[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9622-9624]
[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. 3605

                        Offered By: Mr. Hinchey

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill, add the following 
     new title:
                         TITLE III--WILDERNESS

     SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``San Rafael Swell Region 
     Wilderness Act of 2000''.

     SEC. 302. DESIGNATION.

       (a) In General.--In furtherance of the purposes of the 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain public lands 
     in Utah, comprising approximately 1,054,800 acres as 
     generally depicted on a map entitled ``Proposed Wilderness 
     within San Rafael Swell Region'' and dated March, 2000, and 
     as specified in subsection (b) of this section, are hereby 
     designated as wilderness and therefore as components of the 
     National Wilderness Preservation System.
       (b) Wilderness Areas.--The areas designated as wilderness 
     by subsection (a) are as follows:
       (1) The lands identified as ``Sids Mountain'' and ``Eagle 
     Canyon'' on the map referred to in subsection (a), comprising 
     approximately 112,000 acres, which shall be known as ``Sids 
     Mountain-Eagle Canyon Wilderness''.
       (2) The lands identified as ``Mexican Mountain'' on the map 
     referred to in subsection (a), comprising approximately 
     99,000 acres, which shall be known as ``Mexican Mountain 
     Wilderness''.
       (3) The lands identified as ``Muddy Creek'' on the map 
     referred to in subsection (a), comprising approximately 
     235,000 acres, which shall be known as ``Muddy Creek 
     Wilderness''.
       (4) The lands identified as ``Wild Horse Mesa'' on the map 
     referred to in subsection (a), comprising approximately 
     91,000 acres, which shall be known as ``Wild Horse Mesa 
     Wilderness''.
       (5) The lands identified as ``Factory Butte'' on the map 
     referred to in subsection (a), comprising approximately 
     25,000 acres, which shall be known as ``Factory Butte 
     Wilderness''.
       (6) The lands identified as ``Red Desert'' and ``Capital 
     Reef Adjacent Units'' on the map referred to in subsection 
     (a), comprising approximately 40,000 acres, which shall be 
     known as ``Red Desert Wilderness''.
       (7) The lands identified as ``Price River-Humbug'' on the 
     map referred to in subsection (a), comprising approximately 
     99,000 acres, which shall be known as ``Price River-Humbug 
     Wilderness''.
       (8) The lands identified as ``Lost Spring Wash'' on the map 
     referred to in subsection (a), comprising approximately 
     35,000 acres, which shall be known as ``Lost Spring Wash 
     Wilderness''.
       (9) The lands identified as ``Mussentuchit Badlands'' on 
     the map referred to in subsection (a), comprising 
     approximately 25,000 acres, which shall be known as the 
     ``Mussentuchit Badlands Wilderness''.
       (10) The lands identified as ``Rock Canyon'' on the map 
     referred to in subsection (a), comprising approximately 
     17,000 acres, which shall be known as ``Rock Canyon 
     Wilderness''.
       (11) The lands identified as ``Molen Reef'' on the map 
     referred to in subsection (a), comprising approximately 
     33,000 acres, which shall be known as ``Molen Reef 
     Wilderness''.
       (12) The lands identified as ``Limestone Cliffs'' on the 
     map referred to in subsection (a), comprising approximately 
     24,000 acres, which shall be known as ``Limestone Cliffs 
     Wilderness''.
       (13) The lands identified as ``Jones Bench'' on the map 
     referred to in subsection (a), comprising approximately 2,800 
     acres, which shall be known as ``Jones Bench Wilderness''.
       (14) The lands identified as ``Hondu Country'' on the map 
     referred to in subsection (a), comprising approximately 
     20,000 acres, which shall be known as ``Hondu Country 
     Wilderness''.
       (15) The lands identified as ``Devil's Canyon'' on the map 
     referred to in subsection (a), comprising approximately 
     23,000 acres, which shall be known as ``Devil's Canyon 
     Wilderness''.
       (16) The lands identified as ``Upper Muddy Creek'' on the 
     map referred to in subsection (a), comprising approximately 
     19,000 acres,

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     which shall be known as ``Upper Muddy Creek Wilderness''.
       (17) The lands identified as ``Cedar Mountain'' on the map 
     referred to in subsection (a), comprising approximately 
     15,000 acres, which shall be known as ``Cedar Mountain 
     Wilderness''.
       (18) The lands identified as ``San Rafael Swell Reef'' on 
     the map referred to in subsection (a), comprising 
     approximately 105,000 acres, which shall be known as ``San 
     Rafael Swell Reef Wilderness''.

     SEC. 303. MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.

