[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 90 (Tuesday, June 18, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H6509-H6511]
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                               AMENDMENTS

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

                               H.R. 3662

                         Offered By: Mr. Condit

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), add the following new section:
       Sec.   . None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be expended for disposition under section 4(b)(3) of the 
     Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)) of any 
     petition that is received by the Secretary (as that term is 
     used in that section) after the date of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.

                               H.R. 3662

                        Offered By: Mr. DeFazio

       Amendment No. 2: In section 319 (relating to timber), 
     strike the first, second, and third sentences.

                               H.R. 3662

                         Offered By: Mr. Dicks

       Amendment No. 3: In Title I, General Provisions of the 
     bill, strike all of Section 116, dealing with Critical 
     Habitat designation.

                               H.R. 3662

                      Offered By: Mr. Faleomavaega

       Amendment No. 4: Strike section 317.

                               H.R. 3662

                      Offered By: Mr. Faleomavaega

       Amendment No. 5: Strike section 318.

                               H.R. 3662

                      Offered By: Mr. Faleomavaega

       Amendment No. 6: Insert after section 320 the following new 
     section:
       Sec. 321. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used to permit or facilitate the 
     planning, construction, or operation of a third telescope on 
     Mt. Graham in the Coronado National Forest unless it is made 
     known that the planning, construction, or operation of that 
     telescope first complies with all applicable laws, 
     notwithstanding section 335 of Public Law 104-134.

                               H.R. 3662

                          Offered By: Mr. Farr

       Amendment No. 7: In the item relating to the DEPARTMENT OF 
     THE INTERIOR--Bureau of Land Management--Land Acquisition, 
     insert ``(increased by $4,750,000)'' after the dollar amount.
       In the item relating to the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERRIOR--
     United States Fish and Wildlife Service--Land Acquisition, 
     insert ``(increased by $37,300,000)'' after the dollar 
     amount.
       In the item relating to the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR--
     National Park Service--Land Acquisition and State 
     Assistance--
       (1) insert ``(increased by $57,790,000)'' after the first 
     dollar amount; and
       (2) insert ``(increased by $2,240,000)'' after the second 
     dollar amount.
       In the item relating to RELATED AGENCIES--Department of 
     Agriculture--Forest Service--Land Acquisition, insert 
     ``(increased by $35,310,000)'' after the dollar amount.
       In the item relating to DEPARTMENT OF ENGERGY--Fossil 
     Energy Research Development, insert ``(reduced by 
     $135,150,000)'' after the dollar amount.

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                               H.R. 3662

                  Offered By: Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania

       Amendment No. 8: In the item relating to ``DEPARTMENT OF 
     ENGERGY--fossil energy research and development'', after the 
     dollar amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by 
     $20,636,000)''.
       In the item relating to ``DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY--energy 
     conservation--
       (1) after the first dollar amount, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $20,636,000)'''
       (2) after the second dollar amount, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $20,636,000)'';
       (3) after the third dollar amount, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $14,196,000)''; and
       (4) after the fourth dollar amount, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $6,440,000)''.

                               H.R. 3662

                  Offered By: Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania

       Amendment No. 9: In the item relating to ``DEPARTMENT OF 
     ENERGY--energy conservation''--
       (1) after the second dollar amount, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $18,204,000)'';
       (2) after the third dollar amount, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $11,764,000)''; and
       (3) after the fourth dollar amount, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $6,440,000)''.

                               H.R. 3662

                         Offered By: Ms. Furse

       Amendment No. 10: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec.   . (a) Repeal of Emergency Salvage Timber Sale 
     Program of Public Law 104-19.--Hereafter, section 2001 of 
     Public Law 104-19 (109 Stat. 240) is repealed.
       (b) Implementation.--Notwithstanding any outstanding 
     judicial order or administrative proceeding interpreting 
     section 2001 of Public Law 104-19 (109 Stat. 240), the 
     Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 
     shall suspend, effective on the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, each and every activity that is being undertaken in 
     whole or in part under the authority provided in such section 
     unless the Secretary concerned determines that the activity 
     would have been undertaken even in the absence of such 
     section. All such suspended activities shall be subject to 
     all applicable environmental and natural resource laws. The 
     Secretary concerned may not resume an activity suspended 
     under this subsection unless and until the Secretary 
     concerned determines that the activity (as originally 
     commenced or as modified after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act) complies with all environmental and natural 
     resource laws applicable to the activity.
       (c) Secretary Concerned Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``Secretary concerned'' means--
       (1) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to 
     activities involving lands within the National Forest System; 
     and
       (2) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to 
     activities involving Federal lands under the jurisdiction of 
     the Bureau of Land Management.

