[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 64 (Tuesday, May 8, 2012)]
[House]
[Pages H2448-H2449]
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. 5326

                      Offered By: Mr. Poe of Texas

       Amendment No. 14: 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 enforce section 221(a) of title 13, United States 
     Code, with respect to the American Community Survey.

                               H.R. 5326

                         Offered By: Mrs. Black

       Amendment No. 15: 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 by the Attorney General to participate in any lawsuit 
     that seeks to overturn, enjoin, or in any other way 
     invalidate--
       (1) Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act of 2007 
     (HB 1804), which became effective on November 1, 2007;
       (2) Missouri House Bill 390, First Regular Session 2009, 
     9th General Assembly, which became effective on August 28, 
     2009;
       (3) the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods 
     Act (SB 1070), which was signed into law in Arizona on April 
     23, 2010;
       (4) The Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act (HB 497), which 
     was signed into law in Utah on March 15, 2011;
       (5) Indiana Senate Enrolled Act No. 590, First Regular 
     Session, 117th General Assembly (2011), which was signed into 
     law on May 10, 2011;
       (6) the Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen 
     Protection Act (HB 56), which was passed by the Alabama State 
     legislature on June 9, 2011;
       (7) South Carolina Act No. 69 (SB 20), which was signed 
     into law on June 27, 2011;
       (8) the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 
     2011 (HB 87), which became effective in the State of Georgia 
     on July 1, 2011; or
       (9) an Act to amend the Indiana Code concerning education 
     (HB 1402), which became effective in the State of Indiana on 
     July 1, 2011.

                               H.R. 5326

                         Offered By: Mr. Gowdy

       Amendment No. 16: 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 enforce section 221(a) of title 13, United States 
     Code, with respect to the American Community Survey.

                               H.R. 5326

                         Offered By: Mr. Gowdy

       Amendment No. 16: 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 enforce section 221 of title 13, United States 
     Code, with respect to the American Community Survey.

                               H.R. 5326

                   Offered By: Ms. Clarke of New York

       Amendment No. 17: Page 6, line 18, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(increased by $5,311,000)''.
       Page 11, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $5,311,000)''.

                               H.R. 5326

                   Offered By: Mr. Walsh of Illinois

       Amendment No. 18: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available in this Act for 
     the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program under the heading 
     ``Department of Justice--State and Local Law Enforcement 
     Activities--Office of Justice Programs--State and Local Law 
     Enforcement Assistance'' may be made available to any State 
     or local government that violates section 642 of the Illegal 
     Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
     (8 U.S.C. 1373).

                               H.R. 5326

                         Offered By: Mr. Peters

       Amendment No. 19: Page 3, line 10, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(increased by $9,000,000)''.
       Page 65, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $17,000,000)''.
       Page 76, line 16, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,790,000)''.

                               H.R. 5326

                         Offered By: Mr. Grimm

       Amendment No. 20: Page 42, line 3, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(increased by $18,000,000)''.
       Page 42, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $18,000,000)''.
       Page 13, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $18,000,000)''.
       Page 13, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $18,000,000)''.
       Page 13, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $18,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 5326

                       Offered By: Mr. Cicilline

       Amendment No. 21: Page 5, line 17, strike ``grants'' and 
     insert ``grants, including grants authorized under section 27 
     of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 
     U.S.C. 3722)''.

                               H.R. 5326

                        Offered By: Ms. Hanabusa

       Amendment No. 22: Page 13, line 2, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(increased by $1,600,000)''.
       Page 32, line 4, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
     by $1,900,000)''.

