[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 27, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H603]
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. 1

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 2: At the appropriate place in the bill, 
     insert the following:


           LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND STATE ASSISTANCE

       For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement of 
     facilities related to the revitalization of state and local 
     parks and recreation facilities, $125,000,000 is made 
     available under the Land and Water Conservation Act Stateside 
     Assistance Program, as amended (16 U.S.C. 4601(4)-(11)), 
     except that such funds shall not be subject to the matching 
     requirements in section 4601-89(c) of that Act:


                          URBAN PARKS (UPARR)

       For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement of 
     facilities related to the revitalization of urban parks and 
     recreation facilities, $100,000,000 is made available under 
     the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 13 (16 
     U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), except that such funds shall not be 
     subject to the matching requirements in section 2505 (a) of 
     the Act: Provided, That the amount set aside from this 
     appropriation pursuant to section 1106 of this Act shall be 
     not more than 5 percent instead of the percentage specified 
     in such section and such funds are to remain available until 
     expended: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 2504 
     of the UPARR Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-625), any local government 
     within a Bureau of the Census defined metropolitan 
     statistical area may apply for assistance under the UPARR 
     program. Cities and counties meeting this criterion, but not 
     among the originally designated eligible units of government, 
     would have to include the required distress factors as part 
     of their applications for funding.

                                 H.R. 1

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 3: At the appropriate place in title VIII of 
     the bill, insert the following:
       Provided further, That no funds shall be precluded from 
     being dispensed for use for the restoration, creation, or 
     maintenance of local and community parks.

                                 H.R. 1

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 4: Page 175, strike lines 1 through 8.
       Page 647, after line 12, insert the following new section 
     and make the necessary conforming change in the table of 
     contents:

     SEC. 7008. SPECIAL RULE ON CONTRACTING.

       Each local agency receiving a grant or money under this Act 
     shall ensure that, if the agency carries out modernization, 
     renovation, or repair through a contract, the process for any 
     such contract ensures the maximum number of qualified 
     bidders, including local, small, minority, women- and 
     veteran-owned businesses, through full and open competition.