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CREATOR: "Christopher F. Edley, Jr."
"Christopher F. Edley, Jr."
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CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 08:29:45.00
SUBJECT:
Your Police Brutality Meeting
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
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Note: Some recipients have been dropped due to syntax errors.Please refer to the "$A
I'm sorry a meeting with the VP prevented me from attending the meeting,
which I gather was very productive. (I should stay away from more
meetings. )
I just wanted to add an option for future consideration: Asking the US
Civil Rights Commission to study the "the problem" -- and I'd consult with
Chairman Mary Frances Berry on the deiniftion of "the problem" to include
in the the PResident's charge to the Commission.
Finally, with specific reference to NYC, I just want to remind everyone
that the Mayor has suffered a serious political body blow in his approval
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ratings among all groups based on his handling of this matter: his
eagerness to stand by the police department, emphasizing that most cops are
great Americans, and his reticence to express a sense of shock or outrage,
and stand shoulder-to-shoulder (figuratively) with people who are upset and
want better accountability for police misconduct.
Comparable reticence from the President would be unfortunate, and I doubt
it would reflect who he is. He should be allowed to decide whether, when
and how to speak. And he should be given the choice urgently, before the
Administration takes body blows, too.
professor Christopher Edley, Jr.
Harvard Law School,
Cambridge MA 02138
(617) -495-4614; (f) 496-5156
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CREATOR: Jeffrey A. Shesol
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'CREATION DATE/TIME: 25-FEB-1999 09:57:21.00
SUBJECT:
draft actuality -- comments to Jeff Shesol 6-2796
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Draft 02/25/99 9:30am
Jeff Shesol
PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
RADIO ACTUALITY ON ED-FLEX AMENDMENT
February 25, 1999
This year we have an opportunity to work together, across party
lines. to bring true progress to AmericaO.s public schools.
I welcome the
idea of greater flexibility for states'and school districts; and I hope
the Senate will pass the Ed-Flex legislation it is now considering.
But
we must do more to give our children a world-class education.
Flexibility
is not enough in the many communities where classrooms are overcrowded.
That is why I strongly support the amendment proposed by Senator[s]
[Kennedy and Murray].
We must make a national commitment to hiring more
teachers and reducing the size of classrooms across America.
Studies
confirm what every parent already knows: smaller classes make a big
difference. from improved test scores to improved discipline. The Senate
should pass the [Kennedy-Murray] Amendment. and give our nationO.s
children the individual attention they deserve in the classroom, and the
better future that only a good education can bring.
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CREATOR: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 10:04:41.00
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TO: ELENA (Pager) #KAGAN ( ELENA (Pager)
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pls call Ricchetti 62459 & Shesol has drafted ed-flex stmt for your review
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CREATOR: Phillip Caplan ( CN=Phillip Caplan/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 10:20:20.00
SUBJECT:
Hugh Price Letter.
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
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is this what we wanted?
---------------------- Forwarded by Phillip Caplan/WHO/EOP on 02/25/99
10:20 AM ---------------------------
Robert B. Johnson
02/25/99 09:35:39 AM
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To:
Phillip Caplan/WHO/EOP
cc:
See the distribution list at the bottom of this message
Subject:
Hugh Price Letter.
The President's letter was delivered to Hugh Price at the Press Club
twenty minutes ago.
Mr. Price accepted the letter from the intern in
full view of reporters and cameras.
Message Copied
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CREATOR: Jeffrey A. Shesol ( CN=Jeffrey A. Shesol/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 10:40:03.00
SUBJECT:
revised ed-flex actuality
TO: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
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Final 02/25/99 10:30am
Jeff Shesol
PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
RADIO ACTUALITY ON ED-FLEX AMENDMENT
February 25, 1999
This year we have an opportunity to work together, across party
lines, to bring true progress to AmericaO,s public schools.
I welcome the
idea of greater flexibility for states and school districts; and I urge
the Senate to pass Ed-Flex legislation that provides for greater
flexibility and accountability.
But we must do more to give our children
a world-class education. That is why I strongly support the amendment
proposed by Senators Kennedy and Murray. We must make a national
commitment to hiring more teachers and reducing the size of classrooms aero
55 America.
Studies confirm what every parent already knows: smaller
classes make a big difference, from improved test scores to improved
discipline. The Senate should pass the Kennedy-Murray Amendment, and give
our nationO,s children the individual attention they deserve in the
classroom, and the better future that only a good education can bring.
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CREATOR: Mary L. Smith ( CN=Mary L. Smith/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ] )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 10:49:35.00
SUBJECT:
Draft announcement and Q&A on child safety seat rule
TO: Karin Kullman ( CN=Karin Kullman/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ]
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Here is a draft announcement and a draft Q&A on the child safety seat
rule.
please review them.
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Child Restraint Q&As
2124/99
Q:
What did the President announce today?
A:
The President announced a final rule to require a new universal wayJor installing child
safety seats in cars and light trucks. Currently, parents use the vehicle seat belts to install
child seats. There are a variety of models of child seats and they require different
methods for installation. Parents have found attaching child safety seats using the
vehicle's seat belts often is cumbersome and difficult. In the future, each new child seat
will have three attachments (one top tether and two at its base). New cars and light
trucks will be equipped with standard anchors in the back seat designed specifically to
link to the child seat attachments. Each system will consist of a ready-to-use, visible
and accessible upper anchorage to which the child seat tether hardware will attach. The
vehicle seat will have two one-inch long bars spaced a foot apart and positioned where
the vehicle seat cushion and seat back meet to which the child seat lower hardware will
attach.
Q:
How many lives will this rule save?
A:
Annually, motor vehicle crashes result in 600 child fatalities and 70,000 injuries for
children less than five years old. Even though child safety seats are very effective in
reducing death and injury, their effectiveness is substantially reduced due to incorrect use
and occasional incompatibility with the vehicle seat and belt systems. This rule is
expected to prevent as many as 50 child deaths and 20,000 injuries each year.
Q:
When will this rule take effect for cars and light trucks? For child seats?
A:
For vehicles, eighty percent of new cars will be equipped with the top tether attachment
points starting September 1, 1999. All new vehicles (cars and light trucks) will be
equipped with the top tether attachment points by September 1, 2000. The lower
anchorages are phased in over 3 years, covering 20% of vehicles beginning September 1,
2000,50% of vehicles by September 1, 2001, and all vehicles after September 1, 2002.
How many injuries will this rule prevent?
For the child seats, starting September 1, 1999, all new child seats will be equipped with
an upper tether. All new child seats will be equipped with the two lower attachments by
September 1, 2002. New child seats will also remain installable with regular vehicle seat
belts to assure compatibility with older vehicles and aircraft.
Q.
How effective are child safety seats?
A.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), when
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toddlers by over half.
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Q:
How much will child seats increase in price as a result of this rule? How much will
vehicle prices increase?
A:
According to NHTSA, the additional amount that consumers will have to spend on a new
child seat will be as low as $15. Typically, child safety seats range in price from $50 to
$100. The vehicle additional cost is estimated at between $3 and $7.
Q:
What previous efforts has the Administration taken to address this problem?
