[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18132]
[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. Stearns

       Amendment No. 3: Page 11, line 20, strike the period at the 
     end and insert the following: ``: Provided further, That 
     nothing in this Act prohibits the Department of Fire and 
     Emergency Medical Services of the District of Columbia from 
     using funds for automated external defribillators.''.

                               H.R. 2606

                        Offered By: Mr. Andrews

       Amendment No. 5: Page 116, after line 5, insert the 
     following:


prohibition on funds for oil pipeline from baku, azerbaijan to ceyhan, 
                                 turkey

       Sec. 585. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for any guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, 
     participation in an extension of credit, reinsurance, 
     financing, other financial or technical assistance, or other 
     activities in connection with the purchase or lease of any 
     good or service, or in connection with any project or 
     activity, related to the development, construction, or 
     maintenance of an oil pipeline from Baku, Azerbaijan, to 
     Ceyhan, Turkey, unless there is in effect an unrescinded 
     certification by the Secretary of State that there is a 
     settlement to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

                               H.R. 2606

                        Offered By: Mr. Andrews

       Amendment No. 6: Page 116, after line 5, insert the 
     following:


               prohibition on funds for new opic projects

       Sec. 585. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, after 
     the enactment of this Act, for the issuance of any new 
     guarantee, insurance, reinsurance, or financing, or for 
     initiating any other activity which the Corporation is 
     otherwise authorized to undertake.

                               H.R. 2606

                     Offered By: Mr. Brown of Ohio

       Amendment No. 7: Page 7, line 10, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 27, line 6, after the first dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2606

                          Offered By: Mr. Mica

       Amendment No. 8: Page 22, line 17, before the period insert 
     the following: ``: Provided further, That of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading, $37,500,000 shall be made 
     available in assistance for the antinarcotics directorate 
     (DANTI) of the Colombian National Police as follows: (1) 
     $3,500,000 for GAU 19 protection systems for the 6 existing 
     Black Hawk utility helicopters of the Colombian National 
     Police, including 1 such system for each helicopter, 
     mounting, installation, and a maintenance and training 
     package; (2) $3,500,000 for .50 caliber ammunition for such 
     GAU 19 protection systems; (3) $2,500,000 for upgrade of the 
     hangar at the Guaymaral helicopter base; (4) $6,500,000 for 
     construction of a hangar facility at the El Dorado Airport in 
     Bogota, Colombia, to provide a secure area for storage and 
     maintenance work on the fixed wing and rotar wing aircraft of 
     the Colombian National Police; (5) $2,500,000 to purchase 19 
     additional MK-44 miniguns for the ``Huey'' II utility 
     helicopters to be provided to the Colombian National Police; 
     (6) $3,500,000 for 7.62 ammunition for such MK-44 miniguns; 
     (7) $8,000,000 for forward looking infra red (FLIR) systems 
     for 15 of the ``Huey'' II utility helicopters referred to in 
     paragraph (5); (8) $3,500,000 for field gear for aviation and 
     ground officers of the Colombian National Police, including 
     ballistic protective mats, ballistic protective vests, 
     helmets and field harnesses, canteens, and magazines; (9) 
     $3,000,000 for the establishment and operation of a Colombian 
     National Police customs facility in Cartagena, Colombia, 
     including additional training for Colombian National Police 
     personnel by United States Customs Service personnel; and 
     (10) $1,000,000 for intelligence equipment for the Colombian 
     National Police, including sensors and monitoring and 
     surveillance equipment.

                               H.R. 2606

                          Offered By: Mr. Paul

       Amendment No. 9: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following:


   limitation on funds for abortion, family planning, or population 
                            control efforts

       Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available for--
       (1) population control or population planning programs;
       (2) family planning activities; or
       (3) abortion procedures.

                               H.R. 2606

                        Offered By: Mr. Stearns

       Amendment No. 10: Page 116, after line 5, insert the 
     following:


         report on atrocities against ethnic serbians in kosovo

       Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act in title III under the heading 
     ``peacekeeping operations'' may be obligated or expended for 
     peacekeeping operations in the Kosovo province of the Federal 
     Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) until the 
     Secretary of State prepares and submits to the Congress a 
     report containing a detailed description of the atrocities 
     that have been committed against ethnic Serbians in Kosovo, 
     including a description of the incident in which 14 Serbian 
     farmers were killed on or about July 25, 1999, and a 
     description of actions taken by North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization (NATO) forces in Kosovo to prevent further 
     atrocities.

                               H.R. 2606

                        Offered By: Mr. Stearns

       Amendment No. 11: Page 116, after line 5, insert the 
     following:


       limitation on funds for peacekeeping operations in kosovo

       Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated
     or otherwise made available by this Act in title III under 
     the heading ``peacekeeping operations'' may be obligated or 
     expended for peacekeeping operations in the Kosovo province 
     of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and 
     Montenegro).