[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 26, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H7203-H7205]
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. 2643

                         Offered By: Mr. Feeney

       Amendment No. 222: Page 108, beginning on line 9, strike 
     section 414.

                               H.R. 2643

                        Offered By: Mr. Gingrey

       Amendment No. 223: Strike page 56, lines 1 through 23.

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                               H.R. 2643

                        Offered By: Mr. Gingrey

       Amendment No. 224: Strike page 56, lines 24, through page 
     57, line 11.

                               H.R. 2643

                      Offered By: Mr. King of Iowa

       Amendment No. 225: Page 18, line 23, insert ``(increased by 
     $100,000,000)'' after the first dollar amount.
       Page 58, line 3 insert ``(reduced by $49,500,000)'' after 
     the dollar amount.
       Page 59, line 3 insert ``(reduced by $49,500,000)'' after 
     the dollar amount.
       Page 66, line 23, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000)'' after 
     the dollar amount.

                               H.R. 2643

                      Offered By: Mr. King of Iowa

       Amendment No. 226: Page 111, after line 17, insert the 
     following:

                TITLE VI--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 601. No funds made available in Act shall be used by 
     the Environmental Protection Agency to run computer model 
     WinTR-55.

                               H.R. 2643

                        Offered By: Mr. Lamborn

       Amendment No. 227: None of the funds in this Act may be 
     used for the National Endowment for the Arts.

                               H.R. 2643

                        Offered By: Mr. Stearns

       Amendment No. 228: Page 2, line 15, insert (increased by 
     $2,600,000) after the dollar amount.
       Page 93, line 11, insert (reduced by $2,600,000) after the 
     dollar amount.

                               H.R. 2643

                        Offered By: Mr. Stearns

       Amendment No. 229: Page 96, line 14, insert ``(reduced by 
     $31,588,000)'' after the dollar amount.

                               H.R. 2829

                 Offered By: Mr. Garrett of New Jersey

       Amendment No. 3: At the end of title VI, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available under this Act 
     may be used by the Securities and Exchange Commission to 
     enforce the requirements of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley 
     Act with respect to non-accelerated filers, who, pursuant to 
     section 210.2-02T of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, 
     are not required to comply with such section 404 prior to 
     December 15, 2007.

                               H.R. 2829

                        Offered By: Mr. Cardoza

       Amendment No. 4: Page 65, line 17, insert after the first 
     dollar amount ``(reduced by $14,295,000)''.

                               H.R. 2829

                        Offered By: Mr. Cardoza

       Amendment No. 5: Page 65, line 17, insert after the first 
     dollar amount ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 65, line 25, insert after the first dollar amount 
     ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2829

                        Offered By: Mr. Conaway

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

                TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. It is the sense of the House of Representatives 
     that any reduction in the amount appropriated by this Act 
     achieved as a result of amendments adopted by the House 
     should be dedicated to deficit reduction.

                               H.R. 2829

                 Offered By: Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia

       Amendment No. 7: Page 48, line 15, insert after the dollar 
     amount the following: ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 48, line 17, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(increased by $334,000)''.
       Page 48, line 19, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(increased by $333,000)''.
       Page 48, line 22, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(increased by $333,000)''.
       Page 78, line 19, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2829

                        Offered By: Mr. DeFazio

       Amendment No. 8: Page 80, line 23, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 81, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2829

                        Offered By: Mr. DeFazio

       Amendment No. 9: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), add the following new title:

                TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used by the Selective Service 
     System to prepare for, plan, or execute the Area Office 
     Mobilization Prototype Exercise.

                               H.R. 2829

                       Offered By: Mr. Ellsworth

       Amendment No. 10: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. __901. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may 
     be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than 
     the simplified acquisition threshold unless the prospective 
     contractor certifies in writing to the agency awarding the 
     contract that the contractor owes no Federal tax debt. For 
     purposes of the preceding sentence, the certification 
     requirement of part 52.209-5 of the Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation shall also include a requirement for a 
     certification by a prospective contractor of whether, within 
     the three-year period preceding the offer for the contract, 
     the prospective contractor--
       (1) has or has not been convicted of or had a civil 
     judgment rendered against the contractor for violating any 
     tax law or failing to pay any tax;
       (2) has or has not been notified of any delinquent taxes 
     for which the liability remains unsatisfied; or
       (3) has or has not received a notice of a tax lien filed 
     against the contractor for which the liability remains 
     unsatisfied or for which the lien has not been released.

                               H.R. 2829

                  Offered By: Mr. Hulshof of Missouri

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

                                TITLE IX

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are 
     revised by reducing the amount made available under 
     ``Election Reform Programs'' for election assistance grants 
     and by increasing the amount made available for ``Federal 
     Drug Control Programs, High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
     Programs'' by $8,000,000.

                               H.R. 2829

                       Offered By: Mrs. Musgrave

       Amendment No. 12: Page 146, after line 22, insert the 
     following:

                TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to implement any pay adjustment under section 
     601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
     U.S.C. 31(2)).

