[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 16, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H7020-H7021]
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. 2691

                        Offered By: Mr. Bereuter

       Amendment No. 12: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new section:
       Sec. 3____. None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used for the implementation of a competitive sourcing 
     study at the Midwest Archaeological Center in Lincoln, 
     Nebraska, or the Southeast Archaeological Center in Florida.

                               H.R. 2691

                        Offered By: Mr. Boehlert

       Amendment No. 13: Page 7, line 13, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(increased by $3,815,000)''.
       Page 14, line 8, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $6,550,000)''.
       Page 17, line 12, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 22, line 17, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 22, line 23, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 25, line 24, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $32,600,000)''.
       Page 26, line 1, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $20,000,000)''.
       Page 91, line 3, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $20,000,000)''.
       Page 97, line 17, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $7,020,000)''.
       Page 107, line 16, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(reduced by $94,985,000)''.

                               H.R. 2691

                       Offered By: Mr. Blumenauer

       Amendment No. 14: Add at the end, before the short title, 
     the following new section:
       Sec. ____. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used to enter into any new 
     commercial agricultural lease on the Lower Klamath and Tule 
     Lake National Wildlife Refuges in the States of Oregon and 
     California that permits the growing of row crops or alfalfa.

                               H.R. 2691

                    Offered By: Mr. Walden of Oregon

       Amendment No. 15: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ____. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to acquire any land or interest in land for the 
     Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge.

                               H.R. 2691

                      Offered By: Mr. King of Iowa

       Amendment No. 16: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), add the following:

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     SEC. ____. MISSOURI RIVER MANAGEMENT.

       In order for the Corps of Engineers to select revisions to 
     the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual that serve and 
     balance the diverse interests of all river uses, including 
     electric generation hydropower, flood control, navigation, 
     recreation, and environmental protection, and in order to 
     manage those uses under the Annual Operating Plan for the 
     Missouri River, during the formal consultations under the 
     Endangered Species Act of 1973 between the Corps of Engineers 
     and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service regarding a 
     new biological assessment for the Missouri River Master 
     Control Manual, none of the funds made available by this Act 
     shall be used to subject management of the Missouri River to 
     the imposition of any regulatory action under the Endangered 
     Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

                               H.R. 2691

                        Offered By: Mr. Tancredo

       Amendment No. 17: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ____. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are 
     revised by reducing the amount made available for ``National 
     Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities--National Endowment 
     for the Arts--Grants and Administration'' and by increasing 
     the amount made available for ``DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE--
     Forest Service--Wildland Fire Management'' for hazardous 
     fuels reduction activities by $57,480,000 respectively.

                               H.R. 2691

                        Offered By: Mr. DeFazio

       Amendment No. 18: At the end of section 332, relating to 
     the recreation fee demonstration program, page 151, after 
     line 6, insert the following sentence:

     The amendments made by this section apply only with respect 
     to areas under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service.