NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “I am pleased to be offering a bipartisan amendment with my friend and colleague, the gentleman from Mississippi, Mr.…”

“I am pleased to be offering a bipartisan amendment with my friend and colleague, the gentleman from Mississippi, Mr. Gene Taylor, that will benefit some of the poorest children in America. The amendment will increase funding for the section 8007 program of the Impact Aid Program which funds school construction, and it will increase that aid from $7 million to $25 million. To offset this increase, the gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. Taylor] and I propose to reduce funding for the National Labor Relations Board, or NLRB, by $18 million. Mr. Chairman, as many Members know, Impact Aid funds children's education on military bases and on Indian lands. Because these areas lack an adequate tax base or bonding capacity, they often cannot meet the educational needs of their children, and that is just wrong. The Federal Government has an obligation to educate children who reside on Federal land. Indeed, helping to meet those needs is the purpose of the Impact Aid Program.”