[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 156 (Tuesday, October 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H9784-H9786]
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                               AMENDMENTS

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

                               H.R. 2405

                         Offered By: Mr. Cramer

       Amendment No. 1: Page 108, line 9, through page 109, line 
     4, amend subsection (g) to read as follows:
       (g) Weather Service Modernization.--Title VII of the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization 
     Act of 1992 is amended--
       (1) in section 706--
       (A) by amending subsection (b)(6) to read as follows:
       ``(6) any recommendations of the Committee submitted under 
     section 707(c) that evaluate the certification.'';
       (B) by striking ``60-day'' in subsection (c)(2) and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``30-day'';
       (C) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
       ``(d) Final Decision.--If the Secretary decides to close, 
     consolidate, automate, or relocate any such field office, the 
     Secretary shall publish the certification in the Federal 
     Register and submit the certification to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Science of the House of Representatives.''; and
       (D) by amending subsection (f) to read as follows:
       ``(f) Transition Program.--The Secretary shall maintain for 
     a period of at least two years after the closure of any 
     weather office a program to--
       ``(1) provide timely information regarding the activities 
     of the National Weather Service which may affect service to 
     the community, including modernization and restructuring; and
       ``(2) work with area weather service users, including 
     persons associated with general aviation, civil defense, 
     emergency preparedness, and the news media, with respect to 
     the provision of timely weather warnings and forecasts.''; 
     and
       (2) by amending section 707(c) to read as follows:
       ``(c) Duties.--The Committee may review any certification 
     under section 706 for which the Secretary has provided a 
     notice of intent to certify in the plan, including any 
     certification for which there is a significant potential for 
     degradation of service within the affected area. Upon the 
     request of the Committee, the Secretary shall make available 
     to the Committee the supporting documents developed by the 
     Secretary in connection with the certification. The Committee 
     shall evaluate any certification reviewed on the basis of the 
     modernization criteria and with respect to the requirement 
     that there be no degradation of service, and advise the 
     Secretary accordingly.''.

                               H.R. 2405

                         Offered By: Mr. Doyle

       Amendment No. 2: Page 90, line 16, strike ``$49,955,000'' 
     and insert in lieu thereof ``$121,265,000''.
       Page 90, line 17, strike ``$43,234,000'' and insert in lieu 
     thereof ``$55,714,000''.
       Page 90, line 20, strike ``$59,829,000'' and insert in lieu 
     thereof ``$112,186,000''.
       Page 90, line 22, strike ``$45,535,000'' and insert in lieu 
     thereof ``$66,597,000''.
       Page 90, line 23, strike ``$476,000'' and insert in lieu 
     thereof ``$1,701,000''.
       Page 91, line 3, strike ``$1,994,000'' and insert in lieu 
     thereof ``$2,304,000''.
       Page 91, line 5, strike ``$7,557,000'' and insert in lieu 
     thereof ``$6,295,000''.
       Page 91, line 7, strike ``$12,370,000'' and insert in lieu 
     thereof ``$14,919,000''.
       Page 91, after line 7, insert the following new paragraph:
       (9) Fuels Conversion, Natural Gas, and Electricity, 
     $2,687,000.
       Page 91, line 13, strike ``$55,074,000'' and inset in lieu 
     thereof ``$88,645,000''.
       Page 91, line 14, strike ``$55,110,000'' and insert in lieu 
     thereof ``$109,518,000''.
       Page 91, line 15, strike ``$112,123,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``$176,568,000''.
       Page 91, line 17, strike ``$17,813,000'' and inset in lieu 
     thereof ``$31,600,000''.

                               H.R. 2405

                         Offered By: Mr. Doyle

       Amendment No. 3: Page 104, after line 5, insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 313. CHANGE IN FUNCTION.

       Nothing in this Act requires any change in function for 
     facilities under the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.

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       Page 3, after the item in the table of contents relating to 
     section 312, insert the following:

``Sec. 313. Change in function.''.

                               H.R. 2405

                   Offered By: Ms. Dunn of Washington

       Amendment No. 4: Page 29, line 18, insert ``, of which at 
     least $2,000,000 is reserved for research and early detection 
     systems for breast and ovarian cancer and other women's 
     health issues'' after ``$293,200,000''.

                               H.R. 2405

                          Offered By: Mr. Hoke

       Amendment No. 5: Page 76, line 1, through page 77, line 9, 
     amend section 252 to read as follows:

     SEC. 252. FEASIBILITY OF PRIVATIZATION OF MICROGRAVITY 
                   PARABOLIC FLIGHT OPERATIONS.

