extensive repair or replacement.
We must move forward this year with a comprehensive effort to address the needs of rural
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•
Building a Digital Library for Rural America. The goal of this initiative is to dramatically
increase the quantity, quality and accessibility of networked information related to agriculture
and rural development by leveraging USDA's existing investment in research and education
at our nation's land-grant colleges.
•
Developing Distance Learning. President Clinton has proposed legislation that would make
it easier for Americans to gain access to new skills using distance learning. In its proposal
for reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA), the Clinton Administration is
seeking to broaden opportunities for distance learners by: including computers in the "cost of
attendance" for purposes of financial aid; allowing institutions that offer more than 50
percent of their courses using distance learning to be eligible for student aid; and providing
grants to "virtual universities" and other experiments with distance learning with a program
called "Learning Anytime, Anywhere Partnerships."
PROMOTING HEALTH AND WELFARE FOR RURAL AMERICA
•
Advancing Telemedicine. The President has set a goal of connecting all rural clinics and
hospitals to the "information superhighway." In 1996, he signed the
Telecommunications Act, which expanded the definition of universal service to include
rural health care providers (hospitals, clinics, community health care centers, local
health departments, and medical schools). The program (administered by an
independent corporation established by the FCC) is designed to ensure that rural
health care providers pay no more than their urban counterparts for
telecommunication services. This will help improve the quality of care in rural America
by allowing patients to receive advice from the best specialists in the country.
•
Improving Food Safety. The President's Food Safety Intitiative is a comprehensive plan for
improving food safety, including education, new technology, standards and more inspectors
to make sure all food, including food that is imported, is safe. Congress should fund this
$101 million initiative when it is raised in Agricultural Appropriations conference.
•
$3 Billion to Help Move More People/rom Welfare to Work.
Because of the President's
leadership, the 1997 Balanced Budget Act included the total funding requested by the
President for the creation of his $3 billion welfare-to-work fund. The Department of Labor
is committed to ensuring that roughly 30 percent of these grants are provided to rural areas.
This program will help states and local communities move long-term welfare recipients, and
certain non-custodial parents, into lasting, unsubsidized jobs. These funds can be used for
jqb creation, job placement and job retention efforts, including wage subsidies to private
employers and other critical post-employment support services.
A STRONG AGRICULTURAL POLICY FOR AMERICA'S FARMS
•
Improving Education in Risk Management/or Farmers. Farmers' ability to manage risk
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remains low. Relatively few producers forward contract their crops, though futures markets
originated as a way for farmers to avoid risk. USDA needs to improve its education and
outreach in risk management, perhaps linked with the long-distance learning initiative.
More funding could be made available for pilot options programs, including a new initiative
for dairy producers.
•
Establishing a Fundfor Rural America. [If we're calling for funding for the. Fund for Rural
America, we should also call for letting the funding go forward for the $120 m. in annual ag
research provided in the Ag Research bill the President signed a couple weeks ago. This
would echo the President's comments at the signing, and reinforce the message that we think
research has a vital role in moving ag forward into the 21st century.] [???/Challenge
Congress to move forward]
•
Crop Insurance/Adjustment Assistance. The economic risk being faced in some rural
regions, such as North Dakota, reveals shortcomings of the current Federal crop insurance
regime. The problem is less crop price than crop yield, and an actuarially-sound insurance
program must raise premiums and lower coverage in response to multi-year disease or
weather problems. Without abandoning Administration policy by reinstating permanent
crop disaster authority (a controversial, unnecessary step), the Administration could propose:
(1) a program of short-term (5 years) retirement of formerly-productive farmland now beset
with physical problems such as excess moisture; (2) indemnity payments for losses due to
disease, perhaps through crop insurance subsidies in an auxiliary program. These payments
might be designed as adjustment assistance, to enable producers in marginal agricultural
regions to re-educate or retool. [????/Challenge House to move forward]
•
Whole Farm Insurance. USDA is exploring the feasibility of a Whole Farm Coverage
Insurance Program, based on the farmer's income tax information. The appeal of such a
product is that producers could insure their whole farm, not just individual crops as under
the current program. Whole farm insurance could also potentially address the problem of
insuring minor crops and livestock. However, there are a number of rating issues that need
to be addressed and USDA lacks legal authority to insure livestock under permanent
programs. USDA hopes to pilot a program in 1999.
