[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 119 (Wednesday, September 3, 2003)]
[House]
[Pages H7840-H7842]
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. 2989

                        Offered By: Mr. Delahunt

       Amendment No. 2: Page 157, insert the following after line 
     2:


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       Sec. 742. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to enforce any restriction on remittances to 
     nationals of Cuba or Cuban households, including remittances 
     for emigration expenses, covered by section 515.570 or 
     515.560(c) of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, other 
     than the restriction that remittances not be made from a 
     blocked source and the restriction that no member of the 
     payee's household be a senior-level government official or 
     senior-level communist party official.

                                H.R. 2989

                          Offered By: Mr. Farr

       Amendment No. 3: Page 157, after line 2, insert the 
     following:

       Sec. 742. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to disestablish any pay locality (as defined by 
     section 5302 of title 5, United States Code).

                                H.R. 2989

                  Offered By: Mr. Hastings of Florida

       Amendment No. 4: Page 5, line 21, after ``$45,000,000'' 
     insert ``(decreased by $45,000,000)''.
         Page 68, line 11, after ``$1,628,739,000'' insert 
     ``(decreased by $165,000,000)''.
         Page 91, line 1, after ``$495,000,000'' insert 
     ``(increased by $232,000,000)''.
         Page 108, line 23, after ``$35,914,000'' insert 
     ``(decreased by $22,000,000)''.

                                H.R. 2989

                  Offered By: Mr. Hastings of Florida

       Amendment No. 5: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

       Sec.__. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be used by the Office of Management and Budget, under OMB 
     Circular A-76 or any other administrative regulation, 
     directive, or policy, to require agencies--
       (1) to establish an inventory of inherently governmental 
     activities performed by Federal employees;
       (2) to establish or implement any streamlined competition 
     procedures;
       (3) to require any follow-on competition; or
       (4) to implement the tradeoff source selection process for 
     any activities other than information technology activities.

                                H.R. 2989

                         Offered By: Mr. Hefley

       Amendment No. 6: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

       Sec. __. Total appropriations made in this Act (other than 
     appropriations required to be made by a provision of law) are 
     hereby reduced by $893,000,000.

                                H.R. 2989

                          Offered By: Mr. Holt

       Amendment No. 7: Page 2, line 8, after the first dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.

       Page 43, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2989

                          Offered By: Mr. Holt

       Amendment No. 8: Page 2, line 8, after the first dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 43, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 43, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2989

                         Offered By: Ms. Hooley

       Amendment No. 9: Page 2, line 8, after the first dollar 
     amount insert the following: ``(increased by $500,000)''.
       Page 83, line 7, after the first dollar amount insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $500,000)''.

                               H.R. 2989

                   Offered By: Mr. Hoyer of Maryland

       Amendment No. 10: Page 2, line 8, after the first dollar 
     amount insert the following: ``(increased by $8,268,000)''.
       Page 5, line 21, after the dollar amount insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $8,268,000)''.

                               H.R. 2989

                      Offered By: Mr. King of Iowa

       Amendment No. 11: Page 106, insert after line 4 the 
     following:
       Sec. 511. (a) Section 301(d) of the Help America Vote Act 
     of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481(d)) is amended by striking the 
     period at the end and inserting the following: ``, or January 
     1 of the first calendar year which begins after the fiscal 
     year during which the aggregate amount appropriated for all 
     fiscal years for requirements payments under subtitle D of 
     title II is equal to or greater than $3,000,000,000, 
     whichever is later.''.
       (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act for 
     requirements payments under subtitle D of title II of the 
     Help America Vote Act of 2002 may be used to obtain any 
     voting system which is not capable of providing a permanent, 
     auditable, and individually verifiable paper record of each 
     vote cast on the system.

                               H.R. 2989

                        Offered By: Mr. LoBiondo

       Amendment No. 12: Page 10, line 8, after the first dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by 
     $2,000,000)(increased by $2,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2989

                        Offered By: Mr. LoBiondo

       Amendment No. 13: Page 11, line 16, after the first dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(increased by $39,485,000)''.

