[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 111 (Tuesday, July 11, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H6831-H6834]
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. 1976

                        Offered By: Mr. Deutsch

       Amendment No. 5: Page 71, after line 2, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 726. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to provide assistance to, or to pay the salaries of 
     personnel who carry out a market promotion program pursuant 
     to section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 
     U.S.C. 5623) that provides assistance to, the U.S. Mink 
     Export Development Council or any mink industry trade 
     association.

                               H.R. 1976

                         Offered By: Mr. Durbin

       Amendment No. 6: Page 71, after line 2, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 726. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Department of Agriculture may be used (1) to carry out, 
     or pay the salaries of personnel who carry out, any extension 
     service program, market news program, or market analysis 
     program for tobacco or tobacco products; or (2) to provide, 
     or to pay the salaries of personnel who provide, crop 
     insurance for tobacco for the 1996 or later crop years.

                               H.R. 1976

                       Offered By: Mr. Gutierrez

       Amendment No. 7: Page 55, line 24 insert after ``law'' the 
     following:

     , and which includes a reasonable amount that shall be 
     expended to prepare a report, to be submitted to the Congress 
     not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, identifying the nature and extent of the adverse 
     health effects that would be caused by restricting 
     eligibility for food stamp benefits as a result of enacting 
     section 403 of H.R. 4 as passed on March 24, 1995, by the 
     House of Representatives

                               H.R. 1976

                         Offered By: Mrs. Lowey

       Amendment No. 8: At the appropriate place in the bill, 
     insert the following new section:
       Sec.  . None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
     used to provide deficiency payments and land diversion 
     payments described in paragraph (1), or other payments 
     described in paragraph (2)(B), of section 1001 of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) to any person when it is 
     made known to the Federal entity or official to which the 
     funds are made available that the person has an annual 
     adjusted gross income of $100,000 or more from off-farm 
     sources.

                               H.R. 1976

                         Offered By: Mrs. Lowey

       Amendment No. 9: At the appropriate place in the bill, 
     insert the following new section:
       Sec.  . None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
     used for a quota support rate greater than $550 per ton for 
     the 1996 crop of quota peanuts.
                               H.R. 1976

                        Offered By: Mr. Schumer

       Amendment No. 10: Page 29, line 24, strike 
     ``$10,400,000,000'' and insert ``$10,290,000,000''.

                               H.R. 1976

                        Offered By: Mr. Schumer

       Amendment No. 11: Page 71, after line 2, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 726. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to pay the salaries of personnel who carry out a 
     market promotion program pursuant to section 203 of the 
     Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623).

                               H.R. 1976

                        Offered By: Mr. Schumer

       Amendment No. 12: Page 71, after line 2, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 726. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the 
     funds made available in this Act may be used to pay the 
     salaries of personnel who carry out a market promotion 
     program pursuant to section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act 
     of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623).
       (b) Corresponding Reduction in Funds.--The amount otherwise 
     provided in this Act for ``Commodity Credit Corporation 
     Fund--Reimbursement for Net Realized Losses'' is hereby 
     reduced by $110,000,000.

                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Chabot

       Amendment No. 11: Page 73, strike line 16 and all that 
     follows through page 74, line 15.

                               H.R. 1977

                        Offered By: Mrs. Clayton

       Amendment No. 12: Page 55, line 5, strike ``$384,504,000'' 
     and insert ``$304,504,000''.
       Page 66, strike lines 14 and 15 and insert the following: 
     ``For necessary expenses for the Office of Indian Education, 
     $81,000,000.''.
                               H.R. 1977

                        Offered By: Mrs. Clayton

       Amendment No. 13: Page 66, strike lines 14 and 15 and 
     insert the following: ``For necessary expenses for the Office 
     of Indian Education, $81,000,000.''.
                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Coburn

       Amendment No. 14: Page 5, strike lines 11 through 17.
       Page 11, strike lines 9 through 17.
       Page 17, strike lines 15 through 26.
       Page 47, strike lines 17 through 25.
       Page 66, strike lines 11 through 15 and insert the 
     following:
                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

              Office of Elementary and Secondary Education


                            indian education

       For necessary expenses to carry out, to the extent not 
     otherwise provided, title VI of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965, $52,500,000, to be allocated directly 
     to local educational agencies in direct proportion to the 
     funding received in fiscal year 1995, with no administrative 
     costs at the Federal level.