A:
On October 13, 1993, the Federal vehicle occupant protection standard was amended to
require, effective September 1, 1995, that vehicle seat belts on new passenger vehicles be
lockable to tightly secure child seats.
In February 1995, the Department of Transportation set up a Blue Ribbon Panel of
experts to recommend ways to install and use child safety seats. In May 1995, the Panel
recommended the evaluation and development of a universal system to attach child safety
seats.
In February 1997, the President announced the proposed rule regarding child safety seats
in his weekly radio address. Today's announcement reflects comments the Department
of Transportation received in order to improve the safety and provide one universal
method of installing the child seats.
Q:
How does this differ from what the Administration proposed earlier?
A:
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), announced by the President on February
15, 1997, proposed that every vehicle and child safety seat be equipped with either
dedicated "mini-seat belts" solely for installing child safety seats, or two fixed rigid
one-inch bars in the vehicle's back seat to which a child seat would attach with a variety
of types of connectors. The final rule requires solely the latter approach. People
commenting on the NPRM overwhelmingly favored having the government deciding on
one attachment system. The final rule and NPRM are similar as to the requirements for
vehicle to accommodate an upper tether attachment for the child seat.
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PRESIDENT CLINTON ANNOUNCES NEW RULE
TO IMPROVE SAFETY OF CHILDREN IN VEHICLES
February 27, 1998
In his radio address today, President Clinton will announce a major step to protect our traveling
children -- a new rule requiring a single standardized system for installing child safety seats in
cars and light trucks. Under the rule, each new child seat will have three attachments -- one on
top and two at the base. All new cars and light trucks will required to be equipped with standard
anchors in the back seat designed specifically to link to the child seat attachments. The rule is
expected to prevent as many as fifty child deaths and 20,000 injuries each year.
New Rule Makes Installation Easier and Will Save Lives
Currently, installing a child safety seat is complicated by the fact that there are over a hundred
models of child seats requiring many different methods for installation in over 900 models of
passenger cars now on the road. Moreover, not all models of car seats fit in all models of
vehicles. Even when child seats do fit, the current method uses the vehicle seat belts to install
child seats, which is often a cumbersome process because seat belt designs are built for adult
protection not child seat installation. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, over 70 percent of children strapped into safety seats are at risk because those
seats are improperly installed.
How the New System Works
For the child safety seats, there will be three attachments, a tether on top and two at the base.
For
vehicles, new standard anchors will be installed in the back seat which are designed to link to the
new child seat attachments. Typically, vehicles will be required to install 2 systems in the rear
seat so that two child seats can be anchored. Each system will consist of a ready-to-use, visible
and accessible upper anchorage to which the child seat tether hardware will attach. The vehicle
seat will have two one-inch long bars spaced a foot apart and positioned where the vehicle seat
cushion and seat back meet to which the child seat lower hardware will attach.
Effective Date of Rule for Vehicles and Child Seats
For vehicles, eighty percent of new cars will be equipped with the top tether attachment points
starting September 1, 1999. All new vehicles (cars and light trucks) will be equipped with the
top tether attachment points by September 1, 2000. The lower anchorages are phased in over 3
years, covering 20% of vehicles beginning September 1,2000,50% of vehicles by September 1,
2001, and all vehicles after September 1,2002.
For the child seats, starting September 1, 1999, all new child seats will be equipped with an
upper tether. All new child seats will be equipped with the two lower attachments by September
1, 2002. New child seats will also remain install able with regular vehicle seat belts to assure
compatibility with older vehicles and aircraft.
Builds on the President's Efforts to Protect Children in Vehicles
This step is one of a series of actions by President Clinton to promote safety for children on the
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road. Two years ago, on February 15, 1997, the President announced the proposed rule regarding
child safety seats in his weekly radio address. Today's announcement reflects comments the
Department of Transportation received in order to improve the safety and provide one universal
method of installing the child seats. On November 19, 1998, the Administration announced a
Blue Ribbon Passenger Safety Panel that will recommend strategies to increase the use of booster
seats for children 4 to 8 years and the use of seat belts for children 8 to 16 years. This group of
children typically is currently not covered by state child seat use laws.
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CREATOR: Maria Echaveste ( CN=Maria Echaveste/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 10:52:30.00
SUBJECT:
Re: Hugh Price Letter.
TO: Charles F. Ruff ( CN=Charles F. Ruff/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Minyon Moore ( CN=Minyon Moore/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: Robert B. Johnson ( CN=Robert B. Johnson/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1
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edley ( edley @ law.harvard.edu @ inet [ UNKNOWN 1 )
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are you watching the press conference--it's long and every paragraph
starts with Mr President----thanks for getting the letter to Price. this
isn't going away
Robert B. Johnson
02/25/99 09:35:39 AM
Record
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To:
Phillip Caplan/WHO/EOP
cc:
See the distribution list at the bottom of this message
subject:
Hugh Price Letter.
The President's letter was delivered to Hugh Price at the Press Club
twenty minutes ago.
Mr. Price accepted the letter from the intern in
full view of reporters and cameras.
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Maria Echaveste/WHO/EOP
Charles F. Ruff/WHO/EOP
Elena Kagan/OPD/EOP
Bruce N. Reed/OPDI,EOP
Ann F. Lewis/WHO/EOP
John Podesta/WHO/EOP
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CREATOR: Andrea Kane ( CN=Andrea Kane/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ] )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 11:08:36.00
SUBJECT:
Q&A on child poverty
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ] )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO ] )
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Here's a very quick Q&A -- we haven't had a chance to review the study
that Bruce mentioned.
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Q&A on Child Trends Report on Child Poverty
February 25, 1999
Q:
The AP reported on a new report saying millions of children were poor even though
their parents were working. What is the Administration doing to address this
issue?
A:
We are currently reviewing this study, which shows that in 1996, 20 percent of American
children were living in poverty and 35 percent of these had working parents. This
Administration does not believe parents who are working should be remain in poverty.
That is why we have fought so hard to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit, and why
we continue to fight hard to raise the minimum wage, and expand child care and health
coverage for working families. It should be noted that this study measured the status of
families in 1996, prior to full implementation of welfare reform. We will continue to
monitor these trends closely.
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CREATOR: Tanya E. Martin ( CN=Tanya E. Martin/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME: 25-FEB-1999 11:46:41.00
SUBJECT:
Story on Social Promotion
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
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TEXT:
Bill Douglas, a Newsday reporter, is writing a story for Scholastic (nat'l
magazine distributed through schools to students) on the President's
social promotions policy. He'd like to speak with someone today or early
tomorrow. His number is 202-363-8524.
Amy Weiss asked me to let her know who would return the call.
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CREATOR: Cathy R. Mays ( CN=Cathy R. Mays/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 12:45:08.00
SUBJECT:
Tobacco Recoupment Meeting
TO: Sarah A. Bianchi ( CN=Sarah A. Bianchi/O=OVP @ OVP [ UNKNOWN 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Lisa M. Kountoupes
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TEXT:
There will be a Tobacco Recoupment Meeting on Monday, March 1, at 5:30
p.m. in Bruce Reed's office, 2 Floor, West Wing.
Rich Tarplin and Jim
O'Hara are also invited to this meeting.
