[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 94 (Monday, July 9, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7332-S7337]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 861. Mr. BYRD (for himself and Mr. Stevens) proposed an amendment 
to the bill S. 1077, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 11, after line 8, insert the following:
       ``Sec. 1207. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under 
     the heading `Operation and Maintenance, Army', $8,000,000 
     shall be available for the purpose of repairing storm damage 
     at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Red River Army Depot, Texas.''.
       On page 11, after line 8, insert the following:
       ``Sec. 1208. (a) Of the total amount appropriated under 
     this Act to the Army for operation and maintenance, such 
     amount as may be necessary shall be available for a 
     conveyance by the Secretary of the Army, without 
     consideration, of all right, title, and interest of the 
     United States in and to the firefighting and rescue vehicles 
     described in subsection (b) to the City of Bayonne, New 
     Jersey.
       ``(b) The firefighting and rescue vehicles referred to in 
     subsection (a) are a rescue hazardous materials truck, a 
     2,000 gallon per minute pumper, and a 100-foot elevating 
     platform truck, all of which are at Military Ocean Terminal, 
     Bayonne, New Jersey.''.
       On page 11, line 15, before the period, insert: ``: 
     Provided, That funding is authorized for Project 01-D-107, 
     Atlas Relocation and Operations, and Project 01-D-108, 
     Microsystems and Engineering Science Application Complex''.
       On page 13, after line 8, insert the following:

                   ``GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER

       ``Sec. 1401. (a) In addition to amounts appropriated or 
     otherwise made available elsewhere in the Military 
     Construction Appropriations Act, 2001, and in this Act, the 
     following amounts are hereby appropriated as authorized by 
     section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, as follows for 
     the purpose of repairing storm damage at Ellington Air 
     National Guard Base, Texas, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma:
       `` `Military Construction, Air National Guard', $6,700,000;
       `` `Family Housing, Army', $1,000,000: ``Provided, That the 
     funds in this section shall remain available until September 
     30, 2005.
       ``(b) Of the funds provided in the Military Construction 
     Appropriations Acts, 2000 and 2001, the following amounts are 
     rescinded:
       `` `Military Construction, Defense-Wide', $6,700,000;
       `` `Family Housing, Army'. $1,000,000.''.
       On page 13, after line 8, insert the following:
       ``Sec. 1402. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the amount authorized, and authorized to be appropriated, for 
     the Defense Agencies for the TRICARE Management Agency for a 
     military construction project for Bassett Army Hospital at 
     Fort Wainwright, Alaska, shall be $215,000,000.''.
       On page 13, after line 12 insert the following:

                        Office of the Secretary

       For an additional amount for ``Office of the Secretary'', 
     $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002: 
     Provided, That of these funds, no less than $1,000,000 shall 
     be used for enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act: Provided 
     further, That of these funds, no less than $1,000,000 shall 
     be used to enhance human slaughter practices under the 
     Federal Meat Inspections Act: Provided further, That no more 
     than $500,000 of these funds shall be made available to the 
     Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics for 
     development and demonstration of technologies to promote the 
     humane treatment of animals: Provided further, That these 
     funds may be transferred to and merged with appropriations 
     for agencies performing this work.
       On page 14, after line 25, insert the following:
       ``Sec. 2103. (a) Not later than August 1, 2001, the Federal 
     Crop Insurance Corporation shall promulgate final regulations 
     to carry out section 522(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 522(b)), without regard to:
       ``(1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       ``(2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of 
     Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 (36 FR 13804), relating 
     to notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       ``(3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the `Paperwork Reduction Act').
       ``(b) In carrying out this section, the Corporation shall 
     use the authority provided under section 808 of title 5, 
     United States Code.
       ``(c) The final regulations promulgated under subsection 
     (a) shall take effect on the date of publication of the final 
     regulations.''.
       On page 14, after line 25, insert the following:
       Sec. 2104. In addition to amounts otherwise available, 
     $20,000,000 from amounts pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 713a-4 for the 
     Secretary of Agriculture to make available financial 
     assistance related to water conservation to eligible 
     producers in the Klamath Basin, as determined by the 
     Secretary.
       On page 14, after line 25 insert the following new section:
       Sec. 2105. Under the heading of ``Food Stamp Program'' in 
     Public Law 106-387, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
     and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 2001, in the sixth proviso, strike ``$194,000,000'' and 
     insert in lieu thereof ``$191,000,000''.
       On page 15, after line 22, strike ``$110,000,000'' and 
     insert ``$114,800,000''.
       On page 16, beginning with line 25, strike all through line 
     4 on page 17.
       On page 17, line 5, strike ``2202'' and insert ``2201''.
       On page 17, line 24, strike ``2203'' and insert ``2202''.
       On page 22, line 13, after ``purposes of D.C. Code, sec. 5-
     513:'', strike ``Provided,'' and insert: ``Provided, That the 
     Department shall transfer all local funds resulting from the 
     lapse of personnel vacancies, caused by transferring 
     Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs employees into 
     NSO positions without the filling of the resultant vacancies, 
     into the general fund to be used to implement the provisions 
     in DC Bill 13-646, the Abatement and Condemnation of Nuisance 
     Properties Omnibus Amendment Act of 2000, pertaining to the 
     prevention of the

