[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 19300-19301]
[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. 2670

                Offered By: Mr. Blagojevich of Illinois

       Amendment No. 4: At the end of title I, insert the 
     following new section:


  sense of the congress that the national instant criminal background 
  check system should immediately notify the appropriate authorities 
        about attempted firearms purchases by ineligible persons

       It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) if the national instant criminal background check 
     system determines that receipt of a firearm by a person would 
     violate subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, 
     United States Code, or State law, the system should 
     immediately notify the State and local law enforcement 
     authorities (if willing to accept the information), and the 
     field office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 
     that the Attorney General deems appropriate, of--
       (A) the determination (including why the receipt would 
     constitute such a violation);
       (B) the name of, and such other identifying information 
     about the person as the system possesses; and
       (C) the location of the licensee involved.
       (2) neither a government nor an employee of a government 
     responsible for providing a notice or information pursuant to 
     subparagraph (A) should be liable in an action at law for 
     damages for failure to so provide such a notice or such 
     information.

                               H.R. 2670

                        Offered By: Mr. Campbell

       Amendment No. 5: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated under this Act may 
     be used to enforce the provisions of 8 U.S.C. 
     1534(e)(3)(F)(ii).

                               H.R. 2670

                          Offered By: Mr. Cook

       Amendment No. 6: Page 28, line 11, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(increased by $2,500,000)''.
       Page 29, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $2,500,000)''.
       Page 32, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $2,500,000)''.
       Page 32, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $2,500,000)''.
       Page 32, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $2,500,000)''.
       Page 43, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $11,972,000)''.
       Page 43, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $11,972,000)''.
       Page 43, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $11,972,000)''.
       Page 43, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $11,972,000)''.

                               H.R. 2670

                        Offered by: Mr. Crowley

       Amendment No. 7: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following:

               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 801. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for joint training programs between the Royal Ulster 
     Constabulary and any Federal law enforcement agency.

                               H.R. 2670

                      Offered by: Mr. Hall of Ohio

       Amendment No. 8: In title IV, under DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 
     Arrearage Payments, strike the first proviso.

                               H.R. 2670

                  Offered by: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 9: Page 18, line 18, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(increased by $3,700,000)''.
       Page 27, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $3,700,000)''.

                               H.R. 2670

                  Offered by: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 10: Page 19, line 24, after the dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(increased by $15,600,000)''.
       Page 22, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $15,600,000)''.

                               H.R. 2670

                 Offered By: Mr. Maloney of Connecticut

       Amendment No. 11: In title I, in the item relating to 
     ``DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE--Office of Justice Programs--
     community oriented policing services''--
       (1) after the third dollar amount, insert ``(increased by 
     $500,000)''; and
       (2) after the fourth and eighth dollar amounts, insert 
     ``(reduced by $500,000)''.

                               H.R. 2670

                    Offered by: Mrs. Meek of Florida

       Amendment No. 12: Page 47, line 19, strike ``activities;'' 
     and insert ``activities (of which

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     $26,000,000 is for community-based organizations for 
     community outreach in census tracts undercounted in the 1990 
     census);''.

                               H.R. 2670

              Offered by: Mr. George Miller of California

       Amendment No. 13: At the end of the bill (preceding the 
     short title), add the following:
                          TITLE  --LIMITATION
       Sec.   . Of the amounts made available by this Act, not 
     more than $2,350,000 may be obligated or expended for the 
     Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission.

                               H.R. 2670

                          Offered by: Mr. Obey

       Amendment No. 14: In title II, in the item relating to 
     ``Bureau of the Census--periodic censuses and programs'', 
     strike ``the entire amount'' the first and third places it 
     appears and insert ``of this amount, $1,723,000,000''.

