[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 43 (Thursday, March 18, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2962-S2968]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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     EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999

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                  HATCH (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 79

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. DeWine, Mr. 
Sessions, and Mr. Kennedy) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by them to the bill (S. 544) making emergency supplemental 
appropriations and rescissions for recovery from natural disasters, and 
foreign assistance, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and 
for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.   . COMPLIANCE WITH ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR FEDERAL 
                   PROSECUTORS.

       Section 801 of title VIII of the Departments of Commerce, 
     Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277) is amended by 
     striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
       ``(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
     Act.''.
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                        STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 80

  Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 544, supra; as 
follows:

       Insert on page 43, after line 15:


                      ``public and indian housing

                       ``housing certificate fund

                              ``(deferral)

       ``Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 105-276 for use in connection with expiring or 
     terminating section 8 contracts, $350,000,000 shall not 
     become available until October 1, 1999.''.
       On page 42, strike beginning with line 10 through the end 
     of line 21.
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                       HUTCHISON AMENDMENT NO. 81

  Mrs. HUTCHISON proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 544, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 58, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:
 TITLE __--RESTRICTIONS ON DEPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN 
                                 KOSOVO

     SEC. __01. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``______ Act of 1999''.

     SEC. __02. DEFINITION.

       In this title, the term ``Yugoslavia'' means the so-called 
     Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro).

     SEC. __03. FUNDING LIMITATION.

       (a) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available to the Department of Defense, 
     including funds appropriated for fiscal year 1999 and prior 
     fiscal years, may be obligated or expended for any deployment 
     of ground forces of the Armed Forces of the United States to 
     Kosovo unless and until--
       (1) the parties to the conflict in Kosovo have signed an 
     agreement for the establishment of peace in Kosovo;
       (2) the President has transmitted to Congress the report 
     provided for under section 8115 of Public Law 105-262 (112 
     Stat. 2327); and
       (3) the President has transmitted to the Speaker of the 
     House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the 
     Senate a report containing--
       (A) a certification--
       (i) that deployment of the Armed Forces of the United 
     States to Kosovo is in the national security interests of the 
     United States;
       (ii) that--

       (I) the President will submit to Congress an amended budget 
     for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2000 not later 
     than 60 days after the commencement of the deployment of the 
     Armed Forces of the United States to Kosovo that includes an 
     amount sufficient for such deployment; and

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       (II) such amended budget will provide for an increase in 
     the total amount for the major functional budget category 050 
     (relating to National Defense) for fiscal year 2000 by at 
     least the total amount proposed for the deployment of the 
     Armed Forces of the United States to Kosovo (as compared to 
     the amount provided for fiscal year 2000 for major functional 
     budget category 050 (relating to National Defense) in the 
     budget that the President submitted to Congress February 1, 
     1999); and

       (iii) that--

       (I) not later than 120 days after the commencement of the 
     deployment of the Armed Forces of the United States to 
     Kosovo, forces of the Armed Forces of the United States will 
     be withdrawn from on-going military operations in locations 
     where maintaining the current level of the Armed Forces of 
     the United States (as of the date of certification) is no 
     longer considered vital to the national security interests of 
     the United States; and
       (II) each such withdrawal will be undertaken only after 
     consultation with the Majority Leader of the Senate, the 
     Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the House of 
     Representatives;

       (B) an explanation of the reasons why the deployment of the 
     Armed Forces of the United States to Kosovo is in the 
     national security interests of the United States;
       (C) the total number of the United States military 
     personnel that are to be deployed in Kosovo and the number of 
     personnel to be committed to the direct support of the 
     international peacekeeping operation in Kosovo, including 
     ground troops, air support, logistics support, and 
     intelligence support;
       (D) the percentage that the total number of personnel of 
     the United States Armed Forces specified in subparagraph (C) 
     bears to the total number of the military personnel of all 
     NATO nations participating in the international peacekeeping 
     operation in Kosovo;
       (E) a description of the responsibilities of the United 
     States military force participating in the international 
     peacekeeping operation to enforce any provision of the Kosovo 
     peace agreement; and
       (F) a clear identification of the benchmarks for the 
     withdrawal of the Armed Forces of the United States from 
     Kosovo, together with a description of those benchmarks and 
     the estimated dates by which those benchmarks can and will be 
     achieved.
       (b) Consultation.--
       (1) In general.--Prior to the conduct of any air operations 
     by the Armed Forces of the United States against Yugoslavia, 
     the President shall consult with the joint congressional 
     leadership and the chairmen and ranking minority members of 
     the appropriate congressional committees with respect to 
     those operations.
       (2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (i) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed 
     Services, the Committee on International Relations, and the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (ii) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
       (B) Joint congressional leadership.--The term ``joint 
     congressional leadership'' means--
       (i) the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
     Majority Leader and the Minority Leader of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (ii) the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader of the 
     Senate.

     SEC. __04. REPORT ON PROGRESS TOWARD MEETING BENCHMARKS.

       Thirty days after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
     every 60 days thereafter, the President shall submit to 
     Congress a detailed report on the benchmarks that are 
     established to measure progress and determine the withdrawal 
     of the Armed Forces of the United States from Kosovo. Each 
     report shall include--
       (1) a detailed description of the benchmarks for the 
     withdrawal of the Armed Forces from Kosovo;
       (2) the objective criteria for evaluating successful 
     achievement of the benchmarks;
       (3) an analysis of the progress made in achieving the 
     benchmarks;
       (4) a comparison of the current status on achieving the 
     benchmarks with the progress described in the last report 
     submitted under this section;
       (5) the specific responsibilities assigned to the 
     implementation force in assisting in the achievement of the 
     benchmarks;
       (6) the estimated timetable for achieving the benchmarks; 
     and
       (7) the status of plans and preparations for withdrawal of 
     the implementing force once the objective criteria for 
     achieving the benchmarks have been met.

