Senatorial Papers of John H. Chafee, Washington Office: Gun Control, Drug Enforcement, Animal Rights

Series: Gun Control
Dates: 1981-1998
Extent: 11 box(es) (5.5 linear feet)
Types of Materials: articles
correspondence
legislation
memoranda
notes
press releases
reports
speeches

Scope and Content Note
The series contains records regarding gun control legislation, gun violence awareness programs, and firearm-related issues. The records consist of constituent correspondence, notes, memoranda, speeches, briefing books, essays, reports, news articles, press releases, and bills.
Subjects include:
“Guns Aren’t Cool” contest, created by Senator Chafee in 1997 and consisting of grade school essays and drawings, as well as correspondence, news articles, and advertisements.
Anti-Chafee Bill Letters and Chafee Bill Supporters, consisting of correspondence from individuals expressing their dissatisfaction with the Chafee Hand Gun Bill as well as letters of support thanking Chafee for efforts with gun control legislation. The records include Senator Chafee’s responses to constituent letters regarding gun control.
Endorsements, containing correspondence from medical institutes, health organizations, religious groups, and municipalities supporting Chafee’s efforts in gun control legislation.
Arrangement
The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
1 1 Accidental Shootings by Children 1993
2 Allyn Winslow Death 1993
3 Anti-Chafee Bill Letters 1990-1992
4 Anti-Chafee Bill Letters 1993
5 Anti-Chafee Bill Letters 1993
6 Articles 1989
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
2 7 Assault Weapons Bill S.386 1989
8 Assault Weapons Law 1993-1998
9 Black Rhino Bullet 1994-1995
10 Black Talon Bullet 1993
11 Bradley Bill 1994
12 Brady Bill 1990
13 Bullet Violence Hearing 1992
14 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Report 1989
15 Burger, Justice Warren: Second Amendment Article and Reuter Transcript Report 1991, 1992
16 Candidate Questionnaire and Petition 1994
17 Chafee Articles, Reports and Statements 1992-1994
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
3 18 Chafee Bill 1992
19 Chafee Bill Supporters 1992-1998
20 Chafee Bill Supporters 1993
21 Chafee Drafts and Statements 1992
22 Chafee Legislation 1992
23 Chafee Responses 1992-1996
24 Chafee Responses 1992-1996
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
4 25 Chafee, Various Statements and Notes 1992
26 Coalition Press Conference 1994
27 Cooper, Bonnie 1995
28 Editorials on S.892 1993-1994
29 Endorsements 1992
30 Federal Firearms Licensing 1992-1996
31 Final Statements 1992
32 Finance Committee, Gun Tax 1994
33 Firearms Rights, Responsibilities, and Remedies Act 1999
34 Franchot Press Conference 1994
35 Frizzell, Christine 1999
36 Gun Amnesty Programs 1992-1994
37 Gun Coalition Conference 1994
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
5 38 Gun-Free School Zones 1995
39 Guns Aren’t Cool: Advertisement 1997
40 Guns Aren’t Cool: Background Information
41 Guns Aren’t Cool: Boycott 1996-1997
42 Guns Aren’t Cool: Citizen’s Bank 1997
43 Guns Aren’t Cool: Contest Submissions and Winners 1997
44 Guns Aren’t Cool: Correspondence 1997
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
