[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 41 (Thursday, March 7, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2286-S2293]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1627. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ZERO-BASED BUDGETS.

       (a) Definition.--In this section:
       (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
       (2) Zero-based budget.--The term ``zero-based budget'' 
     means a systematic budget analysis in support of decision 
     making in which managers--
       (A) examine current objectives, operations, and costs;
       (B) consider alternative ways of carrying out a program or 
     activity; and
       (C) rank different programs or activities by order of 
     importance to the organization.
       (b) Zero-Based Budgets.--Every sixth year, each agency 
     shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget and the Committee on the Budget of the Senate and the 
     Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives a 
     zero-based budget for the next fiscal year and each of the 4 
     ensuing fiscal years.
       (c) Recommendations.--In addition to the zero-based budget 
     required under subsection (b), each agency, except the 
     Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security 
     Administration shall submit recommendations for which 
     programs Congress should cut or reduce appropriations in an 
     amount that equals not less than a 2-percent reduction from 
     the previous year appropriation in discretionary spending.
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  SA 1628. Ms. LUMMIS (for herself and Mr. Barrasso) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 4366, making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I of division E, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 1__.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to develop or implement the proposed National 
     Recovery Plan of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
     for gray wolves in the lower 48 States.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1629. Ms. LUMMIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title V of division D, insert 
     the following:


                       limitation on use of funds

       Sec. 5__. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of Energy 
     to promulgate new or finalize proposed rules unless the 
     Administrator of the Energy Information Administration 
     determines that the rule will not raise consumer energy 
     prices.

       At the appropriate place in title IV of division E, insert 
     the following:


                       limitation on use of funds

       Sec. 4__. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used by the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate new or finalize 
     proposed rules unless the Administrator of the Energy 
     Information Administration determines that the rule will not 
     raise consumer energy prices.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1630. Ms. LUMMIS (for herself and Mr. Barrasso) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 4366, making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I of division E, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 1__.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the 
     following proposed rules:
       (1) The proposed rule of the United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service 
     entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 
     Revision of Regulations for Interagency Cooperation'' (88 
     Fed. Reg. 40753 (June 22, 2023)).
       (2) The proposed rule of the United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service 
     entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 
     Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating 
     Critical Habitat'' (88 Fed. Reg. 40764 (June 22, 2023)).
       (3) The proposed rule of the United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service entitled ``Endangered and Threatened 
     Wildlife and Plants; Regulations Pertaining to Endangered and 
     Threatened Wildlife and Plants'' (88 Fed. Reg. 40742 (June 
     22, 2023)).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1631. Ms. LUMMIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title II of division D, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 2___.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act or any other Act may be used to 
     carry out to carry out the program for Federal employees at 
     the Department of the Interior entitled ``Acknowledging 
     Ecogrief and Developing Resistance'' or any other counseling 
     session, workshop, or meeting relating to ecological grief, 
     ecogrief, or eco-resilience for Federal employees at the 
     Department of the Interior.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1632. Ms. LUMMIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title II of division D, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 2___.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act may be used to carry out cashless 
     entrance fee policies at units of the National Park System.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1633. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division F, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this division 
     may be used to provide Federal funds to a local jurisdiction 
     that refuses to comply with a request from the Department of 
     Homeland Security to provide advance notice of the scheduled 
     date and time a particular illegal alien is scheduled to be 
     released from local custody.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1634. Mr. HAGERTY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place under the heading ``General 
     Provisions--Department of Commerce'' in title I of division 
     C, insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to--
       (1) conduct a decennial census that does not collect and 
     make publicly available the number of individuals per State 
     who are--
       (A) citizens of the United States;
       (B) nationals of the United States but not citizens of the 
     United States;
       (C) aliens lawfully residing in the United States; or

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       (D) aliens unlawfully residing in the United States; or
       (2) report to the President an apportionment population 
     that includes individuals who are not citizens of the United 
     States.
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  SA 1635. Mr. BUDD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROTECTING LAW ENFORCEMENT.