     SEC. __05. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.

       Nothing in this title restricts the authority of the 
     President to protect the lives of United States citizens.
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      McCAIN AMENDMENT NO. 82
  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. McCain) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
544, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.   . EXTENSION OF AVIATION INSURANCE PROGRAM.

       Section 44310 of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``March 31, 1999.'' and inserting ``May 31, 
     1999.''.
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                       GRASSLEY AMENDMENT NO. 83

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Grassley) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
544, supra; as follows:

       On page 29, insert after line 10:

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                    GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

       For an additional amount for ``general departmental 
     management'', $1,400,000, to reduce the backlog of pending 
     nursing home appeals before the Department Appeals Board.
       On page 42, line 8, strike $3,116,076,000 and insert 
     $3,114,676,000.
       On page 42, line 9, strike $164,933,000 and insert 
     $163,533,000.
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                 SHELBY (AND STEVENS) AMENDMENT NO. 84

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Shelby for himself and Mr. Stevens) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 544, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert:
       Sec.   . Title 49 Recodification Correction.--Effective 
     December 31, 1998, section 4(k) of the Act of July 5, 1994 
     (Public Law 103-272, 108 Stat. 1370), as amended by section 
     7(a)(3)(D) of the Act of October 31, 1994 (Public Law 103-
     429, 108 Stat. 4329), is repealed.
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                         BYRD AMENDMENT NO. 85

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Byrd) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 544, 
supra; as follows:

       On page 16, strike beginning with line 12 through page 23, 
     line 8, and insert the following:
       Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Program. (a) Short Title.--
     This section may be cited as the ``Emergency Steel Loan 
     Guarantee Act of 1999''.
       (b) Congressional Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) the United States steel industry has been severely 
     harmed by a record surge of more than 40,000,000 tons of 
     steel imports into the United States in 1998, caused by the 
     world financial crisis;
       (2) this surge in imports resulted in the loss of more than 
     10,000 steel worker jobs in 1998, and was the imminent cause 
     of 3 bankruptcies by medium-sized steel companies, Acme 
     Steel, Laclede Steel, and Geneva Steel;
       (3) the crisis also forced almost all United States steel 
     companies into--
       (A) reduced volume, lower prices, and financial losses; and
       (B) an inability to obtain credit for continued operations 
     and reinvestment in facilities;
       (4) the crisis also has affected the willingness of private 
     banks and investment institutions to make loans to the U.S. 
     steel industry for continued operation and reinvestment in 
     facilities;
       (5) these steel bankruptcies, job losses, and financial 
     losses are also having serious negative effects on the tax 
     base of cities, counties, and States, and on the essential 
     health, education, and municipal services that these 
     government entities provide to their citizens; and
       (6) a strong steel industry is necessary to the adequate 
     defense preparedness of the United States in order to have 
     sufficient steel available to build the ships, tanks, planes, 
     and armaments necessary for the national defense.
       (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
       (1) the term ``Board'' means the Loan Guarantee Board 
     established under subsection (e);
       (2) the term ``Program'' means the Emergency Steel 
     Guaranteed Loan Program established under subsection (d); and
       (3) the term ``qualified steel company'' means any company 
     that--
       (A) is incorporated under the laws of any State;
       (B) is engaged in the production and manufacture of a 
     product defined by the American Iron and Steel Institute as a 
     basic steel mill product, including ingots, slab and billets, 
     plates, flat-rolled steel, sections and structural products, 
     bars, rail type products, pipe and tube, and wire rod; and
       (C) has experienced layoffs, production losses, or 
     financial losses since the beginning of the steel import 
     crisis, after January 1, 1998.
       (d) Establishment of Emergency Steel Guaranteed Loan 
     Program.--There is established the Emergency Steel Guaranteed 
     Loan Program, to be administered by the Board, the purpose of 
     which is to provide loan guarantees to qualified steel 
     companies in accordance with this section.
       (e) Loan Guarantee Board Membership.--There is established 
     a Loan Guarantee Board, which shall be composed of--
       (1) the Secretary of Commerce, who shall serve as Chairman 
     of the Board;
       (2) the Secretary of Labor; and
       (3) the Secretary of the Treasury.
       (f) Loan Guarantee Program.--