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CREATOR: Maria E. Soto ( CN=Maria E. Soto/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TlME:20-JUL-1998 18:55:32.00
SUBJECT:
FICA/workfare notice
TO: Cynthia A. Rice ( CN=Cynthia A. Rice/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
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TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
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TO: Diana Fortuna ( CN=Diana Fortuna/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
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TO: Karen Tramontano ( CN=Karen Tramontano/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
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TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
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CC: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
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CC: Emory L. Mayfield ( CN=Emory L. Mayfield/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 ) .
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TEXT:
There will be a meeting tomorrow Tuesday, July 20, at 12:00pm reo
FICA/workfare notice in Mickey's Office.
Participants are:
Bruce Reed
Elena Kagan
Fred Duval
Karen Tramontano
Diana Fortuna
Cynthia Rice
Thank you.
Maria
6-7060
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CREATOR: Maria E. So to ( CN=Maria E. Soto/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:20-JUL-1998 19:31:28.00
SUBJECT:
Re: FICA/workfare notice
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Elena- I am sorry, his name must have fallen through the cracks.
I will
call his office right now. Thank you for pointing this out.
Maria
Elena Kagan
07/20/98 07:13:15 PM
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To:
Maria E. Soto/WHO/EOP
cc:
Subject:
Re: FICA/workfare notice
sorry, but John podesta has to come to this meeting (in fact, we should
make it in his office to make sure he'll be there. without john, it's
worse than useless.
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CREATOR: Kate P. Donovan ( CN=Kate P. Donovan/OU=OMB/O=EOP [ OMB 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:20-JUL-1998 20:05:49.00
SUBJECT:
URGENT: DC Appropriations Letter
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TEXT:
Tomorrow, the DC Appropriations bill will be marked up by the Senate Full
Committee. Therefore, we need your comments/clearance by lOam tomorrow
morning. Thanks.
The Honorable Ted Stevens
Chairman
Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The purpose of this letter is to provide the Administration's
views on the District of Columbia Appropriations Bill,
FY 1999, as
reported by the Subcommittee. As the Committee develops its version of
the bill, your consideration of the Administration's views would be
appreciated.
While the Administration appreciates the support of the
Subcommittee in developing a bill that provides sufficient Federal funding
to implement successfully the National Capital Revitalization and
Self-Government and Improvement Act of 1997, we are deeply concerned about
a number of provisions of the Subcommittee bill, as described below. We
urge the Committee to approve a bill that addresses the AdministrationO,s
concerns.
Economic Development Initiative
The Administration requested $100 million for an economic
development initiative for the District of Columbia. We appreciate the
SubcommitteeO,s action in providing $25 million to continue the
implementation of management reform initiatives in the District. However,
the Administration strongly opposes section 157 of the Subcommittee bill,
which would repeal D.C. Council legislation authorizing the establishment
of the National Capital Revitalization Corporation (NCRC). The
Administration believes that an independent economic development
corporation is essential in order to ensure effective management
coordination and oversight of projects in the District.
The
Administration strongly urges the Committee to strike section 157 and to
fully fund the request of the President and the District to capitalize the
NCRC with $50 million in FY 1999.
In addition, the Administration urges
the Committee to provide $25 million for transportation improvements
related to the Washington Convention Center project, which also will
foster economic development in the downtown area.
Abortion
The Administration strongly opposes the abortion language of the
Subcommittee bill, which would prohibit the use of both Federal and
District funds to pay for abortions except in those cases where the life
of the mother is endangered or in situations involving rape or incest.
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The Administration continues to view the prohibition on the use of local
funds as an unwarranted intrusion into the affairs of the District and
would support an amendment, if offered, to strike this prohibition.
Public Education System
We are co~cerned that the bill does not provide enough funding to
support educational services for all the students who wish to attend D.C.
charter schools. We look forward to working with the Committee and with
the D.C. Public Schools to ensure that there is adaquate flexibility to
allow all eligible charter schools and their .students to receive
sufficient funding.
The Administration is committed to working with the Senate to
produce a bill that will assist the District in its continued efforts
toward financial recovery. We·look forward to working with the Senate to
address our mutual concerns.
