[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 22, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H4460-H4461]
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. 2219

                        Offered By: Mr. Sherman

       Amendment No. 8: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used in contravention of the War Powers Resolution (50 
     U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).

                               H.R. 2219

                       Offered By: Mr. Blumenauer

       Amendment No. 9: Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $15,000,000)''.

       Page 31, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $15,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2219

                       Offered By: Mr. Blumenauer

       Amendment No. 10: Page 127, line 18, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $15,000,000) (increased by 
     $15,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2219

                      Offered By: Mrs. Christensen

       Amendment No. 11: Page 124, after line 23, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
     the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs, shall develop a lung cancer mortality 
     reduction program for members of the Armed Forces and 
     veterans whose smoking history and exposure to carcinogens 
     during active duty service has increased their risk for lung 
     cancer and shall implement a program of coordinated care for 
     members of the Armed Forces and veterans diagnosed with lung 
     cancer.

                               H.R. 2219

                          Offered By: Mr. Cole

       Amendment No. 12: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), add the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Department of Defense for the use of military 
     force in or against Libya until such a time that the 
     President formally requests and receives from Congress an 
     authorization for the use of military force in or against 
     Libya.

                               H.R. 2219

                          Offered By: Mr. Cole

       Amendment No. 13: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), add the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Department of Defense to furnish military 
     equipment, military training or advice, or other support for 
     military activities, to any group or individual, not part of 
     a country's armed forces, for the purpose of assisting that 
     group or individual in carrying out military activities in or 
     against Libya.

                               H.R. 2219

                         Offered By: Mr. Berman

       Amendment No. 14: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), add the following:
       Sec. __. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be obligated or expended for assistance for the benefit 
     of a Hezbollah-dependent Government of Lebanon, including 
     assistance provided pursuant to section 1206 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 
     109-163; 119 Stat. 3456).
       (b) The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the 
     Secretary of State, may waive the prohibition in subsection 
     (a) if the Secretary of Defense determines and certifies in 
     writing to the appropriate congressional committees that such 
     waiver is vital to the national security interests of the 
     United States.
       (c)(1) Not more than 15 days after the exercise of any 
     waiver under subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
     describing--
       (A) the vital national security interests requiring the 
     waiver; and
       (B) a description of the potential impact of the waiver on 
     United States regional interests.
       (2) The report required under paragraph (1) may include a 
     classified annex.
       (d) In this section--
       (1) the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (2) the term ``Hezbollah-dependent Government of Lebanon'' 
     means--
       (A) a Lebanese government in which Hezbollah is the 
     majority element in a governing coalition;
       (B) a Lebanese government in which Hezbollah is the 
     architect or primary forger of the governing coalition; or
       (C) a Lebanese government which depends on Hezbollah, even 
     from outside that government, for its parliamentary majority.

                               H.R. 2219

                         Offered By: Mr. Quayle

       Amendment No. 15: Page 12, line 17, insert after the dollar 
     amount the following: ``(increased by $144,000,000)''.
       Page 31, line 17, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(reduced by $144,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2219

                   Offered By: Mr. Burton of Indiana

       Amendment No. 16: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to make a contribution to the military budget of the 
     North Atlantic Treaty Organization in excess of $408,100,000.

                               H.R. 2219

                   Offered By: Mr. Burton of Indiana

       Amendment No. 17: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), add the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to directly or indirectly support operations in 
     Libya.

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                               H.R. 2219

                   Offered By: Mr. Burton of Indiana

       Amendment No. 18: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act for 
     a military mission of the Armed Forces may be diverted from 
     such military mission to achieve non-mission related 
     objectives for members of the Armed Forces serving in combat 
     zones.

                               H.R. 2219

                   Offered By: Mr. Burton of Indiana

       Amendment No. 19: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to perform (or to permit the performance of) a 
     marriage or civil union ceremony that does not comply with 
     the definition of marriage in section 7 of title 1, United 
     States Code (the Defense of Marriage Act) or to permit the 
     use of a military installation or other land under the 
     jurisdiction of the Department of Defense as the site of a 
     marriage or civil union ceremony that does not comply with 
     the definition of marriage in such section.

                               H.R. 2219

                   Offered By: Mr. Burton of Indiana

       Amendment No. 20: Page 35, line 15, after the dollar amount 
     insert the following: ``(reduced by $51,865,000)''.

                               H.R. 2219

                    Offered By: Mr. Broun of Georgia

       Amendment No. 21: Page 30, line 18, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $9,140,000)''.
       Page 31, line 17, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $9,140,000)''.

                               H.R. 2219

                    Offered By: Mr. Broun of Georgia

       Amendment No. 22: Page 31, line 6, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $4,424,000)''.
       Page 31, line 17, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $4,424,000)''.

                               H.R. 2219

                    Offered By: Mr. Broun of Georgia

       Amendment No. 23: Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $216,556,400)''.
       Page 161, line 12, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $216,556,400)''.

                               H.R. 2219

                    Offered By: Mr. Broun of Georgia

       Amendment No. 24: Page 30, line 11, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $25,798,000)''.
       Page 161, line 12, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $25,798,000)''.

                               H.R. 2219

                    Offered By: Mr. Broun of Georgia

       Amendment No. 25: Page 30, line 11, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $22,796,000)''.
       Page 161, line 12, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $22,796,000)''.

                               H.R. 2219

                    Offered By: Mr. Broun of Georgia

       Amendment No. 26: Page 30, line 18, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $21,714,000)''.
       Page 161, line 12, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $21,714,000)''.

                               H.R. 2219

                  Offered By: Mrs. Miller of Michigan

       Amendment No. 27: Page 12, line 17, insert after the dollar 
     amount the following: ``(increased by $144,000,000)''.
       Page 31, line 17, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(reduced by $144,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2219

                  Offered By: Mrs. Miller of Michigan

       Amendment No. 28: Page 8, line 2, insert after the dollar 
     amount the following: ``(reduced by $449,901,000)''.
       Page 161, line 12, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(increased by $449,901,000)''.

                               H.R. 2219

                        Offered By: Mr. Kucinich

       Amendment No. 29: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), add the following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for military operations against Libya.

                               H.R. 2219

                         Offered By: Mr. Flores

       Amendment No. 30: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), add the following new section:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to enforce section 526 of the Energy Independence and 
     Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-140; 42 U.S.C. 17142).