[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 28, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H1478-H1479]
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. 7

                        Offered By: Mr. Gallegly

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 10. INCREASED LIFETIME LEARNING CREDIT FOR ADDITIONAL 
                   TRAINING FOR SECONDARY TEACHERS.

       (a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 25A of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to lifetime learning 
     credit) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(3) Special rule for field of study training for certain 
     teachers.--
       ``(A) In general.--If any portion of the qualified tuition 
     and related expenses to which this subsection applies--
       ``(i) is paid or incurred by an individual who is a full-
     time teacher in the classroom in a secondary school and is 
     certified or licensed to teach by the State in which the 
     individual is teaching, and
       ``(ii) is incurred for the enrollment or attendance of such 
     individual in a course of instruction directly relevant to 
     the subject matter currently taught by such individual that 
     is offered for credit by an eligible educational institution,

     paragraph (1) shall be applied with respect to such portion 
     by substituting `40 percent' for `20 percent'.
       ``(B) Eligible educational institution.--For purposes of 
     subparagraph (A), the term `eligible educational institution' 
     has the meaning given to such term by subsection (f)(2), 
     except that such term includes a public institution that 
     provides a 2-year educational program which is acceptable for 
     full credit toward a bachelor's degree.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply to expenses paid after December 31, 1999, for 
     education furnished in academic periods beginning after such 
     date.

                               H.R. 3908

                        Offered By: Mr. Campbell

       Amendment No. 3: Page 80, after line 11, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 5109. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by title I of this Act may be made available for 
     military or police assistance for Colombia.

                               H.R. 3908

                        Offered By: Mr. Campbell

       Amendment No. 4: Page 80, after line 11, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 5109. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by title I of this Act may be made available for 
     military or police assistance for any foreign country.

                               H.R. 3908

                          Offered By: Mr. Paul

       Amendment No. 5: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. ____. (a) The amounts otherwise provided in title I 
     for the following accounts are hereby reduced by the 
     following amounts:
       (1) ``DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE--Drug Enforcement 
     Administration--Salaries and Expenses'', $293,048,000.
       (2) ``DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-MILITARY--OTHER DEPARTMENT OF 
     DEFENSE PROGRAMS--Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug 
     Activities, Defense'', $185,800,000.
       (3) ``BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE--Funds Appropriated to 
     the President--Department of State--Assistance for Plan 
     Colombia and for Andean Regional Counternarcotics 
     Activities'', $1,099,000,000.
       (b) None of the funds made available in title I for 
     ``Military Construction, Defense-Wide'' may be used for 
     construction outside of the United States or any of its 
     territories or possessions.
       (c) None of the funds made available in title II may be 
     used for operations in Kosovo or East Timor, other than the 
     return of United States personnel and property to the United 
     States.

                               H.R. 3908

                        Offered By: Mr. Ramstad

       Amendment No. 6: Page 2, strike line 1 and all that follows 
     through page 9, line 4.

                               H.R. 3908

                        Offered By: Mr. Ramstad

       Amendment No. 7: Page 55, after line 21, insert the 
     following:

       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

               substance abuse and mental health services

       For an additional amount for ``Substance Abuse and Mental 
     Health Services'' for additional grants under section 1921 of 
     the Public Health Service Act, $700,000,000: Provided, That 
     the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
     Provided further, That the entire amount is available only to 
     the extent that an official budget request for a specific 
     dollar amount that includes designation of the entire amount 
     of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 
     transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided 
     further, That of such amount, $233,100,000 shall be for such 
     additional grants for fiscal year 2000, and $466,900,000 
     shall be for such additional grants for fiscal year 2001.