.Sincerely,
Jacob J. Lew
Acting Director
Identical Letter Sent to The Honorable Ted Stevens,
The Honorable Robert C. Byrd, The Honorable Lauch Faircloth
and The Honorable Barbara Boxer
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CREATION DATE/TIME:20-JUL-1998 21:04:23.00
SUBJECT:
URGENT: Interior FY99 Appropriations SAP
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Below is the draft House Floor SAP for the Interior FY99 Appropriations
bill. The House is expected to take up the bill around lOam Tuesday
morning. Therefore, we need your comments/clearance no later than 9:30am
Tuesday. Thanks.
H.R. 4193 -- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, FY 1999
(Sponsors: Livingston (R), Louisiana; Regula (R), Ohio)
This Statement of Administration Policy provides the
Administration's views on H.R. 4193, the Department of the Interior and
Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 1999. Your consideration of the
Administration's views would be appreciated.
The Administration urges the House to pass a clean bill that does
not attempt to roll back environmental protections and circumvent the
proper public process by attaching riders to appropriation bills.
Regrettably, the Committee bill under-funds priority programs and includes
damaging riders, such as the provision concerning the Interior Columbia
Basin Ecosystem Management Project.
In addition, it is our understanding
that, if adopted, the rule for consideration of the bill will permit a
single Member to strike all funding for the National Endowment for the
Arts.
Based on these concerns, if the Committee bill, as modified by the
rule and associated motion, were presented to the President, the
PresidentD,s senior advisers would recommend that he veto the bill.
The Administration appreciates efforts by the Committee to
accommodate certain of the President's priorities within the 302(b}
allocation such as funding for national park operations. However, the
allocation is simply insufficient to make the necessary investments in
programs funded by this bill. As a result, a variety of critical programs
are under-funded.
The only way to achieve the appropriate investment
level is to offset discretionary spending by using savings in other
areas.
The President's FY 1999 Budget proposes levels of discretionary
spending for FY 1999 that conform to the Bipartisan Budget Agreement by
making savings in mandatory and other programs available to help finance
this spending.
In the Transportation Equity Act, Congress -- on a broad,
bipartisan basis -- took similar action in approving funding for surface
transportation programs together with mandatory offsets. The
Administration urges the Congress to consider such mandatory proposals for
other priority discretionary programs.
Below is a discussion of our specific concerns with the Committee
bill. We look forward to working with the House to resolve these concerns
as the bill moves forward.
Departments of the Interior and Agriculture
The Administration appreciates the Committee's funding of
maintenance programs, particularly those for health and safety, in
Interior's land management agencies.
However, the Administration strongly
objects to inadequate funding provided by the Committee for high priority
programs within the Department of the Interior and the Department of
Agriculture, including Committee actions that would:
reduce by more than half the $270 million requested from the Land and
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Water Conservation Fund to protect our national parks, forests, refuges,
and public lands, with Everglades land acquisition funds cut by 75
percent. This drastic reduction in funding would prevent the
Administration from making significant land acquisitions such as
Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia and West Eugene Wetland in
Oregon;
provide no funding for the Millennium program protecting artifacts of our
National heritage (see discussion below);
deny most of the requested $128 million increase for Interior and the
Forest Service to implement the Clean Water Action Plan;
fail to provide the requested $15 million for the Disaster Information
Network providing enhanced data to protect Americans;
deny $29 million of the $36 million increase requested for the Endangered
Species funding, including landowner incentive grants;
fail to provide requested increases for the Bureau of Indian Affairs
education operations and construction, the Indian Country law enforcement
initiative, and the land consolidation' pilot project and other trust
system reforms;
provide little or no funding elsewhere in California for hazardous fuels
reduction due to excessive funds made available to the "Quincy Library
Group," in California;
make significant reductions to the Forest Service's Wildlife and
Fisheries Management, Rangeland Management, and Watershed Improvement
programs, which would limit rangeland vegetative restoration and limit
watershed improvements with approximately 12,250 fewer watershed acres
protected or restored; and,
eliminate the Forest Service's Stewardship Incentive Program and
significantly reduce its Forest Legacy Program.
