[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 24, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8137-S8140]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1040. Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. 
Dayton, and Ms. Cantwell) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2299, making appropriations for the 
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table, as follows:

       Strike section 343 and insert the following:
       Sec. 343. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     process applications by Mexico-domiciled motor carriers for 
     conditional or permanent authority to operate beyond the 
     United States municipalities and commercial zones adjacent to 
     the United States-Mexico border.
                                  ____

  SA 1041. Mr. BAYH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2299, making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 55, line 7, add after the period the following: 
     ``Any discussions of the Secretary, the Administration, or 
     other public entity, regarding the aviation capacity crisis 
     in the Chicago area shall include the State of Indiana and 
     the Gary-Chicago Airport as part of the solution to the 
     crisis.''.
                                  ____

  SA 1042. Mr. ALLARD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2299, making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __. (a) Rescissions.--There is rescinded an amount 
     equal to 1 percent of the discretionary budget authority 
     provided (or obligation limit imposed) for fiscal year 2002 
     in this Act for each department, agency, instrumentality, or 
     entity of the Federal Government funded in this Act: 
     Provided, That this reduction percentage shall be applied on 
     a pro rata basis to each program, project, and activity 
     subject to the rescission.
       (b) Debt Reduction.--The amount rescinded pursuant to this 
     section shall be deposited into the account established under 
     section 3113(d) of title 31, United States Code, to reduce 
     the public debt.
       (c) Report.--The Director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget shall include in the President's budget submitted for 
     fiscal year 2003 a report specifying the reductions made to 
     each account pursuant to this section.
                                  ____

  SA 1043. Mr. FITZGERALD submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2299, making appropriations for the 
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 81, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

     SEC. 3__. STUDY OF AVAILABILITY AND USE OF E85.

       (a) Definition of E85.--In this section, the term ``E85'' 
     means motor vehicle fuel that consists of 85 percent ethanol 
     and 15 percent gasoline.
       (b) Study.--The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a 
     study and submit to Congress a report on--
       (1) the availability of E85 fueling stations;
       (2) the quantity of E85 used by the Federal Government; and
       (3) methods for increasing the quantity of E85 used in the 
     United States.
                                  ____

  SA 1044. Mr. FITZGERALD submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2299, making appropriations for the 
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 81, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

     SEC. 3__. REPORT ON RENEWABLE FUEL REQUIREMENT.

       In consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
     Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a study and submit 
     to Congress a report on the potential costs and benefits for 
     agricultural producers, the environment, and the energy 
     security of the United States of implementing a requirement, 
     phased in over several years, that the motor vehicle fuel 
     sold or introduced into commerce in the United States be 
     comprised of not less than a specified percentage of 
     renewable fuel, which percentage would be equal to 5 percent 
     by calendar year 2016.
                                  ____

  SA 1045. Mr. FITZGERALD submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2299, making appropriations for the 
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 81, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

     SEC. 3__. PILOT PROGRAM ON E85 FUELING STATIONS.

       (a) Definition of E85.--In this section, the term ``E85'' 
     means motor vehicle fuel that consists of 85 percent ethanol 
     and 15 percent gasoline.
       (b) Establishment of Pilot Program.--The Secretary of 
     Transportation shall establish a pilot program to increase 
     the number of E85 fueling stations in the Chicago, Illinois, 
     metropolitan area to at least 50 by the end of fiscal year 
     2002.
       (c) Report to Congress.--As soon as practicable after the 
     end of fiscal year 2002, the Secretary of Transportation 
     shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the pilot 
     program.
       (d) Funding.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall use $3,000,000 of 
     funds made available to the Secretary under this Act to carry 
     out this section.
                                  ____

  SA 1046. Mr. FITZGERALD submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2299, making appropriations for the 
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 81, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

     SEC. 3__. STUDY OF TRANSPORTATION OF ETHANOL.