       As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, a map and a legal description for each of the 
     Wilderness Areas shall be filed by the Secretary with the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives. 
     Each such map and legal description shall have the same force 
     and effect as if included in this Act, except that the 
     Secretary, as appropriate, may correct clerical and 
     typographical errors in such legal description and map. Such 
     map and legal description for each such Wilderness Area shall 
     be on file and available for public inspection in the offices 
     of the Director and Utah State Director, Bureau of Land 
     Management, Department of the Interior.

     SEC. 304. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.

       (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights and to 
     subsection (b), the Wilderness Areas shall be administered by 
     the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of the 
     Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that--
       (1) any reference in such provisions to the effective date 
     of the Wilderness Act is deemed to be a reference to the 
     effective date of this Act; and
       (2) any reference in such provisions to the Secretary of 
     Agriculture is deemed to be a reference to the Secretary of 
     the Interior.
       (b) Further Acquisitions.--Any lands within the boundaries 
     of any of the Wilderness Areas that are acquired by the 
     United States after the date of the enactment of this Act 
     shall become part of the relevant Wilderness Area and shall 
     be managed in accordance with all the provisions of this Act 
     and other laws applicable to such a Wilderness Area.

     SEC. 305. NO BUFFER ZONES.

       The Congress does not intend for the designation of the 
     Wilderness Areas by this Act to lead to the creation of 
     protective perimeters or buffer zones around any Wilderness 
     Area. The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be 
     seen or heard from areas within a Wilderness Area shall not, 
     of itself, preclude such activities or uses up to the 
     boundary of the Wilderness Area.

     SEC. 306. DEFINITIONS.

       As used in this title:
       (1) Public lands.--The term ``public lands'' has the same 
     meaning as that term has in section 103(e) of the Federal 
     Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
       (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (3) Wilderness area.--The term ``Wilderness Area'' or 
     ``Wilderness Areas'' means one or more of the areas specified 
     in section 302(b).

                               H.R. 3605

                          Offered By: Mr. Holt

       Amendment No. 2: Strike section 202(b) and insert the 
     following:
       (b) Uses.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall allow only such uses 
     of the Conservation Area as the Secretary finds will further 
     the purposes for which the Conservation Area is established.
       (2) Motorized vehicles.--Except where needed for 
     administrative purposes or to respond to an emergency--
       (A) no motorized vehicles shall be permitted in any 
     wilderness study area or other roadless area within the 
     Conservation Area; and
       (B) use of motorized vehicles on other lands within the 
     Conservation Area shall be permitted only on roads and trails 
     designated for use of motorized vehicles as part of the 
     management plan prepared pursuant to subsection (f).

                               H.R. 3605

                   Offered By: Mr. Udall of Colorado

       Amendment No. 3: In the last subsection of section 202 
     (relating to wilderness Acts), strike the final period and 
     insert the following: ``, and in order to maintain the 
     options of Congress with regard to possible future 
     designation of lands as wilderness, the public lands in the 
     San Rafael area, comprising approximately 1,054,800 acres as 
     generally depicted on a map entitled `Wilderness Study Lands 
     Within San Rafael Swell Region' and dated April, 2000, shall 
     be administered by the Secretary in accordance with section 
     603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 
     so as not to impair the suitability of such areas for 
     preservation of wilderness until Congress determines 
     otherwise.''.

                               H.R. 4461

                        Offered By: Mr. Andrews

       Amendment No. 23: At the end of title VII of the bill, add 
     the following new section:
       Sec. 753. Section 502(h) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
     U.S.C. 1472(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(13) Guarantees for refinancing loans.--Upon the request 
     of the borrower, the Secretary shall, to the extent provided 
     in appropriation Acts, guarantee a loan that is made to 
     refinance an existing loan that is made under this section or 
     guaranteed under this subsection, and that the Secretary 
     determines complies with the following requirements:
       ``(A) Interest rate.--The refinancing loan shall have a 
     rate of interest that is fixed over the term of the loan and 
     does not exceed the interest rate of the loan being 
     refinanced.
       ``(B) Security.--The refinancing loan shall be secured by 
     the same single-family residence as was the loan being 
     refinanced, which shall be owned by the borrower and occupied 
     by the borrower as the principal residence of the borrower.
       ``(C) Amount.--The principal obligation under the 
     refinancing loan shall not exceed an amount equal to the sum 
     of the balance of the loan being refinanced and such closing 
     costs as may be authorized by the Secretary, which shall 
     include a discount not exceeding 2 basis points and an 
     origination fee not exceeding such amount as the Secretary 
     shall prescribe.

     The provisions of the last sentence of paragraph (1) and 
     paragraphs (2), (5), (6)(A), (7), and (9) shall apply to 
     loans guaranteed under this subsection, and no other 
     provisions of paragraphs (1) through (12) shall apply to such 
     loans.''.