Both of these programs
support local communities and private landowners and effectively leverage
Federal funds.
Forest Service General Administration. The rule would shift $67 million
from General Administration to wildland fire suppression. This is
unnecessary since the Committee mark is at the request level and a $250
million contingency is available for use if necessary.
Such a transfer
would deprive individual national forests of important on-the-ground
natural resource management capability, delay needed Forest Service
computer system and financial accountability improvements, and unwisely
eliminate key agency leadership positions.
Priority Land Acquisition Funding. The Administration objects to the
Committee's continued inaction on the promised congressional release of
the $362 million appropriated from the Land and Water Conservation Fund in
FY 1998. As requested by Congress, the Administration has submitted a 1
ist of proposed land acquisitions.
In response, the Committee has not
only held back the FY 1998 Title V funding but, also has funded some items
on the Administration's list with FY 1999 funding, resulting in critical
acquisitions planned for both years being delayed and unfunded.
Millennium Program. The Administration strongly urges the House to
proviqe funding in FY 1999 for the "Millennium Program to Save America's
Treasures." The Committee has failed to provide any funding for this
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important effort. The President's budget requests $50 million to increase
the Historic Preservation Fund to make a special effort to preserve our
history and culture as we enter the new millennium. This program is
designed to leverage Federal, State, and private funding to have the
greatest collective impact on our rapidly deteriorating national
treasures.
Purchaser Road Credit Program. The Administration fully supports the
Committee's decision to eliminate the Purchaser Road credit program. The
Committee bill includes a provision that would ensure that the value of
road construction by purchasers continues to be included in calculations
for the Payments to States.
To permit increased certainty and better
local planning more directly, we urge the House to adopt the
Administration's proposal to provide a high, fixed level of payments to
States.
Timber Sales. The Administration objects to the increase of $12 million
over the request for timber sales in order to produce 3.6 billion board
feet, 200 million board feet over the budget estimate.
Language Provisions
The Administration strongly objects to certain language in the
Committee bill, including provisions that would:
unwisely terminate the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management
Project in six Northwest States, forcing individual amendments to 74 land
management plans;
remove 75 acres in Florida from the coastal barrier protection system,
providing taxpayer subsidies for private development of environmentally
fragile barrier islands;
prevent the BIA and the Indian Health Service from entering into any new
or expanded self-determination "Section 638" contracts or self-governance
compacts with tribes, contrary to our government-to-government policy;
prohibit improvements -- even planning or design of improvements -- to
Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House;
transfer the jurisdiction over the valued Land Between The Lakes National
Recreation Area from the Tennessee Valley Authority, where it has been
successfully managed for over sixty years, to the U.S. Forest Service, a
disruptive change that would involve additional transition costs without
improving service; and,
impose an excessive, strictly defined, road easement across the Chugach
National Forest in Alaska, thereby preventing the Government from making
modifications to protect the environment while authorizing environmentally
damaging management practices and undermining an ongoing discussion to
determine the most appropriate road corridor based on a 1982 agreement.
Indian Health Service (Department of Health and Human Services)
The Administration is concerned that the Committee has not
included a $10 million increase requested for prevention and treatment of
alcohol/substance abuse and breast/cervical cancer, which is part of an
HHS-wide effort to reduce health disparities in minority populations. The
Administration intends to work with the Congress to fund these important
initiatives within funds available for the Indian Health Service. The
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Administration is also concerned that the Committee has included
authorizing language, without hearings or tribal consultation, that would
require contract support costs to be distributed to tribes and tribal
organizations on a pro-rata (proportional) basis.
Department of Energy
The Administration strongly objects to the House's severe
reduction to the Department of Energy's Energy Conservation program.
While the Committee mark appears to be $18 million higher than the FY 1998
enacted level ($630 million vs. $612 million), it includes $43 million for
a program that previously has been funded in the Fossil Energy R&D
account.
The House's funding for the programs traditionally included in
the Energy Conservation Account is $587 million, a cut of $25 million from
the FY 1998 level and a reduction of $222 million from the President's
request of $809 million. Within this reduction, particularly severe
damage is done to the Partnership for a New Generation of vehicles (PNGV),
for which the Committee mark is $14 million (roughly 10 percent) less than
the current appropriation and $45 million below the request.