                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Coburn

       Amendment No. 15: Page 5, strike lines 11 through 17.
       Page 11, strike lines 9 through 17.
       Page 17, strike lines 15 through 26.
       Page 47, strike lines 17 through 25.
       Page 66, strike lines 11 through 15 and insert the 
     following:
                        Department of Education

              Office of Elementary and Secondary Education


                            indian education

       For necessary expenses to carry out, to the extent not 
     otherwise provided, title VI of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965, $52,500,000.

                               H.R. 1977

                        Offered By: Mr. Cremeans

       Amendment No. 16. Page 94, after line 24, add the 
     following:
       Sec. 318. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used for the purposes of 
     acquiring lands in the counties of Lawrence or Washington, 
     Ohio, for the Wayne National Forest.
                               H.R. 1977

                  Offered By: Mr. Fazio of California

       Amendment No. 17. Page 2, line 11, strike ``$570,017,000'' 
     and insert ``$569,417,000''.
       Page 2, line 12, strike ``of which'' and all that follows 
     through ``, and'' on line 17.
       Page 3, line 4, strike ``$570,017,000'' and insert 
     ``$569,417,000''.
                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Fazio

       Amendment No. 18: Page 2, line 11, strike ``$570,017,000'' 
     and insert ``$569,417,000''.
       Page 2, line 12, strike ``of which'' and all that follows 
     through ``, and'' on line 17.
       Page 3, line 4, strike ``$570,017,000'' and insert 
     ``$569,417,000''.
       Page 16, line 10, strike ``$1'' and insert ``$1,700,000''.

                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Fazio

       Amendment No. 19: Page 2, line 11, strike ``$570,017,000'' 
     and insert ``$569,417,000''.
       Page 2, line 12, strike ``of which'' and all that follows 
     through ``, and'' on line 17.
       Page 3, line 4, strike ``$570,017,000'' and insert 
     ``$569,417,000''.
       Page 16, line 5, strike ``$1,088,249,000'' and insert 
     ``$1,088,849,000''.
       Page 16, line 9, strike ``, and'' and all that follows 
     through ``serve'' on line 12.
                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Fazio

       Amendment No. 20: Page 2, line 11, strike ``$570,017,000'' 
     and insert ``$569,417,000''.

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       Page 2, line 12, strike ``of which'' and all that follows 
     through ``, and'' on line 17.
       Page 3, line 4, strike ``$570,017,000'' and insert 
     ``$569,417,000''.
       Page 16, line 10, strike ``$1'' and insert ``$1,700,000''.

                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Fazio

       Amendment No. 21: Page 2, line 11, strike ``$570,017,000'' 
     and insert ``$569,417,000''.
       Page 2, line 12, strike ``of which'' and all that follows 
     through ``, and'' on line 17.
       Page 3, line 4, strike ``$570,017,000'' and insert 
     ``$569,417,000''.
       Page 16, line 5, strike ``$1,088,249,000'' and insert 
     ``$1,088,949,000''.
       Page 16, line 10, strike ``$1'' and insert ``$1,700,000''.

                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Fazio

       Amendment No. 22: Page 16, line 9, strike ``, and'' and all 
     that follows through ``serve'' on line 12.
                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Fazio

       Amendment No. 23: Page 16, line 5, strike 
     ``$1,088,249,000'' and insert ``$1,088,849,000''.
       Page 16, line 9, strike ``, and'' and all that follows 
     through ``serve'' on line 12.

                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Fazio

       Amendment No. 24: Page 16, line 10, strike ``$1'' and 
     insert ``$1,700,000''.

                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Fazio

       Amendment No. 25: Page 16, line 5, strike 
     ``$1,088,249,000'' and insert ``$1,088,949,000''.
       Page 16, line 10, strike ``$1'' and insert ``$1,700,000''.

                               H.R. 1977

                        Offered By: Mr. Gallegly

       Amendment No. 26: Page 34, line 24, strike ``$69,232,000'' 
     of which (1) $65,705,000 shall be'' and insert ``$52,405,000, 
     to remain''.
       Page 34, line 25, strike ``technical assistance'' and all 
     that follows through ``controls, and'' on line 1 of page 35.
       Page 35, strike lines 11 and 12 and insert: ``272): 
     Provided''.
       Page 35, line 25, strike ``funding:'' and all that follows 
     through line 23 on page 36 and insert ``funding.''.