       (a) Short Titles.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Protect Our Law enforcement with Immigration Control and 
     Enforcement Act of 2024'' or the ``POLICE Act of 2024''.
       (b) Assault of Law Enforcement Officer.--Section 237(a)(2) 
     of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(G) Assault of law enforcement officer.--
       ``(i) In general.--Any alien who has been convicted of, who 
     admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which 
     constitute the essential elements of, any offense involving 
     the assault of a law enforcement officer is deportable.
       ``(ii) Circumstances.--The circumstances referred to in 
     clause (i) are that the law enforcement officer was 
     assaulted--

       ``(I) while he or she was engaged in the performance of his 
     or her official duties;
       ``(II) because of the performance of his or her official 
     duties; or
       ``(III) because of his or her station as a law enforcement 
     officer.

       ``(iii) Definitions.--In this subparagraph--

       ``(I) the term `assault' has the meaning given that term in 
     the jurisdiction where the act occurred; and
       ``(II) the term `law enforcement officer' is a person 
     authorized by law--

       ``(aa) to apprehend, arrest, or prosecute an individual for 
     any criminal violation of law; or
       ``(bb) to be a firefighter or other first responder.''.
       (c) Report on Aliens Deported for Assaulting a Law 
     Enforcement Officer.--The Secretary of Homeland Security 
     shall submit an annual report to Congress, and make such 
     report publicly available on the website of the Department of 
     Homeland Security, that identifies the number of aliens who 
     were deported during the previous year pursuant to section 
     237(a)(2)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as added 
     by subsection (b).
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  SA 1636. Mr. RISCH (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Daines, Mr. Crapo, 
and Mr. Barrasso) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military construction, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I of division D, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 1__.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for--
       (1) the study of removal of powered Federal dams in the 
     Northwestern Division of the Corps of Engineers;
       (2) the study of power, flood control, or navigation 
     replacement related to those dams;
       (3) technical assistance related to those dams; or
       (4) the study or consideration of operational changes that 
     differ from current operations at those dams.
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  SA 1637. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end add the following:

     SEC. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       This Act shall take effect on the date that is 7 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act.
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  SA 1638. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 1, line 3, strike ``7 days'' and insert ``8 days''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1639. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end add the following:

     SEC. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       This Act shall take effect on the date that is 9 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1640. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 1, line 3, strike ``9 days'' and insert ``10 
     days''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1641. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 1, line 1, strike ``10 days'' and insert ``11 
     days''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1642. Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Schmitt, and Mr. Lee) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4366, 
making appropriations for military construction, the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       In section 542 of title I of division C, strike ``up to .07 
     percent of amounts made available to the National 
     Telecommunications and Information Administration by such Act 
     shall be available for salaries and expenses, administration, 
     and oversight of programs administered by such Administration 
     that receives appropriations by such Act, in addition to 
     amounts previously made available for such purpose:'' and 
     insert ``$110,657,000 of amounts made available to the 
     National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
     for administrative purposes for grants for broadband 
     deployment under section 60102 of title I of division F of 
     such Act and appropriated under title II of division J of 
     such Act shall be rescinded as of the date of enactment of 
     this Act, and $226,343,000 of funds from the same accounts 
     shall be available for salaries and expenses, administration, 
     and oversight of programs administered by such Administration 
     that receives appropriations by such Act, in addition to 
     amounts previously made available for such purpose: Provided, 
     That none of such amounts shall be used for Algorithmic 
     Justice:''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1643. Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Vance) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in division F, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS FOR PROVIDING 
                   FUNDING TO AIRPORT OWNERS OR OPERATORS THAT USE 
                   AIRPORT PROPERTY TO SHELTER OR HOUSE ALIENS NOT 
                   PROPERLY ADMITTED.

       None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
     provide funding to an airport owner or operator that uses any 
     facility classified for aeronautical or non-aeronautical uses 
     on airport property to provide shelter or housing for an 
     alien who has not been admitted (as such terms are defined in 
     section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1101(a)), unless such shelter or housing is on a 
     short-term emergency basis made necessary by a specified 
     disaster. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term 
     ``specified disaster'' means any fire, flood, explosion, 
     hurricane, tornado, storm, high water, wind-driven water, 
     tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, 
     landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, or drought for which a 
     disaster declaration is made by the Federal Government or a 
     State pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1644. Mr. CRAMER (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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     SEC. ____. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO PAUSE PERMITTING OF 
                   LNG EXPORTS.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal 
     funds shall be used to facilitate or implement the Department 
     of Energy supplemental review of economic and environmental 
     analyses used to permit liquefied natural gas exports under 
     the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717 et seq.).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1645. Mr. SCOTT of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for 
military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title II of division F, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. __.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     none of the funds made available by this Act may be used for 
     grants for the Economic Development Initiative related to 
     West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc., or WE ACT 
     Environmental Justice.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1646. Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Risch, Mr. Merkley, 
and Mr. Sullivan) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military construction, 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I of division E, insert 
     the following:


extension of secure rural schools and community self-determination act 
                                of 2000