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       (1) Authority.--The Program may guarantee loans provided to 
     qualified steel companies by private banking and investment 
     institutions in accordance with the procedures, rules, and 
     regulations established by the Board.
       (2) Total guarantee limit.--The aggregate amount of loans 
     guaranteed and outstanding at any 1 time under this section 
     may not exceed $1,000,000,000.
       (3) Individual guarantee limit.--The aggregate amount of 
     loans guaranteed under this section with respect to a single 
     qualified steel company may not exceed $250,000,000.
       (4) Minimum guarantee amount.--No single loan in an amount 
     that is less than $25,000,000 may be guaranteed under this 
     section.
       (5) Timelines.--The Board shall approve or deny each 
     application for a guarantee under this section as soon as 
     possible after receipt of such application.
       (6) Additional costs.--For the additional cost of the loans 
     guaranteed under this subsection, including the costs of 
     modifying the loans as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a), there is 
     appropriated $140,000,000 to remain available until expended.
       (g) Requirements for Loan Guarantees.--A loan guarantee may 
     be issued under this section upon application to the Board by 
     a qualified steel company pursuant to an agreement to provide 
     a loan to that qualified steel company by a private bank or 
     investment company, if the Board determines that--
       (1) credit is not otherwise available to that company under 
     reasonable terms or conditions sufficient to meet its 
     financing needs, as reflected in the financial and business 
     plans of that company;
       (2) the prospective earning power of that company, together 
     with the character and value of the security pledged, furnish 
     reasonable assurance of repayment of the loan to be 
     guaranteed in accordance with its terms;
       (3) the loan to be guaranteed bears interest at a rate 
     determined by the Board to be reasonable, taking into account 
     the current average yield on outstanding obligations of the 
     United States with remaining periods of maturity comparable 
     to the maturity of such loan; and
       (4) the company has agreed to an audit by the General 
     Accounting Office, prior to the issuance of the loan 
     guarantee and annually while any such guaranteed loan is 
     outstanding.
       (h) Terms and Conditions of Loan Guarantees.--
       (1) Loan duration.--All loans guaranteed under this section 
     shall be payable in full not later than December 31, 2005, 
     and the terms and conditions of each such loan shall provide 
     that the loan may not be amended, or any provision thereof 
     waived, without the consent of the Board.
       (2) Loan security.--Any commitment to issue a loan 
     guarantee under this section shall contain such affirmative 
     and negative covenants and other protective provisions that 
     the Board determines are appropriate. The Board shall require 
     security for the loans to be guaranteed under this section at 
     the time at which the commitment is made.
       (3) Fees.--A qualified steel company receiving a guarantee 
     under this section shall pay a fee in an amount equal to 0.5 
     percent of the outstanding principal balance of the 
     guaranteed loan to the Department of the Treasury.
       (i) Reports to Congress.--The Secretary of Commerce shall 
     submit to Congress annually, a full report of the activities 
     of the Board under this section during fiscal years 1999 and 
     2000, and annually thereafter, during such period as any loan 
     guaranteed under this section is outstanding.
       (j) Salaries and Administrative Expenses.--For necessary 
     expenses to administer the Program, $5,000,000 is 
     appropriated to the Department of Commerce, to remain 
     available until expended, which may be transferred to the 
     Office of the Assistant Secretary for Trade Development of 
     the International Trade Administration.
       (k) Termination of Guarantee Authority.--The authority of 
     the Board to make commitments to guarantee any loan under 
     this section shall terminate on December 31, 2001.
       (l) Regulatory Action.--The Board shall issue such final 
     procedures, rules, and regulations as may be necessary to 
     carry out this section not later than 60 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act.
       (m) Emergency Designation.--The entire amount made 
     available to carry out this section--
       (1) is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
     901(b)(2)(A)); and
       (2) shall be available only to the extent that an official 
     budget request that includes designation of the entire amount 
     of the request as an emergency requirement (as defined in the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) is 
     transmitted by the President to Congress.
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                 FRIST (AND THOMPSON) AMENDMENT NO. 86

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Frist for himself and Mr. Thompson) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 544, supra; as follows:

       On page 30, line 1, strike ``$11,300,000'' and insert 
     ``$14,500,000''.
       On page 43, line 12, strike ``$11,300,000'' and insert 
     ``$14,500,000''.
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                        STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 87

  Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 544, supra; as 
follows:

       At the Appropriate place in the bill, insert:
       Sec.   . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     taking of a Cook Inlet beluga whale under the exemption 
     provided in section 101(b) of the Marine Mammal Protection 
     Act (16 U.S.C. 1371(a)) between the date of the enactment of 
     this Act and October 1, 2000 shall be considered a violation 
     of such Act unless such taking occurs pursuant to a 
     cooperative agreement between the National Marine Fisheries 
     Service and Cook Inlet Marine Mammal Commission.
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                        STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 88

  Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 544, supra; as 
follows:

       At the Appropriate place in the bill, insert:
       Sec.   . Funds provided in the Department of Commerce, 
     Justice and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 1999 (P.L. 105-277, Division A, Section 
     101(b)) for the construction of correctional facility in 
     Barrow Alaska shall be made available to the North Slope 
     Borough.
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                      HUTCHINSON AMENDMENT NO. 89

  Mr. HUTCHINSON proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 544, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following new section:

     SEC. __. PRIOR CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL FOR SUPPORTING 
                   ADMISSION OF CHINA INTO THE WTO.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the United States may not support the admission of the 
     People's Republic of China as a member of the World Trade 
     Organization unless a provision of law is passed by both 
     Houses of Congress and enacted into law after the enactment 
     of this Act that specifically allows the United States to 
     support such admission.
       (b) Procedures for Congressional Approval of United States 
     Support for Admission of China Into the WTO.--
       (1) Notification of congress.--The President shall notify 
     the Congress in writing if the President determines that the 
     United States should support the admission of the People's 
     Republic of China into the World Trade Organization.
       (2) Support of china's admission into the wto.--The United 
     States may support the admission of the People's Republic of 
     China into the World Trade Organization if a joint resolution 
     is enacted into law under subsection (c) and the Congress 
     adopts and transmits the joint resolution to the President 
     before the end of the 90-day period (excluding any day 
     described in section 154(b) of the Trade Act of 1974), 
     beginning on the date on which the Congress receives the 
     notification referred to in paragraph (1).
       (c) Joint Resolution.--
       (1) Joint resolution.--For purposes of this section, the 
     term ``joint resolution'' means only a joint resolution of 
     the 2 Houses of Congress, the matter after the resolving 
     clause of which is as follows: ``That the Congress approves 
     the support of the United States for the admission of the 
     People's Republic of China into the World Trade 
     Organization.''.
       (2) Procedures.--
       (A) In general.--A joint resolution may be introduced at 
     any time on or after the date on which the Congress receives 
     the notification referred to in subsection (b)(1), and before 
     the end of the 90-day period referred to in subsection 
     (b)(2). A joint resolution may be introduced in either House 
     of the Congress by any member of such House.
       (B) Application of section 152.--Subject to the provisions 
     of this subsection, the provisions of subsections (b), (d), 
     (e), and (f) of section 152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
     U.S.C. 2192(b), (d), (e), and (f)) apply to a joint 
     resolution under this section to the same extent as such 
     provisions apply to resolutions under section 152.
       (C) Discharge of committee.--If the committee of either 
     House to which a joint resolution has been referred has not 
     reported it by the close of the 45th day after its 
     introduction (excluding any day described in section 154(b) 
     of the Trade Act of 1974), such committee shall be 
     automatically discharged from further consideration of the 
     joint resolution and it shall be placed on the appropriate 
     calendar.
       (D) Consideration by appropriate committee.--It is not in 
     order for--
       (i) the Senate to consider any joint resolution unless it 
     has been reported by the Committee on Finance or the 
     committee has been discharged under subparagraph (C); or
       (ii) the House of Representatives to consider any joint 
     resolution unless it has been reported by the Committee on 
     Ways and Means or the committee has been discharged under 
     subparagraph (C).
       (E) Consideration in the house.--A motion in the House of 
     Representatives to proceed to the consideration of a joint 
     resolution may only be made on the second legislative day 
     after the calendar day on which the Member making the motion 
     announces to the House his or her intention to do so.

