[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 109 (Tuesday, August 9, 1994)]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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     DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995

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                BUMPERS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2481

  Mr. BUMPERS (for himself, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Feingold, Mr. 
Kohl, Mr. Wellstone, and Mr. Simon) proposed an amendment to the bill 
(H.R. 4650) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       On page 37, line 7, in lieu of the matter proposed to be 
     inserted, add the following: ``$12,111,511,000, to remain 
     available for obligation until September 30, 1996: Provided 
     that of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, none may be 
     obligated or expended for parts or other components 
     associated with the acquisition of Milstar satellites numbers 
     5 and 6: Provided further that $61,595,000 shall be used to 
     develop an advanced EHF military satellite communications 
     system.''
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                 BOXER (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2482

  Mr. INOUYE (for Mrs. Boxer, for herself, Mr. Stevens, and Mr. Inouye) 
proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 4650, supra; as follows:

       On page 142, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:
       Sec. 8121. (a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     conduct a study of the receipt of benefits under the Food 
     Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) by the members of 
     the Armed Forces. The study shall include the following 
     elements:
       (1) The number of members of the Armed Forces who are 
     eligible to receive benefits under that Act.
       (2) The number of such members who receive benefits under 
     that Act.
       (3) The location by State and region of the members 
     referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2).
       (4) An estimate of the cost of raising the rate of basic 
     pay of members of the Armed Forces to a rate at which such 
     members would no longer be eligible to receive benefits under 
     that Act.
       (b) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
     report on the study required under subsection (b) not later 
     than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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                       BREAUX AMENDMENT NO. 2483

  Mr. BREAUX proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 4650, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 41 on line 9 after ``1744)'' insert: ``: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide a 
     recommendation for additional funding from the Department of 
     Defense to finance shipbuilding loan guarantees under Title 
     XI of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 
     1271)''.
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                        REID AMENDMENT NO. 2484

  Mr. INOUYE (for Mr. Reid) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
4650, supra; as follows:

       On page 34, line 2, strike out the period at the end and 
     insert in lieu thereof ``: Provided, That of the amount 
     appropriated in this paragraph, $7,000,000 shall be made 
     available only for the procurement of the Common Automatic 
     Recovery System for the Pioneer Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 
     System.''.
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                      PRESSLER AMENDMENT NO. 2485

  Mr. INOUYE (for Mr. Pressler) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
4650, supra; as follows:

       On page 142, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following 
     new section:
       Sec. 8121. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall submit, on a 
     quarterly basis, a report to the appropriate congressional 
     committees setting forth all costs (including incremental 
     costs) incurred by the Department of Defense during the 
     preceding quarter in implementing or supporting resolutions 
     of the United Nations Security Council, including any such 
     resolution calling for international sanctions, international 
     peacekeeping operations, and humanitarian missions undertaken 
     by the Department of Defense. The quarterly report shall 
     include an aggregate of all such Department of Defense costs 
     by operation or mission.
       (b) The Secretary of Defense shall detail in the quarterly 
     reports all efforts made to seek credit against past United 
     Nations expenditures and all efforts made to seek 
     compensation from the United Nations for costs incurred by 
     the Department of Defense in implementing and supporting 
     United Nations activities.
       (c) As used in this section, the term ``appropriate 
     congressional committees'' means--
       (1) the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate;
       (2) the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate; and
       (3) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.
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                        GLENN AMENDMENT NO. 2486

  Mr. INOUYE (for Mr. Glenn) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
4650, supra; as follows:

       On page 29, line 15, before the period, insert: ``: 
     Provided, That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, 
     up to $10,500,000 may be used for the procurement of command, 
     control, communications, and computer equipment for a Joint 
     Training, Analysis and Simulation Center for the United 
     States Atlantic Command.''
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                       HARKIN AMENDMENT NO. 2487

  Mr. INOUYE (for Mr. Harkin) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
4650, supra; as follows:

       On page 39, line 2, to add after the word ``section'', the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That, of the funds made 
     available under this heading, $5.6 million shall be available 
     for the Integrated Product and Process Development Program.
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                        HELMS AMENDMENT NO. 2488

  Mr. HELMS proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 4650, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, add the following:

     SEC.   . RESPONSIBLE HEALTH CARE REFORM.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
       (1) health care reform proposals to be considered in August 
     1994 in the Senate and the House of Representatives will 
     significantly affect the health care received by each and 
     every American;
       (2) such health care reform proposals impose many new and 
     increased taxes which will be borne by all working Americans;
       (3) all health care reform proposals that require employers 
     to purchase and pay for health insurance for their employees 
     will result in hundreds of thousands of Americans losing 
     their jobs;
       (4) most Americans oppose having the Federal Government 
     force everyone to buy a standard package of health insurance 
     coverage that is the same for everyone, regardless of age, 
     gender, or religion;
       (5) an overwhelming majority of Americans believe that 
     Congress should change only those parts of the health care 
     system that do not work and avoid getting the Federal 
     Government more involved in health care than it already is;
       (6) an overwhelming majority of Americans have stated their 
     belief that health care reforms being considered by Congress 
     will lead to health care rationing;
       (7) by a wide margin, the American people prefer that 
     rather than rush to enact a health reform bill in 1994, 
     Congress should take time to debate this issue and do it 
     right, even if that means putting off passing a bill until 
     next year;
       (8) despite the wishes of the American people, the 
     congressional leadership has imposed arbitrary deadlines on 
     the consideration of health care reform by both Houses of 
     Congress.
       (9) in our democracy, the American people should have 
     maximum input into the manner in which health care is 
     reformed; and
       (10) the mid-term congressional elections will provide the 
     American people with a means to express their voices on the 
     shape that health care reform should take.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that major health care reform is too important to enact in a 
     rushed fashion, and Congress should take whatever time is 
     necessary to do it right by deferring action until next year 
     to give Congress and the American people ample time to 
     obtain, read, and consider all alternatives and make wise 
     choices unless the Senate has had the full opportunity to 
     debate and amend the proposal after the congressional budget 
     office estimates have been made available.
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                BUMPERS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2489

  Mr. BUMPERS (for himself, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Kohl, Mr. 
Harkin, and Mr. Dorgan) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 4650, 
supra; as follows:

       In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted at line 8 on 
     page 25, add the following: ``$1,418,470,000 to remain 
     available for obligation until September 30, 1997: Provided, 
     That of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, none may be 
     obligated or expended on the Trident II Missile program.''
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                       BRADLEY AMENDMENT NO. 2490

  Mr. BRADLEY proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 4650) supra; as 
follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following:
         TITLE ____--APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS ACCOUNTABILITY ACT

     SECTION ____1. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Appropriations Process 
     Accountability Act''.

     SEC. ____2. JOINT RESOLUTION ALLOCATING APPROPRIATED 
                   SPENDING.

       (a) Committee Appropriations Resolution.--Section 302(b) of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(b) Committee Suballocations.--
       ``(1) Committees on appropriations.--(A) As soon as 
     practical after a concurrent resolution on the budget is 
     agreed to, the Committee on Appropriations of each House 
     shall, after consulting with Committee on Appropriations of 
     the other House, report to its House an original joint 
     resolution on appropriations allocations (referred to in the 
     paragraph as the `joint resolution') that contains the 
     following:
       ``(i) A subdivision among its subcommittees of the 
     allocation of budget outlays and new budget authority 
     allocated to it in the joint explanatory statement 
     accompanying the conference report on such concurrent 
     resolution.
       ``(ii) A subdivision of the amount with respect to each 
     such subcommittee between controllable amounts and all other 
     amounts.

