[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 21997-21998]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1654. Mr. BINGAMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 2691, making appropriations for the Department 
of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec.  . None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act, previously or hereafter 
     enacted, may be used to permit the use of the National Mall 
     for a special event, unless the permit expressly prohibits 
     the erection, placement, or use of structures and signs 
     bearing commercial advertising or sponsor recognition in any 
     form. For purposes of this section, the term ``special 
     event'' shall have the meaning given to it by section 
     7.96(g)(1)(ii) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations; and 
     the term ``structure'' shall have the meaning given to it by 
     section 7.96(g)(5)(x)(A)(4) of title 36, Code of Federal 
     Regulations. This section shall not apply to hand-held signs 
     or to the Festival of American Folklife.

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  SA 1655. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
Lautenberg, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Feingold, and Mrs. Boxer) proposed an 
amendment to the bill H.R. 2754, making appropriations for energy and 
water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and 
for other purposes; as follows:


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       After section 503, insert the following:
       Sec. 504. (a) Reduction in Amount Available for National 
     Nuclear Security Administration.--The amount appropriated by 
     title III of this Act under the heading ``ATOMIC ENERGY 
     DEFENSE ACTIVITIES'' under the heading ``National Nuclear 
     Security Administration'' under the heading ``Weapons 
     Activities'' is hereby reduced by $21,000,000, with the 
     amount of the reduction to be allocated so that--
       (1) no funds shall be available for the Robust Nuclear 
     Earth Penetrator; and
       (2) no funds shall be available for Advanced Weapons 
     Concepts.
       (b) Prohibition on Use of Funds for Certain Modification of 
     Readiness Posture of Nevada Test Site.--None of the funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for the 
     Department of Energy may be obligated or expended for the 
     purpose of modifying the readiness posture of the Nevada Test 
     Site, Nevada, for the resumption by the United States of 
     underground nuclear weapons tests from the current readiness 
     of posture of 24 months to 36 months to a new readiness 
     posture of 18 months or any other readiness posture of less 
     than 24 months.
       (c) Prohibition on Use of Funds for Site Selection of 
     Modern Pit Facility.--None of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act for the Department of 
     Energy may be obligated or expended for the purpose of site 
     selection of the Modern Pit Facility.
       (d) Reduction of Public Debt.--Of the amount appropriated 
     by this Act, $21,000,000 shall not be obligated or expended, 
     but shall be utilized instead solely for purposes of the 
     reduction of the public debt.
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  SA 1656. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2754, making appropriations for energy 
and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 31, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:
       Sec. 117. Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development 
     Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-580; 106 Stat. 4835), as amended 
     by section 502(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 
     1999 (Public Law 106-53; 113 Stat. 335) and section 108(d) of 
     title I of division B of the Miscellaneous Appropriations 
     Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public law 106-554; 114 Stat. 2763A-
     220), is further amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(71) Coronado, california.--$10,000,000 for wastewater 
     infrastructure, Coronado, California.''.
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  SA 1657. Mr. KOHL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2754, making appropriations for energy and water 
development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 42, line 20, after ``expended'' insert the 
     following: ``, of which $5,000,000 shall be available to pay 
     100 percent of the costs of a research and development 
     project to demonstrate advanced spent nuclear fuel storage 
     and management technologies, to be carried out through a 
     cooperative agreement between the Secretary of Energy and the 
     Dairyland Power Cooperative at the La Crosse Boiling Water 
     Reactor in the State of Wisconsin''.
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  SA 1658. Mr. BINGAMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 2754, making appropriations for energy and 
water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 42, line 20, strike the period at the end and 
     insert ``, of which $5,000,000 shall be available for the 
     Navajo electrification demonstration program under section 
     602 of Public Law 106-511 (114 Stat. 2376).''

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