[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 18870-18872]
[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. 2799

                        Offered By: Mr. Hinchey

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 801. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Department of Justice may be used to prevent the States 
     of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, 
     Maryland, Nevada, Oregon, or Washington from implementing 
     State laws authorizing the use of medical marijuana in those 
     States.

                               H.R. 2799

                        Offered By: Mr. Hinchey

       Amendment No. 2: At the end of the bill (before the title), 
     insert the following new title:

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Federal Communications Commission may be expended to 
     grant, transfer, or assign any license for any broadcast 
     station if--
       (1) the party (including all parties under common control) 
     to which such license would be granted, transferred, or 
     assigned directly or indirectly owns, operates or controls a 
     daily newspaper and the grant, transfer, or assignment of 
     such license will result in:

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       (A) the predicted or measured 2 mV/m contour of an AM 
     station, computed in accordance with 47 CFR 73.183 or 73.186, 
     encompassing the entire community in which such newspaper is 
     published;
       (B) the predicted 1 mV/m contour for an FM station, 
     computed in accordance with 47 CFR 73.313, encompassing the 
     entire community in which such newspaper is published; or
       (C) the Grade A contour of a TV station, computed in 
     accordance with 47 CFR 73.684, encompassing the entire 
     community in which such newspaper is published; or
       (2) as a result of such grant, transfer, or assignment an 
     entity would directly or indirectly own, operate, or control 
     two television stations licensed in the same Designated 
     Market Area (DMA) (as determined by Nielsen Media Research or 
     any successor entity), unless--
       (A) the Grade B contours of the stations (as determined by 
     47 CFR 73.684) do not overlap; or
       (B)(i) at the time the application to acquire or construct 
     the station is filed, at least one of the stations is not 
     ranked among the top four stations in the DMA, based on the 
     most recent all-day (9:00 a.m.-midnight) audience share, as 
     measured by Nielsen Media Research or by any comparable 
     professional, accepted audience ratings service; and
       (ii) at least 8 independently owned and operating, full-
     power commercial and noncommercial TV stations would remain 
     post-merger in the television market in which the communities 
     of license of the TV stations in question are located and--
       (I) count only those stations the Grade B signal contours 
     of which overlap with the Grade B signal contour of at least 
     one of the stations in the proposed combination; but
       (II) in areas where there is no Nielsen DMA, count the TV 
     stations present in an area that would be the functional 
     equivalent of a TV market and count only those TV stations 
     the Grade B signal contours of which overlap with the Grade B 
     signal contour of at least one of the stations in the 
     proposed combination.

                               H.R. 2799

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

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

               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 801. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Department of State to regulate the issuance 
     of consular identification cards by foreign missions in the 
     United States.

                               H.R. 2799

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 4: At the end of the bill after the last 
     section (preceding the short title) insert the following new 
     title:

               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 801. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Department of State to extend a visa issued 
     pursuant to section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b1) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act more than 8 times.

                               H.R. 2799

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

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

               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 801. Notwithstanding section 214(c)(1)(C) and section 
     286s of the Immigration and Nationality Act or any other 
     provision of law, amounts from fees pursuant to the issuance 
     of visas under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b1) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act shall be used as follows:
       (1) 4 percent shall be used for the processing of visas for 
     nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b1) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act.
       (2) The remainder shall be used as additional resources for 
     accelerating the processing by consular officers of other 
     nonimmigrant visa applications.

                               H.R. 2799

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No.6: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to prohibit the study of the issue of implementing 
     ``good time'' for persons incarcerated for non-violent crimes 
     in the Federal prison system.

                               H.R. 2799

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 7: At the end of the bill after the last 
     section (preceding the short title) insert the following new 
     title:

               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 801. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Department of State to prohibit any 
     organization, project, or activity from promoting the 
     participation of women in international peace efforts, 
     particularly in Africa and the Middle East.

                               H.R. 2799

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 8: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new title:

               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 801. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to prohibit the Administrator of the Small Business 
     Administration from providing technical assistance to small 
     business concerns participating in the rebuilding of Iraq and 
     Afghanistan.

                               H.R. 2799

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 9: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to destroy or conceal physical and electronic records 
     and documents related to any use of Federal agency resources 
     in any task or action involving or relating to members of the 
     Texas Legislature for the period beginning May 11, 2003, and 
     ending May 16, 2003.

                               H.R. 2799

                          Offered By: Mr. Paul

       Amendment No. 10: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

          limitation on united states contributions to unesco

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be made available for the United Nations Educational, 
     Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

                               H.R. 2799

                        Offered By: Mr. Sanders

       Amendment No. 11: 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 make an application under section 501 of the 
     Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
     1861) for an order requiring the production of tangible 
     things from a bookseller or library (as defined under section 
     213(2) of the Library Services and Technology Act (20 U.S.C. 
     9122(2)).

