ALAWON v4n99 (November 17, 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 99
November 17, 1995

In this issue: (115 lines)
        ACTION NEEDED ON LSTA - UPDATE

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ACTION NEEDED ON LSTA - UPDATE

Listed below is the complete set of House-Senate conferees on H.R. 1617, the
 large job training and adult education consolidation bill in which House and
 Senate passed versions of the Library Services and Technology Act are embedded.

The action needed remains the same.  For further information on the House-Senate
 conference compromise recommended to conferees by the American Library
 Association, the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies, and the Urban
 Libraries Council, see the ALAWON of November 13, #94.

ACTION NEEDED:  Your help is needed at this final key stage in the renewal of
 the major federal role in support of libraries.  Your support of library
 community recommendations for the final House-Senate conference version of LSTA
 in H.R. 1617 is crucial.  Please respond and spread the word to other library
 advocates.  A quick and widespread response to this action call will make a
 major difference.

Please contact the ALA Washington Office with any feedback you may receive from
 your contacts; ask for Mary Costabile (202-628-
8410, #216, or at mrc@alawash.org).  Thank you for your help on this important
 issue.  The future of federal assistance for improved library service is at
 stake!

MESSAGE TO CONGRESS:  All library advocates should contact their Senators and
 Representatives to urge that the House-Senate conference committee on H.R. 1617
 incorporate the library community recommendations in their final joint version
 of H.R. 1617.  It is especially important that library constituents of
 House-Senate conferees contact these key legislators immediately.

SENATE CONFEREES:  Senate conferees on H.R. 1617 include all members of the
 Labor and Human Resources Committee and its Subcommittee on Education, Arts and
 Humanities:

Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS), chair, full committee
Jim Jeffords (R-VT), chair, subcommittee
Dan Coats (R-IN)
Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Bill Frist (R-TN)
Mike DeWine (R-OH)
John Ashcroft (R-MO)
Spencer Abraham (R-MI)
Slade Gorton (R-WA)

Edward Kennedy (D-MA), ranking minority member, full committee
Claiborne Pell (D-RI), ranking minority member, subcommittee
Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
Paul Simon (D-IL)
Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Paul Wellstone (D-MN)

HOUSE CONFEREES:  House conferees are the following members of the Economic and
 Educational Opportunities Committee.

William Goodling (R-PA), chair
Steve Gunderson (R-WI)
Randy Cunningham (R-CA)
Howard McKeon (R-CA)
Frank Riggs (R-CA)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Mark Souder (R-IN)

Bill Clay (D-MO), ranking minority member
Pat Williams (D-MT)
Dale Kildee (D-MI)
Thomas Sawyer (D-OH)
Gene Green (D-TX)
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