[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 82 (Monday, June 22, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H4962-H4963]
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. 4101

                          Offered By: Mr. Bass

       Amendment No. 2: Insert before the short title the 
     following new section:
       Sec.    (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--Not more than 
     $18,800,000 of the funds made available in this Act may be 
     used for the Wildlife Services Program under the heading 
     ``Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.''
       (b) Corresponding Reduction in Funds.--The amount otherwise 
     provided by this Act for salaries and expenses under the 
     heading ``Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service'' is 
     hereby reduced by $10,000,000.

                               H.R. 4101

                  Offered by: Mr. Dooley of California

       Amendment No. 3: Add after the final section the following 
     new section:
       Sec. ____. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are 
     revised by reducing the amount made available for the 
     Department of Agriculture for special grants for agricultural 
     research under the heading ``research and education 
     activities-Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
     Extension Service'' and providing an additional amount for 
     the Department of Agriculture (consisting of $49,273,000 for 
     section 401 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
     Education Act of 1998 notwithstanding section 730), both in 
     the amount of $49,273,000.

                               H.R. 4101

                         Offered by: Mr. Foley

       Amendment No. 4: Page 69, after line 14, insert the 
     following section:
       Sec. 739. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Food and Drug Administration may be expended to implement 
     or enforce any rule that prohibits the manufacture, 
     distribution, or sale of metered-dose inhalers that use 
     chlorofluorocarbons.

                               H.R. 4101

                      Offered By: Mr. Hall of Ohio

       Amendment No. 5: Page 13, line 14, insert ``(reduced by 
     $8,000,000)'' after the dollar figure.
       Page 14, line 24, insert ``(reduced by $8,000,000)'' after 
     the dollar figure.
       Page 15, line 18, insert ``(reduced by $9,000,000)'' after 
     the dollar figure.
       Page 17, line 4, insert ``(reduced by $9,000,000)'' after 
     the dollar figure.
       Page 48, line 9, insert ``(increased by $10,000,000)'' 
     after the dollar figure.

                               H.R. 4101

                        Offered By: Mr. Neumann

       Amendment No. 6: Add after the final section the following 
     new section:
       Sec. ____. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used to make available or 
     administer, or to pay the salaries of personnel of the 
     Department of Agriculture who make available or administer, a 
     nonrecourse loan to a producer of quota peanuts during fiscal 
     year 1999 under section 155 of the Agricultural Market 
     Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7271) at a national average loan 
     rate in excess of $550 per ton for quota peanuts.

                               H.R. 4101

                          Offered By: Mr. Obey

         Amendment No. 7: Strike out section 736.

                               H.R. 4101

                         Offered By: Mr. Petri

         Amendment No. 8: At the end of section 736 (page 68, line 
     2), add the following new sentence: ``Notwithstanding section 
     147(3) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 
     7256(3)), congressional consent for the Northeast Interstate 
     Dairy Compact shall terminate on April 4, 1999.

                               H.R. 4101

                         Offered By: Mr. Petri

         Amendment No. 9: Add after the final section the 
     following new section:

       Sec. ____. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to assist or cooperate with, or to pay the salaries 
     of personnel of the Department of Agriculture who assist or 
     cooperate with, the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact 
     referred to in section 147 of the Agricultural Market 
     Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7256) after April 4, 1999.

                               H.R. 4101

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

         Amendment No. 10: In the item in title I relating to 
     ``research and education activities'' under the heading 
     ``Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension 
     Service'', insert after the dollar amount relating to 
     ``sustainable agriculture research and education'' the 
     following: ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.

       In the item in title I relating to ``research and education 
     activities'' under the heading ``Cooperative State Research, 
     Education, and Extension Service'', insert after the final 
     dollar amount the following: ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.

       In the item in title I relating to ``salaries and 
     expenses'' under the heading ``Animal and Plant Health 
     Inspection Service'', insert after the first dollar amount 
     the following: ``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4101

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

         Amendment No. 11: Page 35, line 3, insert after the 
     dollar amount ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.

       Page 53, line 13, insert after the second dollar amount 
     ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4101

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

         Amendment No. 12: In the item in title III relating to 
     ``salaries and expenses'' under the heading ``Rural Business-
     Cooperative Service'', insert after the first dollar amount 
     the following: ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.

       In the item in title V relating to ``export credit'' under 
     the heading ``FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS'', 
     insert after the dollar amount the following: ``(reduced by 
     $5,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4101

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

         Amendment No. 13: In the item in title IV relating to 
     ``food donations programs for selected groups'', insert after 
     the dollar amount ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.

       In the item in title VI relating to ``Food and Drug 
     Administration--salaries and expenses'', insert after the 
     second dollar amount ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4101

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

         Amendment No. 14: Add after the final section the 
     following new section:

       Sec. ____. For an additional amount for the Department of 
     Agriculture (consisting of an additional $10,000,000 for 
     ``rural community advancement program''), and none of the 
     funds made available in this Act may be used to implement or 
     otherwise carry out the amendments made by section 737, 
     $10,000,000.

                               H.R. 4101

               Offered By: Mrs. Linda Smith of Washington

       Amendment No. 15: Add after the final section the following 
     new section:
       Sec. ____. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Department of Agriculture may be used to make available 
     or administer, or to pay the salaries of personnel of the 
     Department of Agriculture who make available or administer, 
     any crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
     U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) or noninsured crop disaster assistance 
     under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
     Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) for tobacco.

                               H.R. 4103

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of title VIII (page ____, after 
     line ____), insert the following new section:
       Sec. ____. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used to enter into or renew a 
     contract with any company owned, or partially owned, by the 
     People's Republic of China or the People's Liberation Army of 
     the People's Republic of China.

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                               H.R. 4103

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 2: At the end of title VIII (page ____, after 
     line ____), insert the following new section:
       Sec. ____. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are 
     revised by reducing the total amount provided in title IV for 
     research, development, test, and evaluation for federally 
     funded research and development centers and increasing the 
     amount provided in title II for the StarBase National Guard 
     program by $9,000,000 and $6,000,000, respectively.

                               H.R. 4104

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. ____. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the 
     Federal Government (including any officer or employee of the 
     Executive Office of the President) who certifies, approves, 
     or processes any loan or credit to a foreign entity or 
     government of a foreign country from any amount in the 
     exchange stabilization fund under section 5302 of title 31, 
     United States Code.

                               H.R. 4104

                        Offered By: Mr. Sessions

       Amendment No. 2: In title III, in the item relating to 
     ``Office of Administration--salaries and expenses'', after 
     the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.
       In title III, in the item relating to ``Federal Drug 
     Control Programs--high intensity drug trafficking areas 
     program''--
       (1) after the first dollar amount, insert ``(increased by 
     $5,000,000)''; and
       (2) after ``designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
     Areas,'' insert the following: ``of which $5,000,000 shall be 
     for a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area in Dallas-Fort 
     Worth, Texas, designated in compliance with existing law;''.

                               H.R. 4101

                        Offered By: Mr. Sessions

       Amendment No. 3: In title III, in the item relating to 
     ``Office of Administration--salaries and expenses'', after 
     the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.
       In title III, in the item relating to ``Federal Drug 
     Control Programs--high intensity drug trafficking areas 
     program'', after the first dollar amount, insert ``(increased 
     by $5,000,000)''.