[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 83 (Wednesday, June 16, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H4287-H4289]
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. 4567

                 Offered By: Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania

       Amendment No. 12: Add at the end (before the short title) 
     the following new section:
       Sec. __. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are 
     revised by reducing the amount made available under title I 
     for ``Office of the Under Secretary for Management'' and by 
     increasing the amount made available under title III for 
     ``firefighter assistance grants'', both by $50,000,000, and 
     of the amounts appropriated for ``firefighter assistance 
     grants'' $50,000,000 is available for grants under section 34 
     of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 
     U.S.C. 2229a).

                               H.R. 4567

                        Offered By: Mr. Sherman

       Amendment No. 13: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

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       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for processing the importation of any article which 
     is the product of Iran.

                               H.R. 4567

                        Offered By: Mr. Sherman

       Amendment No. 14: 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 for processing the importation of any article which 
     is the product of Iran and for which there is no duty.

                               H.R. 4567

                        Offered By: Mr. Sweeney

       Amendment No. 15: In title III, under the heading ``Office 
     for State and Local Government Coordination and 
     Preparedness_State and local programs'', after the second 
     dollar amount insert ``(reduced by $450,000,000)''.
       In title III, under the heading ``Office for State and 
     Local Government Coordination and Preparedness_State and 
     local programs'', before the semicolon at the end of 
     paragraph (1) insert ``: Provided further, That the amount of 
     any grant to a State in excess of any statutorily required 
     minimum amount shall be made on the basis of an assessment of 
     the risk of terrorism with respect to threat, vulnerability, 
     and consequences''.
       In title III, under the heading ``Office for State and 
     Local Government Coordination and Preparedness_State and 
     local programs'', after the fourth dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $450,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4567

                        Offered By: Mr. Sweeney

       Amendment No. 16: In title III, under the heading ``Office 
     for State and Local Government Coordination and 
     Preparedness_State and local programs'', before the semicolon 
     at the end of paragraph (1) insert ``: Provided further, That 
     the amount of any grant to a State in excess of any 
     statutorily required minimum amount shall be made on the 
     basis of an assessment of the risk of terrorism with respect 
     to threat, vulnerability, and consequences''.

                               H.R. 4567

                        Offered By: Mr. DeFazio

       Amendment No. 17: Page 14, strike the proviso beginning on 
     line 5.

                               H.R. 4567

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 18: Page 34, line 22, after the dollar amount 
     insert the following: ``(increased by $36,000,000)(reduced by 
     $36,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4567

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 19: Page 22, line 25, and page 23, line 2, 
     after the dollar amount in each place, insert ``(increased by 
     $20,000,000)''.
       Page 29, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $20,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4567

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 20: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, insert the following:
       Sec. __. The amounts made available under title I, and the 
     amount made available in title III under the item relating to 
     ``Office for State and Local Government-firefighter 
     assistance grants'' are reduced, on a prorated basis, and 
     increased by $146,000,000 and $146,000,000, respectively.

                               H.R. 4567

                    Offered By: Mr. Turner of Texas

       Amendment No. 21: In title I, in the item relating to 
     ``Office of the Under Secretary for Management'', insert 
     after the first dollar amount the following: ``(reduced by 
     $1,000,000)''.
        In title II, in the item relating to ``Customs and Border 
     Protection--salaries and expenses'', insert after the first 
     dollar amount the following: ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4567

                    Offered By: Mr. Turner of Texas

       Amendment No. 22: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. For additional expenses, not otherwise provided 
     for, necessary to procure, install, and operate radiation 
     portal monitoring technology to improve the security of our 
     homeland due to the global war on terrorism, $200,000,000 to 
     remain available until expended: Provided that the entire 
     amount is designated an emergency requirement pursuant to 
     section 402(a) of the conference report to accompany S. Con. 
     Res. 95 (108th Congress): Provided further, That the funds 
     made available only to the extent that an official budget 
     request for all of the funds is transmitted by the President 
     to the Congress and includes designation of the amount of 
     that request as an emergency and essential to support 
     homeland security activities: Provided further, That the 
     funds made available under this heading shall be available 
     for Customs and Border Protection salaries and expenses: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     shall notify the Committees on Appropriations fifteen days 
     prior to the transfer of funds made available under the 
     previous proviso: Provided further, That the transfer 
     authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 
     other transfer authority available to the Department of 
     Homeland Security.

                               H.R. 4567

                     Offered By: Mr. Ryun of Kansas

       Amendment No. 23: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title) insert the following new section:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to amend the oath of allegiance required by section 
     337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1448).

