ALAWON v4n59 (June 21, 1995)
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                                                             ISSN 1069-7799
                                  ALAWON
                      ALA Washington Office Newsline
                     An electronic publication of the
              American Library Association Washington Office

                           Volume 4, Number 59
                               June 21, 1995

   In this issue: (186 lines)
     VOTES NEEDED FOR AMENDMENT TO RESTORE FUNDS FOR DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES
          ACTION NEEDED: THIS MORNING CALL REPRESENTATIVES AND ASK FOR
                         SUPPORT FOR ORTON AMENDMENT TO RESTORE FUNDS FOR
                         SUDOCS
     LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CORE SERVICES AFFECTED BY OTA AMENDMENT
          ACTION NEEDED: LET REPRESENTATIVES KNOW THE VALUE OF LIBRARY OF
                         CONGRESS CORE SERVICES AND EFFECTS OF 15% CUT
     NEA/NEH FY96 APPROPRIATIONS BILL
       REPORTED BY SUBCOMMITTEE--FULL COMMITTEE THURSDAY
          ACTION NEEDED: CALL REPRESENTATIVES TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR
                         NEA/NEH FY96 APPROPRIATIONS
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VOTES NEEDED FOR AMENDMENT TO RESTORE FUNDS FOR DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES

Responding to a constituent request, Representative William Orton (D-UT)
plans to offer an amendment today to add funds for the Depository Library
Program during floor consideration of H.R. 1854, Legislative Branch
Appropriations for FY96.  The Orton amendment would add $7,000,000 to the
$16,312,000 in the bill for the Superintendent of Documents Salaries and
Expenses appropriations.

As written, H.R. 1854 cuts the funds by 50 percent (from $32,207,000 to
$16,312,000 million) that the Superintendent of Documents will have to
produce and distribute federal agency publications to depository libraries
for the use of the American public.

ACTION NEEDED:  This morning call your Representative and ask support for
the Orton amendment to add $7,000,000 to the Superintendent of Documents
Salaries and Expenses Appropriation in H.R. 1854.  Constituents of
Representative Orton should thank him for his efforts on behalf of public
access to government information.

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CORE SERVICES AFFECTED BY OTA AMENDMENT

Two amendments may be offered on the House floor today to restore funding
for the congressional Office of Technology Assessment.  Both would be
offered to H.R. 1854, the Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill for FY96.
The first, by Rep. Vic Fazio (D-CA) would restore funds but without any
offset, and thus its chances of passage are not high.

The second is expected to be offered by Rep. Amo Houghton (R-NY).  It would
add $16.5 million to the Congressional Research Service at the Library of
Congress to absorb the OTA function.  This would appear to be a reasonable
solution.  However, the $16.5 million would be taken from elsewhere in the
Library of Congress budget.  The impact would be a 15 percent cut in core
services at LC, including national library services that affect libraries
across the country.  Areas affected by this "transfer" of funds would
include LC cataloging, interlibrary loan, preservation, National Library
Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, and other key activities
supported by LC as the national library, as well as public service hours
and staffing.

The Houghton amendment is likely to be offered today, June 21.  It has
considerable support.  Together with other library groups, ALA has
supported continuation of OTA, but this solution would impose deep cuts in
core national library services which are already being cut below current
services levels in the FY96 funding process.

ACTION NEEDED:  Representatives need to hear quickly from constituents that
Library of Congress core services are of high value to libraries and
library users in their districts, and a further 15 percent cut would do
considerable damage.

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NEA/NEH FY96 APPROPRIATIONS CUT BY HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE
FULL COMMITTEE THURSDAY

On June 20, the House Appropriations subcommittee on Interior approved the
FY96 Interior Appropriations bill which provides funds for the National
Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the
Institute of Museum Services.  Reflecting the House Budget resolution and
the House Opportunities Committee's phase out of NEA/NEH, Chairman Ralph
Regula (R-OH) recommended $99.7 million for the National Endowment for the
Humanities, a 42 percent cut below the FY95 level, $99.7 million for the
National Endowment for the Arts, a 39 percent cut.  The Institute of Museum
Services was recommended for a 27 percent cut.

Rep. Sidney Yates (D-IL), former chairman of the subcommittee, offered an
amendment to increase the NEH levels, bringing NEA to parity with NEH, and
increasing the Institute of Museum Services, but the amendment was
defeated.

An amendment was offered by Jim Bunn (R-OR) and accepted that would
increase NEH to $150 million.

Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) offered an amendment to transfer 80 percent of NEH
funds to the states.  His amendment was defeated on the basis that it was
an authorizing amendment, not an appropriations action.  However, Rep.
Kolbe plans to offer the amendment on June 22, when the bill is considered
by the full Appropriations Committee.  The effect of such a drastic shift
would be to shortchange NEH public programming in libraries, preservation
projects, challenge grants, and other national programs.

ALA sent letters to members of the subcommittee asking them to resist any
attempt to lessen the funding distribution of Humanities programs at the
national level.

ACTION NEEDED: Library supporters should call their members of the House
Appropriations Committee expressing support for FY96 funding for NEA/NEH
and asking them to resist any attempt to transfer funds from national
programs.  The capitol switchboard number is: (202) 224-3121.

House Appropriations Committee

ST Representative (Party)        Phone     Fax       E-Mail
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                                   Area Code 202     @hr.house.gov
   Chairman
LA Livingston, Robert (R)        225-3015  225-0739
AL Bevill, Thomas (D)            225-4876  225-1604
AL Callahan, Sonny (R)           225-4931  225-0562
AR Dickey, Jay  (R)              225-3772  225-1314  jdickey
AR Thornton, Raymond (D)         225-2506  225-9273
AZ Kolbe, James T. (R)           225-2542  225-0378
CA Dixon, Julian C. (D)          225-7084  225-4091
CA Fazio, Vic (D)                225-5716  225-0354
CA Lewis, Jerry (R)              225-5861  225-6498
CA Packard, Ronald (R)           225-3906  225-0134  rpackard
CA Pelosi, Nancy (D)             225-4965  225-8259  sfnancy
CA Riggs, Frank (R)              225-3311  225-7710
CA Torres, Esteban E. (D)        225-5256  225-9711
CO Skaggs, David E. (D)          225-2161  225-9127  skaggs
FL Miller, Dan (R)               225-5015  226-0828
FL Young, C. W. (R)              225-5961  225-9764
GA Kingston, Jack (R)            225-5831  226-2269
IA Lightfoot, James R. (R)       225-3806  225-6973
IL Durbin, Richard J. (D)        225-5271  225-0170
IL Porter, John E. (R)           225-4835  225-0157
IL Yates, Sidney R. (D)          225-2111  225-3493
IN Myers, John T. (R)            225-5805  225-1649
IN Visclosky, Peter J. (D)       225-2461  225-2493
KY Rogers, Harold (R)            225-4601  225-0940
MD Hoyer, Steny H. (D)           225-4131  225-4300
MI Knollenberg, Joe (R)          225-5802  226-2356
MN Sabo, Martin O. (D)           225-4755  225-4886
MS Wicker, Roger (R)             225-4306  225-3549
NC Hefner, W. G. "Bill" (D)      225-3715  225-4036
NC Taylor, Charles Hart (R)      225-6401  225-0519  chtaylor
NJ Frelinghuysen, Rodney (R)     225-5034  225-0658
NM Skeen, Joseph (R)             225-2365  225-9599
NV Vucanovich, Barbara (R)       225-6155  225-2319
NY Forbes, Michael               225-3826  225-3143  mforbes
NY Lowey, Nita M. (D)            225-6506  225-0546
NY Walsh, James T. (R)           225-3701  225-4042
OH Hobson, David L. (R)          225-4324  225-1984
OH Kaptur, Marcy (D)             225-4146  225-7711
OH Regula, Ralph (R)             225-3876  225-3059
OH Stokes, Louis (D)             225-7032  225-1339
OK Istook, Ernest Jim (R)        225-2132  226-1463  istook
OR Bunn, Jim (R)                 225-5711  225-2994
PA Foglietta, Thomas M. (D)      225-4731  225-0088
PA McDade, Joseph M. (R)         225-3731  225-9594
PA Murtha, John P. (D)           225-2065  225-5709
TX Bonilla, Henry (R)            225-4511  225-2237
TX Chapman, Jim (D)              225-3035  225-7265
TX Coleman, Ronald D. (D)        225-4831  225-4825
TX DeLay, Thomas (R)             225-5951  225-5241
TX Wilson, Charles (D)           225-2401  225-1764  cwilson
VA Wolf, Frank R. (R)            225-5136  225-0437
WA Dicks, Norman D. (D)          225-5916  226-1176
WA Nethercutt, George (R)        225-2006  225-3392
WI Neumann, Mark (R)             225-3031  225-3393
WI Obey, David R. (D)            225-3365  na
WV Mollohan, Alan B. (D)         225-4172  225-7564

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