                               H.R. 1977

                       Offered By: Mr. Gilchrest

       Amendment No. 27: Page 19, line 17, insert after 
     ``program'' the following:

     when it is made known to the Federal official having 
     authority to obligate or expend such funds that the 
     volunteers are not properly trained or that information 
     gathered by the volunteers is not carefully verified.
                               H.R. 1977

                       Offered By: Mr. Gutknecht

       Amendment No. 28: Page 94, after line 24, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 318. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     made available for the Mississippi River Corridor Heritage 
     Commission.

                               H.R. 1977

                Offered By: Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts

       Amendment No. 29: Page 55, line 5, strike ``$384,504,000'' 
     and insert ``$379,524,000''.

                               H.R. 1977

                Offered By: Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts

       Amendment No. 30: Page 55, line 5, strike ``$384,504,000'' 
     and insert ``$379,524,000''.
       Page 56, line 3, strike ``$552,871,000'' and insert 
     ``$557,851,000''.
       Page 56, line 10, strike ``$133,946,000'' and insert 
     ``$138,926,000''.
       Page 56, line 17, strike ``$107,446,000'' and insert 
     ``$112,426,000''.

                               H.R. 1977

                        Offered By: Mr. Kleczka

       Amendment No. 31: Page 55, line 5, strike ``$384,504,000'' 
     and insert ``$379,524,000''.

                               H.R. 1977

                  Offered By: Mr. Miller of California

       Amendment No. 32: Page 5, line 15, strike ``$8,500,000'' 
     and insert ``$14,750,000''.
       Page 11, line 16, strike ``$14,100,000'' and insert 
     ``$67,300,000''.
       Page 17, line 21, strike ``$14,300,000'' and insert 
     ``$84,550,000''.
       Page 17, line 26, strike ``$1,500,000'' and insert 
     ``$3,240,000''.
       Page 47, line 23, strike ``$14,600,000'' and insert 
     ``$65,310,000''.
       Page 55, line 5, strike ``$384,504,000'' and insert 
     ``$200,854,000''.
                               H.R. 1977

                  Offered By: Mr. Miller of California

       Amendment No. 33: Page 45, line 24, strike 
     ``$1,276,688,000'' and insert ``$1,245,720,000''.

                               H.R. 1977

                  Offered By: Mr. Miller of California

       Amendment No. 34: Page 47, line 13, strike all that follows 
     after ``United States'' through line 16 and insert a period.

