[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 29, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H2656-H2658]
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. 2028

                         Offered By: Mr. Engel

       Amendment No. 7: 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 Energy, the Department of the 
     Interior, or any other Federal agency 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. 2028

                     Offered By: Mr. Weber of Texas

       Amendment No. 8: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, insert the following new section:
       Sec. 507.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for the Cape Wind Energy Project on the Outer 
     Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, Nantucket Sound.

                               H.R. 2028

                        Offered By: Ms. Bonamici

       Amendment No. 9: Page 21, line 5, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(increased by $9,000,000)''.
       Page 27, line 13, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
     by $9,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2028

                         Offered By: Mr. Gosar

       Amendment No. 10: 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 Department of Energy's Climate Model 
     Development and Validation program.

                               H.R. 2028

                         Offered By: Mr. Barton

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

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       Sec. __.  The Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
     Chief of Engineers, shall accept from the Trinity River 
     Authority of Texas, if received by October 31, 2015, 
     $30,191,026 as payment in full of amounts owed to the United 
     States, including any accrued interest, for water supply 
     storage space in Joe Pool Lake, Texas (previously known as 
     Lakeview Lake), under contract number DACW63-76-C-0106.

                               H.R. 2028

                       Offered By: Mrs. Blackburn

       Amendment No. 12: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  Each amount made available by this Act is hereby 
     reduced by 1 percent.

                               H.R. 2028

                       Offered By: Mrs. Blackburn

       Amendment No. 13: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, add the following new section:
       Sec. 507.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to finalize, promulgate, or enforce the Department of 
     Energy's proposed rule entitled ``Energy Conservation Program 
     for Consumer Products: Energy Conservation Standards for 
     Residential Furnaces'' (80 Fed. Reg. 48: March 12, 2015).

                               H.R. 2028

                      Offered By: Mr. King of Iowa

       Amendment No. 14: 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 attendance at, or participation in, the twenty-
     first session of the Conference of Parties (COP 21) to the 
     United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 
     Paris, France, in 2015.

                               H.R. 2028

                          Offered By: Mr. Dent

       Amendment No. 15: At the end of title III, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Department of Energy to finalize, implement, 
     or enforce the proposed rule entitled ``Standards Ceiling 
     Fans and Ceiling Fan Light Kits'' and identified by 
     regulation identification number 1904-AC87.

                               H.R. 2028

                      Offered By: Mr. Luetkemeyer

       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 continue the study conducted by the Army Corps of 
     Engineers pursuant to section 5018(a)(1) of the Water 
     Resources Development Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-114).

                               H.R. 2028

                 Offered By: Mr. Swalwell of California

       Amendment No. 17:
       Page 21, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $25,500,000)''.
       Page 22, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $34,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2028

                   Offered By: Ms. Castor of Florida

       Amendment No. 18:
       At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  For an additional amount for ``Corps of 
     Engineers-Civil--Expenses'' for the Water Infrastructure 
     Public-Private Partnership Pilot Program, as authorized in 
     section 5014 of the Water Resources Reform and Development 
     Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-121; 33 U.S.C. 2201 note), there 
     is hereby appropriated, and the amount otherwise made 
     available by this Act for ``Corps of Engineers-Civil--Office 
     of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works'' is 
     hereby reduced by, $2,375,000.

                               H.R. 2028

                   Offered By: Ms. Castor of Florida

       Amendment No. 19:
       Page 21, line 5, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $266,161,000)''.
       Page 22, line 20, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
     by $355,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2028

                        Offered By: Mr. Fleming

       Amendment No. 20:
       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 to carry 
     out section 301 of the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 (42 
     U.S.C. 16421a; added by section 402 of the American Recovery 
     and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)).

                               H.R. 2028

                       Offered By: Mr. Pittenger

       Amendment No. 21:
       At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 507.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to issue loans under title XVII of the Energy Policy 
     Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16511 et seq.).