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MEMORANDUM FOR
FROM:
RE:
Davis-Bacon and School Construction
The President's FY2000 budget again includes a significant school construction proposal -Federal tax credits to pay interest on nearly $25 billion in bonds. Last year, our proposal and the
legislative versions introduced in Congress were silent on Davis-Bacon. Our publicly stated
position has been that Davis-Bacon would not apply.
Organized labor, especially the Building Trades, have urged the Administration to reconsider our
position and the President has agreed to take another look at the issue. The NEC has convened
an inter-agency working group (including DPC, OMB, Treasury, Education, DOL) to examine
the key policy questions. Specifically, the working group has focused on whether adding a
Davis-Bacon requirement to the President's school construction proposal:
I)
Is administratively feasible?
II)
Is good labor policy?
III) Is good tax policy?
IV) And, how it would affect prospects of enacting the President's school construction
proposal.
Following a discussion of these key policy questions, the memo discusses the pros and cons of
four options:
1) Decide that Davis-Bacon does not apply.
2) Remain silent on Davis-Bacon until it becomes critical during consideration of a bill.
3) Directly add Davis-Bacon to the proposal now.
4) Indirectly add Davis-Bacon to the proposal now.
A legislative history and a table on state prevailing wage laws are attached as appendices to the
memo. Thirty-one states currently have prevailing wage laws.
I. Administrative Feasibility
Legitimate concerns had been raised about enmeshing the IRS in the administration of a labor
program. There is consensus within the working group that Davis-Bacon could be applied m
such a way that the IRS would not have to play an enforcement role.
A Davis-Bacon requirement could be built into the process whereby states and school districts
submit school construction plans to the Department of Education for review and approval. It
could work as follows:
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The Department of Education would issue guidelines that would include payment of
Davis-Bacon prevailing wages as one of the required plan components.
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States and eligible school districts would submit the proposed plans to Education.
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Education would review the plans for complete~ess and compliance with construction plan
guidelines, and approves compliant plans.
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States and school districts would issue bonds.
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States and school districts would insert the Davis-Bacon prevailing wage clause into their
construction contracts.
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The Department of Labor would investigate any complaint filed regarding the wage rate paid
on the contract. Treasury would have no role. If DOL found a violation, it would require
the contractor to pay back wages; and may also request the school board to withhold payment
until the contractor has paid the back wages. DOL would not reach back to the bond.
(Note: the Federal tax credit interest payments to investors would in no way be conditioned
on compliance with Davis-Bacon).
II. Would it be Good Labor Policy?
Labor policy arguments in favor of adding a Davis-Bacon requirement to our school
construction proposal include:
•
A basic underlying purpose of the Davis-Bacon Act is to prevent construction workers' wages
from being undercut as a result of aggressive bidding on government construction contracts.
The government's large purchasing power combined with the public sector's emphasis upon
awarding contracts to the lowest bidder can easily create an environment that encourages
contractors to cut costs by paying less than the locally prevailing wage rate.
•
Even where no Federal money is directly involved to finance construction (e.g., HUD and
FHA loan guarantee programs) it has been recognized that the application of Davis-Bacon
labor standards is appropriate. These HUD and FHA programs recognize that the
construction in question would not take place without the Federal support. The Federal
government has a responsibility to ensure that its use of taxpayers' resources to support large
construction programs does not serve to undercut locally prevailing wages.
•
The application ofthe Davis-Bacon Act can help ensure quality construction. While the
payment of locally prevailing wages does not guarantee that the most skilled and qualified
craftsmen will be employed on construction projects, contractors that bid based on paying
less that the prevailing local wage rate may find it difficult to hire and retain qualified
employees which in tum may lead to inferior construction.
•
The Davis-Bacon Act simply requires that contractors and subcontractors pay their
employees the wage rates and fringe benefits prevailing in the locality where the construction
work is performed. The Davis-Bacon Act does not impose federal standards inconsistent
with the local labor market.
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Traditionally, school construction is funded by some combination of State funding and local
bond initiatives. The Davis-Bacon Act has not applied to these locally-financed school
construction projects and the current tax incentive program should not be the catalyst to
change that dynamic.
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The Administration has been successful in protecting Davis-Bacon in connection with
Federal outlays. Our position on Davis-Bacon could be weakened if we propose adding it to
our school construction bill and then sign a version without Davis-Bacon.
III. Would it be Good Tax Policy?
Proponents of adding Davis-Bacon to our school construction proposal have made the following
tax policy arguments:
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The tax code includes instances where favorable tax consequences of bond financing have
been conditioned. For example, the interest from state and local bonds is exempt from
Federal taxation, if, among other conditions, the bonds are used for a government purpose.
When marketing these bonds, state and local governments describe how proceeds will be
used and include covenants on the necessary actions that will be taken to preserve the tax
exemption.
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The tax code includes "multiple objective" tax benefits. For example, there is a tax credit
for wages paid to a member or an Indian tribe. The credit, however, is not available if the
employee is performing certain gaming activities.
The Treasury Department has raised a range of tax policy arguments against adding a
Davis-Bacon requirement:
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Currently there is no reference to the Davis-Bacon Act anywhere in the Internal Revenue
Code. Conditioning School Mo.dernization Bonds on compliance with the Act would
establish the dangerous precedent of using a tax code incentive to implement social policies
unrelated to the benefit that is the object of the tax incentive.
•
It would invite attempts to impose compliance with Davis-Bacon on the whole range of
construction projects financed with tax-exempt bonds, low-income housing credits, historic
rehabilitation credits, and other tax code provisions.
•
If the tax code is used to apply Davis-Bacon, efforts to apply Buy America rules, restrict
abortion, meet energy efficiency targets, and obtain other unrelated objectives would surely
follow. It would not be long before insertion of such extraneous requirements into the
Internal Revenue Code would require enforcement by the IRS, imposing upon it an
impossible administrative task entirely foreign to its tax collecting mission and its efforts to
be more taxpayer friendly.
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Proponents cite complex requirements associated with other tax incentives as precedent.
Such requirements are in the tax code to identify clearly the kind of activity for which the tax
benefit is intended and the class of taxpayers eligible to claim the benefit.
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The tradition of tax-exempt State and local financing has always been regarded jealously as a
prerogative of State and local governments, free from totally unrelated conditions imposed by
the Federal government. Conditioning School Modernization Bonds, that differ from
tax-exempt bonds essentially in terms of the depth of the interest subsidy, on compliance
with the Act would be considered by State and local governments as an intrusion on their
autonomy.
IV. Impact on Prospects for Enacting School Construction Proposal
Legislative Arguments in Favor of Adding Davis-Bacon:
•
The moderate Republicans most likely to support the President's school construction
proposal tend to be pro-Davis-Bacon. Adding Davis-Bacon could provide another reason
for these moderates to support the President's proposal.
•
Enactment of school construction will come down to the endgame. If there is a tax bill,
which is an open question, success will hinge on the President rallying people behind school
construction and insisting that Republicans include it, and not on whether Davis-Bacon is in
or out.
•
Adding Davis-Bacon would energize the building trades to become strong advocates for the
school construction proposa1.'