                               H.R. 2670

                        Offered by: Mr. Sanford

       Amendment No. 15: Page 110, after line 6, insert the 
     following new title:
                  TITLE VIII--OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS
       Sec. 801. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
     be available for a United States assessed contribution for 
     membership during calendar or fiscal year 2000 to the 
     following international organizations:
       (1) Bureau of International Expositions.
       (2) International Copper Study Group.
       (3) International Cotton Advisory Committee.
       (4) International Center for the Study of Preservation and 
     Restoration of Cultural Property.
       (5) International Institute for the Unification of Private 
     Law.
       (6) International Lead and Zinc Study Group.
       (7) International Natural Rubber Organizations.
       (8) International Vine and Wine.
       (9) International Union for the Conservation of Nature and 
     Natural Resources.

                               H.R. 2670

                        Offered by: Mr. Stearns

       Amendment No. 16: Page 110, after line 6, insert the 
     following new title:
                   TITLE VIII--LIMITATION PROVISIONS
       Sec. 801. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
     be available for the official entertainment expenses of the 
     Secretary of State until Linda Shenwick, a former senior 
     executive service level employee of the Department of State, 
     (1) is reinstated to her former position as Minister 
     Counselor for Resources Management at the United States 
     Mission to the United Nations, (2) is fully reimbursed for 
     all lost wages and expenses incurred in defending herself 
     from the Department of State's retaliation against her, and 
     (3) has her employment files expunged of the unprecedented 
     and punitive ``Unsatisfactory'' evaluation and the 
     documentation used to support such evaluation.

                               H.R. 2670

                        Offered By: Mr. Stearns

       Amendment No. 17:  At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     title:

               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 801.(a) None of the funds provided under this Act to 
     combat violence in schools in the item relating to 
     ``DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE--Community Oriented Policing 
     Services'' may be used to provide funds to a State that has 
     not enacted a law requiring local educational agencies to 
     expel from school for a period of not less than 1 year a 
     student who is determined--
       (1) to be in possession of an illegal drug, or illegal drug 
     paraphernalia, on school property under the jurisdiction of, 
     or on a vehicle operated by an employee or agent of, a local 
     educational agency in that State; or
       (2) to have brought a firearm to a school under the 
     jurisdiction of a local educational agency in that State;
     except that the State law shall allow the chief administering 
     officer of the local educational agency to modify the 
     expulsion requirement for a student on a case-by-case basis.
       (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to prevent 
     a State from allowing a local educational agency that has 
     expelled a student from the student's regular school setting 
     from providing educational services to the student in an 
     alternative setting and the provisions of subsection (a) 
     shall be construed in a manner consistent with the 
     Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 
     et seq.).

                               H.R. 2670

                         Offered By: Mr. Terry

       Amendment No. 18:  Page 53, line 26, after the dollar 
     amount insert ``(reduced by $14,000,000)''.
       Page 54, line 12, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
     by $14,000,000)''.
       Page 54, line 13, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
     by $14,000,000)''.
       Page 54, line 19, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
     by $14,000,000)''.
       Page 88, line 3, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2670

                       Offered By: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 19:  At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following:

               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 801. None of the funds made available to the 
     Department of Justice in this Act may be used for the purpose 
     of transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 
     conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 
     classified as a maximum security prisoner, other than to a 
     prison or other facility classified as a maximum security 
     prison or facility.

                               H.R. 2670

                       Offered By: Mr. Visclosky

       Amendment No. 20:  At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title), the following:


               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 801. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
     used to negotiate or otherwise enter into any suspension 
     agreement under section 734 of the Tariff Act of 1930, with 
     respect to any of the following categories of steel products: 
     semifinished, plates, sheets and strips, wire rods, wire and 
     wire products, rail type products, bars, structural shapes 
     and units, pipes and tubes, iron ore, and coke products.

                               H.R. 2670

                           Offered By: Mr. Wu

       Amendment No. 21:  Page 52, line 19, after the dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(increased by $194,996,950 
     for the Advanced Technology Program)''.
       At the end of the bill, insert after the last section 
     (preceding the short title) the following:

               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 801. Total appropriations made in this Act for 
     ``DEPARTMENT OF STATE--Administration of Foreign Affairs'' 
     are hereby reduced by 5 percent.