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The bill also contains a late amendment , introduced by Senator Jesse Helms , that takes away federal funding from any school district that discriminates against the Scouts or similar groups that " prohibit the acceptance of homosexuals . As under our existing standards for NCE stations , the applicant will be given one opportunity to submit a curative amendment , provided that the amendment is minor and that the application , as amended , has the same number of qualitative points as originally claimed , or more than the points claimed by the next highest applicant . Also , beginning January 1 , 1997 , all tight-fitting garments marketed , promoted and / or labeled as sleepwear must meet the dimensions published in the enclosed amendment , not the stay of enforcement , since the stay of enforcement is limited in its scope to skin-tight garments marketed as underwear . Thus , although this route may seem easier at the outset because it avoids the necessity of seeking a Congressional amendment , in the long run it may actually create more problems and take more time . " Byrd 's new amendment , which was passed without debate during the full committee mark-up , now gives the House Resources and Senate Energy and Natural Resources committees an additional nine months to agree on a plan to reauthorize the fund .