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       (3) Consideration of second resolution not in order.--It 
     shall not be in order in either the House of Representatives 
     or the Senate to consider a joint resolution (other than a 
     joint resolution received from the other House), if that 
     House has previously adopted a joint resolution under this 
     section.
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                       GRASSLEY AMENDMENT NO. 90

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 544, supra; as follows:

       On page 29, insert after line 10:

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                    GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

       For an additional amount for ``general departmental 
     management'', $1,400,000, to reduce the backlog of pending 
     nursing home appeals before the Departmental Appeals Board.
       On page 42, line 8, strike $3,116,076,000 and insert 
     $3,114,676,000.
       On page 42, line 9, strike $164,933,000 and insert 
     $163,533,000.
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                     Explanation and Justification

       This amendment provides an additional $1,400,000 for the 
     Department of Health and Human Services Appeals Board. The 
     amendment would require that this sum be used by the Appeals 
     Board to reduce a backlog of appeals by nursing facilities of 
     civil monetary penalties levied by the Health Care Financing 
     Administration for infractions of the Nursing Home Reform Act 
     of 1987.
       The Department of Health and Human Services Departmental 
     Appeals Board hears and decides cases on appeal from program 
     units of the Department. Lack of sufficient resources to 
     handle a rapidly increasing case load has lead to a large 
     backlog of pending cases. The major contributor to this 
     backlog is a substantial increase in appeals of civil 
     monetary penalties levied by HCFA on nursing facilities. 
     Appeals of CMPs have increased at an accelerating rate each 
     year since 1995. The rate of increase has accelerated further 
     since January, 1999, reflecting the enhanced oversight and 
     enforcement of nursing facilities undertaken by HCFA 
     following a Presidential initiative and hearings by the 
     Special Committee on Aging. The backlog of appeals subverts 
     the purpose and effect of civil monetary penalties, delaying 
     corrective action and improvements in the quality of care by 
     nursing facilities. Delay in adjudication of appeals is also 
     a burden to nursing facilities.


               administration budget proposal for fy 2000

       The Clinton Administration proposed an increase of $2.8 
     million for FY 2000 for the Departmental Appeals Board. This 
     amendment would speed up provision of those funds the Appeals 
     Board could effectively use before the end of this fiscal 
     year and thus and permit the Appeals Board to begin 
     immediately to take steps to reduce the backlog of appeals by 
     nursing facilities.


      details for departmental appeals board nursing home caseload

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      Closed
            Year                Cases    Closed no     with     Pending
                               received   decision   decision
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1996........................        335        101         22        212
1997........................        441        160         25        468
1998........................        483        303         22        626
1999 \1\....................        196        117          4       701
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ As of January 22, 1999.

       Note that, although the number of new cases received each 
     year has increased, the number of cases decided has not, 
     indicating lack of resources sufficient to keep up with the 
     increasing annual number of new cases. Currently, the Appeals 
     Board is receiving about 25 new cases per week. In earlier 
     periods 8 to 10 new cases per week were being received.
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                ROBERTS (AND BROWNBACK) AMENDMENT NO. 91

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. ROBERTS (for himself and Mr. Brownback) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 544, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert:

     SEC.   . LIABILITY OF CERTAIN NATURAL GAS PRODUCERS.

       The Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 603. LIABILITY OF CERTAIN NATURAL GAS PRODUCERS.

       ``If the Commission orders any refund of any rate or charge 
     made, demanded, or received for reimbursement of State ad 
     valorem taxes in connection with the sale of natural gas 
     before 1989, the refund shall be ordered to be made without 
     interest or penalty of any kind.''.
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                      TORRICELLI AMENDMENT NO. 92

  Mr. TORRICELLI proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 544, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 45, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:

     SEC. __. LIMITATION OF FUNDING.

