[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 20, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H4369]
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. 1588

                        Offered By: Mr. DeFazio

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of title X (page 333, after 
     line 21), insert the following new section:

     SEC. __. LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR DEPLOYMENT OF THE ARMED 
                   FORCES INTO HOSTILITIES.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that among the powers granted 
     to Congress by the Constitution are the following:
       (1) The power to declare war.
       (2) The power to lay and collect taxes and to pay the debts 
     and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the 
     United States.
       (3) The powers to raise and support armies, to provide and 
     maintain a navy, to make rules for the government and 
     regulation of the land and naval forces, to provide for 
     calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the United 
     States, to suppress insurrections and repel invasion, to 
     provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, 
     and for governing such part of the militia as may be employed 
     in the service of the United States.
       (4) The power to make all laws necessary and proper for 
     carrying into execution not only its own powers but also all 
     other powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of 
     the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
       (5) The power of the purse (``No money shall be drawn from 
     the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by 
     Law'').
       (b) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act may be used for the deployment of 
     elements of the Armed Forces into hostilities outside the 
     United States or into situations where imminent involvement 
     in hostilities outside the United States is clearly indicated 
     by the circumstances unless the deployment is made in 
     accordance with the powers granted to Congress by the 
     Constitution as described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of 
     subsection (a) and relevant provisions of law.

                                H.R. 1588

                         Offered By: Mr. Hobson

       Amendment No. 2: Part II of subtitle B of title VIII is 
     amended by adding at the end (page 220, after line 12) the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 827. REQUIREMENT RELATING TO PURCHASES BY DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE SUBJECT TO BUY AMERICAN ACT.

       In applying section 2 of the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 
     10a) to acquisitions by the Department of Defense, the term 
     ``substantially all'' shall mean at least 65 percent.