[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 83 (Tuesday, June 23, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H5065]
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. Hall of Ohio

       Amendment No. 16: 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. Sanders

       Amendment No. 17: Insert before the short title the 
     following new section:
       Sec. ____. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are 
     revised by reducing the amount made available for ``Food and 
     Drug Administration-salaries and expenses'', and increasing 
     the amount made available for ``food donations programs for 
     selected groups'', by $10,000,000.

                               H.R. 4103

                 Offered By: Mr. Frank of Massachusetts

       Amendment No. 3: At the end of the bill (preceding the 
     short title), insert the following:

                                TITLE X
                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 1001. The total amount obligated from new budget 
     authority provided in this Act may not exceed 
     $247,708,522,000.

                               H.R. 4103

                  Offered By: Mrs. Maloney of New York

       Amendment No. 4: At the end of title VIII (page ____, after 
     line ____), insert the following new section:
       Sec. ____. The amount otherwise provided by this Act for 
     the Defense Logistics Agency shall be reduced by $10,000,000 
     on April 1, 1999, unless, before that date, the Secretary of 
     Defense establishes specific goals for achieving cost savings 
     and other benefits from the implementation and use of best 
     commercial inventory practices, as identified by the 
     Secretary, and submits a report to the congressional defense 
     committees identifying these goals and explaining how and 
     when each goal will be achieved.

                               H.R. 4103

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 5: 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.

                               H.R. 4103

                        Offered by: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 6: At the end of the bill (preceding the 
     short title), insert the following:

                                TITLE X

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 1001. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used to enter into or renew a 
     contract with Sunbase Asia, Incorporated, or with Southwest 
     Products Company, Incorporated, a subsidiary of Sunbase Asia, 
     Incorporated.

                               H.R. 4104

                      Offered by: Mr. Blagojevich

       Amendment No. 4: Page 11, line 7, insert ``(increased by 
     $2,000,000)'' before ``; of which''.
       Page 46, line 23, insert ``(reduced by $2,000,000)'' after 
     ``$1,554,772,000''.

                               H.R. 4104

                  Offered By: Mrs. Maloney of New York

       Amendment No. 5: Strike section 511 (and redesignate the 
     succeeding sections accordingly).

                               H.R. 4104

                        Offered By: Mrs. Morella

       Amendment No. 6: At the appropriate place in the bill, 
     insert the following:
       Sec. ____. (a) An Executive agency which provides or 
     proposes to provide child care services for Federal employees 
     may use appropriated funds (otherwise available to such 
     agency for salaries) to provide child care, in a Federal or 
     leased facility, or through contract, for civilian employees 
     of such agency.
       (b) Amounts so provided with respect to any such facility 
     or contractor shall be applied to improve the affordability 
     of child care for lower income Federal employees using or 
     seeking to use the child care services offered by such 
     facility or contractor.
       (c) The Office of Personnel Management shall, within 180 
     days after the date of enactment of this Act, issue 
     regulations necessary to carry out this section.
       (d) For purposes of this section, the term ``Executive 
     agency'' has the meaning given such term by section 105 of 
     title 5, United States Code, but does not include the General 
     Accounting Office.

                               H.R. 4104

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 7: Page 58, line 1, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(reduced by $6,000,000) (increased by 
     $6,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4104

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 8: Page 58, line 1, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``, of which $6,000,000 shall be for 
     the National Personnel Record Center''.

                               H.R. 4112

                       Offered By: Mr. Gutierrez

       Amendment No. 1: In Title III--General Provisions--after 
     the last section insert the following new section:
     SEC. 310. The Architect of the Capitol--
       (1) shall develop and implement a cost-effective energy 
     conservation strategy for all facilities currently 
     administered by Congress to achieve a net reduction of 20 
     percent in energy consumption on the congressional campus 
     compared to fiscal year 1991 consumption levels on a Btu-per-
     gross-square-foot basis not later than 7 years after the 
     adoption of this resolution;
       (2) shall submit to Congress no later than 10 months after 
     the adoption of this resolution a comprehensive energy 
     conservation and management plan which includes life cycle 
     costs methods to determine the cost-effectiveness of proposed 
     energy efficiency projects;
       (3) shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations in the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives a request for the 
     amount of appropriations necessary to carry out this 
     resolution;
       (4) shall present to Congress annually a report on 
     congressional energy management and conservation programs 
     which details energy expenditures for each facility, energy 
     management and conservation projects, and future priorities 
     to ensure compliance with the requirements of this 
     resolution;
       (5) shall perform energy surveys of all congressional 
     buildings and update such surveys as needed;
       (6) shall use such surveys to determine the cost and 
     payback period of energy and water conservation measures 
     likely to achieve the required energy consumption levels;
       (7) shall install energy and water conservation measures 
     that will achieve the requirements through previously 
     determined life cycle cost methods and procedures;
       (8) may contract with nongovernmental entities and employ 
     private sector capital to finance energy conservation 
     projects and achieve energy consumption targets;
       (9) may develop innovative contracting methods that will 
     attract private sector funding for the installation of 
     energy-efficient and renewable energy technology to meet the 
     requirements of this resolution;
       (10) may participate in the Department of Energy's 
     Financing Renewable Energy and Efficiency (FREE Savings) 
     contracts program for Federal Government facilities; and
       (11) shall produce information packages and ``how-to'' 
     guides for each Member and employing authority of the 
     Congress that detail simple, cost-effective methods to save 
     energy and taxpayer dollars.