[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14076-14079]
[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. 4811

                         Offered By: Mr. Baker

       Amendment No. 29: At the end of the bill (preceding the 
     short title), add the following:

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 701. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in title II of this Act under the heading 
     ``development assistance'' or under the heading ``economic 
     support fund'' may be made available for the Government of 
     the Republic of Panama unless the United States Government 
     and the Government of the Republic of Panama have entered 
     into good-faith negotiations for the conclusion of an 
     agreement which provides for use by units of the United 
     States Armed Forces of an appropriate military installation 
     in the Republic of Panama for counternarcotics activities and 
     the defense of the Panama Canal.

                               H.R. 4811

                        Offered By: Mr. Bereuter

       Amendment No. 30: At the end of the bill (preceding the 
     short title), add the following:

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS


prohibition on assumption by united states government of liability for 
                    nuclear accidents in north korea

       Sec. 701. (a) Prohibition.--None of the funds appropriated 
     or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter 
     into any international agreement, contract, or other 
     arrangement, the purpose or effect of which is to impose 
     liability on the United States Government, or otherwise 
     require financial indemnity by the United States Government, 
     for nuclear accidents that may occur at nuclear reactors in 
     the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
       (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
     treaty subject to approval by the Senate pursuant to article 
     II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United 
     States.

                               H.R. 4811

                     Offered By: Mr. Brown of Ohio

       Amendment No. 31: In title II of the bill under the heading 
     ``BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE--Funds Appropriated to the 
     President--agency for international development child 
     survival and disease program fund'', after the first dollar 
     amount insert ``(increased by $40,000,000)'' and in the fifth 
     proviso after the fourth dollar amount (relating to other 
     infectious diseases) insert ``(increased by $40,000,000)''.
       In title IV of the bill under the heading ``MULTILATERAL 
     ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE-Funds Appropriated to the President-
     contribution to the asian development fund'', after the 
     dollar amount insert ``(decreased by $40,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4811

                     Offered By: Mr. Brown of Ohio

       Amendment No. 32: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     title:

                    TITLE VII--LIMITATION PROVISIONS

       Sec.__. No funds in this bill may be used in contravention 
     of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).

                               H.R. 4811

                        Offered By: Mr. Capuano

       Amendment No. 33: Page 22, line 25, before the period 
     insert the following: ``: Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made 
     available to promote peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan and 
     to promote democracy within those two countries through the 
     establishment of an International Fund for the Armenia-
     Azerbaijan Peace and Democracy Initiative''.

                               H.R. 4811

                        Offered By: Mr. Capuano

       Amendment No. 34:
       Page 132, after line 12, insert the following:

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                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS


 reports relating to termination of unilateral agricultural or medical 
                               sanctions

       Sec. 701. (a) Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the 
     date on which the President terminates a unilateral 
     agricultural sanction or unilateral medical sanction, the 
     President shall prepare and transmit to Congress a report 
     that contains a description of any occurrence of food or 
     medicine that has been prevented from reaching intended 
     populations by the foreign country or foreign entity 
     involved, any occurrence of stockpiling of food or medicine 
     by the country or entity involved, and any effort by the 
     country or entity involved to foster distribution of food and 
     medicine to the population.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Agricultural commodity.--The term ``agricultural 
     commodity'' has the meaning given the term in section 102 of 
     the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602).
       (2) Agricultural program.--The term ``agricultural 
     program'' means--
       (A) any program administered under the Agricultural Trade 
     Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et 
     seq.);
       (B) any program administered under section 416 of the 
     Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431);
       (C) any program administered under the Agricultural Trade 
     Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.);
       (D) the dairy export incentive program administered under 
     section 153 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (15 U.S.C. 713a-
     14);
       (E) any commercial export sale of agricultural commodities; 
     or
       (F) any export financing (including credits or credit 
     guarantees) provided by the United States Government for 
     agricultural commodities.
       (3) Medical device.--The term ``medical device'' has the 
     meaning given the term ``device'' in section 201 of the 
     Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
       (4) Medicine.--The term ``medicine'' has the meaning given 
     the term ``drug'' in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, 
     and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).
       (5) Unilateral agricultural sanction.--The term 
     ``unilateral agricultural sanction'' means any prohibition, 
     restriction, or condition on carrying out an agricultural 
     program with respect to a foreign country or foreign entity 
     that is imposed by the United States for reasons of foreign 
     policy or national security, except in a case in which the 
     United States imposes the measure pursuant to--
       (A) a multilateral regime and the other member countries of 
     that regime have agreed to impose substantially equivalent 
     measures; or
       (B) a mandatory decision of the United Nations Security 
     Council.
       (6) Unilateral medical sanction.--The term ``unilateral 
     medical sanction'' means any prohibition, restriction, or 
     condition on exports of, or the provision of assistance 
     consisting of, medicine or a medical device with respect to a 
     foreign country or foreign entity that is imposed by the 
     United States for reasons of foreign policy or national 
     security, except in a case in which the United States imposes 
     the measure pursuant to--
       (A) a multilateral regime and the other member countries of 
     that regime have agreed to impose substantially equivalent 
     measures; or
       (B) a mandatory decision of the United Nations Security 
     Council.

