[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 146 (Tuesday, September 19, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H9246-H9247]
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                               AMENDMENTS

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

                                H.R. 927

                        Offered By: Mr. Stearns

           (Page and line number references are to H.R. 2347)

       Amendment No. 3: Add at the end of title I the following:

     SEC. 112. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF CONTACTS WITH CUBAN 
                   GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

       (a) Advanced Notification Required.--No funds made 
     available under any provision of law may be used for the 
     costs and expenses of negotiations, meetings, discussions, or 
     contacts between United States Government officials or 
     representatives and officials or representatives of the Cuban 
     Government relating to normalization of relations between the 
     United States and Cuba unless 15 days in advance the 
     President has notified the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate in accordance with procedures 
     applicable to reprogramming notifications under section 634A 
     of the Foreign Assistance act of 1961.
       (b) Reports.--Within 15 days of any negotiations, meetings, 
     discussions, or contacts between individuals described in 
     subsection (a), with respect to any matter, the President 
     shall submit a report to the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate detailing the individuals involved, 
     the matters discussed, and any agreements made, including 
     agreements to conduct future negotiations, meetings, 
     discussions, or contacts.

                               H.R. 1617

                       Offered BY: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 29: Page 27, after line 24, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 7. PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.

       (a) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and 
     products purchased with funds made available under this Act 
     should be American-made.
       (b) Notice Requirements.--In providing financial assistance 
     to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using 
     funds made available under this Act, the head of each Federal 
     agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to 
     such entity a notice describing the statement made in 
     subsection (a) by the Congress.

                               H.R. 2274

                       Offered By: Mr. Beilenson

       Amendment No. 19: Page 59, after line 7, insert the 
     following:
       (c) Guarantee and Warranty Clauses.--Section 112 of title 
     23, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
       ``(f) Guarantee and Warranty Clauses.--The Secretary shall, 
     by regulation, permit a State highway department, in 
     accordance with standards developed by the Secretary in such 
     regulations, to include a clause in a contract for the 
     construction of any Federal-aid highway project requiring the 
     contractor to warrant the materials and work performed in 
     accordance with the contractor's obligations and 
     responsibilities under the terms of the contract. The 
     warranty or guarantee clause shall be reasonably related to 
     the materials and work performed and in accordance with the 
     contractor's obligations and responsibilities under the terms 
     of the contract and shall not be construed to require the 
     contractor to perform maintenance.''.
       (d) Regulations.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate a 
     rulemaking proceeding for developing standards under section 
     112(f) of title 23, United States Code, as added by 
     subsection (c) of this section.

                               H.R. 2274

                          Offered By: Mr. Kim

       Amendment No. 20: At the end of title III of the bill, add 
     the following:

     SEC. 354. ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION.

       Section 115(d) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(d) Limitation on Advanced Funding.--The Secretary may 
     approve an application under this section for a project in a 
     State authorized under section 103(e)(4), 104, 144, or 307, 
     as the case may be, if the total amount of funds approved in 
     applications for such projects do not exceed currently 
     authorized funds for such State, plus an amount equal to the 
     amount of the final year currently authorized funds for the 
     State.''.
       Conform the table of contents of the bill accordingly.

                   H.R. 2274 Offered By: Mrs. Lowery

       Amendment No. 21: At the end of title III of the bill, 
     insert the following:

     SEC. 354. OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES BY INTOXICATED MINORS.

       ``(a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 161. National standard to prohibit the operation of 
       motor vehicles by intoxicated minors

