[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H6184]
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                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 6 of rule XXIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:
                               H.R. 3603

                          Offered By: Mr. Bono

       Amendment No. 9: Page 69, after line 5, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec.   . It is the sense of Congress that, not later than 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture should--
       (1) release a detailed plan for compensating wheat farmers 
     and handlers adversely affected by the karnal bunt quarantine 
     in Riverside and Imperial Counties of California, which 
     should include--
       (A) an explanation of the factors to be used to determine 
     the compensation amount for wheat farmers and handlers, 
     including how contract and spot market prices will be 
     handled; and
       (B) compensation for farmers who have crops positive for 
     karnal bunt and compensation for farmers who have crops which 
     are negative for karnal bunt, but which cannot go to market 
     due to the lack of Department action on matching restrictions 
     on the negative wheat with the latest risk assessments; and
       (2) review the risk assessments developed by the University 
     of California at Riverside and submit a report to Congress 
     describing how these risk assessments will impact the 
     Department of Agriculture policy on the quarantine area for 
     the 1997 wheat crop.

                               H.R. 3603

                         Offered By: Mr. Durbin

       Amendment No. 10: Page 69, after line 5, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 734. Of the funds made available in this Act to the 
     Department of Agriculture, the amount provided for ``Rural 
     Utilities Assistance Program'' is increased, the amount 
     provide for ``Distance Learning and Medical Link Program'' is 
     increased, and none may be used; by $22,500,000, by 
     $2,500,000, and to carry out or pay the salaries of personnel 
     who carry out any extension service program for tobacco or to 
     provide or pay the salaries of personnel who provide crop 
     insurance for tobacco for the 1997 or later crop years; 
     respectively.
                               H.R. 3603

                        Offered By: Mr. Schumer

       Amendment No. 11: Page 69, after line 5, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 734. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the 
     funds made available in this Act may be used to provide 
     assistance to, or to pay the salaries of personnel who carry 
     out, a market access program pursuant to section 203 of the 
     Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623).
       (b) Corresponding Reduction in Funds.--The amount otherwise 
     provided in this Act for ``Commodity Credit Corporation 
     Fund--Reimbursement for Net Realized Losses'' is hereby 
     reduced by $90,000,000.

                               H.R. 3603

                        Offered By: Mr. Volkmer

       Amendment No. 12: On Page 48, line 17, strike ``Provided 
     further, That none of the funds made available under this 
     heading shall be used for studies and evaluations:''

                               H.R. 3610

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 1: Page   , after line   , insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec.   . None of the funds available to the Department of 
     Defense under this Act may be obligated or expended to pay a 
     contractor under a contract with the Department of Defense 
     for any costs incurred by the contractor when it is made 
     known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or 
     expend such funds that such costs are restructuring costs 
     associated with a business combination that were incurred on 
     or after August 15, 1994.
                               H.R. 3610

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 2. Page   , after line   , insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec.   . None of the funds available to the Department of 
     Defense under this Act may be obligated or expended to pay a 
     contractor under a contract with the Department of Defense 
     for any costs incurred by the contractor when it is made 
     known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or 
     expend such funds that--
       (1) such costs are restructuring costs associated with a 
     business combination that were incurred on or after August 
     15, 1994; and
       (2) the reports for 1995 and 1996 that are required under 
     section 818(e) of Public Law 103-337 (10 U.S.C. 2324 note) 
     have not been submitted to Congress yet.

                               H.R. 3610,

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 3: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new section:
       Sec.   . None of the funds available to the Department of 
     Defense under this Act may be obligated or expended to pay a 
     contractor under a contract with the Department when it is 
     made known to the Federal official having authority to 
     obligate or expend such funds that the payment is for the 
     costs of compensation with respect to the services of any one 
     individual at a rate in excess of $200,000 per year. For 
     purposes of this section, the term ``compensation'' includes 
     salaries, bonuses, deferred compensation, stock options and 
     payouts, certified indirect costs, restructuring costs, and 
     performance-based payments.