       (a) Report to Congress.--The President, within 180 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, shall transmit a 
     report to the Congress on the feasibility of privatizing all 
     parabolic flight aircraft operations conducted by or for the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration in support of 
     microgravity research, astronaut training, and other 
     functions, through issuance of one or more long-term, 
     renewable, block purchase contracts for the performance of 
     such operations by United States private sector providers.
       (b) Authority to Carry Out Privatization.--Upon the 
     expiration of 90 days after the transmittal of a report under 
     subsection (a), the President may carry out the privatization 
     of microgravity parabolic flight operations as described in 
     subsection (a).
       Page 3, amend the item in the table of contents relating to 
     section 252 to read as follows:

``Sec. 252. Feasibility of privatization of microgravity parabolic 
              flight operations.''.

                               H.R. 2405

                          Offered By: Mr. Hoke

       Amendment No. 6: Page 76, line 1, through page 77, line 9, 
     strike section 252.
       Page 77, line 10, page 78, lines 1 and 11, and page 79, 
     line 1, redesignate sections 253 through 256 as sections 252 
     through 255, respectively.
       Page 3, amend the table of contents for subtitle C of title 
     II accordingly.

                               H.R. 2405

                      Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee

       Amendment No. 7: Page 32, following line 5, insert the 
     following new paragraph:
       (8) For High-Performance Computing and Communications, in 
     addition to amounts authorized by paragraph (5), $35,000,000, 
     of which $22,000,000 shall be available for Information 
     Infrastructure Technology and Applications.

                               H.R. 2405

                Offered by: Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts

       Amendment No. 8: Page 133, line 5, insert ``or'' after 
     ``Technology Initiative,''.
       Page 133, lines 6 and 7, strike ``; or'' and all that 
     follows through ``pollution research''.

                               H.R. 2405

                        Offered By: Mr. Kleczka

       Amendment No. 9: Page 90, lines 17 through 19, strike ``, 
     including'' and all that follows through ``Energy Research''.

                               H.R. 2405

                        Offered By: Ms. Lofgren

       Amendment No. 10: On page 110, after line 5 insert the 
     following new sub-section:
       ``(d) Nothing in this Act shall preclude or inhibit the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from carrying 
     out studies of long term climate and global change.''

                               H.R. 2405

                        Offered By: Ms. Lofgren

       Amendment No. 11: On page 133, line 6, strike ``(B) the 
     Climate Change Action Plan;'' and renumber accordingly.

                               H.R. 2405

                        Offered By: Mr. Pallone

       Amendment No. 12: At the end of title IV (page 129, after 
     line 9), add the following new subtitle (and amend the table 
     of contents in section 1 accordingly):

   Subtitle F--Reauthorization of Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972

     SEC. 461. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Coastal Zone Management 
     Reauthorization Act of 1995''.

     SEC. 462. EXTENSION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT 
                   OF STATE COASTAL PROGRAMS.

       Section 305(a) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 
     (16 U.S.C. 1454(a)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``1991, 1992, and 1993'' and inserting 
     ``1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999''; and
       (2) by striking ``two'' and inserting ``four''.

     SEC. 463. IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE FOR COASTAL ZONE 
                   ENHANCEMENT.

       Section 309(b) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 1456b(b)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``Subject to''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2)(A) Following the approval of program changes by the 
     Secretary in accordance with section 306(e) and subject to 
     the availability of appropriations, the Secretary may make 
     grants under this subsection to States for implementing the 
     changes.
       ``(B) Grants may be made under this paragraph to implement 
     a program change only in the first 2 full fiscal years 
     following the approval of the change by the Secretary.''.

     SEC. 464. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF NATIONAL ESTUARINE 
                   RESEARCH RESERVE BOUNDARIES.

       Section 315(e) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 1461(e)) is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) Financial assistance under paragraph (1)(B) for 
     research may be used for research activities conducted 
     outside the boundaries of a national estuarine reserve if 
     such activities support research conducted within the 
     boundaries of the reserve.''.

     SEC. 465. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) State Program Development Grants.--Section 318(a)(1) of 
     that Act (16 U.S.C. 1464(a)(1)) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(1) for grants under section 305, to remain available 
     until expended, $750,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996, 
     1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002;''.
       (b) Administrative, Resource Management, and Coastal Zone 
     Enhancement Grants.--Section 318(a)(2) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1464(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(2) for grants under sections 306, 306A, and 309, to 
     remain available until expended--
       ``(A) $64,064,000 for fiscal year 1996;
       ``(B) $65,583,000 for fiscal year 1997;
       ``(C) $70,493,000 for fiscal year 1998;
       ``(D) $73,312,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
       ``(E) $76,244,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000, 2001, 
     and 2002;''.
       (c) National Estuarine Reserve Grants.--Section 318(a)(3) 
     of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1464(a)(3)) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(3) for grants under section 315, to remain available 
     until expended--
       ``(A) $7,148,000 for fiscal year 1996;
       ``(B) $7,286,000 for fiscal year 1997;
       ``(C) $7,394,000 for fiscal year 1998;
       ``(D) $7,519,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
       ``(E) $7,644,000 for each of the fiscal year 2000, 2001, 
     and 2002;''.
       (d) Technical Assistance and Administrative Expenses.--
     Section 318(a)(4) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1464(a)(4)) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(4) for activities under section 310 and for 
     administrative expenses incident to the administration of 
     this title, to remain available until expended, $10,000,000 
     for each of the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 
     2001, and 2002.''

