[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 92 (Thursday, June 20, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H6691-H6692]
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. 3666

                       Offered By: Mr. Hostettler

       Amendment No. 54. Page 64, after line 4, insert the 
     following new item:


   elimination of funding for corporation for national and community 
                                service

       Each amount appropriated or otherwise made available by 
     this title for ``Corporation for National and Community 
     Service'' is hereby reduced to $0.

                               H.R. 3666

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 55 Page 95, after 21, insert the following 
     new section:
       Sec. 422. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to provide assistance under section 8 of the United 
     States Housing Act of 1937 when it is made known to the 
     Federal official having authority to obligate or expend such 
     funds that--
       (1) the assistance will be used for tenant-based assistance 
     in connection with the revitalization of severely distressed 
     public housing; and
       (2) the public housing agency to which such funds are to be 
     provided--
       (A) has a waiting list for public housing of not less than 
     6,000 families;
       (B) has a jurisdiction for which the Secretary of Housing 
     and Urban Development has determined (pursuant to section 
     203(e)(2)(A) of the Housing and Community Development 
     Amendments of 1978 or otherwise) that there is not an 
     adequate supply of habitable, affordable housing for low-
     income families using tenant-based assistance; and
       (C) does not include, under its plan for revitalization of 
     severely distressed public housing, replacement of some of 
     the public housing dwelling units demolished with new units.

                               H.R. 3666

                        Offered By: Mr. Kingston

       Amendment No. 56: Page 28, line 20, after 
     ``$4,300,000,000'' insert ``(increased by $300,000,000).
       Page 80, line 19, after ``$5,362,900,000'' insert 
     ``(reduced by $150,000,000)''.
       Page 81, line 8, after ``$5,662,100,000'' insert ``(reduced 
     by $150,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3666

                        Offered By: Mr. Kingston

       Amendment No. 57: 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 any officer or employee of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency to organize, plan, or disseminate 
     information regarding any activity that is not directly 
     related to governmental functions that such officers or 
     employees are authorized or directed by law of perform.

                               H.R. 3666

                         Offered By: Mr. Markey

       Amendment No. 58: Page 95, after line 21, insert:
       Sec. 422. None of the funds made available to the 
     Environmental Protection Agency under the heading ``HAZARDOUS 
     SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND'' may be used to provide any 
     reimbursement (except pursuant to section 122(b) of the 
     Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
     Liability Act of 1980) of response costs incurred by

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     any person when it is made known to the official having the 
     authority to obligate such funds that such person has agreed 
     to pay such costs under a judicially approved consent decree 
     entered into before the enactment of this Act, and none of 
     the funds made available under such heading may be used to 
     pay any amount when it is made known to the official having 
     the authority to obligate such funds that such amount 
     represents a retroactive liability discount or similar 
     reimbursement for response costs incurred by any person for 
     liability under section 107 of the Comprehensive 
     Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
     1980 that is attributable to a status or activity of such 
     person that existed or occurred prior to January 1, 1987.

                               H.R. 3666

                         Offered By: Mr. Stump

       Amendment No. 59: Page 95, after line 21, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec.  . The amount provided in title I for ``Veterans 
     Health Administration--Medical care'' is hereby increased by, 
     the amount provided in title I for ``Departmental 
     Administration--General operating expenses'' is hereby 
     increased by, and the total of the amounts of budget 
     authority provided in this Act for payments not required by 
     law for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997 (other than 
     any amount of budget authority provided in title I and any 
     such amount provided in title III for the American Battle 
     Monuments Commission, the Court of Veterans Appeals, or 
     Cemeterial Expenses, Army), is hereby reduced by, 
     $40,000,000, $17,000,000, and 0.40 percent, respectively.