[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13733-13736]
[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. 2506

                  Offered By: Mr. Bartlett of Maryland

       Amendment No. 3: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following:


   prohibition on implementation of united nations conference on the 
    illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to implement any recommendation or requirement 
     adopted at the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade 
     in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (July 
     2001), except to the extent authorized pursuant to a law 
     enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act.

                               H.R. 2506

                       Offered By: Mr. Blumenauer

       Amendment No. 4: Page 112, after line 22, insert the 
     following:


     funding for office of environment and urban programs of usaid

       Sec. __. The Administrator of the United States Agency for 
     International Development shall ensure that amount of funds 
     provided to the Office of Environment and Urban Programs of 
     the Agency for fiscal year 2002 is greater than the amount of 
     funds received by such Office for fiscal year 2001.

                               H.R. 2506

                     Offered By: Mr. Brown of Ohio

       Amendment No. 5: In title II of the bill in the item 
     relating to ``child survival and health programs fund'', 
     after the first dollar amount, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $20,000,000)''.
       In title II of the bill in the item relating to ``child 
     survival and health programs fund'', after the fourth dollar 
     amount in the fourth proviso, insert the following 
     ``(increased by $20,000,000)''.
       In title IV of the bill in the item relating to 
     ``contribution to the multilateral investment guarantee 
     agency'', after the first dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(decreased by $10,000,000)''.
       In title IV of the bill in the item relating to 
     ``contribution to the asian development fund'', after the 
     first dollar amount, insert the following: ``(decreased by 
     $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

                     Offered By: Mr. Brown of Ohio

       Amendment No. 6: In title II of the bill in the item 
     relating to ``child survival and health programs fund'', 
     after the first dollar amount, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $40,000,000)''.
       In title II of the bill in the item relating to ``child 
     survival and health programs fund'', after the fourth dollar 
     amount in the fourth proviso, insert the following 
     ``(increased by $40,000,000)''.
       In title IV of the bill in the item relating to 
     ``contribution to the multilateral investment guarantee 
     agency'', after the first dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(decreased by $10,000,000)''.
       In title IV of the bill in the item relating to 
     ``contribution to the asian development fund'', after the 
     first dollar amount, insert the following: ``(decreased by 
     $30,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

                     Offered By: Mr. Brown of Ohio

       Amendment No. 7: 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 by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to 
     guarantee, insure, extend credit, or participate in an 
     extension of credit in connection with the export of any good 
     or service by a company that is under investigation for trade 
     dumping by the International Trade Commission, or is subject 
     to an anti-dumping duty order issued by the Department of 
     Commerce.

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                               H.R. 2506

                         Offered By: Mr. Cardin

       Amendment No. 8: Page 108, after line 20, insert the 
     following:


 sense of the congress relating to cooperation with the international 
              criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia

       Sec. 579. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds as follows:
       (1) All member states of the United Nations have the legal 
     obligation to cooperate fully with the International Criminal 
     Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
       (2) All parties to the General Framework Agreement for 
     Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina have the legal obligation to 
     cooperate fully with the Tribunal in pending cases and 
     investigations.
       (3) The United States Congress continues to insist, as a 
     condition for the receipt of foreign assistance, that all 
     governments in the region cooperate fully with the Tribunal 
     in pending cases and investigations.
       (4) The United States Congress strongly supports the 
     efforts of the Tribunal to bring those responsible for war 
     crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in the former 
     Yugoslavia to justice.
       (5) Those authorities in Serbia and the Federal Republic of 
     Yugoslavia responsible for the transfer of Slobodan Milosevic 
     to the Tribunal at The Hague are congratulated.
       (6) The governments of Croatia and Bosnia are congratulated 
     for their cooperation with the Tribunal, particularly 
     regarding the transfer of indictees to the Tribunal.
       (7) At least 30 persons who have been indicted by the 
     Tribunal remain at large, especially in the Republika Srpska 
     entity of Bosnia-Herzegovina, including but not limited to 
     Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic.
       (8) The Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for 
     Security and Cooperation in Europe recently adopted a 
     resolution that emphasizes the importance of cooperation by 
     member states with the Tribunal.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that:
       (1) All governments, entities, and municipalities in the 
     region, including but not limited to the Federal Republic of 
     Yugoslavia, Serbia, and the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina, are strongly encouraged to cooperate fully 
     and unreservedly with the International Criminal Tribunal for 
     the Former Yugoslavia in pending cases and investigations.
       (2) All governments, entities, and municipalities in the 
     region should cooperate fully and unreservedly with the 
     Tribunal, including (but not limited to) through--
       (A) the immediate arrest, surrender, and transfer of all 
     persons who have been indicted by the Tribunal but remain at 
     large in the territory which they control; and
       (B) full and direct access to Tribunal investigators to 
     requested documents, archives, witnesses, mass grave sites, 
     and any officials where necessary for the investigation and 
     prosecution of crimes under the Tribunal's jurisdiction.

