[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 21, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H1061]
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                               AMENDMENTS

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

                                H.R. 247

                       Offered By: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 2: At the end of the bill, add the following 
     new section:

     SEC. 3. USE OF AMERICAN PRODUCTS.

       (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--It 
     is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent 
     practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds 
     made available for the activities authorized under the 
     amendment made by this Act should be American-made.
       (b) Notice Requirement.--In providing financial assistance 
     to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using 
     funds made available for the activities authorized under the 
     amendment made by this Act, the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development, to the greatest extent practicable, shall 
     provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made 
     in subsection (a) by the Congress.