[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 24, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H8398-H8399]
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. 2419

                        Offered By: Mr. Manzullo

       Amendment No. 1: Strike page 266, line 23, through page 
     267, line 10, and insert the following:
       ``(a) Payments for Conservation Practices.--The total 
     amount of payments that a person or a legal entity (except a 
     joint venture or a general partnership) may receive, directly 
     or indirectly, in any fiscal year shall not exceed--
       ``(1) $60,000 from any single program under this title 
     (other than the environmental quality incentives program) or 
     as agricultural management assistance under section 524(b) of 
     the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 524(b));
       ``(2) $125,000 from more than one program under this title 
     (other than the environmental quality incentives program) or 
     as agricultural management assistance under section 524(b) of 
     the Federal Crop Insurance Act; or
       ``(3) $450,000 from the environmental quality incentives 
     program.

                               H.R. 3704

                         Offered By: Mr. Jordan

       Amendment No. 28: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. _____. Total appropriations made in this Act are 
     hereby reduced in the amount of $3,200,000,000.

                               H.R. 3074

                      Offered By: Mr. King of Iowa

       Amendment No. 29: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. 410. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     employ workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)).

                               H.R. 3074

                      Offered By: Mr. King of Iowa

       Amendment No. 30: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. 410. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to provide homeownership assistance for applicants 
     described in 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)).

                               H.R. 3074

                      Offered By: Mr. King of Iowa

       Amendment No. 31: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, insert the following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available under this Act 
     may be used to implement the provisions of subchapter IV of 
     chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code (relating to wage 
     rate requirements; commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act).

                               H.R. 3074

                      Offered By: Mr. King of Iowa

       Amendment No. 32: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. 410. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for the Association of Community Organizations for 
     Reform Now (ACORN).

                               H.R. 3074

                        Offered By: Mr. McHenry

       Amendment No. 33: 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 award a grant or contract based on the race, 
     ethnicity, or sex of the applicant or prospective contractor 
     or subcontractor.

                               H.R. 3074

                       Offered By: Mrs. Musgrave

       Amendment No. 34: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. Appropriations made in this Act are hereby reduced 
     in the amount of $253,690,000.

                               H.R. 3074

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 35: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. 410. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
     the mortgage insurance programs under title II of the 
     National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1707 et seq.) may be used for 
     any housing trust fund established under title II of the 
     Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
     12721 et seq.).

                               H.R. 3093

                       Offered By: Mrs. Blackburn

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

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 701. None of the funds made available in this Act 
     shall be used to initiate a civil action, or participate in a 
     civil action initiated after the date of enactment of this 
     act, by or on the behalf of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
     Commission against an entity on the grounds that the entity 
     requires an employee to speak English while engaged in work.

                               H.R. 3093

                Offered By: Mr. English of Pennsylvania

       Amendment No. 22: Page 11, line 19, after the dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 68, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3093

                        Offered By: Mr. Gingrey

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

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 701. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     used by the Director of the

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     Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to pay 
     the compensation of employees of the Bureau of Alcohol, 
     Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to test and examine firearms 
     without written and published testing standards.

                               H.R. 3093

                         Offered By: Mr. Jordan

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

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 701. Each amount appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act that is not required to be appropriated 
     or otherwises made available by a provision of law is hereby 
     reduced by 6.0 percent.

                               H.R. 3093

                         Offered By: Mr. Pence

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

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 701. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to enforce the amendments made by subtitle A of title 
     II of Public Law 107-155.

                               H.R. 3093

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 26: Page 16, line 20, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 65, line 21, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3093

                   Offered By: Mr. Rogers of Michigan

       Amendment No. 27: Page 11, line 19, insert after the dollar 
     amount the following: ``(reduced by $16,000,000)''.
       Page 29, line 19, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(increased by $16,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3093

                        Offered By: Mr. Capuano

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

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 701. For grants for young witness assistance, as 
     authorized by section 1136 of the Violance Against Women and 
     Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 
     109-162), and the amount otherwise provided by this Act for 
     ``Department of Justice, General Administration, Salaries and 
     Expenses'' is hereby reduced by, $3,000,000.

                               H.R. 3093

                         Offered By: Ms. Sutton

       Amendment No. 29: Page 85, add the following after line 24:

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 701. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the United States Trade Representative for any 
     lobbying activities, or any lobbying activities that are 
     coordinated with private interests, for the purpose of 
     influencing Members of Congress or the public to support or 
     oppose a legislative proposal or free trade agreement that is 
     pending before the Congress.

                               H.R. 3093

                         Offered By: Ms. Sutton

       Amendment No. 30: Page 85, add the following after line 24:

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 701. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to implement any free trade agreement that enters 
     into force after the enactment of this Act unless the United 
     States Trade Representative has certified that jobs in the 
     United States will not be lost because of the agreement.

                               H.R. 3093

                         Offered By: Ms. Sutton

       Amendment No. 31: Page 70, line 17, insert the following 
     before the period: ``: Provided further, That of the amounts 
     made available under this heading, at least $10,000,000 shall 
     be used only to reduce the barriers to exports of United 
     States goods and services identified in the 2007 National 
     Trade Estimates report, giving priority to those barriers 
     that result in the greatest opportunities for United States 
     goods and services: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     made available in the preceding proviso may be used to 
     negotiate any free trade agreement, with any country, that 
     has not been signed by the parties before the date of 
     enactment of this Act''.

                               H.R. 3093

                         Offered By: Ms. Sutton

       Amendment No. 32: Page 70, line 17, insert the following 
     before the period: ``: Provided further, That of the amounts 
     made available under this heading, at least $1,000,000 shall 
     be used only for monitoring, enforcement, and oversight of 
     trade laws and rules relating to the People's Republic of 
     China''.

                               H.R. 3093

               Offered By: Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California

       Amendment No. 33: Page 16, line 20, strike ``$58,693,000'' 
     (reduced by $7,500,000).
       Page 21, line 7, strike ``$104,777,000'' (reduced by 
     $20,000,000).
       Page 30, line 10, strike ``$33,191,000'' (reduced by 
     $7,500,000).
       Page 42, line 8, strike ``$1,315,000,000'' (increased by 
     $40,000,000).
       Page 43, line 3, strike ``$405,000,000'' (increased by 
     $40,000,000).