                               H.R. 4576

                        Offered By: Mr. DeFazio

       Amendment No. 1: Page 2, line 15, insert ``(increased by 
     $1,500,000)'' after the dollar amount.
       Page 3, line 3, insert ``(increased by $197,500,000)'' 
     after the dollar amount.
       Page 3, line 15, insert ``(increased by $1,500,000)'' after 
     the dollar amount.
       Page 4, line 3, insert ``(increased by $45,000,000)'' after 
     the dollar amount.
       Page 8, line 22, insert ``(increased by $168,000,000)'' 
     after the dollar amount.
       Page 9, line 4, insert ``(increased by $68,000,000)'' after 
     the dollar amount.
       Page 9, line 14, insert ``(increased by $414,400,000)'' 
     after the dollar amount.
       Page 10, line 2, insert ``(increased by $34,100,000)'' 
     after the dollar amount.
       Page 28, line 15, insert ``(reduced by $930,000,000)'' 
     after the dollar amount.

                               H.R. 4576

                        Offered By: Mr. DeFazio

       Amendment No. 2: Page 28, line 15, insert ``(reduced by 
     $930,000,000)'' after the dollar amount.

                               H.R. 4576

                        Offered By: Mr. DeFazio

       Amendment No. 3: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to enter into a contract with an entity that has 
     submitted information to the Secretary of Defense, pursuant 
     to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the entity has, 
     on a total of three or more occasions after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, either been convicted of, or had a 
     civil judgment rendered against it for--
       (1) commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection 
     with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a 
     Federal, State, or local contract or subcontract;
       (2) violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes 
     relating to the submission of offers for contracts; or
       (3) commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, 
     falsification or destruction of records, making false 
     statements, or receiving stolen property.

                               H.R. 4576

                        Offered By: Mr. DeFazio

       Amendment No. 4: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to enter into a contract with an entity for which a 
     total of 3 or more convictions or civil judgments are 
     rendered (as determined using information available to the 
     Secretary of Defense pursuant to the Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation) after the date of the enactment of this Act for--
       (1) commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection 
     with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a 
     Federal, State, or local contract or subcontract;
       (2) violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes 
     relating to the submission of offers for contracts;
       (3) commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, 
     falsification or destruction of records, making false 
     statements, or receiving stolen property; or
       (4) commission of any other offense indicating a lack of 
     business integrity or business honesty that seriously or 
     directly affects the present responsibility of a Government 
     contractor or subcontractor.

                               H.R. 4576

                        Offered By: Mr. DeFazio

       Amendment No. 5: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:

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       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to enter into a contract with an entity for which a 
     conviction or civil judgment is rendered (as determined using 
     information available to the Secretary of Defense pursuant to 
     the Federal Acquisition Regulation) for--
       (1) commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection 
     with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a 
     Federal, State, or local contract or subcontract;
       (2) violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes 
     relating to the submission of offers for contracts;
       (3) commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, 
     falsification or destruction of records, making false 
     statements, or receiving stolen property; or
       (4) commission of any other offense indicating a lack of 
     business integrity or business honesty that seriously or 
     directly affects the present responsibility of a Government 
     contractor or subcontractor.

                               H.R. 4576

                         Offered By: Mr. Dicks

       Amendment No. 6: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. __. Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
       (1) from amounts made available for Research, Development, 
     Test and Evaluation, Air Force in this Act and the Department 
     of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-79), an 
     aggregate amount of $99,700,000 (less any proportional 
     general reduction required by law and any reduction required 
     for the Small Business Innovative Research program) shall be 
     available only for the 
     B-2 Link 16/Center Instrument Display/In-Flight Replanner 
     program;
       (2) the Secretary of the Air Force hereafter shall not be 
     required to obligate funds for potential termination 
     liability in connection with the B-2 Link 16/Center 
     Instrument Display/In-Flight Replanner program; and
       (3) if any Act hereafter appropriates an amount for the B-2 
     Link 16/Center Instrument Display/In-Flight Replanner program 
     for fiscal year 2001 or fiscal year 2002, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall make such amount available for obligation not 
     later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of such 
     Act.

                               H.R. 4576

                       Offered By: Mr. Hostettler

       Amendment No. 7: At the end of title VIII (page 116, after 
     line 22) insert the following new section:
       Sec. __. (a) Prohibition Against Use of Funds For Certain 
     Preference.--None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to give or withhold a preference to a marketer or 
     vendor of firearms or ammunition based on whether the 
     manufacturer or vendor is a party to a covered agreement.
       (b) Covered Agreement Defined.--For purposes of this 
     section, the term ``covered agreement'' means any agreement 
     requiring a person engaged in a business licensed under 
     chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to abide by a 
     designated code of conduct, operating practice, or product 
     design respecting importing, manufacturing, or dealing in 
     firearms or ammunition.