       (a) In General.--Effective December 31, 1999, funding 
     authorized pursuant to the third and fourth provisos under 
     the heading ``salaries and expenses, general legal 
     activities'' under the heading ``Legal activities'' under the 
     heading ``GENERAL ADMINISTRATION'' in title II of Public Law 
     100-202 (101 Stat. 1329-9; 28 U.S.C. 591 note) shall not be 
     available to an independent counsel, appointed before June 
     30, 1996, pursuant to chapter 40 of title 28, United States 
     Code.
       (b) Pending Investigations.--Any investigation or 
     prosecution of a matter being conducted by an independent 
     counsel, appointed before June 30, 1996, pursuant to chapter 
     40 of title 28, United States Code, and the jurisdiction over 
     that matter, shall be transferred to the Attorney General by 
     December 31, 1999.
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                 HELMS (AND McCONNELL) AMENDMENT NO. 93

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Helms for himself and Mr. McConnell) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 544, supra; as follows:

       On page 8, line 22, insert before the proviso the 
     following: ``Provided further, That up to $1,500,000 of the 
     funds appropriated by this heading may be transferred to 
     `Operating Expenses of the Agency for International 
     Development, Office of Inspector General', to remain 
     available until expended, to be used for costs of audits, 
     inspections, and other activities associated with the 
     expenditure of funds appropriated by this heading: Provided 
     further, That $500,000 of the funds appropriated by this 
     heading shall made be available to the Comptroller General 
     for purposes of monitoring the provision of assistance using 
     funds appropriated by this heading: Provided further, That 
     any funds appropriated by this heading that are made 
     available for nonproject assistance shall be obligated and 
     expended subject to the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations and to the notification 
     procedures relating to the reprogramming of funds under 
     section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2394-1):''.
                                 ______
                                 
      REID AMENDMENT NO. 94
  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Reid) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 544, 
supra; as follows:

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil


                         construction, general

       For an additional amount for ``Construction, General,'' 
     $500,000 shall be available for technical assistance related 
     to shoreline erosion at Lake Tahoe, NV caused by high lake 
     levels pursuant to Section 219 of the Water Resources 
     Development Act of 1992.
                                 ______
                                 
      KYL AMENDMENT NO. 95
  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Kyl) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 544, 
supra; as follows:

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                         Bureau of Reclamation


                      water and related resources

       For an additional amount for ``Water and Related 
     Resources,'' for emergency repairs to the Headgate Rock 
     Hydraulic Project, $5,000,000 is appropriated pursuant to the 
     Snyder Act (25 U.S.C.), to be expended by the Bureau of 
     Reclamation, to remain available until expended.
                                 ______
                                 
      DOMENICI AMENDMENT NO. 96
  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Domenici) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
544, supra; as follows:

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil


                         construction, general

       Of the amounts made available under this heading in P.L. 
     105-245 for the Lackawanna River, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 
     $5,000,000 are rescinded.
                                 ______
                                 
      JEFFORDS AMENDMENT NO. 97
  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Jeffords) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
544, supra; as follows:

       On page 9, line 10 after the word ``amended'' insert the 
     following:
       ``: Provided further, That the Agency for International 
     Development should undertake efforts to promote 
     reforestation, with careful attention to the choice, 
     placement, and management of species of trees consistent with 
     watershed management objectives designed to minimize future 
     storm damage, and to promote energy conservation through the 
     use of renewable energy and energy-efficient services and 
     technologies: Provided further, That reforestation and energy 
     initiatives under this heading should be integrated with 
     other sustainable development efforts''.
                                 ______
                                 
      LEVIN AMENDMENT NO. 98
  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Levin) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
544, supra; as follows:

       On page 58, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:

                         TITLE V--MISCELLANEOUS

       Sec. 5001. (a) Disposal Authorized.--Subject to subsection 
     (c), the President may dispose of the material in the 
     National Defense

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     Stockpile specified in the table in subsection (b).
       (b) Table.--The total quantity of the material authorized 
     for disposal by the President under subsection (a) is as 
     follows:



                      Authorized Stockpile Disposal
------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Material for disposal                       Quantity
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Zirconium ore..........................  17,383 short dry tons
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       (c) Minimization of Disruption and Loss.--The President may 
     not dispose of material under subsection (a) to the extent 
     that the disposal will result in--
       (1) undue disruption of the usual markets of producers, 
     processors, and consumers of the material proposed for 
     disposal; or
       (2) avoidable loss to the United States.
       (d) Relationship to Other Disposal Authority.--The disposal 
     authority provided in subsection (a) is new disposal 
     authority and is in addition to, and shall not affect, any 
     other disposal authority provided by law regarding the 
     material specified in such subsection.
       (e) National Defense Stockpile Defined.--In this section, 
     the term ``National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund'' 
     means the fund in the Treasury of the United States 
     established under section 9(a) of the Strategic and Critical 
     Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h(a)).
                                 ______
                                 

                  GRAHAM (AND DeWINE) AMENDMENT NO. 99

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Dewine) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by them to the bill, S. 544, supra; as follows:

       On page 44, line 15, strike ``Military,'' and insert 
     ``Military and those appropriated under title V of that 
     division (relating to counter-drug activities and 
     interdiction),''.
                                 ______
                                 

                       DOMENICI AMENDMENT NO. 100

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Domenici) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
544, supra; as follows:

       On page 30, after line 10 insert:

                               Chapter 7

    EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 
                               PRESIDENT


                     Federal Drug Control Programs

 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program (Including Transfer of 
                                 Funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
     Control Policy's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
     Program, an additional $750,000 is appropriated for drug 
     control activities which shall be used specifically to expand 
     the Southwest Border High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area for 
     the State of New Mexico to include Rio Arriba County, Santa 
     Fe County, and San Juan County, New Mexico, which are hereby 
     designated as part of the Southwest Border High Intensity 
     Drug Trafficking Area for the State of New Mexico, and an 
     additional $500,000 is appropriated for national efforts 
     related to methamphetamine reduction efforts.''
       On page 44, after line 7 insert:

                               Chapter 9

    EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 
                               PRESIDENT


                     FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS

                  Special Forfeiture Fund (Rescission)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Division 
     A of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations, 1999 (Public Law 105-277) $1,250,000 are 
     rescinded.
                                 ______
                                 

                       ROBERTS AMENDMENT NO. 101

  Mr. STEVENS. (for Mr. Roberts) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
544, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert:

     SEC. --. LIABILITY OF CERTAIN NATURAL GAS PRODUCERS.

