[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H3581-H3582]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

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

                               H.R. 1675

                        Offered By: Mrs. Lincoln

       Amendment No. 2: At the end of the bill add the following 
     new section:

     SEC.   . AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO ACCEPT 
                   STATE DONATIONS OF STATE EMPLOYEE SERVICES 
                   DURING GOVERNMENT BUDGETARY SHUTDOWN.

       After section 2 of the Act, as redesignated by section 
     10(a)(4) of this Act, add the following new section:

     ``SEC. 3. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY TO ACCEPT STATE DONATIONS OF 
                   STATE EMPLOYEE SERVICES DURING GOVERNMENT 
                   BUDGETARY SHUTDOWN.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall accept from any 
     qualified State donations of services of State employees to 
     perform in a refuge, in a period of Government budgetary 
     shutdown, fish- and wildlife-dependent recreation management 
     functions otherwise authorized to be performed by Department 
     of Interior personnel.
       ``(b) Limitations.--An employee of a State may perform 
     functions under this section only--
       ``(1) within areas of a refuge that are located in the 
     State; and
       ``(2) in accordance with an agreement entered into by the 
     Secretary and the Governor of the State under subsection (c).
       ``(c) Agreements.--
       ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the 
     Secretary may enter into an agreement in accordance with this 
     subsection with the Governor of any State in which is located 
     any part of a refuge.
       ``(2) Terms conditions.--An agreement under this subsection 
     shall--

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       ``(A) contain provisions to ensure resource and visitor 
     protection acceptable under the standards of the United 
     States Fish and Wildlife Service;
       ``(B) require that each individual performing functions 
     under the agreement shall have--
       ``(i) adequate safety training;
       ``(ii) knowledge of the terrain in which the individual 
     will perform those functions; and
       ``(iii) knowledge of and adherence to Federal regulations 
     relating to those functions; and
       ``(C) specify other terms and conditions under which a 
     State employee may perform such functions.
       ``(d) Exclusion From Treatment as Federal Employees.--A 
     State employee who performs functions under this section 
     shall not be treated as a Federal employee for purposes of 
     any Federal law relating to pay or benefits for Federal 
     employees.
       ``(e) Anti-Deficiency Act Not Applicable.--Section 1341(a) 
     of title 31, United States Code, shall not apply with respect 
     to the acceptance of services of, and the performance of 
     functions by, State employees under this section.
       ``(f) Definitions.--In this section--
       ``(1) the term `Government budgetary shutdown' means a 
     period during which there are no amounts available for the 
     operation of the System, because of--
       ``(A) a failure to enact an annual appropriations bill for 
     the period for the Department of the Interior; and
       ``(B) a failure to enact a bill (or joint resolution) 
     continuing the availability of appropriations for the 
     Department of the Interior for a temporary period pending the 
     enactment of such an annual appropriations bill; and
       ``(2) the term `qualified State' means a State that has 
     entered into an agreement with the Secretary in accordance 
     with subsection (c).''.