[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 23, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H1598]
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                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                                H.R. 472

                  Offered By: Mrs. Maloney of New York

             (Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute)

       Amendment No. 1: Strike all after the enacting clause and 
     insert the following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Local Participation in the 
     Census Act''.

     SEC 2. CENSUS LOCAL PARTICIPATION.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 13, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 142. Census local participation

       ``(a)(1) The 2000 decennial census shall include the 
     opportunity for local governmental units to review housing 
     unit counts, jurisdictional boundaries, and such other data 
     as the Secretary considers appropriate for the purpose of 
     identifying discrepancies or other potential problems before 
     the tabulation of total population by States (as required for 
     the apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the 
     several States) is completed.
       ``(2) Any opportunity for local participation under this 
     section shall be provided in such time, form, and manner as 
     the Secretary shall (consistent with paragraph (1)) 
     prescribe, except that nothing in this section shall affect 
     any right of local participation in the 2000 decennial census 
     otherwise provided for by law, whether under Public Law 103-
     430 or otherwise.
       ``(b) Any opportunity for local participation under this 
     section in connection with the 2000 decennial census should 
     be designed with a view toward affording local governmental 
     units adequate opportunity--
       ``(1) to assure that new construction, particularly any 
     subsequent to April 30, 1999, and before April 1, 2000, is 
     appropriately reflected in the master address file used in 
     conducting such census;
       ``(2) to verify the accuracy of those units or other 
     addresses which the United States Postal Service has 
     identified as being vacant or having vacancies; and
       ``(3) to assure that the Secretary has properly identified 
     the jurisdictional boundaries of local governmental units, 
     consistent with any measures taken under Public Law 103-430 
     and any other applicable provisions of law.
       ``(c) Any opportunity for local participation under this 
     section shall be afforded in a manner that allows the 
     Secretary to derive quality-control corrected population 
     counts (as recommended by the National Academy of Sciences in 
     its final report under Public Law 102-135 and as proposed in 
     the census 2000 operational plan as part of the Accuracy 
     Coverage Evaluation program) on a timely basis, but in no 
     event later than the date by which all tabulations of 
     population under section 141(c) (in connection with the 2000 
     decennial census) must be completed, reported, and 
     transmitted to the respective States.
       ``(d) As used in this section--
       ``(1) the term `decennial census' means a decennial census 
     of population conducted under section 141(a); and
       ``(2) the term `local governmental unit' means a local unit 
     of general purpose government as defined by section 184, or 
     its designee.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
     chapter 5 of title 13, United States Code, is amended by 
     inserting after the item relating to section 141 the 
     following:

``142. Census local participation.''.
       Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to amend title 13, 
     United States Code, to require that the opportunity for 
     meaningful local participation in the 2000 decennial census 
     be provided.''.

                                H.R. 472

                   Offered By: Mr. Miller of Florida

       Amendment No. 2: Page 2, line 4, strike ``142'' and insert 
     ``141''.
       Page 2, line 5, strike ``143'' and insert ``142''.
       Page 4, line 23, strike ``142'' and insert ``141''.
       Page 4, after line 23, strike ``143'' and insert ``142''.

                               H.R. 1141

                        Offered By: Mr. Bentsen

       Amendment No. 1: Page 36, after line 10, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 3012. None of the funds made available in this Act or 
     any other Act may be used to release from detention any 
     criminal alien subject to mandatory detention pending removal 
     from the United States.

                               H.R. 1141

                   Offered By: Mr. Burton of Indiana

       Amendment No. 2: At the end of title II (page 26, after 
     line 2), insert the following new section:

       Sec. 2003. (a) Authority To Make Payments.--Subject to the 
     provisions of this section, the Secretary of Defense is 
     authorized to enter into agreements to make payments for the 
     settlement of the claims arising from the deaths caused by 
     the accident involving a United States Marine Corps EA-6B 
     aircraft on February 3, 1998, near Cavalese, Italy.
       (b) Deadline for Exercise of Authority.--The Secretary 
     shall exercise the authority under subsection (a) not later 
     than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Source of Payments.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
     made available for the Department of the Navy for operation 
     and maintenance for fiscal year 1999, the Secretary shall 
     make available $40,000,000 only for emergency and 
     extraordinary expenses associated with the settlement of the 
     claims arising from the accident described in subsection (a), 
     unless the agreements made pursuant to the authority granted 
     in subsection (a) provide for payments over a longer period.
       (d) Amount of Payment.--The amount of the payment under 
     this section in settlement of the claims arising from the 
     death of any person associated with the accident described in 
     subsection (a) may not exceed $2,000,000.
       (e) Treatment of Payments.--Any amount paid to a person 
     under this section is intended to supplement any amount 
     subsequently determined to be payable to the person under 
     section 127 or chapter 163 of title 10, United States Code, 
     or any other provision of law for administrative settlement 
     of claims against the United States with respect to damages 
     arising from the accident described in subsection (a).
       (f) Construction.--The payment of an amount under this 
     section may not be considered to constitute a statement of 
     legal liability on the part of the United States or otherwise 
     as evidence of any material fact in any judicial proceeding 
     or investigation arising from the accident described in 
     subsection (a).

                               H.R. 1141

                   Offered By: Mr. Burton of Indiana

       Amendment No. 3: At the end of title II (page 26, after 
     line 2), insert the following new section:
       Sec. 2003. (a) Authority To Make Payments.--Subject to the 
     provisions of this section, the Secretary of Defense is 
     authorized to make payments for the settlement of the claims 
     arising from the deaths caused by the accident involving a 
     United States Marine Corps EA-6B aircraft on February 3, 
     1998, near Cavalese, Italy.
       (b) Deadline for Exercise of Authority.--The Secretary 
     shall exercise the authority under subsection (a) not later 
     than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Source of Payments.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
     made available for the Department of the Navy for operation 
     and maintenance for fiscal year 1999 or unexpended balances 
     from prior years, the Secretary shall make available 
     $40,000,000 only for emergency and extraordinary expenses 
     associated with the settlement of the claims arising from the 
     accident described in subsection (a).
       (d) Amount of Payment.--The amount of the payment under 
     this section in settlement of the claims arising from the 
     death of any person associated with the accident described in 
     subsection (a) may not exceed $2,000,000.
       (e) Treatment of Payments.--Any amount paid to a person 
     under this section is intended to supplement any amount 
     subsequently determined to be payable to the person under 
     section 127 or chapter 163 of title 10, United States Code, 
     or any other provision of law for administrative settlement 
     of claims against the United States with respect to damages 
     arising from the accident described in subsection (a).
       (f) Construction.--The payment of an amount under this 
     section may not be considered to constitute a statement of 
     legal liability on the part of the United States or otherwise 
     as evidence of any material fact in any judicial proceeding 
     or investigation arising from the accident described in 
     subsection (a).

                               H.R. 1141

                         Offered By: Mr. Tiahrt

       Amendment No. 4: Page 15, line 25, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(increased by $195,000,000)''.