Legislative Arguments Against Adding Davis-Bacon:
•
Given that the Republicans are ready to propose their own method of financing school
construction, however insignificant, it would be dangerous for Democrats to lose their focus
by opening a debate on competing proposals among themselves.
•
Expanding Davis-Bacon into this new arena would only strengthen the resolve of the
opposition and provide them with a ready-made excuse to kill the President's bill and to pass
an alternative of lesser magnitude or of no magnitude.
•
It is possible that if Davis-Bacon were added, some of the groups could be forced to support
an alternative proposal put forth by the Republicans. For instance, NSBA is on record as
opposing a "federal mandate" that overrides state and local prevailing wage laws. As
mentioned above, the School Board constituency is one of the strongest in support of the
President's proposal.
•
Injecting the expansion of Davis-Bacon into this debate could split the coalition of education
groups, community-based organizations and architects that has been working together over
the last two years to build public support for the President's proposal. This would make it
more difficult for Democrats who would have to choose between two opposing sides - voting
for the expansion of Davis-Bacon, particularly in a tax bill, and for more federal control over
education decisions than the constituency can support, or voting for the President's current
proposal that can potentially garner bipartisan support.
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While the House voted to protect Davis-Bacon in the FY1998 DC Appropriations bill by a
vote of234-188, further analysis shows that a majority of the members of the Ways and
Means Committee voted against maintaining Davis-Bacon. So although an expansion of
Davis-Bacon may have more success on the House floor, it is unlikely that it would ever be
passed out of committee in the first place. Moreover, the previous Davis-Bacon votes have
focused on its repeal or its application to spending proposals. The accuracy of those vote
counts in predicting the outcome on an expansion of Davis-Bacon to a tax proposal is
questionable. Thus, the whole school construction bill could be stalled without gaining any
ground on Davis-Bacon.
•
The President has made flexibility and accountability major themes in his State of the Union
education message. In the President's speech to the National School Boards Association on
the day he released his budget, he made it clear that he did not want to micromanage schools
and school districts, but rather he wanted to invest in what works and stop investing in what
does not. Allowing school construction to be used as a vehicle for expanding Davis-Bacon
into the tax arena would raise the issue of increased federal intervention and control not only
in the school construction debate but also in the debate over results and accountability for all
of the President's education agenda.
Options:
1) Decide that Davis-Bacon does not apply.
We would convey to the Hill and to Labor that we are sticking to our existing position that
Davis-Bacon does not apply to our school construction tax credit proposal.
Pros:
• Keeps focus on our underlying school construction proposal and keeps our coalition of
education supporters together (e.g. school boards).
•
Avoids setting tax policy precedent as described above.
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Takes pressure off of our allies on the Hill.
Cons:
• Misses an opportunity to advance a deeply held goal -- decent wages for construction (and
all) workers.
•
Rejects a key Labor priority and to this extent could diminish support for the underlying bill
from at least part of this constituency.
2) Remain silent on Davis-Bacon until it becomes critical during consideration of a bill.
This option would have us continue our posture of "we're taking another look" until we would it
became critical later in the year when a bill is actually being considered.
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Keeps our options open and avoids offending a key constituency before we know how this
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will play out.
Avoids (at least temporarily) setting tax policy precedent as described above.
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Staying in limbo could hamper our ability to push the school construction proposal as
aggressively as we otherwise would.
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It is unclear how sustainable this is. Hill may soon press us more flatly -- what is your
position?
3) Directly add Davis-Bacon to the proposal now
Either through drafting our own bill or urging Hill Democratic sponsors, we could add a
provision that states that Davis-Bacon applies to this legislation.
Pros:
•
Would advance a deeply held goal -- decent wages for workers.
•
Would add an enthusiastic supporter -- building trades.
Cons:
•
Sets a major tax precedent with potentially serious ramifications.
•
Jeopardizes the prospects of the underlying proposal -- risks turning battle over school
construction into a fight over Davis-Bacon, dividing the education coalition that is now
strongly behind our proposal, and handing Republicans an excuse to De against our proposal
and to coalesce around the Archer arbitrage.
4) Indirectly add Davis-Bacon to the proposal now
We could apply Davis-Bacon indirectly by placing the school construction proposal under the
General Education Provisions Act (GEP A), which includes a Davis-Bacon requirement. The
school construction legislation, therefore, would not say Davis-Bacon, but the result would be
that Davis-Bacon applies. Below are two sub-options for indirectly requiring Davis-Bacon by
applying GEP A.
A) Deem GEPA to apply
A provision could be added that would deem the school construction proposal to be an applicable
program administered under the GEP A, which as mentioned above includes a Davis-Bacon
requirement.
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Would advance a deeply held goal-- decent wages for workers.
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Would add an enthusiastic supporter -- building trades.
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Would likely be transparent to Congressional members and interested organizations that
oppose application of Davis-Bacon to school construction bonds.
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Sets a major tax precedent with potentially serious ramifications.
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Jeopardizes the prospects of the underlying proposal -- risks turning battle over school
construction into a fight over Davis-Bacon, dividing the education coalition that is now
strongly behind our proposal, and handing Republicans an excuse to be against our proposal
and to coalesce around the Archer arbitrage.
•
Could require joint referral of the bond initiative to the tax and education committees in the
House.
B) Add and outlay component to proposal
A new grant program would be created, administered by the Secretary of Education under the
GEP A, that provides resources to states and eligible school districts for administrative expenses
related to the bond. Examples of administrative expenses include developing the construction
plan, monitoring and overseeing the construction project, and annual reporting to the Secretary
on progress and modifications made regarding the construction plan. The grant provision would
be drafted such that the bond program could only be implemented to the extent the grant program
is implemented.
< Award $250,000 to states and $100,000 to each eligible school district annually. The
amount of the grant could also be sized by the school age population within the state or
eligible school district.
< The bond funds would be subject to Davis-Bacon indirectly due to the link with the grant
program. The bonds could not be issued absent the grant. It is unclear whether some
entities would not take advantage of the bond due to Davis-Bacon application. OMB
estimates the cost of this proposal to be $25.5 million.
Pros:
•
(same as A above, plus)
Applies Davis-Bacon while avoiding tax policy precedent.
Cons: (same as A above, plus)
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Adds a new and very late layer of complexity at a time when we need to make our proposal
as understandable as possible.
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Appendix -- Legislative History
FY1998
In the FY1998 budget, the President requested $5 billion over 5 years in mandatory spending that
would have leveraged up to $20 billion in bonds over a four year period. The Administration
made it clear that Davis-Bacon would apply to this initiative since it was a federal spending
proposal.
The Administration's bill was introduced by Rep. Nita Lowey in the House and Senator Carol
Moseley-Braun in the Senate. There was no action on the bill in either the authorizing or the
appropriations committees. The Republican leadership actively kept potential Republican
supporters off the bill and repeatedly argued that the federal government had no business getting
involved in building schools at the local level. Several Republicans touted the Davis-Bacon
requirement as proof of "federal intervention in local education decisions."