                               H.R. 2405

                         Offered By: Mr. Roemer

       Amendment No. 13: Page 104, after line 5, insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 313. LABORATORIES EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT.

       (a) Elimination of Self-Regulation.--Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, the Department shall not be the 
     agency of implementation, with respect to departmental 
     laboratories, other than departmental defense laboratories, 
     of Federal, State, and local environmental, safety, and 
     health rules, regulations, orders, and standards.
       (b) Personnel Reductions.--
       (1) Requirements.--The aggregate number of individuals 
     employed at all government-owned, contractor-operated 
     departmental laboratories, other than departmental defense 
     laboratories, shall be reduced, within 5 years after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, by at least one-third from the 
     number so employed as of such date of enactment. At least 3 
     percent of such reduction shall be accomplished within 1 
     year, at least 6 percent within 18 months, at least 10 
     percent within 2 years, and at least 15 percent within 30 
     months.
       (2) Objectives.--The Secretary shall ensure that the 
     personnel reductions required by paragraph (1) are made 
     consistent with, to the extent feasible, the following 
     objectives:
       (A) Termination of departmental laboratory research and 
     development facilities that are not the most advanced and the 
     most relevant to the programmatic objectives of the 
     Department, when compared with other facilities in the United 
     States.
       (B) Termination of facilities that provide research 
     opportunities duplicating those afforded by other facilities 
     in the United States, or in foreign countries when United 
     States scientists are provided access to such facilities to 
     the extent necessary to accomplish the programmatic 
     objectives of the Department.
       (C) Relocation and consolidation of departmental laboratory 
     research and development activities, consistent with the 
     programmatic objectives of the Department, within 
     laboratories with major facilities or demonstrable 
     concentrations of expertise appropriate for performing such 
     research and development activities.
       (D) Reduction of management inefficiencies within the 
     Department and the departmental laboratories.
       (E) Reduction of physical infrastructure needs.
       (F) Utilization of other resources for performing 
     Department of Energy funded research and development 
     activities, including universities, industrial laboratories, 
     and others.
       (c) Reports to Congress.--
       (1) Initial report.--Within 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit a report 
     to the Congress that--

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       (A) identifies the extent to which Department and 
     departmental laboratory staffs have been reduced as a result 
     of the implementation of subsection (a) of this section; and
       (B) explains the extent to which reductions required by 
     subsection (b)(1) have been made consistent with the 
     objectives set forth in subsection (b)(2).
       (2) Annual reports.--The Secretary shall transmit to the 
     Congress, along with each of the President's annual budget 
     submissions occurring--
       (A) after the report under paragraph (1) is transmitted; 
     and
       (B) before the full personnel reduction requirement under 
     subsection (b) is accomplished, a report containing the 
     explanation described in paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection.
       (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
       (1) the term ``departmental laboratory'' means a Federal 
     laboratory, or any other laboratory or facility designated by 
     the Secretary, operated by or on behalf of the Department;
       (2) the term ``departmental defense laboratories'' means 
     the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Los Alamos 
     National Laboratory, and the Sandia National Laboratories;
       (3) the term ``Federal laboratory'' has the meaning given 
     the term ``laboratory'' in section 12(d)(2) of the Stevenson-
     Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
     3710a(d)(2)); and
       (4) the term ``programmatic objectives of the Department'' 
     means the goals and milestones of the Department, as set 
     forth in departmental strategic planning documents and the 
     President's annual budget requests.
       Page 3, after the item in the table of contents relating to 
     section 312, insert the following:

``Sec. 313. Laboratories efficiency improvement.''.