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     demolition by neglect of historic properties: Provided 
     further,''.
       On page 28, after line 2, insert the following:
       ``Sec. 2402. Of the funds provided under the heading `Power 
     Marketing Administration, Construction, Rehabilitation, 
     Operation and Maintenance, Western Area Power 
     Administration', in Public Law 106-377, not less than 
     $250,000 shall be provided for a study to determine the costs 
     and feasibility of transmission expansion: Provided, That 
     these funds shall be non-reimbursable: Provided further, That 
     these funds shall be available until expended.''.
       On page 29, after line 4, insert the following:

                      ``Bureau of Land Management


                  ``MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

                    ``(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       ``For an additional amount to address increased permitting 
     responsibilities related to energy needs, $3,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, and to be derived by 
     transfer from unobligated balances available to the 
     Department of the Interior for the acquisition of lands and 
     interests in lands.''.
       On page 34, before the colon on line 18, insert the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That the rescission of funds 
     under section 132(a)(2)(B) is effective at the time the 
     Secretary re-allots excess unexpended balances to the 
     States''.
       On page 39, line 22, strike ``PROVISION'' and insert 
     ``PROVISIONS''.
       On page 41, line 6 strike ``September 30, 2001'' and insert 
     ``August 4, 2001''.
       On page 41, after line 6, insert the following new section:
       ``Sec. 2702. (a) Establishment of Grant Program.--Section 
     396 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396) is 
     amended by adding the following new subsection:

     `` `GRANT ASSISTANCE FOR TRANSITION TO DIGITAL BROADCASTING.

       `` `(n)(1) The Corporation may, by grant, provide financial 
     assistance to eligible entities for the purpose of supporting 
     the transition of those entities from the use of analog to 
     digital technology for the provision of public broadcasting 
     services.
       `` `(2) Any ``public broadcasting entity'' as defined in 
     section 397(11) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
     397(11)) is an entity eligible to receive grants under this 
     subsection.
       `` `(3) Proceeds of grants awarded under this subsection 
     may be used for costs associated with the transition of 
     public broadcasting stations to assure access to digital 
     broadcasting services, including for the support of digital 
     transmission facilities and for the development, production, 
     and distribution of digital programs and services.
       `` `(4) The grants shall be distributed to the eligible 
     entities in accordance with principles and criteria 
     established by the Corporation in consultation with the 
     public broadcasting licensees and officials of national 
     organizations representing public broadcasting licensees. The 
     principles and criteria shall include special priority for 
     providing digital broadcast services to:
       `` `(A) rural or remote areas;
       `` `(B) areas under-served by public broadcasting stations; 
     and
       `` `(C) areas where the conversion to, or establishment of 
     primary digital public broadcasting services, is impaired by 
     an insufficient availability of private funding for that 
     purpose by reason of the small size of the population or the 
     low average income of the residents of the area.' ''.
       ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Subsection (k)(1) 
     of section 396 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
     396) is amended--
       ``(1) by re-designating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as 
     subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; and
       ``(2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new 
     subparagraph (D):
       `` `(D) In addition to any amounts authorized under any 
     other provision of this or any other Act to be appropriated 
     to the Fund, funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated 
     to the Fund solely (notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this subsection) for carrying out the purposes of subsection 
     (n) as follows:
       `` `(i) For fiscal year 2001, $20,000,000 to carry out the 
     purposes of subsection (n);
       `` `(ii) For fiscal year 2002, such sums as may be 
     necessary to carry out the purposes of subsection (n).' ''.
       On page 42, after line 19, insert the following:
       ``Sec. 2803. Notwithstanding any limitation in 31 U.S.C. 
     sec. 1553(b) and 1554, the Architect of the Capitol may use 
     current year appropriations to reimburse the Department of 
     the Treasury for prior year water and sewer services payments 
     otherwise chargeable to closed accounts.''.
       On page 42, after line 25, insert the following:


             ``acquisition, construction, and improvements

       ``For an additional amount for `Acquisition, Construction, 
     and Improvements', $4,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for the repair of Coast Guard facilities damaged 
     during the Nisqually earthquake or for costs associated with 
     moving the affected Coast Guard assets to an alternative site 
     within Seattle, Washington.

                   ``Federal Aviation Administration


                      ``grants-in-aid for airports

                   ``(airport and airway trust fund)

                ``(rescission of contract authorization)

       ``Of the unobligated balances authorized under 49 U.S.C. 
     48103, as amended, $30,000,000 are rescinded.''.
       On page 43, after line 1, insert the following:


                    ``emergency highway restoration

       ``For the costs associated with the long term restoration 
     or replacement of seismically-vulnerable highways recently 
     damaged during the Nisqually earthquake, $12,800,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount 
     made available under this head, $3,800,000 shall be for the 
     Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle, Washington and $9,000,000 
     shall be for the Magnolia Bridge in Seattle, Washington.''.
       On page 43, at the end of line 6, insert the following: 
     ``Public Law 102-240,''.
       On page 43, line 7, strike ``$10,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$14,000,000''.
       On page 43, after line 7, insert the following:

                      ``Alaska Railroad Commission

       ``To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make an 
     additional grant to the Alaska Railroad, $2,000,000 for a 
     joint United States-Canada commission to study the 
     feasibility of connecting the rail system in Alaska to the 
     North American continental rail system.''.
       On page 43, after line 24, insert the following:
       Sec. 2902. Notwithstanding section 47105(b)(2) of title 49, 
     United States Code or any other provision of law, an 
     application for a project grant under chapter 471 of that 
     title may propose projects at Abbeville Municipal Airport and 
     Akutan Airport, and the Secretary may make project grants for 
     such projects.
       Sec. 2903. Hereafter, funds made available under `Capital 
     Investment Grants' in Public Law 105-277 for item number 15 
     and for any new fixed guideway system project cited as a 
     `fixed guideway modernization' project shall not be made 
     available for any other federal transit project.''.
       On page 44, between lines 21 and 22, insert the following:

   Federal Payment to Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
                National Environmental Policy Foundation

       Of the funds available under this heading in H.R. 5658 of 
     the 106th Congress, as incorporated by reference in Public 
     Law 106-554, $1,000,000 shall be transferred and made 
     available for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to section 
     6(7) of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
     National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act 
     of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)), to remain available until 
     expended.
       On page 48, after line 20, insert the following:
       Sec. 3003. Designation of Engineering and Management 
     Building at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia, After Norman 
     Sisisky. The engineering and management building (also known 
     as Building 1500) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, 
     Virginia, shall be known as the Norman Sisisky Engineering 
     and Management Building. Any reference to that building in 
     any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of 
     the United States shall be considered to be a reference to 
     the Norman Sisisky Engineering and Management Building.
                                  ____

  SA 862. Mr. REID (for Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Dodd, 
Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Corzine, and Mr. Reid)) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 1077, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 44, line 20, strike ``$66,200,000'' and insert 
     ``$32,300,000''.
                                  ____

  SA 863. Mr. REID (for Mr. Feingold) proposed an amendment to the bill 
S. 1077, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 28, beginning on line 9, strike ``$100,000,000'' 
     and all that follows through line 13, and insert the 
     following: ``$693,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That this amount may be made available, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, for a United 
     States contribution to a global trust fund to combat HIV/
     AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis: Provided, further, That the 
     entire amount made available under this heading is designated 
     by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided, further, 
     That the entire amount under this heading shall be available 
     only to the extent that an official budget request for that 
     specific dollar amount that includes the designation of the 
     entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as 
     defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to 
     the Congress: Provided, further, That the total amount of the 
     rescission for `Aircraft Procurement, Navy, 2001/2003' under 
     section 1204 is hereby increased by $594,000,000.''.
                                  ____

  SA 864. Mr. CRAIG (for Mr. Roberts (for himself, Mr. Cleland, Mr. 
Miller, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Brownback)) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 1077,

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making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2001, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec.   . None of the funds available to the Department of 
     Defense for fiscal year 2001 may be obligated or expended for 
     retiring or dismantling, or for preparing to retire or 
     dismantle, any of the 93 B-1B Lancer bombers in service as of 
     June 1, 2001, or for transferring or reassigning any of those 
     aircraft from the unit, or the facility, to which assigned as 
     of that date.
                                  ____

  SA 865. Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself, Mr. Helms, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. 
Crapo) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1077, making supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for 
other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUSES ACT OF 2001.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Protect Social Security Surpluses Act of 2001''.
       (b) Revision of Enforcing Deficit Targets.--Section 253 of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
     (2 U.S.C. 903) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
       ``(b) Excess Deficit; Margin.--The excess deficit is, if 
     greater than zero, the estimated deficit for the budget year, 
     minus the margin for that year. In this subsection, the 
     margin for each fiscal year is 0.5 percent of estimated total 
     outlays for that fiscal year.'';
       (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
       ``(c) Eliminating Excess Deficit.--Each non-exempt account 
     shall be reduced by a dollar amount calculated by multiplying 
     the baseline level of sequesterable budgetary resources in 
     that account at that time by the uniform percentage necessary 
     to eliminate an excess deficit.''; and
       (3) by striking subsections (g) and (h).
       (c) Economic and Technical Assumptions.--Notwithstanding 
     section 254(j) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 904(j)), the Office of 
     Management and Budget shall use the economic and technical 
     assumptions underlying the report issued pursuant to section 
     1106 of title 31, United States Code, for purposes of 
     determining the excess deficit under section 253(b) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     added by subsection (b).
       (d) Application of Sequestration to Budget Accounts.--
     Section 256(k) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 906(k)) is amended by--
       (1) striking paragraph (2); and
       (2) redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6) as paragraphs 
     (2) through (5), respectively.
       (e) Strengthening Social Security Points of Order..--
       (1) In general.--Section 312 of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 643) is amended by inserting at the end 
     the following:
       ``(g) Strengthening Social Security Point of Order.--It 
     shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the 
     Senate to consider a concurrent resolution on the budget (or 
     any amendment thereto or conference report thereon) or any 
     bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference 
     report that would violate or amend section 13301 of the 
     Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.''.
       (2) Super majority requirement.--
       (A) Point of order.--Section 904(c)(1) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ``312(g),'' after 
     ``310(d)(2),''.
       (B) Waiver.--Section 904(d)(2) of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ``312(g),'' after 
     ``310(d)(2),''.
       (3) Enforcement in each fiscal year.--The Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 is amended in--
       (A) section 301(a)(7) (2 U.S.C. 632(a)(7)), by striking 
     ``for the fiscal year'' through the period and inserting 
     ``for each fiscal year covered by the resolution''; and
       (B) section 311(a)(3) (2 U.S.C. 642(a)(3)), by striking 
     beginning with ``for the first fiscal year'' through the 
     period and insert the following: ``for any of the fiscal 
     years covered by the concurrent resolution.''.
       (f) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made 
     by this section shall apply to fiscal years 2002 through 
     2006.
                                  ____

