Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 6.djvu/534

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108 STAT. 5102 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—MAY 12, 1994 (2) any reconciliation instructions included in a budget resolution should specify these targets; and (3) such targets should be enforceable separately from any revenue targets included in the reconciliation instructions, SEC. 40. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE. It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) sufficient funding should be provided to the Indian Health Service to ensure that Indian Health Service hospitals and outpatient facilities in existence on the date of enactment of this resolution, and Indian Health Service hospitals and outpatient facilities scheduled to open during fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996, are fully staffed with the appropriate number of health care professionals needed to meet the health and medical needs of the American Indians and Alaska Natives who depend on the Indian Health Service for health care; and (2) sufficient funding should be provided to the Indian Health Service to ensure that the Indian Health Service is capable of meeting basic public health and safety and sanitation requirements on Indian lands through timely and proper water infrastructure construction and upgrades. SEC. 41. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE NATIONAL AERO- NAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION. It is the sense of the Senate that the budget authority and outlay figures for function 250 in this resolution do not assume any amounts for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for any fiscal year from 1995 through 1999 in excess of the amounts proposed by the President for such fiscal year. SEC. 42. MINIMUM ALLOCATION PROGRAM. (a) FINDINGS. —The Senate finds that— (1) the minimum allocation program was established in 1982 to address inequities in the funding formula for Federalaid highways; (2) the minimum allocation program was designed to provide the greatest degree of flexibility practicable to States that receive funding under the formula referred to in paragraph (1) and includes an exemption of the apportionments from the obligation ceiling; (3) the minimum allocation program provides additional flexibility by allowing a State a 4-year period during which amounts apportioned to the State may be obligated; (4) the budget of the United States Government for fiscal year 1995 submitted by the President to Congress proposes to include minimum allocation apportionments under the obligation ceiling and also proposes to limit the authority of States to obligate apportionments under the minimum allocation program to 67 percent of the amount of the apportionments; and (5) States have planned transportation programs on the basis of the provisions of the Intermodal Surface TVansportation Efficiency Act of 1991, and the amendments made by the Act,