[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17206]
[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. 2657

                        Offered By: Mr. Manzullo

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec.__. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
     used--
       (1) to acquire manufactured articles, materials, or 
     supplies unless section 2 of the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 
     10a) is applied to the contract for such acquisition by 
     substituting--
       (A) ``Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
     Representatives'' for ``head of the department or independent 
     establishment''; and
       (B) ``at least 65 percent'' for ``substantially all''; or
       (2) to enter into a contract for the construction, 
     alteration, or repair of any public building or public work 
     unless section 3 of the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10b) is 
     applied to such contract by substituting--
       (A) in subsection (a)--
       (i) ``at least 65 percent'' for ``substantially all''; and
       (ii) ``Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
     Representatives'' for ``head of the department or independent 
     establishment''; and
       (B) in subsection (b), ``Chief Administrative Officer of 
     the House of Representatives has made any contract containing 
     the provision required by subsection (a) and'' for ``head of 
     a department, bureau, agency, or independent establishment 
     which has made any contract containing the provision required 
     by subsection (a)''.

                               H.R. 2660

                     Offered By: Mr. Green of Texas

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. Section 2604(a)(1) of the Low-Income Home Energy 
     Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623(a)(1)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ``subparagraph (B)'' 
     and inserting ``subparagraphs (B) and (C)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) Not more than 50 percent of amounts appropriated for 
     carrying out this title for any fiscal year shall be provided 
     for home heating purposes.''.

                               H.R. 2660

                     Offered By: Mr. Green of Texas

     Amendment No. 2: In the matter relating to ``Administration 
     for Children and Families--low-income home energy 
     assistance'', after the second dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $200,000,000), to remain available 
     until expended''.

                               H.R. 2660

                  Offered By: Mr. Blumenauer of Oregon

     Amendment No. 3: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new section:
       Sec. __. Federally recognized Indian tribes shall be 
     eligible to the same extent as States are eligible for 
     programs funded with amounts made available under this Act.