                               H.R. 3908

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanford

       Amendment No. 8: Page 2, strike lines 3 through 21 (and 
     redesignate the subsequent chapters and sections 
     accordingly).
       Page 3, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $87,400,000)''.
       Page 5, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $281,000,000)''.
       Page 8, lines 18 and 25, after each dollar amount, insert 
     the following: ``(reduced by $77,923,000)''.
       Page 11, strike line 8 and all that follows through page 
     13, line 21.
       Page 44, strike line 19 and all that follows through page 
     46, line 3.
       Page 46, strike lines 5 through 22 (and redesignate the 
     subsequent sections accordingly).
       Page 49, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $8,100,000)''.
       Page 52, strike lines 7 through 17.
       Page 52, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $59,000,000)''.
       Page 56, strike line 14 and all that follows through page 
     57, line 15.
       Page 62, strike line 11 and all that follows through page 
     64, line 6.
       Page 79, strike lines 9 through 14 and insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 5104. (a) Inapplicability of Emergency Designations.--
     A proviso in this Act shall not have effect if the proviso--
       (1) designates an amount as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985; or
       (2) makes the availability of an amount contingent on such 
     a designation by the President.
       (b) Exemption of Defense Funds from Sequestration.--
     Accounts for which amounts are made available in title III of 
     this Act, and accounts previously within the defense category 
     of discretionary appropriations under the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, shall be exempt from 
     any sequestration that is required under section 251(a)(6) of 
     such Act to eliminate any fiscal year 2000 breach caused by 
     the appropriations or other provisions of this Act.

                               H.R. 3908

                 Offered By: Mr. Taylor of Mississippi

       Amendment No. 9: Page 5, after line 7, insert the following 
     new section:
       Sec. 1202. (a) Limitation on Number of Military Personnel 
     in Colombia.--The number of members of the Armed Forces of 
     the United States in Colombia at any time may not exceed 300.
       (b) Exceptions.--(1) The limitation in subsection (a) does 
     not apply to members of the Armed Forces of the United States 
     in Colombia for the purpose of rescuing or retrieving United 
     States military or civilian Government personnel. The period 
     for which a member of the Armed Forces of the United States 
     may be in Colombia under this paragraph may not exceed 30 
     days unless expressly authorized by law.
       (2) The limitation in subsection (a) does not apply to a 
     member of the Armed Forces assigned to the United States 
     Embassy in Colombia as an attache or as a member of the 
     Marine Corps security detachment.

                               H.R. 3908

                         Offered By: Ms. Waters

       Amendment No. 10: Page 46, after line 3, insert the 
     following:

                    MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                              Debt Relief


                  contribution to the hipc trust fund

       Sec. ____. (a) For payment to the Heavily Indebted Poor 
     Countries Trust Fund of the International Bank for 
     Reconstruction and Development, but only for purposes of debt 
     relief, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as 
     may be necessary for fiscal years 2000 through 2004, for 
     payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.
       (b) For an additional amount for payment to the Heavily 
     Indebted Poor Countries Trust Fund of the International Bank 
     for Reconstruction and Development, but only for purposes of 
     debt relief, $210,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
     the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to

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     section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, 
     That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent 
     an official budget request, that includes designation of the 
     entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as 
     defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to 
     the Congress.

                               H.R. 3908

                           Offered By: Mr. Wu

       Amendment No. 11: Page 49, after line 20, insert the 
     following:


                West Coast Groundfish Fisheries Disaster

       In addition to the other amounts appropriated by this Act, 
     there are appropriated $14,200,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for use for the disaster in the West Coast 
     groundfish fisheries: Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. Of such amount--
       (1) $1,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of 
     Commerce for providing assistance under section 209 of the 
     Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
     3147);
       (2) $2,500,000 shall be available to the Secretary of 
     Commerce for providing grants under such section;
       (3) $3,500,000 shall be available to the National Oceanic 
     and Atmospheric Administration for a vessel buyback program;
       (4) $7,200,000 shall be available to the National Oceanic 
     and Atmospheric Administration operations, research and 
     facilities--
       (A) of which $2,000,000 shall be available to the National 
     Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to improve biological 
     studies and stock assessments;
       (B) $4,500,000 shall be available to the Pacific States 
     Marine Fisheries Commission to plan and implement a coast 
     wide observer program; and
       (C) $700,000 shall be available to the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration for making grants to States to 
     adjust and improve monitoring of landings, biological 
     sampling, and aging work.