[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 94 (Monday, June 24, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H6712-H6713]
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. 3604

                         Offered By: Mr. Bliley

       Amendment No. 60: At the end of the bill, add the following 
     new titles and conform the table of contents:

 TITLE V--ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND WATERSHEDS

     SEC. 501. GENERAL PROGRAM.

       (a) Technical and Financial Assistance.--The Administrator 
     may provide technical and financial assistance in the form of 
     grants to States (1) for the construction, rehabilitation, 
     and improvement of water supply systems, and (2) consistent 
     with nonpoint source management programs established under 
     section 319 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, for 
     source water quality protection programs to address 
     pollutants in navigable waters for the purpose of making such 
     waters usable by water supply systems.
       (b) Limitation.--Not more than 30 percent of the amounts 
     appropriated to carry out this section in a fiscal year may 
     be used for source water quality protection programs 
     described in subsection (a)(2).
       (c) Condition.--As a condition to receiving assistance 
     under this section, a State shall ensure that such assistance 
     is carried out in the most cost-effective manner, as 
     determined by the State.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for 
     each of fiscal years 1996 through 2003. Such sums shall 
     remain available until expended.

     SEC. 502. NEW YORK CITY WATERSHED, NEW YORK.

       (a) In General.--The administrator may provide technical 
     and financial assistance in the form of grants for a source 
     water quality protection program described in section 501 for 
     the New York City Watershed in the State of New York.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $8,000,000 for 
     each of fiscal years 1996 through 2003. Such sums shall 
     remain available until expended.

     SEC. 503. RURAL AND NATIVE VILLAGES, ALASKA.

       (a) In General.--The Administrator may provide technical 
     and financial assistance in the form of grants to the State 
     of Alaska for the benefit of rural and Alaska Native villages 
     for the development and construction of water systems to 
     improve conditions in such villages and to provide technical 
     assistance relating to construction and operation of such 
     systems.
       (b) Consultation.--The Administrator shall consult the 
     State of Alaska on methods of prioritizing the allocation of 
     grants made to such State under this section.
       (c) Administrative Expenses.--The State of Alaska may use 
     not to exceed 4 percent of the amount granted to such State 
     under this section for administrative expenses necessary to 
     carry out the activities for which the grant is made.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000. 
     Such sums shall remain available until expended.

     SEC. 504. ACQUISITION OF LANDS.

       Assistance provided with funds made available under this 
     title may be used for the acquisition of lands and other 
     interests in lands; however, nothing in this title authorizes 
     the acquisition of lands or other interests in lands from 
     other than willing sellers.

     SEC. 505. FEDERAL SHARE.

       The Federal share of the cost of activities for which 
     grants are made under this title be 50 percent.

     SEC. 506. CONDITION ON AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       An authorization of appropriations under this title shall 
     be in effect for a fiscal year only if at least 75 percent of 
     the total amount of funds authorized to be appropriated for 
     such fiscal year by section 308 are appropriated.

     SEC. 507. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title, the following definitions apply:
       (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
       (2) State.--The term ``State'' means a State, the District 
     of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
     Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the 
     Pacific Islands.
       (3) Water supply system.--The term ``water supply system'' 
     means a system for the provision to the public of piped water 
     for human consumption if such system has at least 15 service 
     connections or regularly serves at least 25 individuals and a 
     draw and fill system for the provision to the public of water 
     for human consumption. Such term does not include a for-
     profit system that has fewer than 15 service connections used 
     by year-round residents of the area served by the system or a 
     for-profit system that regularly serves fewer than 25 year-
     round residents and does not include a system owned by 
     a Federal agency. Such term includes (A) any collection, 
     treatment, storage, and distribution facilities under 
     control of the operator of such system and used primarily 
     in connection with such system, and (B) any collection or 
     pretreatment facilities not under such control that are 
     used primarily in connection with such system.