         [Submitted June 17 (legislative day of June 16), 2004]

                               H.R. 4568

                       Offered By: Ms. Slaughter

       Amendment No. 9: Page 46, line 16, strike ``$93,051,000'' 
     and insert ``$79,551,000''.
       Page 46, line 22, strike ``, to'' and insert ``shall''.
       Page 46, beginning on line 23, strike ``, shall remain 
     available until expended for a departmental financial and 
     business management system''.
       Page 103, line 14, strike ``$120,972,000'' and insert 
     ``$130,972,000''.
       Page 104, line 5, strike ``$122,377,000'' and insert 
     ``$125,877,000''.

                               H.R. 4568

                        Offered By: Mr. DeFazio

       Amendment No. 10: In title II, in the item relating to 
     ``wildland fire management'', insert after the first dollar 
     amount and the third dollar amount (relating to hazardous 
     fuels reduction activities) the following: ``(increased by 
     $19,700,000)''.
       In title II, in the item relating to ``fossil energy 
     research and development'', insert after the first dollar 
     amount the following: ``(reduced by $19,700,000)''.

                               H.R. 4568

                         Offered By: Ms. Norton

       Amendment No. 11: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new title:

                 TITLE V--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 501. The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
     National Park Service, shall conduct a study on the rate of 
     crime (including reports, citations, and arrests) and the 
     number of traffic accidents in units of the National Park 
     System, particularly units located in high-population density 
     areas, units with high-visitor usage, and roadways under the 
     jurisdiction of the National Park Service with high-traffic 
     volumes, during the period beginning on January 1, 1998, and 
     ending on the date of the enactment of this Act. Not later 
     than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary shall transmit a report with the results of the 
     study to the Committee on Resources in the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources in the Senate.

                               H.R. 4568,

                         Offered By: Mr. Hunter

       Amendment No. 12: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, insert the following new section:
       Sec. __. None of the funds provided under this Act may be 
     used for the salaries and expenses of any employee for the 
     expenditure of any fee collected under Section 315(f) of the 
     Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 
     Act, 1996 (as contained in Section 101(c) of Public Law 104-
     134) for the costs, in whole or in part, of the biological 
     monitoring for a species that is included in a list published 
     under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(c)), 
     or that is a candidate for inclusion in such a list.

                               H.R. 4568

                    Offered By: Ms. Hooley of Oregon

       Amendment No. 13: Page 68, line 5, insert after the dollar 
     amount the following: ``(increased by $6,000,000)''.
       Page 69, line 10, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(increased by $6,000,000)''.
       Page 85, line 3, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(reduced by $6,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4568

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 14: Page 85, Line 3, after the dollar amount 
     insert (``increased by $1,000,000, decreased by 
     $1,000,000'').

                               H.R. 4568

                       Offered By: Ms. Slaughter

       Amendment No. 15: Page 47, line 4, after ``Appropriations'' 
     insert ``Provided further: That amounts otherwise 
     appropriated by this Act for motor vehicle lease, purchase or 
     service costs at the Department of the Interior are reduced 
     by $13,500,000 and, not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     a listing of the amounts by account of the reductions made 
     pursuant to this proviso ''.
       Page 103, line 14, strike ``$120,972,000'' and insert 
     ``$130,972,000''.
       Page 104, line 5, strike ``$122,377,000'' and insert 
     ``$125,877,000''.

                               H.R. 4568

                         Offered By: Mr. Weiner

       Amendment No. 16: At the end of title III (page 136, after 
     line 4) add the following:

       Sec. __. The Secretary of the Interior shall, on and after 
     the commencement of the Republican National Convention in 
     2004, provide public access to the Statue of Liberty 
     substantially equivalent to the access provided before 
     September 11, 2001.

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                               H.R. 4568

                         Offered By: Ms. Norton

       Amendment No. 17: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new title:

                 TITLE V--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 501. The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
     National Park Service, shall conduct a study on the rate of 
     crime (including reports, citations, and arrests) and the 
     number of traffic accidents in units of the National Park 
     System, particularly units located in high-population density 
     areas, units with high-visitor usage, and roadways under the 
     jurisdiction of the National Park Service with high-traffic 
     volumes, during the period beginning on January 1, 1998, and 
     ending on the date of the enactment of this Act. Not later 
     than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary shall transmit a report with the results of the 
     study to the Committee on Resources in the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources in the Senate.

                               H.R. 4568

                        Offered By: Mr. Hinchey

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

                 TITLE V--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 501. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to kill, or assist other persons in killing, any 
     bison in the Yellowstone National Park herd.

                               H.R. 4568

                         Offered By: Ms. Kaptur

       Amendment No. 19: On page 87 after line 21, insert the 
     following provision:


                   ethanol and biodiesel fuel reserve

       The Secretary of Energy may annually acquire and store as 
     part of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 300,000,000 gallons 
     of ethanol and 100,000,000 gallons of biodiesel fuel. Such 
     fuels shall be obtained in exchange for, or purchased with 
     funds realized from the sale of, crude oil from the Strategic 
     Petroleum Reserve.