[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 26, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S14319-S14321]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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               VA-HUD APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996

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                       INOUYE AMENDMENT NO. 2777

  Mr. INOUYE proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 2099) making 
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for fiscal year ending September 
30, 1996, and for other purposes, as follows:

       On page 22, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:
       Sec. 111. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     title, the amount appropriated by this title under the 
     heading ``Departmental Administration'' under the paragraph 
     ``construction, major projects'' is hereby increased by 
     $38,000,000.
       (b) Of the amount available under the paragraph referred to 
     in subsection (a), as increased by such subsection, 
     $38,000,000 shall be available for construction at the Spark 
     M. Matsunaga Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 
     Honolulu, Hawaii.
       (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the 
     amount appropriated by this title under the heading 
     ``Departmental Administration'' under the paragraph ``general 
     operating expenses'' is hereby reduced by $38,000,000.
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                  BOND (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2278

  Mr. BOND (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Inouye, and Mr. Akaka) 
proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2099, supra; as follows:

       On page 22, line 5, insert: ``Sec. 111. The Department of 
     Veterans Affairs shall provide hospital care and medical 
     services to eligible veterans in the State of Hawaii at 
     levels commensurate with levels of care provided in the 
     forty-eight contiguous states. The Secretary shall utilize 
     the contract authority prescribed in 38 U.S.C. Sec. 1703 to 
     treat eligible veterans residing in the State of Hawaii 
     wherever appropriate.''
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               STEVENS (AND MURKOWSKI) AMENDMENT NO. 2779

  Mr. STEVENS (for himself and Mr. Murkowski) proposed an amendment to 
the bill H.R. 2099, supra; as follows:

       On page 151, after line 10, insert the following new 
     section:
       Sec. 308. None of the funds appropriated under this Act may 
     be used to implement the requirement of section 186(b)(2), 
     section 187(b) or section 211(m) of the Clean Air Act (42 
     U.S.C. 7512(b)(2), 7512a(b), or 7545(m)) with respect to any 
     moderate nonattainment area in which the average daily winter 
     temperature is below 0 degrees Fahrenheit. The preceding 
     sentence shall not be interpreted to preclude assistance from 
     the Environmental Protection Agency to the State of Alaska to 
     make progress toward meeting the carbon monoxide standard in 
     such areas and to resolve remaining issues regarding the use 
     of oxygenated fuels in such areas.
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                       CHAFEE AMENDMENT NO. 2780

  Mr. CHAFEE proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2099, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 149, line 18, insert ``(for is carcinogenic 
     effects)'' after ``arsenic''.
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                MIKULSKI (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2781

  Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Breaux, Mr. 
Rockefeller, Mr. Robb, and Mr. Wellstone) proposed an amendment to the 
bill HR 2099, supra; as follows:

       On page 27, line 5, strike ``$5,594,358,000'' and insert 
     ``$5,211,358,000''.
       On page 27, line 6, insert the following after ``That'': 
     ``in addition to the appropriation of $5,211,358,000 made 
     available under this heading, in order to achieve an 
     effective program level of $5,594,358,000 for the `Annual 
     Contributions for Assisted Housing' account for fiscal year 
     1996, in carrying out the programs and activities specified 
     under this heading, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development shall use $383,000,000 from any combination of 
     unobligated balances or recaptures from prior year 
     appropriations in the `Annual Contributions for Assisted 
     Housing' account, and from any reduction in amounts provided 
     during fiscal year 1996 from the `Annual Contributions for 
     Assisted Housing' account (or from the `Renewal of Expiring 
     Section 8 Subsidies' account) to any public housing agency 
     whose project reserve account is determined by the Secretary 
     of Housing and Urban Development to contain funds in excess 
     of the needs of that public housing agency: Provided further, 
     That''.
       On page 30, line 5, strike ``and''.
       On page 30, line 7, insert before the colon the following: 
     ``; and (3) shall give priority to projects designated for 
     purchase by nonprofit organizations in allocating any funds 
     for the sale of any projects in the preservation pipeline''.
       On page 128, after line 20, insert the following new 
     section:

     SEC. 225. INSURANCE OF MORTGAGES UNDER THE NATIONAL HOUSING 
                   ACT.