                               H.R. 2989

                        Offered By: Mrs. Maloney

       Amendment No. 14: At the end of title II insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 213.(a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated by 
     this Act may be used to assess or collect any tax liability 
     attributable to the inclusion in gross income of amounts paid 
     (from funds referred to in subsection (b)) to any person as 
     assistance on account of any property or business damaged by, 
     and for economic revitalization directly related to, the 
     terrorist attacks on the United States that occurred on 
     September 11, 2001.
       (b) Funds.--The funds referred to in this subsection are 
     amounts appropriated by--
       (1) Public Law 107-206 under the heading ``DEPARTMENT OF 
     HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, Community Planning and 
     Development'',
       (2) section 434 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
     Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107-73),
       (3) amounts appropriated by Public Law 107-38 and 
     designated by the President for community development block 
     grant purposes, and
       (4) amounts appropriated by Public Law 107-117 for the 
     Community Development Fund under the heading ``DEPARTMENT OF 
     HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY PLANNING AND 
     DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND''.
       (c) Coordination with Certain Means-tested Programs.--None 
     of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to treat 
     amounts to which subsection (a) applies as income or 
     resources for purposes of--
       (1) the United States Housing Act of 1937,
       (2) title V of the Housing Act of 1949,
       (3) section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 
     1965,
       (4) sections 221(d)(3), 235, and 236 of the National 
     Housing Act,
       (5) the Food Stamp Act of 1977, and
       (6) the Social Security Act.

                               H.R. 2989

                         Offered By: Mr. McHugh

       Amendment No. 15: At the end of the bill before the short 
     title, insert the following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be obligated or expended to establish or implement any 
     essential air service program that requires communities to 
     provide matching funds to be eligible to participate in that 
     program.

                               H.R. 2989

                         Offered By: Mr. Quinn

       Amendment No. 16:
       Page 39, line 1, strike ``$900,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$1,712,000,000''.
       Page 39, line 2, strike ``$400,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$668,000,000''.

       Page 39, lines 3 through 6, strike ``$373,000,000 for 
     quarterly grants for capital expenses along the Northeast 
     Corridor Mainline, and $127,000,000 for quarterly grants for 
     general capital improvements: Provided'' and insert 
     ``$1,044,000,000 for quarterly grants for capital 
     improvements: Provided, That the Secretary shall not obligate 
     more than $544,000,000 for quarterly grants for general 
     capital improvements before October 1, 2004: Provided 
     further, That no payments of principal or interest shall be 
     collected during fiscal year 2004 for the direct loan made to 
     the National Railroad Passenger Corporation under section 502 
     of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 
     1976 (45 U.S.C. 822): Provided further''.
       Page 157, after line 2, insert the following new section:
       Sec. 742. Each amount appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act for the Department of the Treasury that 
     is not required to be appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by a provision of law is hereby reduced by 4 
     percent.

                               H.R. 2989

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 17: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. 742. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     used during the appellate process to assist in overturning 
     the judicial ruling contained in the Memorandum and Order of 
     the United States District Court for the Southern District of 
     Illinois entered on July 31, 2003, in the action entitled 
     Kathi Cooper, Beth Harrington, and Matthew Hillesheim, 
     Individually and on Behalf of All Those Similarly Situated 
     vs. IBM Personal Pension Plan and IBM Corporation (Civil No. 
     99-829-GPM).

                               H.R. 2989

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 18: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. 742. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     used during the appellate process to participate in judicial 
     proceedings relating to the Memorandum and Order of the 
     United States District Court for the Southern District of 
     Illinois entered on July 31, 2003, in the action entitled 
     Kathi Cooper, Beth Harrington, and Matthew Hillesheim, 
     Individually and on Behalf of All Those Similarly Situated 
     vs. IBM Personal Pension Plan and IBM Corporation (Civil No. 
     99-829-GPM.).