     The joint resolution shall be placed on the calendar pending 
     disposition of such joint resolution in accordance with this 
     subsection.
       ``(B)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), the provisions 
     of section 305 for the consideration in the Senate of 
     concurrent resolutions on the budget and conference reports 
     thereon shall also apply to the consideration in the Senate 
     of joint resolutions reported under this paragraph and 
     conference reports thereon.
       ``(ii)(I) Debate in the Senate on any joint resolution 
     reported under this paragraph, and all amendments thereto and 
     debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall 
     be limited to not more than 20 hours.
       ``(II) The Committee on Appropriations shall manage the 
     joint resolution.
       ``(C) The allocations of the Committees on Appropriations 
     shall not take effect until the joint resolution is enacted 
     into law.
       ``(2) Other committees.--As soon as practicable after a 
     concurrent resolution on the budget is agreed to every 
     committee of the House and Senate (other than the Committees 
     on Appropriations) to which an allocation was made in such 
     joint explanatory statement shall, after consulting with the 
     committee or committees of the other House to which all or 
     part of its allocation was made--
       ``(A) subdivide such allocation among its subcommittees or 
     among programs over which it has jurisdiction; and
       ``(B) further subdivide the amount with respect to each 
     subcommittee or program between controllable amounts and all 
     other amounts.

     Each such committee shall promptly report to its House the 
     subdivisions made by it pursuant to this paragraph.''.
       (b) Point of Order.--Section 302(c) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``such committee 
     makes the allocation or subdivisions required by'' and 
     inserting ``such committee makes the allocation or 
     subdivisions in accordance with''.
       (c) Alteration of Allocations.--Section 302(e) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(e) Alteration of Allocations.--
       ``(1) Any alteration of allocations made under paragraph 
     (1) of subsection (b) proposed by the Committee on 
     Appropriations of either House shall be subject to approval 
     as required by such paragraph.
       ``(2) At any time after a committee reports the allocations 
     required to be made under subsection (b)(2), such committee 
     may report to its House an alteration of such allocations. 
     Any alteration of such allocations must be consistent with 
     any actions already taken by its House on legislation within 
     the committee's jurisdiction.''.

     SEC. ____3. AMENDMENTS TO APPROPRIATIONS BILL.

       Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
     amended by--
       (1) redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
       (2) inserting after subsection (f) the following:
       ``(g) Amendments to Appropriations Act Reducing 
     Allocations.--
       ``(1) Floor amendments.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of this Act, an amendment to an appropriations bill 
     shall be in order if--
       ``(A) such amendment reduces an amount of budget authority 
     provided in the bill and reduces the relevant subcommittee 
     allocation made pursuant to subsection (b)(1) and the 
     discretionary spending limits under section 601(a)(2) for the 
     fiscal year covered by the bill; or
       ``(B) such amendment reduces an amount of budget authority 
     provided in the bill and reduces the relevant subcommittee 
     allocation made pursuant to subsection (b)(1) and the 
     discretionary spending limits under section 601(a)(2) for the 
     fiscal year covered by the bill and the 4 succeeding fiscal 
     years.
       ``(2) Conference reports.--(A) It shall not be in order to 
     consider a conference report on an appropriations bill that 
     contains a provision reducing subcommittee allocations and 
     discretionary spending included in both the bill as passed by 
     the Senate and the House of Representatives if such provision 
     provides reductions in such allocations and spending that are 
     less than those provided in the bill as passed by the Senate 
     or the House of Representatives.
       ``(B) It shall not be in order in the Senate or the House 
     of Representatives to consider a conference report on an 
     appropriations bill that does not include a reduction in 
     subcommittee allocations and discretionary spending in 
     compliance with subparagraph (A) contained in the bill as 
     passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives.''.

     SEC. ____4. SECTION 602(b) ALLOCATIONS.

       Section 602(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
     is amended to read as follows:
       (1) Suballocations by appropriations committees.--The 
     Committee on Appropriations of each House shall make 
     allocations under subsection (a)(1)(A) or (a)(2) in 
     accordance with section 302(b)(1).''.

     

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