       The Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 603. LIABILITY OF CERTAIN NATURAL GAS PRODUCERS.

       ``If the Commission orders any refund of any rate or charge 
     made, demanded, or received for reimbursement of State ad 
     valorem taxes in connection with the sale of natural gas 
     before 1989, the refund shall be ordered to be made without 
     interest or penalty of any kind.''.
                                 ______
                                 

                       STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 102

  Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 544, supra; as 
follows:

       At the end of Title II insert the following:
       ``Sec.   . Section 328 of the Department of the Interior 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (P.L. 105-277, 
     Division A, Section 1(e), Title III) is amended by striking 
     ``none of the funds in this Act'' and inserting ``none of the 
     funds provided in this Act to the Indian Health Service or 
     Bureau of Indian Affairs''.''
                                 ______
                                 

                        GRAMS AMENDMENT NO. 103

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Grams) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
544, supra; as follows:

       On page 30, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:


                              pha renewal

       Of amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1999 for salaries 
     and expenses under this heading in title II of the 
     Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
     Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999, $3,400,000 shall be transferred to the appropriate 
     account of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
     for annual contributions to public housing agencies for the 
     operation of low-income housing projects under section 673 of 
     the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 
     1437g): Provided, That in distributing such amount, the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall give 
     priority to public housing agencies that submitted eligible 
     applications for renewal of fiscal year 1995 elderly service 
     coordinator grants pursuant to the Notice of Funding 
     Availability for Service Coordinator Funds for Fiscal Year 
     1998, as published in the Federal Register on June 1, 1998.
                                 ______
                                 

                       LINCOLN AMENDMENT NO. 104

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mrs. Lincoln) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
544, supra; as follows:

       On page 5, line 9, strike ``watersheds'' insert in lieu 
     thereof the following: ``watersheds, including debris removal 
     that would not be authorized under the Emergency Watershed 
     Program,''.
                                 ______
                                 

                        GORTON AMENDMENT NO. 105

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Gorton) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
544, supra; as follows:

       Add at the appropriate place the following new section:
       Sec.  . (a) Loan Deficiency Payments for Club Wheat 
     Producers.--In making loan deficiency payments available 
     under section 135 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 7235) to producers of club wheat, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture may not assess a premium adjustment on the amount 
     that would otherwise be computed for club wheat under the 
     section to reflect the premium that is paid for club wheat to 
     ensure its availability to create a blended specialty product 
     known as western white wheat.
       (b) Retroactive Application.--As soon as practicable after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make a payment to each producer of club 
     wheat that received a discounted loan deficiency payment 
     under section 135 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 7235) before that date as a result of the 
     assessment of a premium adjustment against club wheat. The 
     amount of the payment for a producer shall be equal to the 
     difference between--
       (1) the loan deficiency payment that would have been made 
     to the producer in the absence of the premium adjustment; and
       (2) the loan deficiency payment actually received by the 
     producer.
       (c) Funding Source.--The Secretary shall use funds 
     available to provide marketing assistance loans and loan 
     deficiency payments under subtitle C of the Agricultural 
     Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7231 et seq.) to make the 
     payments required by subsection (b).
                                 ______
                                 

                       STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 106

  Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 544, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in title II, insert:
       Sec.   . Glacier Bay. (a) Dungeness Crab Fishermen.--
     Section 123(b) of the Department of the Interior and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (section 101(e) of division 
     A of Public Law 105-277) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) by striking ``February 1, 1999'' and inserting ``June 
     1, 1999''; and
       (B) by striking ``1996'' and inserting ``1998''; and
       (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ``the period January 1, 
     1999, through December 31, 2004, based on the individual's 
     net earnings from the Dungeness crab fishery during the 
     period January 1, 1991, through December 31, 1996'' and 
     inserting ``for the period beginning January 1, 1999 that is 
     equivalent in length to the period established by such 
     individual under paragraph (1), based on the individual's net 
     earnings from the Dungeness crab fishery during such 
     established period''.
       (b) Others Effected by Fishery Closures and Restrictions.--
     Section 123 of the Department of the Interior and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (section 101(e) of division 
     A of Public Law 105-277), as amended, is amended further by 
     redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and inserting 
     immediately after subsection (b) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(c) Others Affected by Fishery Closures and 
     Restrictions.--The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
     provide such funds as are necessary for a program developed 
     with the concurrence of the State of Alaska to fairly 
     compensate United States fish processors, fishing vessel crew 
     members, communities, and others negatively affected by 
     restrictions on fishing in Glacier Bay National Park. For the 
     purpose of receiving compensation under the program required 
     by this subsection, a potential recipient shall provide a 
     sworn and notarized affidavit to establish the extent of such 
     negative effect.''.

