[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 75 (Monday, May 24, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H3504-H3505]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                               AMENDMENTS

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

                               H.R. 1259

                       Offered by: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 1: Add at the end the following new section:

     SEC. 6. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF THE OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND 
                   DISABILITY INSURANCE PROGRAM AND THE HOSPITAL 
                   INSURANCE PROGRAM.

       It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) the moneys of the United States held for purposes of 
     the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program and 
     the hospital insurance program maintained under the Social 
     Security Act and related laws of the United States should 
     always be held in separate and independent trust funds and 
     should always be segregated from all other moneys of the 
     United States,
       (2) the receipts and disbursements of such programs 
     (including revenues dedicated to such programs) should never 
     be included in any budget totals set forth in the budget of 
     the United States Government as prepared by the President or 
     any budget prepared by the Congress, and
       (3) the Congress should never make any law authorizing the 
     use of such trust funds for any purpose other than for 
     providing for the prompt and effective payment of benefits, 
     payment of administrative expenses, and payment of such 
     amounts as may be necessary and appropriate to correct prior 
     incorrect payments, and no agency or instrumentality of the 
     United States, or any officer or employee thereof, should 
     ever be authorized to use, or to authorize the use of, such 
     trust funds for any such other purpose.

                               H.R. 1401

                       Offered by: Mr. Traficant

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

     SEC. __. DESIGNATION OF NAVAL FACILITY, GRICIGNANO D'AVERSA, 
                   ITALY.

       (a) Designation.--The facility of the United States Navy 
     located in Gricignano d'Aversa, Italy, and known as the 
     Naples Support Site, shall be known and designated as the 
     ``Thomas M. Foglietta Support Site''.
       (b) References.--Any reference to the Naples Support Site 
     in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper 
     of the United States shall be considered to be a reference to 
     the ``Thomas M. Foglietta Support Site''.

                               H.R. 1905

                         Offered by: Mr. Roemer

       Amendment No. 1: Page 10, insert after line 9 the following 
     (and redesignate the succeeding sections accordingly):
       Sec. 104. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     amounts appropriated under this Act for Members' 
     Representational Allowances for the House of Representatives 
     which remain after all payments are made under such 
     Allowances for fiscal year 2000 shall be deposited in the 
     Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no 
     Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 
     made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the 
     Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).

                               H.R. 1906

                          Offered By: Mr. Bass

       Amendment No. 1: Insert before the short title the 
     following new section:
       Sec. _. (a) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act may be used to award any 
     new allocations under the market access program or to pay the 
     salaries of personnel to award such allocations.
       (b) Coresponding Reduction in Funds.--The amount otherwise 
     provided by this Act under the headings ``COMMODITY CREDIT 
     CORPORATION FUND'' and ``REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED 
     LOSSES'' to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 
     net realized losses sustained is hereby reduced by 
     $90,000,000.

                               H.R. 1906

                          Offered By: Mr. Bass

       Amendment No. 2: Insert before the short title the 
     following new section:
       Sec. _. (a) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act may be used to award any 
     new allocations under the market access program or to pay the 
     salaries of personnel to award such allocations.

                               H.R. 1906

                        Offered by: Mr. DeFazio

       Amendment No. 3: In the item relating to ``salaries and 
     expenses'' under the heading ``Animal and Plant Health 
     Inspection Service'', insert after the first dollar amount 
     the following: ``(reduced by $7,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 1906

                        Offered by: Mr. DeFazio

       Amendment No. 4: Insert before the short title the 
     following new section:
       Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Secretary of Agriculture by this Act to 
     carry out the first section of the Act of May 2, 1931 (7 
     U.S.C. 426), may be used to conduct campaigns for the 
     destruction of wild animals for the purpose of protecting 
     livestock.

                               H.R. 1906

                        Offered by: Mr. DeFazio

       Amendment No. 5: Insert before the short title the 
     following new section:
       Sec. __. (a) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act for Wildlife Services 
     Program operations to carry out the first section of the Act 
     of March 2, 1931 (7 U.S.C. 426), may be used to conduct 
     campaigns for the destruction of wild animals for the purpose 
     of protecting livestock.
       (b) Corresponding Reduction in Funds.--The amount otherwise 
     provided by this Act for salaries and expenses under the 
     heading ``Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service'' is 
     hereby reduced by $7,000,000.

