[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 96 (Friday, July 17, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H5859-H5860]
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. 2183

                  Offered By: Mrs. Smith of Washington

         (To the Amendment Offered By: Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan)

       Amendment No. 166: In section 301(8) of the Federal 
     Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended by section 
     205(a)(1)(B) of the substitute, add at the end the following:
       ``(F) Nothing in subparagraph (A)(iii) or subparagraph (D) 
     may be construed to treat

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     the submission by any person of a communication described in 
     paragraph (20)(B) to a candidate, a candidate's authorized 
     committee, or an agent acting on behalf of a candidate or 
     authorized committee, or the collection by any person of such 
     a communication from a candidate, a candidate's authorized 
     committee, or an agent acting on behalf of a candidate or 
     authorized committee as an item of value provided in 
     coordination with a candidate for purposes of subparagraph 
     (A)(iii).''.

                               H.R. 2183

                  Offered By: Mrs. Smith of Washington

         (To the Amendment Offered By: Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan)

       Amendment No. 167: In section 301(8)(C) of the Federal 
     Election Campaign Act of 1971, as added by section 
     205(a)(1)(B) of the substitute, strike clause (vi) and 
     redesignate the succeeding provisions accordingly.
       In section 301(8)(C)(vi) of the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971, as added by section 205(a)(1)(B) of the 
     substitute (and as so redesignated), strike ``clauses (i) 
     through (vi)'' in clause (vii) and insert ``clauses (i) 
     through (v)''.

                               H.R. 2183

                  Offered By: Mrs. Smith of Washington

         (To the Amendment Offered By: Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan)

       Amendment No. 168: In section 301(8)(C)(v) of the Federal 
     Election Campaign Act of 1971, as added by section 
     205(a)(1)(B) of the substitute, strike ``Federal office,'' 
     and insert the following: ``Federal office (other than any 
     discussion consisting of a lobbying contact under the 
     Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 in the case of a candidate 
     holding Federal office or consisting of similar lobbying 
     activity in the case of a candidate holding State or local 
     elective office)''.

                               H.R. 2183

                  Offered By: Mrs. Smith of Washington

         (To the Amendment Offered By: Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan)

       Amendment No. 169: In section 301(20)(B) of the Federal 
     Election Campaign Act of 1971, as added by section 201(a) of 
     the substitute, strike ``a printed communication'' and insert 
     ``a communication which is in printed form or posted on the 
     Internet and''.

                               H.R. 2183

                  Offered By: Mrs. Smith of Washington

         (To the Amendment Offered By: Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan)

       Amendment No. 170: In section 301(20)(B)(i) of the Federal 
     Election Campaign Act of 1971, as added by section 201(a) of 
     the substitute, strike ``2 or more candidates'' and insert 
     ``1 or more candidates''.

                               H.R. 2183

                  Offered By: Mrs. Smith of Washington

         (To the Amendment Offered By: Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan)

       Amendment No. 171: In section 301(20)(B)(i) of the Federal 
     Election Campaign Act of 1971, as added by section 201(a) of 
     the substitute, insert before the semicolon the following: 
     ``(other than information describing the opinion of the 
     person publishing the communication on the record or position 
     involved, if the information is clearly identified as 
     describing the opinion of such person)''.

                               H.R. 4193

                         Offered By: Ms. Furse

       Amendment No. 7: Page 56, line 18, insert before the period 
     at the end the following:

     : Provided, That, of the funds made available in this 
     paragraph, $130,176,000 shall be for timber sales management, 
     $67,654,000 shall be for watershed improvements, and 
     $188,018,000 shall be for recreation management

                               H.R. 4193

                         Offered By: Ms. Furse

       Amendment No. 8: Page 56, line 18, insert before the period 
     at the end the following:

     : Provided, That, of the funds made available in this 
     paragraph, $130,176,000 shall be for timber sales management, 
     $87,654,000 shall be for watershed improvements, and 
     $168,018,000 shall be for recreation management.

                               H.R. 4193

                         Offered By: Ms. Furse

       Amendment No. 9: Page 68, after line 23, insert the 
     following:

       Of the funds made available in this title for ``Forest 
     Service--National Forest System'', $130,176,000 shall be for 
     timber sales management, $87,654,000 shall be for watershed 
     improvements, and $168,018,000 shall be for recreation 
     management.
       The amount specified in this title under the heading 
     ``Forest Service--Reconstruction and Construction'' for 
     planned obliteration of roads is hereby increased by 
     $25,000,000.

                               H.R. 4193

                         Offered By: Ms. Furse

       Amendment No. 10: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:

       Sec. __. Of the funds made available in this Act for the 
     National Forest System--
       (1) not more than $130,176,000 may be expended for timber 
     sales management;
       (2) not more than $67,654,000 may be expended for watershed 
     improvements; and
       (3) not more than $188,018,000 may be expended for 
     recreation management.

                               H.R. 4193

                         Offered By: Ms. Furse

       Amendment No. 11: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:

       Sec. __. Of the funds made available in this Act for the 
     National Forest System--
       (1) not more than $130,176,000 may be expended for timber 
     sales management;
       (2) not more than $87,654,000 may be expended for watershed 
     improvements; and
       (3) not more than $168,018,000 may be expended for 
     recreation management.

                               H.R. 4194

                         Offered By: Mr. Engel

       Amendment No. 28: Insert at the end of the bill before the 
     short title:

       Sec. __. It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) States and local municipalities whose public water 
     systems supplied by surface water sources are required by the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (in this 
     section referred to as the ``Administrator'') to adopt water 
     filtration to meet national primary drinking water standards 
     should be permitted, after a 4-month period, to apply to the 
     Administrator for a determination that the system is not 
     required to use filtration, based on information, technology, 
     or evidence not available prior to the expiration of such 4-
     month period;
       (2) after the State or local municipality submits to the 
     Administrator information regarding an alternative means of 
     meeting the national primary drinking water standards, the 
     Administrator should consider and review such information; 
     and
       (3) if after a detailed review of the State or local 
     municipality's alternative, the Administrator finds that the 
     alternative does not comply with national primary drinking 
     water standards, the Administrator should report back, within 
     90 days of the date on which the State or local municipality 
     submitted information under paragraph (2), to the State or 
     local municipality the Administrator's findings and rationale 
     as to why the alternative to filtration does not comply with 
     such standards.

                               H.R. 4194

                      Offered By: Mr. Scarborough

       Amendment No. 29: 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 carry out Executive Order 13083.