       Sec. 1__.  (a) Secure Payments for States and Counties 
     Containing Federal Land.--(1) Section 101 of the Secure Rural 
     Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 
     U.S.C. 7111) is amended, in subsections (a) and (b), by 
     striking ``2023'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``2026''.
       (2) Section 103(d)(2) of the Secure Rural Schools and 
     Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 
     7113(d)(2)) is amended by striking ``2023'' and inserting 
     ``2026''.
       (b) Extension of Authority To Conduct Special Projects on 
     Federal Land.--(1) Section 205(a)(4) of the Secure Rural 
     Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 
     U.S.C. 7125(a)(4)) is amended by striking ``December 20, 
     2023'' each place it appears and inserting ``December 20, 
     2026''.
       (2) Section 208 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
     Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7128) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``2025'' and inserting 
     ``2028''; and
       (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``2026'' and inserting 
     ``2029''.
       (c) Extension of Authority To Expend County Funds.--Section 
     305 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
     Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7144) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2025'' and inserting 
     ``2028''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``2026'' and inserting 
     ``2029''.
       (d) Resource Advisory Committee Pilot Program Extension.--
     Section 205 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
     Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125) is amended by 
     striking subsection (g) and inserting the following:
       ``(g) Pilot Program for Resource Advisory Committee 
     Appointments by Regional Foresters.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary concerned shall establish 
     and carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary 
     concerned shall allow the regional forester with jurisdiction 
     over a unit of Federal land to appoint members of the 
     resource advisory committee for that unit, in accordance with 
     the applicable requirements of this section.
       ``(2) Responsibilities of regional forester.--Before 
     appointing a member of a resource advisory committee under 
     the pilot program under this subsection, a regional forester 
     shall conduct the review and analysis that would otherwise be 
     conducted for an appointment to a resource advisory committee 
     if the pilot program was not in effect, including any review 
     and analysis with respect to civil rights and budgetary 
     requirements.
       ``(3) Savings clause.--Nothing in this subsection relieves 
     a regional forester or the Secretary concerned from an 
     obligation to comply with any requirement relating to an 
     appointment to a resource advisory committee, including any 
     requirement with respect to civil rights or advertising a 
     vacancy.
       ``(4) Termination of effectiveness.--The authority provided 
     under this subsection terminates on October 1, 2028.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1647. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds provided by this Act, or 
     provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 
     States derived by the collection of fees available to the 
     agencies funded by this Act, may be used by the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services to finalize, issue, or implement 
     any rule, notice of proposed rulemaking, or order setting any 
     tobacco product standard that would prohibit menthol as a 
     characterizing flavor in cigarettes, or prohibit 
     characterizing flavors in all cigars and their components and 
     parts.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1648. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself, Mr. Manchin, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. 
Sullivan) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the 
bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military construction, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. SUPPORTING HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made 
     available to entities under section 2001(b)(1) of Public Law 
     117-2 shall remain available to those entities for purposes 
     authorized under such section through September 30, 2025.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1649. Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       In division B, strike section 763.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1650. Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       In division B, strike section 770.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1651. Mr. BUDD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title IV of division E, insert 
     the following:


                       limitation on use of funds

       Sec. 4__. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this Act may be used by the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to develop, finalize, issue, 
     or use assessments under the Integrated Risk Information 
     System of the Environmental Protection Agency (commonly 
     referred to as ``IRIS'').
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1652. Mr. BUDD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title IV of division E, insert 
     the following:


                       limitation on use of funds

       Sec. 4__. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this Act or any other Act may be used by the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
     develop, finalize, or enforce the proposed rule of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency entitled ``Standards of 
     Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and 
     Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural 
     Gas Sector Climate Review'' (87 Fed. Reg. 74702 (December 6, 
     2022)), or a substantially similar rule.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1653. Mr. BUDD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title IV of division E, insert 
     the following:


                       limitation on use of funds

       Sec. 4__. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this Act or any other Act may be used by the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
     enforce the final rule of the Environmental Protection Agency 
     entitled ``Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air

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     Quality Standards for Particulate Matter'' (89 Fed. Reg. 
     16202 (March 6, 2024)).