       In consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
     Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a study and submit 
     to Congress a report on the ability of the United States 
     transportation system to transport ethanol to--
       (1) areas in the State of California; and
       (2) other areas in the United States that--
       (A) use reformulated gasoline under section 211(k) of the 
     Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(k)); and
       (B) as of the date of enactment of this Act, use methyl 
     tertiary butyl ether in that reformulated gasoline.
                                  ____

  SA 1047. Mr. FITZGERALD submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2299, making appropriations for the 
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 81, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

     SEC. 3__. PLAN TO INCREASE USE OF RENEWABLE FUEL BY FEDERAL 
                   FLEETS.

       In consultation with the heads of other Federal agencies, 
     the Secretary of Transportation shall develop a plan to 
     increase the quantity of motor vehicle fuel used by Federal 
     fleets (as defined in section 303(b)(3) of the Energy Policy 
     Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212(b)(3)) that consists of 
     renewable fuel to not less than 5 percent by calendar year 
     2016.
                                  ____

  SA 1048. Mr. FITZGERALD submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2299, making appropriations for the 
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes;

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which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 12, line 2, strike ``States.'' and insert ``States: 
     Provided further, that that none of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading may be obligated or expended for the lease 
     or purchase of passenger motor vehicles until the 
     Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
       (1) instates any facility in the National Plan of 
     Integrated Airport Systems that meets the criteria set forth 
     in FAA Order 5090.3B, entitled ``Field Formulation of the 
     National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems'', or any 
     subsequently-published documents that cancel or supersede 
     that order, for the inclusion of commercial service airports, 
     general aviation airports, and general aviation heliports, 
     either existing or new public-use facilities, in the National 
     Plan of Integrated Airport Systems; and
       (2) reinstates any airport in the plan that was removed for 
     reasons other than those published in that order or 
     subsequently-published documents.
                                  ____

  SA 1049. Mr. FITZGERALD submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2299, making appropriations for the 
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 55, line 2, insert ``increasing commercial air 
     service at the Greater Rockford Airport,'' after ``access,''/
                                  ____

  SA 1050. Mr. BENNETT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 2299, making appropriations for the Department 
of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 81, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

     SEC. 3  . SAFETY BELT USE LAW REQUIREMENTS.

       Section 355(a) of the National Highway System Designation 
     Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 624) is amended by striking ``has 
     achieved'' and all that follows and inserting the following: 
     ``has achieved a safety belt use rate of not less than 50 
     percent.''.
                                  ____

  SA 1051. Mr. BENNETT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 2299, making appropriations for the Department 
of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       Beginning on page 19, line 13, strike the colon and all 
     that follows through ``section'' on page 21, line 15.
                                  ____

  SA 1052. Mr. BENNETT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 2299, making appropriations for the Department 
of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 81, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       Sec. 350. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
     to the Federal Aviation Administration by this Act, or any 
     other Act, may be used to decommission or remove the 
     temporary ASR-9 air surveillance radar to be located between 
     Salt Lake City, Utah, and Provo, Utah, from that location 
     until the installation and commencement of operations of an 
     ASR-11 air surveillance radar to serve the same area to be 
     served by that temporary ASR-9 air surveillance radar.
                                  ____

