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   (Ordered to lie on the table.)

   Mr. SANTORUM submitted five amendments intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution, S. Con. Res. 101, supra; as follows:

   Amendment No. 3057

    At the end of title III, insert the following:

   SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON DEBT REDUCTION BY SENATE OFFICES.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that--

    (1) any amount appropriated for Senators' official personnel and office expenses for a fiscal year shall only be available for that fiscal year; and

    (2) any amounts remaining after all payments are made for the expenses described in paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the Treasury to reduce the Federal debt held by the public.

   Amendment No. 3058

   On page 23, line 7, strike ``47,568,000,000''. and insert ``48,068,000,000''.

   On page 23, line 8, strike ``47,141,000,000''. and insert ``47,641,000,000''.

   On page 27, line 7, strike ``-59,931,000,000''. and insert ``-60,431,000,000''.

   On page 27, line 8, strike ``-48,031,000,000''. and insert ``-48,531,000,000''.

   At the appropriate place insert the following:

   ``(A) It is the sense of the Senate that the provisions in this resolution assume that if CBO determines there is an on-budget surplus for FY 2001, $500 million of that surplus will be restored to the programs cut in this amendment.

   ``(B) It is the sense of the Senate that the assumptions underlying this budget resolution assume that none of these offsets will come from defense or veterans, and to the extent possible should come from administrative functions.''

   Amendment No. 3059

    At the end of title III, insert the following:

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   SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT.

    (a) FINDINGS.--Congress makes the following findings:

    (1) All children deserve a quality education, including children with disabilities.

    (2) The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.) provides that the Federal Government and State and local governments are to share in the expense of educating children with disabilities and commits the Federal Government to provide funds to assist with the excess expenses of educating children with disabilities.

    (3) While Congress committed to contribute up to 40 percent of the average per pupil expenditure of educating children with disabilities, the Federal Government has failed to meet this commitment to assist States and localities.

    (4) To date, the Federal Government has never contributed more than 12.8 percent of the national average per pupil expenditure to assist with the excess expenses of educating children with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

    (5) Failing to meet the Federal Government's commitment to assist with the excess expense of educating a child with a disability contradicts the goal of ensuring that children with disabilities receive a quality education.

    (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.--It is the sense of the Senate that the budgetary levels in this resolution assume that Congress should more than double the funding provided for programs under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) to more closely fulfill the commitment to provided 40 percent funding for such programs under such Act.

   Amendment No. 3060

    At the appropriate place, insert the following:

   SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE VALUE OF CHARITABLE CHOICE AND SUPPORT FOR EXPANSION OF CHARITABLE CHOICE TO OTHER FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS.

    (a) FINDINGS.--Congress finds that--

    (1) charitable choice encourages public officials to obtain services from nongovernmental community-based organizations, and community-based solutions are critical to successful efforts to fight poverty and dependency;

    (2) charitable choice protects the rights of recipients to receive services without religious coercion by requiring that the recipients have the option to choose to receive the services through an alternative provider, rather than a religious provider;

    (3) charitable choice prevents discrimination against religious providers by requiring the government not to discriminate against churches, synagogues, and other faith-based nonprofit organizations when awarding contracts or deciding which groups can accept vouchers to provide services; and

    (4) charitable choice provisions have empowered faith-based and other charitable organizations to compete for contracts or participate in voucher programs on an equal basis with other private providers whenever a State uses nongovernmental providers, improving the effectiveness of welfare-to-work and other federally funded initiatives in those States that have actively implemented those provisions.

    (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.--It is the sense of Congress, that the budgetary levels in this resolution assume that--

    (1) the charitable choice provisions, such as section 104 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 604a) and section 679 of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9920), which currently apply to certain federally funded programs, should be expanded to apply to other federally funded programs;

    (2) the expansion of those provisions will encourage innovation and to enable the Nation to profit more fully from the many effective faith-based programs that are transforming lives and restoring neighborhoods and communities around the Nation.

   Amendment No. 3061

    At the end of title III, add the following:

   SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING INCREASING ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE.

    (a) FINDINGS.--The Senate finds that--

    (1) 44,400,000 Americans are currently without health insurance--an increase of more than 5,000,000 since 1993--and this number is expected to increase to nearly 60,000,000 people in the next 10 years;

    (2) the cost of health insurance continues to rise, a key factor in the increasing number of uninsured;

    (3) more than half of these uninsured Americans are the working poor or near poor;

    (4) the uninsured are much more likely not to receive needed medical care and much more likely to need hospitalization for avoidable conditions and to rely on emergency room care, trends which significantly contribute to the rising costs of uncompensated care by health care providers and the costs of health care delivery in general; and

    (5) there is a consensus that working Americans and their families will suffer from reduced access to health insurance.

    (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.--It is the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that increasing access to affordable health care coverage for all Americans, in a manner which maximizes individual choice and control of health care dollars, should be a legislative priority of Congress.

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