[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 101 (Thursday, July 19, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H4353-H4354]
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. 2506

                     Offered By: Mr. Brown of Ohio

       Amendment No. 41: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. ____. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to 
     guarantee, insure, extend credit, or participate in an 
     extension of credit in connection with the export of any good 
     or service to a company that is under investigation for trade 
     dumping by the International Trade Commission, or is subject 
     to an anti-dumping duty order issued by the Department of 
     Commerce.

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. Conyers

       Amendment No. 42: Page 112, after line 22, insert the 
     following:


   prohibition on aerial spraying efforts to eradicate illicit crops

       Sec. ____. None of the funds made available in this Act 
     under the heading ``Department of State-andean counterdrug 
     initiative'' may be used for aerial spraying efforts to 
     eradicate illicit crops.

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. Conyers

       Amendment No. 43: Page 112, after line 22, insert the 
     following:


   prohibition on aerial spraying efforts to eradicate illicit crops

       Sec. ____. None of the funds made available in this Act 
     under the heading ``Department of State-international 
     narcotics control and law enforcement'' or ``Department of 
     State-andean counterdrug initiative'' may be used for aerial 
     spraying efforts to eradicate illicit crops.

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. Hoekstra

       Amendment No. 44: Page 25, line 16, insert before the 
     period the following:

     : Provided further, That, of the funds appropriated under 
     this heading, $65,000,000 shall not be available for 
     obligation until (1) the Secretary of State submits to the 
     Congress a full report on the incident of April 20, 2001, in 
     which Veronica ``Roni'' Bowers and her 7-month old daughter, 
     Charity, were needlessly killed when a Peruvian Air Force jet 
     opened fire on their plane after the crew of another plane, 
     owned by the Department of Defense and chartered by the 
     Central Intelligence Agency, mistakenly targeted the plane to 
     be potentially smuggling drugs in the Andean region; and (2) 
     the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and Director of 
     Central Intelligence certify to the Congress, 30 days before 
     any resumption of United States involvement in counter-
     narcotic flights and a force-down program that continues to 
     permit the ability of the Peruvian Air Force to shoot down 
     aircraft, that the

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     force-down program will include enhanced safeguards and 
     procedures to prevent the occurrence of any incident similar 
     to the April 20, 2001, incident

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. Hoekstra

       Amendment No. 45: Page 112, after line 22, insert the 
     following new section:

          reduction of funds for andean counterdrug initiative

       Sec. ____. The amount otherwise provided in this Act for 
     ``Andean Counterdrug Initiative'' is hereby reduced by 
     $65,000,000.

                               H.R. 2506

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 46: Page 112, after line 22, insert the 
     following:


                           revision of funds

       Sec. ____. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are 
     revised by increasing the amount made available under the 
     heading ``child survival and health programs fund'', by 
     increasing the amount made available under the first dollar 
     amount of the fourth proviso under the heading ``child 
     survival and health programs fund'' for micronutrient 
     assistance, by increasing the amount made available under the 
     first dollar amount of the fourth proviso under the heading 
     ``child survival and health programs fund'' for nutrition 
     education assistance, and by reducing the amount made 
     available under the heading ``andean counterdrug 
     initiative'', by $100,000,000, $30,000,000, $10,000,000, and 
     $100,000,000, respectively.

                               H.R. 2506

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 47: In title II of the bill in the item 
     relating to ``child survival and health programs fund'', 
     after the first dollar amount, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $100,000,000)''.
       In title II of the bill in the item relating to ``child 
     survival and health programs fund'', after the first dollar 
     amount in the fourth proviso, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $60,000,000)''.
       In title II of the bill in the item relating to ``child 
     survival and health programs fund'', after the fourth dollar 
     amount in the fourth proviso, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $40,000,000)''.
       In title II of the bill in the item relating to ``andean 
     counterdrug initiative'', after the first dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(decreased by $100,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

             Offered By: Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas

       Amendment No. 48: Page 2, line 25, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(reduced by $25,000,000)''.
       Page 36, line 26, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $25,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

             Offered By: Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas

       Amendment No. 49: Page 112, after line 22, insert the 
     following:


                           revision of funds

       Sec. ____. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are 
     revised by reducing the amount made available in title I for 
     ``subsidy appropriation'', and increasing the amount made 
     available for ``international financial institutions global 
     environment facility'', by $25,000,000.