  SA 1053. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2299, making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 72, beginning with line 14, strike through line 24 
     on page 78 and insert the following:
       Sec. 343. Safety of Cross-Border Trucking Between United 
     States and Mexico. No funds limited or appropriated by this 
     Act may be obligated or expended for the review or processing 
     of an application by a motor carrier for authority to operate 
     beyond United States municipalities and commercial zones on 
     the United States-Mexico border until--
       (1) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration--
       (A)(i) requires a safety review of such motor carrier to be 
     performed before the carrier is granted conditional operating 
     authority to operate beyond United States municipalities and 
     commercial zones on the United States-Mexico border, and 
     before the carrier is granted permanent operating authority 
     to operate beyond United States municipalities and commercial 
     zones on the United States-Mexico border;
       (ii) requires the safety review to include verification of 
     available performance data and safety management programs, 
     including drug and alcohol testing, drivers' qualifications, 
     drivers' hours-of-service records, records of periodic 
     vehicle inspections, insurance, and other information 
     necessary to determine the carrier's preparedness to comply 
     with Federal motor carrier safety rules and regulations; and
       (iii) requires that every commercial vehicle operating 
     beyond United States municipalities and commercial zones on 
     the United States-Mexico border, that is operated by a motor 
     carrier authorized to operate beyond those municipalities and 
     zones, display a valid Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance 
     decal obtained as a result of a Level I North American 
     Standard Inspection, or a Level V Vehicle-Only Inspection, 
     whenever that vehicle is operating beyond such motor carrier 
     operating a vehicle in violation of this requirement to pay a 
     fine of up to $10,000 for each such violation;
       (B) establishes a policy that any safety review of such a 
     motor carrier should be conducted on site at the motor 
     carrier's facilities where warranted by safety considerations 
     or the availability of safety performance data;
       (C) requires Federal and State inspectors, in conjunction 
     with a Level I North American Standard Inspection, to verify, 
     electronically or otherwise, the license of each driver of 
     such a motor carrier's commercial vehicle crossing the 
     border, and institutes a policy for random electronic 
     verification of the license of drivers of such motor 
     carrier's commercial vehicles at United States-Mexico border 
     crossings;
       (D) gives a distinctive Department of Transportation number 
     to each such motor carrier to assist inspectors in enforcing 
     motor carrier safety regulations, including hours-of-
     service rules part 395 of title 49, Code of Federal 
     Regulations;
       (E) requires State inspectors whose operations are funded 
     in part or in whole by Federal funds to check for violations 
     of Federal motor carrier safety laws and regulations, 
     including those pertaining to operating authority and 
     insurance;
       (F) authorizes State inspectors who detect violations of 
     Federal motor carrier safety laws or regulations to enforce 
     such laws and regulations or to notify Federal authorities of 
     such violations;
       (G)(i) determines that there is a means of determining the 
     weight of such motor carrier commercial vehicles at each 
     crossing of the United States-Mexico border at which there is 
     a sufficient number of such commercial vehicle crossings; and
       (ii) initiates a study to determine which crossings should 
     also be equipped with weight-in-motion systems that would 
     enable State inspectors to verify the weight of each such 
     commercial vehicle entering the United States at such a 
     crossing;
       (H) has implemented a policy to ensure that no such motor 
     carrier will be granted authority to operate beyond United 
     States municipalities and commercial zones on the United 
     States-Mexico border unless that carrier provides proof of 
     valid insurance with an insurance company licensed in the 
     United States;
       (I) issues a policy--
       (i) requiring motor carrier safety inspectors to be on duty 
     during all operating hours at all United States-Mexico border 
     crossings used by commercial vehicles;
       (ii) with respect to standards for the determination of the 
     appropriate number of Federal and State motor carrier 
     inspectors for the United States-Mexico border (under 
     sections 218(a) and (b) of the Motor Carrier Safety 
     Improvement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31133 nt.)); and
       (iii) with respect to prohibiting foreign motor carriers 
     from operating in the United States that are found to have 
     operated illegally in the United States (under section 219(a) 
     of that Act (49 U.S.C. 14901 nt.)); and
       (J) completes its rulemaking--
       (i) to establish minimum requirements for motor carriers, 
     including foreign motor carriers, to ensure they are 
     knowledgeable about Federal safety standards (under section 
     210(b) of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 
     (49 U.S.C. 31144 nt.)),
       (ii) to implement measures to improve training and provide 
     for the certification of motor carrier safety auditors (under 
     section 31148 of title 49, United States Code), and
       (iii) to prohibit foreign motor carriers from leasing 
     vehicles to another carrier to transport products to the 
     United States while the lessor is subject to a suspension, 
     restriction, or limitation on its right to operate in the 
     United States (under section 219(d), of that Act (49 U.S.C. 
     14901 nt.)),