                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Owens

       Amendment No. 35: Page 94, after line 24, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 318. (a) Reservation of Royalty.--Production of all 
     locatable minerals from any mining claim located under the 
     general mining laws, or mineral concentrates or products 
     derived from locatable minerals from any mining claim located 
     under the general mining laws, as the case may be, shall be 
     subject to a royalty of 8 percent of the gross income from 
     such production. The claimholder and any operator to whom the 
     claimholder has assigned the obligation to make royalty 
     payments under the claim and any person who controls such 
     claimholder or operator shall be jointly and severally liable 
     for payment of such royalties.
       (b) Duties of Claim Holders, Operators, and Transporters.--
     (1) A person--
       (A) who is required to make any royalty payment under this 
     section shall make such payments to the United States at such 
     times and in such manner as the Secretary may by rule 
     prescribe; and
       (B) shall notify the Secretary, in the time and manner as 
     may be specified by the Secretary, of any assignment that 
     such person may have made of the obligation to make any 
     royalty or other payment under a mining claim.
       (2) Any person paying royalties under this section shall 
     file a written instrument, together with the first royalty 
     payment, affirming that such person is liable to the 
     Secretary for making proper payments for all amounts due for 
     all time periods for which such person as a payment 
     responsibility. Such liability for the period referred to in 
     the preceding sentence shall include any and all additional 
     amounts billed by the Secretary and determined to be due by 
     final agency or judicial action. Any person liable for 
     royalty payments under this section who assigns any payment 
     obligation shall remain jointly and severally liable for all 
     royalty payments due for the claim for the period.
       (3) A person conducting mineral activities shall--
       (A) develop and comply with the site security provisions in 
     operations permit designed to protect from theft the 
     locatable minerals, concentrates or products derived 
     therefrom which are produced or stored on a mining claim, and 
     such provisions shall
      conform with such minimum standards as the Secretary may 
     prescribe by rule, taking into account the variety of 
     circumstances on mining claims; and
       (B) not later than the 5th business day after production 
     begins anywhere on a mining claim, or production resumes 
     after more than 90 days after production was suspended, 
     notify the Secretary, in the manner prescribed by the 
     Secretary, of the date on which such production has begun or 
     resumed.
       (4) The Secretary may by rule require any person engaged in 
     transporting a locatable mineral, concentrate, or product 
     derived therefrom to carry on his or her person, in his or 
     her vehicle, or in his or her immediate control, 
     documentation showing, at a minimum, the amount, origin, and 
     intended destination of the locatable mineral, concentrate, 
     or product derived therefrom in such circumstances as the 
     Secretary determines is appropriate.
       (c) Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements.--(1) A claim 
     holder, operator, or other person directly involved in 
     developing, producing, processing, transporting, purchasing, 
     or selling locatable minerals, concentrates, or products 
     derived therefrom, subject to this Act, through the point of 
     royalty computation shall establish and maintain any records, 
     make any reports, and provide any information that the 
     Secretary may reasonably require for the purposes of 
     implementing this section or determining compliance with 
     rules or orders under this section. Such records shall 
     include, but not be limited to, periodic reports, records, 
     documents, and other data. Such reports may also include, but 
     not be limited to, pertinent technical and financial data 
     relating to the quantity, quality, composition volume, 
     weight, and assay of all minerals extracted from the mining 
     claim. Upon the request of any officer or employee duly 
     designated by the Secretary or any State conducting an audit 
     or investigation pursuant to this section, the appropriate 
     records, reports, or information which may be required by 
     this section shall be made available for inspection and 
     duplication by such officer or employee or State.
       (2) Records required by the Secretary under this section 
     shall be maintained for 6 years after cessation of all mining 
     activity at the claim concerned unless the Secretary notifies 
     the operator that he or she has initiated an audit or 
     investigation involving such records and that such records 
     must be maintained for a longer period. In any case when an 
     audit or investigation is underway, records shall be 
     maintained until the Secretary releases the operator of the 
     obligation to maintain such records.
       (d) Audits.--The Secretary is authorized to conduct such 
     audits of all claim holders, operators, transporters, 
     purchasers, processors, or other persons directly or 
     indirectly involved in the production or sales of minerals 
     covered by this title, as the Secretary deems necessary for 
     the purposes of ensuring compliance with the requirements of 
     this section. For purposes of performing such audits, the 
     Secretary shall, at reasonable times and upon request, have 
     access to, and may copy, all books, papers and other 
     documents that relate to compliance with any provision of 
     this section by any person.
       (e) Cooperative Agreements.--(1) The Secretary is 
     authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the 
     Secretary of Agriculture to share information concerning the 
     royalty management of locatable minerals, concentrates, or 
     products derived therefrom, 