  SA 866. Mr. BYRD (for Mr. Conrad) proposed an amendment to amendment 
SA 865 proposed by Mr. Voinovich to the bill (S. 1077) making 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2001, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Strike all after the first word and insert the following:

TITLE ____--SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE OFF-BUDGET LOCKBOX ACT OF 2001

     SEC. ____01. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Social Security and 
     Medicare Off-Budget Lockbox Act of 2001''.

     SEC. ____02. STRENGTHENING SOCIAL SECURITY POINTS OF ORDER.

       (a) In General.--Section 312 of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 643) is amended by inserting at the end 
     the following:
       ``(g) Strengthening Social Security Point of Order.--It 
     shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the 
     Senate to consider a concurrent resolution on the budget (or 
     any amendment thereto or conference report thereon) or any 
     bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference 
     report that would violate or amend section 13301 of the 
     Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.''.
       (b) Super Majority Requirement.--
       (1) Point of order.--Section 904(c)(1) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ``312(g),'' after 
     ``310(d)(2),''.
       (2) Waiver.--Section 904(d)(2) of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ``312(g),'' after 
     ``310(d)(2),''.
       (c) Enforcement in Each Fiscal Year.--The Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 is amended in--
       (1) section 301(a)(7) (2 U.S.C. 632(a)(7)), by striking 
     ``for the fiscal year'' through the period and inserting 
     ``for each fiscal year covered by the resolution''; and
       (2) section 311(a)(3) (2 U.S.C. 642(a)(3)), by striking 
     beginning with ``for the first fiscal year'' through the 
     period and insert the following: ``for any of the fiscal 
     years covered by the concurrent resolution.''.

     SEC. ____03. MEDICARE TRUST FUND OFF-BUDGET.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) General exclusion from all budgets.--Title III of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:


          ``exclusion of medicare trust fund from all budgets

       ``Sec. 316. (a) Exclusion of Medicare Trust Fund From All 
     Budgets.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     receipts and disbursements of the Federal Hospital Insurance 
     Trust Fund shall not be counted as new budget authority, 
     outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of--
       ``(1) the budget of the United States Government as 
     submitted by the President;
       ``(2) the congressional budget; or
       ``(3) the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
     of 1985.
       ``(b) Strengthening Medicare Point of Order.--It shall not 
     be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to 
     consider a concurrent resolution on the budget (or any 
     amendment thereto or conference report thereon) or any bill, 
     joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report 
     that would violate or amend this section.''.
       (2) Super majority requirement.--
       (A) Point of Order.--Section 904(c)(1) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ``316,'' after 
     ``313,''.
       (B) Waiver.--Section 904(d)(2) of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ``316,'' after ``313,''.
       (b) Exclusion of Medicare Trust Fund From Congressional 
     Budget.--Section 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following: ``The concurrent resolution shall not include the 
     outlays and revenue totals of the Federal Hospital Insurance 
     Trust Fund in the surplus or deficit totals required by this 
     subsection or in any other surplus or deficit totals required 
     by this title.''
       (c) Budget Totals.--Section 301(a) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended by inserting 
     after paragraph (7) the following:
       ``(8) For purposes of Senate enforcement under this title, 
     revenues and outlays of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
     Fund for each fiscal year covered by the budget 
     resolution.''.
       (d) Budget resolutions.--Section 301(i) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(i)) is amended 
     by--
       (1) striking ``Social Security Point of Order.--It shall'' 
     and inserting ``Social Security and Medicare Points of 
     Order.--
       ``(1) Social security.--It shall''; and
       (2) inserting at the end the following:
       ``(2) Medicare.--It shall not be in order in the House of 
     Representatives or the Senate to consider any concurrent 
     resolution on the budget (or amendment, motion, or conference 
     report on the resolution) that would cause a decrease in 
     surpluses or an increase in deficits of the Federal Hospital 
     Insurance Trust Fund in any of the fiscal years covered by 
     the concurrent resolution.''.
       (e) Medicare Firewall.--Section 311(a) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 642(a)) is amended by adding 
     after paragraph (3), the following:
       ``(4) Enforcement of medicare levels in the senate.--After 
     a concurrent resolution on the budget is agreed to, it shall 
     not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint 
     resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
     would cause a decrease in surpluses or an increase in 
     deficits of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund in any 
     year relative to the levels set forth in the applicable 
     resolution.''.
       (f) Baseline to Exclude Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.--
     Section 257(b)(3) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by striking ``shall be 
     included in all'' and inserting ``shall not be included in 
     any''.
       (g) Medicare Trust Fund Exempt From Sequesters.--Section 
     255(g)(1)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

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       ``Medicare as funded through the Federal Hospital Insurance 
     Trust Fund.''.
       (h) Budgetary Treatment of Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.--
     Section 710(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 911(a)) 
     is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' the second place it appears and 
     inserting a comma; and
       (2) by inserting after ``Federal Disability Insurance Trust 
     Fund'' the following: ``, Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
     Fund''.

