[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 99 (Wednesday, July 14, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H5573-H5574]
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. 434

                        Offered by Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 1: Page 58, line 3, after the comma insert 
     ``and subject to paragraph (3),''.
       Page 58, line 20, strike ``The'' and insert ``Subject to 
     paragraph (3), the''.
       Page 59, after line 5, add the following:
       (3) Reciprocity requirement.--The United States shall 
     eliminate the quotas of exports from a country under 
     paragraph (1), and the President shall continue the no quota 
     policy for a country in sub-Saharan Africa under paragraph 
     (2), only if the President determines that the country 
     imposes no quotas on exports of textile and apparel articles 
     from the United States to that country.

                                H.R. 434

                        Offered by Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 2: Page 62, line 18, strike the first period 
     and insert the following: ``, and if the President determines 
     that--
       ``(i) the eligible country in sub-Saharan Africa provides 
     duty-free treatment to such article that is a product of the 
     United States; and
       ``(ii) all workers employed in the production of the 
     articles that is attributable to the percentage referred to 
     in paragraph (2)(A), as modified by this subparagraph, are 
     citizens of that country.

     In applying paragraph (2)(A) for purposes of this 
     subparagraph, `50 percent' shall be substituted for `35 
     percent' in paragraph (2)(A)(ii).''.Offered by Mr. Traficant 
     of Ohio

                                H.R. 434

                        Offered by Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 3: Page 64, line 16, strike ``2009'' and 
     insert ``2000''.

                               H.R. 2415

                        Offered by Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 4: Page 84, after line 16, insert the 
     following:
  TITLE VIII--RESTRICTING UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE FOR RECONSTRUCTION 
   EFFORTS IN KOSOVA TO UNITED STATES-PRODUCED ARTICLES AND SERVICES

     SEC. 801. RESTRICTION ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE FOR 
                   RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS IN KOSOVA TO UNITED 
                   STATES-PRODUCED ARTICLES AND SERVICES.

       (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, United States assistance for reconstruction efforts in 
     Kosova due to the armed conflict or atrocities that have 
     occurred in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia since March 
     24, 1999, may only consist of articles produced in the United 
     States, services provided by United States persons, or any 
     other related form of United States in-kind assistance.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--A determination as to whether or 
     not an article is produced in the United States in accordance 
     with subsection (a) shall be consistent with the opinions, 
     decisions, rules, or any guidance issued by the Federal Trade 
     Commission regarding the use of unqualified ``Made in 
     U.S.A.'' or ``Made in America'' claims in labels on products 
     introduced, delivered for introduction, sold, advertised, or 
     offered for sale in commerce.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Article.--The term ``article'' includes any 
     agricultural commodity, steel, construction material, 
     communications equipment, construction machinery, farm 
     machinery, or petrochemical refinery equipment.
       (2) Federal republic of yugoslavia.--The term ``Federal 
     Republic of Yugoslavia'' means the Federal Republic of 
     Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and includes Kosova.
       (3) Made in america.--The term ``Made in America'' has the 
     meaning given unqualified

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     ``Made in U.S.A.'' or ``Made in America'' claims for purposes 
     of laws administered by the Federal Trade Commission.
       (4) United states person.--The term ``United States 
     person'' means any United States national, including any 
     United States corporation, partnership, other legal entity, 
     organization, or association that is beneficially owned by 
     United States nationals or controlled in fact by United 
     States nationals.
       (4) Produced.--The term ``produced'', with respect to an 
     item, includes an item mined, manufactured, made, assembled, 
     grown, or extracted.
       (5) Service.--The term ``service'' includes any 
     engineering, construction, telecommunications, or financial 
     service.

                               H.R. 2415

                        Offered by Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 5: Page 84, after line 16, insert the 
     following:
    TITLE VIII--LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

     SEC. 801. LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OUTSIDE THE UNITED 
                   STATES.

       (a) In General.--Funds made available for assistance for 
     fiscal year 2000 under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     the Arms Export Control Act, or any other provision of law 
     described in this Act for which amounts are authorized to be 
     appropriated for such fiscal years, may be used for 
     procurement outside the United States or less developed 
     countries only if--
       (1) such funds are used for the procurement of commodities 
     or services, or defense articles or defense services, 
     produced in the country in which the assistance is to be 
     provided, except that this paragraph only applies if 
     procurement in that country would cost less than procurement 
     in the United States or less developed countries;
       (2) the provision of such assistance requires commodities 
     or services, or defense articles or defense services, of a 
     type that are not produced in, and available for purchase 
     from, the United States, less developed countries, or the 
     country in which the assistance is to be provided;
       (3) the Congress has specifically authorized procurement 
     outside the United States or less developed countries; or
       (4) the President determines on a case-by-case basis that 
     procurement outside the United States or less developed 
     countries would result in the more efficient use of United 
     States foreign assistance resources.
       (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
     assistance for Kosovo or the people of Kosovo.

