REFERRAL OF S. 1264 TO COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

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• Publication Date: July 13, 1978
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ten helped small producers and consum- For a variety of reasons,. consumer. co-
ers to serve their own needs when other operatives have difficulty receiving con-
private businesses had failed to do so. ventional financing from commercial
Existing Federal programs have re- banks. Therefore, this sort of assistance
sponded to the needs of consumer co- is
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Cooperatives have typically been un- manner. The Consumer Cooperative
successful in receiving credit from pri- Bank is given enough discretion to choose
vate lenders to finance normal operating those cooperatives which will be able to
needs and long-term expansion. This succeed and provide necessary services or
bill would help develop the managerial markets or facilities for their patrons.
and financial strength of consumer co- Through judicious use of the Federal
operatives and thus open new options for seed money the bank will be able to do
American consumers. much good. This is a landmark piece of
Mr. President, I believe this bill helps consumer legislation and definitely de-
fulfill the Federal Government's respon- serves our support,
sibility for encouraging economic diver- Cooperatives have been an important
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:City Enactment
wou
the
I would note, Mr. President, that the
first budget resolution conference report
mentions that the fiscal 1979 targets
could accommodate "initial financing
and operating requirements for the pro-
posed National Consumer Cooperative
Bank." Funding for this program would
be included in function 370, commerce
and housing credit, It should be kept in
mind that the funding requirements of
other programs in that function account
for almost all of the available budget
authority and outlays in that function.
In fiscal 1979, the bill could authorize
$114 million in appropriated budget au- vive in the marketpla
$1.4 pillion in outlays over the next 5 investors.
years. I will not re
The first budget resolution could not which co-ops
below full fuming of this bill would be in both
adequate in the early years for a National is this
Consumer Cooperative Bank. Thus the Consum
CO-OPS. In
office are j
Ing respon
sources
able to
started,
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view, the functions of this
"seecj." money to begin the operation of
the ,bank. All of this money will be re-
pai . The bank will then become a pri-
va a institution, with almost no Federal
i olvement.
to increases caused by inflation. The ef-
fective assertion of the consumer's in-
terest has been proven to lead to better
quality products, increased production
al assist- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a
suffi
i
t
c
en
second? There is a sufficient
elp them-
second.
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ganize and sur=
11 Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President.
he benefit of outsider v~ rya
The clerk will call the roll.
The
- --~ .. 10JJ, wu- irom SOUth Dakota (Mr. McGovERN) is
the first resolution targets to be sumeri'? has been a growing, and integral absent on official business.
breached. part f the economic development of thd' I further announce that, if present and
With that understanding I shall vote are voting, the Senator from Minnesota (Mr.
for H.R. 2777.? or too long, Mr. President, the coop. ANDERSON), and the Senator from South
? Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, consumer native movement in the United States Dakota (Mr. McGovERN) would each
cooperatives are on the forefront of the as been handica
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y
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tool for providing improved consu
ices. Likewise, they can be an imp
focal point of community activ' y and
can provide the necessary orgy zational
cohesiveness for uplifting c ,pftain com-
munities and neighborhoods".
The Senator from Kansas is intimate-
ly familiar with the tremendous amount
of good done by farmer cooperatives in
Kansas and throughout our Nation. As
the ranking minority member of the Sen-
ate Agriculture Committee, I am a sup-
porter of our farm cooperatives. As a
Senator concerned about the consumer, I
believe it is time to expand' our coopera-
tive assistance to include consumer co-
operatives.
selves, get out on their own, solv
erful tool for self-help. By pro
selves.?
? Mr. NELSON. Mr. Presi
sources. Today the Senate is recognizing Mr. STEVENS. I announce that the
the invaluable benefits which co-ops are Senator from Ten
nessee (Mr. BAKER),
able to provide to their members, and the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr.
taking positive steps to remove these BROOKE), the Senator from Idaho (Mr.
barriers. MCCLURE), and the Senator from Texas
This legislation will provide the flnan- (Mr. TOWER) are necessarily absent.
.cial despe atelyc needed. benefits
The bill which
creates so
a and voting, the Senator that, Tennessee
separate National Consumer Cooperative (Mr. BAKER) would vote "yea."