                               H.R. 4811

                         Offered By: Mr. Coburn

       Amendment No. 35: Page 16, line 9, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(reduced by $15,000,000)''.
       Page 19, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $15,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4811

                         Offered By: Mr. Coburn

       Amendment No. 36: Page 16, line 9, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(reduced by $9,000,000)''.
       Page 30, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $9,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4811

                         Offered By: Mr. Coburn

       Amendment No. 37: Page 19, line 22, insert before the 
     period the following: ``, except that such limitation shall 
     not apply to reconstruction of the electrical power and water 
     systems in Kosovo''.

                               H.R. 4811

                        Offered By: Mr. Conyers

       Amendment No. 38: Strike section 558 of the bill (page 94, 
     strike line 10 and all that follows through line 3 on page 
     95).

                               H.R. 4811

                         Offered By: Mr. Filner

       Amendment No. 39: In title II of the bill under the heading 
     ``OTHER BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTNACE ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE-
     ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND'', add at the end before the period the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, not less than $3,500,000 
     shall be made available for programs carried out by the 
     Kurdish Human Rights Watch for the Kurdistan region of 
     Iraq''.

                               H.R. 4811

                  Offered By: Mr. Hastings of Florida

       Amendment No. 40: Page 6, line 25, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(increased by $39,000,000)''.
       Page 26, line 5, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(decreased by $39,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4811

                  Offered By: Mr. Hastings of Florida

       Amendment No. 41: Page 13, line 14, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 26, line 5, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(decreased by $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4811

                  Offered By: Mr. Hastings of Florida

       Amendment No. 42: Page 26, line 5, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(decreased by $3,000,000)''.
       Page 41, line 3, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $3,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4811

                  Offered By: Mr. Jackson of Illinois

       Amendment No. 43: Under the heading ``CONTRIBUTION TO THE 
     AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK,'' on page 41, line 3, strike 
     ``$3,100,000'' and insert ``$6,100,000.''
       On page 41, line 11, strike ``$49,574,000'' and insert 
     ``$95,983.000.''

                               H.R. 4811

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No.  44: In title II of the bill under the 
     heading ``BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE-Other Bilateral 
     Economic Assistance-economic support fund'', after the first 
     dollar amount insert ``(increased by $15,000,000)''.
       In title II of the bill under the heading ``BILATERAL 
     ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE--Other Bilateral Economic Assistance-
     assistance for the independent states of the former soviet 
     union'', after the first dollar amount insert ``(decreased by 
     $15,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4811

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No.  45: In title II of the bill under the 
     heading ``BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE--Funds Appropriated 
     to the President--international disaster assistance'', after 
     the first dollar amount insert ``(decreased by 
     $10,000,000)''.
       In title III of the bill under the heading ``MILITARY 
     ASSISTANCE--Funds Appropriated to the President--peacekeeping 
     operations'', after the first dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4811

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No.  46: Page 132, after line 12, insert the 
     following:

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS


    limitation on funds for countries that use children as soldiers

       Sec. 701. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available to the government 
     of a country that--
       (1) conscripts children under the age of 18 into the 
     military forces of the country; or
       (2) provides for the direct participation of children under 
     the age of 18 in armed conflict.

                               H.R. 4811

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No.  47: Strike section 587 (page 124, strike 
     line 4 and all that follows through line 15 on page 127).

                               H.R. 4811

                         Offered By: Ms. Kaptur

       Amendment No. 48: Page 132, after line 12, insert the 
     following:

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS


         limitation on assistance to the government of ukraine

       Sec. 701. The amount otherwise provided by this Act for 
     assistance to the Government of Ukraine under the heading 
     ``assistance for the independent states of the former soviet 
     union'', is hereby reduced by an amount equal to the amount 
     of any claim outstanding on the date of the enactment of this 
     Act by the United States Government, a United States business 
     enterprise, or a United States private and voluntary 
     organization against the Government of Ukraine or any 
     Ukrainian business enterprise.