       Section 203(b)(2)(A) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 
     1709(b)(2)(A)) is amended--
       (1) in clause (ii), by striking ``75 percent'' and 
     inserting ``86 percent''; and
       (2) by striking ``38 percent'' and inserting ``50 
     percent''.
       Beginning on page 130, strike line 19 and all that follows 
     through page 131, line 2, and insert the following:


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and 
     Community Service (referred to in the matter under this 
     heading as the ``Corporation'') in carrying out programs, 
     activities, and initiatives under the National and Community 
     Service Act of 1990 (referred to in the matter under this 
     heading as the ``Act'') (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), 
     $425,000,000, of which $335,000,000 shall be available for 
     obligation from September 1, 1996, through August 21, 1997: 
     Provided, That not more than $26,000,000 shall be available 
     for administrative expenses authorized under section 
     501(a)(4) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 

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     12681(a)(4)), of which not more than $12,000,000 shall be for 
     administrative expenses for State commissions pursuant to 
     section 126(a) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12576(a)): Provided 
     further, That not more than $2,500 shall be for official 
     reception and representation expenses: Provided further, That 
     not more than $93,000,000, to remain available without fiscal 
     year limitation, shall be transferred to the national Service 
     Trust account for educational awards authorized under 
     subtitle D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.): 
     Provided further, That not more than $209,000,000 shall be 
     available for grants under the National Service Trust program 
     authorized under subtitle C of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
     12571 et seq.) (relating to activities including the 
     Americorps program): Provided further, That not more than 
     $5,000,000 shall be made available for the Points of Light 
     Foundation for activities authorized under title III of the 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.): Provided further, That none of 
     the funds made available under this heading may be used to 
     administer, reimburse, or support any national service 
     programs run by Federal agencies authorized under section 
     121(b) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571(b)): Provided further, 
     That not more than $19,000,000 shall be available for the 
     Civilian Community Corps authorized under subtitle E of title 
     I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.): Provided further, 
     That not more than $43,000,000 shall be available for school-
     based and community-based service-learning programs 
     authorized under subtitle B of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
     12521 et seq.): Provided further, That not more than 
     $25,000,000 shall be available for quality and innovation 
     activities authorized under subtitle H of title I of the Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.): Provided further, That not more 
     than $5,000,000 shall be available for audits and other 
     evaluations authorized under section 179 of the Act (42 
     U.S.C. 12639): Provided further, That no funds from any other 
     appropriation, or from funds otherwise made available to the 
     Corporation, shall be used to pay for personnel compensation 
     and benefits, travel, or any other administrative expense for 
     the Board of Directors, the Office of the Chief Executive 
     Officer, the Office of the Managing Director, the Office of 
     the Chief Financial Officer, the Office of National and 
     Community Service Programs, the Civilian Community Corps, or 
     any field office or staff of the Corporation working on the 
     National and Community Service or Civilian Community Corps 
     programs: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available under this heading may be obligated until the 
     earlier of the date on which the Chief Executive Officer of 
     the Corporation submits a plan to Congress to restructure the 
     National Service Trust program authorized under subtitle C of 
     title I of the Act (relating to activities including the 
     Americorps program) in accordance with a budget smaller than 
     the budget requested for the program in the President's 
     fiscal year 1996 budget, or the date of enactment of an Act 
     that reauthorizes the National and Community Service Act of 
     1990.


                      office of inspector general

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
     of 1978, $1,500,000.
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                SARBANES (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2782

  Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Mr. Simon, and Mr. Dodd) proposed an 
amendment to the bill H.R. 2099, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title II of the bill, insert 
     the following new section:

     SEC.  . HOMELESS ASSISTANCE FUNDING.

