Mr. President. as chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration. I would like to advise the Senate of my intention to seek to reprogram certain funds appropriated for renovation of the Immigration Building. located at 119 D Street Northeast. While ordinarily this would be a routine matter. in this instance I have concluded that it would be proper to give this notification because of the effect of the proposed reprogramming on the Senate Employees Child Care Center. I should add that the ranking member of the Rules Committee. Senator FORD. intends to join in the reprogramming request. and that he agrees that this notification would be advisable. Part of the cost of renovating any building is the expense of obtaining temporary quarters for the occupants displaced by the renovation. In the case of the Immigration Building. the substantial nature of the work being done precludes any occupancy during the renovation process. Virtually all of the occupants of the building have been temporarily relocated. with the exception of the Senate Employees Child Care Center ESECCCI. As Senators will recall. in August 1983. the Rules Committee allocated about 3.500 square feet of space in the Immigration Building for use as a child care center for the children of Senate employees. On November 14 of that year. the Senate adopted Senate Resolution 269. authorizing payment of up to $20.000 in startup costs for the center. On February 27. 1984. the Senate Employees Child Care Center opened its doors. and for the past 16 months has been providing highquality child care services.
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