The education constituency was split on this issue. AFT, NEA, and urban school
superintendents supported the bill, but the National School Boards Association (NSBA), one of
the most vocal constituencies, could not support the President's proposal because of the federal
Davis-Bacon requirement. This split weakened the support of other groups, such as the National
PTA and rural and suburban superintendents.
Although school construction was one of the last items left on the table when the Balanced
Budget Agreement was struck in the summer of 1997, the Republican leadership refused to
move off their position that the federal government had no role in communities' decisions to
build schools. The only provision they accepted was Rep. Rangel's Qualified Zone Academy
Bonds (QZABs) for a total of $800 million of new bonding authority (compared to the potential
$20 billion that would have been leveraged in the President's request). Davis-Bacon was not
applied to the QZABs.
FY1999
The President once again made School Construction a major priority in his FY1999 budget, but
this time the proposal provided a tax credit in lieu of interest and involved no direct federal
spending. The initiative would have provided federal funding to pay the interest on $22 billion
in bonds. The Administration was silent on whether Davis-Bacon applied to this proposal in the
President's budget submission. In Qs and As, however, Administration officials twice
confirmed that Davis-Bacon had not applied to provisions in the tax code to date and was not
expected to apply in this case. Further, in a widely vetted letter to Rep. Ballenger, the Director
of OMB stated "given that the bond initiative would offer a tax incentive for purchasing bonds
(as opposed to a direct grant, loan, or loan guarantee) and that the Federal government would not
be a party to a construction contract, the Administration determined that the Davis-Bacon Act
does not apply."
This allowed NSBA to become active in the Rebuild America's Schools coalition in support of
the revised proposal. School board members became strong advocates at the State and local
level for the proposed federal partnership arguing that the initiative would help leverage local and
State dollars for construction but would leave decisions on where and how to build schools to
local communities. Partly as a result ofthis more unified constituency support, Democrats were
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able to make a strong case for their school construction bill to the voters. This was reflected in
the polling results and the Democrats' winning message on education.
Republicans continued to argue against this popular initiative, and in the process lost support for
their position. The House Ways and Means Committee refused to act on the President's
proposal, although Chairman Archer included a much smaller arbitrage provision in the
multi-billion dollar House tax bill that was never signed into law. Rep. Rangel succeeded in
forcing two House floor votes on the issue - an amendment to instruct conferees to include
school construction as an amendment to the Coverdell education savings account failed 192-222,
and an amendment to substitute school construction for Coverdell failed 196-225. Eight
Republicans were allowed to break ranks with the leadership on one or both of the votes (Leach,
IA; Morella, MD; Forbes, NY; Gilman, NY; Weller, IL; Johnson, CT; LoBiono, NJ; and
McHugh, NY).
Senator Moseley-Braun offered her school construction bill as a substitute to the Coverdell
savings account on the Senate floor. A motion to table the amendments passed 56-42 with
D' Amato and Specter voting against the motion and 4 Democrats voting in favor (Biden, DE;
Byrd, WV; Lieberman, CT; and Torricelli, NJ).
Although support for school construction was building, in the end there was no significant tax
bill that the Administration supported and could use to force an agreement on school
construction. Republicans rejected Administration efforts to attach school construction to the
tax extenders package.
FY2000
The President's FY2000 budget request for school construction expands the FY1999 tax bond
proposal, this time paying the interest on $24.8 billion in new bonds. Placeholder bills have
been introduced by Senators Daschle, Lautenberg, and Robb and Rep. Rangel is preparing to
introduce one in the House. The Senate bills have remained silent on Davis-Bacon. House
Democrats are working through this issue now and are looking for any signals from us.
Unlike the last two years, the Republican leadership has come out publicly in support of school
construction and is backing their own school construction proposals. Chairman Archer has
introduced a $1.4 billion arbitrage initiative similar to his proposal on the tax bill last year.
While inadequate and flawed, the Archer proposal allows Republicans to argue that they are
addressing school construction.
The Speaker has mentioned this initiative as a high priority. However, Democratic efforts to get
bipartisan cosponsorship of the President's proposal have not been successful. It appears that
the Republican leadership understands they must advance some kind of school construction bill
this year - the question is whether our proposal will prevail.
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Appendix -- State Prevailing Wage Laws
State
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Dollar Threshold Amount for Contract Coverage
Alaska
$2,000
Arkansas
75,000
California
1,000
Connecticut
Delaware
400,000 for new constructionllOO,OOO for remodeling
100,000 for new constructionll5,000 for remodeling
Hawaii
2,000
Illinois
none
Indiana
150,000
Kentucky
250,000
Maine
10,000
Maryland
500,000
Massachusetts
none
Michigan
none
Minnesota
25,000 where more than one trade is involved
2,500 where a single trade is involved
Missouri
none
Montana
25,000
Nebraska
none, except 40,000 for public school projects
Nevada
100,000
New Jersey
2,000
New Mexico
20,000
New York
Ohio
none
55,574 for new constructionlI6,672 for remodeling
Oregon
25,000
Pennsylvania
25,000
Rhode Island
1,000
Tennessee
Texas
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
50,000
none
none (separate 17,500 threshold for state college/university)
none
160,000 where more than one trade is involved
32,000 where a single trade is involved
(no threshold for state highway contracts)
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States Without Prevailing Wage Laws:
Alabama (repealed in 1980)
Arizona (invalidated by 1980 court decision, repealed by referendum in 1984)
Colorado
Florida
(repealed in 1985)
(repealed in 1979)
Georgia
Idaho
(repealed in 1985)
Iowa
Kansas (repealed in 1987)
Louisiana (repealed in 1988)
Mississippi
New Hampshire (repealed in 1985)
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
(invalidated by 1995 court decision)
South Carolina
South Dakota
Utah
(repeal in 1981)
Vermont
Virginia
(Source: Department of Labor)
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CREATOR: Gay L. Joshlyn ( CN=Gay L. Joshlyn/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 13:26:19.00
SUBJECT:
Davis Bacon Meeting
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The Davis Bacon meeting has been canceled.
It has not been rescheduled at
this time.
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02/24/99 12:49:55 PM
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Sally Katzen will hold a Davis-Bacon meeting this Friday, February 26th at
3:00 pm in room 231.
Please let me know if there is a problem.
Thanks.
Message Sent
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Karen Tramontano/WHO/EOP
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CREATOR: Jonathan H. Schnur ( CN=Jonathan H. Schnur/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ) )
CREATION DATE/TIME: 25-FEB-1999 14:00:26.00
SUBJECT:
attached draft POTUS class size letter from Jon and Tanya
TO: Laura Emmett
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Here is a draft --see what you think.
I have 2 additional q's on this:
1) Do we need to incorporate ed-flex into the letter? The current draft
focuses solely on class size.
2) Should we include more specific references to our accountability agenda?=========
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This is an important turning point in American education. We have an historic
opportunity to work together to make the targeted investments needed to improve our
schools and help prepare all of our children for the 21st century.
This week, Senator Murray and others will offer a measure to build on our bipartisan
efforts begun last year to reduce class size and finish the job by authorizing the class size
reduction initiative for the next six years. Last year, I proposed this initiative to reduce class
size in the early grades -- when children learn to read and get a solid foundation in the
basics --by hiring 100,000 well-prepared teachers over seven years. Congress enacted a down
payment on this request with bipartisan support, providing a one-time $1.2 billion appropriation
to help communities hire approximately 30,000 teachers nationwide.