Oversize Box 8 Oversize Guns Aren’t Cool: Drawings by Grade Schoolers 1997
45 Guns Aren’t Cool: Essay Entries for Grades 3-5 1997
46 Guns Aren’t Cool: Essay Entries for Grades 6-8 1997
47 Guns Aren’t Cool: Essay Entries for Grades 9-12 1997
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
6 48 Guns Aren’t Cool: Event Planning Book 1997
49 Guns Aren’t Cool: Event Planning Book 1997
50 Guns Aren’t Cool: Event Planning Book 1997
51 Guns Aren’t Cool: Event Planning Book 1997
52 Guns Aren’t Cool: Invitations to Kickoff Event 1997
53 Guns Aren’t Cool: Kickoff Event Photographs and Negatives (see Photograph Series) Jun 1997
54 Guns Aren’t Cool: Kickoff Materials 1997
55 Guns Aren’t Cool: News Articles 1997
56 Guns Aren’t Cool: Packets to School Principals 1997
57 Guns Aren’t Cool: Press Coverage 1997
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
7 58 Guns Aren’t Cool: Press Coverage on Children and Gun Violence 1996-1997
59 Guns Aren’t Cool: Press Coverage on Children and Gun Violence 1996-1997
60 Guns Aren’t Cool: Remarks 1997
61 Guns Aren’t Cool: Speeches 1997
62 Guns Aren’t Cool: School Visits 1997
63 Guns Aren’t Cool: Thank You Letters 1997
64 Guns Aren’t Cool: Winners 2 Jun 1997
65 Guns Aren’t Cool: Winners’ Visit to Washington, D.C. 1997-1998
66 Guns Aren’t Cool: Winning Essays 1997
67 Guns in the Judicial System 1992-1994
68 Handgun Control, Inc. 1989
69 House Referendum 3132 1993
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
8 70 Innocent Bystander Shootings 1992-1993
71 Interfaith Impact Group 1994
72 Japanese Student Slaying 1992
73 Legislation 1989
74 Letters to the Editor 1992
75 Material for Chafee Remarks 1994
76 Meeting Apr 1992
77 Metzenbaum Childproof Bill 1994
78 Miscellaneous Bills 1981-1989
79 Moynihan Bullet Bills 1993-1994
80 Murder Statistics 1993
81 Murray Gun Tax 1993
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
9 82 National Center for Health Statistics Report 1993
83 National Instant Check 1999
84 National Safety Council 1992-1995
85 News Articles by John H. Chafee 1985, 1992
86 News Clippings 1989-1990
87 News Clippings 1992-1994
88 Office of Technology Assessment 1994
89 Opponent Bills to S.386 1989
90 Organizations For and Against 1989
91 Physicians Shot 1993
92 Press Releases and Commentary 1991-1992
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
10 93 Public Health and Safety Act Conference May 5, 1993
94 Public Health and Safety Act of 1992 Jun 26, 1992
95 Public Health and Safety Act Official Endorsements 1992
96 Research Material 1989
97 Rhode Island Bills 1994
98 Rhode Island Gun Violence Rally 1994
99 Rhode Island Handgun Association 1990
100 Rhode Island Press Conference 1992
101 Sales Tax 1994
102 Schneider, David 1994
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
11 103 School Bus Shooting, Water Pistol Shooting 1992
104 Second Amendment Commentary 1993
105 Second Annual Citizen’s Conference Nov 10, 1995
106 Semi-Automatic Assault Weapons Act 1989
107 Shaw, Steven: Slaying 1994
108 Statement 1992-1993
109 Statistical Data, Cartoons 1989-1992
110 Violent Crime Control Act Statement Nov 27, 1991
111 Violent Crime Material 1993
112 Waiting Period  Bill 1989
113 Washington Post Articles 1993

