[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5093-5094]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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     EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999

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                       SESSIONS AMENDMENT NO. 121

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Sessions) proposed an amendment to the bill (S. 
544) making emergency supplemental appropriations and rescissions for 
recovery from natural disasters, and foreign assistance, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 7, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:

                    GENERAL PROVISION, THIS CHAPTER

       Sec.   . Crop Loss Assistance.--(a) In General.--Section 
     1102 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 
     (section 101(a) of division A of Public Law 105-277), is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``(not later than June 
     15, 1999)'' after ``made available''; and
       (2) in subsection (g)(1), by inserting ``or private crop 
     insurance (including a rain and hail policy)'' before the 
     period at the end.
       (b) Designation as Emergency Requirement.--Such sums are 
     necessary to carry out the amendments made by subsection (a): 
     Provided, That such amount shall be available only to the 
     extent an official budget request, that includes designation 
     of the entire amount of the request as an emergency 
     requirement for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985, is transmitted by the President 
     to Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement under 
     section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
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                      COVERDELL AMENDMENT NO. 122

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Coverdell) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
544, supra; as follows:

       On page 8, line 21, by inserting after ``Honduras:'' the 
     following: ``Provided further, That, of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading, up to $10,000,000 may be 
     made available to establish and support a scholarship fund 
     for qualified low-to-middle income students to attend 
     Zamorano Agricultural University in Honduras:''
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                DASCHLE (AND JOHNSON) AMENDMENT NO. 123

  Mr. STEVENS (for Mr. Daschle for himself and Mr. Johnson) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 344, supra; as follows:

       On page 39, line 20, strike ``$209,700,000'' and insert 
     ``$217,700,000''.
       On page 58, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:

                         TITLE V--MISCELLANEOUS

       Sec. 5001. (a) Availability of Settlement Amount.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount 
     received by the United States in settlement of the claims 
     described in subsection (b) shall be available as specified 
     in subsection (c).
       (b) Covered Claims.--The claims referred to in this 
     subsection are the claims of the United States against Hunt 
     Building Corporation and Ellsworth Housing Limited 
     Partnership relating to the design and construction of an 
     828-unit family housing project at Ellsworth Air Force Base, 
     South Dakota.
       (c) Specified Uses.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the amount 
     referred to in subsection (a) shall be available as follows:
       (A) Of the portion of such amount received in fiscal year 
     1999--
       (i) an amount equal to 3 percent of such portion shall be 
     credited to the Department of Justice Working Capital Fund 
     for the civil debt collection litigation activities of the 
     Department with respect to the claims referred to in 
     subsection (b), as provided for in section 108 of Public Law 
     103-121 (107 Stat. 1164; 28 U.S.C. 527 note); and
       (ii) of the balance of such portion--

       (I) an amount equal to \7/8\ of such balance shall be 
     available to the Secretary of Transportation for purposes of 
     construction of an access road on Interstate Route 90 at Box 
     Elder, South Dakota (item 1741 of the table contained in 
     section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
     Century (Public Law 105-178; 112 Stat. 320)); and
       (II) an amount equal to \1/8\ of such balance shall be 
     available to the Secretary of the Air Force for purposes of 
     real property and facility maintenance projects at Ellsworth 
     Air Force Base.

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       (B) Of the portion of such amount received in fiscal year 
     2000--
       (i) an amount equal to 3 percent of such portion shall be 
     credited to the Department of Justice Working Capital Fund in 
     accordance with subparagraph (A)(i); and
       (ii) an amount equal to the balance of such portion shall 
     be available to the Secretary of Transportation for purposes 
     of construction of the access road described in subparagraph 
     (A)(ii)(I).
       (C) Of any portion of such amount received in a fiscal year 
     after fiscal year 2000--
       (i) an amount equal to 3 percent of such portion shall be 
     credited to the Department of Justice Working Capital Fund in 
     accordance with subparagraph (A)(i); and
       (ii) an amount equal to the balance of such portion shall 
     be available to the Secretary of the Air Force for purposes 
     of real property and facility maintenance projects at 
     Ellsworth Air Force Base.
       (2) Limitation on availability of funds for access road.--
       (A) Limitation.--The amounts referred to in subparagraphs 
     (A)(ii)(I) and (B)(ii) of paragraph (1) shall be available as 
     specified in such subparagraphs only if, not later than 
     September 30, 2000, the South Dakota Department of 
     Transportation enters into an agreement with the Federal 
     Highway Administration providing for the construction of an 
     interchange on Interstate Route 90 at Box Elder, South 
     Dakota.
       (B) Alternative availability of funds.--If the agreement 
     described in subparagraph (A) is not entered into by the date 
     referred to in that subparagraph, the amounts described in 
     that subparagraph shall be available to the Secretary of the 
     Air Force as of that date for purposes of real property and 
     facility maintenance projects at Ellsworth Air Force Base.
       (3) Availability of amounts.--
       (A) Access road.--Amounts available under this section for 
     construction of the access road described in paragraph 
     (1)(A)(ii)(I) are in addition to amounts available for the 
     construction of that access road under any other provision of 
     law.
       (B) Property and facility maintenance projects.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts available 
     under this section for property and facility maintenance 
     projects at Ellsworth Air Force Base shall remain available 
     for expenditure without fiscal year limitation.
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                         LOTT AMENDMENT NO. 124

  Mr. LOTT proposed an amendment to amendment No. 81 proposed by Mrs. 
Hutchison to the bill, S. 544, supra; as follows:

       Strike all after the word Sec.  . and insert the following:
       Findings.--
       The Senate Finds That--
       (1) United States national security interests in Kosovo do 
     not rise to a level that warrants military operations by the 
     United States; and
       (2) Kosovo is a province in the Federal Republic of 
     Yugoslavia, a sovereign state:

     SEC.  . RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS 
                   IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA (SERBIA 
                   AND MONTENEGRO).

       (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), none 
     of the funds available to the Department of Defense 
     (including prior appropriations) may be used for the purpose 
     of conducting military operations by the Armed Forces of the 
     United States in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia 
     and Montenegro) unless Congress first enacts a law containing 
     specific authorization for the conduct of those operations.
       (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to--
       (1) any intelligence or intelligence-related activity or 
     surveillance or the provision of logistical support; or
       (2) any measure necessary to defend the Armed Forces of the 
     United States against an immediate threat.

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