Under the initiative enacted into law last year, school districts will begin to receive funding this
July 1 in order to hire teachers to begin reducing class sizes this fall. While last year's one-year
appropriation provided an important start on our initiative, Senator Murray's measure would
authorize a total of $12.6 billion over seven years to help communities across the nation support
100,000 well-prepared teachers.
For the sake of our children and our schools, I am asking you to support this effort to
reduce class sizes across this nation for years to come.
This measure will give local school districts full confidence in our resolve to fund this initiative in
the coming years. It will support effective local planning by signalling our bipartisan
commitment just when school districts are beginning to make decisions about how to implement
this new initiative. Most importantly, it will help reduce class size and improve performance in
reading and basic skills in schools across the nation.
As parents and teachers across America understand, smaller classes can make a profound
difference for our children.
Studies show that smaller classes help teachers provide more
personal attention to students and spend less time on discipline; as a result students learn more
and get a stronger foundation in the basic skills. Students from smaller classes outperform their
peers in larger classes, and reduced class size can make the greatest difference for minority and
disadvantaged students.
There is no better way to prepare for the 21 st century than investing in quality education for all of
our children. I look forward to working with you to seize this opportunity to improve education
by approving this important measure and, as the year progresses, on a broad agenda to strengthen
the quality of our public schools.
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CREATOR: Jonathan H. Schnur ( CN=Jonathan H. Schnur/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 14:28:42.00
SUBJECT:
TO: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
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TEXT:
Here is the list of states:
Washington
Maine
Rhode Island
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Virginia
Vermont
if possible, Oregon might also be helpful.
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CREATOR: Amy Weiss ( CN=Amy Weiss/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 15:02:50.00
SUBJECT:
radio address leak!
TO: E.lena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP
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@
EOP [ OPD 1 )
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TEXT:
President to announce child seat rule in
radio address
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton is expected to use his weekly
radio address Saturday to announce a rule requiring that all
child safety
seats in new cars be anchored by the same, simple system, The
Associated
Press has learned.
The rule, approved last month by the White House's Office of
Management
and Budget and the Department of Transportation, should help
parents avoid
the struggle to cinch the seat with a seat belt, as well as the
confusion that
results when using seats or cars of different designs. The
design approved
earlier involved installation of a metal bar behind the rear
seat to serve as
anchor to toddlers' seats.
The government estimates that about 80 percent of child car
seats are not
properly installed. If all children using child seats were
restrained properly,
68 children's lives would be saved annually, according to the
National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
It will take years for all child seats and cars to have the
system, however,
because it will be required only on new products and auto makers
will be
given lead time to install the anchors.
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Almost two years have passed since Clinton announced the proposed
uniform child seat in a speech. Since then, the design of the
seat anchorage
has changed, in part to try to ensure that auto makers could use
the same
anchor system in vehicles sold in other countries.
Copyright 1999 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This
material may not
be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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CREATOR: Cathy R.Mays ( CN=Cathy R. Mays/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 15:21:46.00
SUBJECT:
Today's Strategy Meeting
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The Education Strategy Meeting scheduled for 5:15 p.m. today is CANCELLED.
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CREATOR: Michael Waldman ( CN=Michael Waldman/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 16:11:12.00
SUBJECT:
the suspense is killing me. Another topic? (LBJ would know how to handle t
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena 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
TEXT:
Clinton To Announce Child Seat Rule
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Clinton is expected
to use
his weekly radio address Saturday to announce a
rule requiring
that all child safety seats in new cars be
anchored by the same,
simple system, The Associated Press has learned.
The rule, approved last month by the White
House's Office of
Management and Budget and the Department of
Transportation,
should help parents avoid the struggle to cinch
the seat with a
seat belt, as well as the confusion that results
when using seats or
cars of different designs. The design approved
earlier involved
installation of a metal bar behind the rear seat
to serve as anchor
to toddlers' seats.
The government estimates that about 80 percent
of child car
seats are not properly installed. If all
children using child seats
were restrained properly, 68 children's lives
would be saved
annually, according to the National Highway
Traffic Safety
Administration.
It will take years for all child seats and cars
to have the system,
however, because it will be required only on new
products and
auto makers will be given lead time to install t
he anchors.
Almost two years have passed since Clinton
announced the
proposed uniform child seat in a speech. Since
then, the design
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of the seat anchorage has changed,
in part to
try to ensure that
auto makers could use the same anchor system in
vehicles sold
in other countries.
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CREATOR: Cynthia A. Rice ( CN=Cynthia A. Rice/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 16:12:45.00
SUBJECT:
Cigar Report
TO: Sarah A. Bianchi ( CN=Sarah A. Bianchi/O=OVP @ OVP [ UNKNOWN 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 )
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1 )
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TEXT:
Tomorrow the HHS IS will release a report on teen cigar use based on 18
focus groups of 227 junior high, high school, and college students. The
HHS IG is giving a copy to the WSJ today something neither we nor HHS can
prevent (Melissa is just happy she got it delayed as long as she has) .
The IG has let HHS edit and tone down the draft paper which I will fax
you.
In summary it says:
Today HHS IG issue reports warning about cigar use among teenagers and
recommending mandatory warning labels similar to those on cigarettes and
other tobacco products.
The report found a third of teen admitted having smoked a cigar in the
last 30 days and half. expected to be a cigar user five years in the
future.
An earlier CDC survey had found 28 percent of teens smoked
cigars, while the SAMSHA survey found 5 percent did.
Fifty four percent of teens had smoked a cigar sometime in their life and
of that number two thirds had done so in the past year.
Of the 82 teens
that had smoked a cigar in the past year, 60 percent also reported smoking
cigarettes.
Forty percent said teen smoking is growing among their peers.
Although the sale of cigars to minors is illegal in all 50 states, the IG
says state level enforcement is uneven and is given a lower priority than
unlawful cigarette and spit tobacco sales.
The report also notes the growing phenomenon of "blunting" cigars for
marijuana consumption (hollowing them out and replacing the tobacco with
marijuana)
In the Q&A HHS wants to say they support the same sort of warning label on
cigars that are required on other tobacco because "there's no safe form of
tobacco."
(The Surgeon General already endorsed this about a year ago.)
As you know FTC not HHS has jurisdiction over warning labels.
FTC
apparently could do so under current authority but would prefer to have
statutory diection.
I've just res canned the McCain bill, which included
stronger labels on cigarettes and smokess but did not add labels to cigars.
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The Q&A also notes that the FDA rule 1996 rule did not include cigars
because FDA did not have sufficient evidence to show that cigars are
addictive and could be classified as drugs or devices.
It also mistakenly says our excise tax doesn't apply to cigars (we'll fix
that - our 55 cent tax will apply (at an equivalent level) to cigars as
well as other tobacco products)
Shalala will be with the vp tomorrow at a domestic violence event and will
be happy to handle Qs if they come up.
I'll get you guys the draft paper
and revised when it's done.
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CREATOR: William H. White Jr.
