[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 21557-21558]
[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. 1551

                        Offered By: Mr. Andrews

       Amendment No. 1: Page 3, line 2, insert ``, of which 
     $1,000,000 shall be for the development, in coordination with 
     the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, of a domestic and 
     international airfield obstruction data base'' after 
     ``projects and activities''.
       Page 3, line 14, insert ``, of which $9,000,000 shall be 
     for the development, in coordination with the National 
     Imagery and Mapping Agency, of a domestic and international 
     airfield obstruction data base'' after ``projects and 
     activities''.

                               H.R. 1551

                        Offered By: Mr. Andrews

       Amendment No. 2: Page 3, line 4, insert ``, of which 
     $1,000,000 shall be for implementing biometric technology 
     security, including Iris Recognition Technology'' after 
     ``projects and activities''.

                               H.R. 1551

                        Offered By: Mr. Andrews

       Amendment No. 3: Page 8, after line 16, insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 9. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Federal Aviation Administration shall transmit 
     to the Congress a report describing the results of a study of 
     the appropriateness of requiring that airports receiving 
     Airport Improvement Program grants provide funding for a 
     portion of the projects for which the grants are made, with 
     particular attention given to the burden that such 
     requirements have on smaller airports.

                               H.R. 1551

                     Offered By: Mr. Sensenbrenner

       Amendment No. 4: Page 2, line 4, through page 3, line 25, 
     amend section 2 to read as follows:

     SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       Section 48102(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (4)(J);
       (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and 
     inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(6) for fiscal year 2000, $208,416,100 including--
       ``(A) $17,269,000 for system development and infrastructure 
     projects and activities;
       ``(B) $33,042,500 for capacity and air traffic management 
     technology projects and activities;
       ``(C) $11,265,400 for communications, navigation, and 
     surveillance projects and activities;
       ``(D) $15,765,000 for weather projects and activities;
       ``(E) $6,358,200 for airport technology projects and 
     activities;
       ``(F) $39,639,000 for aircraft safety technology projects 
     and activities;
       ``(G) $53,218,000 for system security technology projects 
     and activities;
       ``(H) $26,207,000 for human factors and aviation medicine 
     projects and activities;
       ``(I) $3,481,000 for environment and energy projects and 
     activities; and
       ``(J) $2,171,000 for innovative/cooperative research 
     projects and activities, of which $750,000 shall be for 
     carrying out subsection (h) of this section; and
       ``(7) for fiscal year 2001, $222,950,000.''.

                               H.R. 1655

                        Offered By: Mr. Andrews

       Amendment No. 1: Page 17, after line 10, insert the 
     following new subsection:
       (e) Additional Authorization.--The Secretary shall 
     designate $2,000,000 of the amounts authorized by this 
     section for each fiscal year for biometric technology 
     security, including Iris Recognition Technology.

                               H.R. 1655

                        Offered By: Ms. Berkley

       Amendment No. 2: Page 36, after line 9, insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 18. NUCLEAR WASTE TRANSMUTATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall commence a program 
     of research and development on the technology necessary to 
     achieve onsite transmutation of nuclear waste into 
     nonradioactive substances.
       (b) Grants, Contracts, Cooperative Agreements, Interagency 
     Funds Transfer Agreements, and Field Work Proposals.--
       (1) Assistance.--The Secretary may award grants or 
     contracts to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, 
     institutions of higher education and industrial enterprises 
     to conduct a research, development, and demonstration program 
     on the technology necessary to achieve onsite transmutation 
     of nuclear waste into nonradioactive substances in a manner 
     consistent with United States environmental and 
     nonproliferation policy. The Secretary shall not support a 
     technology under this section that involves the isolation of 
     plutonium or uranium.
       (2) Peer review.--Funds made available under paragraph (1) 
     for initiating contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, 
     interagency funds transfer agreements, and field work 
     proposals shall be made available based on a competitive 
     selection process and a peer review of proposals. Exceptions 
     shall be considered on a case-by-case basis, and reported by 
     the Secretary to the Committee on Science of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources of the Senate 30 days prior to any such award.
       (c) Consultation.--The Secretary may establish an advisory 
     panel consisting of experts from industry, institutions of 
     higher education, and other entities as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate, to assist in developing 
     recommendations and priorities for the research, development, 
     and demonstration program carried out under subsection (a).
       (d) Limitations.--
       (1) Administrative expenses.--Not more than 5 percent of 
     the amount made available to carry out this section for a 
     fiscal year may be used by the Secretary for expenses 
     associated with the administration of the program carried out 
     under subsection (a).
       (2) Construction costs.--None of the funds made available 
     to carry out this section may be used for the construction of 
     a new building or the acquisition, expansion, remodeling, or 
     alteration of an existing building

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     (including site grading and improvement and architect fees).
       (e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
       (1) Contract.--The term ``contract'' means a procurement 
     contract within the meaning of section 6303 of title 31, 
     United States Code.
       (2) Cooperative agreement.--The term ``cooperative 
     agreement'' means a cooperative agreement within the meaning 
     of section 6305 of title 31, United States Code.
       (3) Grant.--The term ``grant'' means a grant awarded under 
     a grant agreement, within the meaning of section 6304 of 
     title 31, United States Code.
       (4) Institution of higher education.--The term 
     ``institution of higher education'' means an institution of 
     higher education, within the meaning of section 1201(a) of 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)).
       (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--Of the amounts 
     authorized under section 3(a)(2)(G), $2,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 2000 and $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 shall be 
     available for carrying out this section.

                               H.R. 1655

                     Offered By: Mr. Sensenbrenner

       Amendment No. 3: Page 27, lines 9 through 19, amend 
     paragraph (3) to read as follows:
       (3) the Comptroller General reports to the Congress, on the 
     basis of available information, that the tax reimbursements 
     that the Comptroller General estimates the Department would 
     pay to its contractors as a cost of constructing the 
     Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 
     Tennessee would be no more than the tax reimbursements it 
     would pay if the same project were constructed at the 
     Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California, the 
     Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois, the Los Alamos 
     National Laboratory in New Mexico, or the Brookhaven National 
     Laboratory in New York.
       Page 36, line 5, insert ``the Lawrence Livermore National 
     Laboratory, the Los Alamos National Laboratory,'' after 
     ``Accelerator Laboratory,''.
       Page 36, lines 8 and 9, strike ``Stanford Linear 
     Accelerator Center, or the Thomas Jefferson National 
     Accelerator Facility'' and insert ``Sandia National 
     Laboratories, the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the 
     Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, or the Y-12 
     Plant''.