[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 27, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H6397-H6398]
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. 1868

                          Offered By: Mr. Goss

       Amendment No. 74: Page 78, after line 6, insert the 
     following new section:


                     limitation on funds for haiti

       Sec. 564. Effective March 1, 1996, 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 in substantial compliance 
     with the requirements of the 1987 Constitution of Haiti.

                               H.R. 1868

                      Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee

       Amendment No. 75: Page 19, Line 16, strike ``$10,000,000'' 
     and insert in lieu thereof ``$11,500,000''.
       Page 23, line 6, strike ``39,000,000'' and insert in lieu 
     thereof ``37,500,000''.
                               H.R. 1868

                         Offered By: Ms. Kaptur

       Amendment No. 76. Page 78, after line 6, insert the 
     following new section:


        limitation on funds for north american development bank

       Sec. 564. None of the funds appropriated in this Act under 
     the heading ``North American Development Bank'' may be 
     expended except when it is made known to the disbursing 
     official concerned that the Government of Mexico has 
     contributed to the North American Development Bank its share 
     of the paid-in portion of the capital stock for fiscal year 
     1996, $56,250,000.

                               H.R. 1868

                    Offered By: Mrs. Meek of Florida

            (Amendment to the Amendment Offered by Mr. Goss)

       Amendment No. 77. In the matter proposed to be inserted by 
     the amendment, strike ``when it is made known'' and all that 
     follows and insert the following:

     except when it is made known to the President that such 
     Government is making continued progress in implementing 
     democratic elections.

                               H.R. 1868

                         Offered By: Mr. Porter

       Amendment No. 78: Page 15, line 4, insert ``or Turkey'' 
     after ``Zaire''.
                               H.R. 1868

                  Offered By: Mr. Smith of New Jersey

       Amendment No. 79. Page 78, after line 6, insert the 
     following new section:


                  prohibitiion of funding for abortion

       Sec. 564. (a) In General.--
       (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or 
     other law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act for 
     population assistance activities, may be made available for 
     any private, nongovernmental, or multilateral organization 
     until the organization certifies that it does not and will 
     not during the period for which the funds are made available, 
     directly or through a subcontractor or sub-grantee, perform 
     abortions in any foreign country, except where the life of 
     the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to 
     term or in cases or forcible rape or incest.
       (2) Paragraph (1) may not be construed to apply to the 
     treatment of injuries or illnesses caused by legal or illegal 
     abortions or 

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     to assistance provided directly to the government of a country.
       (b) Lobbying Activities.--
       (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or 
     other law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act for 
     population assistance activities may be made available for 
     any private, nongovernmental, or multilateral organization 
     until the organization certifies that it does not and will 
     not during the period for which the funds are made available, 
     violate the law of any foreign country concerning the 
     circumstances under which abortion is permitted, regulated, 
     or prohibited, or engage in any activity or effort to alter 
     the laws or governmental policies of any foreign country 
     concerning the circumstances under which abortion is 
     permitted, regulated, or prohibited.
       (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to activities in 
     opposition to coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.
       (c) Coercive Population Control Methods.--Notwithstanding 
     any other provision of this Act or other law, none of the 
     funds appropriated by this Act may be made available for the 
     United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), unless the President 
     certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that 
     (1) the United Nations Population Fund has terminated all 
     activities in the People's Republic of China; or (2) during 
     the 12 months preceding such certification, there have been 
     no abortions as the result of coercion associated with the 
     family planning policies of the national government or other 
     governmental entities within the People's Republic of China. 
     As used in this section the term ``coercion'' includes 
     physical duress or abuse, destruction or confiscation of 
     property, loss of means of livelihood, or severe 
     psychological pressure.
                               H.R. 1868

                  Offered By: Mr. Smith of New Jersey

       Amendment No. 80: Page 78, after line 7, insert the 
     following new section:


   prohibition on use of migration and refugee assistance funds for 
                        administrative expenses

       Sec. 564. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act 
     to the contrary, none of the funds made available in this Act 
     under the heading ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'' may be 
     used for (1) salaries and expenses of personnel and 
     dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980; 
     (2) salaries and expenses of personnel assigned to the bureau 
     charged with carrying out the Migration and Refugee 
     Assistance Act; (3) allowances as authorized by sections 5921 
     through 5925 of title 5, United States Code; or (4) 
     administrative expenses.

