[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 98 (Monday, July 25, 1994)]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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   DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT

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                  BYRD (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2382

  Mr. BYRD (for himself and Mr. Baucus) proposed an amendment to the 
bill (H.R. 4602) making appropriations for the Department of the 
Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1994, and for other purposes, as follows:

       On page 51, line 5, strike ``$1,322,857,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``$1,334,857,000''.
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                 BYRD AMENDMENTS NOS. 2383 THROUGH 2386

  Mr. BYRD proposed four amendments to the bill, H.R. 4602, supra; as 
follows:

                           Amendment No. 2383

       On page 28, line 18, change the roman number from 
     ``$199,000'' to ``$208,000''.
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                           Amendment No. 2384

       On page 29, line 29, strike ``on July 1'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``not later than July 31''.
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                           Amendment No. 2385

       At the end of Title I, General Provisions, add the 
     following new section:
       Sec.  . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
     fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, appropriations made to the 
     Department of the Interior in this Title may be used to fund 
     incrementally research work orders for cooperative agreements 
     with colleges and universities, state agencies, and non-
     profit organizations that overlap fiscal years: Provided, 
     That such cooperative agreements shall contain a statement 
     that ``the obligation of funds for future incremental 
     payments shall be subject to the availability of funds.''
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                           Amendment No. 2386

       On page 47, line 7 linetype:
       ``by the General Services Administration''.
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                        BURNS AMENDMENT NO. 2387

  Mr. BYRD (for Mr. Burns) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 
4602, supra; as follows:

       On page 69, line 12 after the colon add the following: 
     ``Provided further, That within the funds provided, $250,000 
     shall be available for the recruitment and training of 
     American Indians for graduate training in the field of 
     psychology, as authorized in section 217 of the Indian Health 
     Care Improvement Act of 1992, Public Law 102-573.''
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                        BYRD AMENDMENT NO. 2388

  Mr. BYRD proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4602, supra; as 
follows:

       Linetype beginning on page 40, line 23 through page 41, 
     line 11, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
       For expenses necessary for the Department of the Interior 
     in administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
     Islands pursuant to the Trusteeship Agreement approved by 
     joint resolution of July 18, 1947 (61 Stat. 397), and the Act 
     of June 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 330), as amended (90 Stat. 299; 91 
     Stat. 1159; 92 Stat. 495), and grants to the Trust Territory 
     of the Pacific Islands, in addition to local revenues, for 
     support of governmental functions, $19,838,000 to be 
     available until expended, including $18,464,000 for 
     operations of the Government of Palau: Provided, That all 
     financial transactions of the Trust Territory including such 
     transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established 
     or utilized by such Trust Territory, may be audited by the 
     General Accounting Office, at its discretion, in accordance 
     with chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided 
     further, That all Government operations funds appropriated 
     and obligated for the Republic of Palau under this account 
     for fiscal year 1995, except for $692,000 for special 
     programs, shall be credited as an off-set against fiscal year 
     1995 payments made pursuant to the Compact of Free 
     Association (Public Law 99-658), if such Compact is 
     implemented before October 1, 1995: Provided further, That 
     not less than $300,000 of the grants to the Republic of 
     Palau, for support of governmental functions, shall be 
     dedicated to the College of Micronesia in accordance with the 
     agreement between the Micronesian entities.
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                        BYRD AMENDMENT NO. 2389

  Mr. BYRD proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4602, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 41, line 18 before the semi-colon, insert the 
     following: ``: Provided, That the effective date of the Palau 
     Compact for purposes of economic assistance pursuant to the 
     Palau Compact of Free Association, Public Law 99-658, shall 
     be the effective date of the Palau Compact as determined 
     pursuant to section 101 of Public Law 101-219''.
       And, on page 41, line 23 strike ``$7,556,000'' and insert 
     ``$1,490,000''.
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                      DeCONCINI AMENDMENT NO. 2390

  Mr. BYRD (for Mr. DeConcini) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 
4602, supra; as follows:

       On page 74, line 13, before the period insert the 
     following: ``: Provided, further, That money collected for 
     meals served at Indian Health Service facilities will be 
     credited to the appropriations from which the services were 
     furnished and shall be credited to the appropriation when 
     received''.
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                       DORGAN AMENDMENT NO. 2391

  Mr. BYRD (for Mr. Dorgan) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 
4602, supra; as follows:

       On page 28, line 18, add $2,000,000 to the italized number.
       On page 62, line 21, reduce the amount by $2,550,000.
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                      KASSEBAUM AMENDMENT NO. 2392

  Mr. BYRD (for Mrs. Kassebaum) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 
4602, supra; as follows:

       On page 18, line 12, reduce the amount by $1,500,000.
       On page 16, line 19, increase the amount by $900,000.
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                 MURRAY (AND GORTON) AMENDMENT NO. 2393

  Mr. BYRD (for Mrs. Murray for herself and Mr. Gorton) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, H.R. 4602, supra; as follows:

       On page 53, line 1, strike out ``$68,893,000'' and insert 
     in lieu thereof ``$70,367,000''.
       On page 53, line 3, strike out ``$150,341,000'' and insert 
     in lieu thereof ``$148,867,000''.
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                       STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 2394

  Mr. BYRD (for Mr. Stevens) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 
4602, supra; as follows:

       On page 74, line 13, before the period, insert the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, any locality qualified to select land 
     as a Native village under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
     Act (Public Law 92-203 as amended) shall be eligible to 
     participate in the sanitation facilities program: Provided 
     further, That such villages shall apply consistent with the 
     sanitation facilities priorities process: Provided further, 
     That any funds provided pursuant to such authority shall not 
     exceed the prorata share of the cost of the project 
     commensurate with the percentage of Alaska Natives in the 
     population of the affected community''.
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                  BYRD (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2395

