[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17819]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 2587

                        Offered By: Mr. Bilbray

       Amendment No. 1: Page 65, insert after line 24 the 
     following:


            banning possession of tobacco products by minors

       Sec. 167. (a) In General.--It shall be unlawful for any 
     individual under 18 years of age to possess any cigarette or 
     other tobacco product in the District of Columbia.
       (b) Exceptions.--
       (1) Possession in course of employment.--Subsection (a) 
     shall not apply with respect to an individual making a 
     delivery of cigarettes or tobacco products in pursuance of 
     employment.
       (2) Participation in law enforcement operation.--Subsection 
     (a) shall not apply with respect to an individual possessing 
     products in the course of a valid, supervised law enforcement 
     operation.
       (c) Penalties.--Any individual who violates subsection (a) 
     shall be subject to the following penalties:
       (1) For any violation, the individual may be required to 
     perform community service or attend a tobacco cessation 
     program.
       (2) Upon the first violation, the individual shall be 
     subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $50.
       (3) Upon the second and each subsequent violation, the 
     individual shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed 
     $100.
       (4) Upon the third and each subsequent violation, the 
     individual may have his or her driving privileges in the 
     District of Columbia suspended for a period of 90 consecutive 
     days.
       (d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply during fiscal 
     year 2000 and each succeeding fiscal year.

                               H.R. 2587

                         Offered By: Ms. Norton

       Amendment No. 2: Page 54, strike lines 19 through 25 (and 
     redesignate the succeeding provisions accordingly).

                               H.R. 2605

                          Offered By: Mr. Cook

       Amendment No. 1: Page 15, line 25, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 15, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $30,000,000)''.
       Page 15, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 17, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $4,000,000)''.
       Page 17, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 18, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $1,442,000)''.
       Page 18, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 18, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $1,750,000)''.
       Page 20, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 21, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $2,000,000)''

                               H.R. 2605

                         Offered By: Mr. Pombo

       Amendment No. 2: Amend Title I to:
       Cut $150,000 from ``General Investigations'' designated for 
     the Stockton Metropolitan Area and place that amount into 
     ``General Construction'' for purposes of reimbursing the 
     Stockton Metropolitan Area Flood Control Project, as 
     authorized under Sec. 211 of the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-303).

                               H.R. 2605

                       Offered by: Mr. Visclosky

       Amendment No. 3: Page 5, line 25, strike the comma and all 
     that follows through page 6, line 23, and insert a period.

                               H.R. 2606

                        Offered by: Mr. Moakley

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following:


          limitation on assistance for school of the americas

       Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used for programs at the United 
     States Army School of the Americas located at Fort Benning, 
     Georgia.

                               H.R. 2606

                       Offered by: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 2: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following:
       Sec. __. Of the funds appropriated in title II of this Act 
     under the heading ``assistance for the independent states of 
     the former soviet union'', not more than $172,000,000 shall 
     be available for the Government of the Russian Federation.

                               H.R. 2606

                       Offered by: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 3: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in title II of this Act under the heading 
     ``assistance for the independent states of the former soviet 
     union'' may be used to carry out programs contained in the 
     Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative.

                               H.R. 2606

                       Offered by: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 4: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following:
       Sec. __. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available in title II of this Act under the heading 
     ``assistance for the independent states of the former soviet 
     union'' may be used to carry out programs contained in the 
     Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative.
       (b) Of the funds appropriated in title II of this Act under 
     the heading ``assistance for the independent states of the 
     former soviet union'', not more than $172,000,000 shall be 
     available for the Government of the Russian Federation.