                        additional use of funds

       Sec. 4__. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may 
     use appropriations for clean air programs made available 
     under this Act--
       (1) to improve air quality monitoring data by--
       (A) addressing air quality impacts from wildfires, 
     prescribed burns, and other fugitive emissions from nonpoint 
     sources; and
       (B) analyzing, quantifying, and addressing air quality 
     impacts from foreign sources; and
       (2) to improve air quality modeling tools and policies.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1654. Mr. BUDD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
     of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by 
     any division of this Act may be obligated or expended to 
     issue an interim or final rule that amends or replaces the 
     rule on speed restrictions to protect North Atlantic Right 
     Whales under section 224.105 of title 50, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, as in effect on January 3, 2023, until the date 
     on which--
       (1) the mitigation protocols required under section 
     11303(e) of the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 
     2022 (16 U.S.C. 1391(e)) have been fully developed and 
     deployed; and
       (2) the Secretary of Commerce has submitted a report on how 
     the mitigation protocols will inform any proposed changes to 
     section 224.105 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, 
     to--
       (A) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
     Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1655. Mr. BUDD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  No Federal funding appropriated to the Department 
     of Justice may be disbursed to--
       (1) any State, local, Tribal, or territorial governmental 
     entity that facilitates or encourages unlawful activity, 
     including unlawful entry, human trafficking, human smuggling, 
     drug trafficking, and drug smuggling;
       (2) any State, local, Tribal, or territorial governmental 
     entity to provide, or facilitate the provision of, 
     transportation, lodging, or immigration legal services to 
     inadmissible aliens who enter the United States after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act;
       (3) any nongovernmental organization that facilitates or 
     encourages unlawful activity, including unlawful entry, human 
     trafficking, human smuggling, drug trafficking, and drug 
     smuggling; or
       (4) any nongovernmental organization to provide, or 
     facilitate the provision of, transportation, lodging, or 
     immigration legal services to inadmissible aliens who enter 
     the United States after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1656. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. WAIVER OF DOMESTIC PROCUREMENT PREFERENCE WITH 
                   RESPECT TO CERTAIN STATE VETERANS HOME 
                   PROJECTS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
     waive under subsection (b) of section 70914 of the Build 
     America, Buy America Act (subtitle A of title IX of division 
     G of Public Law 117-58) the domestic content procurement 
     preference under such section with respect to a project for 
     the construction of State home facilities with respect to 
     which the application under section 8135 of title 38, United 
     States Code, for such project was submitted on or before 
     April 15, 2022, and included in the ``VA State Home 
     Construction Grants Priority List FY 2023'', dated June 1, 
     2023.
       (b) State Home Defined.--In this section, the term ``State 
     home'' has the meaning given that term in section 101(19) of 
     title 38, United States Code.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1657. Mr. BUDD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DIRECTOR OF 
                   OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY TO WORK 
                   WITH GOVERNMENT OF CHINA ON REGULATING 
                   ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
     amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
     may be used by the Director of the Office of Science and 
     Technology Policy to enter into negotiations with officials 
     from the Government of the People's Republic of China or 
     issue guidelines with cooperation from officials from such 
     government regarding artificial intelligence policy 
     regulation, coordination, and collaboration without specific 
     authorization in law.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1658. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to implement the pause in the issuance of new export 
     licenses involving certain firearms, related components, and 
     ammunition as identified in the Bureau of Industry and 
     Security's ``Firearms Pause & Review: Frequently Asked 
     Questions'' dated October 27, 2023.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1659. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division F, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR HOUSING, OR 
                   FACILITATING THE HOUSING OF, ALIENS AT 
                   AIRPORTS.