Bank. This bank will make or guarantee The result was announced--yeas 60,
loans to consumer cooperatives operated
n
3
ays
3, as follows: .
on a nonprofit basis, correcting one of
the major impediments to their growth- 1Rollcall Vote No. 216
the lack of adequate capital. YEAS--so
In addition to being a source of needed Abourezk Clark
funding, the bank will have an office of Bide Culveron
self-help development and technical Burdick DeConcini
.assistance. This office will be structured Byrd, Robert C. Dole
so that training, market, and: iii)ayacial Cannon Durkin
analysis can be undertaken on behalf of church Fogs ton
Gravel
Griffin
Hart
Haskell
Hatfield,
Mark 0.
Hatfield,
Paul G.
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -SENATE My 13, 1978
Hathaway
Matsunaga
Riegle
Hayakawa
McIntyre
Barbanes
Heinz
Melcher
Schweiker
Hollings
Metzenbaum
Sparkman
Humphrey
Morgan
Stafford
Inouye
Moynihan
Stevens
Jackson
Muskie
Stevenson
Javits
Nelson
Stone
Kennedy
Pearson
Talmadge
Leahy
Pell
Thurmond
Long
Percy
Weicker
Magnuson
Randolph
Williams
Mathias
Ribicoff
NAYS-33
Allen
Eastland
Packwood.
Bartlett
Garn
Proxmire
Bellmon
Glenn
Roth
Bentsen
Goldwater
Sasser
Bumpers
Hansen
Schmitt
Byrd,
Hatch
Scott
Harry F., Jr.
Helms
Stennis
Chafee
Hodges
Wallop
Chiles
Huddleston
Young
Curtis
Laxalt
Zorinsky
Danforth
Lugar
Domenici
Nunn
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Anderson
Johnston
Tower
Baker
McClure
Brooke
McGovern
So the bill (H.R. 2777) was passed.
Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President,
I move to reconsider the vote by which
the bill was passed.
Mr. JAVITS. I move to lay that motion
on the table.
The motion to lay on the table was
agreed to.
Mr. ROBERT C. BYRD. Mr. President,
I ask unanimous consent that the Secre-
tary of the Senate be authorized to make
technical and clerical corrections in the
engrossment of the Senate amendments
to HR. 2777.
The RE
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
rREFERRAL OF S. 1264 TO COMMIT-
TEE ON ARMED SERVICES
Mr. MORGAN. Mr. President, ,Z,Ak
Unanimous consent had the Federal
Acquisition Act, S. 1264. which was re-
ported to the ena e y the ve -
3'CTces for urthet-stti"
is is a far-reaching bill which com-
pletely revamps the statutory basis for
all Federal procurement. A great deal of
work has gone into it. But because it is
so important, we need to be sure that
the proposed changes are wise ones. The
Armed Services Committee's interest in
this legislation stems from the fact that
it would repeal the Armed Services Pro-
curement Act, which governs procure-
ment of all Department of Defense items
from paper clips to missiles. The Depart-
ment of Defense accounts for 75 per-
cent, in dollar amount, of the procure-
ment done by the whole Federal estab-
lishment, and we want to assure our-
selves that the bill's effect on that pro-
curement is fully understood. Insofar as
the bill would change procurement prac-
tices, it will also affect our continuing
oversight responsibility for defense pro-
curement and research and development.
In short, Mr. President, this legisla-
tion has an important impact on the
business of the Armed Services Com-
mittee, and we would like to have an op-
portunity to look into it in some detail in
order to assure ourselves that it does not
have a harmful effect on our national
defense effort. I have discussed this mat-
ter with the distinguished chairman of
the Subcommittee on Federal Spending
Practices, Efficiency and Open Govern-
ment, Mr. CHILES, and it has been
cleared on the other side of the aisle.
Mr. CHILES. Mr. President, reserving
the right to object-and I shall not ob-
ject-I concur with the distinguished
Senator from North Carolina that this
certainly does have a bearing on the
Armed Services Committee. We think it
should be looked at by that committee,
and we always proposed that it be looked
at by the Committee on Armed Services.
I am delighted to hear the statement
by the distinguished Senator from North
Carolina that they intend to give the
bill good attention and careful study.
That is- the one thing we are concerned
with-that the bill does not languish
somewhere, because we think it is tre-
mendously important.
We believe there could be savings in
the ani,ount of billions of dollars in the
way the Government is doing its pur-
chasing, .plus being able to get better
goods and services, if we can adopt re-
form. For that reason, I concur in the
unanimous-consent request.
