[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 22, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H7330-H7331]
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. 2799

                        Offered By: Mr. Tancredo

       Amendment No. 14: At the end of the bill after the last 
     section (preceding the short title) insert the following new 
     title:

               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 801. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Department of State to assist any foreign 
     government in the development of consular identification 
     cards.

                               H.R. 2799

                        Offered By: Mr. Tancredo

       Amendment No. 15: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 801. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
     ``DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE--Office of Justice Programs--state 
     and local law enforcement assistance'' may be used to assist 
     any State or local government entity or official that 
     prohibits or restricts any government entity or official from 
     sending to, or receiving from, the Bureau of Immigration and 
     Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security 
     information regarding the citizenship or immigration status 
     of an individual, as prohibited under section 642(a) of the 
     Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 
     of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373(a)).

                               H.R. 2799

                        Offered By: Mr. Fossella

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


  limitation on united states contributions to certain united nations 
                                entities

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for a United States contribution to any United 
     Nations commission, organization, or affiliated agency that 
     is chaired or presided over by a country, the government of 
     which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of 
     section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 
     U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)), has repeatedly provided support for 
     acts of international terrorism. None of the funds made 
     available in this Act may be used to pay expenses for any 
     United States delegation to any United Nations commission, 
     organization, or affiliated agency described in the preceding 
     sentence.

                               H.R. 2799

                         Offered By: Mr. Otter

       Amendment No. 17: 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 seek a delay under Section 3103a(b) of title 18 
     United States Code.

                               H.R. 2799

                          Offered By: Mr. Rush

       Amendment No. 18: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for the sentencing phase of any Federal prosecution 
     in which the penalty of death is sought by the United States.

                               H.R. 2799

                        Offered By: Mr. Shimkus

       Amendment No. 19: In title IV (relating to Department of 
     State and Related Agency--Administration of Foreign Affairs) 
     under the heading diplomatic and consular programs after the 
     second dollar amount insert ``(decreased by $2,000,000)''.
       In title IV (relating to Department of State and Related 
     Agency--Administration of Foreign Affairs) under the heading 
     capital investment fund after the first dollar amount insert 
     ``(decreased by $1,000,000)''.
       In title IV (relating to Department of State and Related 
     Agency--Administration of Foreign Affairs) under the heading 
     embassy security, construction, and maintenance after the 
     first dollar amount insert ``(decreased by $1,000,000)''.
       In title IV (relating to Department of State and Related 
     Agency--International Organizations) under the heading 
     contributions to international organizations after the first 
     dollar amount insert ``(decreased by $1,000,000)''.
       In title IV (relating to Department of State and Related 
     Agency--Broadcasting Board of Governors) under the heading 
     broadcasting capital improvements after the first dollar 
     amount insert ``(decreased by $500,000)''.
       In title IV (relating to Department of State and Related 
     Agency--Broadcasting Board of Governors) under the heading 
     international broadcasting operations after the first dollar 
     amount insert ``(increased by $5,500,000)''.

                               H.R. 2800

                         Offered By: Mr. Schiff

       Amendment No. 11: In the item relating to 
     ``nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related 
     programs''--
       (1) after the first dollar amount insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $15,000,000)''; and
       (2) after the second dollar amount insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $15,000,000)''.
       In the item relating to ``foreign military financing 
     program'', after the first dollar amount insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $90,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2800

                     Offered By: Mr. Ryun of Kansas

       Amendment No. 12: Page 122, after line 2, insert the 
     following:


  limitation on assistance for countries that materially hindered the 
   united states-led coalition's efforts to liberate the iraqi people

       Sec. __. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     under title II or III may be used to provide assistance for 
     any country which the Secretary of State determines 
     materially hindered the United States-led coalition's efforts 
     to liberate the Iraqi people.
       (b) The President may waive the application of subsection 
     (a) with respect to a country if the President determines 
     that national security or humanitarian reasons justify such 
     waiver. The President shall notify in writing the Speaker of 
     the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of 
     the Senate with respect to the exercise of each waiver under 
     the preceding sentence.

                               H.R. 2800

                        Offered By: Ms. McCollum

       Amendment No. 13: In the item relating to ``child survival 
     and health programs fund'', add at the end before the period 
     the following: ``: Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading for HIV/AIDS assistance, not 
     less than $200,000,000 shall be available for assistance for 
     orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS''.

                               H.R. 2800

                        Offered By: Mr. Sherman

       Amendment No. 14: Page 5, line 22, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(increased by $150,000,000)''.
       Page 6, line 21, after the second dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $150,000,000)''.
       Page 45, line 4, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
     by $200,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2800

                         Offered By: Mr. Nadler

       Amendment No. 15: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:


                  limitation on contributions to unrwa

       Sec. __. Of the amount made available in this Act for 
     contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency 
     (UNRWA), one-third of such amount shall be withheld from 
     obligation and expenditure unless and until the President 
     determines and certifies to Congress that the UNRWA has 
     established a program (including a timetable for 
     implementation of the program) for the resettlement of 
     refugees under their authority in the host countries or 
     territories of such refugees and replaces textbooks and 
     educational materials used in the UNRWA educational system 
     that promote anti-Semitism, denial of the existence and the 
     right to exist of the state of Israel, and exacerbate 
     stereotypes and tensions between the Palestinians and 
     Israelis.

                               H.R. 2800

                        Offered By: Mr. Fossella

       Amendment No. 16: Page 122, after line 2, insert the 
     following:


  limitation on united states contributions to certain united nations 
                                entities

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for a United States contribution to any United 
     Nations commission, organization, or affiliated agency that 
     is chaired or presided over by a country, the government of 
     which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of 
     section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 
     U.S.C. App. 2405(j)(1)), has repeatedly provided support for 
     acts of international terrorism. None of the funds made 
     available in this Act may be used to pay expenses for any 
     United States delegation to any United Nations commission, 
     organization, or affiliated agency described in the preceding 
     sentence.

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                               H.R. 2800

                         Offered By: Mr. Lantos

       Amendment No. 17: Page 122, after line 2, insert the 
     following:


            implementation of russian democracy act of 2002

       Sec. __. Of the amounts made available in this Act under 
     the heading ``assistance for the independent states of the 
     former soviet union'', $1,500,000 shall be made available to 
     carry out section 7 of the Russian Democracy Act of 2002 
     (Public Law 107-246).

                               H.R. 2800

                         Offered By: Mr. Lantos

       Amendment No. 18: Page 28, after line 5, insert the 
     following:
       (f) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     $1,500,000 shall be made available to carry out section 7 of 
     the Russian Democracy Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-246).

                               H.R. 2800

                         Offered By: Mr. Royce

       Amendment No. 19: Page 122, after line 2, insert the 
     following:


                       Assistance for Afghanistan

       Sec. __. For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
     of title I of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 
     (other than section 103(c) of such Act), and the amounts 
     otherwise provided for in this Act for ``child survival and 
     health programs fund'', ``development assistance'', 
     ``economic support fund'', ``migration and refugee 
     assistance'', ``nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining 
     and related programs'', ``peacekeeping operations'', and 
     assistance for Afghanistan under section 523 are reduced by, 
     $425,000,000, $21,000,000, $150,000,000, $150,000,000, 
     $72,000,000, $12,000,000, $20,000,000, and $425,000,000, 
     respectively.