                               H.R. 2829

                       Offered By: Mrs. Musgrave

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

                 TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISION

       Sec. 901. Each amount appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act (including Federal funds contained in 
     titles IV and VIII) that is not required to be appropriated 
     or otherwise made available by a provision of law is hereby 
     reduced by 0.5 percent.

                               H.R. 2829

                          Offered By: Mr. Wolf

       Amendment No. 14: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                                TITLE IX

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. (a) There is hereby enacted into law H.R. 473 of 
     the 110th Congress, as introduced in the House of 
     Representatives on January 16, 2007, and appropriated for the 
     Commission thereby established, $1,500,000.
       (b) The amount otherwise provided in this Act for 
     ``INDEPEDENT AGENCIES--Election Assistance--election reform 
     programs'' (for the amount specified under such heading for 
     programs under the Help America Vote Act of 2002) is hereby 
     reduced by $1,500,000.

                               H.R. 2829

                        Offered By: Mr. Sessions

       Amendment No. 15: Strike section 738 (page 117, line 9, 
     through page 124, line 13) and redesignate the succeeding 
     provisions accordingly.

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

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

                                TITLE IX

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Small Business Administration may be used for Detroit 
     Renaissance for a business district.

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

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

                                TITLE IX

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Small Business Administration may be used for the 
     Fairplex Trade and Conference Center, Pomona, California.

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

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

                                TITLE IX

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Small Business Administration may be used for the Grace 
     Johnstown Area Regional Industries Incubator and Workforce 
     Development program.

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 19: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                                TITLE IX

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Small Business Administration may be used for the 
     Mitchell County

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     Development Foundation, Inc. for the Home of the Perfect 
     Christmas Tree project.

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 20: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                                TITLE IX

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Small Business Administration may be used for the Oil 
     Region Alliance of Business, Industry and Tourism.

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 21: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                                TITLE IX

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Small Business Administration may be used for the San 
     Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, SPUR Urban 
     Center.

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 22: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                                TITLE IX

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Small Business Administration may be used for the West 
     Virginia University Research Corporation for renovations of a 
     small business incubator.

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 23: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                                TITLE IX

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Small Business Administration may be used for the 
     Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber, Salute to Success, 
     Business Entrepreneurship Incubator.

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 24: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                                TITLE IX

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Small Business Administration may be used for the City of 
     Charlotte, NC, Belvedere Business Park Project.

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 25: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                                TITLE IX

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Small Business Administration may be used for the City of 
     Los Angeles, Adams-La Brea Retail Project.

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 26: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                                TITLE IX

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Small Business Administration may be used for the 
     Historic Downtown Retail Project, Valley Economic Development 
     Center.

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 27: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                                TITLE IX

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Small Business Administration may be used for SEKTDA [SE 
     KY Tourism Development Association] for economic and small 
     business development.

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 28: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                                TITLE IX

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Small Business Administration may be used for the 
     Advantage West Economic Development Group, Certified 
     Entrepreneurial Community Program.

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 29: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                                TITLE IX

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Small Business Administration may be used for the Boston 
     Chinatown Neighborhood Center Workforce Development 
     Initiative.

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 30: Page 48, line 4, insert after the dollar 
     amount the following: ``(reduced by $500,000)''.

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By Mr. Jordan

       Amendment No. 31: At the end of bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                                TITLE IX

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. Each amount appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act (including titles IV and VIII) that is 
     not required to be appropriated or otherwise made available 
     by a provision of law is hereby reduced by 8.9 percent.

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Goode

       Amendment No. 32: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the Federal funds made available in title 
     IV or VIII may be used to implement or enforce the Health 
     Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 9-114; D.C. 
     Official Code, section 32-701 et seq.).

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Goode

       Amendment No. 33: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the Federal funds made available in title 
     IV or VIII may be used to implement or enforce the Health 
     Care Benefits Expansion Act of 1992 (D.C. Law 9-114; D.C. 
     Official Code, section 32-701 et seq.).

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Lucas

       Amendment No. 34: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the United States Government to seize or otherwise 
     take possession of, other than for value given in a sale or 
     exchange, any coin, medal or numismatic item made or issued 
     by the United States Government before January 1, 1933, that, 
     as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is not already 
     in the possession of the United States Government.

                               H.R. 2829

                          Offered By: Mr. Poe

       Amendment No. 35: Page 33, line 11, insert after the dollar 
     figure the following: ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 41, line 10, insert after the dollar figure the 
     following: ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Terry

       Amendment No. 36: Page 129, after line 21, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 744. For purposes of the provisions of law amended by 
     subparagraph (B) of section 704(a)(2) of the Ethics Reform 
     Act of 1989 (5 U.S.C. 5318 note), relating to compensation of 
     Members of Congress, no adjustment under section 5303 of 
     title 5, United States Code, shall be considered to have 
     taken effect in fiscal year 2008 in the rates of basic pay 
     for the statutory pay systems.
       Page 129, line 22, strike ``744'' and insert ``745''.