       None of the funds made available by this Act or any other 
     Act may be used for the purpose of housing, or facilitating 
     the housing of, aliens at airports.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1660. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division F, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. ___.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to provide Federal funds to a local jurisdiction that 
     routinely refuses to comply with a request from the 
     Department of Homeland Security to provide advance notice of 
     the scheduled release dates and times for illegal aliens in 
     local custody.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1661. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. DREDGING.

       None of the funds made available under this Act shall be 
     used to enforce section 55109 of title 46, United States 
     Code, or section 55110 of such title with respect to dredged 
     material.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1662. Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Cruz) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4366, making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I of division C, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. ___. BROADBAND SERVICE FUNDS LIMITATION.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of any division of this 
     Act, no amounts previously appropriated or appropriated under 
     this Act shall be made available for use by

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     the National Telecommunications and Information 
     Administration to encourage eligible entities to set, freeze, 
     or cap rates charged by a provider of broadband service under 
     the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program or to 
     approve the initial or final proposal of an eligible entity 
     that sets, freezes, or caps rates charged by a provider of 
     broadband service, submitted as part of the Broadband Equity, 
     Access, and Deployment program.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1663. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND 
                   INCLUSION.

       None of the funds made available by this Act may be used--
       (1) for--
       (A) in the Department of Commerce--
       (i) the Equity (DEIA) Council;
       (ii) in the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
     the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity Office; or
       (iii) in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration--

       (I) the Office of Inclusion and Civil Rights;
       (II) the Diversity and Inclusion Management Advisory 
     Council; or
       (III) the Diversity and Professional Advancement Working 
     Group;

       (B) in the Department of Justice--
       (i) the Chief Diversity Officer;
       (ii) in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
     Explosives, the Diversity and Career Impact Program;
       (iii) in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of 
     Diversity and Inclusion;
       (iv) the Antitrust Division Diversity Committee; or
       (v) the National Resource Center for Justice-Involved 
     LGBTQ+ and Two-Spirit Youth;
       (C) in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
     the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity; or
       (D) in the National Science Foundation--
       (i) the Office of Equity and Civil Rights;
       (ii) the Advancing Informal STEM Learning Program; or
       (iii) the Alliances for Graduate Education and the 
     Professoriate;
       (2) to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry 
     out--
       (A) Executive Order 13985 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to 
     advancing racial equity and support for undeserved 
     communities through the Federal Government), as amended 
     before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act;
       (B) Executive Order 14091 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825; relating to 
     further advancing racial equity and support for undeserved 
     communities through the Federal Government), as amended 
     before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act;
       (C) Executive Order 14035 (42 U.S.C. 2000e note; relating 
     to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the 
     Federal workforce), as amended before, on, or after the date 
     of enactment of this Act; or
       (D) the People with Disabilities Program of the Federal 
     Aviation Administration; or
       (3) to conduct any diversity, equity, inclusion, or 
     implicit bias training.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1664. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title V of division C, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. ___.  None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used to allow the Bureau of the Census to 
     include aliens who are unlawfully present in the United 
     States in rendering apportionment determinations in any 
     decennial census.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1665. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC 
                   TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT 
                   PROGRAM.

       None of the funds made available by this Act for the North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program may 
     be obligated or expended.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1666. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR GENDER-AFFIRMING 
                   CARE.

       None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs to perform, promote, 
     counsel, or provide referrals for the provision of hormonal 
     treatments or surgical care to affirm a person's chosen 
     identity of his or her sex, if that chosen identity is 
     incongruent with such person's biological sex.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1667. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ABORTION.

       None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs to perform, promote, 
     counsel, or provide referrals for abortions.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1668. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CLIMATE ADAPTATION.

       None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
     fund military construction projects related to climate 
     adaptation at the Department of Defense.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1669. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR MILITARY 
                   CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN UKRAINE.

       None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
     fund permanent, minor, or temporary military construction 
     projects in Ukraine.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1670. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR MILITARY 
                   CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN CERTAIN FOREIGN 
                   COUNTRIES.

       None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
     for a military construction project in a foreign country with 
     which the United States maintains a status of forces 
     agreement that has not been subject to a review of legal 
     protections afforded to members of the Armed Forces by the 
     Secretary of Defense during fiscal year 2024, other than 
     those projects related to housing or the provision of medical 
     services for members of the Armed Forces.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1671. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT OR MODIFY 
                   FACILITIES TO HOUSE ALIENS ON MILITARY 
                   INSTALLATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES.

