[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 111 (Monday, August 2, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H6844]
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                               AMENDMENTS

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

      Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Appropriations, 2000

                       Offered By: Mr. Visclosky

       Amendment No. 2: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, insert the following:
       Sec.       . None of the funds appropriated in this Act may 
     be used to negotiate or otherwise enter into any suspension 
     agreement under section 734 of the Tariff Act of 1930, with 
     respect to any of the following categories of steel products: 
     semifinished, plates, sheets and strips, wire rods, wire and 
     wire products, rail type products, bars, structural shapes 
     and units, pipes and tubes, iron ore, and coke products.

      Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Appropriations, 2000

                       Offered By: Mr. Visclosky

       Amendment No. 3: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, insert the following:
       Sec.      . None of the funds appropriated in this Act may 
     be used to implement or continue in effect any suspension 
     agreement under section 734 of the Tariff Act of 1930, or to 
     negotiate or otherwise enter into any suspension agreement 
     under section 734 of the Tariff Act of 1930, with respect to 
     any of the following categories of steel products: 
     semifinished, plates, sheets and strips, wire rods, wire and 
     wire products, rail type products, bars, structural shapes 
     and units, pipes and tubes, iron ore, and coke products.

                               H.R. 2031

                          Offered By: Mr. Cox

       Amendment No. 1: Page 6, line 9, strike the close quotation 
     marks and the period at the end.
       
       Page 6, after line 9, insert the following:
       

     ``SEC. 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

       ``(a) Effect on Internet Tax Freedom Act.--Nothing in this 
     Act may be construed to modify or supersede the operation of 
     the Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note).
       ``(b) Enforcement of Twenty-First Amendment.--It is the 
     purpose of this Act to assist the States in the enforcement 
     of section 2 of the twenty-first article of amendment to the 
     Constitution of the United States, and in no way to impose an 
     impermissible burden on interstate commerce in violation of 
     in article I, section 8, of the Constitution of the United 
     States. No State may enforce under this Act a law regulating 
     the importation or transportation of any intoxicating liquor 
     that has the purpose or effect of discriminating against 
     interstate commerce by out-of-State sellers.
       ``(c) Support for Internet and Other Interstate Commerce.--
     Nothing in this Act may be construed--
       ``(1) to permit the impairment of interstate 
     telecommunications or any other related instrumentality of 
     interstate commerce, including the Internet; or
       ``(2) to authorize any injunction against--
       ``(A) an interactive computer service (as defined in 
     section 230(f) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
     230(f)); or
       ``(B) electronic communication service (as defined in 
     section 2510(15) of title 18 of the United States Code).

                               H.R. 2031

                       Offered By: Mr. Goodlatte

       Amendment No. 2: Page 6, line 9, strike the close quotation 
     marks and the period at the end.
       Page 6, after line 9, insert the following:
       ``(f) Rules of Construction.--(1) Subject to paragraph (2), 
     this section shall be construed only to extend the 
     jurisdiction of Federal courts to enforce State law that is 
     valid as an exercise of power vested in the States--
       ``(A) under the twenty-first article of amendment to the 
     Constitution of the United States as such article of 
     amendment is interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United 
     States; or
       ``(B) under the first section of this Act;
     but shall not be construed to grant to States any additional 
     power.
       ``(2) This section shall not be construed--
       ``(A) to modify or supersede the operation of the Internet 
     Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note); or
       ``(B) to permit the commencement of an action under 
     subsection (b) of this section against--
       ``(i) an interactive computer service (as defined in 
     section 230(f) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
     230(f)); or
       ``(ii) an electronic communication service (as defined in 
     section 2510(15) of title 18 of the United States Code);

     used by another person to engage in any activity that is 
     subject to this Act.''.

                               H.R. 2031

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 3: Page 6, line 9, strike the close quotation 
     marks and the period at the end.
       Page 6, after line 9, insert the following (and make such 
     technical and conforming changes as may be appropriate):

     ``SEC. 3. REQUIRED MARKING OF CERTAIN CONTAINERS BY SELLERS 
                   OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR.

       ``(a) Containers for Delivery of Intoxicating Liquor.--It 
     shall be unlawful for a seller of intoxicating liquor to 
     deliver such liquor in interstate commerce to the purchaser 
     of such liquor if the outermost container of such liquor is 
     not clearly marked to identify that such liquor is contained 
     within.
       ``(b) Penalty.--Whoever violates paragraph (1) shall be 
     liable for a fine of $1,000.''.

                               H.R. 2031

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 4: Page 6, line 9, strike the close quotation 
     marks and the period at the end.
       Page 6, after line 9, insert the following (and make such 
     technical and conforming changes as may be appropriate):

     ``SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN CARRIERS IN 
                   CONNECTION WITH DELIVERY OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR 
                   TO A PLACE OF RESIDENCE.

       ``(a) Delivery of Intoxicating Liquor by Nongovernmental 
     Carriers for Hire.--It shall be unlawful for a 
     nongovernmental carrier for hire to knowingly deliver a 
     container transported in interstate commerce that contains 
     intoxicating liquor to a place of residence of any kind if 
     such carrier fails to obtain the signature of the individual 
     to whom such container is addressed.
       ``(b) Penalty.--Whoever violates paragraph (1) shall be 
     liable for a fine of $500.''.

                               H.R. 2031

                  Offered By Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 5: At the end of the bill, add the following:

     SEC. 4. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.

       It is the sense of the Congress that the States should 
     enact laws to require--
       (1) sellers of intoxicating liquor in containers to deliver 
     to purchasers such liquor in outermost containers that are 
     clearly marked to identify that such liquor is contained 
     within; and
       (2) nongovernmental carriers for hire that knowingly 
     deliver containers that contain intoxicating liquor to any 
     kind of place of residence--
       (A) to obtain the signatures of the individuals to whom 
     such containers are addressed; and
       (B) to obtain reasonable proof that the individuals to whom 
     such containers are addressed are not less than 21 years of 
     age.

                               H.R. 2606

                        Offered By: Mr. Kucinich

       Amendment No. 24: 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 Overseas Private Investment Corporation for 
     any category A Investment Fund project, as listed in Appendix 
     E, Category A Projects, of the Corporation's Environmental 
     Handbook of April 1999.