[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14184]
[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. Kucinich

       Amendment No. 62: 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 guaranties or insurance for a transaction 
     involving oil and gas field development, a thermal 
     powerplant, or a petrochemical plant or refinery.

                               H.R. 2506

                        Offered By: Mr. Kucinich

       Amendment No. 63: 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 guaranties or insurance 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. 2590

                   Offered By: Mr. Weldon of Florida

       Amendment No. 1: 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 implement, administer, or enforce any of the 
     proposed amendments to part 1 or 31 of title 26 of the Code 
     of Federal Regulations, as published in the Federal Register 
     on January 17, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3925, relating to Guidance 
     on Reporting of Deposit Interest Paid to Nonresident Aliens).

                               H. R. 2590

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 2: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. __. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to administer or enforce part 515 of title 31, 
     Code of Federal Regulations (the Cuban Assets Control 
     Regulations) with respect to any travel or travel-related 
     transaction.
       (b) The limitation established in subsection (a) shall not 
     apply to transactions in relation to any business travel 
     covered by section 515.560(g) of such part 515.

                               H.R. 2590

                         Offered By: Mr. Luther

       Amendment No. 3: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following new 
     section:
       Sec. __. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 
     any other Act for fiscal year 2002 may be used to appoint or 
     compensate any political appointee whose appointment would 
     cause the total number of political appointees at any time to 
     exceed 2,000.
       (b) For purposes of subsection (a), the term ``political 
     appointee'' means any individual who--
       (1) is employed in a position listed in sections 5312 
     through 5316 of title 5, United States Code (relating to the 
     Executive Schedule);
       (2) is a limited term appointee, limited emergency 
     appointee, or noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive 
     Service (as defined under section 3132 of title 5, United 
     States Code); or
       (3) is employed in a position in the executive branch of 
     the Government under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of 
     title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations.


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July 23, 2001