     SEC. ____04. PREVENTING ON-BUDGET DEFICITS.

       (a) Points of Order To Prevent On-Budget Deficits.--Section 
     312 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 643) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(h) Points of Order To Prevent On-Budget Deficits.--
       ``(1) Concurrent resolutions on the budget.--It shall not 
     be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to 
     consider any concurrent resolution on the budget, or 
     conference report thereon or amendment thereto, that would 
     cause or increase an on-budget deficit for any fiscal year.
       ``(2) Subsequent legislation.--It shall not be in order in 
     the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any 
     bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference 
     report if--
       ``(A) the enactment of that bill or resolution as reported;
       ``(B) the adoption and enactment of that amendment; or
       ``(C) the enactment of that bill or resolution in the form 
     recommended in that conference report,

     would cause or increase an on-budget deficit for any fiscal 
     year.''.
       (b) Super Majority Requirement.--
       (1) Point of Order.--Section 904(c)(1) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ``312(h),'' after 
     ``312(g),''.
       (2) Waiver.--Section 904(d)(2) of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ``312(h),'' after 
     ``312(g),''.
                                  ____

  SA 867. Mr. CONRAD proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1077, making 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2001, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 47, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following:

                   Community Development Block Grants

       For emergency housing for Indians on the Turtle Mountain 
     Indian Reservation, there shall be made available $10,000,000 
     through the Indian community development block grant program 
     under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. 
     Amounts made available for programs administered by the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development for fiscal year 
     2001 shall be reduced on a pro rata basis by $10,000,000. The 
     Federal Emergency management Agency shall provide technical 
     assistance to Indians with respect to the acquisition of 
     emergency housing on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation.
                                  ____

  SA 868. Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. McCain (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, and 
Ms. Landrieu)) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1077, making 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2001, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 11, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:
       Sec. 1207. In addition to the amounts appropriated to the 
     Department of Defense for fiscal year 2001 in other 
     provisions of this Act or in the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-259), $2,736,1000 is 
     hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not 
     otherwise appropriated, to the Department of Defense for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, for purposes under 
     headings in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 
     2001, and in amounts, as follows:
       ``Military Personnel, Army'', $30,000,000;
       ``Military Personnel, Navy'', $10,000,000;
       ``Military Personnel, Air Force'', $332,500,000;
       ``Reserve Personnel, Army'', $30,000,000;
       ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $916,400,000;
       ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $514,500,000;
       ``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'', $295,700,000;
       ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', $59,600,000;
       ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', $9,000,000;
       ``Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve'', $30,000,000;
       ``Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard'', 
     $106,000,000;
       ``Aircraft Procurement, Army'', $50,000,000, to remain 
     available for obligation until September 30, 2003;
       ``Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, 
     Army'', $10,000,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2003;
       ``Procurement of Ammunition, Army'', $14,000,000, to remain 
     available for obligation until September 30, 2003;
       ``Other Procurement, Army'', $40,000,000, to remain 
     available for obligation until September 30, 2003;
       ``Aircraft Procurement, Navy'', $65,000,000, to remain 
     available for obligation until September 30, 2003;
       ``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'', $108,100,000, to 
     remain available for obligation until September 30, 2003;
       ``Other Procurement, Air Force'', $33,300,000, to remain 
     available for obligation until September 30, 2003;
       ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force'', 
     $8,000,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2002; and
       ``USS Cole'', $49,000,000;
     Provided, That the entire amount made available in this 
     section is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
     Provided, further, That the entire amount under this section 
     shall be available only to the extent that an official budget 
     request for that specific dollar amount that includes the 
     designation of the entire amount of the request as an 
     emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is 
     transmitted by the President to the Congress.
                                  ____

  SA 869. Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. McCain (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, and 
Ms. Landrieu)) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1077, making 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2001, and for other purposes; as follows:

       After section 3002, insert the following:
       Sec. 3003. (a) In addition to the amounts appropriated to 
     the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2001 by other 
     provisions of this Act or the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-259), funds are 
     hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not 
     otherwise appropriated, to the Department of Defense for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, for purposes under 
     headings in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 
     2001, and in amounts, as follows:
       (1) Under the heading ``Military Personnel, Navy'', 
     $181,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be available for the 
     supplemental subsistence allowance under section 402a of 
     title 37, United States Code.
       (2) Under the heading ``Military Personnel, Marine Corps'', 
     $21,000,000.
       (3) Under the heading ``Reserve Personnel, Navy'', 
     $1,800,000, which shall be available for enhancement of force 
     protection for United States forces in the Persian Gulf 
     region and elsewhere worldwide.
       (4) Under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', 
     $103,000,000.
       (5) Under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', 
     $72,000,000, of which $36,000,000 shall be available for 
     enhancement of force protection for United States forces in 
     the Persian Gulf region and elsewhere worldwide.
       (6) Under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Marine 
     Corps'', $6,000,000.
       (7) Under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Air 
     Force'', $397,000,000.
       (8) Under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army 
     Reserve'', $21,000,000.
       (9) Under the heading ``Other Procurement, Navy'', 
     $45,000,000, to remain available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2003, which shall be available for enhancement 
     of force protection for United States forces in the Persian 
     Gulf region and elsewhere worldwide.
       (b) The amount appropriated by chapter 10 of title II to 
     the Department of the Treasury for Departmental Offices under 
     the heading ``Salaries and Expenses'' is hereby reduced by 
     $30,000,000.
       (c) The matter in chapter 11 of title II under the heading 
     ``National Aeronautics and Space Administration human space 
     flight'' shall not take effect.


                              (rescission)

       (d) Of the unobligated balance of the total amount in the 
     Treasury that is to be disbursed from special accounts 
     established pursuant to section 754(e) of the Tariff Act of 
     1930, $200,000,000 may not be disbursed under that section.


                             (rescissions)

       (e) The following amounts are hereby rescinded:
       (1) Of the funds appropriated to the National Aeronautics 
     and Space Administration under the heading ``human space 
     flight'' in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
     and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 
     106-377), the following amounts:
       (A) From the amounts for the life and micro-gravity science 
     mission for the human space flight, $40,000,000.
       (B) From the amount for the Electric Auxiliary Power Units 
     for Space Shuttle Safety Upgrades, $19,000,000.
       (2) Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Commerce 
     for the National Institute of Standards and Technology under 
     the heading ``industrial technology services'' in the 
     Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted 
     into law by Public Law 106-553), $67,000,000 for the Advanced 
     Technology Program.
       (3) Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Commerce 
     for the International Trade Administration under the heading 
     ``operations and administration'', $19,000,000 of the amount 
     available for Trade Development.
       (4) Of the funds appropriated by chapter 1 of the Emergency 
     Steel Loan Guarantee and Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed 
     Loan Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-51), $126,800,000.

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       (5) Of the funds appropriated to the Department of 
     Transportation for the Maritime Administration under the 
     heading ``maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program 
     account'' in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, 
     the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (as enacted into law by Public Law 106-553), $21,000,000.
       (6) Of the funds appropriated for the Export-Import Bank 
     under the heading ``subsidy appropriation'' in the Foreign 
     Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 
     106-429), $80,000,000.
       (7) Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Labor 
     for the Employment and Training Administration under the 
     heading ``Training and Employment Services'' in the 
     Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
     Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as 
     enacted into law by Public Law 106-554), the following 
     amounts:
       (A) From the amounts for Dislocated Worker Employment and 
     Training Activities, $41,500,000.
       (B) From the amounts Adult Employment and Training 
     Activities, $100,000,000.
       (8) Of the unobligated balance of funds previously 
     appropriated to the Department of Transportation for the 
     Federal Transit Administration that remain available for 
     obligation in fiscal year 2001, the following amounts:
       (A) From the amounts for Transit Planning and Research, 
     $34,000,000.
       (B) From the amounts for Job Access and Reverse Commute 
     Grants, $76,000,000.
                                  ____

  SA 870. Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Hutchinson) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 1077, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 13, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following:

                             Forest Service


                       State and Private Forestry

       For an additional amount for ``State and Private Forestry'' 
     to repair damage caused by ice storms in the States of 
     Arkansas and Oklahoma, $10,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement under section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).


                         National Forest System

       For an additional amount for the ``National Forest System'' 
     to repair damage caused by ice storms in the States of 
     Arkansas and Oklahoma, $10,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by 
     Congress as an emergency requirement under section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).


                  Capital Improvement and Maintenance

       For an additional amount for ``Capital Improvement and 
     Maintenance'' to repair damage caused by ice storms in the 
     States of Arkansas and Oklahoma, $4,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement under 
     section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).
                                  ____

  SA 871. Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Craig) proposed an amendment to the bill 
S. 1077, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 29, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
       Sec. 2502. In exercising the authority to provide cash 
     transfer assistance for Israel for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2001, the President shall--
       (1) ensure that the level of such assistance does not cause 
     an adverse impact on the total level of non-military exports 
     from the United States to Israel; and
       (2) enter into a side letter agreement with Israel 
     providing for the purchase of grain in the same amount and in 
     accordance with terms at least as favorable as the side 
     letter agreement in effect for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2000.
                                  ____