                               H.R. 2028

                        Offered By: Mr. Grayson

       Amendment No 22: 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 enter into a contract with any offeror or any of 
     its principals if the offeror certifies, as required by 
     Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any of 
     its principals:
       (A) within a three-year period preceding this offer has 
     been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against it 
     for: commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection 
     with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public 
     (Federal, State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation 
     of Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the 
     submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, 
     forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, 
     making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal 
     criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; or
       (B) are presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or 
     civilly charged by a governmental entity with, commission of 
     any of the offenses enumerated above in subsection (A); or
       (C) within a three-year period preceding this offer, has 
     been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in an amount 
     that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability remains 
     unsatisfied.

                               H.R. 2029

                        Offered By: Mr. O'Rourke

       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, 
     including the funds made available for ``construction, major 
     projects'', may be used to increase the funding for any 
     Department of Veterans Affairs major medical facility 
     project, as defined in paragraph (3)(A) of subsection (a) of 
     section 8104 of title 38, United States Code, that is under 
     construction as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     above the amount specified in the prospectus for such project 
     submitted under subsection (b) of such section and the 
     detailed estimate of costs for such project submitted under 
     paragraph (1) of such subsection.

                               H.R. 2029

                         Offered By: Mr. Engel

       Amendment No. 9: 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 Defense, the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, or any other Federal agency 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. 2029

                        Offered By: Mr. Grayson

       Amendment No. 10: 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 enter into a contract with any offeror or any of 
     its principals if the offeror certifies, as required by 
     Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any of 
     its principals:
       (A) within a three-year period preceding this offer has 
     been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against it 
     for: commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection 
     with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public 
     (Federal, State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation 
     of Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the 
     submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, 
     forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, 
     making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal 
     criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; or
       (B) are presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or 
     civilly charged by a governmental entity with, commission of 
     any of the offenses enumerated above in subsection (A); or
       (C) within a three-year period preceding this offer, has 
     been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in an amount 
     that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability remains 
     unsatisfied.

                               H.R. 2029

                        Offered By: Mr. Boustany

       Amendment No. 11: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. (1) None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to pay any bonus or monetary award under chapter 
     45 or 53 of title 5, United States Code, to an employee of 
     the Chief Business Office of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs who is responsible for processing emergency medical 
     care claims until the percentage of emergency medical care 
     claims processed within 30 days reaches 90 percent.
       (2) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
     quarterly data to Congress on the following:
       (A) The total number of emergency medical claims and the 
     total number of billed charges for such claims.
       (B) The total number of emergency medical claims and billed 
     charges for such claims pending for more than 30 days.
       (C) The number of veterans with unpaid claims under 
     consideration in each Veterans Integrated Service Network.

                               H.R. 2029

                        Offered By: Mr. Benishek

       Amendment No. 12: Page 58, after line 25, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 242.  Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall submit to Congress a report that describes the status, 
     including the timeline for completion, of each Community-
     Based Outpatient Clinic to be established by the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs, through construction or lease, that is 
     not yet completed.

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                               H.R. 2029

                         Offered By: Ms. Adams

       Amendment No. 13: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), amounts 
     made available under the ``General Operating Expenses, 
     Veterans Benefits Administration'' account for fiscal year 
     2016 may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
     provide discretionary competitive grants for State and local 
     governments to establish or expand technology systems that 
     develop a coordinated network of private, public and 
     nonprofit services and resources to better serve veterans and 
     their family members. A State or local government awarded a 
     grant under this section shall work with an entity that has 
     experience working with comprehensive coordinated networks, 
     protects privacy of veterans and their families, ensures the 
     quality of providers, and has a metrics system to effectively 
     measure success of the network.
       (2) Amounts used as described in paragraph (1) may not 
     result in a more than 10 percent aggregate decrease in the 
     total amount made available by this Act for the ``General 
     Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'' 
     account.
       (3) Each grant made under paragraph (1) shall be subject to 
     the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate.

                               H.R. 2029

                         Offered By: Mr. Pocan

       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 withhold any report of an Inspector General from 
     any member of Congress in any case where the member of 
     Congress has requested that such report be provided.

                               H.R. 2029

                         Offered By: Mr. Pocan

       Amendment No. 15: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new section:
       Sec. 5__.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to enter into a contract with any person whose 
     disclosures of a proceeding with a disposition listed in 
     section 2313(c)(1) of title 41, United States Code, in the 
     Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System 
     include the term ``Fair Labor Standards Act''.