Series: Drug Enforcement
Dates: 1986-1990
Extent: 6 box(es) (3 linear feet)
Types of Materials: articles
correspondence
legislation
memoranda
notes
reports
speeches

Scope and Content Note
The series contains records regarding drug enforcement of controlled substances. The records consist of memoranda, correspondence, speeches, reports, news articles, bills, amendments, record vote analyses, and notes. Subjects include crack babies, crack cocaine epidemic, and random drug testing for businesses and commercial transportation entities.
The records include reports from the General Accounting Office (GAO), Appropriations Committee, Rhode Island Governor’s Justice Commission, and National Narcotics Intelligence Consumers Committee.
Subjects also include:
Anti-Drug Abuse Act Amendments (1988), regarding provisions aimed at establishing drug testing standards, eviction of public housing tenants for drug-related criminal activity, and passport revocation.
Omnibus Drug Bill (1988), regarding legislative efforts to stiffen penalties for drug violators, oppose legalization, promote drug testing, cooperate with foreign governments on intercontinental drug trafficking, and suspend funding to states that do not comply with new regulations.
Omnibus Drug Enforcement, Education, and Control Act (1986), regarding efforts to enact the death penalty for criminal enterprise drug offenses.
Arrangement
The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
1 1 Anti-Drug Abuse Act: Amendments 1988
2 Anti-Drug Abuse Act: Bill Introductions 1988
3 Anti-Drug Abuse Act: Provisions 1988
4 Anti-Drug Abuse Act: Record Vote Analyses 1986
5 Blackstone Valley Community Health Plan 1989-1990
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
2 6 Bush/Bennett Drug Control Strategy 1989
7 Chafee Drug Bill Amendments 1988
8 Commercial Transportation Drug Testing Amendment 1988
9 Community Youth Activity Program Apr 7, 1989
10 Death Penalty in Case of Drug Related Killing: Bill 1988
11 Drug Abuse Prevention Task Force 1988
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
3 12 Drug Abuse Statistics 1988-1989
13 Drug Enforcement 1988-1989
14 Drug-Exposed Infants Hearing Jun 28, 1990
15 Drug-Exposed Infants Hearing: Crack Babies Jun 28, 1990
16 Drug Testing 1987-1989
17 Drug War Bonds 1989
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
4 18 News Clippings 1989
19 Office for Substance Abuse Prevention Grant Application 1989
20 Omnibus Drug Bill 1988
21 Omnibus Drug Bill 1988
22 Omnibus Drug Bill 1988
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
5 23 Omnibus Drug Bill: Amendments 1987-1988
24 Omnibus Drug Bill: Republican and Democrat Comparisons 1988
25 Omnibus-Drug Enforcement Education and Control Act 1986
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
6 26 President’s Drug Abuse Initiatives Sep 15, 1986
27 Republican Task Force Drug Bill Meeting Jul 11, 1988
28 Statistics Reports 1988-1989
29 Statistics Reports 1989
30 Substance Abuse During Pregnancy: Wilson Bill 1989
31 User Accountability Meeting Aug 10, 1988

Series: Animal Rights
Dates: 1985-1999
Extent: 3 box(es) (1.5 linear feet)
Types of Materials: articles
correspondence
legislation
memoranda
notes
reports
speeches

Scope and Content Note
The series contains records related to animal rights, animal welfare, and animal protection laws. The records consist of bills, memoranda, notes, news articles, reports, correspondence, and speeches.
Subjects include wildlife control, wildlife habitat, Animal Welfare Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, animal prescription labeling, Pet Protection Act, and the Legal Standing Bill which permits private entities to file law suits aimed at enforcing regulations under the Animal Welfare Act.
Subjects also include:
Animal Biomedical Research (1998-1990), regarding the welfare and protection of research animals in biomedical laboratories. Subjects include possible alternatives to the use of these animals, and the application of existing animal welfare laws to animal biomedical research.
Animal Welfare Act (19889-1991), regarding legislation providing protection to animal research facilities from illegal acts. The bill aimed to make breaking into an animal research facility a federal crime. Subjects also include investigation of Animal Welfare Act violations, and the debate over ballistics research on animals by the Department of Defense.
Consumer Products Safe Testing Act (1988-1990), regulating the use of data obtained through animal-testing for the purposes of evaluation of the toxicity of products by federal agencies. The bill intended to ban the use of the Lethal Dose-50 (LD-50) test which sought to ascertain the lethal dose of a product for fifty percent of the tested animal population.
Silver Spring Monkeys (1985-1990), regarding the seizure of 15 monkeys from the Institute for Behavioral Research (IBR) by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) after years of severe maltreatment.
Arrangement
The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
1 1 Animal Cruelty 1997-1998
1A Animal Damage Control 1990
2 Animal Research: Biomedical Facilities 1988-1990
3 Animal Research: Biomedical Facilities 1988-1990
4 Animal Rights News Articles 1988-1990
5 Animal Welfare Act 1987-1990
6 Animal Welfare Act 1991
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
2 7 Animal Welfare Act: Background Materials 1989-1990
8 Animal Welfare Enforcement 1991
9 Animal Welfare Organizations 1987
10 Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory Primate Abuse 1990
11 Chimpanzees 1987-1988
11A Chimpanzees in Air Force Experiments 1996-1999
12 Consumer Products Safe Testing Act 1988-1990
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
3 13 Consumer Products Safe Testing Act 1988-1990
14 Dogs 1990
15 Extra-Label Use of Animal Drugs 1992
16 Information Dissemination and Research Accountability Act 1985-1989
17 Legal Standing Bill 1987-1989
18 Marine Mammal Protection Act 1989-1990
19 Pet Protection Act 1988
20 Right Whale Research Initiative 1989
21 Silver Spring Monkeys 1985-1990