                               H.R. 1906

                    Offered by: Mrs. Meek of Florida

       Amendment No. 6: Add before the short title the following 
     new section:
       Sec.    . After March 1, 2000, none of the funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
     used by the Secretary of Agriculture--
       (1) to permit the importation of meat or meat food products 
     under subsections (a) and (f) of section 20 of the Federal 
     Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 620) from any foreign country 
     with respect to which the Secretary has not made the 
     determination, as is required by subsection (e) of such 
     section, that the foreign country's meat inspection 
     requirements currently achieve a level of sanitary protection 
     equivalent to that achieved under United States standards; 
     and
       (2) to permit the importation of poultry or poultry 
     products under subsection (a) of section 17 of the Poultry 
     Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 466) from any foreign 
     country with respect to which the Secretary has not made the 
     determination, as is required by subsection (d) of such 
     section, that the foreign country's poultry inspection 
     requirements currently achieve a level of sanitary protection 
     equivalent to that achieved under United States standards.

                               H.R. 1906

                    Offered by: Mrs. Meek of Florida

       Amendment No. 7: Add before the short title the following 
     new section:
       Sec. __. After March 1, 2000, none of the funds 
     appropriated or otherwise available by this Act may be used 
     by the Secretary of Agriculture--
       (1) to permit the importation of meat or meat food products 
     under subsections (a) and (f) of section 20 of the Federal 
     Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 620) from any foreign country 
     in violation of subsection (f) of such section; and
       (2) to permit the importation of poultry or poultry 
     products under subsection (a) of section 17 of the Poultry 
     Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 466) from any foreign 
     country in violation of subsection (d) of such section.

                               H.R. 1906

                    Offered by: Mr. Moran of Kansas

       Amendment No. 8: Insert before the short title the 
     following new section:
       Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used to implement the final rule 
     of the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the Department 
     of Agriculture entitled ``Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis 
     and Critical Control Points (HACCP) Systems'' with respect to 
     very small establishments, as such establishments are defined 
     in the rule.

                               H.R. 1906

                        Offered by: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 9: Insert before the short title the 
     following new section:
       Sec. __. For an additional amount for the Department of 
     Agriculture (consisting of an additional $5,000,000 for the 
     commodity supplemental food program under the ``commodity 
     assistance program''), $5,000,000.

                               H.R. 1906

                        Offered by: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 10: Insert before the short title the 
     following new section:
       Sec. __. For an additional amount for the Department of 
     Agriculture (consisting of an additional $7,000,000 for the 
     commodity supplemental food program under the ``commodity 
     assistance program''), $7,000,000.

                               H.R. 1906

                        Offered by: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 11: At the end of the bill (preceding the 
     short title), Insert the following new section:
       Sec. __. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are 
     revised by increasing the amount for the Department of 
     Agriculture (consisting of a $2,000,000 competitive grant 
     program for elementary and secondary schools to work with 
     local farmers to purchase locally-grown foods) and reducing 
     the amount for ``Foreign Agricultural Service and General 
     Sales Manager'', by $2,000,000.

                               H.R. 1906

                        Offered by: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 12: Page 35, line 7 (relating to the rural 
     community advancement program), insert after the dollar 
     amount the following: ``(increased by $3,000,000)''.
       Page 53, line 7 (relating to ocean freight differential 
     grants), insert after the dollar amount the following: 
     ``(reduced by $3,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 1906

                        Offered by: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 13: Page 10, line 14 (relating to the 
     Agricultural Research Service), insert after the dollar 
     amount the following: ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.

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       Page 50, line 9 (relating to the commodity assistance 
     program), insert after the dollar amount the following: 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 1906

                        Offered by: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 14: Page 10, line 14 (relating to the 
     Agricultural Research Service), insert after the dollar 
     amount the following: ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 50, line 9 (relating to the commodity assistance 
     program), insert after the dollar amount the following: 
     ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 1906

                        Offered by: Mr. Sanford

       Amendment No. 15: Insert before the short title the 
     following new section:
       Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act to the Department of Agriculture may be 
     used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who issue, 
     under section 156 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 7272), any loans to sugar beet or sugar cane 
     processors.

                               H.R. 1906

                       Offered by: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 16: Insert before the short title the 
     following new sections:
       Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be expended by an entity unless the 
     entity agrees that in expending the assistance the entity 
     will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 
     1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c; popularly known as the ``Buy 
     American Act'').
       Sec. __. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and 
     Products.--In the case of any equipment or products that may 
     be purchased using financial assistance provided using funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, it is 
     the sense of the Congress that entities receiving such 
     assistance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only 
     American-made equipment and products.
       (b) Notice to Recipients of Assistance.--In providing 
     financial assistance using funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act, the Federal agency providing the 
     assistance shall provide to each recipient of the assistance 
     a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by 
     the Congress.
       Sec. __. If it has been finally determined by a court or 
     Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label 
     bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription 
     with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to 
     the United States that is not made in the United States, such 
     person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or 
     subcontract made with funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, 
     and ineligibility procedures described in section 9.400 
     through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.