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. Conyers

       Amendment No. 9: Page [25], line [9], strike ``and are'' 
     and all that follows through ``106-246:'' on line [11].

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. Conyers

       Amendment No. 10: Page [25], line [11], strike ``Provided 
     further'' and all that follows through ``heading:'' on line 
     [13].

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. Conyers

       Amendment No. 11: Page 112, after line 22, insert the 
     following:


 prohibition on aerial spraying efforts to eradicate illicit crops in 
                                colombia

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act under 
     the heading ``Department of State--international narcotics 
     control and law enforcement'' or ``Department of State--
     andean counterdrug initiative'' may be used for aerial 
     spraying efforts to eradicate illicit crops in Colombia.

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. Crowley

       Amendment No. 12: Page 2, line 25, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $1)''.
       Page 11, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 25, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. Crowley

       Amendment No. 13: Page 2, line 25, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $1)''.
       Page 11, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 32, line 25, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. Crowley

       Amendment No. 14: Page 11, line 11, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 33, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. Crowley

       Amendment No. 15: Page 11, line 12, insert before the 
     period the following: ``: Provided, That of the amount made 
     available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for 
     disaster preparedness activities for India''.

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. Crowley

       Amendment No. 16: Page 112, after line 22, insert the 
     following:


                           revision of funds

       Sec. __. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are 
     revised by increasing the amount made available for 
     ``international disaster assistance'' to be expended by the 
     South Asia Regional Office (located in Kathmandu, Nepal) of 
     the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance of the United 
     States Agency for International Development, and reducing the 
     amount made available for ``andean counterdrug initiative'', 
     by $10,000,000.

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. Delahunt

       Amendment No. 17: Page 112, after line 22, insert the 
     following:


  report on implementation of colombian national security legislation

       Sec. __. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the 
     Secretary of State, after consultation with representatives 
     from internationally recognized human rights organizations, 
     shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     report on the implementation of the Colombian national 
     security legislation passed by the Colombian Congress on June 
     20, 2001.
       (b) Each such report shall provide a description of the 
     effects of the security legislation on human rights in 
     Colombia and efforts to defend human rights in Colombia, 
     focusing particularly on--
       (1) incidents of arbitrary and incommunicado detention by 
     members of the Colombian Armed Forces and the Colombian 
     National Police, and whether those incidents have increased 
     since the submission of the previous report;
       (2) the status of investigations into allegations of human 
     rights abuses by members of the Colombian Armed Forces and 
     the Colombian National Police;
       (3) the effectiveness of certain investigations conducted 
     by military personnel, as provided for in the security 
     legislation, as opposed to those carried out by appropriate 
     civilian authorities; and
       (4) the effects of the security legislation on Colombia's 
     commitments under international treaties.
       (c) The requirement to submit a report under this section 
     shall not apply with respect any period of time during with 
     the security legislation is not in effect.
       (d) In this section, the term ``appropriate congressional 
     committees'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
     International Relations of the House of Representatives; and
       (2) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate.

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. English

       Amendment No. 18: Page 112, after line 22, insert the 
     following:


  prohibition against export-import bank assistance for foreign steel 
                               production

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to 
     provide assistance for the production of steel by any foreign 
     entity.

