Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 08:32:28 -0500 (EST) From: David Casti Subject: ACTION ALERT: Several Bills Recently Introduced Hi, Although these bills haven't been getting a lot of press coverage lately, it is never too early to start lobbying against them. Here is the all-important information you need: 1. Email/Phone/Fax for 104th House can be found in the QRD at -- http://www.qrd.org/QRD/usa/federal/house-104 2. Email/Phone/Fax for 104th Senate can be found in the QRD at -- http://www.qrd.org/QRD/usa/federal/senate-104 3. Membership on the House committee for Government Reform can be found at -- gopher://gopher.eff.org:70/00/EFF/Issues/Activism/Congress_cmtes/hgovt.txt 4. Membership on the Senate committee for Governmental Affairs is at -- gopher://gopher.eff.org:70/00/EFF/Issues/Activism/Congress_cmtes/sgovt.txt If you have any difficulty accessing the house and senate lists at www.qrd.org, it may be due to lag in the automatic update process used by the QRD mirror sites. Try vector.casti.com for today (Feb 22), and contact me directly if you have any difficulties after 8 a.m. EST Feb 23. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Casti Pager: (800) 980-6227 Information Scientist http://www.casti.com/casti/David.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by: JulieWolf@aol.com I pulled the following bills off the congressional home page. I'm posting them because I think people should know they exist and, hopefully, so that people will understand some of the ramifications of them and fight against them. --Julie ------------------------ Bill h862: 104th CONGRESS 1st Session To prohibit the use of Federal funds to promote homosexuality. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 8, 1995 Mr. Dornan (for himself, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Burton of Indiana, and Mr. Manzullo) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight A BILL To prohibit the use of Federal funds to promote homosexuality. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO PROMOTE HOMOSEXUALITY. No Federal funds may be used directly or indirectly to promote, condone, accept, or celebrate homosexuality, lesbianism, or bisexuality. ----------------------- Bill s317 104th CONGRESS 1st Session To stop the waste of taxpayer funds on activities by Government agencies to encourage its employees or officials to accept homosexuality as a legitimate or normal lifestyle. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 1 (legislative day, January 30), 1995 Mr. Helms introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs A BILL To stop the waste of taxpayer funds on activities by Government agencies to encourage its employees or officials to accept homosexuality as a legitimate or normal lifestyle. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS. No funds appropriated out of the Treasury of the United States may be used by any entity to fund, promote, or carry out any seminar or program for employees of the Government, or to fund any position in the Government, the purpose of which is to compel, instruct, encourage, urge, or persuade employees or officials to-- (1) recruit, on the basis of sexual orientation, homosexuals for employment with the Government; or (2) embrace, accept, condone, or celebrate homosexuality as a legitimate or normal lifestyle. ----------------------- Bill s315 104th CONGRESS 1st Session To protect the first amendment rights of employees of the Federal Government. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 1 (legislative day, January 30), 1995 Mr. Helms introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs A BILL To protect the first amendment rights of employees of the Federal Government. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Section. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no employee of the Federal Government shall be peremptorily removed without public hearings from his or her position because of remarks made during personal time in opposition to the Federal Government's policies, or proposed policies regarding homosexuals, and any such individual so removed prior to date of enactment of this Act shall be reinstated to his or her previous position.