[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 94 (Wednesday, July 19, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H6600-H6601]
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. 4871

                     Offered by: Mr. Frelinghuysen

       Amendment No. 6: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following:
       Sec. ____. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for use of a Federal Internet site to collect 
     information about an individual as a consequence of the 
     individual's use of the site.

                               H.R. 4871

                     Offered by: Mr. Frelinghuysen

       Amendment No. 7: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following:
       Sec. ____. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for any computer software code, program, or function 
     or other means to collect user identifiable information about 
     any user of a Federal Internet site.

                               H.R. 4871

                       Offered by: Mr. Hostettler

       Amendment No. 8: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following:
       Sec. ____. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to enforce, implement, or administer the provisions 
     of the settlement document dated March 17, 2000, between 
     Smith & Wesson and the Department of the Treasury (among 
     other parties).

                               H.R. 4871

                  Offered by: Mrs. Maloney of New York

       Amendment No. 9: Page 112, after line 13, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 644. The Office of Personnel Management shall conduct 
     a study to develop one or more alternative means for 
     providing Federal employees with at least 6 weeks of paid 
     parental leave in connection with the birth or adoption of a 
     child (apart from any other paid leave). Not later than 
     September 30, 2001, the Office shall submit to Congress a 
     report containing its findings and recommendations under this 
     section, including projected utilization rates, and views as 
     to whether this benefit can be expected to--
       (1) curtail the rate at which Federal employees are being 
     lost to the private sector;
       (2) help the Government in its recruitment and retention 
     efforts generally;
       (3) reduce turnover and replacement costs; and
       (4) contribute to parental involvement during a child's 
     formative years.

                               H.R. 4871

                    Offered by: Mr. Moran of Kansas

       Amendment No. 10: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (page 112, after line 13) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. 644. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to implement any sanction imposed by the United 
     States on private commercial sales of medicine, food, or 
     agricultural product to a foreign country (other than a 
     sanction imposed pursuant to agreement with one or more other 
     countries).

                               H.R. 4871

                    Offered by: Mr. Moran of Kansas

       Amendment No. 11: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (page 112, after line 13) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. 644. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to implement subsection (h) of section 102 of the 
     Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 
     1996.

                               H.R. 4871

                        Offered By: Mrs. Morella

       Amendment No. 12: Page 112, after line 13, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 644. (a)(1) Title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
     inserting after section 5372a the following:

     ``Sec. 5372b. Administrative appeals judges

       ``(a) For the purpose of this section--
       ``(1) the term `administrative appeals judge position' 
     means a position the duties of which primarily involve 
     reviewing decisions of administrative law judges appointed 
     under section 3105; and
       ``(2) the term `agency' means an Executive agency, as 
     defined by section 105, but does not include the General 
     Accounting Office.
       ``(b) Subject to such regulations as the Office of 
     Personnel Management may prescribe, the head of the agency 
     concerned shall fix the rate of basic pay for each 
     administrative appeals judge position within such agency 
     which is not classified above GS-15 pursuant to section 5108.
       ``(c) A rate of basic pay fixed under this section shall 
     be--
       ``(1) not less than the minimum rate of basic pay for level 
     AL-3 under section 5372; and
       ``(2) not greater than the maximum rate of basic pay for 
     level AL-3 under section 5372.''.
       (2) Section 7323(b)(2)(B)(ii) of title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking ``or 5372a'' and inserting 
     ``5372a, or 5372b''.
       (3) The table of sections for chapter 53 of title 5, United 
     States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating 
     to section 5372a the following:

``5372b. Administrative appeals judges.''.

       (b) The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall apply 
     with respect to pay for service performed on or after the 
     first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or 
     after--
       (1) the 120th day after the date of enactment of this Act; 
     or
       (2) if earlier, the effective date of regulations 
     prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management to carry out 
     such amendment.

                               H.R. 4871

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 13: Page 112, after line 13, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 644. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     used by the Internal Revenue Service for any activity that is 
     in contravention of section 411(b)(1)(H)(i) or section 
     411(d)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, section 
     204(b)(1)(G) or 204(b)(1)(H)(i) of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974, or section 4(i)(1)(A) of the Age 
     Discrimination in Employment Act.

                               H.R. 4871

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanford

       Amendment No. 14: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. ____. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to administer or enforce part 515 of title 31, 
     Code of Federal Regulations (the Cuban Assets Control 
     Regulations) with respect to any travel or travel-related 
     transaction.
       (b) The limitation established in subsection (a) shall not 
     apply to transactions in relation to any business travel 
     covered by section 515.560(g) of such part 515.

                               H.R. 4871

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanford

       Amendment No. 15: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following:
       Sec. ____. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for travel on a trip

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     with the President by more than 120 individuals employed in 
     the Executive Office of the President, excluding Secret 
     Service personnel.

                               H.R. 4871

                         Offered By: Mr. Vitter

       Amendment No. 16: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. ____. (a) Revisions to Amounts.--The amounts otherwise 
     provided by this Act are revised by reducing the aggregate 
     dollar amount made available for ``Internal Revenue Service-
     processing, assistance, and management'', and by increasing 
     the aggregate dollar amount made available for ``Federal Drug 
     Control Programs-high intensity drug trafficking areas 
     program'', by $25,000,000.
       (b) Limitation.--None of the funds provided in this section 
     may be used for High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
     designated after September 30, 2000.