                               H.R. 5326

                         Offered By: Mrs. Black

       Amendment No. 23: 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 by the Attorney General to originate or join in any 
     lawsuit that seeks to overturn, enjoin, or invalidate--
       (1) Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act of 2007 
     (HB 1804), which became effective on November 1, 2007;
       (2) Missouri House Bill 390, First Regular Session 2009, 
     9th General Assembly, which became effective on August 28, 
     2009;
       (3) the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods 
     Act (SB 1070), which was signed into law in Arizona on April 
     23, 2010;
       (4) The Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act (HB 497), which 
     was signed into law in Utah on March 15, 2011;
       (5) Indiana Senate Enrolled Act No. 590, First Regular 
     Session, 117th General Assembly (2011), which was signed into 
     law on May 10, 2011;
       (6) the Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen 
     Protection Act (HB 56), which was passed by the Alabama State 
     legislature on June 9, 2011;
       (7) South Carolina Act No. 69 (SB 20), which was signed 
     into law on June 27, 2011;
       (8) the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 
     2011 (HB 87), which became effective in the State of Georgia 
     on July 1, 2011; or
       (9) an Act to amend the Indiana Code concerning education 
     (HB 1402), which became effective in the State of Indiana on 
     July 1, 2011.

                               H.R. 5326

                       Offered By: Mr. Huelskamp

       Amendment No. 24: 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 in contravention of the Defense of Marriage Act 
     (Public Law 104 199).

                               H.R. 5326

                       Offered By: Mr. Huelskamp

       Amendment No. 25: 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 oppose in court any provision of Public Law 
     104 199.

                               H.R. 5326

                         Offered By: Mr. Denham

       Amendment No. 26: 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 implement section 10011(b) of Public Law 111 11.

                               H.R. 5326

                         Offered By: Mr. Denham

       Amendment No. 27: At the end of the bill (before the 
     spending reduction account) insert the following (and make 
     such technical and conforming changes as may be appropriate):
       Sec. 541.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to provide services from or for the Executive Office 
     for United States Attorneys (including the offices of United 
     States attorneys), the United States Marshals Service, or 
     employees of the Department of Justice, to carry out 
     activities located at a newly constructed Federal courthouse 
     located on a site between Broadway, Hill, First, and Second 
     Streets in Los Angeles, California.

                               H.R. 5326

                         Offered By: Mr. Engel

       Amendment No. 28: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. 542.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles, for any 
     executive fleet, or for an agency's fleet inventory, except 
     in accordance with Presidential Memorandum-Federal Fleet 
     Performance, dated May 24, 2011.

                               H.R. 5326

                   Offered By: Mr. Johnson of Georgia

       Amendment No. 29: Page 65, line 1, insert ``(reduced by 
     $26,000,000)'' after the dollar amount.

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       Page 73, line 17, insert ``(increased by $7,143,000)'' 
     after the dollar amount.

                               H.R. 5326

                         Offered By: Mr. Jones

       Amendment No. 30: Page 101, after line 10, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 542.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration for magicians or comedians.

                               H.R. 5326

                         Offered By: Mr. Jones

       Amendment No. 31: 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 develop or approve a new limited access privilege 
     program (as that term is used in section 303A of the 
     Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1853a)) for any fishery under the jurisdiction of the 
     South Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, New England, or Gulf of Mexico 
     Fishery Management Council.

                               H.R. 5326

                        Offered By: Mr. Gardner

       Amendment No. 32: 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 pay the salary of any officer or employee of the 
     Department of Commerce who uses amounts in the Fisheries 
     Enforcement Asset Forfeiture Fund of the National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration that consists of the sums 
     described in section 311(e)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens 
     Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1861(e)(1)) for any purpose other than a purpose specifically 
     authorized under such section.

                               H.R. 5326

                        Offered By: Mr. Gardner

       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 deduct from the pay of Federal employees amounts 
     for the payment of dues for a labor organization.

                               H.R. 5326

                  Offered By: Mr. Huizenga of Michigan

       Amendment No. 34: Strike section 212.

                               H.R. 5326

                Offered By: Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia

       Amendment No. 35: Page 74, lines 13 through 19, after each 
     dollar amount, insert ``(reduced to $0)''.
       Page 101, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $328,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 5326

                        Offered By: Mr. Chaffetz

       Amendment No. 36: 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 for the purpose of implementing section 36.302(c)(9) 
     of title 28, Code of Federal Regulations.

                               H.R. 5326

                Offered By: Mr. Duncan of South Carolina

       Amendment No. 37: 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 by the Department of Justice or any other Federal 
     agency to litigate the case United States of America v. The 
     State of South Carolina and Nikki R. Haley (Civil Action No. 
     2:11-cv-02958-RMG), regarding Act No. 69, as enacted by the 
     State of South Carolina on June 27, 2011.

