[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 111 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6708]
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                               AMENDMENTS

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

                  Treasury and Postal Service, FY 1998

                   Offered By: Mr. Moran of Virginia

       Amendment No. 1: Strike Title IV, Section 413, and replace 
     with the following:

     SEC. 413. REPEAL OF COOPERATIVE PURCHASING BY STATE AND LOCAL 
                   UNITS OF GOVERNMENT; AUTHORIZATION FOR SUCH 
                   PURCHASING FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ONLY.

       (a) Repeal of Cooperative Purchasing Authority.--(1) 
     Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act--
       (A) paragraph (2) of section 201(b) of the Federal Property 
     and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481(b)(2)) 
     is repealed; and
       (B) section 4309 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (Public 
     Law 104-106; 110 Stat. 670; 40 U.S.C. 481 note) is repealed.
       (2) Section 201(b) of the Federal Property and 
     Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481(b)) is 
     further amended by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
     (2).
       (b) Authority for Use of Federal Supply Schedules for 
     Information Technology.--Section 201(b) of the Federal 
     Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 
     481(b)(2)), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended 
     by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3)(A) The Administrator may provide for the use of the 
     Federal supply schedules described in subparagraph (B) by any 
     of the following entities upon request:
       ``(i) A State, any department or agency of a State, and any 
     political subdivision of a State, including a local 
     government.
       ``(ii) The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
       ``(iii) The government of an Indian tribe (as defined in 
     section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
     Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e))).
       ``(B) Subparagraph (A) applies only to the Federal supply 
     schedules of the General Services Administration for general 
     purpose automated data processing equipment (including 
     firmware), software, supplies, and support equipment (as 
     listed in Federal supply classification code group 70, as 
     contained in the December 1993 product and service codes list 
     of the Federal Procurement Data System).
       ``(C) Subparagraph (A) may not be construed to authorize an 
     entity referred to in that subparagraph to order existing 
     stock or inventory from federally owned and operated, or 
     federally owned and contractor operated, supply depots, 
     warehouses, or similar facilities.
       ``(D) In any case in which an entity listed in subparagraph 
     (A) uses a Federal supply schedule, the Administrator may 
     require the entity to reimburse the General Services 
     Administration for any administrative costs of using the 
     schedule.''.
       (c) Report.--
       (a) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General 
     Services shall submit to Congress and publish for public 
     comment a report on the implementation of section 201(b)(3) 
     of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
     1949 (40 U.S.C. 481(b)), as added by subsection (b). The 
     report shall include the following:
       (A) An assessment of the effect on industry, including 
     small businesses and local dealers, of providing for the use 
     of Federal supply schedules by the entities described in 
     section 201(b)(3)(A) of that Act.
       (B) An assessment of the effect on such entities of 
     providing for the use of Federal supply schedules by those 
     entities.
       (2) Submission of comments to congress.--Not later than 60 
     days after submitting the report under paragraph (1), the 
     Administrator of General Services shall submit to Congress 
     all public comments received on the report.

                               H.R. 2264

                         Offered By: Mr. Hefley

       Amendment No. 25: Page 79, line 13, after the dollar 
     amount, insert after ``(reduced by $50,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2264

                Offered By: Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania

       Amendment No. 26: At the end of title II, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following 
     section:
       Sec. 213. Of the amounts made available in this title for 
     Federal Administration under the account ``Health Care 
     Financing Administration--program management'', $2,296,000 is 
     transferred from such account and made available, under the 
     account ``Health Resources and Services Administration--
     health resources and services'', for the program under 
     section 330A of the Public Health Service Act (relating to 
     rural outreach grants).

                               H.R. 2264

                Offered By: Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania

       Amendment No. 27: Page 69, line 26, after the first dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(increased by $85,000,000)''.
       Page 69, line 26, after the second dollar amount, insert 
     the following: ``(increased by $85,000,000)''.
       Page 73, line 15, after the first dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(decreased by $85,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2267

                          Offered By: Mr. Bass

       Amendment No. 9: Page 49, strike lines 7 through 13.

                               H.R. 2267

                         Offered By: Mr. Scott

       Amendment No. 10: Page 29, line 10, insert after the amount 
     ``(reduced by $258,750,000)'' and on page 34, insert after 
     the amount in line 13 the following: ``(increased by 
     $258,750,000)''.

                               H.R. 2267

                         Offered By: Mr. Scott

       Amendment No. 11: Page 117, insert after line 2 the 
     following:
       Sec. 617. Death Reporting.--Any person who receives any 
     funds appropriated under this Act or any subsequent 
     appropriation for the Department of Justice shall report to 
     the Attorney General the occurrence of the death of any 
     individual who has been placed in custody in connection with 
     an arrest. Such a report shall include--
       (1) the name, gender, ethnicity, and age of the deceased;
       (2) the date, time, and location of death; and
       (3) the circumstances surrounding the death.

     The Attorney General shall make an annual report to the 
     Congress giving a statistical report of the information 
     provided in the reports to the Attorney General.