[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 28, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H9615-H9616]
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. 2616

                       Offered By: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 1: Page 10, after line 19, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 6. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.

       No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be expended 
     by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the 
     assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 
     of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, popularly 
     known as the ``Buy American Act'').

     SEC. 7. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING NOTICE.

       (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--In 
     the case of any equipment or products that may be authorized 
     to be purchased with financial assistance provided under this 
     Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities receiving 
     such assistance should, in expending the assistance, purchase 
     only American-made equipment and products.
       (b) Notice to Recipients of Assistance.--In providing 
     financial assistance under this Act, the appropriate Chairman 
     shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a notice 
     describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
     Congress.

     SEC. 8. PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS.

       If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal 
     agency that any person intentionally affixed a fraudulent 
     label bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or any 
     inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or 
     shipped to the United States that was not made in the United 
     States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any 
     contract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to 
     this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and 
     ineligibility procedures described in section 9.400 through 
     9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

                               H.R. 2493

                       Offered by: Mrs. Chenoweth

       Amendment No. 1: Page 23, line 21, insert before the period 
     the following: ``, as defined in section 103 of the Federal 
     Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)''.
       Page 27, strike lines 3 through 7, and insert the 
     following:
       (1) Allotment.--The term ``allotment'' means the area where 
     livestock are grazed under an appurtenant adjudicated or 
     apportioned grazing preference.
       Page 27, strike lines 14 through 19 relating to the 
     definition of base property.
       Page 27, beginning on line 20, strike paragraph (4) and 
     insert the following:
       (4) Consultation, cooperation, and coordination.--The term 
     ``consultation, cooperation, and coordination'' means to 
     engage in careful and considered good faith efforts with 
     lessees, permittees and land owners involved, district 
     grazing advisory boards, and the State or States having lands 
     within the affected area to--
       (A) discuss and exchange views;
       (B) act together toward a common end or purpose; and
       (C) document a mutual agreement.
       Page 35, beginning on line 5, strike ``an allotment 
     management plan'' and insert ``a cooperative allotment 
     management plan pursuant to subsection (a) and''
       Page 35, beginning on line 24, strike section 107 and 
     insert the following new section:

     SEC. 107. FEES AND CHARGES.

       (a) Grazing Fees Calculation.--The administrative fee rate 
     for each animal unit month in a grazing fee year shall be 
     equal to the previous year private grazing land lease rate 
     for the sixteen contiguous western states as reported by the 
     Economic Research Service of the Department of Agriculture on 
     February 15 of the grazing fee year, divided by the 1997 base 
     private grazing land lease rate (from the Economic Research 
     Service report for 1996), times the 1996 base fee rate.
       (b) Base Fee Rate.--The base fee rate shall be equal to the 
     12-year average of the total gross value of production for 
     beef cattle for the years 1986 through 1997, multiplied by 
     the 10-year average of the United States Treasury Securities 
     six-month bill ``new issue'' rate for the years 1988 through 
     1997, divided by 12.
       (c) Role of Economic Research Service.--The Economic 
     Research Service shall continue to compile and report the 
     annual private grazing land lease rate as currently published 
     in February of each year. Should the Economic Research 
     Service develop new methods for estimating the private 
     grazing land lease rate which yield different results, the 
     base value used in this section shall be adjusted to reflect 
     the difference obtained by the new method.
       (d) Crossing Permits, Transfers, and Billing Notices.--A 
     reasonable service charge shall be assessed for each crossing 
     permit, transfer of grazing preference, and replacement of 
     supplemental billing notice, except in a case in which the 
     action is initiated by the authorized officer.
       Page 39, beginning on line 9, strike section 108 relating 
     to Resource Advisory Councils.

                               H.R. 2493

                       Offered By: Mrs. Chenoweth

       Amendment No. 2: Page 23, line 21, insert before the period 
     the following: ``, as defined in section 103 of the Federal 
     Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)''.

                               H.R. 2493

                       Offered By: Mrs. Chenoweth

       Amendment No. 3: Page 27, strike lines 3 through 7, and 
     insert the following:
       (1) Allotment.--The term ``allotment'' means the area where 
     livestock are grazed under an appurtenant adjudicated or 
     apportioned grazing preference.

                               H.R. 2493

                       Offered By: Mrs. Chenoweth

       Amendment No. 4: Page 27, strike lines 14 through 19 
     relating to the definition of base property.

