[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 166 (Monday, November 17, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S14967-S14969]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

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  SA 2191. Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Carper, Mr. Brownback, Mr. 
Hagel, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. 
DeWine) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 
2150 by Mr. Bond (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2861, 
making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, 
boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 125, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:

     SEC. 418. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC HOUSING/SECTION 8 
                   MOVING TO WORK DEMONSTRATION AGREEMENTS.

       (a) Extension.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development shall extend the term of the Moving to Work 
     Demonstration Agreement entered into between a public housing 
     agency and the Secretary under section 204, title V, of the 
     Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 
     1996 (Pub. L. 104-134, April 26, 1996) if--
       (1) the public housing agency requests such extension in 
     writing;
       (2) the public housing agency is not at the time of such 
     request for extension in default under its Moving to Work 
     Demonstration Agreement; and
       (3) the Moving to Work Demonstration Agreement to be 
     extended would otherwise expire on or before December 31, 
     2004.

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       (b) Terms.--Unless the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development and the public housing agency otherwise agree, 
     the extension under subsection (a) shall be upon the 
     identical terms and conditions set forth in the extending 
     agency's existing Moving to Work Demonstration Agreement, 
     except that for each public housing agency that has been or 
     will be granted an extension to its original Moving to Work 
     agreement, the Secretary shall require that data be collected 
     so that the effect of Moving to Work policy changes on 
     residents can be measured.
       (c) Extension Period.--The extension under subsection (a) 
     shall be for such period as is requested by the public 
     housing agency, not to exceed 3 years from the date of 
     expiration of the extending agency's existing Moving to Work 
     Demonstration Agreement.
       (d) Breach of Agreement.--Nothing contained in this section 
     shall limit the authority of the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development to terminate any Moving to Work 
     Demonstration Agreement of a public housing agency if the 
     public housing agency is in breach of the provisions of such 
     agreement.

     SEC. 419. STUDY OF MOVING TO WORK PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--The General Accounting Office shall 
     conduct a study of the Moving to Work demonstration program 
     to evaluate--
       (1) whether the statutory goals of the Moving to Work 
     demonstration program are being met;
       (2) the effects policy changes related to the Moving to 
     Work demonstration program have had on residents; and
       (3) whether public housing agencies participating in the 
     Moving to Work program are meeting the requirements of the 
     Moving to Work demonstration program under law and any 
     agreements with the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the General Accounting Office shall 
     submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under 
     subsection (a).
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  SA 2192. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 2150 proposed by Mr. Bond (for himself and Ms. 
Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2861, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and 
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 106, strike line 14 and all that follows through 
     ``President'' and insert the following:
     as determined by the Administrator.

                   Executive Office of the President

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  SA 2193. Mr. DAYTON (for himself and Mr. Coleman) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2150 proposed by Mr. 
Bond (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2861, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 58, line 21, strike ``$1,112,130,000'' and insert 
     ``$1,111,030,000''.

       On page 125, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:
       Sec. 418. There shall be made available $1,100,000 to the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for the purposes 
     of making the grant authorized under section 3 of the Paul 
     and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building Act.
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  SA 2194. Mr. BOND (for Mr. Reid (for himself and Mr. Graham of 
Florida)) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2150 proposed by Mr. 
Bond (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2861, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 125, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following 
     new section:
       Sec. 418. (a) Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) During Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert 
     Storm (in this section, collectively referred to as the 
     ``First Gulf War''), the regime of Saddam Hussein committed 
     grave human rights abuses and acts of terrorism against the 
     people of Iraq and citizens of the United States.
       (2) United States citizens who were taken prisoner by the 
     regime of Saddam Hussein during the First Gulf War were 
     brutally tortured and forced to endure severe physical trauma 
     and emotional abuse.
       (3) The regime of Saddam Hussein used civilian citizens of 
     the United States who were working in the Persian Gulf region 
     before and during the First Gulf War as so-called human 
     shields, threatening the personal safety and emotional well-
     being of such civilians.
       (4) Congress has recognized and authorized the right of 
     United States citizens, including prisoners of war, to hold 
     terrorist states, such as Iraq during the regime of Saddam 
     Hussein, liable for injuries caused by such states.
       (5) The United States district courts are authorized to 
     adjudicate cases brought by individuals injured by terrorist 
     states.
       (b) It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) notwithstanding section 1503 of the Emergency Wartime 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108-11; 117 
     Stat. 579) and any other provision of law, a citizen of the 
     United States who was a prisoner of war or who was used by 
     the regime of Saddam Hussein and by Iraq as a so-called human 
     shield during the First Gulf War should have the opportunity 
     to have any claim for damages caused by the regime of Saddam 
     Hussein and by Iraq incurred by such citizen fully 
     adjudicated in the appropriate United States district court;
       (2) any judgment for such damages awarded to such citizen, 
     or the family of such citizen, should be fully enforced; and
       (3) the Attorney General should enter into negotiations 
     with each such citizen, or the family of each such citizen, 
     to develop a fair and reasonable method of providing 
     compensation for the damages each such citizen incurred, 
     including using assets of the regime of Saddam Hussein held 
     by the Government of the United States or any other 
     appropriate sources to provide such compensation.
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  SA 2195. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Jeffords, Mrs. 
Boxer, Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. Lieberman) proposed an 
amendment to amendment SA 2150 proposed by Mr. Bond (for himself and 
Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2861, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and 
offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       None of the funds provided in this Act may be expended to 
     apply, in a numerical estimate of the benefits of an agency 
     action prepared pursuant to Executive Order 12866 or section 
     812 of the Clean Air Act, monetary values for adult premature 
     mortality that differ based on the age of the adult.
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  SA 2196. Mr. BOND (for Mr. Daschle) proposed an amendment to 
amendment SA 2150 proposed by Mr. Bond (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) 
to the bill H.R. 2861, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry 
independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; 
as follows:

