[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 18, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H3557-H3558]
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. 2361

                         Offered By: Mr. Stupak

       Amendment No. 5: 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 finalize, issue, implement, or enforce the 
     proposed policy of the Environmental Protection Agency 
     entitled ``National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
     (NPDES) Permit Requirements for Municipal Wastewater 
     Treatment During Wet Weather Conditions'', dated November 3, 
     2003 (68 Fed. Reg. 63042).

                               H.R. 2361

                        Offered By: Mr. Beauprez

       Amendment No. 6: In title III of the bill under the heading 
     ``WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)'', 
     insert after the first dollar amount on Page 76 the following 
     ``(increased by $27,500,000)''
       Insert after the first dollar amount on page 77 
     ``(increased by $27,500,000)''
       In title III of the bill in the item relating to ``NATIONAL 
     ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS--GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION'', insert 
     after the first dollar amount on Page 106 the following 
     ``(reduced by $30,000,000)''

                               H.R. 2361

                         Offered By: Mr. Chabot

       Amendment No. 7: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used for the designing or construction of forest 
     development roads in the Tongass National Forest for the 
     purpose of harvesting timber by private entities or 
     individuals.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a forest 
     development road for which construction is initiated before 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.

                               H.R. 2361

                         Offered By: Mr. Tiahrt

       Amendment No. 8: 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 promulgate regulations without outside auditing to 
     determine the authenticity of the scientific methods used to 
     develop such regulations.

                               H.R. 2361

                         Offered By: Mr. Pombo

       Amendment No. 9: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title) add the following new section:
       Sec. __. The funds appropriated in this Act under the 
     following headings are available only to the extent provided 
     for in authorizing legislation enacted before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act or on or after such date:
       (1) ``Bureau of Land Management--Range Improvements''.
       (2) ``United States Fish and Wildlife Service--Resource 
     Management''.
       (3) ``United States Fish and Wildlife Service--Cooperative 
     Endangered Species Conservation Fund''.
       (4) ``United States Fish and Wildlife Service--Neotropical 
     Migratory Bird Conservation''.
       (5) ``United States Fish and Wildlife Service--
     Multinational Species Conservation Fund''.
       (6) ``National Park Service--Historic Preservation Fund''.
       (7) ``United States Geological Survey--Surveys, 
     Investigations, and Research''.
       (8) ``Bureau of Indian Affairs--Indian Land and Water Claim 
     Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians''.
       (9) ``Indian Health Service--Indian Health Services''.
       (10) ``Indian Health Service--Indian Health Facilities''.
       (11) ``Executive Office of the President--Council on 
     Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality''.

                               H.R. 2361

                         Offered By: Mr. Hefley

       Amendment No. 10: Page 45, line 16, after the first dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(increased by $15,000,000)''.
       Page 106, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $15,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2361

                         Offered By: Mr. Hefley

       Amendment No. 11: 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 $261,591,250.

                               H.R. 2361

                         Offered By: Mr. Filner

       Amendment No. 12: In title I, in the item relating to 
     ``United States Geological Survey--surveys, investigations, 
     and research'', insert after the first dollar amount the 
     following: ``(decreased by $10,000,000)''.
       In title II, in the item relating to ``state and tribal 
     assistance grants'', insert after the first dollar amount the 
     following: ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       In title II, in the item relating to ``state and tribal 
     assistance grants'', insert after the fifth dollar amount the 
     following: ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2361

             Offered By: Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas

       Amendment No. 13: Page 68, line 14, insert ``(increased by 
     $2,000,000)'' after ``$95,500,000''.
       Page 69, line 4, insert ``(reduced by $2,000,000)'' after 
     ``$1,153,300,000''.
       Page 69, line 14, insert ``(reduced by $2,000,000)'' after 
     ``$52,000,000''.

                               H.R. 2361

                         Offered By: Mr. Istook

       Amendment No. 14: Page 53, line 24, after the period insert 
     the following: ``This section shall not apply on and after 
     any date on which the Energy Information Administration 
     publishes data (as required by section 57 of the Federal 
     Energy Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 790f)) 
     demonstrating that net imports of crude oil account for more 
     than two-thirds of oil consumption in the United States.''.

                               H.R. 2361

                         Offered By: Mr. Istook

       Amendment No. 15: At the appropriate place in the act, 
     insert the following new section: Sec. XX ``None of the funds 
     contained in this act may be used to enforce section 105 of 
     this act if the Energy Information Agency publishes data (as 
     required by section 57 of the Federal Energy Administration 
     Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 790f)) demonstrating that net imports 
     of crude oil account for more than two-thirds of oil 
     consumption in the United States.''.

                               H.R. 2361

                         Offered By: Mr. Istook

       Amendment No. 16: Page 53, beginning at line 18, strike 
     section 105.

                               H.R. 2361

                        Offered By: Mr. Grijalva

       Amendment No. 17: Page 64, line 17, after the dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(increased by $1,903,000) 
     (decreased by $1,903,000)''.

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                               H.R. 2361

                        Offered By: Mr. McGovern

       Amendment No. 18: Page 63, after line 6, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are 
     revised by reducing the amount made available for ``United 
     States Fish and Wildlife Service_landowner incentive 
     program'', and increasing the amount made available for 
     ``National Park Service_land acquisition and State 
     assistance'', by $20,000,000.

                               H.R. 2361

                  Offered By: Mr. Kennedy of Minnesota

       Amendment No. 19: Page 2, line 15, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $1,075,000)''.
       Page 3, line 7, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
     by $1,075,000)''.
       Page 10, line 25, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $1,075,000)''.