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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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            1995 TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS ACT

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                      DOMENICI AMENDMENT NO. 1831

  Mr. DOMENICI proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 4539) making 
appropriations for the Treasury Department, the U.S. Postal Service, 
the Executive Office of the President, and certain independent 
agencies, for fiscal year 1995, and for other purposes, as follows:

       At the end of the bill add the following new section:
       Sec.   . (a) The Office of Management and Budget shall 
     report to the Congress no later than October 1, 1994, for 
     each agency for which the budgetary resources available to 
     the agency in fiscal year 1995 would be canceled in an 
     appropriations act to achieve savings in procurement and 
     procurement-related expenses, of the manner in which these 
     savings are to be achieved.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each agency 
     for which the budgetary resources available to the agency in 
     fiscal year 1995 would be canceled in an appropriations act 
     to achieve savings in procurement and procurement-related 
     expenses, such cancellation shall occur on October 31, 1994, 
     or 30 days after the Office of Management and Budget submits 
     the report required by subsection (a) of this section, 
     whichever date is earlier.
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                        REID AMENDMENT NO. 1832

  Mr. REID proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 4539, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 81, strike lines 3 through 6.
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                 GORTON (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1833

  Mr. GORTON (for himself, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Stevens, 
Mr. Craig, Mr. Graham, Mr. Sarbanes, and Mr. Kohl) proposed an 
amendment to the bill H.R. 4539, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following new section:
       Sec.   . (a) None of the funds made available by this or 
     any other Act for fiscal year 1994 or 1995 may be used by the 
     Internal Revenue Service after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act to enforce the prohibition under the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 on selling dyed diesel fuel for any 
     taxable use in a boat in cases where the person selling the 
     fuel collects the tax on the fuel. The person shall collect 
     such tax under the system described in subsection (b) when it 
     is implemented.
       (b) Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Internal Revenue Service shall, from the 
     funds made available to it by this Act, establish and 
     implement a collection system which allows the sale of dyed 
     diesel fuel for use in boats used for recreational purposes.
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                 LEVIN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1834

  Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Glenn, and Mr. Grassley) 
proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 4539, supra; as follows:

       On page 32, insert between lines 11 and 12 the following:

             Administrative Conference of the United States


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference of 
     the United States, established by the Administrative 
     Conference Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 571 et seq.), including 
     not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and 
     representation expenses, $1,800,000.
       On page 48 line 7 strike ``$259,351,000,'' and insert 
     ``$257,151,000.''
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                 McCAIN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1835

  Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Cohen, and Mr. Kerrey) proposed an 
amendment to the bill H.R. 4539, supra, as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the Act, insert the following:
       Sec.   . No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
     shall be made available for leases, line-item construction, 
     repairs, or alterations projects in this Act that are subject 
     to section 7(a) of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (40 
     U.S.C. 606(a)) unless the Administrator of the General 
     Services Administration certifies to the Committee on 
     Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee 
     on Public Works of the House of Representatives that such 
     expenditures are prudent, reasonable, and necessary.
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                       McCAIN AMENDMENT NO. 1836

  Mr. McCAIN proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 4539, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, add the following:
       Sec.   . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     any ``full time equivalent'' employment minimum staffing 
     requirements contained in this Act shall be null, void, and 
     of no effect.

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