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     to carry out inspection, auditing, investigation, or enforcement (not 
     including the collection of royalties, civil or criminal 
     penalties, or other payments) activities under this section 
     in cooperation with the Secretary, and to carry out any other 
     activity described in this section.
       (2) Except as provided in paragraph (4)(A) of this 
     subsection (relating to trade secrets), and pursuant to a 
     cooperative agreement, the Secretary of Agriculture shall, 
     upon request, have access to all royalty accounting 
     information in the possession of the Secretary respecting the 
     production, removal, or sale of locatable minerals,
      concentrates, or products derived therefrom from claims on 
     lands open to location under the general mining laws.
       (3) Trade secrets, proprietary, and other confidential 
     information shall be made available by the Secretary pursuant 
     to a cooperative agreement under this subsection to the 
     Secretary of Agriculture upon request only if--
       (A) the Secretary of Agriculture consents in writing to 
     restrict the dissemination of the information to those who 
     are directly involved in an audit or investigation under this 
     section and who have a need to know;
       (B) the Secretary of Agriculture accepts liability for 
     wrongful disclosure; and
       (C) the Secretary of Agriculture demonstrates that such 
     information is essential to the conduct of an audit or 
     investigation under this subsection.
       (f) Interest and Substantial Underreporting Assessments.--
     (1) In the case of mining claims where royalty payments are 
     not received by the Secretary on the date that such payments 
     are due, the Secretary shall charge interest on such under 
     payments at the same interest rate as is applicable under 
     section 6621(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. In 
     the case of an underpayment, interest shall be computed and 
     charged only on the amount of the deficiency and not on the 
     total amount.
       (2) If there is any underreporting of royalty owed on 
     production from a claim for any production month by any 
     person liable for royalty payments under this section, the 
     Secretary may assess a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of 
     that underreporting.
       (3) If there is a substantial underreporting of royalty 
     owed on production from a claim for any production month by 
     any person responsible for paying the royalty, the Secretary 
     may assess an additional penalty of 10 percent of the amount 
     of that underreporting.
       (4) For the purposes of this subsection, the term 
     ``underreporting'' means the difference between the royalty 
     on the value of the production which should have been 
     reported and the royalty on the value of the production which 
     was reported, if the value which should have been reported is 
     greater than the value which was reported. An underreporting 
     constitutes a ``substantial underreporting'' if such 
     difference exceeds 10 percent of the royalty on the value of 
     production which should have been reported.
       (5) The Secretary shall not impose the assessment provided 
     in paragraphs (2) or (3) of this subsection if the person 
     liable for royalty payments under this section corrects the 
     underreporting before the date such person receives notice 
     from the Secretary that an underreporting may have occurred, 
     or before 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     section, whichever is later.
       (6) The Secretary shall waive any portion of an assessment 
     under paragraph (2) or (3) of this subsection attributable to 
     that portion of the underreporting for which the person 
     responsible for paying the royalty demonstrates that--
       (A) such person had written authorization from the 
     Secretary to report royalty on the value of the production on 
     basis on which it was reported, or
       (B) such person had substantial authority for reporting 
     royalty on the value of the production on the basis on which 
     it was reported, or
       (C) such person previously had notified the Secretary, in 
     such manner as the Secretary may by rule prescribe, of 
     relevant reasons or facts affecting the royalty treatment of 
     specific production which led to the underreporting, or
       (D) such person meets any other exception which the 
     Secretary may, by rule, establish.
       (7) All penalties collected under this subsection shall be 
     deposited in the Treasury.
       (g) Expanded Royalty Obligations.--Each person liable for 
     royalty payments under this section shall
       be jointly and severally liable for royalty on all 
     locatable minerals, concentrates, or products derived 
     therefrom lost or wasted from a mining claim located or 
     converted under this section when such loss or waste is 
     due to negligence on the part of any person or due to the 
     failure to comply with any rule, regulation, or order 
     issued under this section.
       (h) Exception.--No royalty shall be payable under 
     subsection (a) with respect to minerals processed at a 
     facility by the same person or entity which extracted the 
     minerals if an urban development action grant has been made 
     under section 119 of the Housing and Community Development 
     Act of 1974 with respect to any portion of such facility.
       (i) Effective Date.--The royalty under this section shall 
     take effect with respect to the production of locatable 
     minerals after the enactment of this Act, but any royalty 
     payments attributable to production during the first 12 
     calendar months after the enactment of this Act shall be 
     payable at the expiration of such 12-month period.

                               H.R. 1977

                       Offered By: Mr. Richardson

       Amendment No. 36: Page 23, line 19, strike ``$87,000,000'' 
     and insert ``$60,220,000''.
       Page 55, line 5, strike ``$384,504,000'' and insert 
     ``$357,724,000''.
       Page 55, line 22, strike ``$151,028,000'' and insert 
     ``$124,247,000''.
       Page 66, strike lines 11 through 15 and insert the 
     following:

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

              Office of Elementary and Secondary Education


                            indian education

       For necessary expenses to carry out, to the extent not 
     otherwise provided, title VI of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965, $81,341,000.

                               H.R. 1977

                       Offered By: Mr. Richardson

       Amendment No. 37: Page 29, line 15, strike ``Provided 
     further,'' and all that follows through ``November 30, 
     1997:'' on line 18.