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       (c) Implementation.--Section 123 of the Department of the 
     Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 
     (section 101(e) of division A of Public Law 105-277), as 
     amended, is amended further by inserting at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(e) Implementation and Effective Date.--The Secretary of 
     the Interior shall publish an interim final rule for the 
     federal implementation of subsection (a) and shall provide an 
     opportunity for public comment on such interim final rule. 
     The effective date of the prohibitions in paragraphs (2) 
     through (5) of section (a) shall be 60 days after the 
     publication in the Federal Register of a final rule for the 
     federal implementation of subsection (a). In the event that 
     any individual eligible for compensation under subsection (b) 
     has not received full compensation by June 15, 1999, the 
     Secretary shall provide partial compensation on such date to 
     such individual and shall expeditiously provide full 
     compensation thereafter.''.
       (d) Of the funds provided under the heading ``National Park 
     Service, Construction'' in Public Law 105-277, $3,000,000 
     shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 1999.
                                 ______
                                 

                        GORTON AMENDMENT NO. 107

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Gorton) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
544, supra; as follows:

       On page 12, line 15, after the word ``nature'' insert the 
     following: ``, and to replace and repair power generation 
     equipment''.
                                 ______
                                 

                       LANDRIEU AMENDMENT NO. 108

  Mr. STEVENS (for Ms. Landrieu) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
544, supra; as follows:

       On page 9, line 10, after the word ``amended'' insert the 
     following: ``:Provided further, That of the funds made 
     available under this heading, up to $10,000,000 may be used 
     to build permanent single family housing for those who are 
     homeless as a result of the effects of hurricanes in Central 
     America and the Caribbean''.
                                 ______
                                 

                     DASCHLE AMENDMENTS NO. 109-110

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Daschle) proposed two amendments to the bill, S. 
544, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 109

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. WHITE RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT #4.

       From any unobligated funds that are available to the 
     Secretary of Education to carry out section 306(a)(1) of the 
     Department of Education Appropriations Act, 1996, the 
     Secretary shall provide not more than $239,000, under such 
     terms and conditions as the Secretary determines appropriate, 
     to the White River School District #4, #47-1, White River, 
     South Dakota, to be used to repair damage caused by water 
     infiltration at the White River High School, which shall 
     remain available until expended.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 110

       At the appropriate place, insert the following new section:
       Sec. __. (a) The treatment provided to firefighters under 
     section 628(f) of the Treasury and General Government 
     Appropriations Act, 1999 (as included in section 101(h) of 
     Division A of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)) 
     shall be provided to any firefighter who--
       (1) on the effective date of section 5545b of title 5, 
     United States Code--
       (A) was subject to such section; and
       (B) had a regular tour of duty that averaged more than 60 
     hours per week; and
       (2) before December 31, 1999, is involuntarily moved 
     without a break in service from the regular tour of duty 
     under paragraph (1) to a regular tour of duty that--
       (A) averages 60 hours or less per week; and
       (B) does not include a basic 40-hour workweek.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall apply to firefighters described 
     under that subsection as of the effective date of section 
     5545b of title 5, United States Code.
       (c) The Office of Personnel Management may prescribe 
     regulations necessary to implement this section.
                                 ______
                                 

                  ENZI (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 111

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Enzi for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Grams, Mr. 
Bryan, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Reid, Mr. Voinovich, and Mr. Brownback) proposed 
an amendment to the bill, S. 544 supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.   . PROHIBITION.

       (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, prior to 
     eight months after Congress receives the report of the 
     National Gambling Impact Study Commission, the Secretary of 
     the Interior shall not--
       (1) promulgate as final regulations, or in any way 
     implement, the proposed regulations published on January 22, 
     1998, at 63 Fed. Reg. 3289; or
       (2) issue a notice of proposed rulemaking for, or 
     promulgate, or in any way implement, any similar regulations 
     to provide for procedures for gaming activities under the 
     Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), in any 
     case in which a State asserts a defense of sovereign immunity 
     to a lawsuit brought by an Indian tribe in a Federal court 
     under section 11(d)(7) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(7)) to 
     compel the State to participate in compact negotiations for 
     class III gaming (as that term is defined in section 4(8) of 
     that Act (25 U.S.C. 2703(8))).
       (3) approve class III gaming on Indian lands by any means 
     other than a Tribal-State compact entered into between a 
     state and a tribe.
       (b) Definitions.--
       (1) The terms ``class III gaming'', ``Secretary'', ``Indian 
     lands'', and ``Tribal-State compact'' shall have the same 
     meaning for the purposes of this section as those terms have 
     under the Indian Gaming Regulatory act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et 
     seq.).
       (2) the ``report of the National Gambling Impact Study 
     Commission'' is the report described in section 4(b) of P.L. 
     104-169 (18 U.S.C. sec. 1955 note).
                                 ______
                                 

                  DORGAN (AND CRAIG) AMENDMENT NO. 112

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Dorgan, for himself and Mr. Craig) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 544, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC.  . SENSE OF THE SENATE: EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE 
                   SENATE THAT A PENDING SALE OF WHEAT AND OTHER 
                   AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES TO IRAN BE APPROVED.

       The Senate finds:
       That an export license is pending for the sale of United 
     States wheat and other agricultural commodities to the nation 
     of Iran;
       That this sale of agricultural commodities would increase 
     United States agricultural exports by about $500 million, at 
     a time when agricultural exports have fallen dramatically;
       That sanctions on food are counterproductive to the 
     interests of United States farmers and to the people who 
     would be fed by these agricultural exports:
       Now therefore, it is the sense of the Senate that the 
     pending license for this sale of United States wheat and 
     other agricultural commodities to Iran be approved by the 
     administration.
                                 ______
                                 

                        GREGG AMENDMENT NO. 113

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Gregg) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
544, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

     SEC.    . LIMITATION ON FISHING PERMITS OR AUTHORIZATIONS

       Section 617(a) of the Department of Commerce, Justice, and 
     State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 1999 (as added by section 101(b) of division A of the 
     Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)) is amended by 
     inserting--
       (a) ``or under any other provisions of the law hereinafter 
     enacted,'' after ``made available in the Act''; and,
       (b) at the end of paragraph (1) and before the semicolon, 
     ``unless the participation of such a vessel in such fishery 
     is expressly allowed under a fishery management plan or plan 
     amendment developed and approved first by the appropriate 
     Regional Fishery Management Council(s) and subsequently 
     approved by the Secretary for that fishery under the 
     Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)''.
                                 ______
                                 

