[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 95 (Tuesday, July 10, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7432-S7433]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

       SA 876. Mr. BYRD (for himself, Mr. Stevens, and 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 31, after line 3, insert the following:


                       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.
       For an additional amount for ``State and Private 
     Forestry'', $750,000 to be provided to the Kenai Peninsula 
     Borough Spruce Bark Beetle Task Force for emergency response 
     and communications equipment and $1,750,000 to be provided to 
     the Municipality of Anchorage for emergency fire fighting 
     equipment and response to wildfires in spruce bark beetle 
     infested forests, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That such amounts shall be provided as direct lump 
     sum payments within 30 days of enactment of this Act.


                         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.''
       On page 31, after line 14, insert the following:
       ``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.''
       On page 13, after line 23, insert the following:


 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION 
                               OPERATIONS

       For an additional amount for `Watershed and Flood 
     Prevention Operations', to repair damages to waterways and 
     watersheds, resulting from natural disasters occurring in 
     West Virginia on July 7 and July 8, 2001, $5,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.
       On page 14, after line 25, insert the following:
       Sec. 2106. Of funds which may be reserved by the Secretary 
     for allocation to State agencies under section 16(h)(1) of 
     the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to carry out Employment and 
     Training programs, $38,500,000 made available in prior years 
     are rescinded and returned to the Treasury.
       On page 14, after line 25, insert the following:
       Sec. 2107. In addition to amounts otherwise available, 
     $2,000,000 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 Yakima Basin, Washington, as determined by 
     the Secretary.
       On page 41, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:

     SEC. 2703. IMPACT AID.

       (a) Learning Opportunity Threshold Payments.--Section 
     8003(b)(3)(B)(iv) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
     Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(3)(B)(iv) (as amended by 
     section 1806(b)(2)(C) of the Impact Aid Reauthorization Act 
     of 2000 (as enacted by law by section 1 of Public Law 106-
     398)) is amended by inserting ``or less than the average per-
     pupil expenditure of all the States'' after ``of the State in 
     which the agency is located''.
       (b) Funding.--The Secretary of Education shall make 
     payments under section 8003(b)(3)(B)(iv) of the Elementary 
     and Secondary Education Act of 1965 from the $882,000,000 
     available under the heading ``Impact Aid'' in title III of 
     the Departments of

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     Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by 
     section 1 of Public Law 106-554) for basic support payments 
     under section 8003(b).
       On page 33, after line 7, add the following:

     SEC. 2608. SUDDEN OAK DEATH SYNDROME.

       In addition to amounts transferred under section 442(a) of 
     the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7772(a)), the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall transfer to the Forest Service, pursuant to 
     that section, an additional $1,400,000 to be used by the 
     appropriate offices within the Forest Service that carry out 
     research and development activities to arrest, control, 
     eradicate, and prevent the spread of Sudden Oak Death 
     Syndrome, to be derived by transfer from the unobliged 
     balance available to the Secretary of Agriculture for the 
     acquisition of land and interests in land.
       On page 46, after line 2, insert the following:


                  native american housing block grants

       For an additional amount for ``Native American Housing 
     Block Grants'', $5,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That these funds shall be made available 
     to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa for emergency 
     housing, housing assistance and other assistance to address 
     the mold problem at the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation: 
     Provided further, That these funds shall be released upon the 
     submission of a plan by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa 
     to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to address 
     these emergency housing needs and related problems: Provided 
     further, That the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall 
     provide technical assistance to the Turtle Mountain Band of 
     Chippewa with respect to the acquisition of emergency housing 
     and related issues on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation.

     SECTION 2403. INCLUSION OF RENAL CANCER AS BASIS FOR BENEFITS 
                   UNDER THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 
                   COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000.

       Section 3621(17) of the Energy Employees Occupational 
     Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (title XXXVI of the 
     Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 106-398); 114 Stat. 
     1654A-502) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(C) Renal cancers.''.
       On page 42, after line 19, insert the following:
       Sec. 2804. That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     and specifically section 5(a) of the Employment Act of 1946 
     (15 U.S.C. 1024(a)), the Members of the Senate to be 
     appointed by the President of the Senate shall for the 
     duration of the One Hundred Seventh Congress, be represented 
     by six Members of the majority party and five Members of the 
     minority party.
       On page 11, after line 8, insert the following:
       Sec. 1209. None of the funds available to the Department of 
     Defense for fiscal year 2001 may be obligated or expended for 
     retiring or dismantling 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.

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