[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 87 (Monday, July 10, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H5738]
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                               AMENDMENTS

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

                               H.R. 4461

                   Offered By: Mr. Rangel of New York

       Amendment No. 75: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section, preceding the short title (page 96, after line 
     4), the following new title:

                TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used--
       (1) to implement section 620(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(a));
       (2) to exercise the authorities conferred upon the 
     President by section 5(b) of the Trading With the Enemy Act, 
     which were being exercised with respect to Cuba on July 1, 
     1977, as a result of a national emergency declared by the 
     President before that date, and are being exercised on the 
     day before the date of the enactment of this Act, and any 
     regulations in effect on the day before such date of 
     enactment pursuant to the exercise of such authorities;
       (3) to implement any prohibition on exports to Cuba that is 
     in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this 
     Act under the Export Administration Act of 1979;
       (4) to implement the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992, other 
     than section 1705(f) of that Act (relating to direct mail 
     service to Cuba);
       (5) to implement the Cuban Liberty and Democratic 
     Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, or the amendments made by 
     that Act;
       (6) to implement subparagraph (A) of section 901(j)(2) of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to denial of 
     foreign tax credit, etc., with respect to certain foreign 
     countries) with respect to Cuba;
       (7) to implement section 902(c) of the Food Security Act of 
     1985;
       (8) to implement General Note 3(b) of the Harmonized Tariff 
     Schedule of the United States with respect to Cuba; or
       (9) to regulate or prohibit travel to and from Cuba by 
     individuals who are citizens or residents of the United 
     States, or any transactions ordinarily incident to such 
     travel, if such travel would be lawful in the United States.

                               H.R. 4461

                         Offered By: Ms. Waters

       Amendment No. 76: Page 96, after line 4, insert the 
     following new section:

                TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec.   . The amounts otherwise provided in this Act are 
     revised by reducing the amount made available under the 
     heading Commodity Credit Corporation Fund--Reimbursement for 
     Net Realized Losses by $500,000, and increasing the amount 
     made available under the heading Farm Service Agency--
     Salaries and Expenses by $500,000, which shall be available 
     to employ additional contractors for the Judge Adjudication 
     Mediation Service for the resolution of outstanding claims in 
     the case Pickford v. Glickman.

                               H.R. 4461

                         Offered By: Ms. Waters

       Amendment No. 77: Page 96, after line 4, insert the 
     following new section:

                TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec.   . (a) The amounts otherwise provided in this Act are 
     revised by reducing the amount made available under the 
     heading Commodity Credit Corporation Fund--Reimbursement for 
     Net Realized Losses by $1,000,000;
       (b) There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 for the 
     payments of interest, which shall accrue at a rate of 20 
     percent per month, to any person who is a member of the 
     plaintiff class in the case Pickford v. Glickman and to whom 
     a payment pursuant to the consent decree entered in the case 
     is more than 60 days in arrears.

                               H.R. 4461

                         Offered By: Ms. Waters

       Amendment No. 78: Page 96, after line 4, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec.   . Within available funds, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture is urged to establish the position of Assistant 
     Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights, and all funds that 
     would otherwise be expended for or provided to, and all 
     duties and authorities of, the Special Assistant to the 
     Secretary for Civil Rights shall be expended for or provided 
     to, or transferred to, the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture 
     for Civil Rights.

                               H.R. 4461

                         Offered By: Ms. Waters

       Amendment No. 79: Page 96, after line 4, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec.   . There is hereby established the position of 
     Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights, and all 
     funds that would otherwise be expended for or provided to, 
     and all duties and authorities of, the Special Assistant to 
     the Secretary for Civil Rights shall be expended for or 
     provided to, or transferred to, the Assistant Secretary of 
     Agriculture for Civil Rights.

                               H.R. 4811

                         Offered By: Mr. Roemer

       Amendment No. 1: In title II of the bill under the heading 
     ``BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE--Funds Appropriated to the 
     President--development assistance'', after the first dollar 
     amount insert ``(increased by $15,000,000)''.
       In title II of the bill under the heading ``BILATERAL 
     ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE--Funds Appropriated to the President--
     operating expenses of the agency for international 
     development'', after the first dollar amount insert 
     ``(decreased by $1,100,000)''.
       In title IV of the bill under the heading ``MULTILATERAL 
     ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE--funds appropriated to the president--
     contribution to the multilateral investment guarantee 
     agency'', after the dollar amount insert ``(decreased by 
     $4,900,000)''.
       In title IV of the bill under the heading ``MULTILATERAL 
     ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE--funds appropriated to the president--
     contribution to the inter-american investment corporation'', 
     after the dollar amount insert ``(decreased by $9,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4811

                         Offered By: Mr. Roemer

       Amendment No. 2: In title II of the bill under the heading 
     ``BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE--Funds Appropriated to the 
     President--development assistance'', in the proviso relating 
     to the Microenterprise Initiative, strike ``not less than 
     one-half'' and all that follows and insert ``not less than 
     one-half shall be made available for providing loans in the 
     amount (in 1995 United States dollars) of $300 or less to 
     very poor people, particularly women, or for institutional 
     support of organizations primarily engaged in making such 
     loans.''.