                               H.R. 2506

                         Offered By: Ms. Kaptur

       Amendment No. 50: Page 20, beginning on line 8, strike 
     ``not to exceed $125,000,000 may'' and insert ``not less than 
     $125,000,000 should''.

                               H.R. 2506

                  Offered By: Mrs. Maloney of New York

       Amendment No. 51: Page 7, line 3, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 7, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

                  Offered By: Mrs. Maloney of New York

       Amendment No. 52: Page 7, line 4, insert after ``maternal 
     health'' the following: ``(of which $5,000,000 shall be 
     available for assistance to the Government of Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina to address the special needs of children at risk, 
     especially orphans)''.

                               H.R. 2506

                  Offered By; Mrs. Maloney of New York

       Amendment No. 53:
       Page 25, line 7, insert after the dollar figure (reduced by 
     $5,500,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

                          Offered By: Mr. Ose

       Amendment No. 54: Page 40, line 5, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $700,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

                          Offered By: Mr. Ose

       Amendment No. 55: Page 112, after line 22, insert the 
     following:


    prohibition on united states contribution to the united nations 
                 international narcotics control board

       Sec. ____. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used for a United States contribution to the United 
     Nations International Narcotics Control Board.

                               H.R. 2506

                          Offered By: Mr. Paul

       Amendment No. 56: Page 2, strike line 21 and all that 
     follows through line 17 on page 3.

                               H.R. 2506

                         Offered By: Mr. Payne

       Amendment No. 57: In title II of the bill in the item 
     relating to ``development assistance'', after the first 
     dollar amount, insert the following: ``(increased by 
     $77,000,000)''.
       In title II of the bill in the item relating to ``economic 
     support fund'', after the first dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $77,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

                         Offered By: Mr. Payne

       Amendment No. 58: In title III of the bill in the item 
     relating to ``foreign military financing program'', after the 
     first dollar amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by 
     $28,000,000)''.
       In title IV of the bill in the item relating to 
     ``contribution to the african development fund'', after the 
     first dollar amount, insert the following: ``(increased by 
     $28,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

                       Offered By: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 59:
       SEC.   . None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to award a contract to a person or entity whose bid 
     or proposal reflects that the person or entity has violated 
     the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, popularly known 
     as the ``Buy American Act'').

                               H.R. 2605

                       Offered By: Mr. Visclosky

       Amendment No. 60: In title I, in the item relating to 
     ``subsidy appropriation'', after the aggregate dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $15,000,000)''.
       In title I, in the item relating to ``administrative 
     expenses'', after the aggregate dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $3,000,000)''.
       In title II, in the item relating to ``child survival and 
     health programs fund''--
       (1) after the aggregate dollar amount, insert ``(increased 
     by $18,000,000)''; and
       (2) in the 4th proviso--
       (A) after the dollar amount allocated for vulnerable 
     children, insert ``(increased by $5,000,000)''; and
       (B) after the dollar amount allocated for HIV/AIDS, insert 
     ``(increased by $13,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

                         Offered By: Ms. Waters

       Amendment No. 61: Page 112, after line 22, insert the 
     following:


                  debt cancellation for hipc countries

       Sec. ________. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct 
     the United States Executive Director at the International 
     Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International 
     Monetary Fund to use the voice, vote and influence of the 
     United States to--
       (1) cancel 100 percent of the debts owed by the Heavily 
     Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) to such institutions; and
       (2) require such debt cancellation to be provided by such 
     institutions through the use of their own resources.