I say to the distinguished Senator
from North Carolina that I hope we will
get a chance to see this measure come
out of the Committee on AAjned Serv-
ices shortly, even this year, if possible, so
that we would have an opportunity for
the Senate to act on it this year.
Mr. MORGAN. Mr. President, I am
glad to say to my distinguished colleague
that we will try to give this bill expedi-
tious handling.
The distinguished chairman of the
11~~rrm~8tf- berCiL~s'Zommittee has desig-
na eed' the' "Senator fro Arizoll~ (Mr.
TE an me as. an a hoc su -
or is ill, and I
sA7TU a or at we will begin im-
mediately to go into it and bring it back
as quickly as possible.
Mr. CHILES. I thank the Senator from
North Carolina.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there
objection to the request of the Senator
from North Carolina? The Chair hears
none, and it is so ordered.
ORDER FOR PLACEMENT IN THE
PERMANENT RECORD OF TRIB-
UTES TO JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
III
Mr; JAVITS. Mr. President, I ask
unanimous consent that all tributes to
John D. Rockefeller III may be consoli-
dated in the permanent RECORD so that
they may be available in one place to his
friends and family.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
objection, it is so ordered.
TRIBUTE TO J. ALLEN FREAR, JR.
Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, an uncom-
mon man, a distinguished son of Dela-
ware, a colleague of many in this Cham-
ber and friend to all, was honored on
Monday of this week in Dover, the cap-
ital of my State.
J. Allan Frear, Jr., served citizens of
Delaware in the U.S. Senate for 12
years from 1948 to 1960. On Monday
Delaware turned out to pay tribute to
the special integrity of Allen Frear in a
ceremony naming the Dover, Delaware
Federal Building in his honor.
Platform guests included the Sena-
tor's lovely wife and distinguished Dela-
ware citizen in her own right, Esther
Frear; the master of ceremonies, Mr.
John F. Galuardi, Regional Administra-
tor of the General Services Administra-
tion; the Reverend Gregory M. Howe of
Christ Episcopal Church; the Honorable
Charles Legates, mayor _of Dover; Mr.
Frederick Van Sant, director of person-
nel for the State of Delaware; the Honor-
able Jay Solomon, Administrator of Gen-
eral Services of the United States; former
Senator J. Caleb. Boggs; former Gov.
Elbert Carvel; and the Members of Dela-
ware's Congressional delegation, the
Honorable JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., U.S.
Senator; the Honorable THOMAS B.
EVANS, JR., Member of Congress, and my-
self.
Mr. President, I think it well for us
to reflect a moment on the personal and
public integrity of this uncommon Dela-
warean who prefers to call himself a
"dirt farmer" rather than the Senator he
once was and always will be. Senator
Frear's hard work and unselfish service
In this Chamber ranged far and wide,
but always returned to those he zealously
and ably represented; the people. Allen
Frear championed States' rights in his
belief that the only proper role of the
Federal Government is to preserve the
individual liberties of the working man
and woman, and to this end he was the
principal sponsor of the first postwar
housing bill in Congress.
During his years in the Senate he came
to know both Presidents Truman and
Eisenhower well, and served our country
on several notable overseas assignments
in. Indonesia, Turkey, and Russia. In
Delaware Allen Frear was always known
as a friend of the working people. Al-
though he served 12 years in this Cham-
ber, Senator Frear returned always with
his heart to his home State. He fought
for transportation improvements in Del-
aware upon which the First State's eco-
nomic prosperity in the midst of regional
diversity has ben based. He worked for
the revitalization of one of our Nation's
great aviation fortresses, the Dover Air
Base, a key element in Delaware's sus-
tained economic growth for the last 30
years.
Mr. President, many of my colleagues
and I join today in honoring Allen Frear,
Jr.; a dedicated uncommon man of the
First State, Delaware. I ask unanimous
consent that the remarks made by the
Honorable Jay Sololnon, Administrator
of General Services, and by myself at
the ceremonies in Dover, Del., be printed
in the RECORD.
There being no objection, the material
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD.
as follows:
REMARKS BY JAY SOLOMON, ADMINISTRATOR,
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION AT RE-
NAMING Or J. ALLEN FREAR FEDERAL BUILD-
ING, DOVER, DEL.
This is indeed a special occasionI I'm
pleased to be here in Dover this morning to
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