  Mr. BYRD (for himself, Mr. Hatfield, Mr. Burns, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. 
Domenici) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4602, supra; as 
follows:

       At the end of title III of the bill, insert the following 
     new section:
       Sec.   . Notwithstanding any other provision of law in 
     fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, appropriations made 
     available to the Department of the Interior or Forest 
     Service, Department of Agriculture shall be available to 
     reimburse the representative (as that term is defined by 
     applicable law) of employees who die in the line of duty in 
     the last quarter of fiscal year 1994, and in subsequent 
     fiscal years, for burial costs and related out-of-pocket 
     expenses: Provided, That the amount of such reimbursement may 
     exceed the $800 limitation in 5 U.S.C. 8134(a).
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                        HELMS AMENDMENT NO. 2396

  Mr. HELMS proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4602, supra; as 
follows:

       At the end of the amendment, add the following:
       Sec.   . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
     of the funds made available under this Act to the National 
     Endowment for the Arts may be used by the Endowment, or by 
     any other recipient of such funds, to support, reward, or 
     award financial assistance to any activity or work involving:
       (a) human mutilation or invasive bodily procedures on human 
     beings dead or alive; or
       (b) the drawing or letting of blood.
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                JEFFORDS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2397

  Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mr. Pell, Mr. Durenberger, Mr. Metzenbaum, 
and Mr. Dodd) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 4602, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 81, line 7, strike ``133,903,000'' and insert 
     ``140,950,000''.
       On page 81, line 16, strike ``27,693,000'' and insert 
     ``29,150,000''.
       On page 81, line 18, strike ``12,113,000'' and insert 
     ``12,750,000''.
       On page 89, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following 
     new section:
       Sec. 312. Each amount appropriated under this Act is 
     reduced by the uniform percentage necessary to offset the 
     total appropriations under this Act by $8,504,000.
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                BAUCUS (AND PRESSLER) AMENDMENT NO. 2398

  Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Pressler) proposed an amendment to 
the bill, H.R. 4602, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following: ``None of 
     the funds made available to the Forest Service under this Act 
     may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe and 
     implement regulations relating to law enforcement activities 
     of the Forest Service, unless, notwithstanding section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code, not later than 90 days before 
     the date on which the Secretary prescribes final regulations 
     relating to such activities, the Secretary provides a copy of 
     proposed regulations relating to such activities to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
     Representatives for review and comment by such committees.''
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                McCAIN (AND NICKLES) AMENDMENT NO. 2399

  Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Nickles) proposed an amendment to the 
bill, H.R. 4602, supra, as follows:

       On page 89, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       Sec. 312. (a)(1) The head of each agency referred to in 
     paragraph (2) shall submit to the President each year, 
     through the head of the department having jurisdiction over 
     the agency, a land acquisition ranking for the agency 
     concerned for the fiscal year beginning after the date of the 
     submittal of the report.
       (2) The heads of agencies referred to in paragraph (1) are 
     the following:
       (A) The Director of the National Park Service in the case 
     of the National Park Service.
       (B) The Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service in the 
     case of the Fish and Wildlife Service.
       (C) The Director of the Bureau of Land Management in the 
     case of the Bureau of Land Management.
       (D) The Chief of the Forest Service in the case of the 
     Forest Service.
       (3) In this section, the term ``land acquisition ranking'', 
     in the case of a Federal agency, means a statement of the 
     order of precedence of the land acquisition proposals of the 
     agency, including a statement of the order of precedence of 
     such proposals for each organizational unit of the agency.
       (b) The President shall include the land acquisition 
     rankings for a fiscal year that are submitted to the 
     President under subsection (a)(1) in the supporting 
     information submitted to Congress with the budget for that 
     fiscal year under section 1105 of title 31, United States 
     Code.
       (c)(1) The head of the agency concerned shall determine the 
     order of precedence of land acquisition proposals under 
     subsection (a)(1) in accordance with criteria that the 
     Secretary of the Department having jurisdiction over the 
     agency shall prescribe.
       (2) The criteria prescribed under paragraph (1) shall 
     provide for a determination of the order of precedence of 
     land acquisition proposals through consideration of--
       (A) the natural resources located on the land covered by 
     the acquisition proposals;
       (B) the degree to which such resources are threatened;
       (C) the length of time required for the acquisition of the 
     land;
       (D) the extent, if any, to which an increase in the cost of 
     the land covered by the proposals makes timely completion of 
     the acquisition advisable;
       (E) the extent of public support for the acquisition of the 
     land; and
       (F) such other matters as the Secretary concerned shall 
     prescribe.
       (G) the total estimated costs associated with each land 
     acquisition.
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               BUMPERS (AND JEFFORDS) AMENDMENT NO. 2400

  Mr. BUMPERS (for himself and Mr. Jeffords) proposed an amendment to 
the bill, H.R. 4602, supra, as follows:

       On page 48 line 16, strike all after the words ``Sec. 
     112.'' and insert the following:
       If the House-Senate Conference Committee on H.R. 322 fails 
     to report legislation which is enacted prior to adjournment 
     of the 103rd Congress sine die, none of the funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act 
     shall be obligated or expended to accept or process 
     applications for a patent for any mining or mill site claim 
     located under the general mining laws or to issue a patent 
     for any mining or mill site claim located under the general 
     mining laws.
       Sec. 113. the provisions of section 112 shall not apply if 
     the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 
     concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the 
     Secretary on or before the date of enactment of this Act, and 
     (2) all requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 
     of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 
     lode claims and sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 
     Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 25, 26 and 37) for placer claims, 
     and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for 
     mill site claims, as the case may be, were fully complied 
     with by that date.

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