[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 103 (Thursday, June 22, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H6270-H6271]
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                               AMENDMENTS

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

                                 H.R.  

  (Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1996)

                       Offered by: Mr. Cunningham

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec.  . None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
     used by the Department of the Interior--
       (1) to conduct a lease sale or issue a lease for oil or gas 
     under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act in the Southern 
     California, Central California, of Northern California 
     Planning Areas; or
       (2) to approve any exploration plan, development and 
     production plan, or application for permit to drill, or 
     permit any drilling, for oil or gas under the Outer 
     Continental Shelf Lands Act on any lands of the Outer 
     Continental Shelf in the Southern California, Central 
     California, or Northern California Planning Areas.

                                 H.R.  

  (Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1996)

                       Offered By: Mr. Underwood

       Amendment No. 2: In title I of the bill, decrease the 
     amount appropriated for technical assistance and maintenance 
     assistance under the heading ``Territorial and International 
     Affairs'', by $2,580,000 and $2,000,000, respectively.
       In title I of the bill, appropriate $4,580,000 to Guam for 
     impact aid under Public Law 99-239 (relating to the Compact 
     of Free Association).

                               H.R. 1868

                       Offered by: Mr. Brownback

       Amendment No. 64: Page 12, line 8, strike ``$7,000,000'' 
     and insert ``$3,000,000''.
       Page 13, strike line 18 and all that follows through page 
     14, line 11.
       Page 16, line 24, strike ``$595,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$619,000,000''.
                               H.R. 1868

                   Offered By: Mr. Burton of Indiana

       Amendment No. 65: Page 78, after line 6, insert the 
     following new section:


                   limitation on assistance to india

       Sec. 564. None of the funds appropriated in this Act under 
     the heading ``Development Assistance Fund'' may be made 
     available to the Government of India or non-governmental 
     organizations and private voluntary organizations operating 
     within India.

                               H.R. 1868

                         Offered By: Mr. Engel

       Amendment No. 66: Page 63, after line 4, insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 540A. RESTRICTIONS ON THE TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS 
                   AGAINST SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO.

       (a) Restrictions.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, no sanction, prohibition, or requirement described in 
     section 1511 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1994 (Public Law 103-160), with respect to Serbia 
     or Montenegro, may cease to be effective, unless--
       (1) the President first submits to the Congress a 
     certification described in subsection (b); and
       (2) the requirements of section 1511 of that Act are met.
       (b) Certification.--A certification described in this 
     subsection is a certification that--
       (1) there is substantial progress toward--
       (A) the realization of a separate identity for Kosova and 
     the right of the people of Kosova to govern themselves; or
       (B) the creation of an international protectorate for 
     Kosova;
       (2) there is substantial improvement in the human rights 
     situation in Kosova;
       (3) international human rights observers are allowed to 
     return to Kosova; and
       (4) the elected government of Kosova is permitted to meet 
     and carry out its legitimate mandate as elected 
     representatives of the people of Kosova.
                               H.R. 1868

                         Offered By: Mr. Engel

       Amendment No. 67: Page 63, after line 4, insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 540A. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO RESTRICTIONS ON THE 
                   TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST SERBIA AND 
                   MONTENEGRO.

       (a) Restrictions.--It is the sense of the Congress that, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, no sanction, 
     prohibition, or requirement described in section 1511 of the [[Page H 
     6271]] National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     1994 (Public Law 103-160), with respect to Serbia or 
     Montenegro, should cease to be effective, unless--
       (1) the President first submits to the Congress a 
     certification described in subsection (b); and
       (2) the requirements of section 1511 of that Act are met.
       (b) Certification.--A certification described in this 
     subsection is a certification that--
       (1) there is substantial progress toward--
       (A) the realization of a separate identity for Kosova and 
     the right of the people of Kosova to govern themselves; or
       (B) the creation of an international protectorate for 
     Kosova;
       (2) there is substantial improvement in the human rights 
     situation in Kosova;
       (3) international human rights observers are allowed to 
     return to Kosova; and
       (4) the elected government of Kosova is permitted to meet 
     and carry out its legitimate mandate as elected 
     representatives of the people of Kosova.