                               H.R. 4811

                         Offered By: Mr. Latham

       Amendment No. 49: Page 132, after line 12, insert the 
     following new title:

TITLE VII--OPPOSITION TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION LOANS THAT 
                  WOULD HURT UNITED STATES AGRICULTURE


  opposition to international financial institution loans that would 
        reduce the competitiveness of united states agriculture

       Sec. 701. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
     United States Executive Director at each international 
     financial institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of

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     the International Financial Institutions Act) to use the 
     voice, vote, and influence of the United States to oppose any 
     proposed loan by the institution that would reduce the 
     competitiveness of United States agriculture.

                               H.R. 4811

                        Offered By: Mr. Menendez

       Amendment No. 50: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     title:

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SEC. 701. PERU.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the Organization of American States (OAS) Electoral 
     Observer Mission, led by Eduardo Stein, deserves the 
     recognition and gratitude of the United States for having 
     performed an extarodinary service in promoting representative 
     democracy in the Americas by working to ensure free and fair 
     elections in Peru and exposing efforts of the Government of 
     Peru to manipulate the national elections in April and May of 
     2000 to benefit the president in power;
       (2) the Government of Peru failed to establish the 
     conditions for free and fair elections--both for the April 9, 
     2000, election as well as the May 28 run-off--by not taking 
     effective steps to correct the `insufficiencies, 
     irregularities, inconsistencies, and inequities' documented 
     by the OAS Electoral Observation Mission;
       (3) the United States Government should support the work of 
     the OAS high-level mission, and that such mission should base 
     its specific recommendations on the views of civil society in 
     Peru regarding commitments by their government to respect 
     human rights, the rule of law, the independence and 
     constitutional role of the judiciary and national congress, 
     and freedom of expression and journalism; and
       (4) in accordance with Public Law 106-186, the United 
     States must review and modify as appropriate its political, 
     economic, and military relations with Peru and work with 
     other democracies in this hemisphere and elsewhere toward a 
     restoration of democracy in Peru.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report evaluating United 
     States political, economic, and military relations with Peru, 
     in accordance with Public Law 106-186.
       (2) Such report should review, but not be limited to, the 
     following:
       (A) The effectiveness of providing United States assistance 
     to Peru only through independent non-governmental 
     organizations or international organizations.
       (B) Scrutiny of all United States anti-narcotics assistance 
     to Peru and the effectiveness of providing such assistance 
     through legitimate civilian agencies and the appropriateness 
     of providing this assistance to any military or intelligence 
     units that are known to have violated human rights, 
     suppressed freedom of expression or undermined free and fair 
     elections.
       (C) The need to increase support to Peru through 
     independent non-governmental organizations and international 
     organizations to promote the rule of law, separation of 
     powers, political pluralism, and respect for human rights, 
     and to evaluate termination of support for entities that have 
     cooperated with the undemocratic maneuvers of the executive 
     branch.
       (D) The effectiveness of United States policy of supporting 
     loans or other assistance for Peru through international 
     financial institutions (such as the World Bank and Inter-
     American Development Bank), and an evaluation of terminating 
     support to entities of the Government of Peru that have 
     willfully violated human rights, suppressed freedom of 
     expression, or undermined free and fair elections.
       (E) The extent to which Peru benefits from the Andean Trade 
     Preferences Act and the ramifications of conditioning 
     participation in that program on respect for the rule of law 
     and representative democracy.
       (c) Determination.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the President shall determine 
     and report to the appropriate committees of Congress whether 
     the Government of Peru has made substantial progress in 
     improving its respect for human rights, the rule of law 
     (including fair trials of civilians), the independence and 
     constitutional role of the judiciary and national congress, 
     and freedom of expression and independent journalism.
       (d) Prohibition.--Subject to subsections (e) and (f), if 
     the President determines and reports pursuant to subsection 
     (c) that the Government of Peru has not made substantial 
     progress, no funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
     available for assistance for the Government of Peru, and the 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States 
     executive directors to the international financial 
     institutions to use the voice and vote of the United States 
     to oppose loans to the Government of Peru.
       (e) Exception.--The prohibition in subsection (d) shall not 
     apply to loans to support basic human needs, humanitarian 
     assistance, democracy assistance, anti-narcotics assistance, 
     assistance to support binational peace activities involving 
     Peru and Ecuador, assistance provided by the Overseas Private 
     Investment Corporation, or assistance provided by the Trade 
     and Development Agency.
       (f) Waiver.--The President may waive subsection (d) for 
     periods not to exceed 90 days if the President certifies to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress that doing so is 
     important to the national security interests of the United 
     States and will promote the respect for human rights and the 
     rule of law in Peru.
       (g) Definition.--For the purposes of this section:
       (1) The term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means 
     the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations 
     and Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) The term ``humanitarian assistance'' includes, but is 
     not limited to, assistance to support health and basic 
     education.