                               H.R. 4576

                        Offered By: Mr. Kucinich

       Amendment No. 8: Page 33, line 5, insert ``(reduced by 
     $174,024,000)'' after the dollar amount.
       Page 35, lines 10 and 11, insert ``(increased by 
     $174,024,000)'' after the dollar amount.

                               H.R. 4576

                        Offered By: Mr. Kucinich

       Amendment No. 9: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. 8119. Of the amount provided in title IV for 
     ``Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-
     Wide'', not more than 1,566,214,000 shall be available for 
     the National Missile Defense program.
       (b) The amount provided in title IV for ``Research, 
     Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' is hereby 
     reduced by $174,024,000.

                               H.R. 4576

                         Offered By: Mr. Markey

       Amendment No. 10: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. 8119. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available in title III of this Act may be obligated or 
     expended for procurement for the National Missile Defense 
     program.
       (b) The amount provided in title III for ``Procurement, 
     Defense-Wide'' is hereby reduced by $74,530,000.

                               H.R. 4576

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 11: At the end of title VIII (page 116, after 
     line 22) insert the following new section:

     SEC. __. GRANT TO SUPPORT RESEARCH ON EXPOSURE TO HAZARDOUS 
                   AGENTS AND MATERIALS BY MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO 
                   SERVED IN THE PERSIAN GULF WAR.

       (a) Grant To Support Establishment of Research Facility To 
     Study Low-Level Chemical Sensitivities.--Of the amounts made 
     available in this Act for research, development, test, and 
     evaluation, the Secretary of Defense shall make a grant in 
     the amount of $1,650,000 to a medical research institution 
     for the purpose of initial construction and equipping of a 
     specialized environmental medical facility at that 
     institution for the conduct of research into the possible 
     health effect of exposure to low levels of hazardous 
     chemicals, including chemical warfare agents and other 
     substances and the individual susceptibility of humans to 
     such exposure under environmentally controlled conditions, 
     and for the conduct of such research, especially among 
     persons who served on active duty in the Southwest Asia 
     theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War. The grant 
     shall be made in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The 
     institution to which the grant is to be made shall be 
     selected through established acquisition procedures.
       (b) Selection Criteria.--To be eligible to be selected for 
     a grant under subsection (a), an institution must meet each 
     of the following requirements:
       (1) Be an academic medical center and be affiliated with, 
     and in close proximity to, a Department of Defense medical 
     and a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center.
       (2) Enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Defense 
     to ensure that research personnel of those affiliated medical 
     facilities and other relevant Federal personnel may have 
     access to the facility to carry out research.
       (3) Have demonstrated potential or ability to ensure the 
     participation of scientific personnel with expertise in 
     research on possible chemical sensitivities to low-level 
     exposure to hazardous chemicals and other substances.
       (4) Have immediate access to sophisticated physiological 
     imaging (including functional brain imaging) and other 
     innovative research technology that could better define the 
     possible health effects of low-level exposure to hazardous 
     chemicals and other substances and lead to new therapies.
       (c) Participation by the Department of Defense.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each element of the 
     Department of Defense provides to the medical research 
     institution that is awarded the grant under subsection (a) 
     any information possessed by that element on hazardous agents 
     and materials to which members of the Armed Forces may have 
     been exposed as a result of service in Southwest Asia during 
     the Persian Gulf War and on the effects upon humans of such 
     exposure. To the extent available, the information provided 
     shall include unit designations, locations, and times for 
     those instances in which such exposure is alleged to have 
     occurred.
       (d) Reports to Congress.--Not later than October 1, 2002, 
     and annually thereafter for the period that research 
     described in subsection (a) is being carried out at the 
     facility constructed with the grant made under this section, 
     the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report on the results during the year preceding 
     the report of the research and studies carried out under the 
     grant.

                               H.R. 4577

                        Offered By: Mr. Andrews

       Amendment No. 1: Page 84, after line 21, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 518. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by title III of this Act may be used to prohibit a 
     State vocational rehabilitation agency, for purposes of 
     reimbursement for the agency under the Rehabilitation Act of 
     1973, from counting a blind or visually-impaired person as 
     successfully rehabilitated under such Act if the person is 
     placed in a noncompetitive or nonintegrated employment 
     setting at the Federal minimum wage or higher.

                               H.R. 4577

               Offered By: Mr. Gary Miller of California

       Amendment No. 2: Page 64, after line 6, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 306. The amounts otherwise provided by this title are 
     revised by decreasing the amount made available under the 
     heading ``DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION--education reform'' for 
     ready to learn television, and by increasing the amount made 
     available under the heading ``DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION--
     special education'' for grants to States, by $16,000,000.

                               H.R. 4577

                          Offered By: Mr. Paul

       Amendment No. 3: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under 
     section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d-
     2(b)).
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