[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 93 (Tuesday, July 18, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H6471]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

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

                               H.R. 4871

                        Offered By: Mr. Deutsch

       Amendment No. 1: 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 to allow the importation into the United States of 
     any product that is the growth, product, or manufacture of 
     Iran.

                               H.R. 4871

                         Offered By: Mr. Gilman

       Amendment No. 2: At the appropriate place in the bill, 
     insert the following new section:

       Sec. __. Section 616 of the Treasury, Postal Service and 
     General Government Appropriations Act, 1988, as contained in 
     the Act of December 22, 1987 (40 U.S.C. 490b), is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) All existing and newly hired workers in any child 
     care center located in federally owned or leased facilities 
     shall undergo a criminal history background check as defined 
     in section 231 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
     13041).''.

                               H.R. 4871

                        Offered By: Mr. Kucinich

       Amendment No. 3: In the item relating to ``DEPARTMENT OF 
     THE TREASURY--Departmental Offices--salaries and expenses'', 
     insert before the period at the end the following: ``: 
     Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
     heading, $500,000 shall be for preparing a report to the 
     Congress on the contents of agreements between the 
     International Monetary Fund and debtor countries and the 
     World Bank and debtor countries: Provided further, That in 
     preparing such report, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     report all provisions of those agreements that require 
     countries to privatize state-owned enterprises and public 
     services; lower barriers to imports, including basic food 
     products; privatize their public pension or social security 
     systems; raise bank interest rates; eliminate regulations on 
     the environment and natural resources; and reform their labor 
     laws and regulations, including legal minimum wages, 
     benefits, and the right to strike''.

                               H.R. 4871

                         Offered By: Mr. Nadler

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

       Sec. __. Section 9101 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 
     (111 Stat. 670) is repealed.

                               H.R. 4871

                         Offered By: Mr. Quinn

       Amendment No. 5: In the item relating to ``General Services 
     Administration--federal buildings fund--limitations on 
     availability of revenue''--
       (1) after the first and last dollar amounts, insert 
     ``(increased by $3,600,000)'';
       (2) redesignate paragraphs (1) through (4) as paragraphs 
     (2) through (5), respectively; and
       (3) before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), insert the 
     following:
     (1) $3,600,000 shall remain available until expended for 
     construction of additional projects at locations and at 
     maximum construction improvement costs (including funds for 
     sites and expenses and associated design and construction 
     services) as follows:
       New York:
       Buffalo, U.S. courthouse, $3,600,000;