[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 97 (Monday, July 20, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H5957]
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: Mr. DeLay

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

       Amendment No. 172: Add at the end of title V the following 
     new section (and conform the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 510. REQUIRING EXPRESS ADVOCACY TO BE DETERMINED WITHOUT 
                   REGARD TO BACKGROUND MUSIC.

       Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
     U.S.C. 431 et seq.), as amended by sections 101, 401, and 
     507, is further amended by adding at the end the following 
     new section:


          ``determination of express advocacy without regard to 
                            background music

       ``Sec. 326. In determining whether any communication by 
     television or radio broadcast constitutes express advocacy 
     for purposes of this Act, there shall not be taken into 
     account any background music used in such broadcast.''.

                               H.R. 4193

                        Offered By: Mr. Gallegly

       Amendment No. 12: 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 collect entrance fees, 
     or to pay the salaries of personnel of the Forest Service who 
     collect entrance fees, pursuant to the recreation fee 
     demonstration program authorized by section 315 of the 
     Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1996 (section 101(c) of Public Law 104-
     134; 16 U.S.C. 460l-6a note), for a unit of the National 
     Forest System from a person who resides within such unit or 
     within 20 miles of any entrance to such unit.

                               H.R. 4193

                       Offered By: Mr. Gutierrez

       Amendment No. 13: Page 2, line 13, insert after the dollar 
     amount the following: ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.

       Page 56, line 2, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4193

                       Offered By: Mr. Gutierrez

       Amendment No. 14: 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 
     ``management of lands and resources'' under the heading 
     ``Bureau of Land Management'' and increasing the amount for 
     ``state and private forestry'' under the heading ``Forest 
     Service'' (for removal of trees in Chicago, Illinois, 
     infected with the Asian Longhorn Beetle and for replacement 
     of such trees), both by $1,000,000.

                               H.R. 4193

                  Offered By: Mr. Miller of California

       Amendment No. 15: Page 68, beginning at line 13, strike 
     ``for indirect'' and all that follows through line 16 and 
     insert the following: ``may not be used for indirect support 
     activities (as defined in the Forest Service Handbook).''.

                               H.R. 4193

                  Offered By: Mr. Miller of California

       Amendment No. 16: 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 construct any road in the Tongass National Forest.

                               H.R. 4193

                         Offered By: Mr. Pappas

       Amendment No. 17: Page 19, line 7, insert after the dollar 
     amount the following: ``(increased by $50,000,000)''.
       Page 88, line 14, insert after the dollar amount ``(reduced 
     by $25,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4193

                         Offered By: Mr. Parker

       Amendment No. 18: Page 81, line 8, strike ``Provided 
     further'' and all that follows through ``funding 
     agreements:'' on line 21.