                               H.R. 1868

                          Offered By: Mr. Goss

       Amendment No. 68: Page 78, after line 6, insert the 
     following new section:


                     limitation on funds for haiti

       Sec. 564. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
     made available to the Government of Haiti when it is made 
     known to the President that such Government is controlled by 
     a regime holding power through means other than the 
     democratic elections scheduled for calendar year 1995 and 
     held pursuant to the requirements of the 1987 Constitution of 
     Haiti.
                               H.R. 1868

                        Offered By: Mr. Menendez

       Amendment No. 69: Page 78, after line 6, add the following:


withholding of assistance to countries supporting nuclear plant in cuba

       Sec. 564. The President shall withhold from assistance made 
     available with funds appropriated or made available pursuant 
     to this Act an amount equal to the sum of assistance and 
     credits, if any, provided on or after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act by that country, or any entity in that 
     country, in support of the completion of the Cuban nuclear 
     facility at Juragua, near Cienfuegos, Cuba.

                               H.R. 1868

                   Offered By: Mr. Miller of Florida

       Amendment No. 70: Page 16, line 24, strike $595,000,000'' 
     and insert ``$565,000,000''.

                               H.R. 1905

                  Offered By: Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin

       Amendment No. 3: Page 16, line 1, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(less $5,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 1905

                  Offered By: Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin

       Amendment No. 4: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. 505. Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the 
     heading ``Energy Supply, Research and Development 
     Activities'', not more than $10,000,000 shall be available 
     for hydrogen research.
                               H.R. 1905

                        Offered By: Mr. Brewster

       Amendment No. 5. At the end of the bill, add the following 
     new title:

                  TITLE   --DEFICIT REDUCTION LOCKBOX


  deficit reduction trust fund; downward adjustments in discretionary 
                            spending limits

       Sec.   . (a) Establishment.--There is established in the 
     Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the 
     ``Deficit Reduction Trust Fund'' (in this title referred to 
     as the ``Fund'').
       (b) Contents.--The Fund shall consist only of amounts 
     transferred to the Fund under subsection (c).
       (c) Transfers of Moneys to Fund.--The Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall transfer to the Fund an amount equal to the 
     allocations under section 602(b)(1) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 to the subcommittee of the Committee on 
     Appropriations with jurisdiction over this Act minus the 
     aggregate level of new budget authority and outlays resulting 
     from the enactment of this Act, as calculated by the Director 
     of the Office of Management and Budget.
       (d) Use of Moneys in Fund.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     amounts in the Fund shall not be available, in any fiscal 
     year, for appropriation, obligation, expenditure, or 
     transfer.
       (2) Use of amounts for reduction of public debt.--The 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall use the amounts in the Fund 
     to redeem, or buy before maturity, obligations of the Federal 
     Government that are included in the public debt. Any 
     obligation of the Federal Government that is paid, redeemed, 
     or bought with money from the Fund shall be canceled and 
     retired and may not be reissued.
       (e) Downward Adjustments in Discretionary Spending 
     Limits.--Upon the enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget shall make downward 
     adjustments in the adjusted discretionary spending limits 
     (new budget authority and outlays) as set forth in section 
     601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 by the 
     aggregate amount of estimated reductions in new budget 
     authority and outlays transferred to the Fund under 
     subsection (c) for such fiscal year, as calculated by the 
     Director.
                               H.R. 1905

                          Offered By: Mr. Klug

       Amendment No. 6: Page 16, line 2, insert before the period 
     the following:

     : Provided, That, of such amount, not less than $74,129,000 
     shall be available for photovoltaic energy systems, not less 
     than $25,329,000 shall be available for solar thermal energy 
     systems, not less than $40,000,000 shall be available for 
     wind energy systems, not less than $28,115,000 shall be 
     available for geothermal, and not more than $323,628,000 
     shall be available for materials sciences: Provided further, 
     That within such $323,628,000, not more than $113,954,000 
     shall be available for non-research, including (but not 
     limited to) facilities and operations.

                               H.R. 1905

                          Offered By: Mr. Klug

       Amendment No. 7: Page 16, line 1 strike ``$2,596,700,000'' 
     and insert ``$2,576,700,000''.

                               H.R. 1905

                          Offered By: Mr. Klug

       Amendment No. 8: Page 25, line 6, strike ``$142,000,000'' 
     and insert ``$0''.

                               H.R. 1905

                          Offered By: Mr. Klug

       Amendment No. 9: Page 29, line 1, strike ``$103,339,000'' 
     and insert ``$0''.