[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 29, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H1589-H1590]
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. 3908

                         Offered By: Mr. Cardin

       Amendment No. 12: Page 56, after line 12, insert the 
     following:

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                     Social Security Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

       The limitation on administrative expenses under this 
     heading in the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
     Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) of 
     Public Law 106-113) is increased by an additional 
     $336,000,000: 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: Provided further, That such amount shall 
     be available only to the extent that 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, is 
     transmitted by the President to the Congress.

                               H.R. 3908

                       Offered By: Ms. Kilpatrick

       Amendment No. 13: Page 53, after line 5 add the following:

               CHAPTER 3A--BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE


                  agency for international development

                child survival and disease programs fund

       For an additional amount for ``Child Survival and Disease 
     Programs Fund'', $20,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for flood recovery efforts in the Republic of 
     Mozambique and surrounding affected countries: 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, as amended: 
     Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available 
     only to the extent that at 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.


                         development assistance

       For an additional amount for ``Development Assistance'', 
     $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, for flood 
     recovery efforts in the Republic of Mozambique and 
     surrounding affected countries: 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, as amended: Provided 
     further, That the entire amount shall be available only to 
     the extent that at 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.


                   international disaster assistance

       For an additional amount for ``International Disaster 
     Assistance'', $20,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for flood recovery efforts in the Republic of 
     Mozambique and surrounding affected countries: 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, as amended: 
     Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available 
     only to the extent that at 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. Payne

       Amendment No. 14: Page 53, after line 5, insert the 
     following new chapter:

                               CHAPTER 3A

                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                  agency for international development

                   international disaster assistance

       For an additional amount for ``International Disaster 
     Assistance'' for assistance for Mozambique and other areas of 
     Southern Africa affected by flooding and other natural 
     disasters in January and February, 2000, $350,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That, of such 
     amount, $200,000,000 shall be for assistance for Mozambique 
     and $150,000,000 shall be for assistance for other areas of 
     Southern Africa: Provided further, That such assistance shall 
     include the establishment of the Famine early warning system 
     and repair and reconstruction of farm structures and 
     equipment: Provided further, 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 shall be available only to the extent that 
     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, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

                               H.R. 3908

                        Offered By: Mr. Stearns

       Amendment No. 15: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. ____. (a) Across-the-Board Reduction.--Each amount 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act that is 
     not required to be appropriated or otherwise made available 
     by a provision of law is hereby reduced by 10 percent.
       (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
     amount designated by this Act as an emergency requirement, or 
     any amount appropriated or otherwise made

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     available by this Act for the Department of Defense.

                               H.R. 3908

                        Offered By: Mr. Tancredo

       Amendment No. 16: At the end of the bill, add the following 
     section.
       Sec. ____. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are 
     revised by reducing the amount made available for RELATED 
     AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
     HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES--Food and Drug Administration 
     Buildings and Facilities by $20 million.

                               H.R. 3908.

                       Offered By: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 17: At the end of the bill, add the following 
     new section:

     SEC. ____. SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING NOTICE

       (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--In 
     the case of any equipment or products that may be authorized 
     to be purchased with financial assistance provided under this 
     Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities receiving 
     such assistance should, in expending the assistance, purchase 
     only American-made equipment and products.
       (b) Notice to Recipients of Assistance.--In providing 
     financial assistance under this Act, the head of each Federal 
     agency shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a 
     notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
     Congress.
       (c) Notice of Report.--Any entity which receives funds 
     under this Act shall report any expenditures on foreign-made 
     items to the Congress within 180 days of the expenditure.