( CN=william H. White Jr./OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 16:16:13.00
SUBJECT:
IDEA & NGA
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Tanya E. Martin
( CN=Tanya E. Martin/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
I hear you are meeting with Ray Sheppach re upcoming IDEA Regs.
know how I can help.
Let me
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CREATOR: June Shih ( CN=June Shih/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 16:16:42.00
SUBJECT:
radio draft
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Thomas L. Freedman ( CN=Thomas L. Freedman/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Ruby Shamir ( CN=Ruby Shamir/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
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READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Mary L. Smith ( CN=Mary L. Smith/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Ann F. Lewis ( CN=Ann F. Lewis/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Draft 2/25/99
Shih
PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
RADIO ADDRESS ON CHILD SAFETY SEATS
FEBRUARY 26, 1999
Good Morning. One of governmentD,s first responsibilities is to
keep our people safe. And nowhere have governmentD,s efforts to protect
the public been more successful than in the area of auto safety.
Hundreds
of thousands of lives have been saved thanks to laws requiring automakers
to include such safety features as bumpers, seat belts and air bags.
Today, I want to talk about our latest efforts to make car travel
even safer for our smallest and most vulnerable passengers.
Over the past 20 years, child car seats car have become a fact of
life for millions of parents. Where once small children bounced around
freely -- and dangerously -- around in the backseats of cars, today, the
majority now ride in car seats, whether for.quick errands to the grocery
store or long journeys across America. Car seats have made a difference,
reducing injury and fatality rates for infants by 70 percent. For
children ages 1 to 4, those rates have been cut in half.
But all too often, car seats do not protect children as well as
they should.
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration
estimates that up to 80 percent of all children riding in car seats are at
risk of injury because their seats have not been properly installed.
Anyone who has ever struggled to get a car seat to fit snugly into a
backseat knows what ID,m talking about. Most seat belts were not designed
to hold car seats. And not all 100 models of car seats can fit all 900
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types of vehicles on our roads today.
For Joe CollelaD,s [Koh-LEL-Ia] family, the consequences were
tragic.
Five years ago, JoeD,s three-year old niece Dana Hutchinson was
killed in a head on collision because her car seat was incompatible with
her family carD,s seat belts.
Ever since -- so that no other family has
to suffer the same tragedy -- Joe has worked full-time to improving car
seat safety and alerting parents to the dangers of poorly-fitting car
seats.
A few years ago, my Administration appointed Joe to a blue ribbon
panel of parents, consumer groups, medical professionals and car and seat
makers to look into ways to make car seats safer and easier to install.
Today, I am pleased to announce that their top recommendation -- a simple,
universal system for attaching car safety seats -- will become the
standard for every new car and light truck sold in our country.
By the
year 2002, the Department of Transportation will require every safety seat
to have three standard attachments designed to fit three standard anchors
in the back seat of every car. With this new rule -- with just three
simple clicks of buckle -- we can save lives and prevent up to 18,000
injuries each year.
But the challenge of keeping our children safe in our cars and on
our roads is a neverending one. We must continue our nationwide efforts
to encourage all drivers and passengers to buckle up their seat belts, and
to use booster seats and seat belts for their older children. We must
work to make air bags are safer for children and smaller adults.
And we
must press forward in our fight to keep more drunk drivers off our roads
by lowering the national drunk driving to standard to .08. Together we
can work to bring more Americans traveling on our roads safely back home
to their families and loved ones.
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CREATOR: Mary L. Smith ( CN=Mary L. Smith/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 16:22:40.00
SUBJECT:
Additional steps to ensure the safety of kids
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: Thomas L. Freedman ( CN=Thomas L. Freedman/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Here is a list of the kids safety things that NHTSA says is the best they
have.
It seems small. Tom is sending you a paragraph of general highway
safety steps that we could use.
1. The Consumer Product Safety Commission previously issued a regulation
that is effective March 1, that all bicycle helmets sold in the U.S. must
meet a uniform mandatory safety standard.
2.
To ensure school buses remain the safest vehicles on the road, a
mult-year research study is being conducted on passenger occupant
protection.
3. NTH SA developed a standardized four-day child passenger training
course that has trained thousands of child safety professionals in all
fifty states. This course demonstrates proper child safety seat
installation and use, and it is conducted by states and national
organizations, such as the National Safe Kids Campaign and USAA (insurance
company for retired military).
The culmination of the course is
checkpoint where the course participants put their new skills into
practice by teaching the people in the community how to properly install
child safety seats.
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CREATOR: Jeffrey A. Shesol ( CN=Jeffrey A. Shesol/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 16:24:26.00
SUBJECT:
revised final -- actuality on ed-flex -- 2/25 4:15pm
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TO: Jessica L. Gibson ( CN=Jessica L. Gibson/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
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TO: Amy Weiss ( CN=Amy Weiss/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
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TO: Ann F. Lewis ( CN=Ann F. Lewis/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Paul E. Begala ( CN=Paul E. Begala/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ UNKNOWN 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
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
TO: Sara M. Latham ( CN=Sara M. Latham/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
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CC: Joshua S. Gottheimer ( CN=Joshua S. Gottheimer/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
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TEXT:
Revised Final 02/25/99 4:15pm
Jeff Shesol
PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
RADIO ACTUALITY ON ED-FLEX AMENDMENT
February 25, 1999
This year we have an opportunity to work together, across party
lines, to bring true progress to AmericaD,s public schools.
I welcome the
idea of greater flexibility for states and school districts; and I urge
the Senate to pass Ed-Flex legislation that provides for greater
flexibility and accountability.
But we must do more to give our children
a world-class education.
That is why I strongly support the amendment
proposed by Senators Kennedy and Murray.
We must further our national
commitment to hiring more teachers and reducing the size of classrooms
across America.
Studies confirm what every parent already knows: smaller
classes make a big difference, from improved test scores to improved
discipline. The Senate should pass the Kennedy-Murray Amendment, and give
our nationD,s children the individual attention they deserve in the
classroom, and the better future that only a good education can bring.
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CREATOR: Thomas L. Freedman ( CN=Thomas L. Freedman/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ) )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 16:31:33.00
SUBJECT:
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ) )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO ) )
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: MaryL. Smith ( CN=Mary L. Smith/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD ) )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
1. Safety Rhetoric. Here is a paragraph of saefty rhetoric, taken
almost
directly from the last radio adress.
"Child safety seats are the most effective safety device to
protect very young children.
In car crashes, they reduce the risk of
death or serious injury to infants by 70 percent. They cut the fatality
and injury rate for children aged 1 to 4 in half. But while all 50
states have car seat laws, studies show that 40 percent of the time
young children do not even ride in safety seats; and even when they are
placed in child safety seats, 80 percent of the time children are either
not fully secured or the car seats are not properly attached."
[They are
misinstalled
over 70% of the time, "not fully secured or attached over 80%)
2.
Builds on the PresidentD,s Efforts to Protect Travelling Americans
This step is one of a series of actions by President Clinton to promote
In May 1995, The Administration launched a
safety on the road.
comprehensiv
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CREATOR: Ann F. Lewis ( CN=Ann F. Lewis/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 16:36:48.00
SUBJECT:
Equal pay --What else?