                               H.R. 2493

                       Offered By: Mrs. Chenoweth

       Amendment No. 5: Page 27, beginning on line 20, strike 
     paragraph (4) and insert the following:

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       (4) Consultation, cooperation, and coordination.--The term 
     ``consultation, cooperation, and coordination'' means to 
     engage in careful and considered good faith efforts with 
     lessees, permittees, and land owners involved, district 
     grazing advisory boards, and the State or States having lands 
     within the affected area to--
       (A) discuss and exchange views;
       (B) act together toward a common end or purpose; and
       (C) document a mutual agreement.

                               H.R. 2493

                       Offered By: Mrs. Chenoweth

       Amendment No. 6: Page 35, beginning on line 5, strike ``an 
     allotment management plan'' and insert ``a cooperative 
     allotment management plan pursuant to subsection (a) and''

                               H.R. 2493

                       Offered By: Mrs. Chenoweth

       Amendment No. 7: Page 35, beginning on line 24, strike 
     section 107 and insert the following new section:

     SEC. 107. FEES AND CHARGES.

       (a) Grazing Fees Calculation.--The administrative fee rate 
     for each animal unit month in a grazing fee year shall be 
     equal to the previous year private grazing land lease rate 
     for the sixteen contiguous western states as reported by the 
     Economic Research Service of the Department of Agriculture on 
     February 15 of the grazing fee year, divided by the 1997 base 
     private grazing land lease rate (from the Economic Research 
     Service report for 1996), times the 1996 base fee rate.
       (b) Base Fee Rate.--The base fee rate shall be equal to the 
     12-year average of the total gross value of production for 
     beef cattle for the years 1986 through 1997, multiplied by 
     the 10-year average of the United States Treasury Securities 
     six-month bill ``new issue'' rate for the years 1988 through 
     1997, divided by 12.
       (c) Role of Economic Research Service.--The Economic 
     Research Service shall continue to compile and report the 
     annual private grazing land lease rate as currently published 
     in February of each year. Should the Economic Research 
     Service develop new methods for estimating the private 
     grazing land lease rate which yield different results, the 
     base value used in this section shall be adjusted to reflect 
     the difference obtained by the new method.
       (d) Crossing Permits, Transfers and Billing Notices.--A 
     reasonable service charge shall be assessed for each crossing 
     permit, transfer of grazing preference, and replacement of 
     supplemental billing notice, except in a case in which the 
     action is initiated by the authorized officer.

                               H.R. 2493

                       Offered By: Mrs. Chenoweth

       Amendment No. 8: Page 39, beginning on line 9, strike 
     section 108 relating to Resource Advisory Councils.

                               H.R. 2493

                       Offered By: Mrs. Chenoweth

       Amendment No. 9: Page 36, strike line 16 and all that 
     follows through line 21 on page 37.
       Page 38, beginning on line 19, strike subsection (e).

                               H.R. 2493

                         Offered By: Mr. Vento

       Amendment No. 10: In section 107(a), strike paragraph (2) 
     (page 36, lines 16 through 20) and insert the following new 
     paragraph:
       (2) Determination of fee.--
       (A) Small producers.--The holder of a grazing permit or 
     lease, including any related person, who owns or controls 
     livestock comprising less than 2,000 animal unit months on 
     Federal lands pursuant to one or more grazing permits or 
     leases shall pay the fee as calculated under paragraph (1).
       (B) Large producers.--The holder of a grazing permit or 
     lease, including any related person, who owns or controls 
     livestock comprising 2,000 or more animal unit months on 
     Federal lands pursuant to one or more grazing permits or 
     leases shall pay the fee as calculated under paragraph (1) 
     for the first 2,000 animal units months. For animal unit 
     months in excess of 2,000, the fee shall be the higher of the 
     following:
       (i) The average grazing fee (weighted by animal unit 
     months) charged by the State during the previous grazing year 
     for grazing on State lands in the State in which the lands 
     covered by the grazing permit or lease are located.
       (ii) The Federal grazing fee as calculated under paragraph 
     (1), plus 25 percent of such fee.

                               H.R. 2493

                         Offered By: Mr. Vento

       Amendment No. 11: Page 37, line 2, strike ``seven'' both 
     places it appears and insert ``five''.