  SA 872. Mr. BOND (for himself and Mr. McCain) proposed an amendment 
to the bill S. 1077, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:
       Sec.   . (a) In addition to the amounts appropriated to the 
     Department of Defense for fiscal year 2001 by other 
     provisions of this Act or the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-259), funds are 
     hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, for purposes under 
     headings in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 
     2001, and in amounts, as follows:
       (1) Under the heading ``Military Personnel, Marine Corps'', 
     $21,000,000.
       (2) Under the heading ``Reserve Personnel, Army'', 
     $30,000,000.
       (3) Under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', 
     $600,000,000.
       (4) Under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', 
     $577,250,000.
       (5) Under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Marine 
     Corps'', $6,000,000.
       (6) Under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Air 
     Force'', $100,200,000.
       (7) Under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army 
     Reserve'', $30,000,000.
       (8) Under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Navy 
     Reserve'', $19,100,000.
       (9) Under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Army 
     National Guard'', $39,400,000.
       (b) The total amount appropriated under subsection (a) 
     shall be available only to the extent that an official budget 
     request for that specific dollar amount that includes the 
     designation of the entire amount of the request as an 
     emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is 
     transmitted by the President to the Congress.
       (c) The total amount appropriated under subsection (a) is 
     hereby designated by Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
       (d) All of the funds appropriated and available under this 
     section shall be obligated not later than September 30, 2001.
                                  ____

  SA 873. Mr. REID (for Mr. Hollings) proposed an amendment to the bill 
S. 1077, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

         ____. ENSURING FUNDING FOR DEFENSE AND EDUCATION AND THE 
                   SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION BY REPEALING TAX 
                   CUTS FOR 2001.

       (a) Repeal.--
       (1) In general.--Section 101 of the Economic Growth and Tax 
     Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 is repealed.
       (2) Application of code.--The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     shall be applied and administered as if such section 101 (and 
     the amendments made by such section) had never been enacted.
       (3) Conforming amendments.--
       (A) In general.--Section 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 (relating to tax imposed) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new subsection:
       ``(i) Rate Reductions After 2001.--
       ``(1) 10-percent rate bracket.--
       ``(A) In general.--In the case of taxable years beginning 
     after December 31, 2001--
       ``(i) the rate of tax under subsections (a), (b), (c), and 
     (d) on taxable income not over the initial bracket amount 
     shall be 10 percent, and
       ``(ii) the 15 percent rate of tax shall apply only to 
     taxable income over the initial bracket amount but not over 
     the maximum dollar amount for the 15-percent rate bracket.
       ``(B) Initial bracket amount.--For purposes of this 
     paragraph, the initial bracket amount is--
       ``(i) $14,000 ($12,000 in the case of taxable years 
     beginning before January 1, 2008) in the case of subsection 
     (a),
       ``(ii) $10,000 in the case of subsection (b), and
       ``(iii) \1/2\ the amount applicable under clause (i) (after 
     adjustment, if any, under subparagraph (C)) in the case of 
     subsections (c) and (d).
       ``(C) Inflation adjustment.--In prescribing the tables 
     under subsection (f ) which apply with respect to taxable 
     years beginning in calendar years after 2001--
       ``(i) the Secretary shall make no adjustment to the initial 
     bracket amount for any taxable year beginning before January 
     1, 2009,
       ``(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment used in making 
     adjustments to the initial bracket amount for any taxable 
     year beginning after December 31, 2008, shall be determined 
     under subsection (f )(3) by substituting `2007' for `1992' in 
     subparagraph (B) thereof, and
       ``(iii) such adjustment shall not apply to the amount 
     referred to in subparagraph (B) (iii).
     If any amount after adjustment under the preceding sentence 
     is not a multiple of $50, such amount shall be rounded to the 
     next lowest multiple of $50.
       ``(2) Reductions in rates after december 31, 2001.--In the 
     case of taxable years beginning in a calendar year after 
     2001, the corresponding percentage specified for such 
     calendar year in the following table shall be substituted for 
     the otherwise applicable tax rate in the tables under 
     subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e).

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         The corresponding percentages
                                         shall be substituted for  the
   ``In the case of taxable years           following percentages:
   beginning during calendar year:   -----------------------------------
                                        28%      31%      36%     39.6%
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2002 and 2003.......................   27.0%    30.0%    35.0%    38.6%
2004 and 2005.......................   26.0%    29.0%    34.0%    37.6%
2006 and thereafter.................   25.0%    28.0%    33.0%    35.0%
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       ``(3) Adjustment of tables.--The Secretary shall adjust the 
     tables prescribed under subsection (f ) to carry out this 
     subsection.''.
       (B) Conforming amendments.--

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       (i) Subparagraph (B) of section 1(g)(7) of such Code is 
     amended by striking ``15 percent'' in clause (ii)(II) and 
     inserting ``10 percent.''.
       (ii) Section 1(h) of such Code is amended--

       (I) by striking ``28 percent'' both places it appears in 
     paragraphs (1)(A)(ii)(I) and (1)(B)(i) and inserting ``25 
     percent'', and
       (II) by striking paragraph (13).