                               H.R. 3662

                         Offered By: Ms. Furse

       Amendment No. 11: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec.   . None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this Act (including funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available for salaries and expenses of 
     employees of the Department of Agriculture or the Department 
     of the Interior) may be used to prepare, advertise, offer, or 
     award any contract under any provision of the emergency 
     salvage timber sale program established under section 2001 of 
     Public Law 104-19 (109 Stat. 240; 16 U.S.C. 1611 note).

                               H.R. 3662

                          Offered By: Mr. Goss

       Amendment No. 12: In the item relating to ``National Park 
     Service--land acquisition and state assistance'', after the 
     first dollar amount, insert the following: ``(increased by 
     $15,000,000)''.
       In the item relating to ``Forest Service--reconstruction 
     and construction'', after the first dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $15,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3662

                          Offered By: Mr. Goss

       Amendment No. 13: In the item relating to ``National Park 
     Service--land acquisition and state assistance'', after the 
     first dollar amount, insert the following: ``(increased by 
     $19,100,000)''.
       In the item relating to ``Forest Service--reconstruction 
     and construction'', after the first dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $19,100,000)''.

                               H.R. 3662

                          Offered By: Mr. Goss

       Amendment No. 14: In the item relating to ``National Park 
     Service--land acquisition and state assistance'', insert 
     before the period at the end the following:

     : Provided further, That, of the funds made available in this 
     paragraph, $15,000,000 shall be for acquisition of Everglades 
     restoration areas

                               H.R. 3662

                       Offered By: Mr. Gutknecht

       Amendment No. 15: At the end of the bill before the short 
     title, insert the following new section:
       Sec.   . Each amount appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act that is not required to be appropriated 
     or otherwise made available by a provision of law is hereby 
     reduced by 1.9 percent.

                               H.R. 3662

                        Offered By: Mr. Hoekstra

       Amendment No. 16: In the item relating to ``National 
     Endowment for the Arts--grants and administration'', after 
     the dollar amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by 
     $31,500)''.

                               H.R. 3662

                         Offered By: Mr. Istook

       Amendment No. 17: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec.   . None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to transfer any land 
     into trust under section 5 of the Indian Reorganization Act 
     (25 U.S.C. 465), or any other Federal statute that does not 
     explicitly denominate and identify a specific tribe or 
     specific property, except when it is made known to the 
     Federal official having authority to obligate or expend such 
     funds that--
       (1) a binding agreement is in place between the tribe that 
     will have jurisdiction over the land to the taken into trust 
     and the appropriate State and local officials; and
       (2) such agreement provides, for as long as the land is 
     held in trust, for the collection and payment, by any retail 
     establishment located on the land to be taken into trust, of 
     State and local sales and excise taxes, including any special 
     tax on motor fuel, tobacco, or alcohol, on any retail item 
     sold to any nonmember of the tribe for which the land is held 
     in trust, or an agreed upon payment in lieu of such taxes.

                               H.R. 3662

                Offered By: Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts

       Amendment No. 18: In the item relating to ``Forest 
     Service--reconstruction and construction''--
       (1) after the first dollar amount, insert the following: 
     ``(reduced by $12,000,000)''; and
       (2) after the second dollar amount, insert the following: 
     ``(reduced by $30,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3662

                          Offered By: Mr. Klug

       Amendment No. 19: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec.   . (a) Repeal of Program to Award and Release 
     Unawarded Timber Sale Contracts.--Hereafter, subsection (k) 
     of section 2001 of Public Law 104-19 (109 Stat. 240 is 
     repealed.
       (b) Existing Timber Sale Contracts.--
       (1) Suspension.--Notwithstanding any outstanding judicial 
     order or administrative proceeding interpreting subsection 
     (k) of section 2001 of Public Law 104-19 (109 Stat. 240), as 
     in existence prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the 
     Interior shall immediately suspend each timber sale or 
     activity that is being undertaken in whole or in part under 
     the authority provided in such subsection.
       (2) Termination.--Upon suspension of each timber sale or 
     activity under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned shall 
     exercise any provision of the original contract that 
     authorizes termination and payment of specified damages.

