[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 112 (Wednesday, September 20, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S8865]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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                     STEM CELL RESEARCH ACT OF 2000

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                  BROWNBACK AMENDMENTS NOS. 4154-4162

  (Ordered referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions)
  Mr. BROWNBACK submitted nine amendments intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill (S. 2015) to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
provide for research with respect to human embryonic stem cells; as 
follows:

                           Amendment No. 4154

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. PROHIBITION ON EXPORTATION OF HUMAN EMBRYOS.

       The Secretary of Commerce shall prohibit the export (as 
     such term is defined in section 16 of the Export 
     Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App 2415)) from the 
     United States of any human embryo or part thereof.
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                           Amendment No. 4155

       On page 1, line 6, strike ``Sec.''.
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                           Amendment No. 4156

       On page 1, line 6, strike ``2.''.
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                           Amendment No. 4157

       On page 1, line 6, strike ``Research''.
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                           Amendment No. 4158

       On page 1, line 6, strike ``on''.
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                           Amendment No. 4159

       On page 1, line 6, strike ``Human''.
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                           Amendment No. 4160

       On page 1, line 6, strike ``Embryonic''.
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                           Amendment No. 4161

       On page 1, line 6, strike ``Stem''.

                           Amendment No. 4162

       On page 1, line 6, strike ``Cells''.
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                WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2000

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                       ABRAHAM AMENDMENT NO. 4163

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BROWNBACK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill (S. 2796) to provide for the conservation and development 
of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army 
to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of 
the United States, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.   . APPLICATION TO GREAT LAKES.

       (a) Additional Definitions.--Section 1109(c) of the Water 
     Resources Development Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 1962d-20(d)) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Great lakes state.--The term `Great Lakes State' 
     means each of the States of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, 
     Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Wisconsin.
       ``(2) Diversion.--The term `diversion' includes exports of 
     bulk fresh water.
       ``(3) Bulk fresh water.--The term `bulk fresh water' means 
     fresh water extracted in amounts intended for transportation 
     outside the United States by commercial vessel or similar 
     form of mass transportation, without further processing.''.
       (b) Additional Finding.--Section 1109 (b) of the Water 
     Resources Development Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 1962d-20) is 
     amended by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs 
     (3) and (4), and by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
     following:
       ``(2) to encourage the Great Lakes States, in consultation 
     with the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec, to develop and 
     implement a mechanism that provides a common conservation 
     standard embodying the principles of water conservation and 
     resource improvement for making decisions concerning the 
     withdrawal and use of water from the Great Lakes Basin;''.
       (c) Sense of the Congress.--It is the Sense of the Congress 
     that the Secretary of State should work with the Canadian 
     Government to encourage and support the Provinces in the 
     development and implementation of a mechamism and standard 
     concerning the withdrawal and use of water from the Great 
     Lakes Basin consistent with those mechanisms and standards 
     developed by the Great Lakes States.

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