These cuts would eliminate all of the Administration's requested
increase in Energy Conservation for development of technologies to improve
industrial, transportation, and building efficiencies and to reduce carbon
emissions. The inclusion of several special-interest earmarks in the
Committee Report also would reduce the President's ability to gain maximum
benefit from the available funds.
The inclusion of the $43 million in the
Energy Conservation account to fund a utility-scale turbine program that
would continue to be managed by the Fossil Energy program is an
inefficient management practice that would dilute accountability and
should be avoided.
The Committee mark eliminates all of the funding requested for the
Energy Information Administration to work on carbon emissions accounting
and analysis ($2.5 million), and eliminates all of the requested increase
in Fossil Energy R&D for high-priority carbon sequestration research ($10
million). The President's budget also requested $36 million for payment
to the State of California for the Retired Teachers System, which is not
included in the Committee mark.
The Administration prefers that this
payment be appropriated consistent with P.L. 104-106.
The Administration would like to work with the Congress to restore
funding to these important Department of Energy programs as the bill moves
through the process.
National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities
The Administration appreciates the Full Committee's restoration of
funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
The Administration
strongly objects to striking NEA funding and strongly supports the
amendment to restore such funding.
We urge the House to provide funding
for NEA and NEH at the President's requested level of $136 million each
and for the Institute for Museum and Library Services at the requested
level of $26 million.
Smithsonian Institution
The Committee's $397 million overall funding level for the
Smithsonian, which is $22 million less than the Administration's request,
would prevent the Institution from addressing current pressing needs.
The
Administration is concerned with the lack of support for the Smithsonian's
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National Museum of the American Indian. The Administration encourages the
Committee to provide the $16 million request for the construction of the
Museum on the Mall, as well as the full $11 million requested for the
programs and operations of the Cultural Resources Center.
In addition,
the Administration urges that the $3 million request for digitization of
Smithsonian exhibits be restored.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The Administration urges the House to provide the full $33 million
requested for the Kennedy Center.
In particular, we ask that the
Committee provide the full construction request of $20 million, which is
also included in the Administration's pending authorization bill.
Holocaust Museum
The Administration urges the House to provide the full $32.6
million requested for the Holocaust Museum.
Infringement on Executive Authority
There are several provisions in the Committee bill that purport to
require congressional approval before Executive Branch execution of
aspects of the bill. The Administration will interpret such provisions to
require notification only, since any other interpretation would contradict
the Supreme Court ruling in INS vs. Chadha.
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CREATOR: Maria E. Soto ( CN=Maria E. Soto/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:21-JUL-1998 08:49:48.00
SUBJECT:
FICA/workfare notice-CHANGED TO 11:30 am
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TEXT:
Today's FICA/Workfare notice meeting has been changed to 11:30 am in order
to accommodate John Podesta's schedule.
The meeting will still be in
Mickey's Office.
Thank you.
Maria
6-7060
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CREATOR: M. Jill Gibbons ( CN=M. Jill Gibbons/OU=OMB/O=EOP [ OMB 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:21-JUL-1998 09:03:58.00
SUBJECT:
Justice Testimony on HR4049 Reg. Fair Warning Act
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This is a reminder that comments on the Justice testimony opposing HR4049,
Regulatory Fair Warning Act, are due at 10:00 this morning.
(See LRM
MJG298)
Thank you.
The bill would require that an agency give a regulated community adequate
notice of its interpretation of an ambiguous rule. Agencies and courts
would be barred from imposing penalties based on rules or policies that
are not clearly known to the regulated community.
Specifically, it would
prohibit a civil or criminal sanction from being imposed by an agency or
court if: a rule or regulation is not available to the public or known to
the regulated community; a rule or regulation does not give fair warning
of what is prohibited or required; or officials have been misleading about
what a rule prohibits/requires.
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CREATOR: Maria E. So to ( CN=Maria E. Soto/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:2l-JUL-l998 09:42:51.00
SUBJECT:
Re: FICA/workfare notice-CHANGED TO 11:30 am
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Thanks for the heads up but Bill is out of town.
this office you recommend should be there?
Is there anyone else
Thank.