                               H.R. 4811

                         Offered By: Mr. Nadler

       Amendment No. 51: Page 130, after line 16, insert the 
     following new section:


       sense of the congress regarding so-called ``honor crimes''

       Sec. 592. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
       (1) Thousands of women around the world are killed and 
     maimed each year in the name of family ``honor''.
       (2) The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 56th 
     Session, January 2000, working with the Special Rapporteurs 
     on violence against women and extrajudicial, summary, or 
     arbitrary executions, received reports of so-called ``honor 
     killings'' from numerous countries, including Bangladesh, 
     Jordan, India, and Pakistan, and noted that such killings 
     take many forms, such as flogging, forced suicide, stoning, 
     beheading, acid throwing, and burning.
       (3) According to the Department of State's Country Reports 
     on Human Rights Practices for 1999, ``crimes of honor'' in 
     Bangladesh include acid-throwing and whipping of women 
     accused of moral indiscretion.
       (4) Authorities in Bangladesh estimate there will be up to 
     200 ``honor killings'' in that country this year.
       (5) Thousands of Pakistani women and girls are stabbed, 
     burned, or maimed every year by husbands, fathers, and 
     brothers who accuse them of dishonoring their family by being 
     unfaithful, seeking a divorce, or refusing an arranged 
     marriage.
       (6) Jordan, which had 20 reported ``honor killings'' in 
     1998, still has laws reducing the penalty for, or exempting 
     perpetrators of ``honor crimes'', and the Jordanian 
     Parliament has twice failed to repeal these laws.
       (7) His Majesty King Abdullah of Jordan should be commended 
     for the recent formation of Jordan's Royal Commission on 
     Human Rights, chaired by Her Majesty Queen Rania, which will 
     primarily address obstacles that prevent women and children 
     from exercising their basic human rights, including the 
     persistence of ``honor crimes''.
       (8) Although India has made efforts to address the issue of 
     ``honor crimes'', more than 5,000 ``dowry deaths'' occur 
     every year in India, according to the United Nations 
     Children's Fund (UNICEF), which reported in 1997 that a dozen 
     women die each day in ``kitchen fires'' designed to be passed 
     off as accidents because the woman's husband's family is 
     dissatisfied over the size of the woman's dowry.
       (9) Women accused of adultery in countries such as 
     Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and a host 
     of other countries are subject to a maximum penalty of death 
     by stoning.
       (10) Even though ``honor killings'' may be outlawed, law 
     enforcement and judicial systems often fail to properly 
     investigate, arrest, and prosecute offenders and laws 
     frequently permit reduction in sentences or exemptions from 
     prosecution for those who ``kill in the name of honor'' 
     typically resulting in a token punishment, impunity, and 
     continued violence against women.
       (11) The right to exist is the most fundamental of all 
     rights and must be guaranteed to every individual without 
     discrimination, and the perpetuation of ``honor killings'' 
     and dowry deaths is a deliberate violation of women's human 
     rights that should be universally condemned.
       (b) Sense of the Congress Regarding So-Called ``Honor 
     Crimes''.--It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) the United States, through the United States Agency for 
     International Development, should--
       (A) work with foreign law enforcement and judicial agencies 
     to enact legal system reforms to more effectively address the 
     investigation and prosecution of so-called ``honor crimes''. 
     and
       (B) make resources available to local organizations to 
     provide refuge and rehabilitation for women who are victims 
     of ``honor crimes'' and the children of such women;
       (2) the Department of State, when preparing yearly Country 
     Reports on Human Rights Practices, should include--
       (A) information relating to the incidence of ``honor 
     violence'' in foreign countries;

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       (B) the steps taken by foreign governments to address the 
     problem of ``honor violence''; and
       (C) all relevant actions taken by the United States, 
     whether through diplomacy or foreign assistance programs, to 
     reduce the incidence of ``honor violence'' and to increase 
     investigations and prosecutions of such crimes;
       (3) the United States should communicate to the United 
     Nations its concern over the high rate of honor-related 
     violence toward women worldwide and request that the 
     appropriate United Nations bodies, in consultation with 
     relevant nongovernmental organizations, propose actions to be 
     taken to encourage these countries to demonstrate strong 
     efforts to end such violence; and
       (4) the President and the Secretary of State should 
     communicate directly with leaders of countries where ``honor 
     killings'', dowry deaths, and related practices are endemic, 
     in order to convey the Nation's most serious concerns over 
     these gross violations of human rights and urge these leaders 
     to investigate and prosecute all such acts as murder, with 
     the appropriate penalties.