                               H.R. 1868

                         Offered By: Mr. Souder

       Amendment No. 81: Page 78, after line 6, insert the 
     following:


                   limitation on assistance to mexico

       Sec. 564. (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated 
     or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or 
     expended for the Government of Mexico, except if it is made 
     known to the Federal entity or official to which funds are 
     appropriated under this Act that--
       (1) the Government of Mexico is taking actions to reduce 
     the amount of illegal drugs entering the United States from 
     Mexico by at least 10 percent of the level of such illegal 
     drugs from the previous year, as determined by the Director 
     of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; and
       (2) the Government of Mexico--
       (A) is taking effective actions to apply vigorously all law 
     enforcement resources to investigate, track, capture, 
     incarcerate, and prosecute illegal drug kingpins and their 
     accomplices, individuals responsible for, or otherwise 
     involved in, corruption, and individuals involved in money-
     laundering; and
       (B) is pursuing international anti-drug trafficking 
     initiatives.
                               H.R. 1868

                         Offered By: Mr. Souder

       Amendment No. 82: Page 78, after line 6, insert the 
     following:


                   limitation on assistance to mexico

       Sec. 564. (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated 
     or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or 
     expended for the Government of Mexico, except if it is made 
     known to the President that--
       (1) the Government of Mexico is taking actions to reduce 
     the amount of illegal drugs entering the United States from 
     Mexico by at least 10 percent of the level of such illegal 
     drugs from the previous year, as determined by the Director 
     of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; and
       (2) the Government of Mexico--
       (A) is taking effective actions to apply vigorously all law 
     enforcement resources to investigate, track, capture, 
     incarcerate, and prosecute illegal drug kingpins and their 
     accomplices, individuals responsible for, or otherwise 
     involved in, corruption, and individuals involved in money-
     laundering; and
       (B) is pursuing international anti-drug trafficking 
     initiatives.

                               H.R. 1905

                         Offered By: Mr. Forbes

       Amendment No. 11: Page 16, line 1, strike 
     ``$2,596,700,000'' and insert ``$2,696,700,000''.
       Page 20, line 8, strike ``$362,250,000'' and insert 
     ``$262,250,000''.
       Page 20, line 25, strike ``$239,944,000'' and insert 
     ``$139,944,000''.
                               H.R. 1905

                          Offered By: Mr. Hoke

       Amendment No. 12: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. 505. The Secretary of Energy shall transmit a report 
     to the Congress each time the Secretary authorizes the 
     payment of travel expenses of the Secretary or other 
     employees of the Department of Energy in excess of an 
     aggregate of $5,246,200 for fiscal year 1996. Such report 
     shall describe the amount authorized, the purposes for which 
     such funds were originally allocated, and the travel expenses 
     for which they are used.

                               H.R. 1905

                          Offered By: Mr. Hoke

       Amendment No. 13: Page   , after line   , insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC.   . TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR TRAVEL.

       The Secretary of Energy shall transmit a report to the 
     Congress each time the Secretary authorizes the payment of 
     travel expenses of the Secretary or other employees of the 
     Department of Energy in excess of an aggregate of $5,246,200 
     for fiscal year 1996. Such report shall describe the amount 
     authorized, the purposes for which such funds were originally 
     allocated, and the travel expenses for which they are used.

                               H.R. 1905

                          Offered By: Mr. Klug

       Amendment No. 14: Page 16, line 2, insert before the period 
     the following:

     : Provided, That, of such amount, $44,772,000 shall be 
     available to implement the provisions of section 1211 of the 
     Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13316)

                               H.R. 1905

                  Offered By: Mrs. Smith of Washington

       Amendment No. 15: Page 14, line 13, strike ``$48,630,000'' 
     and insert ``$48,150,000''.