            TITLE VI--DRINKING WATER RESEARCH AUTHORIZATION

     SEC. 601. DRINKING WATER RESEARCH AUTHORIZATION.

       There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in 
     addition to--
       (1) amounts authorized for research under section 
     1412(b)(13) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (title XIV of the 
     Public Health Service Act);
       (2) amounts authorized for research under section 409 of 
     the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996; and
       (3) $10,000,000 from funds appropriated pursuant to this 
     section 1452(n) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (title XIV of 
     the Public Health Service Act).

     such sums as may be necessary for drinking water research for 
     fiscal years 1997 through 2003. The annual total of the sums 
     referred in this section not exceed $26,693,000.

     SEC. 602. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH REVIEW.

       (a) In general.--The Administrator shall assign to the 
     Assistant Administrator for Research and Development (in this 
     section referred to as the ``Assistant Administrator'') the 
     duties of--
       (1) developing a strategic plan for drinking water research 
     activities throughout the Environmental Protection Agency (in 
     this section referred to as the ``Agency'');
       (2) integrating that strategic plan into ongoing Agency 
     planning activities; and
       (3) reviewing all Agency drinking water research to ensure 
     the research--
       (A) is of high quality; and
       (B) does not duplicate any other research being conducted 
     by the Agency.
       (b) Report.--The Assistant Administrator shall transmit 
     annually to the Administrator and to the Committees on 
     Commerce and Science of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a 
     report detailing--
       (1) all Agency drinking water research the Assistant 
     Administrator finds is not of sufficiently high quality; and
       (2) all Agency drinking water research the Assistant 
     Administrator finds duplicates other Agency research.
       In section 403 of the reported bill, relating to New York 
     City watershed protection program, in paragraph (4), strike 
     ``$15,000,000'' and insert ``$8,000,000''.

                               H.R. 3666

                  Offered By: Mr. Fields of Louisiana

       Amendment No. 61: Page 61, line 14, after each of the two 
     dollar amounts, insert the following: (``increased by 
     $3,500,000)''.
       Page 61, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $178,500,000)''.
       Page 61, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $89,000,000)''.
       Page 62, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $60,000,000)''.
       Page 62, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.

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       Page 62, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $4,500,000)''.
       Page 62, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $11,500,000)''.
       Page 63, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $7,000,000)''.
       Page 63, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 74, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $178,500,000)''.

                               H.R. 3666

                       Offered By: Mr. Gejdenson

       Amendment No. 62: Page 87, after line 17, insert the 
     following:

                Department of Health and Human Services


                       office of consumer affairs

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Consumer Affairs, 
     including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $1,811,000, 
     to be derived from amounts provided in this Act for 
     ``National Aeronautics And Space Administration--Human space 
     flight'': Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, that Office may accept and deposit to this account, 
     during fiscal year 1997, gifts for the purpose of defraying 
     its costs of printing, publishing, and distributing consumer 
     information and educational materials; may expend up to 
     $1,110,000 of those gifts for those purposes, in addition to 
     amounts otherwise appropriated; and the balance shall remain 
     available for expenditure for such purposes to the extent 
     authorized in subsequent appropriations Acts: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds provided under this heading 
     may be made available for any other activities within the 
     Department of Health and Human Services.

                               H.R. 3666

                         Offered By: Mr. Hefner

       Amendment No. 63: Page 10, line 10, strike ``; Provided, 
     That'' and all that follows through ``Secretary'' on line 15.

                               H.R. 3666

                Offered by Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts

       Amendment No. 64: Page 66, line 8, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3666

                Offered by Mr. Kennedy of Massachusetts

       Amendment No. 65: Page 66, line 8, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 82, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3666

                        Offered by Mr. Kingston

       Amendment No. 66: Page 95, after line 21, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 422. 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 if it is made known to 
     such officer or employee that such activity is not directly 
     related to governmental functions that such officer or 
     employee is authorized or directed to perform.