                        CRAPO AMENDMENT NO. 114

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Crapo) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
544, supra; as follows:

       On page 58, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:

     SEC. 4.   . WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

       Of the amount appropriated under the heading 
     ``environmental programs and management'' in title III of the 
     Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 
     Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (Public Law 105-276), $1,300,000 shall be transferred to 
     the State and tribal assistance grant account for a grant for 
     water and wastewater infrastructure projects in the State of 
     Idaho.
                                 ______
                                 

                  KOHL (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 115

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Kohl, for himself, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Durbin) 
proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 544, supra; as follows:

       On page 37, line 9 strike $285,000,000'' and insert in lieu 
     thereof $313,000,000''.
       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       ``Sec.   . Notwithstanding Section 11 of the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i), an 
     additional $28,000,000 shall be provided through the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation in fiscal year 1999 for 
     technical assistance activities performed by any agency of 
     the Department of Agriculture in carrying out any 
     conservation or environmental program funded by the Commodity 
     Credit

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     Corporation: Provided, That the entire amount shall be 
     available only to the extent an official budget request for 
     $28,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount 
     of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: 
     Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.''.
                                 ______
                                 

                  BOND (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 116

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Bond for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Ashcroft, Mr. 
Grassley, Mr. Frist, and Mr. Harkin) proposed an amendment to the bill, 
S. 544, supra; as follows:

       On page 2, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following:


          funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply

                              (section 32)

       For an additional amount for the fund maintained for funds 
     made available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 
     (7 U.S.C. 612c), $150,000,000: Provided, That the entire 
     amount shall be available only to the extent an official 
     budget request for $150,000,000, that includes designation of 
     the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement 
     as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the 
     President to Congress: Provided further, That the entire 
     amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
     under section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
       On page 7, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:

                    GENERAL PROVISION, THIS CHAPTER

       Sec. __. The Secretary of Agriculture may waive the 
     limitation established under the second sentence of the 
     second paragraph of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 
     (7 U.S.C. 612c), on the amount of funds that may be devoted 
     during fiscal year 1999 to any 1 agricultural commodity or 
     product thereof.
       On page 37, line 9, strike ``$285,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$435,000,000''.
                                 ______
                                 

                  BYRD (AND STEVENS) AMENDMENT NO. 117

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Byrd for himelf and Mr. Stevens) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 544, supra; as follows:

       On page 37, line 9 strike ``$313,000,000'' and insert in 
     lieu thereof ``$343,000,000''.
       On page 5, after line 20 insert the following:


                  rural community advancement program

       For an additional amount for the costs of direct loans and 
     grants of the rural utilities programs described in section 
     381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 2009f), as provided in 7 U.S.C. 1926(a) and 7 
     U.S.C. 1926C for distribution through the national reserve, 
     $30,000,000, of which $25,000,000 shall be for grants under 
     such program: Provided, That the entire amount shall be 
     available only to the extent an official budget request for 
     $30,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount 
     of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: 
     Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
                                 ______
                                 

                       STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 118

  Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 544, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill insert the following 
     new section:
       Sec.   . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, monies 
     available under section 763 of the Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 shall be provided by the 
     Secretary of the Agriculture directly to any state determined 
     by the Secretary of Agriculture to have been materially 
     affected by the commercial fishery failure or failures 
     declared by the Secretary of Commerce in September, 1998 
     under section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act. Such state shall disburse 
     the funds to individuals with family incomes below the 
     federal poverty level who have been adversely affected by the 
     commercial fishery failure or failures: Provided, That the 
     entire amount shall be available only to the extent an 
     official budget request for such amount, that includes 
     designation of the entire amount of the request as an 
     emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is 
     transmitted by the President to Congress: Provided further, 
     That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an 
     emergency requirement under section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
                                 ______
                                 

                FEINSTEIN (AND BOXER) AMENDMENT NO. 119

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mrs. Feinstein for herself and Mrs. Boxer) proposed 
an amendment to the bill, S. 544, supra; as follows:

       On page 2, line 11, strike $20,000,000 and insert 
     $25,000,000.
       On page 2, line 13, strike $20,000,000 and insert 
     $25,000,000.
       On page 37, line 9, increase the amount by $5,000,000.
                                 ______
                                 

                 DeWINE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 120

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. DeWine for himself, Mr. Burns, and Mr. 
Coverdell) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 544, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 24, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

          International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement

       For an additional amount for ``International Narcotics 
     Control and Law Enforcement'', $23,000,000, for additional 
     counterdrug research and development activities: Provided, 
     That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
     Provided further, That such amount shall be available only to 
     the extent an official budget request that includes 
     designation of the entire amount of the request as an 
     emergency requirement as defined in such Act is transmitted 
     by the President to the Congress.
       On page 37 increase the amount of the rescission on line 9 
     by $23,000,000.
       On page 44, between lines 11 and 12, insert the following:
       (b) Section 832(a) of the Western Hemisphere Drug 
     Elimination Act (Public Law 105-277) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence--
       (A) by striking ``Secretary of Agriculture'' and inserting 
     ``Secretary of State''; and
       (B) by striking ``the Agricultural Research Service of the 
     Department of Agriculture'' and inserting ``the Department of 
     State'';
       (2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``(without regard to any 
     requirement in law relating to public notice or 
     competition)'' after ``to contract''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
     ``Any record related to a contract entered into, or to an 
     activity funded, under this subsection shall be exempted from 
     disclosure as described in section 552(b)(3) of title 5, 
     United States Code.''.

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