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. Hoekstra

       Amendment No. 19: Page 25, line 7, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(reduced by $65,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 20: In title II of the bill in the item 
     relating to ``child survival and health programs fund'', 
     after the first dollar amount, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $100,000,000)''.
       In title II of the bill in the item relating to ``child 
     survival and health programs fund'', after the first dollar 
     amount in the fourth proviso, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $60,000,000)''.
       In title II of the bill in the item relating to ``child 
     survival and health programs fund'', after the fourth dollar 
     amount in the fourth proviso, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $40,000,000)''.
       In title II of the bill in the item relating to ``operating 
     expenses of the united states agency for international 
     development'', after the first dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(decreased by $100,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 21: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following:


prohibition on assistance for foreign governments that use children as 
                                soldiers

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be made available to the government of a country that--

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       (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. 2506

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 22: Page 11, line 12, insert before the 
     period the following: ``: Provided, That of the amount made 
     available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be for 
     disaster relief and rehabilitation for India with respect to 
     the earthquake in India in January 2001''.

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. Kucinich

       Amendment No. 23: Page 112, after line 22, insert the 
     following:


ban on export-import bank assistance for certain transactions relating 
                            to fossil fuels

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for the provision by the Export-Import Bank of the 
     United States of any kind of assistance for a limited 
     recourse project or a long-term program involving oil and gas 
     field development, a thermal powerplant, or a petrochemical 
     plant or refinery.

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. Kucinich

       Amendment No. 24: Page 112, after line 22, insert the 
     following:


ban on export-import bank assistance for certain transactions relating 
                            to fossil fuels

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for the provision by the Export-Import Bank of the 
     United States of any kind of assistance for a transaction 
     involving oil and gas field development, a thermal 
     powerplant, or a petrochemical plant or refinery.

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. Lampson

       Amendment No. 25: In title III of the bill in the item 
     relating to ``foreign military financing program'', after the 
     first dollar amount, insert the following: ``(decreased by 
     $60,000)''.
       In title IV of the bill in the item relating to 
     ``international organizations and programs'', after the first 
     dollar amount, insert the following: ``(increased by 
     $60,000)''.

                               H.R. 2605

                   Offered By: Ms. Lee of California

       Amendment No. 26: In title II of the bill in the item 
     relating to ``child survival and health programs fund'', 
     after the first dollar amount, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $60,000,000)''.
       In title II of the bill in the item relating to ``child 
     survival and health programs fund'', after the third dollar 
     amount in the fourth proviso, insert the following: 
     ``(increased by $60,000,000)''.
       In title II of the bill in the item relatng to ``child 
     survival and health programs fund'', after the dollar amount 
     in the sixth proviso, insert the following: ``(increased by 
     $60,000,000)''.
       In title II of the bill in the item relating to ``andean 
     counterdrug initiative'', after the first dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(decreased by $38,000,000)''.
       In title III of the bill in the item relating to ``foreign 
     military financing program'', after the first dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(decreased by $22,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. McGovern

       Amendment No. 27: Page 6, line 10, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(increased by $100,000,000)''.
       Page 7, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $50,000,000)''.
       Page 7, line 5, after the second dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $50,000,000)''.
       Page 25, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $100,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

                   Offered By: Ms. Millender-McDonald

       Amendment No. 28: In title II of the bill under the heading 
     ``child survival and health programs fund'', insert before 
     the period at the end the following: ``: Provided further, 
     That of the amount made available under this heading for HIV/
     AIDS, $5,000,000 shall be for assistance to prevent mother-
     to-child HIV/AIDS transmission through effective partnerships 
     with nongovernmental organizations and research facilities 
     pursuant to section 104(c)(5) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b(c)(5))''.

                               H.R. 2506

                   Offered By: Mr. Miller of Florida

       Amendment No. 29: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following:


 prohibition on funds for countries without extradition treaties with 
                           the united states

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be made available for a country with respect to which a 
     treaty of extradition is not in effect between that country 
     and the United States.

                               H.R. 2506

                          Offered By: Mr. Paul

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


   limitation on funds for abortion, family planning, or population 
                            control efforts

       Sec. __. (a) Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act may be made available 
     for--
       (1) population control educational programs or population 
     policy educational programs;
       (2) family planning services, including, but not limited 
     to--
       (A) the manufacture and distribution of contraceptives;
       (B) printing, publication, or distribution of family 
     planning literature; and
       (C) family planning counseling;
       (3) abortion and abortion-related procedures; or
       (4) efforts to change any nation's laws regarding abortion, 
     family planning, or population control.
       (b) Additional Limitation.--None of the funds appropriated 
     or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available 
     to any organization which promotes or makes available--
       (1) population control educational programs or population 
     policy educational programs;
       (2) family planning services, including, but not limited 
     to--
       (A) the manufacture and distribution of contraceptives;
       (B) printing, publication, or distribution of family 
     planning literature; and
       (C) family planning counseling;
       (3) abortion and abortion-related procedures; or
       (4) efforts to change any nation's laws regarding abortion, 
     family planning, or population control.