Elena Kagan
07/21/98 09:17:31 AM
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To:
Maria E. Soto/WHO/EOP
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Subject:
Re: FICA/workfare notice-CHANGED TO 11:30 am
you know, it just occurred to me that bill marshall (from the counsel's
office) should be there too.
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CREATOR: Andrea Kane ( CN=Andrea Kane/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:21-JUL-1998 10:05:31.00
SUBJECT:
Poverty Measures Update
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At the NEC, DPC, OMB meeting yesterday, OMB presented their preliminary
estimates of potential impact of revised poverty measure on key programs,
including Medicaid, food stamps, and some of the grant programs such
asTitle I, Head Start, CHIP.
I'm sending over hard copies of their
paper.
There are lots of caveats on the estimates, but this is as far as
OMB staff feel they can go without involving agencies. The estimates do
show that changes in the poverty measure would have substantial impacts on
eligibility for the entitlement programs, unless there are corresponding
changes in poverty guidelines or eligibility rules.
In the grant programs
there could be a lot of distributional changes among states.
These
estimates have definitely helped focus the discussion on options related
to whether to change the poverty measure and if so, how.
The plan is to revise and· expand the draft memo on whether or not to
benchmark to include some broader options and to schedule another
principals meeting for 1st week of August. There is growing interest in
possibly decoupling an alternative poverty measure used for statistical
purposes from the guidelines used to set program eligibility.
NEC is
aiming to get a draft memo out for review by end of the week.
OMB has
also confirmed that Census' current plan is to highlight 3 alternative
poverty measure series, all benchmarked to the 97 official measure. They
would then publish multiple series, some not benchmarked in the Appendix
of their report.
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CREATOR: Sarah A. Bianchi ( CN=Sarah A. Bianchi/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME: 21-JUL-1998 10:07:30.00
SUBJECT:
nursing home paper
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�Q&As on Nursing Home Quality
July 20, 1998
Q:
Aren't you just announcing this new initiative to preempt an upcoming report from
the General Accounting Office that will sharply criticize your record on enforcing
nursing home quality?
A:'
No. From the moment we received a report late last year about problems in California
nursing homes, the President asked the incoming HCF A Administrator, Nancy-Ann
DeParle, to review these problems and to make recommendations on how the Federal
Government could best respond. Administrator DeParle has since made improving the
quality of nursing homes one of her top priorities.
In the course ofHCFA's review, it learned more about the nature of the problems in
nursing home care and developed recommendations to address them. Today, we are
announcing these new recommendations.
Q:
If this is a priority for your Administration, how come these problems are still
occurring five years after you have taken office?
A:
Taking action to help ensure that nursing homes are delivering high quality care has
always been a high priority for this Administration. When the Republicans threatened to
eliminate Federal standards for nursing homes in 1995, the President stood strong against
these proposals. In 1995, the President also implemented the strongest regulations on
nursing home enforcement in history, including stepping up on-site inspections and
helping nursing homes find and fix problems. The President is taking tough new actions
again today to improve the quality of our nursing homes further and is committed to
taking even stronger actions in the future if they are needed.
Q:
Isn't a big part of the problem the fact that nursing homes are not adequately
reimbursed? In fact, last year's Balanced Budget Act cut reimbursement rates and
eliminated the Boren Amendment, which explicitly required adequate
reimbursement.
A:
While reimbursement no doubt plays some role in the quality of care, we believe that
nursing homes are being adequately compensated. In fact, the new Medicare payment
policies give nursing homes greater flexibility to provide the treatment that residents
need. It creates financial incentives for nursing homes to provide high-quality care and
become better managers, and holds them more accountable for the care they provide.
Q:
Under the old, cost-based system, there was no incentive for efficiency or careful
management. The payment changes in the Balanced Budget Act are similar to those
adopted for hospitals in the 1980s, which have resulted in quality care and better
management. Having said this, we will be closely monitoring reimbursement levels to
ensure they are adequate to deliver high quality services.
Aren't you thwarting the traditional legislative process tiy consistently issuing
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As you will note, today we are not only taking administrative actions, but also sending up
a legislative proposal to provide HCF A with additional needed authority over nursing
homes. The best way to make progress in this area, as in so many others, is to do so in
partnership with Congress. But where we can take executive action to improve the
health and well-being of Americans, this President offers no apologies and will continue
to act where appropriate to achieve that end.