                               H.R. 4811

                         Offered By: Mr. Payne

       Amendment No. 52: Page 8, line 15, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(increased by $28,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4811

                         Offered By: Mr. Payne

       Amendment No. 53: Page 12, line 8, insert before the period 
     the following: ``: Provided further, That of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading, not less than $500,000,000 
     shall be made available to carry out chapter 10 of part I of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961''.

                               H.R. 4811

                         Offered By: Mr. Payne

       Amendment No. 54: Page 12, line 8, insert before the period 
     the following: ``: Provided further, That of the amounts 
     appropriated under this heading, $500,000 shall be made 
     available for a grant to the Office of the Facilitator of the 
     National Dialogue for the peace process in the Democratic 
     Republic of the Congo''.
       Strike section 567 of the bill (page 109, strike line 7 and 
     all that follows through line 11).

                               H.R. 4811

                         Offered By: Mr. Payne

       Amendment No. 55: Page 26, line 5, after ``$305,000,000,'' 
     insert ``(decreased by $16,000,000)''.
       Page 38, line 6, after ``$117,900,000'' insert ``(increased 
     by $16,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4811

                         Offered By: Mr. Payne

       Amendment No. 56: Page 119, line 24, after ``sierra leone'' 
     insert ``or angola''.
       Page 120, line 6, after ``(RUF)'' insert ``, or to National 
     Union for the Total Independence of Angolo (UNITA)''.
       Page 120, line 8, before the period insert ``or the 
     democratically elected government of Angola, as the case may 
     be''.
       Page 120, line 15, before the period insert ``or in 
     Angola''.

                               H.R. 4811

                         Offered By: Mr. Payne

       Amendment No. 57: Page 132, after line 12, insert the 
     following:

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS


          assistance for national democratic alliance of sudan

       Sec. 701. (a) In General.--Of the funds appropriated under 
     the heading ``TITLE II--BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE-Other 
     Bilateral Economic Assistance-economic support fund'' for 
     non-sub-Saharan African countries, not more than $15,000,000 
     shall be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to 
     provide assistance to the National Democratic Alliance of 
     Sudan to strengthen its ability to protect civilians from 
     attacks, slave raids, and aerial bombardment by the Sudanese 
     government forces and its militia allies.
       (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``assistance'' 
     includes non-lethal, non-food aid such as blankets, medicine, 
     fuel, mobile clinics, water drilling equipment, 
     communications equipment to notify civilians of aerial 
     bombardment, non-military vehicles, tents, and shoes.

                               H.R. 4811

                         Offered By: Ms. Pelosi

       Amendment No. 58: Page 2, line 25, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(decreased by $1,000)''.
       Page 30, line 8, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $179,600,000).
       Page 30, line 9, strike ``: Provided'' and insert the 
     following ``, of which $179,600,000 is designated by the 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided, That the 
     $179,600,000 designated by this paragraph shall be available 
     only to the extent an official budget request that includes 
     designation of this amount as an emergency requirement as 
     defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to 
     the Congress: Provided further''.
       Page 132, after line 12, insert the following:

          TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR DEBT RESTRUCTURING

       The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:

                       Department of the Treasury


                           debt restructuring

       For an additional amount for ``Debt Restructuring'', 
     $210,000,000 for a contribution to the ``Heavily Indebted 
     Poor Countries Trust Fund'' of the International Bank for 
     Reconstruction and Development (HIPC Trust Fund): Provided, 
     That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
     amended: Provided further, That the entire 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 as defined in the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is 
     transmitted by the President to the Congress. For payment to 
     the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Trust Fund of the 
     International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, there 
     is authorized to be appropriated to the President 
     $210,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.

                               H.R. 4811

                         Offered By: Ms. Pelosi

       Amendment No. 59: Page 6, line 25, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(increased by $42,000,000).
       Page 7, line 21, after the first dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $42,000,000)''.
       Page 34, line 21, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(decreased by $42,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4811

                   Offered By: Mr. Smith of Michigan

       Amendment No. 60: Page 12, line 8, before the period insert 
     the following: ``: Provided further, That of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading, $30,000,000 shall be made 
     available for plant biotechnology research and development''.



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July 12, 2000