                               H.R. 3662

                         Offered By: Mr. Kolbe

       Amendment No. 20: In Title I of the bill, strike all of 
     Section 117 dealing with the prohibition of the Bureau of 
     Indian Affairs (BIA) from transferring any land into trust 
     under section 5 of the Indian Reorganization Act or any other 
     federal statute.

                               H.R. 3662

                  Offerd By: Mr. Miller of California

       Amendment No. 21: In the item relating to the DEPARTMENT OF 
     THE INTERIOR--National Park Service--National Recreation and 
     Preservation, insert ``(increased by $10,000,000)'' after the 
     dollar amount.
       In the item relating to DEPARTMENT OF ENGERY--Fossil Energy 
     Research and Development, insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000)'' 
     after the dollar amount.

                               H.R. 3662

                  Offered By: Mr. Miller of California

       Amendment No. 22: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       ``None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used for the purposes of 
     implementing Tongass National Forest timber contract A10fs-
     1042 between the United States and Ketchikan Pulp Company.''

                               H.R. 3662

                         Offered By: Mr. Parker

       Amendment No. 23: In the item relating to ``DEPARTMENT OF 
     ENERGY--ENERGY CONSERVATION''--
       (1) after the second dollar amount, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $18,204,000)''; and
       (2) after the third dollar amount, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $11,764,000)''; and
       (3) after the fourth dollar amount, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $6,440,000)''.

                               H.R. 3662

                       Offered By: Mr. Richardson

       Amendment No. 24: On page 10 under the item ``United States 
     Fish and Wildlife Service'', under the item ``resource 
     management'', after the second dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.
       On page 58 under the item ``Department of Energy'', under 
     the item ``fossil energy

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     research and development'', after the first dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $7,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3662

                       Offered By: Mr. Richardson

       Amendment No. 25: On page 15 under the item ``National Park 
     Service'', under the item ``operation of the national park 
     system'', after the 3d dollar amount insert ``(increased by 
     $43,165,000)''.
       On page 58 under the item ``DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'', under 
     the item ``fossil energy research and development'', after 
     the 1st dollar amount insert ``(reduced by $85,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3662

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 26: In the item relating to ``National Park 
     Service--operations'', after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $340,000)''.
       In the item relating to ``National Park Service--
     operations'', insert before the period the following:

     : Provided further, That, of the funds provided in this 
     paragraph, $340,000 shall be for the Marsh Billings Park, in 
     Vermont
       In the item relating to ``DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY--naval 
     petroleum and oil shale reserves'', after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(reduced by $340,000)''.

                               H.R. 3662

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 27: In the item relating to ``Bureau of Land 
     Management--payments in lieu of taxes'', after the first 
     dollar amount, insert the following: ``(increased by 
     $10,000,000)''.
       In the item relating to ``DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY--fossil 
     energy research and development, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(reduced by $25,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3662

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 28: In the item relating to ``DEPARTMENT OF 
     ENERGY--naval petroleum and oil shale reserves'', after the 
     dollar amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by 
     $11,764,000)''.
       In the item relating to ``DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY--energy 
     conservation'', after each of the first, second, and third 
     dollar amounts, insert the following: ``(increased by 
     $11,764,000)''.

                               H.R. 3662

                        Offered By: Mr. Shadegg

       Amendment No. 29: In the item relating to ``OTHER RELATED 
     AGENCIES--National Foundation on the Arts and the 
     Humanities--National Endowment for the Humanities--grants and 
     administration'', strike ``$92,994,000'' and insert 
     ``$80,000,000''.

                               H.R. 3662

                        Offered By: Mr. Shadegg

       Amendment No. 30: In the items under the heading ``OTHER 
     RELATED AGENCIES--National Foundation on the Arts and the 
     Humanities'', strike all the items relating to ``National 
     Endowment for the Humanities''.