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�PRESIDENT CLINTON ANNOUNCES INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF
NURSING HOMES
July 21, 1998
Today, the President announced tough new legislative and administrative actions to improve the quality
of nursing homes. These actions include: ensuring swift and strong penalties for nursing homes
failing to comply with standards, strengthening oversight of state enforcement mechanisms, developing
a national registry to track and identify individuals with a record of abusing residents, and
implementing unprecedented efforts to improve nutrition and prevent bed sores.
Background on Nursing Homes. About 1.6 million older Americans and people with disabilities
receive care in approximately 16,700 nursing homes. Since the Health Care Financing Administration
(HCF A) put new regulations in place in 1995, the health and safety of nursing homes has improved.
For example, the inappropriate use of physical restraints has been cut by more than half and the number
of nursing home residents receiving hearing aids is up 30 percent. But HCFA's ongoing review, as
well as the report that HHS is transmitting to Congress today, shows that tougher enforcement is
needed to ensure high quality care in all nursing homes. In response, the President is announcing a
tough new initiative to crack down on poor quality nursing homes and ensure high quality care.
The President Is Sending Legislation to Congress This Week That Calls for:
•
New Criminal Background Checks. An important way to improve the quality of nursing
homes is to prevent personnel who have a history of resident and abuse from entering the
system in the first place. The legislation the President is proposing would require nursing
homes to conduct criminal background checks on all potential personnel.
•
National Abuse Registry. Once inadequate personnel have been identified, they should be
kept out of the system for good. The new legislation would establish a national registry of
nursing home employees convicted of abusing residents.
•
Improved Nutrition and Hydration. Currently, too few nursing home staff are available to
help feed residents. To improve nutrition in nursing homes, this legislation would allow more
categories of nursing home employees to receive training in and then to perform crucial
nutrition and hydration functions.
•
Reauthorization of the Nursing Home Ombudsman Program. The President also called on
Congress to reauthorize the nursing home ombudsman program run by the Administration on
Aging, which provides consumers with critical information on poor-quality nursing homes,
including records of abuse and neglect.
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Homes. Today, the President announced a series of new penalties, new inspections, and tougher
oversight that HCFA will implement immediately, including:
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Immediate Civil Monetary Penalties on Nursing Homes That Violate Federal Standards.
To crack down on inadequate providers, HCF A will direct enforcement authorities to impose
civil monetary penalties immediately upon finding that a nursing home has committed a serious
or chronic violation. Under current practice, enforcement officials often give nursing homes
numerous opportunities to come into compliance, rather than imposing immediate sanctions.
•
Tougher Nursing Home Inspections. Starting today, HCFA will take several steps to
strengthen states' inspection of nursing homes, such as:
Staggering survey times: The report that HCF A is transmitting to Congress finds that
nursing home inspections are too predictable, allowing inadequate nursing homes to
prepare for inspections. Enforcement officials will now stagger survey times and
conduct some surveys on weekends and evenings.
Targeting chains with bad records: Federal and State officials will target nursing home
chains that have a poor record of compliance with quality standards, to ensure these
nursing homes receive frequent inspections.
Prosecuting egregious violations: HCF A also will work with the HHS Office of
Inspector General and Department of Justice to refer egregious violations of quality of
care standards for criminal or civil investigation and prosecution when appropriate.
•
Stronger Federal Oversight of State Nursing Home Enforcement Mechanisms. HCFA
will increase its oversight of state surveyors and take new tough actions against states that are
failing to enforce standards adequately. It will:
Terminate Federal nursing home inspection funding to states with continual poor
records. The report being released by HCFA finds that some states have cited few or
no nursing homes for substandard care. In states where oversight is clearly inadequate,
HCF A will terminate state contracts and contract with other entities to conduct
Federally-required inspections.
Increase oversight of state inspections. HCF A will increase its review of the surveys
conducted by the states to ensure thorough oversight, as well as provide additional
training and assistance to state enforcement officials.
Ensure that nursing homes are in compliance with standards before lifting sanctions.
HCF A will increase oversight of state enforcement officials to ensure that they will not
lift sanctions until after an on-site visit has verified compliance.
