[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 139 (Friday, September 8, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8726]
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                               AMENDMENTS

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

                               H.R. 1594

                  Offered by: Mr. Gene Green of Texas

       Amendment No. 1: Insert after section 4 the following new 
     section (redesignating section 5 as section 6):

     SEC. 5. PROTECTION OF DOMESTIC INVESTMENTS.

       Nothing in this Act shall be construed as prohibiting the 
     investment by an employee benefit plan (within the meaning of 
     paragraph (3) of section 3 of the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974) in domestic investments, as 
     distinguished from foreign investments.

                               H.R. 1655

                         Offered by: Mr. Berman

       Amendment No. 1: Page 6, strike the closing quotation marks 
     and period.
       Page 6, after line 6 insert the following:


                                ``sunset

       ``Sec. 903. This title shall cease to be effective on the 
     date which is three years after the date of the enactment of 
     this title.''
       Page 6, after line 9, strike the closing quotation marks 
     and period on the line relating to section 902 and insert 
     after such line the following:

``Sec. 903. Sunset.''.
                               H.R. 1655

                       Offered by: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 2: Page 10, after line 17, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 308. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.

       No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be expended 
     by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the 
     assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 
     of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, popularly 
     known as the ``Buy American Act'').

     SEC. 309. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING NOTICE.

       (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--In 
     the case of any equipment or products that may be authorized 
     to be purchased with financial assistance provided under this 
     Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities receiving 
     such assistance should, in expending the assistance, purchase 
     only American-made equipment and products.
       (b) Notice to Recipients of Assistance.--In providing 
     financial assistance under this Act, the Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a 
     notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
     Congress.

     SEC. 310. PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS.

       If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal 
     agency that any person intentionally affixed a fraudulent 
     label bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or any 
     inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or 
     shipped to the United States that was not made in the United 
     States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any 
     contract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to 
     this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and 
     ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through 
     9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.