[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8806-8807]
[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. 1664

                   Offered By: Mr. Farr of California

       Amendment No. 15: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new section:
       Sec. __. (a) Authority To Make Payments.--Subject to the 
     provisions of this section, the Secretary of Defense is 
     authorized to enter into agreements to make payments for the 
     settlement of the claims arising from

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     the deaths caused by the accident involving a United States 
     Air Force CT-43 aircraft on April 3, 1996, near Dubrovnik, 
     Croatia.
       (b) Deadline for Exercise of Authority.--The Secretary 
     shall make the decision to exercise the authority under 
     subsection (a) not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (c) Source of Payments.--Amounts appropriated or otherwise 
     made available for the Department of the Air Force for 
     operation and maintenance for fiscal year 1999 or other 
     unexpended balances for prior years shall be available for 
     payments under subsection (a).
       (d) Amount of Payment.--The amount of the payment under 
     this section in settlement of the claims arising from the 
     death of any person associated with the accident described in 
     subsection (a) may not exceed $2,000,000.
       (e) Treatment of Payments.--Any amount paid to a person 
     under this section is intended to supplement any amount 
     subsequently determined to be payable to the person under 
     section 127 or chapter 163 of title 10, United States Code, 
     or any other provision of law for administrative settlement 
     of claims against the United States with respect to damages 
     arising from the accident described in subsection (a).
       (f) Construction.--The payment of an amount under this 
     section may not be considered to constitute a statement of 
     legal liability on the part of the United States or otherwise 
     as evidence of any material fact in any judicial proceeding 
     or investigation arising from the accident described in 
     subsection (a).