                               H.R. 1977

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 38: Page 37, line 19, strike ``$55,982,000'' 
     and insert ``$53,919,000''.
       Page 75, line 15, strike ``$1,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$3,063,000''.
                               H.R. 1977

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 39: Page 37, line 19, strike ``$55,982,000'' 
     and insert ``$53,919,000''.
       Page 75, strike lines 14 through 17 and insert ``For 
     expenses necessary for the Advisory Council on Historic 
     Preservation, $3,063,000''.

                               H.R. 1977

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 40: Page 55, line 5, strike ``$384,504,000'' 
     and insert ``$284,504,000''.
       Page 56, line 3, strike ``$552,871,000'' and insert 
     ``$652,871,000''.
       Page 56, line 10, strike ``133,946,000'' and insert 
     ``$233,946,000''.
       Page 56, line 17, strike ``$107,446,000'' and insert 
     ``$207,446,000''.

                               H.R. 1977

                        Offered By: Mr. Schaefer

       Amendment No. 41: Page 57, line 7, strike ``$287,000,000'' 
     and all that follows through ``Reserve'' on line 21, and 
     insert the following:

     $187,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall 
     be derived by transfer of unobligated balances from the ``SPR 
     petroleum account''.

                               H.R. 1977

                        Offered By: Mr. Schaefer

       Amendment No. 42: Page 57, line 9, strike ``and'' and all 
     that follows through ``Reserve'' on line 21.

                               H.R. 1977

                        Offered By: Mr. Schaefer

       Amendment No. 43: Page 57, line 11, strike ``: Provided'' 
     and all that follows through ``Reserve'' on line 21.
                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Skaggs

       Amendment No. 44: On page 5, line 10, after the period 
     insert the following:
       None of the funds appropriated to implement such Act shall 
     be used for payments with respect to entitlement lands (as 
     defined in such Act) whose ownership is subject to litigation 
     or with respect to which a State or political subdivision of 
     a State has asserted a formal claim of ownership.

                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Skaggs

       Amendment No. 45: On page 17, line 5, strike 
     ``$114,868,000,'' and in lieu thereof insert ``$89,868,000 to 
     be used at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior 
     and ''

                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Skaggs

       Amendment No. 46: On page 56, line 10, strike 
     ``$133,946,000,'' and in lieu thereof insert 
     ``$148,946,000''; on page 56, line 17, strike 
     ``$107,446,000'' and in lieu thereof ``$120,446,000''; and on 
     page 56, line 18, strike ``$26,500,000'' and in lieu thereof 
     insert ``$28,500,000''.

                               H.R. 1977

                  Offered By: Mrs. Smith of Washington

       Amendment No. 47: Page 72, line 12, strike ``$6,152,000'' 
     and insert ``$5,140,100''.

                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Zimmer

       Amendment No. 48: Page 94, after line 24, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 318. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used (1) to demolish the bridge between Jersey City, New 
     Jersey, and Ellis Island; or (2) to prevent pedestrian use of 
     such bridge, when it is made known to the Federal official 
     having authority to obligate or expend such funds that such 
     pedestrian use is consistent with generally accepted safety 
     standards.
                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Zimmer

       Amendment No. 49: Page 94, after line 24, insert the 
     following new sections:

     SEC. 318. DEFICIT REDUCTION TRUST FUND.

       (a) Establishment.--A trust fund known as the ``Deficit 
     Reduction Trust Fund'' (hereinafter in this Act referred to 
     as the ``Fund'') shall be established in the Treasury of the 
     United States.

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       (b) Contents.--The Fund shall consist only of amounts 
     contained in the deficit reduction lock box provision of any 
     appropriation Act. Such amounts shall be transferred to the 
     Fund as specified in subsection (c).
       (c) Transfers of Moneys to the Fund.--Within 10 days of 
     enactment of any appropriation Act which has a deficit 
     reduction lock box provision, there shall be transferred from 
     the general fund to the Fund an amount equal to that amount.
       (d) Use of Moneys in the Fund.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the amounts in the Fund shall not be 
     available, in any fiscal year, for appropriation, obligation, 
     expenditure, or transfer.

     SEC. 319. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENTS OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING 
                   LIMITS.