       (iii) Section 531 of such Code is amended by striking 
     ``equal to'' and all that follows and inserting ``equal to 
     the product of the highest rate of tax under section 1(c) and 
     the accumulated taxable income.''.
       (iv) Section 541 of such Code is amended by striking 
     ``equal to'' and all that follows and inserting ``equal to 
     the product of the highest rate of tax under section 1(c) and 
     the undistributed personal holding company income.''.
       (v) Section 3402(p)(1)(B) of such Code is amended by 
     striking ``7, 15, 28, or 31 percent'' and inserting ``7 
     percent, any percentage applicable to any of the 3 lowest 
     income brackets in the table under section 1(c),''.
       (vi) Section 3402(p)(2) of such Code is amended by striking 
     ``15 percent'' and inserting ``10 percent''.
       (vii) Section 3402(q)(1) of such Code is amended by 
     striking ``equal to 28 percent of such payment'' and 
     inserting ``equal to the product of the third lowest rate of 
     tax applicable under section 1(c) and such payment''.
       (viii) Section 3402(r)(3) of such Code is amended by 
     striking ``31 percent'' and inserting ``the fourth lowest 
     rate of tax applicable under section 1(c)''.
       (ix) Section 3406(a)(1) of such Code is amended by striking 
     ``equal to 31 percent of such payment'' and inserting ``equal 
     to the product of the fourth lowest rate of tax applicable 
     under section 1(c) and such payment''.
       (x) Section 13273 of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 
     is amended by striking ``28 percent'' and inserting ``the 
     third lowest rate of tax applicable under section 1(c) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986''.
       (C) Effective dates.--
       (i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), the 
     amendments made by this paragraph shall apply to taxable 
     years beginning after December 31, 2001.
       (ii) Amendments to withholding provisions.--The amendments 
     made by clauses (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), and (x) of 
     subparagraph (B) shall apply to amounts paid after December 
     31, 2001.
       (b) Reserve Fund for Defense and Education.--Subtitle B of 
     title II of H. Con. Res. 83 (107th Congress) is amended by 
     inserting at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 219. STRATEGIC RESERVE FUND FOR DEFENSE AND EDUCATION.

       If legislation is reported by the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate or the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives, or an 
     amendment thereto is offered or a conference report thereon 
     is submitted, that would increase funding for defense or 
     education, the chairman of the appropriate Committee on the 
     Budget shall revise the aggregates, functional totals, 
     allocations, and other appropriate levels and limits in this 
     resolution for that measure by not exceeding the amount 
     resulting from the repeal and amendments made by section 
     ____(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001 for 
     fiscal years 2001 and 2002, as long as that measure will not, 
     when taken together with all other previously enacted 
     legislation, reduce the on-budget surplus below the level of 
     the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund surplus in any 
     fiscal year provided in this resolution.''.
                                  ____

  SA 874. Mr. REID (for Mr. Wellstone) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 1077, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 11, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:


                             (rescissions)

       Sec. 1207. (a)(1) Effective July 31, 2001, of the funds 
     provided to the Secretary of Defense, for fiscal year 2001 
     administrative expenses, under the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act, 2001, the Military Construction 
     Appropriations Act, 2001, and the Energy and Water 
     Development Appropriations Act, 2001, and remaining in 
     Federal appropriations accounts, an amount equal to 
     $150,000,000 is rescinded.
       (2) Such amount shall be rescinded from such Federal 
     appropriations accounts as the Secretary of Defense shall 
     specify before July 31, 2001. In determining the accounts to 
     specify, the Secretary of Defense shall take into 
     consideration the need to promote efficiency, cost-
     effectiveness, and productivity within the Department of 
     Defense, as well as to maintain readiness and troop quality 
     of life.
       (b) Effective August 1, 2001, if the Secretary of Defense 
     has not specified accounts for rescissions under subsection 
     (a), of the funds described in subsection (a)(1) and 
     remaining in Federal appropriations accounts, an amount equal 
     to $150,000,000 is rescinded through proportional reductions 
     to the portions of such accounts that contain such funds.
       On page 36, line 9, strike ``$300,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$450,000,000''.
                                  ____

  SA 875. Mr. REID (for Mr. Johnson) proposed an amendment to the bill 
S. 1077, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. EXTENSION OF INTEREST RATE PROVISIONS.

       (a) Technical Correction.--Paragraph (6) of section 455(b) 
     of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(b)), as 
     redesignated by section 8301(c)(1) of the Transportation 
     Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178; 112 
     Stat. 498) is redesignated as paragraph (8) and inserted 
     after paragraph (7) of that section.
       (b) Extension.--
       (1) Amendments.--Sections 427A(k), 428C(c)(1), 
     438(b)(2)(I), and 455(b)(6) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1077a(k), 
     1078-3(c)(1), 1087-1(b)(2)(I), 1087e(b)(6)) are each amended 
     by striking ``and before July 1, 2003,'' each place it 
     appears.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--
       (A) Section 427A(k) of such Act is amended by striking the 
     subsection heading and inserting the following: ``Interest 
     Rates for New Loans on or After October 1, 1998.--''.
       (B) Section 438(b)(2)(I) of such Act is amended--
       (i) by striking the subparagraph heading and inserting the 
     following: ``Loans disbursed on or after january 1, 2000.--
     ''; and
       (ii) in clause (i), by striking ``2000,'' and inserting 
     ``2000''.
       (C) Section 455(b)(6) of such Act is amended--
       (i) by striking the paragraph heading and inserting the 
     following: ``Interest rate provision for new loans on or 
     after october 1, 1998.--''; and
       (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``1999,'' and 
     inserting ``1999''.

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