                               H.R. 2405

                       Offered By: Mr. Thornberry

       Amendment No. 14: Page 108, line 9, through page 109, line 
     4, amend subsection (g) to read as follows:
       (g) Streamlining Weather Service Modernization.--
       (1) Restructuring field offices.--Section 706 of the 
     Weather Service Modernization Act (15 U.S.C. 313 note) is 
     amended--
       (A) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
       ``(a) Prohibition.--The Secretary shall not close, pursuant 
     to implementation of the Strategic Plan, before January 1, 
     1996, any field office associated with the areas identified 
     in the National Research Council report entitled `Assessment 
     of NEXRAD Coverage and Associated Weather Services' as areas 
     where there appears to be a potential for degraded radar-
     detection coverage with the new system. These areas include--
       ``(1) northern Alabama, northern Indiana, northwestern 
     North Dakota, northwestern Pennsylvania, and southeastern 
     Tennessee;
       ``(2) Yuma, Arizona, Key West, Florida, Caribou, Maine, and 
     Cedar City, Utah; and
       ``(3) all areas served by Department of Defense NEXRADs.'';
       (B) in subsection (b)--
       (i) by inserting ``described in subsection (a)'' after 
     ``relocate any field office'';
       (ii) by striking ``any State'' in paragraph (4) and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``areas described in subsection 
     (a)''; and
       (iii) by amending paragraph (6) to read as follows:
       ``(6) a description of the adequacy of communications 
     within the next generation radar network and with users.'';
       (C) by striking ``60-day'' in subsection (c)(2) and 
     inserting in lieu thereof ``30-day''; and
       (D) by striking subsections (e) and (f).
       (2) Repeal.--Section 707 of the Weather Service 
     Modernization Act (15 U.S.C. 313 note) is repealed.

                               H.R. 2405

                       Offered By: Mr. Thornberry

       Amendment No. 15: Page 109, after line 4, insert the 
     following new subsection:
       (h) NEXRAD Transfer.--There are transferred from the 
     Department of Defense to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration the responsibility for operating and 
     administering all NEXRAD facilities operated before the date 
     of the enactment of this Act by the Department of Defense.

                               H.R. 2405

                       Offered By: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 16: Page 79, after line 16, insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 257. USE OF ABANDONED AND UNDERUTILIZED BUILDINGS, 
                   GROUNDS, AND FACILITIES.

       (a) In General.--In meeting the needs of the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration for additional 
     facilities, the Administrator shall select abandoned and 
     underutilized buildings, grounds, and facilities in depressed 
     communities that can be converted to National Aeronautics and 
     Space Administration facilities at a reasonable cost, as 
     determined by the Administrator.
       (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     ``depressed communities'' means rural and urban communities 
     that are relatively depressed, in terms of age of housing, 
     extend of poverty, growth of per capital income, extent of 
     unemployment, job lag, or surplus labor.
       Page 3, after the item in the table of contents relating to 
     section 256, insert the following:

Sec. 257. Use of abandoned and underutilized buildings, grounds and 
              facilities.

                               H.R. 2405

                       Offered By: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 17: Page 152, after line 19, insert the 
     following new title:

                        TITLE VIII--BUY AMERICAN

     SEC. 801. BUY AMERICAN.

       (a) 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'').
       (b) Sense of Congress.--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 Congress that entities receiving such assistance should, 
     in expending the assistance, purchase only American-made 
     equipment and products.
       Page 4, after the items in the table of contents relating 
     to title VII, insert the following:

                        Title VIII--Buy American

Sec. 801. Buy American.

                               H.R. 2405

                          Offered By: Mr. Ward

       Amendment No. 18: Page 91, after line 17, insert the 
     following new subsection:
       (e) Sonoluminescence.--Nothing in this Act requires any 
     minimum expenditure for research and development on 
     sonoluminescence.

                               H.R. 2405

                    Offered By: Mr. Young of Alaska

       Amendment No. 19: Page 79, after line 16, insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 257. CLARIFICATION OF MAJOR FEDERAL ACTION.

       The licensing of a launch vehicle or launch site operator 
     by the Secretary of Transportation and any amendment, 
     extension, or renewal thereof, shall not be considered a 
     major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of 
     the human environment for purposes of section 102 of the 
     National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332).
       Page 3, in the table of contents for subtitle C of title 
     II, insert the following after the item relating to section 
     256:

``Sec. 257. Clarification of major Federal action.''.

                               H.R. 2405

                    Offered By: Mr. Young of Alaska

       Amendment No. 20: Beginning on page 112, line 10, strike 
     Subtitle B of title IV of the bill.

                               H.R. 2405

                    Offered By: Mr. Young of Alaska

       Amendment No. 21: Page 114, line 19, strike ``(a) Marine 
     Prediction Research.--''.
       Page 115, strike lines 1 through 17.
       Page 121, strike line 16 (and redesignate the subsequent 
     paragraphs accordingly).
       Page 122, strike lines 10 through 21 (and redesignate the 
     subsequent subsection accordingly).

                               H.R. 2405

                    Offered By: Mr. Young of Alaska

       Amendment No. 22: On page 123, strike lines 1 through 18.

                               H.R. 2405

                    Offered By: Mr. Young of Alaska

       Amendment No. 23: Page 123, strike lines 2 through 7 (and 
     redesignate the subsequent subsections accordingly).
       Page 123, beginning at line 10, strike ``or any other 
     Act''.
       Page 123, line 12, strike ``all''.

                               H.R. 2405

                    Offered By: Mr. Young of Alaska

       Amendment No. 24: Strike title IV of the bill.