[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 112 (Wednesday, July 12, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H6913-H6915]
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                               AMENDMENTS

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

                               H.R. 1976

                          Offered By: Mr. Hoke

       Amendment No. 13: Page 57, line 15, strike ``$291,342,000'' 
     and insert ``$161,540,000''.
       Page 57, line 17, strike ``$25,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$16,417,000''.
       Page 58, line 10, strike ``$236,162,000'' and insert 
     ``$131,833,000''.

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                               H.R. 1976

                         Offered By: Mr. Zimmer

       Amendment No. 14: Page 71, after line 2, insert the 
     following new sections:

     SEC. 726. 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.
       (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.''.
                               H.R. 1977

                        Offered By: Mr. Andrews

       Amendment No. 50: Page 12, strike lines 4 through 8.

                               H.R. 1977

                          Offered By: Mr. Bass

       Amendment No. 51: Page 47, line 25, insert before the 
     period the following:

     : Provided, That the Forest Service shall make a priority 
     emergency purchase of the Bretton Woods tract within the 
     White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire

                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Crane

       Amendment No. 52: Page 72, strike line 15 and all that 
     follows through page 73, line 15.

                               H.R. 1977

                          Offered By: Mr. Deal

       Amendment No. 53: Page 17, line 5, strike ``$114,868,000'' 
     and insert ``$119,412,000''.
       Page 72, line 19, strike ``$82,259,000'' and insert 
     ``$77,715,000''.

                               H.R. 1977

                       Offered By: Mr. Hutchinson

       Amendment No. 54: On page 16, line 25, delete $37,934,000 
     and insert $34,434,000.
                               H.R. 1977

                Offered By: Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts

       Amendment No. 55: Page 45, line 24, strike 
     ``$1,276,688,000'' and insert ``$1,263,234,000''.
       Page 47, line 5 strike ``$120,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$114,980,000''.

                               H.R. 1977

                Offered By: Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts

       Amendment No. 56: Page 94, after line 24, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 318. None of the funds made available to the Forest 
     Service by this Act may be used for the construction of 
     roads, or the preparation of timber sales, in roadless areas 
     of 3,000 or more acres in size.

                               H.R. 1977

                          Offered By: Mr. Klug

       Amendment No. 57: On page 44, after line 19, insert the 
     following:
       ``Sec. 115. No funds appropriated or other-wise made 
     available pursuant to this Act in fiscal year 1996 shall be 
     obligated or expended to accept or process applications for a 
     patent for any mining or mill site claim located under the 
     general mining laws or to issue a patent for any such 
     claim.''.

                               H.R. 1977

                          Offered By: Mr. Mica

       Amendment No. 58: Page 17, line 21, ``$14,300,000'' and 
     insert ``$29,300,000''.
       Page 18, line 25, strike ``$686,944,000'' and insert 
     ``$671,944,000''.

                               H.R. 1977

                          Offered By: Mr. Mica

       Amendment No. 59: Page 18, line 25, strike ``$686,944,000'' 
     and insert ``$574,056,000''.
       Page 19, line 2, strike the comma and all that follows 
     through ``1997'' on line 5.
       Page 19, line 9, strike the colon and all that follows 
     through ``1996'' on page 20, line 14.
                               H.R. 1977

                        Offered By: Mr. Neumann

       Amendment No. 60: Page 12, strike lines 4 through 8.
       Page 12, strike lines 21 through 25.

                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Parker

       Amendment No. 61: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec.   . (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the funds 
     made available in this Act may be used by the Department of 
     Energy in implementing the Codes and Standards Program to 
     plan, propose, issue, or prescribe any new or amended 
     standard.
       (b) Corresponding Reduction in Funds.--The aggregate amount 
     otherwise provided in this Act for ``DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY--
     Energy Conservation'' is hereby reduced by $12,799,000.

                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Parker

       Amendment No. 62: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec.   . (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the funds 
     made available in this Act may be used by the Department of 
     Energy in implementing the Codes and Standards Program to 
     plan, propose, issue, or prescribe any new or amended 
     standard.
     
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                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Skaggs

       Amendment No. 63: Page 43, strike lines 13 through 18, and 
     renumber subsequent sections accordingly.

                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Skaggs

       Amendment No. 64: On page 56, line 3, strike 
     ``$552,871,000, and in lieu thereof insert $567,871,000; 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: Mr. Tiahrt

       Amendment No. 65: Page 55, line 5, strike ``$384,504,000'' 
     and insert ``$220,950,000''.

                               H.R. 1977

                         Offered By: Mr. Tiahrt

       Amendment No. 66: Page 56, line 3, strike ``$552,871,000'' 
     and insert ``$364,066,000''.

                               H.R. 1977

                       Offered By: Mr. Underwood

       Amendment No. 67: Page 34, line 24, strike ``$69,232,000'' 
     and insert ``$64,652,000''.
       Page 34, line 24, strike ``$65,705,000'' and insert 
     ``$61,125,000''.
       Page 37, insert before the colon at the end of line 7 the 
     following: ``, and $4,580,000 for impact aid for Guam under 
     section 104(e)(6) of Public Law 99-239''.

                               H.R. 1977

                       Offered By: Mr. Underwood

       Amendment No. 68: Page 37, insert before the colon at the 
     end of line 7 the following: ``, and $4,580,000 for impact 
     aid for Guam under section 104(e)(6) of Public Law 99-239''.