       None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
     construct or modify facilities to house aliens (as defined in 
     section 101(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1101(a)(3))) on military installations of the United 
     States.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1672. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by

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him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR OFFICE OF 
                   RESOLUTION MANAGEMENT, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION 
                   OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
     by this Act may be obligated or expended by the Office of 
     Resolution Management, Diversity and Inclusion of the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs or for any diversity, equity, 
     and inclusion office, position, or activity at the 
     Department.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1673. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. Grassley, and Ms. Warren) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 
4366, making appropriations for military construction, the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. ANTITRUST DIVISION FUNDS.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of any division of this 
     Act--
       (1) all fees collected for premerger notification filings 
     under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 
     1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of the year of collection 
     shall be retained and used for necessary expenses in the 
     ``salaries and expenses, Antitrust Division'' appropriation, 
     and shall remain available until expended; and
       (2) any funds credited to the ``salaries and expenses, 
     Antitrust Division'' appropriation as offsetting collections 
     during the current fiscal year shall be available for 
     obligation, without regard to the limitations under the 
     heading ``salaries and expenses, Antitrust Division''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1674. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used--
       (1) to carry out Socially Disadvantaged Applicant funding 
     under Farm Service Agency farm loan programs; or
       (2) for Department of Agriculture loan programs that use 
     race as a criteria for eligibility.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1675. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title III of division D, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. __. NO FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARD 
                   FOR CONSUMER FURNACES.

       No funds made available under this division may be used by 
     the Secretary of Energy to implement or enforce the final 
     rule of the Department of Energy entitled ``Energy 
     Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for 
     Consumer Furnaces'' (88 Fed. Reg. 87502 (December 18, 2023)).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1676. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. CIVIL PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO DISCLOSE AGRICULTURAL 
                   FOREIGN INVESTMENT.

       Section 3(b) of the Agricultural Foreign Investment 
     Disclosure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3502(b)) is amended by 
     striking ``shall not exceed'' and inserting ``shall be not 
     less than''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1677. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title III of division D, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. __. NO FUNDS TO FINALIZE A RULE RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION 
                   TRANSFORMERS.

       No funds made available under this division may be used by 
     the Secretary of Energy to finalize the proposed rule of the 
     Department of Energy entitled ``Energy Conservation Program: 
     Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers'' 
     (88 Fed. Reg. 1722 (January 11, 2023)).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1678. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in division B, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. EXCLUSION OF PROPERTY AND FACILITIES LOCATED ON 
                   PRIME FARMLAND FROM CERTAIN CREDITS RELATING TO 
                   RENEWABLE ENERGY PRODUCTION AND INVESTMENT.

       (a) Exclusion of Property Placed in Service on Prime 
     Farmland From Residential Clean Energy Credit.--
       (1) In general.--Section 25D(e) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(9) Exclusion of prime farmland.--
       ``(A) In general.--Expenditures which are properly 
     allocable to property placed in service on prime farmland 
     shall not be taken into account for purposes of this section.
       ``(B) Prime farmland defined.--For purposes of this 
     paragraph, the term `prime farmland' means land determined by 
     the Secretary of Agriculture to be prime farmland within the 
     meaning of part 657.5 of title 7, Code of Federal 
     Regulations.''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection 
     shall apply to property placed in service after the date of 
     the enactment of this section.
       (b) Exclusion of Facilities Located on Prime Farmland From 
     Renewable Electricity Production Credit.--
       (1) In general.--Section 45(e) of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(14) Prime farmland excluded.--The term `qualified 
     facility' shall not include any facility located on prime 
     farmland (as defined in section 25D(e)(9)).''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection 
     shall apply to facilities placed in service after the date of 
     the enactment of this section.
       (c) Exclusion of Property Placed in Service on Prime 
     Farmland From Energy Credit.--
       (1) In general.--Section 48(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended by inserting ``or any property 
     located on prime farmland (as defined in section 25D(e)(9))'' 
     after ``any prior taxable year''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection 
     shall apply to property placed in service after the date of 
     the enactment of this section.
       (d) Exclusion of Property Placed in Service on Prime 
     Farmland From Clean Electricity Investment Credit.--
       (1) In general.--Section 48E(d) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(6) Exclusion of prime farmland.--Expenditures which are 
     properly allocable to property placed in service on prime 
     farmland (as defined in section 25D(e)(9)) shall not be taken 
     into account for purposes of this section.''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection 
     shall apply to qualified investments with respect to any 
     qualified facility or energy storage technology the 
     construction of which begins after the date of the enactment 
     of this section.
       (e)  Exclusion of Facilities Located on Prime Farmland From 
     Clean Electricity Production Credit.--
       (1) In general.--Section 45Y(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subparagraph:
       ``(E) Prime farmland excluded.--The term `qualified 
     facility' shall not include any facility located on prime 
     farmland (as defined in section 25D(e)(9)).''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection 
     shall apply to facilities placed in service after the date of 
     the enactment of this section.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1679. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title IV of division E, insert 
     the following:


      prohibition of issuance of obligations by the presidio trust

       Sec. 4__. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     the Presidio Trust may not issue obligations to the Secretary 
     of the Treasury under this Act.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1680. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by

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him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:


                       limitation on use of funds

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in any division 
     of this Act may be used to list on the New York Stock 
     Exchange any Natural Asset Companies.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1681. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title IV of division E, insert 
     the following:


                       limitation on use of funds

       Sec. 4__. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to carry out the proposed rule of the Bureau of Land 
     Management entitled ``Conservation and Landscape Health'' (88 
     Fed. Reg. 19583 (April 3, 2023)).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1682. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title IV of division E, insert 
     the following:


                       limitation on use of funds

       Sec. 4__. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to carry out the Grand Staircase-Escalante Draft 
     National Monument Resource Management Plan and Environmental 
     Impact Statement prepared by the Bureau of Land Management 
     and dated August 2023.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1683. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:


                       limitation on use of funds

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in any division 
     of this Act may be used to carry out the management plan 
     prepared by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest 
     Service entitled ``Bears Ears National Monument Resource 
     Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement'' and 
     dated September 2022.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1684. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title V of division D, insert 
     the following:


                       limitation on use of funds

       Sec. 5__. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to carry out the final rule of the Corps of Engineers 
     and the Environmental Protection Agency entitled ``Revised 
     Definition of `Waters of the United States' '' (88 Fed. Reg. 
     3004 (January 18, 2023)).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1685. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title IV of division E, insert 
     the following:


 prohibition on use of use of funds to finalize and implement certain 
              travel management plans in the state of utah