     or transmits to the Congress, within 30 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, a notice in writing that it will 
     not be able to complete any such rulemaking, that explains 
     why it will not be able to complete the rulemaking, and 
     that states the date by which it expects to complete the 
     rulemaking; and
       (2) until the Department of Transportation Inspector 
     General certifies in writing to the Secretary of 
     Transportation and to the Senate Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation, the Senate Committee on 
     Appropriations, the House of Representatives Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, and the House of 
     Representatives Committee on Appropriations that the 
     Inspector General will report in writing to the Secretary and 
     to each such Committee--
       (A) on the number of Federal motor carrier safety 
     inspectors hired, trained as safety specialists, and prepared 
     to be on duty during

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     hours of operation at the United States-Mexico border by 
     January 1, 2002;
       (B) periodically--
       (i) on the adequacy of the number of Federal and State 
     inspectors at the United States-Mexico border; and
       (ii) as to whether the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
     Administration is ensuring compliance with hours-of-service 
     rules under part 395 of title 49, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, by such motor carriers;
       (iii) as to whether United States and Mexican enforcement 
     databases are sufficiently integrated and accessible to 
     ensure that licenses, vehicle registrations, and insurance 
     information can be verified at border crossings or by mobile 
     enforcement units; and
       (iv) as to whether there is adequate capacity at each 
     United States-Mexico border crossing used by motor carrier 
     commercial vehicles to conduct a sufficient number of vehicle 
     safety inspections and to accommodate vehicles placed out-of-
     service as a result of the inspections.

     In this section, the term ``motor carrier'' means a motor 
     carrier domiciled in Mexico that seeks authority to operate 
     beyond United States municipalities and commercial zones on 
     the United States-Mexico border.
                                  ____

  SA 1054. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2299, making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 81, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       Sec. 350. Funds available under this Act may be used by the 
     Secretary of Transportation to cooperate with the Federal 
     Trade Commission, including the sharing of data, in 
     investigating and disclosing to the public the practices of 
     air carriers in canceling flights that are not sufficiently 
     full and other practices of air carriers that may be unfair, 
     deceptive, or anticompetitive.
                                  ____

  SA 1055. Mr. SPECTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1025 submitted by Mrs. Murray and intended to be 
proposed to the bill (H.R. 2299) making appropriations for the 
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:
       Sec. . Section 5117(b)(3) of the Transportation Equity Act 
     for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178; 112 Stat. 449; 23 
     U.S.C. 502 note) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) as 
     subparagraphs (D), (F), and (G), respectively;
       (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new 
     subparagraph (C):
       ``(C) Follow-on deployment.--(i) After an intelligent 
     transportation infrastructure system deployed in an initial 
     deployment area pursuant to a contract entered into under the 
     program under this paragraph has received system acceptance, 
     the original contract that was competitively awarded by the 
     Department of Transportation for the deployment of the system 
     in that area shall be extended to provide for the system to 
     be deployed in the follow-on deployment areas under the 
     contract, using the same asset ownership, maintenance, fixed 
     price contract, and revenue sharing model, and the same 
     competitively selected consortium leader, as were used for 
     the deployment in that initial deployment area under the 
     program.
       ``(ii) If any one of the follow-on deployment areas does 
     not commit, by July 1, 2002, to participate in the deployment 
     of the system under the contract, then, upon application by 
     any of the other follow-on deployment areas that have 
     committed by that date to participate in the deployment of 
     the system, the Secretary shall supplement the funds made 
     available for any of the follow-on deployment areas 
     submitting the applications by using for that purpose the 
     funds not used for deployment of the system in the 
     nonparticipating area. Costs paid out of funds provided in 
     such a supplementation shall not be counted for the purpose 
     of the limitation on maximum cost set forth in subparagraph 
     (B).'';
       (4) by inserting after subparagraph (D), as redesignated by 
     paragraph (1), the following new subparagraph (E):
       ``(E) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
       ``(i) The term `initial deployment area' means a 
     metropolitan area referred to in the second sentence of 
     subparagraph (A).
       ``(ii) The term `follow-on deployment areas' means the 
     metropolitan areas of Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Chicago, 
     Cleveland, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Houston, 
     Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York/
     Northern New Jersey, Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati, Oklahoma 
     City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, 
     Providence, Salt Lake, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis, 
     Seattle, Tampa, and Washington, District of Columbia.''; and
       (5) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated by paragraph (1), 
     by striking ``subparagraph (D)'' and inserting ``subparagraph 
     (F)''.
                                  ____