       (a) Downward Adjustments.--The discretionary spending limit 
     for new budget authority for any fiscal year set forth in 
     section 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
     adjusted in strict conformance with section 251 of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
     shall be reduced by the amount of budget authority 
     transferred to the Fund for that fiscal year under section 
     2(c), as calculated by the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget. The adjusted discretionary spending 
     limit for outlays for that fiscal year and each outyear as 
     set forth in such section 601(a)(2) shall be reduced as a 
     result of the reduction of such budget authority, as 
     calculated by the Director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget based upon such programmatic and other assumptions set 
     forth in the joint explanatory statement of managers 
     accompanying the conference report on that bill. All such 
     reductions shall occur on the same day that the amounts 
     triggering the reductions are transferred to the Fund.
       (b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term 
     ``appropriation bill'' means any general or special 
     appropriation bill, and any bill or joint resolution making 
     supplemental, deficiency, or continuing appropriations.

     SEC. 320. DEFICIT REDUCTION LOCK-BOX PROVISIONS OF 
                   APPROPRIATION MEASURES.

       (a) Deficit Reduction Lock-box Provisions.--Title III of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new section:


     ``deficit reduction lock-box provisions of appropriation bills

       ``Sec. 314. (a) Any appropriation bill that is being marked 
     up by the Committee on Appropriations (or a subcommittee 
     thereof) of either House shall contain a line item entitled 
     `Deficit Reduction Lock-box'. The dollar amount set forth 
     under that heading shall be an amount equal to the section 
     602(b)(1) or section 302(b)(1) allocations, as the case may 
     be, to the subcommittee of jurisdiction over the bill of the 
     Committee on Appropriations minus the aggregate level of 
     budget authority or outlays contained in the bill being 
     considered.
       ``(b) Whenever the Committee on Appropriations of either 
     House reports an appropriation bill, that bill shall contain 
     a line item entitled `Deficit Reduction Account' comprised of 
     the following:
       ``(1) Only in the case of any general appropriation bill 
     containing the appropriations for Treasury and Postal Service 
     (or resolution making continuing appropriations (if 
     applicable)), an amount equal to the amounts by which the 
     discretionary spending
      limit for new budget authority and outlays set forth in the 
     most recent OMB sequestration preview report pursuant to 
     section 601(a)(2) exceed the section 602(a) allocation for 
     the fiscal year covered by that bill.
       ``(2) Only in the case of any general appropriation bill 
     (or resolution making continuing appropriations (if 
     applicable)), an amount not to exceed the amount by which the 
     appropriate section 602 (b) allocation of new budget 
     authority exceeds the amount of new budget authority provided 
     by that bill (as reported by that committee).
       ``(3) Only in the case of any bill making supplemental 
     appropriations following enactment of all general 
     appropriation bills for the same fiscal year, an amount not 
     to exceed the amount by which the section 602(a) allocation 
     of new budget authority exceeds the sum of all new budget 
     authority provided by appropriation bills enacted for that 
     fiscal year plus that supplemental appropriation bill (as 
     reported by that committee).
       ``(c) Whenever a Member of either House of Congress offers 
     an amendment (whether in subcommittee, committee, or on the 
     floor) to an appropriation bill to reduce spending, that 
     reduction shall be placed in the deficit reduction lock-box 
     unless that Member indicates that it is to be utilized for 
     another program, project, or activity covered by that bill. 
     If the amendment is agreed to and the reduction was placed in 
     the deficit reduction lock-box, then the line item entitled 
     `Deficit Reduction Lock-box' shall be increased by the amount 
     of that reduction.
       ``(d) It shall not be in order in the House of 
     Representatives or the Senate to consider a conference report 
     that modifies any Deficit Reduction Lock-box provision that 
     is beyond the scope of that provision as so committed to the 
     conference committee.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents set forth 
     in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
     Control Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the item 
     relating to section 313 the following new item:

``Sec. 314. Deficit reduction lock-box provisions of appropriation 
              measures.''.
     SEC. 321. CBO TRACKING.

       Section 202 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(i) Scorekeeping Assistance.--To facilitate compliance by 
     the Committees on Appropriations with section 314, the Office 
     shall score all general appropriation measures as passed the 
     House of Representatives and as passed the Senate and have 
     such scorecard published in the Congressional Record.''.