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Sally Katzen ( CN=Sally Katzen/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
For the unity document, how about this language to back up the equal pay
headline ?
Ensure equal pay :Help guarantee equal pay for women and men by
stronger enforcement of equal pay laws, ending wage discrimination, and
improving access to wage information for all workers.
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CREATOR: Mary L. Smith ( CN=Mary L. Smith/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 16:40:21.00
SUBJECT:
Addition~l information on the child seat rule
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: Thomas L. Freedman ( CN=Thomas L. Freedman/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
You asked for more information on the rule preventing 20,000 injuries:
--2% of the injuries prevented would be level five (critical) injuries
such as complete cord laceration and brain stem contusions.·
--3% of the injuries prevented would be level four (severe) injuries such
as bilateral lung contusion and major laceration of the pulmonary artery
--17% of the injuries prevented would be level three (serious) injuries
such as diaphragm laceration (rupture) and fractured neck of femur
-28% of the injuries prevented would be level two such as major laceration
of the scalp and dislocated hip
-50% of the injuries prevented would be level one such as skin abrasions
and sprained ankles.
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CREATOR: Ann F. Lewis ( CN=Ann F. Lewis/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 16:51:52.00
SUBJECT:
unity I I
TO: Elena Kagan ( CN=Elena Kagan/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
How's this for crimes against seniors:
Crackdown on Crimes Against Seniors
Give law enforcement officials additional tools to prosecute criminals
who target seniors , such as telemarketing fraud and health care , and
strengthen penalties for criminal behavior that harms seniors physically
and financially.
(this is based on langage from Leahy)
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CREATOR: Irene Bueno ( CN=Irene Bueno/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 19:41:09.00
SUBJECT:
Report on Immigration Working Group Meeting 2/25/99
TO: Paul J. Weinstein Jr.
READ: UNKNOWN
( CN=Paul J. Weinstein Jr./OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
TO: Cynthia A. Rice ( CN=Cynthia A. Rice/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: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Christopher C. Jennings ( CN=Christopher C. Jennings/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: J. Eric Gould ( CN=J. Eric Gould/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Devorah R. Adler ( CN=Devorah R. Adler/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Jeanne Lambrew ( CN=Jeanne Lambrew/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: Laura Emmett ( CN=Laura Emmett/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Central Americans- James Costello reported that he had just left a two
hour meeting on the regulations and they have not yet decided whether they
will propose a presumption of extreme hardship but they are getting
closer. A couple of meetings will be scheduled to get some closure on
this issue for the Central America trip.
Lamar Smith sent a strongly
worded letter against the presumption. On the other side of the issue,
Hatch, Abraham, Mack, and the several Democrats sent a letter in support.
Public Charge- DOJ will attempt to have by Mid-March the NPRM and either
guidance or interpretative rule (AG must decide which one). They will be
unable to get an answer sooner b/c the AG will be on travel most of the
next couple of week.
On a more technical front, OMB expects the NPRM will
be a major rule requiring that it be sent to Congress. DOJ and INS will
engage with OIRA to ensure quick clearance of this reg.
Mandatory Detention - DOJ/INS is drafting a legislative, administrative
and budget strategy to deal with this issue.
Today, Commissioner
Meissiner testified before Lamar Smith and the hearing was expected to be
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contentious (Smith required the Commissioner to be sworn in for her
testimony).
I am following up with INS to find out about the hearing.
H2A - Regulations are pending clearance that would help to streamline the
application process.
I am reviewing these regulations but it is expected
that some will not think that this regulation goes far enough to reform
the H2A system.
In January, five Democratic Senators sent a letter to
the President requesting that they work together to reform the H2A
process.
Coverdell has asked Comm Meissiner to'meet with growers about
this issue and they are meeting next Thursday.
Coverdell has also reached
out to Herman.
Naturalization -- Data Report - preliminary reports indicate that INS is on the road to
reach it's naturalization goals.
-- Disabled immigrants Guidance to reform this process is expected to
be released next week.
They will allow the person who was featured in NY
Times article to go through the application process again.
New Issues -INS raised 2 new issues - (l) deportations to Honduras had
been prevented due to problems with the Honduran consulate but the issue
has been resolved and deportations will resume (2) INS is working on an
issue that was raised during the ,AFL-CIO meeting reo H2B visas for
shipbuilders in Louisiana - Avendall (sp?).
H2B was created to allow
shipbuilders to bring in workers for training but Avendall requested the
workers but did not provide training.
INS is coming up with a proposal
how to deal with this issue.
please let me know if you have any questions
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CREATOR: Christopher C. Jennings ( CN=Christopher C. Jennings/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 20:28:16.00
SUBJECT:
SUGGESTED Q&A TO POTUS DRUG COMMENTS
TO: Steve Ricchetti ( CN=Steve Ricchetti/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Gene B. Sperling ( CN=Gene B. Sperling/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Lawrence J. Stein ( CN=Lawrence J. Stein/OU=WHO/O=EOP @ EOP [ WHO 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: Sarah A. Bianchi ( CN=Sarah A. Bianchi/O=OVP @ OVP [ UNKNOWN 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Melissa G. Green
( CN=Melissa G. Green/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
CC: Devorah R. Adler ( CN=Devorah R. Adler/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
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CREATOR: Jose Cerda III ( CN=Jose Cerda III/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD 1 )
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-FEB-1999 21:12:51.00
SUBJECT:
Note for morning meeting
TO: Mary L. Smith ( CN=Mary L. Smith/OU=OPD/O=EOP @ EOP [ OPD 1 )
READ: UNKNOWN
TO: Leanne A. Shimabukuro ( CN=Leanne A. Shimabukuro/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: Thomas L. Freedman ( CN=Thomas L. Freedman/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:
BR/EK:
Don't know if these items merit a mention or heads up for tomorrow's
meeting, but I thought I'd mention them anyw~y.
(1) Crime Budget Hearing.
Ann Harkins called tonight to say that Senator
Hatch is pushing very hard for a DOJ budget oversight hearing the week of
3/22. This means that Bruce's suggestion for a month-long build-up of
crime events/leaks must be a priority for March. We should think about
raising this at Senior Staff as soon as possible.
(2) Cyber-stalking.
In addition to the previously discussed announcements
for tomorrow's VAWA event, the VP will be directing DOJ to study
cyber-stalking and report back with some recommendations.
Folks asked me
late tonight for my "sign off" on this proposal.
I expressed that I was
fine withem doing it and didn't want to hold up their event, but that I
would not personally recommend getting out in front of this issue -- and
committing to a policy fix in the near-term -- without a clear sense of
what the recommendations would be.
So, although I chose not to veto this
proposal, I wouldn't give it my seal of policy approval either. Mary and
I had both recommended to the VP's folks that they focus tomorrow's event
on VAWA II, not cyber-stalking, and helped them clear the Administration's
position in support of Biden's bill.
I only raise this because I know
you've had some exchanges w/Pat on DPC clearance, and because her staff
asked that I send you two an e-mail saying I was okay with the proposal.
Well, take this is as my last-minute, qualified okay to their proposed
study.
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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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2945 folders
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