[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 109 (Thursday, July 29, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H6600-H6601]
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. ____

                        Offered By Mr. Kucinich

     (Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Appropriations, 2000)

       Amendment No. 1 At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following:

               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 801. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for the filing of a complaint, or any motion seeking 
     declaratory or injunctive relief pursuant thereto, in any 
     legal action brought under section 102(b)(2) of the North 
     American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 
     3312(b)(2)) or section 102(b)(2) of the Uruguay Round 
     Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3512(b)(2)).

                               H.R. 2587

                         Offered by: Mr. Istook

       Amendment No. 4: Page 65, insert after line 24 the 
     following:


                       sex offender registration

       Sec. 167. (a) Permitting Court Services and Offender 
     Supervision Agency to Carry Out Sex Offender Registration.--
     Section 11233(c) of the National Capital Revitalization and 
     Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (DC Code, sec. 24-
     1233(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(5) Sex offender registration.--The Agency shall carry 
     out sex offender registration functions in the District of 
     Columbia, and shall have the authority to exercise all powers 
     and functions relating to sex offender registration that are 
     granted to the Agency under any District of Columbia law.''.
       (b) Authority During Transition to Full Operation of 
     Agency.--
       (1) Authority of pretrial services, parole, adult probation 
     and offender supervision trustee.--Notwithstanding section 
     11232(b)(1) of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
     Government Improvement Act of 1997 (DC Code, sec. 24-
     1232(b)(1)), the Pretrial Services, Parole, Adult Probation 
     and Offender Supervision Trustee appointed under section 
     11232(a) of such Act (hereafter referred to as the 
     ``Trustee'') shall, in accordance with section 11232 of such 
     Act, exercise the powers and functions of the Court Services 
     and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia 
     (hereafter referred to as the ``Agency'') relating to sex 
     offender registration (as granted to the Agency under any 
     District of Columbia law) only upon the Trustee's 
     certification that the Trustee is able to assume such powers 
     and functions.
       (2) Authority of metropolitan police department.--During 
     the period that begins on the date of the enactment of the 
     Sex Offender Registration Emergency Act of 1999 and ends on 
     the date the Trustee makes the certification described in 
     paragraph (1), the Metropolitan Police Department of the 
     District of Columbia shall have the authority to carry out 
     any powers and functions relating to sex offender 
     registration that are granted to the Agency or to the Trustee 
     under any District of Columbia law.

                               H.R. 2606

                        Offered By: Mr. Andrews

       Amendment No. 12: Page 116, after line 5, insert the 
     following:


               prohibition on funds for new opic projects

       Sec. 585. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
     used by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation except to 
     fulfill obligations, guarantees, and agreements existing 
     before the enactment of this Act.

                               H.R. 2606

                     Offered By: Mr. Brown of Ohio

       Amendment No. 13: Page 7, line 10, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 27, line 6, after the first dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2606

                   Offered By: Mr. Burton of Indiana

       Amendment No. 14: Page 116, after line 5, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ____. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this Act in title II under the heading 
     ``development assistance'' may be made available to the 
     Government of India.

                               H.R. 2606

                   Offered by: Mr. Burton of Indiana

       Amendment No. 15. Page 116, after line 5, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ____. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this Act in title II under the heading 
     ``development assistance'', not more than $33,500,000 may be 
     made available to the Government of India.

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                               H.R. 2606

                   Offered by: Mr. Burton of Indiana

       Amendment No. 16. Page 116, after line 5, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ____. Funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
     in this Act in title II under the heading ``development 
     assistance'' for India may only be made available through 
     nongovernmental organizations.

                               H.R. 2606

                        Offered by: Mr. Campbell

       Amendment No. 17. Page 15, line 7, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $30,000,000)''.
       Page 15, line 11, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
     by $20,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2606

                        Offered by: Mr. Campbell

       Amendment No. 18. Page 32, line 5, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $8,000,000)''.
       Page 33, line 16, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $8,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2606

                        Offered by: Mr. Campbell

       Amendment No. 19. Page 33, line 16, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(increased by $8,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2606

                         Offered by: Mr. Gilman

       Amendment No. 20. Page 32, line 5, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(reduced by $8,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2606

                         Offered by: Mr. Payne

       Amendment No. 21. Page 116, after line 5, insert the 
     following:


                          assistance for sudan

       Sec. ____. (a) International Disaster Assistance.--(1) 
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act in title II under the heading 
     ``international disaster assistance'', not more than 
     $4,000,000 should be made available for rehabilitation and 
     economic recovery in opposition-controlled areas of Sudan. 
     Such amounts should be used for civil society, primary 
     education, agriculture, and other locally-determined 
     priorities.
       (2) Amounts made available in accordance with this 
     subsection should be provided by the Administrator of the 
     United States Agency for International Development, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture.
       (b) Development Assistance.--Of the funds appropriated by 
     this Act in title II under the heading ``development 
     assistance (including transfer of funds)'', the President, 
     acting through the Administrator of the United States Agency 
     for International Development, shall increase substantially 
     the amount of development assistance for capacity building, 
     democracy promotion, civil administration, judiciary, and 
     infrastructure support in opposition controlled areas of 
     Sudan.
       (c) Humanitarian Assistance.--(1) Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the President shall provide humanitarian 
     assistance, including food, directly to National Democratic 
     Alliance (NDA) participants in Sudan and to nongovernmental 
     organizations.
       (2) Delivery mechanisms used to provide assistance under 
     this paragraph shall be separate from humanitarian assistance 
     operations to civilian populations either through Operation 
     Lifeline Sudan in opposition-controlled areas of southern 
     Sudan or through non-Operation Lifeline Sudan channels.
       (d) Report.--Not later than May 1, 2000, the President 
     shall prepare and transmit to the Congress a report on the 
     progress made in carrying out this section.