                               H.R. 5326

                         Offered By: Mr. Duncan

       Amendment No. 38: At the end of the bill (and before the 
     short title) insert the following:
       Sec. 542.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to litigate against any of the several States on 
     behalf of the National Labor Relations Board pertaining to 
     secret ballot union elections.

                               H.R. 5326

                      Offered By: Mr. Southerland

       Amendment No. 39: 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 develop, approve, or implement a new limited 
     access privilege program (as that term is used in section 
     303A of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
     Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1853a)) that are not already 
     developed, approved, or implemented for any fishery under the 
     jurisdiction of the South Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, New 
     England, or Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.

                               H.R. 5326

                        Offered By: Mr. Scalise

       Amendment No. 40: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title) insert the following:
       Sec. 542.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
     Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Enforcement 
     Guidance Number 915.002 concerning ``Consideration of arrest 
     and conviction records in employment decisions''.

                               H.R. 5326

                   Offered By: Ms. Wilson of Florida

       Amendment No. 41: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by title II of 
     this Act shall be available to any State that has in effect 
     laws or policies that provide immunity from criminal 
     prosecution or civil action, rather than making a defense 
     available, to an individual who was a participant in an event 
     involving the use of lethal force.

                               H.R. 5326

                        Offered By: Mr. Lankford

       Amendment No. 42: 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 administer the survey, conducted by the Secretary 
     of Commerce, commonly referred to as the ``American Community 
     Survey''.

                               H.R. 5326

                       Offered By: Mr. Schweikert

       Amendment No. 43: 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 by the Department of Justice to bring any action 
     against any State for implemention of [a State law requiring 
     voter identification].

                               H.R. 5326

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 44: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  The amounts otherwise provided by this Act for 
     the Department of Justice are revised by reducing the amount 
     made available for ``Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 
     Explosives--Salaries and Expenses'', and increasing the 
     amount made available for ``Office of Justice Programs--State 
     and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'' (and the amount 
     specified under such heading for DNA-related and forensic 
     program activities and, within such specified amount, the 
     amount further specified for section 2 of the DNA Analysis 
     Backlog Elimination Act of 2000), by $34,000,000.

                               H.R. 5326

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 45: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, insert the following:
       Section __, Expressing the Sense of Congress that the 
     Department of Justice Division of Civil Rights requires the 
     appropriate funding to ensure that it can continue to serve 
     its purpose especially at a time when there have been 
     increases in the need for the Division to investigate, 
     litigate and provided outreach to those whose civil rights 
     have been violated.
       Whereas, the Division of Civil Rights was created to 
     enforce the Civil Rights Act.
       Whereas, the Civil Rights Division is a vital resource to 
     protect our civil rights. They investigate and litigate 
     discrimination in lending and foreclosures.
       Whereas, the need for strong federal enforcement has 
     increased in recent years with the disproportionate targeting 
     of minorities for subprime mortgages and other discriminatory 
     practices.
       Whereas, the Civil Rights Division enforces voting rights 
     which is one of the most important areas of Civil Rights 
     Division's responsibilities.
       Whereas, The Civil Rights Division review the thousands of 
     submissions made each year by state and local jurisdictions 
     seeking administrative preclearance for election-related 
     changes as required by the Voting Rights Act.
       Whereas, The Civil Rights Division has a duty to 
     representing the Attorney General in these types of lawsuits, 
     and to enforce the federal voting rights statutes that are 
     aimed at guaranteeing American voters the opportunity to 
     participate equally in fair and open elections free from 
     discrimination.
       Resolved, That it is the Sense of Congress that the 
     Department of Justice, General Legal Services, under which 
     the Division of Civil Liberties is funded should be funded at 
     FY 10 levels.

                               H.R. 5326

                        Offered By: Mr. Webster

       Amendment No. 46: 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 conduct the survey, conducted by the Secretary of 
     Commerce, commonly referred to as the ``American Community 
     Survey''.