[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 34 (Thursday, February 23, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H2177-H2178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 6 of rule XXIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                                H.R. 450

                      Offered By: Mr. Abercrombie

       Amendment No. 40: At the end of section 5 (page 5, after 
     line 7), add the following new subsection:
       ``(c) Minerals Production Improvements.--Section 3(a) or 
     4(a), or both, shall not apply to any of the following 
     regulatory rulemaking actions (or any such action relating 
     thereto):
       (1) Coal remining.--Any regulatory rulemaking action by the 
     Office of Surface Mining of the Department of the Interior to 
     encourage remining of previously mined and inadequately 
     reclaimed coal mine operations.
       (2) Valuation of gas production on federal lands.--Any 
     regulatory rulemaking action by the Minerals Management 
     Service of the Department of the Interior to streamline and 
     improve the methods used to assign a value to gas for royalty 
     purposes.
       (3) Unauthorized use and occupancy of mining claims.--Any 
     regulatory rulemaking action by the Bureau of Land Management 
     of the Department of the Interior to prohibit the illegal use 
     of mining claims for residential, recreational, or other non-
     mining related uses.''

                                H.R. 450

                         Offered By: Mr. Cooley

       Amendment No. 41: In the proposed section 6(2)(B), strike 
     the period at the end and insert a semicolon, and after and 
     immediately below clause (ii) insert the following:

     except that in the case of a regulatory rulemaking action 
     under any Federal law for which appropriations are not 
     specifically and explicitly authorized for the fiscal year in 
     which the action is taken, the term means the period 
     beginning on the date described in subparagraph (A) and 
     ending on the earlier of the first date on which there has 
     been enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act a 
     law authorizing appropriations to carry out that Federal law 
     or the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act.
                                H.R. 450

                         Offered By: Mr. Hansen

       Amendment No. 42: At the end of section 5, add the 
     following new subsection:
       (c) Exception for Regulations Prohibiting Smoking or 
     Purchase of Tobacco Products.--Section 3(a) or 4(a), or both, 
     shall not apply to a regulatory rulemaking action authorized 
     by any other law to prohibit smoking in public places or to 
     regulate tobacco products.

                                H.R. 450

                         Offered By: Mr. Mfume

       Amendment No. 43: At the end of the bill add the following 
     new section:

     SEC.   . REGULATIONS RELATED TO LIMITATIONS ON BENEFITS WITH 
                   RESPECT TO DRUG ADDICTION OR ALCOHOLISM.

       Section 3(a) or 4(a), or both, shall not apply to any 
     regulatory rulemaking action (or any such action relating 
     thereto) by the Social Security Administration under 
     provisions of the Social Security Independence Program 
     Improvements Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-296) affecting the 
     payment of benefits to individuals whose drug addiction or 
     alcoholism is a contributing factor material to the 
     determination of disability, with respect to which interim 
     Rules were published February 10, 1995 (60 Fed. Reg. 8140).

                                H.R. 450

                       Offered By: Mr. Richardson

       Amendment No. 44: In section 6(3)(B), strike ``or'' at the 
     end of clause (iv), strike the period at the end of clause 
     (v) and insert ``; or'', and insert after clause (v) the 
     following:
       ``(vi) any agency action that is taken by an agency to meet 
     the negotiated rulemaking requirements of Pub. L. No. 103-
     413, the Indian Self-Determination Act Amendments of 1994.''

                                H.R. 450

                       Offered By: Mr. Richardson

       Amendment No. 45: At the end of the bill add the following 
     new section:

     SEC.   . RULES OF FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES NOT 
                   AFFECTED.

       Nothing in this Act shall affect the ability of the Federal 
     land management agencies (including the Bureau of Land 
     Management, the United States Forest Service, the United 
     States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park 
     Service) to promulgate and implement rules affecting use of 
     or action on Federal lands within the boundaries of 
     authorized units of the national conservation system.
                                H.R. 450

                         Offered By: Mr. Schiff

       Amendment No. 46: In section 6(3)(B), strike ``or'' after 
     the semicolon at the end of clause (iv), strike the period at 
     the end of clause (v) and insert ``; or'', and at the end add 
     the following new clause:
       (vi) any action by a Federal agency with respect to a 
     redesignation request submitted by a municipality under the 
     Clean Air Act.
                                H.R. 450

                          Offered By: Mr. Tate

       Amendment No. 47: At the end of the bill add the following 
     new section:
     SEC.   . DELAYING EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULES WITH RESPECT TO 
                   SMALL BUSINESSES.

       (a) Delay Effectiveness.--For any rule resulting from a 
     regulatory rulemaking action that is suspended or prohibited 
     by this Act, the effective date of the rule with respect to 
     small businesses may not occur before six months after the 
     end of the moratorium period.
       (b) Small Business Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``small business'' means any business with 100 or fewer 
     employees.
                         [[Page H2178]] H.R. 450

                         Offered By: Mr. Towns

       Amendment No. 48: At the end of section 6(4) (page   , line 
       ), before the period insert the following: ``or to increase 
     consumer market access, information, or choice''.

                                H.R. 450

                       Offered By: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 49: At the end of the bill add the following 
     new section:

     SEC.     . TRADE SANCTIONS NOT PROHIBITED.

       Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the 
     imposition of trade sanctions against any country that 
     engages in illegal trade activities against the United States 
     that are injurious to American technology, jobs, pensions, or 
     general economic well-being.
                                H.R. 450

                       Offered By: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 50: At the end of the bill add the following 
     new section:

     SEC.   . RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

       Nothing in this Act shall be construed as limiting the 
     promulgation of rules that ensure the collection of taxes 
     from, or limits tax loopholes of, foreign subsidiaries doing 
     business in the United States.

                               H.R. 1022

                        Offered By: Mr. Doggett

       Amendment No. 1: Amend the heading of section 301 (page 31, 
     line 2) to read as follows:

     SEC. 301. PEER REVIEW PROGRAM AND PROHIBITION OF CONFLICTS OF 
                   INTEREST.

       Strike paragraph (3) of section 301(a) (page 31, line 23 
     through page 32, line 5) and insert the following:
       (3) shall exclude peer reviewers who have a potential 
     financial interest in the outcome;

                               H.R. 1022

                        Offered By: Mr. Doggett

       Amendment No. 2: At the end of the bill (page 37, after 
     line 13), add the following new title:

                           TITLE VII--SUNSET

     SEC. 701.

       This Act shall cease to be in effect on January 3, 2000.

                               H.R. 1022

                         Offered By: Mr. Roemer

       Amendment No. 3: Strike section 401 (page   , lines  ,  
     through   ) and insert the following:

     SEC. 401. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

       Nothing in this Act creates any right to judicial or 
     administrative review, nor creates any right or benefit, 
     substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or equity by a 
     party against the United States, its agencies or 
     instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or any other 
     person. If an agency action is subject to judicial or 
     administrative review under any other provision of law, the 
     adequacy of any certification or other document prepared 
     pursuant to this Act, and any alleged failure to comply with 
     this Act, may not be used as grounds for affecting or 
     invalidating such agency action, but statements and 
     information prepared pursuant to this title which are 
     otherwise part of the record may be considered as part of the 
     record for the judicial or administrative review conducted 
     under such other provision of law.
       Strike section 202(b)(2) (page   , lines    through   ) 
     relating to substantial evidence and strike ``(1) In 
     general.--'' in section 202(b) (page   , line   ).