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Preventing Bed Sores, Dehydration, and Malnutrition. HCF A will implement new oversight
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State surveyors will be required to monitor these activities and to sanction nursing homes with
patterns of violations. HCFA also will work with the Administration on Aging, the American
Dieticians Association, clinicians, consumers, and nursing homes to develop best practice
guidelines to prevent malnutrition, dehydration, and bedsores.
•
Publishing Survey Results on the Internet. To increase accountability and flag repeat
offenders for families and the public, HCF A will, for the first time, post individual nursing
home survey results on the Internet.
•
Implementing New Efforts to Measure and Monitor Nursing Home Quality. In June
1998, HCF A began collecting information on resident care through a national automated data
system, known as the Minimum Data Set. This information will be analyzed to identify
potential areas of inadequate care in nursing homes and to assess performance in critical areas,
such as nutrition, avoidable bed sores, loss of mobility, and use of restraints. This assessment
will help HCF A and state surveyors to conduct thorough evaluations of nursing homes and
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Based on Martha's email, and assuming no one has info to the contrary, and
based on the general sense of yesterday's meeting--have we concluded that
this letter should not be sent? please advise.
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10:55 AM ---------------------------
Martha Foley
07/20/98 05:46:12 PM
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I made the call to the Hill that I promised to make, re the pending draft
letter.
I explained the context re vote this week, etc, etc. The
response was that the environment on this issue is quite fragile right
now, what do we expect to accomplish?
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Promoting Values and Fighting Crime
July 22, 1998
Recognizing the important role that civic, community, and faith-based organizations can play in
reducing crime, President Clinton will unveil a new Values-Based Violence Prevention Initiative.
Specifically, Justice Department will make $2.2 million in grants available to 16 community-based
collaboratives -- including religiously-affiliated organizations -- that target youth violence, gangs,
truancy, and other juvenile problems by promoting common-sense values and responsibility.
Value-Based Violence Prevention
Building on the Boston model. The Values-Based Initiative stems from the successful
approach taken in Boston, where local law enforcement joined forces with preachers and
other faith organizations to protect youth from violence and give them alternatives to crime.
The whole community worked together -- from the district attorney, to the federal prosecutor,
probation officers, police, social service workers and neighborhood ministers -- to combat
gangs and prevent juvenile crime. The result: juvenile crime plummeted and youth
homicides with firearms came to a halt.
Linking stronger values to less violence. Values are a strong predictor of violent crime. The
initial findings of a long-term study on violence in Chicago neighborhoods found that
communities with strong sense of shared values that were reinforced by adults had 40% less
crime than those that did not. In fact, a community's willingness to work together to
reinforce certain behaviors and maintain order was a better predictor of crime rates than other
factors, such as poverty or race.
A comprehensive response to youth violence. The initiative builds on existing
Administration efforts to reduce juvenile crime. Cities taking part in this Values-Based
Initiative are already participating in the President's Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative,
Anti-Gang COPS initiative, and Justice's Weed and Seed program. Today's initiative will
help more cities replicate the Boston model by enhancing these efforts with the involvement
of community-based groups -- including religiously-affiliated organizations -- to reach out to
at-risk youth, instill values, and improve public safety.
Expanding partnerships in 16 cities. The initiative will provide grants of $135,000 for gang
intervention, truancy prevention, mentoring, drug and alcohol abuse, conflict resolution, job
training, and other activities. The 16 cities selected for the demonstration are: Salinas, CA;
Los Angeles, CA; Washington, DC; Miami, FL; Chicago, IL; Indianapolis, IN; Baltimore,
MD; Detroit, MI; Kansas City, MO; Hempstead, NY; Portland, OR; Philadelphia, PA;
Charleston, SC; San Antonio, TX; Richmond, VA; and Seattle, W A.
Fighting for a Tough. Smart Juvenile Crime Bill
The President continues to call on Congress to enact his Anti-Gang and Youth Violence
Strategy -- to allow more communities to achieve Boston's success in attacking juvenile
crime. The President's strategy includes money for prosecutors, courts, and probation
officers to promote and enforce tough standards for juveniles, as well as funds for
community-based anti-gang prevention similar to today's initiative.
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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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