[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 77 (Wednesday, June 6, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H2957]
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. 1699

                        Offered By: Mrs. Biggert

       Amendment No. 4: At the end of the bill add the following:

     SEC. ____. ASSISTANCE FOR MARINE SAFETY STATION ON CHICAGO 
                   LAKEFRONT.

       (a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Transportation 
     may use amounts authorized under this section to provide 
     financial assistance to the City of Chicago, Illinois, to pay 
     the Federal share of the cost of a project to demolish the 
     Old Coast Guard Station, located at the north end of the 
     inner Chicago Harbor breakwater at the foot of Randolph 
     Street, and to construct a new facility at that site for use 
     as a marine safety station on the Chicago lakefront.
       (b) Cost Sharing.--
       (1) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of a 
     project carried out with assistance under this section may 
     not exceed one third of the total cost of the project.
       (2) Non-federal share.--There shall not be applied to the 
     non-Federal share of a project carried out with assistance 
     under this section--
       (A) the value of land and existing facilities used for the 
     project; and
       (B) any costs incurred for site work performed before the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, including costs for 
     reconstruction of the east breakwater wall and associated 
     utilities.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to the 
     other amounts authorized by this Act, for providing financial 
     assistance under this section there is authorized to be 
     appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation $2,000,000 
     for fiscal year 2002, to remain available until expended.

                               H.R. 1699

                       Offered By: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 5: At the end of the bill add the following:

     SEC. ____. REQUIREMENT TO CONSTRUCT ONLY AMERICAN-MADE 
                   VESSELS.

       Any new vessel constructed for the Coast Guard with amounts 
     made available under this Act--
       (1) shall be constructed in the United States;
       (2) shall not be constructed using any steel other than 
     steel made in the United States; and
       (3) shall be constructed in compliance with the Buy 
     American Act.