[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H7528-H7529]
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. 2267

                         Offered By: Mr. Coburn

       Amendment No. 35: Page 34, line 13, after the dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(increased by $74,100,000)''.
       Page 49, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $74,100,000)''.

                               H.R. 2267

                        Offered By: Mr. Hoekstra

       Amendment No. 36: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. 617. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to pay the expenses of an election officer appointed 
     by a court to oversee an election of any officer or trustee 
     for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

                               H.R. 2267

                        Offered By: Mr. Hoekstra

       Amendment No. 37: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. 617. (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection 
     (b), none of the funds made available under this Act, or any 
     other Act making appropriations for fiscal year 1998, may be 
     used by the Department of Labor or the Department of Justice 
     to conduct a rerun of a 1996 election for the office of 
     President, General Secretary, Vice-President, or Trustee of 
     the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
       (b) Exception.--
       (1) In general.--Upon the submission to Congress of a 
     certification by the President of the United States that the 
     International Brotherhood of Teamsters does not have funds 
     sufficient to conduct a rerun of a 1996 election for the 
     office of President, General Secretary, Vice-President, or 
     Trustee of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the 
     President of the United States may transfer funds from the 
     Department of Justice and the Department of Labor for the 
     conduct and oversight of such a rerun election.
       (2) Requirement.--Prior to the transfer of funds under 
     paragraph (1), the International Brotherhood of Teamsters 
     shall agree to repay the Secretary of the Treasury for the 
     costs incurred by the Department of Labor and the Department 
     of Justice in connection with the conduct of an election 
     described in paragraph (1). Such agreement shall provide that 
     any such repayment plan be reasonable and practicable, as 
     determined by the Attorney General and the Secretary of 
     Treasury, and be structured in a manner that permits the 
     International Brotherhood of Teamsters to continue to 
     operate.
       (3) Repayment plan.--The International Brotherhood of 
     Teamsters shall submit to the President of the United States, 
     the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate, the Majority 
     and Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives, and the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives, a plan for the 
     repayment of amounts described in paragraph (2), at an 
     interest rate equal to the Federal underpayment rate 
     established under section 6621(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 as in effect for the calender quarter in which 
     the plan is submitted, prior to the expenditure of any funds 
     under this section.

                               H.R. 2267

                         Offered By: Mrs. Lowey

       Amendment No. 38: Page 50, line 13, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(increased by $2,500,000)''.
       Page 50, line 23, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $2,500,000)''.
       Page 51, line 11, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $2,500,000)''.
       Page 51, line 13, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $2,500,000)''.
       Page 51, line 16, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $2,500,000)''.

                               H.R. 2267

                  Offered By: Mr. Miller of California

       Amendment No. 39: Page 5, line 9, insert ``(reduced by 
     $100,000)'' after the dollar amount.
       Page 7, line 6, insert ``(increased by $100,000)'' after 
     the dollar amount.

                               H.R. 2267

                  Offered By: Mr. Miller of California

       Amendment No. 40: Page 7, line 6, insert ``(increased by 
     $100,000)'' after ``$973,000,000''.

                               H.R. 2267

                        Offered By: Mr. Schumer

       Amendment No. 41: Page 67, line 19, after the dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by $7,270,260)'' .

                               H.R. 2267

                        Offered By: Mr. Schumer

       Amendment No. 42: Page 67, after line 19, insert the 
     following:

[[Page H7529]]

             designation of foreign terrorist organizations

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For expenses necessary for the designation of organizations 
     as foreign terrorist organizations pursuant to section 219(a) 
     of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)), as 
     added by section 302 of Public Law 104-132 (110 Stat. 1214, 
     1248), to be derived by transfer from the amount provided in 
     this title for ``DEPARTMENT OF STATE--Administration of 
     Foreign Affairs--Salaries and Expenses''. $7,270,260.

                               H.R. 2267

                        Offered By: Mr. Weygand

       Amendment No. 43: Page 20, line 19, strike ``Service'' and 
     insert ``Service,'',
       Page 20, line 20, strike ``or State'' and insert ``a 
     State''.
       Page 20, beginning on line 20, strike ``agency and'' and 
     all that follows through ``interview:'' on line 25 and insert 
     ``agency, or a designated fingerprinting service certified to 
     take fingerprints under 8 C.F.R. Sec. 103.2(e):''.

                               H.R. 2378

                      Offered By: Mr. Blagojevich

       Amendment No. 8: Page 5, line 6, after the first dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 12, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2378

                        Offered By: Mrs. Roukema

       Amendment No. 9: Page 101, after line 18, insert the 
     following:


          minimum safety and security standards for gun shops

       Sec. 633. (a) In General.--Section 923 of title 18, United 
     States Code, is amended hereafter by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(m) Safety and Security Standards for Gun Shops.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of the Treasury, 
     acting through the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco 
     and Firearms, shall issue final regulations that establish 
     minimum firearm safety and security standards that shall 
     apply to dealers who are issued a license under this section.
       ``(2) Minimum standards.--The regulations issued under this 
     subsection shall include minimum safety and security 
     standards for--
       ``(A) a place of business in which a dealer covered by the 
     regulations conducts business or stores firearms;
       ``(B) windows, the front door, storage rooms, containers, 
     alarms, and other items of a place of business referred to in 
     subparagraph (A) that the Secretary of the Treasury, acting 
     through the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
     Firearms, determines to be appropriate; and
       ``(C) the storage and handling of the firearms contained in 
     a place of business referred to in subparagraph (A).''.
       (b) Inspections.--Section 923(g)(1) of title 18, United 
     States Code, is amended hereafter--
       (1) in subparagraph (A)--
       (A) in clause (i), by striking ``, and'' and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(iii) with respect the place of business of a licensed 
     dealer, the safety and security measures taken by the dealer 
     to ensure compliance with the regulations issued under 
     subsection (m).''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (B)--
       (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ``and 
     the place of business of a licensed dealer'' after ``licensed 
     dealer'';
       (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (C) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; or''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(iv) not more than once during any 12-month period, for 
     ensuring compliance by a licensed dealer with the regulations 
     issued under subsection (m).''.
       (c) Penalties.--Section 924(a)(1) of title 18, United 
     States Code, is amended hereafter--
       (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); 
     and
       (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
       ``(D) being a licensed dealer, knowingly fails to comply 
     with any applicable regulation issued under section 923(m); 
     and''.