[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 131 (Wednesday, October 3, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H6260-H6261]
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. 2646

                       Offered By: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 66: Page 361, add after line 3 the following:

                            TITLE X--REPORTS

     SEC. 1001. ANNUAL REPORT ON IMPORTS OF BEEF AND PORK.

       The Secretary shall submit to the Congress an annual report 
     on the amount of beef and pork that is imported into the 
     United States each calendar year.

                               H.R. 2883

                          Offered By: Mr. Goss

       Amendment No. 1: Strike the heading of section 306 (page 
     12, lines 1 and 2) and insert the following:

     SEC. 306. COMMISSION ON NATIONAL SECURITY READINESS.

       Page 12, beginning on line 4, strike ``Commission on 
     Preparedness and Performance of the Federal Government for 
     the September 11 Acts of Terrorism'' and insert ``Commission 
     on National Security Readiness''.
       Page 12, strike lines 9 through 17 and insert the 
     following:
       (1) Review.--With respect to the acts of terrorism 
     committed against the United States on September 11, 2001, 
     the Commission shall review the national security readiness 
     of the United States to identify structural impediments to 
     the effective collection, analysis, and sharing of 
     information on

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     national security threats, particularly terrorism. For 
     purposes of the preceding sentence, the scope of the review 
     shall include--
       Page 13, line 8, strike ``subsection (g)'' and insert 
     ``subsection (f)''.
       Page 13, line 11, strike ``10'' and insert ``8''.
       Page 13, line 13, strike ``4'' and insert ``2''.
       Page 13, after line 21, insert the following new paragraph 
     and redesignate the succeeding paragraphs accordingly:
       (2) Qualifications.--(A) A member of the Commission shall 
     have substantial Federal law enforcement, intelligence, or 
     military experience with appropriate security clearance.
       (B) A member of the Commission may not be a full-time 
     officer or employee of the United States.
       Page 16, beginning on line 5, strike ``hold hearings,''.
       Page 16, beginning on line 8, strike ``The Commission'' and 
     all that follows through the end of line 9.
       Strike paragraph (6) of section 306(e) (page 17, beginning 
     on line 7 through page 19, line 3) and redesignate the 
     succeeding paragraph accordingly).
       Page 19, line 10, strike ``6 months'' and insert ``one 
     year''.
       Page 19, beginning on line 17, by striking ``subsection 
     (g)'' and insert ``subsection (f)''.

                               H.R. 2883

                         Offered By: Mr. LaHood

       Amendment No. 2: Page 12, beginning on line 1, strike 
     section 306 (page 12, line 1, through page 19, line 18).

                               H.R. 2883

                        Offered By: Mr. Simmons

       Amendment No. 3: At the end of title IV, page 21, after 
     line 12, insert the following new section:

     SEC. 404. FULL REIMBURSEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY 
                   INSURANCE OF COUNTERTERRORISM EMPLOYEES.

       Section 406(a)(2) of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106-567; 114 Stat. 2849; 5 
     U.S.C. prec. 5941 note) is amended by striking ``one-half'' 
     and inserting ``100 percent''.

                               H.R. 2883

                       Offered By: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 4: Page 19, line 15, strike the period and 
     insert the following: ``, and shall include a comprehensive 
     assessment of security at the borders of the United States 
     with respect to terrorist and narcotic interdiction 
     efforts.''.

                               H.R. 2883

                       Offered By: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 5: At the end of title III (page 19, after 
     line 18), insert the following new section:

     SEC. __. COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT AND SENSE OF 
                   CONGRESS REGARDING PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE 
                   EQUIPMENT, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES.

       (a) Compliance With Buy American Act.--No funds authorized 
     to be appropriated in this Act may be provided to a person or 
     entity unless the person or entity agrees to comply with the 
     Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c) in the expenditure of 
     the funds.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--In the case of any equipment, 
     products, or services that may be authorized to be purchased 
     using funds authorized to be appropriated in this Act, it is 
     the sense of Congress that recipients of such funds should, 
     in expending the funds, purchase only American-made 
     equipment, products, and services.

                               H.R. 2883

                          Offered By: Mr. Wolf

       Amendment No. 6: At the end of title III (page 19, after 
     line 18) insert the following new section:

     SEC. 307. IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATIONAL 
                   COMMISSION ON TERRORISM.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of Central 
     Intelligence, in cooperation with the heads of the 
     departments and agencies of the United States involved, shall 
     implement the recommended changes to counterterrorism policy 
     in preventing and punishing international terrorism directed 
     toward the United States contained in the report submitted to 
     the President and the Congress by the National Commission on 
     Terrorism established in section 591 of Omnibus Consolidated 
     and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public 
     Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-210).
       (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, if the Director of Central 
     Intelligence determines that one or more of the recommended 
     changes referred to in subsection (a) will not be 
     implemented, the Director shall submit to Congress a report 
     containing a detailed explanation of that determination.