  SA 1056. Mr. SPECTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 2299, making appropriations for the Department 
of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 39, Line 5, strike ``$16,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$13,000,000''.
       At the appropriate place, insert ``$3,000,000 for 
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cross County Metro project''.
                                  ____

  SA 1057. Mr. FRIST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1025 submitted by Mrs. Murray and intended to be proposed 
to the bill (H.R. 2299) making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 81, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

     SEC 3.  STUDY OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE IN MEMPHIS 
                   TENNESSEE.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a study 
     and submit to Congress a report on the costs and benefits of 
     constructing a third bridge across the Mississippi River in 
     the Memphis, Tennessee, metropolitan area.
                                  ____

  SA 1058. Mrs. MURRAY (for Mr. Fitzgerald (for himself, Mr. Durbin, 
Mr. Bayh, and Mr. Lugar)) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1025 
submitted by Mrs. Murray and intended to be proposed to the bill (H.R. 
2299) making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for 
other purposes; as follows:

       On page 55, line 2, insert after ``access,'' the following: 
     ``increasing commercial air service at the Gary-Chicago 
     Airport, and increasing commercial air service at the Greater 
     Rockford Airport''.
       On page 55, line 7 insert after ``Chicago area'' the 
     following: ``, including northwest Indiana''.
                                  ____

  SA 1059. Mr. ALLARD (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2299, making 
appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 21, line 15, before the period, insert the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available by this Act may be used to conduct the United 
     States Routes 64 and 87 Ports-to-Plains corridor study, New 
     Mexico''.
                                  ____

  SA 1060. Mr. DASCHLE (for Mr. Torricelli) proposed an amendment to 
the bill S. Res. 128, calling on the Government of the People's 
Republic of China to immediately and unconditionally release all 
American scholars of Chinese ancestry being held in detention, calling 
on the President of the United States to continue working on behalf of 
the detained scholars for their release, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       In section (1)(A) of the resolution, strike ``on false 
     charges''.
                                  ____

  SA 1061. Mr. TORRICELLI proposed an amendment to the bill S. Res. 
128, calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to 
immediately and unconditionally release all American scholars of 
Chinese ancestry being held in detention, calling on the President of 
the United States to continue working on behalf of the detained 
scholars for their release, and for other purposes; as follows:

       In the first whereas clause of the preamble, strike ``3 
     permanent residents'' and insert ``4 permanent residents''.
       In the eighth whereas clause of the preamble, by striking 
     ``and is expected to go on trial on July 14, 2001'' and 
     inserting ``was tried and convicted on July 14, 2001, and is 
     expected to be deported''.
       At the end of the fifteenth whereas clause of the preamble, 
     add ``and''.
       Strike the sixteenth whereas clause of the preamble.
                                  ____

  SA 1062. Mr. DASCHLE (for Mr. Torricelli) proposed an amendment to 
the bill S. Res. 128, calling on the Government of the People's 
Republic of China to immediately and unconditionally release all 
American scholars of Chinese ancestry being held in detention, calling 
on the President of the United States to continue working on behalf of 
the detained scholars for their release, and for other purposes; as 
follows:


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       Amend the title to read as follows: ``Resolution calling on 
     the Government of the People's Republic of China to 
     immediately and unconditionally release all American scholars 
     of Chinese ancestry being held in detention, calling on the 
     President of the United States to continue working on behalf 
     of the detained scholars for their release, and for other 
     purposes.''.

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