[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 77 (Wednesday, May 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4796]
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. 961

                        Offered By: Mr. Bateman

       Amendment No. 57: Pages 231 and 232, strike the table and 
     insert the following:

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                                Percentage of Sums Authorized for Fiscal
                                                  Year                  
            State             ------------------------------------------
                                 1996      1997      1998    1999 & 2000
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Alabama......................    1.0693    1.0110    0.9504     0.8896  
Alaska.......................    0.5723    0.5411    0.5087     0.4761  
Arizona......................    0.7139    0.7464    0.7767     0.8060  
Arkansas.....................    0.6255    0.5914    0.5560     0.5204  
California...................    7.5590    7.9031    8.2244     8.5345  
Colorado.....................    0.7649    0.7232    0.6885     0.6847  
Connecticut..................    1.2948    1.3537    1.3718     1.3643  
Delaware.....................    0.4694    0.4438    0.4173     0.3905  
District of Columbia.........    0.4694    0.4438    0.4173     0.3905  
Florida......................    3.4532    3.4462    3.4304     3.4115  
Georgia......................    1.7870    1.8683    1.9443     1.9993  
Hawaii.......................    0.7406    0.7002    0.6583     0.6161  
Idaho........................    0.4694    0.4438    0.4173     0.3905  
Illinois.....................    4.7801    4.9976    5.2008     5.3970  
Indiana......................    2.5472    2.6631    2.7714     2.8759  
Iowa.........................    1.2942    1.2236    1.1503     1.0767  
Kansas.......................    0.8708    0.8690    0.8650     0.8602  
Kentucky.....................    1.3452    1.3570    1.3508     1.3433  
Louisiana....................    1.0512    1.0060    1.0014     0.9958  
Maine........................    0.7402    0.6999    0.6666     0.6629  
Maryland.....................    2.3128    2.1867    2.0557     1.9241  
Massachusetts................    3.5884    3.7518    3.9043     4.0515  
Michigan.....................    4.1117    3.8875    3.8061     3.7850  
Minnesota....................    1.7576    1.6618    1.5622     1.4622  
Mississippi..................    0.8615    0.8146    0.7658     0.7167  
Missouri.....................    2.6509    2.5063    2.3562     2.2054  
Montana......................    0.4694    0.4438    0.4173     0.3905  
Nebraska.....................    0.4891    0.4624    0.4347     0.4069  
Nevada.......................    0.4694    0.4438    0.4173     0.3905  
New Hampshire................    0.9556    0.9035    0.8494     0.7950  
New Jersey...................    4.3190    4.5156    4.6686     4.6428  
New Mexico...................    0.4694    0.4438    0.4173     0.3905  
New York.....................   11.6659   12.1969   12.6928    13.1714  
North Carolina...............    1.9075    1.9943    2.0754     2.1537  
North Dakota.................    0.4694    0.4438    0.4173     0.3905  
Ohio.........................    5.3833    5.0898    4.9266     4.8993  
Oklahoma.....................    0.7726    0.7304    0.6867     0.6427  
Oregon.......................    1.1939    1.2399    1.2342     1.2274  
Pennsylvania.................    4.1866    4.2145    4.1952     4.1720  
Rhode Island.................    0.6421    0.6071    0.5707     0.5342  
South Carolina...............    0.9796    0.9262    0.8707     0.8150  
South Dakota.................    0.4694    0.4438    0.4173     0.3905  
Tennessee....................    1.4697    1.4668    1.4600     1.4520  
Texas........................    4.6552    4.6458    4.6245     4.5989  
Utah.........................    0.5039    0.4764    0.4479     0.4192  
Vermont......................    0.4694    0.4438    0.4173     0.3905  
Virginia.....................    2.1630    2.2615    2.3534     2.4379  
Washington...................    1.8380    1.9217    1.9998     2.0752  
West Virginia................    1.4907    1.4249    1.4184     1.4106  
Wisconsin....................    2.5852    2.4442    2.2978     2.1507  
Wyoming......................    0.4694    0.4438    0.4173     0.3905  
Puerto Rico..................    1.2472    1.1792    1.1185     1.1123  
Northern Marianas............    0.0399    0.0377    0.0355     0.0332  
American Somoa...............    0.0859    0.0812    0.0763     0.0714  
Guam.........................    0.0621    0.0587    0.0552     0.0517  
Palau........................    0.1224    0.1158    0.1088     0.1019  
Virgin Islands...............    0.0551    0.0576    0.0599   0.0599.''.
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                                H.R. 961

                         Offered by: Mr. Cooley

       Amendment No. 58: Page 181, after line 16, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 401. GRAZING OF LIVESTOCK

       Section 401(a)(1) (33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1)) strike ``Federal 
     license or permit'' and insert ``Federal license or permit 
     (other than a lease or permit to authorize the grazing of 
     livestock on any lands owned or under the control of the 
     United States)''.
       Redesignate subsequent sections of title IV of the bill and 
     conform the table of contents accordingly.

                                H.R. 961

                         Offered by: Mr. Cooley

       Amendment No. 59: Page 209, strike line 1 and insert ``SEC. 
     503. POINT SOURCE DEFINED.''.
       Conform the table of contents of the bill accordingly.
       Page 209, at the beginning of line 2, insert ``(a) CAFO 
     Definition Clarification.--''.
       Page 209, after line 17, insert the following:
       (b) Agricultural Stormwater Discharges.--Section 502(14) is 
     further amended by inserting ``, including discharges from 
     cropland, pasture land, rangeland, any grazing lands used 
     pursuant to a Federal grazing permit or lease, and forest 
     lands,'' after ``agricultural stormwater discharges''.

                                H.R. 961

                        Offered by: Mr. DeFazio

       Amendment No. 60: Page 92, line 2, strike ``or other 
     facility'', as inserted on page 14 of the committee amendment 
     offered by Mr. Shuster.
                                H.R. 961

                         Offered By: Mr. Minge

       Amendment No. 61: Page 243, after line 8, insert the 
     following:
       ``(3) Agricultural permit authority.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture is authorized to issue permits in accordance with 
     this section for any activity resulting from normal farming, 
     silviculture, aquaculture, and ranching activities and 
     practices carried out on agricultural land or for any 
     activity incidental thereto carried out on the agricultural 
     land if the agricultural land is not subject to sections 
     1221-1223 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3821-
     3823). Any activity allowed by the Secretary of Agriculture 
     under such sections 1221-1223 shall be treated as having a 
     permit issued under this section and no individual request 
     for or granting of a permit shall be required under this 
     section.
       Page 274, after line 19, add the following:
       ``(10) Mitigation of agricultural lands.--Any mitigation 
     approved by the Secretary of Agriculture for agricultural 
     lands shall be accepted by the Secretary as mitigation under 
     this section.
       Page 276, line 7, after ``ditches'' insert ``(including 
     resloping of drainage ditches to control bank erosion)''.

                                H.R. 961

                         Offered By: Mr. Riggs

       Amendment No. 62: On page 276, strike lines 3 through 7 and 
     insert in lieu thereof the following:

     ``ponds, wastewater retention or management facilities 
     (including pipelines, dikes and berms) that are used by 
     concentrated animal feeding operations or advanced treatment 
     municipal wastewater reuse operations, or irrigation canals 
     and ditches or the maintenance of drainage ditches;''.