                               H.R. 2466

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanford

       Amendment No. 22: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following:
       Sec. _. The amount otherwise provided by this Act for 
     ``DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE--Forest Service--National Forest 
     System'' is hereby reduced by $23,115,000.

                               H.R. 2490

                        Offered By: Mr. Andrews

       Amendment No. 4: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the United States Customs Service to admit for 
     importation into the United States any item of children's 
     sleepwear that does not have affixed to it the label required 
     by the flammability standards issued by the Consumer Product 
     Safety Commission under the Flammable Fabrics Act (15 U.S.C. 
     1191 et seq.) and in effect on September 9, 1996.

                               H.R. 2490

                        Offered By: Mr. Andrews

       Amendment No. 5: At the end of title I, before the short 
     title, insert the following new section:


                        release of frozen assets

       Sec. 120. No funds made available by this Act may be 
     obligated or expended for offices, salaries, or expenses of 
     the Department of the Treasury in excess of the amounts made 
     available for such purposes for fiscal year 1999 until the 
     Secretary of the Treasury has, pursuant to section 1610(f) of 
     title 28, United States Code, released property described in 
     section 1610((f)(1)(A) of such title, to satisfy all pending 
     judgments for which such property is subject to execution or 
     attachment in aid of execution under section 1610(f) of such 
     title.

                               H.R. 2490

                        Offered By: Mr. Maloney

       Amendment No. 6: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to implement, administer, or enforce any prohibition 
     on women breastfeeding their children in Federal buildings or 
     on Federal property.

                               H.R. 2490

                          Offered By: Mr. Ney

       Amendment No. 7: Page 51, line 1, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(reduced by $160,000)''.

                               H.R. 2490

                          Offered By: Mr. Ney

       Amendment No. 8: Page 2, line 20, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(reduced by $9,440,000)''.

                               H.R. 2490

                          Offered By: Mr. Ney

       Amendment No. 9: Page 60, line 3, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(reduced by $80,000)''.

                               H.R. 2490

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanford

       Amendment No. 10: Strike section 644 (relating to 
     compensation of the President).

                               H.R. 2490

                         Offered By: Mr. Spratt

       Amendment No. 11: In title I, in the item relating to 
     ``Departmental Offices--salaries and expenses'', after the 
     last dollar amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by 
     $500,000)''.
       In title I, in the item relating to ``Internal Revenue 
     Service--processing, assistance, and management'', after the 
     first dollar amount, insert the following: ``(increased by 
     $500,000)''.

                               H.R. 2490

                       Offered By: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 12. At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. __. (a) The General Accounting Office shall conduct a 
     study to determine the extent to which the incidence of 
     seemingly random yet recurrent violence on the part of 
     employees and former employees of the United States Postal 
     Service might be related to the levels of workplace-related 
     problems and frustrations experienced by postal workers 
     generally.
       (b) In conducting the study, the General Accounting Office 
     shall investigate--
       (1) the number of formal or informal proceedings brought by 
     postal employees in recent years in which supervisor abuse or 
     other similar mistreatment by the Postal Service was alleged, 
     and how those proceedings were resolved;
       (2) the degree of postal employee satisfaction or 
     dissatisfaction with the different procedures and mechanisms 
     available to them for having their workplace-related 
     frustrations and complaints heard and resolved, particularly 
     any procedures or mechanisms provided pursuant to collective 
     bargaining; and
       (3) the number of violent incidents committed by employees 
     or former employees of the Postal Service in recent years, 
     and whether workplace-related problems or frustrations may 
     have been a contributing factor.
       (c) The matters to be investigated under subsection (b)(1) 
     shall specifically include discrimination on the basis of 
     gender, race, or disability; sexual harassment; retaliatory 
     assignments; and irregularities in hiring, training, 
     promotions, and disciplinary actions.
       (d) The General Accounting Office shall transmit to the 
     Congress and the United States Postal Service, within 1 year 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, a report containing 
     the findings and conclusions of its study, together with 
     recommendations for any legislation or administrative actions 
     which it considers appropriate.