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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 57

   In this issue: (95 lines)
     ESEA CLOTURE VOTE PASSES--FINAL VOTE TONIGHT
     SMITH-HELMS AMENDMENT--CONFERENCE LANGUAGE

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           CLOTURE VOTES PASSES SENATE--FINAL ESEA VOTE EXPECTED

This morning at 10:45, the Senate successfully voted to invoke cloture on
H.R. 6, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization, by a
vote of 75-24.  At the conclusion of the vote it seemed that the Senate
would then take up the conference report, but a Republican call for a
quorum diffused the momentum and Senator Mitchell then took the floor and
said by agreement of the Majority and Minority leaders, the vote would
occur at 5:30 p.m. today on final passage of the conference report.

MANY THANKS:   Thanks to all library supporters who made telephone calls
this week, asking for a favorable vote on cloture and a favorable vote on
final passage of the conference report.  What seemed to be a very gloomy
picture on Monday was turned quickly into a bright one, but only because of
repeated contacts from those in the field.  We will issue another ALAWON,
when we know the final vote results.

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                SMITH-HELMS AMENDMENT--CONFERENCE LANGUAGE

As reported from the conference committee on H.R. 6, the following is text
of the Smith-Helms amendment reported out of the conference committee:

Sex Issues

(a) PROHIBITIONS.  None of the funds authorized under this Act
shall be used:

     (1) to develop or distribute materials, or operate programs
or courses of instruction directed at youth that are designed to
promote or encourage, sexual activity, whether homosexual or
heterosexual;
     (2) to distribute or to aid in the distribution by any
organization of legally obscene materials to minors on school
grounds;
     (3) to provide sex education or HIV prevention education in
schools unless such instruction is age appropriate and includes
the health benefits of abstinence; or
     (4) to operate a program of condom distribution in schools.

(b) LOCAL CONTROL--Nothing in this section shall be construed to:

     (1) authorize an officer or employee of the federal
government to mandate, direct, review or control a state, local
education agency, or schools' instructional content, curriculum,
and related activities;
     (2) limit the application of the General Educational
Provisions Act;
     (3) require the distribution of scientifically or medically
false or inaccurate materials or to prohibit the distribution of
scientifically or medically true or accurate materials; or
     (4) create any legally enforceable right.

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