                               H.R. 3662

                         Offered By: Mr. Skaggs

       Amendment No. 31: In Title I of the bill, under the heading 
     of ``Minerals Management Service, Royalty and Offshore 
     Minerals Management'', strike ``$186,555,000'' and in lieu 
     thereof insert ``$182,555,000''; in Title II, under the 
     heading ``Department of Energy, Fossil Energy Research and 
     Development'', strike ``$358,754,000'' and in lieu thereof 
     insert ``$354,754,000''; and under the heading ``Energy 
     Conservation'', strike ``$499,680,000'' and in lieu thereof 
     insert ``$507,680,000''.

                               H.R. 3662

                         Offered By: Mr. Stupak

       Amendment No. 32: At the end of the bill (preceding the 
     short title) add the following new section:
       Sec.   . None of the amounts made available by this Act may 
     be used for design, planning, implementation, engineering, 
     construction, or any other activity in connection with a 
     scenic shoreline drive in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

                               H.R. 3662

                         Offered By: Mr. Vento

       Amendment No. 33: In the item relating to the DEPARTMENT OF 
     THE INTERIOR--National Park Service--Operation of the 
     National Park System, insert ``(increased by $23,480,000)'' 
     after the third dollar amount.
       In the item relating to RELATED AGENCIES--Department of 
     Agriculture--Forest Service--Reconstruction and Construction, 
     insert ``(reduced by $28,050,000)'' after the first dollar 
     amount.

                               H.R. 3662

                         Offered By: Mr. Walker

       Amendment No. 34: In the item relating to ``National Park 
     Service--operation of the national park system'', after the 
     third dollar amount, insert the following: ``(increased by 
     $62,000,000)''.
       In the item relating to ``Bureau of Indian Affairs--
     operation of Indian programs''--
       (1) after the first dollar amount insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $27,534,000)''; and
       (2) after the fourth dollar amount, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $27,534,000)''; and
       In the item relating to ``DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY--fossil 
     energy research and development'', after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(reduced by $137,804,000)''

                               H.R. 3666

                         Offered By: Mr. Orton

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of the item relating to 
     ``DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT--administrative 
     provisions'', insert the following new section:
       Sec. 207. Sections 401 and 402 of the bill, H.R. 1708, 
     104th Congress, as introduced in the House of Representatives 
     on May 24, 1995, are hereby enacted into law.

                               H.R. 3666

                         Offered By: Mr. Orton

       Amendment No. 2: At the end of the item relating to 
     ``DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT--administrative 
     provisions'', insert the following new section:
       Sec. 207. Authority To Use Amounts Borrowed From Family 
     Members for Downpayments on FHA-Insured Loans.--(a) In 
     General.--Section 203(b)(9) of the National Housing Act (12 
     U.S.C. 1709(b)(9)) is amended by inserting before the period 
     at the end the following: ``: Provided further, That for 
     purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary shall consider as 
     cash or its equivalent any amounts borrowed from a family 
     member (as such term is defined in section 201), subject only 
     to the requirements that, in any case in which the repayment 
     of such borrowed amounts is secured by a lien against the 
     property, such lien shall be subordinate to the mortgage and 
     the sum of the principal obligation of the mortgage and the 
     obligation secured by such lien may not exceed 100 percent of 
     the appraised value of the property plus any initial service 
     charges, appraisal, inspection, and other fees in connection 
     with the mortgage''.
       (b) Definition of Family Member.--Section 201 of the 
     National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1707) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new subsections:
       ``(e) The term `family member' means, with respect to a 
     mortgagor under such section, a child, parent, or grandparent 
     of the mortgagor (or the mortgagor's spouse). In determining 
     whether any of the relationships referred to in the preceding 
     sentence exist, a legally adopted son or daughter of an 
     individual (and a child who is a member of an individual's 
     household, if placed with such individual by an authorized 
     placement agency for legal adoption by such individual), and 
     a foster child of an individual, shall be treated as a child 
     of such individual by blood.
       ``(f) The term `child' means, with respect to a mortgagor 
     under such section, a son, stepson, daughter, or stepdaughter 
     of such mortgagor.''.

                               H.R. 3666

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 3: In the item relating to ``DEPARTMENT OF 
     HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT--Management and 
     Administration--Salaries and expenses'', after the first 
     dollar amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by 
     $1,411,000)''.
       In the item relating to ``INDEPENDENT AGENCIES--Court of 
     Veterans Appeals--Salaries and expenses'', after the dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(increased by $1,411,000)''.