                               H.R. 2506

                          Offered By: Mr. Paul

       Amendment No. 31: Page 2, strike line 3 and all that 
     follows through line 13 on page 4.

                               H.R. 2506

                         Offered By: Ms. Pelosi

       Amendment No. 32: Page 11, after line 12, insert the 
     following:
       In addition, for international disaster assistance for El 
     Salvador, $250,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That such 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: Provided further, That such amount shall be available 
     only to the extent that 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, is transmitted by 
     the President to the Congress.

                               H.R. 2506

                   Offered By: Mr. Roemer of Indiana

       Amendment No. 33: Page 10, line 20, after the dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(increased by $12,000,000)''.
       Page 13, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $1,100,000)''.
       Page 37, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $3,900,000)''.
       Page 38, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $7,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

                  Offered By: Mr. Smith of New Jersey

       Amendment No. 34: Page 112, after line 22, insert the 
     following:


         funding for trafficking victims protection act of 2000

       Sec. __. (a) Of the amounts made available in this Act 
     under the items ``development assistance'', ``economic 
     support fund'', ``assistance for eastern europe and the 
     baltic states'', ``assistance for the independent states of 
     the former soviet union'', ``international narcotics control 
     and law enforcement'', and ``migration and refugee 
     assistance''--
       (1) $10,000,000 shall be made available for prevention of 
     trafficking in persons, as authorized by section 106 of the 
     Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (division A of 
     Public Law 106-386);
       (2) $10,000,000 shall be made available for the protection 
     and assistance for victims of trafficking of persons, as 
     authorized by section 107(a) of such Act; and
       (3) $10,000,000 shall be made available to assist foreign 
     countries to meet minimum standards for the elimination of 
     trafficking, as authorized by section 134 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961.

                               H.R. 2506

                         Offered By: Mr. Souder

       Amendment No. 35: Page 25, line 2, insert before the period 
     at the end the following: ``: Provided further, That of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading, $27,000,000 shall be 
     for assistance to the Colombian National Police for the 
     purchase of two Buffalo transport/supply aircraft, 
     $12,000,000 shall be for

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     assistance to the Colombian Navy to purchase six Huey-II 
     patrol helicopters, and $5,000,000 shall be for assistance 
     for operating fuel to enhance drug interdiction efforts along 
     the north coast of Colombia and inland rivers''.

                               H.R. 2506

                         Offered By: Mr. Souder

       Amendment No. 36: Page 24, line 11, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(increased by $44,000,000)''.
       Page 37, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $24,000,000)''.
       Page 40, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $20,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

                       Offered By: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 37: At the end of the bill (preceding the 
     short title) insert the following new section:

                        buy american provisions

       Sec. __. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
     under this Act shall be made available to any person or 
     entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American 
     Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c).

                               H.R. 2506

                       Offered By: Mr. Traficant

       Amendment No. 38: Page 112, after line 22, insert the 
     following:


          prohibition on assistance for the russian federation

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to provide assistance to the Russian Federation.

                               H.R. 2506

                       Offered By: Mr. Visclosky

       Amendment No. 39: In title I, in the item relating to 
     ``subsidy appropriation'', after the aggregate dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $15,000,000)''.
       
       In title I, in the item relating to ``administrative 
     expenses'', after the aggregate dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $3,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2506

                       Offered By: Mr. Visclosky

       Amendment No. 40: In title I, in the item relating to 
     ``subsidy appropriation'', after the aggregate dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $15,000,000)''.
       
       In title I, in the item relating to ``administrative 
     expenses'', after the aggregate dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $3,000,000)''.
       
       In title II, in the item relating to ``child survival and 
     health programs fund''--
       (1) after the aggregate dollar amount, insert ``(increased 
     by $18,000,000)''; and
       (2) in the 4th proviso, after the dollar amount allocated 
     for HIV/AIDS, insert ``(increased by $18,000,000)''.

             CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 

                United States
                 of America



July 18, 2001