                               H.R. 2799

                      Offered By: Mr. King of Iowa

       Amendment No. 12: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 801. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to engage in negotiations the purpose of which is to 
     enter into a trade agreement with another country and in 
     which provisions on the temporary entry of professionals are 
     offered or accepted by a representative of the United States.

                               H.R. 2799

                      Offered By: Mr. King of Iowa

       Amendment No. 13: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 801. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to engage in negotiations respecting a trade 
     agreement with another country which creates or expands a 
     nonimmigrant visa category authorizing the temporary entry of 
     professionals into the United States.

                               H.R. 2800

                         Offered By: Mr. Hefley

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. Total appropriations made in this Act (other than 
     appropriations required to be made by a provision of law) are 
     hereby reduced by $171,000,000.

                               H.R. 2800

                         Offered By: Mr. Hefley

       Amendment No. 2: In the item relating to ``international 
     military education and training'', after the first dollar 
     amount insert the following: ``(reduced by $400,000)''.

                               H.R. 2800

                        Offered By: Mr. Andrews

       Amendment No. 3: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title) insert the following:


  limitation on assistance for any country that represents itself as 
                               macedonia

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act under 
     the heading ``foreign military financing program'' may be 
     made available for assistance for the government of a country 
     that has concluded an agreement with the United States 
     Government under which it represents itself to the United 
     States Government as Macedonia.

                               H.R. 2800

                        Offered By: Mr. McGovern

       Amendment No. 4: In the item relating to ``andean 
     counterdrug initiative'', after the first dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $40,000,000)''.
       In the item relating to ``foreign military financing 
     program'', after the first dollar amount insert ``(reduced by 
     $35,000,000)''.

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                               H.R. 2800

                        Offered By: Mr. McGovern

       Amendment No. 5: In the item relating to ``child survival 
     and health programs fund'', after the first dollar amount 
     insert ``(increased by $75,000,000)''.
       In the item relating to ``andean counterdrug initiative'', 
     after the first dollar amount insert ``(reduced by 
     $40,000,000)''.
       In the item relating to ``foreign military financing 
     program'', after the first dollar amount insert ``(reduced by 
     $35,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2800

                        Offered By: Mr. McGovern

       Amendment No. 6: In the item relating to ``development 
     assistance'', after the first dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $75,000,000)''.
       In the item relating to ``andean counterdrug initiative'', 
     after the first dollar amount insert ``(reduced by 
     $40,000,000)''.
       In the item relating to ``foreign military financing 
     program'', after the first dollar amount insert ``(reduced by 
     $35,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2800

                          Offered by: Mr. Paul

       Amendment No. 7: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title) insert the following:


              restriction on opic financing and insurance

       Sec. 578. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to 
     issue any contract of insurance or reinsurance or any 
     guaranty, or to enter into any agreement to provide 
     financing, in connection with a project undertaken or to be 
     undertaken in a country which exported more than 20,000,000 
     pounds of shrimp to the United States in the first 6 months 
     of calendar year 2002, until 3 months after the foreign 
     country has reduced its shrimp exports to the United States 
     to less than 3,000,000 pounds per month for a period of 3 
     consecutive months.


              restriciton on export-import bank assistance

       Sec. 579. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to 
     guarantee, insure, or extend (or participate in the extension 
     of) credit in connection with the export of any good or 
     service to any foreign country which exported to the United 
     States more than 20,000,000 pounds of shrimp in the first 6 
     months of calendar year 2002, until 3 months after the 
     foreign country has reduced its shrimp exports to the United 
     States to less than 3,000,000 pounds per month for a period 
     of 3 consecutive months.

                               H.R. 2800

                  Offered by: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 8: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:


     independent commission on weapons of mass destruction in iraq

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to prohibit the establishment of an independent 
     commission to study the basis of the determination of the 
     existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, including 
     any written or oral statements as to the recent purchase by 
     Iraq of uranium in Africa.

                               H.R. 2800

                  Offered by: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 9: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:


 technical assistance for improved means of crop production and water 
            purification in famine stricken areas of africa

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to limit any added technical assistance to Ethiopia 
     and other famine stricken regions in Africa as to improved 
     means of crop production and water purification.

                               H.R. 2800

                  Offered by: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 10: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:


         participation of women in international peace efforts

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to prohibit projects in which agencies promote the 
     participation of women in international peace efforts, 
     specifically peace efforts in Africa and the Middle East.