ALAWON v3n24 (May 26, 1994)
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                                                             ISSN 1069-7799
                                  ALAWON
                      ALA Washington Office Newsline
                     An electronic publication of the
              American Library Association Washington Office

                            Volume 3, Number 24
                               May 26, 1994

   In this issue: (89 lines)
     URGENT ACTION NEEDED ON DEPOSITORY LIBRARY FUNDING

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            URGENT ACTION NEEDED ON DEPOSITORY LIBRARY FUNDING

Amendment 7 to be offered today in the House of Representatives to H.R.
4454 would deny the funds needed to provide the Congressional Record and
the Federal Register to the public through the nation's depository
libraries.  Rep. Peter Barca (D-Wis.), Rep. Gerald Kleczka (D-Wis.) and
Rep. Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) plan to offer the amendment to H.R. 4454, the
Legislative Branch appropriations bill for FY 1995.  Their amendment would
reduce funding for the Government Printing Office by $1.5 million with the
funds to be taken from the funds to be used in the Depository Library
Program for electronic access of federal publications.

GPO is ready to implement the GPO Access Law in June to provide an online
system with the Congressional Record and the Federal Register.  The
proposed amendment would disrupt GPO's ability to implement the law to
provide key electronic documents to the American people, publications
essential to participate in a democracy.

The House Appropriations Committee has already denied GPO the $1.1  million
the Public Printer requested for distributing the U.S. Code in 1995.  Last
week, the Committee recommended $32.1 million for the Superintendent of
Documents Salaries and Expenses Appropriation (covers the Depository
Library Program), instead of the $33.9 million the Public Printer
requested.  At a time when the federal government is moving increasingly to
electronic dissemination of federal publications, to cut another $1.5
million GPO needs to disseminate electronically could result in a nation of
"haves and have nots."

Amendment 7 to H.R. 4454 to be offered by Rep. Barca, Rep. Kleczka, or Rep.
Thomas says:

     ... strike out '$32,100,000:  Provided,' and insert in lieu
     thereof the following:  '$30,600,000:  Provided, That the
     objectives of chapter 41 of title 44, United States Code, as
     enacted by the Government Printing Office Electronic Information
     Access Enhancement Act of 1993, shall be carried out through cost
     savings: ...'

ACTION NEEDED:  Every member of the House of Representatives should hear
from constituents this morning to vote against amendment 7 to H.R. 4454.
Immediately contact your Representative--by phone (202-225-3121 to contact
any congressional office), e-mail, fax, or telegram.  Ask your
Representative to vote against the amendment to H.R. 4454, Legislative
Branch appropriations for FY 1995, that would reduce GPO's funding by $1.5
million and deny GPO money needed to provide depository libraries
electronic access to federal publications.  The House is expected to vote
on this bill today, so time is short.

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