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                               H.R. 2989

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 19: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. 742. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     used for any activity that is in contravention of the 
     judicial ruling on section 204(b) of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974, contained in the Memorandum and 
     Order of the United States District Court for the Southern 
     District of Illinois entered on July 31, 2003, in the action 
     entitled Kathi Cooper, Beth Harrington, and Matthew 
     Hillesheim, Individually and on Behalf of All Those Similarly 
     Situated vs. IBM Personal Pension Plan and IBM Corporation 
     (Civil No. 99-829-GPM) except with respect to the 
     administration of the Internal Revenue Code.

                               H.R. 2989

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 20: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. 742. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     used for any activity that is in contravention of the 
     judicial ruling on section 204(b) of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974, contained in the Memorandum and 
     Order of the United States District Court for the Southern 
     District of Illinois entered on July 31, 2003, in the action 
     entitled Kathi Cooper, Beth Harrington, and Matthew 
     Hillesheim, Individually and on Behalf of All Those Similarly 
     Situated vs. IBM Personal Pension Plan and IBM Corporation 
     (Civil No. 99-829-GPM) except with respect to the 
     administration of section 411(b)(1)(h) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code.

                               H.R. 2989

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 21: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     used by the Secretary of the Treasury for any activity to 
     finalize proposed regulations of the Secretary published in 
     the Federal Register on December 11, 2002 (relating to 
     reductions of accruals and allocations because of the 
     attainment of any age; application of nondiscrimination 
     cross-testing rules to cash balance plans) (67 FR 76123), 
     which pertain to plan amendments adopting a cash balance 
     formula.

                               H.R. 2989

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 22: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     used by the Secretary of the Treasury for any activity to 
     carry out section 9204(e) of Public Law 99-509.

                               H.R. 2989

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 23: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:

       Sec. 742. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     used for any activity that is in contravention of the 
     judicial ruling on section 204(b) of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974, contained in the Memorandum and 
     Order of the United States District Court for the Southern 
     District of Illinois entered on July 31, 2003, in the action 
     entitled Kathi Cooper, Beth Harrington, and Matthew 
     Hillesheim, Individually and on Behalf of All Those Similarly 
     Situated vs. IBM Personal Pension Plan and IBM Corporation 
     (Civil No. 99-829-GPM).

                               H.R. 2989

                        Offered By: Mr. Sessions

       Amendment No. 24: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. 742. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to operate individual Amtrak routes whose Operating 
     Ratio (defined as expenses divided by revenues, where 
     revenues include State subsidies) is identified as greater 
     than 2.0 in the February 7, 2002, report by the Amtrak Reform 
     Council entitled ``An Action Plan For the Restructuring and 
     Rationalization of the National Intercity Rail Passenger 
     System''.

                               H.R. 2989

                        Offered By: Mr. Tancredo

       Amendment No. 25: Page 17, line 16, after the dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(increased by 
     $320,000,000)''.
       Page 39, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $320,000,000)''.
       Page 39, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $120,000,000)''.
       Page 39, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $100,000,000)''.
       Page 39, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $100,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2989

                         Offered By: Ms. Waters

       Amendment No. 26: Page 15, after line 13, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 108. (a) Review.--The Secretary of Homeland Security 
     shall conduct a review of the proposed project for 
     construction of a remote passenger check-in facility at Los 
     Angeles International Airport to determine whether the 
     project as designed will protect the safety and security of 
     air passengers and the general public.
       (b) Report.--Upon completion of the review, the Secretary 
     shall transmit to Congress and the Administrator of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration a report containing the 
     results of the review.
       (c) Prohibition.--The Administrator shall not allow 
     construction of the proposed project until such time, if any, 
     as the Secretary has completed the review and determined that 
     the proposed project as designed will protect the safety and 
     security of air passengers and the general public and will 
     offer greater protection than is currently available at the 
     exiting facilities of Los Angeles International Airport.