[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 106 (Thursday, July 24, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H5778-H5779]
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. 2159

                        Offered By: Ms. McKinney

       Amendment No. 55. Page 44, line 21, strike ``and Liberia'' 
     and insert '', Liberia, and the Democratic Republic of 
     Congo''.

                               H.R. 2159

                          Offered By: Mr. Obey

       Amendment No. 56: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. 572. Section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(i) Limitation Relating to Forced Abortions in the 
     People's Republic of China.--Notwithstanding section 614 of 
     this Act or any other provision of law, no funds may be made 
     available for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in 
     any fiscal year unless the President certifies that--
       ``(1) UNFPA has terminated all activities in the People's 
     Republic of China, and the United States has received 
     assurances that UNFPA will conduct no such activities during 
     the fiscal year for which the funds are to be made available; 
     or
       ``(2) during the 12 months preceding such certification 
     there have been no abortions as the result of coercion 
     associated with the family planning policies of the national 
     government or other government entities within the People's 
     Republic of China.

     As used in this section, the term `coercion' includes 
     physical duress or abuse, destruction or confiscation of 
     property, loss of means of livelihood, or severe 
     psychological pressure.''.

                               H.R. 2159

                         Offered By: Mr. Payne

       Amendment No. 57: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. 572. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act under the heading ``development 
     assistance'' and under the heading ``child survival and 
     disease programs fund'' (that are made available to the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development for developing assistance activities), the amount 
     made available to carry out chapter 10 of part I of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to the Development 
     Fund for Africa) should be in at least the same proportion as 
     the amount identified in the fiscal year 1998 United States 
     Agency for International Development congressional 
     presentation document for development assistance for sub-
     Saharan Africa is to the total amount requested for 
     development assistance for such fiscal year.

                               H.R. 2159

                         Offered By: Ms. Pelosi

       Amendment No. 58: In the matter proposed to be inserted by 
     the amendment as a new subsection (h) of section 104 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, strike the quotation marks 
     and second period at the end of paragraph (3), and insert the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(4) Rule of construction.--The provisions of this 
     subsection shall be effective only upon the enactment of a 
     law (other than an appropriation law) that contains the same 
     or substantially the same provisions as are contained in this 
     subsection.''.

                               H.R. 2159

                         Offered By: Ms. Pelosi

       Amendment No. 59: In the matter proposed to be inserted by 
     the amendment as a new subsection (h) of section 104 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, strike the quotation marks 
     and second period at the end of paragraph (3), and insert the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(4) Rule of construction.--The provisions of this 
     subsection shall be effective only upon the enactment of a 
     law (other than an appropriation law) that contains the same 
     or substantially the same provisions as are contained in this 
     subsection.''.
       In the matter proposed to be inserted by the amendment as a 
     new subsection (i) of section 301 of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961, insert before the quotation marks at the end the 
     following new sentence:

     The provisions of this subsection shall be effective only 
     upon the enactment of a law (other than an appropriation law) 
     that contains the same or substantially the same provisions 
     as are contained in this subsection.

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                               H.R. 2159

                         Offered By: Mr. Torres

       Amendment No. 60: Page 24, line 8, insert the following 
     after ``propriations'': ``:Provided further, That none of the 
     funds made available under this heading may be provided to 
     any unit of the security forces of a foreign country if the 
     Secretary of State has credible evidence to believe such unit 
     has committed gross violations of human rights unless the 
     Secretary determines and report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that the government of such country is taking 
     steps to bring the responsible members of the security forces 
     unit to justice''.

                               H.R. 2159

                         Offered By: Mr. Torres

       Amendment No. 61: Page 95, insert the following after line 
     3:


         limitation of funds because of human rights violations

       Sec. 572. None of the funds made available under the 
     heading ``BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE, Department of State, 
     international narcotics control'' may be provided to any unit 
     of the security forces of a foreign country if the Secretary 
     of State has credible evidence to believe such unit has 
     committed gross violations of human rights unless the 
     Secretary determines and reports to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that the government of such country is taking 
     steps to bring the responsible members of the security forces 
     unit to justice.

                               H.R. 2203

                        Offered By: Mr. Bereuter

       Amendment No. 5: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. 502. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to revise the Missouri River Master Water Control 
     Manual when it is made known to the Federal entity or 
     official to which the funds are made available that such 
     revision provides for an increase in the springtime water 
     release program during the spring heavy rainfall and snow 
     melt period in States that have rivers draining into the 
     Missouri River below the Gavins Point Dam.

                               H.R. 2203

                       Offered By: Mr. LaTourette

       Amendment No. 6: Page 8, line 23, after the semicolon, 
     insert the following:

     sediment remediation projects under section 401(b) of the 
     Water Resources Development Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 1268 note; 
     110 Stat. 3763);

                               H.R. 2203

                         Offered By: Mr. Markey

       Amendment No. 7: Insert at the end before the short title 
     the following:
       Sec. 502. (a) Limitation.--No funds shall be made available 
     under this Act for--
       (1) nuclear technology research and development programs to 
     continue the study of treating spent nuclear fuel using 
     electrometallurgical technology; or
       (2) the demonstration of the electrometallurgical 
     technology at the Fuel Conditioning Facility.
       (b) Overall Amount.--To carry out subsection (a)--
       (1) the amount otherwise appropriated in this Act for 
     ``Department of Energy-Energy Programs-Energy Supply'' is 
     reduced by $33,000,000; and
       (2) the amount otherwise appropriated in this Act for 
     ``Department of Energy-Atomic Energy Defense Activities-Other 
     Defense Activities'' is reduced by $12,000,000.

                               H.R. 2203

                         Offered By: Mr. Markey

       Amendment No. 8: Insert at the end before the short title 
     the following:
       Sec. 502 (a) Limitation.--No funds shall be made available 
     under this Act for--
       (1) nuclear technology research and development programs to 
     continue the study of treating spent nuclear fuel using 
     electrometallurgical technology; or
       (2) the demonstration of the electrometallurgical 
     technology at the Fuel Conditioning Facility.
       (b) Reduction.--Under the heading ``Department of Energy-
     Energy Programs-Energy Supply'' insert after the dollar sign 
     the following ``(reduced by $33,000,000)'' and under the 
     heading ``Department of Energy-Atomic Energy Defense 
     Activities-Other Defense Activities'' insert after the dollar 
     sign the following: ``(reduced by $12,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2203

                        Offered By: Mr. Solomon

       Amendment No. 9: Page 35, after line 20, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 502. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract 
     with a contractor that is subject to the reporting 
     requirement set forth in subsection (d) of section 4212 of 
     title 38, United States Code, but has not submitted the most 
     recent report required by such subsection.