[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 17447-17448]
[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. 2660

                        Offered By: Mr. Manzullo

       Amendment No. 4: 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 ``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 ``at least 65 
     percent'' for ``substantially all''.

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                               H.R. 2660

                        Offered By: Mr. Bereuter

       Amendment No. 5: In the item relating to ``Department of 
     Health and Human Services--Agency for Healthcare Research and 
     Quality--Healthcare Research and Quality'', insert before the 
     period at the end the following:

     : Provided, That, of the funds made available under this 
     heading, $12,000,000 shall be for the conduct of research on 
     the comparative effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and safety 
     of drugs, biological products, and devices under subparagraph 
     (B) of section 912(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 299b-1(b)(2))

                               H.R. 2660

                         Offered By: Mr. Rahall

       Amendment No. 6: 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 to implement amendments to Department of Labor Mine 
     Safety and Health Administration regulations parts 70, 75, 
     and 90 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations, as proposed 
     on March 6, 2003.

                               H.R. 2660

                         Offered By: Mr. Toomey

       Amendment No. 7: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following 
     section:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
     the National Institutes of Health may be used to fund grant 
     number R01HD039789, R03HD039206, R01DA013896, or R01MH065871.

                               H.R. 2657

                        Offered By: Mr. Chocola

       Amendment No. 8: At the end of the bill, insert after the 
     last section (preceding the short title) the following 
     section:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to fund grant number R01HD039789 at the National 
     Institutes of Health.

                               H.R. 2660

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 9: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
     the Department of Health and Human Services may be used to 
     grant an exclusive or partially exclusive license pursuant to 
     chapter 18 of title 35, United States Code, except in 
     accordance with section 209 of such title (relating to the 
     availability to the public of an invention and its benefits 
     on reasonable terms).