[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 86 (Thursday, June 17, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S7235]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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          EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL, KOSOVO, SOUTHWEST ASIA, 1999

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                        McCAIN AMENDMENT NO. 685

  Mr. McCAIN proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 1664) making 
emergency supplemental appropriations for military operations, refugee 
relief, and humanitarian assistance relating to the conflict in Kosovo, 
and for military operations in Southwest Asia for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 48, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no 
     amount appropriated or made available under this Act to carry 
     out chapter 1 or chapter 2 of this Act shall be available 
     unless it has been authorized explicitly by a provision of an 
     Act (enacted after the date of enactment of this Act) that 
     was contained in a bill reported by the Committee or 
     Committees of the Senate with jurisdiction over proposed 
     legislation relating primarily to the programs described in 
     section 101(c)(2) and 201(c)(2), respectively, under Rule XXV 
     of the Standing Rules of the Senate or the equivalent 
     Committee of the House of Representatives.
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                      MURKOWSKI AMENDMENT NO. 686

  Mr. MURKOWSKI proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 1664, supra; as 
follows.

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
       ``Sec.  . Glacier Bay Study.--The Secretary of the Interior 
     shall, in cooperation with the Governor of Alaska, conduct a 
     study to identify environmental impacts, if any, of 
     subsistence fishing and gathering and of commercial fishing 
     in the marine waters of Glacier Bay National Park, and shall 
     provide a report to Congress on the results of such study no 
     later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 
     section. During the pendency of the study, and in the absence 
     of a positive finding that a resource emergency exists which 
     requires the immediate closure of fishing or gathering, no 
     funds shall be expended by the Secretary to implement 
     closures or other restrictions of subsistence fishing, 
     subsistence gathering, or commercial fishing in the non-
     wilderness waters of Glacier Bay National Park, except the 
     closure of Dungeness crab fisheries under 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).''
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                 STEVENS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 687

  Mr. STEVENS (for himself, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Gramm, Mr. 
Nickles, and Mr. Fitzgerald) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 
1664, supra; as follows:

       On page 7, beginning on line 3, strike all through line 7.
       On page 10, beginning on line 23, strike all through page 
     11, line 2.
       On page 34, beginning on line 14, strike all through 16.
       On page 9, after line 17, insert the following new 
     paragraph:
       (4) Guarantee level.--No loan guarantee may be provided 
     under this section if the guarantee exceeds 85 percent of the 
     amount of principal of the loan.
       On page 36, after line 23, insert the following new 
     paragraph:
       (4) Guarantee level.--No loan guarantee may be provided 
     under this section if the guarantee exceeds 85 percent of the 
     amount of principal of the loan.
       On page 48, beginning on line 9, strike all through line 
     17.
       On page 6, line 7, strike all through line 13, and insert 
     the following:
       (e) Loan Guarantee Board Membership.--
       (1) In general.--There is established a Loan Guarantee 
     Board, which shall be composed of--
       (A) the Secretary of Commerce;
       (B) the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal 
     Reserve System who shall serve as Chairman of the Board; and
       (C) the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
       On page 33, line 17, strike all through line 23, and insert 
     the following:
       (2) Loan guarantee board.--There is established to 
     administer the Program a Loan Guarantee Board, to be composed 
     of--
       (A) the Secretary of Commerce;
       (B) the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal 
     Reserve System who shall serve as Chairman of the Board; and
       (C) the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
       On page 32, strike lines 10 and 11, and redesignate the 
     remaining subparagraphs and cross references thereto 
     accordingly.

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