       ``(a) Withholding of Apportionments for Non-compliance.--
       ``(1) Fiscal year 1999.--The Secretary shall withhold 5 
     percent of the amount required to be apportioned to any State 
     under each of paragraphs (1), (3), and (5) of section 104(b) 
     of October 1, 1998, if the State does not meet the 
     requirement of paragraph (3) on such date.
       ``(2) Thereafter.--The Secretary shall withhold 10 percent 
     (including any amounts withheld under paragraph (1)) of the 
     amount required to be apportioned to any State under each of 
     paragraphs (1), (3), and (5) of section 104(b) on October 1, 
     1999, and on October 1 of each fiscal year thereafter, if the 
     State does not meet the requirement of paragraph (3) on such 
     date.
       ``(3) Requirement.--A State meets the requirement of this 
     paragraph if the State has enacted and is enforcing a law 
     that makes unlawful throughout the State the operation of a 
     motor vehicle by an individual under the age of 21 who has a 
     blood alcohol concentration of 0.02 percent or greater.
       ``(b) Period of Availability; Effect of Compliance and 
     Noncompliance.--
       ``(1) Period of availability of withheld funds.--
       ``(A) Funds withheld on or before September 30, 2000.--Any 
     funds withheld under subsection (a) from apportionment to any 
     State on or before September 30, 2000, shall remain available 
     until the end of the third fiscal year following the fiscal 
     year for which such funds are authorized to be appropriated.
       ``(B) Funds withheld after September 30, 2000.--No funds 
     withheld under this section from apportionment to any State 
     after September 30, 2000, shall be available for 
     apportionment to such State.
       ``(2) Apportionment of withheld funds after compliance.--
     If, before the last day of the period for which funds 
     withheld under subsection (a) from apportionment are to 
     remain available for apportionment to State under paragraph 
     (1), the State meets the requirement of subsection (a)(3), 
     the Secretary shall, on the first day on which the State 
     meets such requirement, apportion to the State the funds 
     withheld under subsection (a) that remain available for 
     apportionment to the State.
       ``(3) Period of availability of subsequently apportioned 
     funds.--Any funds apportioned pursuant to paragraph (2) shall 
     remain available for expenditure until the end of the third 
     fiscal year following the fiscal year in which such funds are 
     so apportioned. Sums not obligated at the end of such period 
     shall lapse or, in the case of funds apportioned under 
     section 104(b)(5), shall lapse and be made available by the 
     Secretary for projects in accordance with section 118.
       ``(4) Effect of noncompliance.--If, at the end of the 
     period for which funds withheld under subsection (a) from 
     apportionment are available for apportionment to a State 
     under paragraph (1), the State does not meet the requirement 
     of subsection (a)(3), such funds shall lapse or, in the case 
     of funds withheld from apportionment under section 104(b)(5), 
     such funds shall lapse and be made available by the Secretary 
     for projects in accordance with section 118.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

``161. National standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by 
              intoxicated minors.''.

       Conform the table of contents of the bill accordingly.

                               H.R. 2274

                  Offered By: Mr. Miller of California

       Amendment No. 22. Page 97, after line 12, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 354. PROHIBITION ON PAYMENT OF SAFETY BONUSES.

       Amounts in the Highway Trust Fund established by section 
     9503 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and non-Federal 
     funds required by law as a condition for the receipt of such 
     amounts, may not be expended for the payment of a safety 
     bonus to a contractor.
       Conform the table of contents of the bill accordingly.

                               H.R. 2274

                         Offered By: Mr. Nadler

       Amendment No. 23: Page 90, line 17, strike ``for only 
     those'' and all that follows through the period on line 18 
     and insert the following:

     in accordance with State law.

                               H.R. 2274

                         Offered by: Mr. Nadler

       Amendment No. 24, Page 97, after line 12, add the 
     following:
     
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     SEC. 354, EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR REPAYMENT OF FUNDS.

       The Secretary shall extend by 2 years the deadline by which 
     the State of New York is required under section 103(e)(7) of 
     title 23, United States Code, to make a repayment to the 
     Highway Trust Fund in connection with Federal funds expended 
     to acquire property for a portion of Interstate Route 478 
     which was withdrawn from the Interstate System in accordance 
     with the provisions of section 103(e)(4) of such title.
       Conform the table of contents accordingly.

                               H.R. 2274

                        Offered By Mr. Oberstar

       Amendment No. 25, Page 92, strike lines 15 through 17, and 
     insert the following:
       Section 154 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(j) Repeal.--The provisions of this section and section 
     141(a) shall not be effective with respect to a State if the 
     Governor of the State--
       ``(1) prepares and submits to the Secretary and to the 
     legislature of the state a report (using data available to 
     the Governor on the date of the enactment of this subsection) 
     on costs to the State of deaths and injuries resulting from 
     motor vehicle crashes; and
       ``(2) enters into an agreement with the secretary under 
     which the Governor agrees to prepare and submit to the 
     Secretary and to the legislature of the state in fiscal year 
     1997, and biennially thereafter, a report (using methods 
     approved by the Secretary) on costs to the State of deaths 
     and injuries resulting from motor vehicle crashes.''.

                               H.R. 2274

                         Offered By: Mr. Rahall

       Amendment No. 26, Strike section 348 and insert in lieu 
     thereof the following:

     Sec. 348. National Maximum Speed Limit.

     Section 154(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended--

       (1) by striking ``fifty-five miles'' the first place it 
     appears and all that follows through ``or (4)'' and inserting 
     ``65 miles per hour, or (2)''; and
       (2) by striking ``Clause (4)'' and inserting ``Clause 
     (2)''. Conform the table of contents of the bill accordingly.

                               H.R. 2274

                         Offered By: Mr. Rahall

       Amendment No. 27, Strike section 348.

                               H.R. 2274

                       Offered By: Ms. Velazquez

       Amendment No. 28, At the end of title III of the bill, 
     insert the following:

     SEC. 254. GOWANUS EXPRESSWAY REHABILITATION PROJECT, NEW YORK 
                   CITY, NEW YORK.

       No Federal funds may be expended for the Gowanus Expressway 
     rehabilitation project in New York City, New York, until the 
     Secretary determines that a major metropolitan transportation 
     investment study has been conducted for such project in 
     accordance with the requirements of part 450 of title 23, 
     Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.