       At the end of title I, add the following:
       Sec. 116. Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall enter into an agreement with the Institute of Medicine 
     of the National Academy of Sciences under which agreement the 
     Institute of Medicine shall develop and evaluate 
     epidemiological studies on Vietnam veterans in accordance 
     with the recommendations of the 2003 National Academy of 
     Sciences report entitled ``Characterizing Exposure of 
     Veterans to Agent Orange and Other Herbicides Used in 
     Vietnam: Interim Findings and Recommendations''.
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  SA 2197. Mr. BOND (for Mr. Feingold) proposed an amendment to 
amendment SA 2150 proposed by Mr. Bond (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) 
to the bill H.R. 2861, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry 
independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; 
as follows:

       At the end of title I, insert the following:
       Sec. 116. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
     for the Department of Veterans Affairs by this Act or any 
     other Act may be obligated or expended to implement the 
     policy contained in the memorandum of the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs dated July 18, 2002, from the Deputy Under 
     Secretary for Health for Operations and Management with the 
     subject ``Status of VHA Enrollment and Associated Issues'' or 
     any other policy prohibiting the Directors of the Veterans 
     Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) from conducting outreach 
     or marketing to enroll new veterans within their Networks.
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  SA 2198. Mr. BOND (for Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Carper, Mr. 
Brownback, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mrs. Murray, 
and Mr. DeWine)) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2150 proposed by 
Mr. Bond (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) to the bill H.R. 2861, making

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appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, 
commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 125, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:

     SEC. 418. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC HOUSING/SECTION 8 
                   MOVING TO WORK DEMONSTRATION AGREEMENTS.

       (a) Extension.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development shall extend the term of the Moving to Work 
     Demonstration Agreement entered into between a public housing 
     agency and the Secretary under section 204, title V, of the 
     Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 
     1996 (Pub. L. 104-134, April 26, 1996) if--
       (1) the public housing agency requests such extension in 
     writing;
       (2) the public housing agency is not at the time of such 
     request for extension in default under its Moving to Work 
     Demonstration Agreement; and
       (3) the Moving to Work Demonstration Agreement to be 
     extended would otherwise expire on or before December 31, 
     2004.
       (b) Terms.--Unless the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development and the public housing agency otherwise agree, 
     the extension under subsection (a) shall be upon the 
     identical terms and conditions set forth in the extending 
     agency's existing Moving to Work Demonstration Agreement, 
     except that for each public housing agency that has been or 
     will be granted an extension to its original Moving to Work 
     agreement, the Secretary shall require that data be collected 
     so that the effect of Moving to Work policy changes on 
     residents can be measured.
       (c) Extension Period.--The extension under subsection (a) 
     shall be for such period as is requested by the public 
     housing agency, not to exceed 3 years from the date of 
     expiration of the extending agency's existing Moving to Work 
     Demonstration Agreement.
       (d) Breach of Agreement.--Nothing contained in this section 
     shall limit the authority of the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development to terminate any Moving to Work 
     Demonstration Agreement of a public housing agency if the 
     public housing agency is in breach of the provisions of such 
     agreement.

     SEC. 419. STUDY OF MOVING TO WORK PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--The General Accounting Office shall 
     conduct a study of the Moving to Work demonstration program 
     to evaluate--
       (1) whether the statutory goals of the Moving to Work 
     demonstration program are being met;
       (2) the effects policy changes related to the Moving to 
     Work demonstration program have had on residents; and
       (3) whether public housing agencies participating in the 
     Moving to Work program are meeting the requirements of the 
     Moving to Work demonstration program under law and any 
     agreements with the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the General Accounting Office shall 
     submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under 
     subsection (a).

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