[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 59 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S4248]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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                  THE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT

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                       COCHRAN AMENDMENT NO. 236

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Cochran) proposed an amendment to the bill (S. 
672) making supplemental appropriations and rescissions for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 13, line 4, strike ``$161,000,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``$171,000,000''.
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                 DORGAN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 237

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Dorgan for himself, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Grams, Mr. 
Daschle, Mr. Wellstone, and Mr. Johnson) proposed an amendment to the 
bill, S. 672, supra; as follows:

       On page 30, line 11, strike ``$100,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$500,000,000''.
       On page 31, line 4, insert after the colon the following: 
     ``Provided further, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development shall publish a notice in the federal register 
     governing the use of community development block grant funds 
     in conjunction with any program administered by the Director 
     of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for buyouts for 
     structures in disaster areas: Provided further, that for any 
     funds under this head used for buyouts in conjunction with 
     any program administered by the Director of the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, each state or unit of general 
     local government requesting funds from the Secretary of 
     Housing and Urban Development for buyouts shall submit a plan 
     to the Secretary which must be approved by the Secretary as 
     consistent with the requirements of this program: Provided 
     further, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and 
     the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall 
     submit quarterly reports to the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations on all disbursement and use of funds for or 
     associated with buyouts:''.
       On page 31, line 13, strike ``$3,500,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$3,100,000,000''.
       On page 31, line 17, strike ``$2,500,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$2,100,000,000''.
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                 MURRAY (AND GORTON) AMENDMENT NO. 238

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mrs. Murray, for herself and Mr. Gorton) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 672, supra; as follows:

       On page 17 of the bill, line 5, after ``Administration'' 
     insert the following:

                  Operations, Research, and Facilities

       Within amounts available for ``Operations, Research and 
     Facilities'' for Satellite Observing Systems, not to exceed 
     $7,000,000 is available until expended to continue the salmon 
     fishing permit buyback program implemented under the 
     Northwest Economic Air Package to provide disaster assistance 
     pursuant to section 312 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act: Provided, That the entire 
     amount shall be available only to the extent that an official 
     budget request for $7,000,000 that includes designation of 
     the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement 
     as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the 
     President to Congress: Provided, further, That the entire 
     amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of such Act.
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                       GRASSLEY AMENDMENT NO. 239

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Grassley) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
672, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.   . RELIEF TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS FOR FLOODING LOSS 
                   CAUSED BY DAM ON LAKE REDROCK, IOWA.

       (a) Eligibility.--To be eligible for assistance under this 
     section, an agricultural producer must--
       (1)(A) be an owner or operator of land who granted an 
     easement to the Federal Government for flooding losses to the 
     land caused by water retention at the dam site at Lake 
     Redrock, Iowa; or
       (B) have been an owner or operator of land that was 
     condemned by the Federal Government because of flooding of 
     the land caused by water retention at the dam site at Lake 
     Redrock, Iowa; and
       (2) have incurred losses that exceed the estimates of the 
     Secretary of the Army provided to the producer as part of the 
     granting of the easement or as part of the condemnation.
       (b) Compensation.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of 
     the Army shall compensate an eligible producer described in 
     subsection (a) for flooding losses to the land of the 
     producer described in subsection (a)(2) in an amount 
     determined by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
       (2) Reduction.--If the Secretary maintains a water 
     retention rate at the dam site at Lake Redrock, Iowa, of--
       (A) less than 769 feet, the amount of compensation provided 
     to a producer under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by 10 
     percent;
       (B) not less than 769 feet and not more than 772 feet, the 
     amount of compensation provided to a producer under paragraph 
     (1) shall be reduced by 7 percent; and
       (C) more than 772 feet, the amount of compensation provided 
     to a producer under paragraph (1) shall be reduced by 3 
     percent.
       (c) Crop Years.--This section shall apply to flooding 
     losses to the land of a producer described in subsection 
     (a)(2) that are incurred during the 1997 and subsequent crop 
     years.
     
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