authorized funding for youth mental health programs and substance abuse and treatment programs. [Vote 107, 5/11/99] XXXX Voted Against Providing Students With Safe After-School Learning Opportunities. In 1999, XXXX repeatedly voted against increasing participation in after-school programs. [Vote 44, 3/11/99] TECHNOLOGY XXXX Opposed An Amendment That Would Increase Funding For Technology Literacy. In 2000, XXXX voted for an amendment that would increase funding for the technology literacy challenge fund to $517 million. No offsets would be provided to pay for the new spending. The motion was rejected, 48-51. [Vote 155, 6/28/00] XXXX Voted To Filter Obscene Material From School Computers. In 2000, XXXX voted to enact the Children's Internet Protection Act, which would cut off Federal Internet access subsidies to schools that failed to implement filtering or blocking technology on computers with Internet access. Schools would have to implement filtering or blocking technology that prevented children's access to child pornography, other obscene material, and any other material that the school, school board, or other authority determined was inappropriate for minors. The amendment was agreed to, 95-3. [Vote 149, 6/27/00] XXXX Voted For An Amendment To Expand Tax Incentives For Computer Donations To Schools. In 2000, XXXX voted for an amendment which would expand the current age-limit from 2 years to 3 years for the deduction for computer donations to schools and it would expand the number of donors eligible to take the deduction. It would also create a new tax credit for donors who gave computers or related equipment to schools. The amendment was agreed to, 96-2. [Vote 18, 3/1/00] XXXX Opposed High-Tech Learning. In 1998, XXXX helped defeat tax credits that would help teachers go back to school for specialized training in education technology. [Vote 99, 4/23/98] SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS XXXX Voted For Reauthorization of Secure Rural Schools to Fund Rural Schools in Regions With Untaxed Federal Lands. In 2012, XXXX voted for an amendment that would reauthorize, for one year, payments in lieu of taxes made to rural communities and the Secure Rural Schools program. The programs fund rural schools and other local government services in areas with large amounts of federal land that can not be taxed to support those services. The amendment would be offset with changes to federal employee retirement regulations and other tax provisions. The amendment was adopted by a vote of 82-16. [S.1813, Vote #29, 3/8/12] MISCELLANEOUS XXXX Voted Against Sex Ed Grants. In July 2006, XXXX voted against authorizing federal grants to carry out sex education programs aimed at preventing teen pregnancies. The amendment was offered by Sen. Frank Lautenberg to a bill that made it a crime for minors to cross state lines for an abortion without parental consent. [Vote 214, 7/25/06; AP, 7/25/06 XXXX Opposed Adding $44 Million for Museum and Library Programs. On September 10, 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that would provide $4 million for museum and library programs. The amendment provided for an additional $44 million for literacy, library, and museum programs. [Vote 338, 9/10/03; CQ Daily Monitor, 9/10/03] XXXX Voted Against $187 Million for the Impact Aid Program. In September 2003, XXXX voted against an additional $187 million for the Impact Aid program. The substitute would provide $137.6 billion in discretionary spending in fiscal 2004 for the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education departments and related agencies. [Vote 323, 9/3/03] 83