       Sec. 4__.  (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Applicable period.--The term ``applicable period'' 
     means the period that begins on the date of enactment of this 
     Act and ends on the date on which the Secretary certifies to 
     Congress that each of the R.S. 2477 cases has been 
     adjudicated.
       (2) Covered travel management area.--The term ``covered 
     travel management area'' means any of the following travel 
     management areas in the State of Utah:
       (A) The Henry Mountains and Fremont Gorge Travel Management 
     Area.
       (B) The Dinosaur (North) Travel Management Area.
       (C) The Book Cliffs Travel Management Area (Vernal Field 
     Office).
       (D) The Nine Mile Canyon Travel Management Area (Vernal 
     Field Office).
       (E) The San Rafael Swell Travel Management Area.
       (F) The Nine Mile Canyon Travel Management Area (Price 
     Field Office).
       (G) The Book Cliffs Travel Management Area (Moab Field 
     Office).
       (H) The Dolores River Travel Management Area.
       (I) The Trail Canyon Travel Management Area.
       (J) The Paunsaugunt Travel Management Area.
       (3) R.S. 2477 case.--The term ``R.S. 2477 case'' means each 
     of--
       (A) Beaver County and State of Utah v. United States (Case 
     No. 2:12-cv-423-CW);
       (B) Box Elder County and State of Utah v. United States 
     (Case No. 1:12-cv-105-DB);
       (C) Carbon County and State of Utah v. United States (Case 
     No. 2:12-cv-427-DB);
       (D) Daggett County and State of Utah v. United States (Case 
     No. 2:12-cv-447-RJS);
       (E) Duchesne County and State of Utah v. United States 
     (Case No. 2:12-cv-425-CW);
       (F) Emery County and State of Utah v. United States (Case 
     No. 2:12-cv-429-CW);
       (G) Garfield County and State of Utah v. United States 
     (Case No. 2:12-cv-478-TC);
       (H) Grand County and State of Utah v. United States (Case 
     No. 2:12-cv-466-DN);
       (I) Iron County and State of Utah v. United States (Case 
     No. 2:12-cv-472-BSJ);
       (J) Juab County and State of Utah v. United States (Case 
     No. 2:12-cv-462-DB);
       (K) Kane County and State of Utah v. United States (Case 
     No. 2:12-cv-1073-CW) (consolidated with Case No. 2:11-cv-
     1031-CW; Case No. 2:12-cv-476-CW).
       (L) Millard County and State of Utah v. United States (Case 
     No. 2:12-cv-451-DB);
       (M) Piute County and State of Utah v. United States (Case 
     No. 2:12-cv-428-CW);
       (N) Rich County and State of Utah v. United States (Case 
     No. 2:12-cv-424-DN);
       (O) San Juan County and State of Utah v. United States 
     (Case No. 2:12-cv-467-DAK);
       (P) Sanpete County and State of Utah v. United States (Case 
     No. 2:12-cv-430-DB);
       (Q) Sevier County and State of Utah v. United States (Case 
     No. 2:12-cv-452-DN);
       (R) Tooele County and State of Utah v. United States (Case 
     No. 2:12-cv-477-CW);
       (S) Uintah County and State of Utah v. United States (Case 
     No. 2:12-cv-461-DAK);
       (T) Utah County and State of Utah v. United States (Case 
     No. 2:12-cv-426-CW);
       (U) Washington County and State of Utah v. United States 
     (Case No. 2:12-cv-471-RJS); and
       (V) Wayne County and State of Utah v. United States (Case 
     No. 2:12-cv-434-DN).
       (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of 
     Land Management.
       (b) Prohibition on Use of Funds by the Secretary of the 
     Interior to Finalize and Implement Certain Travel Management 
     Plans.--During the applicable period, notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, the Secretary may not obligate or 
     expend Federal funds--
       (1) to finalize or implement, with respect to land within 
     the boundary of the State of Utah, a new travel management 
     plan for a covered travel management area; or
       (2) to implement, with respect to land within the boundary 
     of the State of Utah--
       (A) the Indian Creek (Canyon Rims) Travel Management Plan;
       (B) the San Rafael Desert Travel Management Plan; or
       (C) the Labyrinth/Gemini Bridges Travel Management Plan.
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  SA 1686. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of section 101 of division G, add the following:
       (f) Limitation on Use of CHC Funds.--None of the funds made 
     available pursuant to the amendment made by subsection (a) 
     may be used by community health centers to promote or provide 
     referrals for abortion services or to promote or provide 
     hormonal treatments or surgical care to affirm an 
     individual's chosen identity of his or her sex, if that 
     chosen identity is incongruent with such individual's 
     biological sex.
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  SA 1687. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be made available to support, directly or indirectly, the 
     Wuhan Institute of Virology, or any laboratory owned or 
     controlled by the governments of

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     the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the 
     Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of 
     Korea, the Russian Federation, or the Bolivarian Republic of 
     Venezuela.
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  SA 1688. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds appropriated by division A, B, 
     C, D, E, F, or G shall be obligated to any entity that 
     financially supports, promotes, or hosts any obscene 
     activities, including drag shows for children, BDSM, kink, or 
     pedophilic practices.
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  SA 1689. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
     establish, implement, or enforce--
       (1) the modifications made by the Food and Drug 
     Administration on January 3, 2023, to the risk evaluation and 
     mitigation strategy under section 505-1 of the Federal Food, 
     Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355-1), or any provision of 
     a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy under such section 
     505-1 for mifepristone that is substantially similar to any 
     such modifications; or
       (2) any non-enforcement or enforcement discretion policy 
     for any provision of a risk evaluation and mitigation 
     strategy under such section 505-1 for mifepristone.
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  SA 1690. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4366, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  The payment rate for livestock indemnity payments 
     described in section 1501(b)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 
     2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(b)(2)) shall be 90 percent in the case of 
     losses due to wildfires occurring in the States of Texas and 
     Oklahoma in calendar year 2024.

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