       (a) Assistance for the Renewal of Expiring Section 8 
     Subsidy Contracts.--
       (1) Reduced appropriation.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of this Act, the amount made available under title 
     II of this Act under the heading ``Housing Programs'' under 
     the subheading ``assistance for the renewal of expiring 
     section 8 subsidy contracts'', is reduced from $4,350,862,000 
     to $3,990,862,000.
       (2) Use of Assistance.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
     of this Act, in using amounts made available under title II 
     of this Act under the heading ``Housing Programs'' under the 
     subheading ``assistance for the renewal of expiring section 8 
     subsidy contracts'' to renew an annual contributions contract 
     with a public housing agency administering the tenant-based 
     existing housing certificate program under section 8(d) of 
     the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(d)) or 
     the housing voucher program under section 8(o) of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall take into 
     account the amount in the project reserve under the contract 
     being renewed in determining the amount of budget authority 
     to obligate under the renewed contract.
       (b) Homeless Assistance.--
       (1) Increased appropriation.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of this Act, the amount made available under title 
     II of this Act under the heading ``Homeless Assistance'' 
     under the subheading ``homeless assistance grants'' is 
     increased from $760,000,000 to $1,120,000,000.
       (2) Restriction.--Notwithstanding section 504 or any other 
     provision of this Act, of the funds made available under 
     title II of this Act under the heading ``Homeless 
     Assistance'' under the subheading ``homeless assistance 
     grants'', $360,000,000 shall not become available for 
     obligation until September 30, 1996, and shall remain 
     available until expended.

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                JEFFORDS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2783

  Mr. JEFFORDS (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Chafee, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
Daschle, Mr. Simon, Mr. Biden, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Kerry, Mr. 
Bumpers, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Wellstone, and Mr. Robb) 
proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2099, supra; as follows:

       On page 151, line 11, insert:

     SEC.   . ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY SUPPLY PROGRAMS.

       (a) Priority for Small Businesses.--During fiscal year 1996 
     the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
     shall give priority in providing assistance in its Energy 
     Efficiency and Energy Supply programs to organizations that 
     are recognized as small business concerns under section 3(a) 
     of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632 (a)).
       (b) Study.--The Administrator shall perform a study to 
     determine the feasibility of establishing fees to recover all 
     reasonable costs incurred by EPA for assistance rendered 
     businesses in its Energy Efficiency and Energy Supply 
     program. The study shall include, among other things, an 
     evaluation of making the Energy Efficiency and Energy Supply 
     program self-sustaining, the value of the assistance rendered 
     to businesses, providing exemptions for small businesses, and 
     making the fees payable directly to a fund that would be 
     available for use by EPA as needed for this program. The 
     Administrator shall report to Congress by March 15, 1996 on 
     the results of this study and EPA's plan for implementation.
       (c) Funding.--For fiscal year 1996, up to $100 million of 
     the funds appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency 
     may be used by the Administrator to support global 
     participation in the Montreal Protocol facilitation fund and 
     for the climate change action plan programs including the 
     green programs.

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                     ROCKEFELLER AMENDMENT NO. 2784

  Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Wellstone, 
Mr. Daschle, and Mr. Dorgan) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
2099, supra; as follows:

       On page 16, beginning with line 20, strike all through page 
     17, line 5, and insert the following:
       Sec. 107. Section 105(b) of House Concurrent Resolution 67 
     (104th Congress, 1st Session) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Reconciliation of revenue reductions in the Senate.--
       ``(1) Certification.--(A) In the Senate, upon the 
     certification pursuant to section 205(a) of this resolution, 
     the Senate Committee on Finance shall submit its 
     recommendations, the Committee on the Budget shall add such 
     recommendations to the recommendations submitted pursuant to 
     subsection (a) and report a reconciliation bill carrying out 
     all such recommendations without any substantive revision.
       ``(B) The Chair of the Committee on the budget shall file 
     with the Senate revised allocations, aggregates, and 
     discretionary spending limits under section 201(a)(1)(B) 
     increasing budget authority by $17,000,000,000 and outlays by 
     $150,000,000.
       ``(2) Committee on finance.--Funding for this section shall 
     be provided by limiting any tax cut provided in the 
     reconciliation bill to families with incomes less than 
     $100,000.''.
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                     ROCKEFELLER AMENDMENT NO. 2785

  Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Daschle, 
and Mr. Wellstone) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2099, supra; 
as follows:

       On page 8, line 10, strike ``$16,450,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$16,961,487,000''.
       On page 22, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:
       Sec. 111. Section 105(b) of House Concurrent Resolution 67 
     (104th Congress, 1st Session) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Reconciliation of Revenue Reductions in the Senate.--
       ``(1) Certification.--(A) In the Senate, upon the 
     certification pursuant to section 205(a) of this resolution, 
     the Senate Committee on Finance shall submit its 
     recommendations pursuant to paragraph (2) to the Senate 
     Committee on the Budget. After receiving the recommendations, 
     the Committee on the Budget shall add such recommendations to 
     the recommendations submitted pursuant to subsection (a) and 
     report a reconciliation bill carrying out all such 
     recommendations without any substantive revision.
       ``(B) The Chair of the Committee on the Budget shall file 
     with the Senate revised allocations, aggregates, and 
     discretionary spending limits under section 201(a)(1)(B) 
     increasing budget authority by $511,487,000 and outlays by 
     $511,487,000.
       ``(2) Committee on finance.--Funding for this section shall 
     be provided by limiting 

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     any tax cut provided in the reconciliation bill to families with 
     incomes less than $100,000.''.
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                 BAUCUS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2786

  Mr. BAUCUS (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Lautenberg, Mrs. Boxer, 
Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Reid) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
2099, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 3  . APPLICATION OF LIMITATIONS ON IMPLEMENTATION OR 
                   ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN LAWS.

       Any prohibition or limitation in this Act on the 
     implementation or enforcement of any law administered by the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 
     not apply if the Administrator determines that application of 
     the prohibition or limitation would diminish the protection 
     of human health or the environment otherwise provided by law.
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                       McCAIN AMENDMENT NO. 2787

  Mr. McCAIN proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2099, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place; insert:

     SEC. . PLAN FOR ALLOCATION OF HEALTH CARE RESOURCES BY 
                   DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       (a) Plan.--(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
     develop a plan for the allocation of health care resources 
     (including personnel and funds) of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs among the health care facilities of the Department so 
     as to ensure that veterans having similar economic status, 
     eligibility priority and, or, similar medical conditions who 
     are eligible for medical care in such facilities have similar 
     access to such care in such facilities regardless of the 
     region of the United States in which such veterans reside.
       (2) The Plan shall reflect, to the maximum extent possible, 
     the Veterans integrated Service Network, as well as the 
     Resource Planning and Management System developed by the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs to account for forecasts in 
     expected workload and to ensure fairness to facilities that 
     provide cost-efficient health care, and shall include 
     procedures to identify reasons for variations in operating 
     costs among similar facilities and ways to improve the 
     allocation of resources so as to promote efficient use of 
     resources and provision of quality health care.
       (3) The Secretary shall prepare the plan in consultation 
     with the Under Secretary of Health of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs.
       (b) Plan Elements.--The plan under subsection (a) shall set 
     forth--
       (1) milestones for achieving the goal referred to in that 
     subsection; and
       (2) a means of evaluating the success of the Secretary in 
     meeting the goals through the plan.
       (c) Submittal to Congress.--The Secretary shall submit to 
     Congress the plan developed under subsection (a) not later 
     than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (d) Plan Implementation.--The Secretary shall implement the 
     plan developed under subsection (a) within 60 days of 
     submitting such plan to Congress under subsection (b), unless 
     within such period the Secretary notifies the appropriate 
     Committees of Congress that such plan will not be implemented 
     along with an explanation of why such plan will not be 
     implemented.

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