[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 22525-22526]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1740. Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Dorgan, and Mr. Reid) 
proposed an amendment 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; 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, 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. The Secretary may allow for recognition of 
     sponsors of special events, provided that the size and form 
     of the recognition shall be consistent with the special 
     nature and sanctity of the Mall and any lettering or design 
     identifying the sponsor shall be no larger than one-third the 
     size of the lettering or design identifying the special 
     event. In approving special events, the Secretary shall 
     ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that public use 
     of, and access to the Mall is not restricted. 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.
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  SA 1741. 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.  . (a) The Secretary of Agriculture may request up to 
     $250 million in a fiscal year from the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to cover fire suppression costs that exceed the 
     amount of funding available to the Forest Service for fire 
     suppression in a fiscal year.
       (b) Upon such request, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     make such sums available to the Secretary of Agriculture, 
     without further appropriation.
       (c) Upon amounts being appropriated by Congress to 
     reimburse funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture 
     pursuant to this section, such amounts shall be deposited in 
     the Treasury.
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  SA 1742. Mr. LEAHY 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:

       After Section 334, insert the following:
       Sec. 335. (a) In General.--The boundaries of the Green 
     Mountain National Forest are modified to include all parcels 
     of land depicted on the forest maps entitled `Green Mountain 
     Expansion Area Map I' and `Green Mountain Expansion Area Map 
     II', each dated February 20, 2002, which shall be on file and 
     available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of 
     the Forest Service, Washington, District of Columbia.
       (b) Management.--Federally owned land delineated on the 
     maps acquired for National Forest purposes shall continue to 
     be managed in accordance with the laws (including 
     regulations) applicable to the National Forest System.
       (c) Land and Water Conservation Fund.--For the purposes of 
     section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 
     (16 U.S.C. 460-9), the boundaries of the Green Mountain 
     National Forest, as adjusted by this Act, shall be considered 
     to be the boundaries of the national forest as of January 1, 
     1965.
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  SA 1743. Mr. LEAHY 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:
       Funds appropriated for the Green Mountain National Forest 
     previously or in this report may be used for the acquisition 
     of lands in the Blueberry Lake area.
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  SA 1744. Mr. VOINOVICH (for himself and Mr. DeWine) 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:

       On page 23, line 13, after ``expended,'' insert the 
     following: ``of which $4,000,000 shall be available for the 
     rehabilitation of Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio, and''.
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  SA 1745. Mr. VOINOVICH 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:

       On page 85, line 4, after ``expended'' insert the 
     following: ``, of which $5,300,000 shall be available for the 
     Metal Casting Industry of the Future program''.
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  SA 1746. Mr. VOINOVICH 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:

       On page 22, line 9, after ``2005'' insert the following: 
     ``, of which $1,000,000 shall be available to the Dayton/
     Montgomery Port Authority for the restoration and development 
     of buildings in the West Third St. National Historic District 
     in Dayton, Ohio''.
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  SA 1747. Mr. VOINOVICH 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:

       On page 137, between lines 23 and 24 insert the following:

     SEC. 3__. PROHIBITION OF USE OF FUNDS FOR INDIAN GAMING IN 
                   THE STATE OF OHIO.

       None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by 
     the Secretary of the Interior to allow any Indian tribe to 
     conduct gaming in the State of Ohio.
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  SA 1748. 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

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fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 27, line 24, after ``Units'' insert the following: 
     ``, and of which $950,000 shall be available for a United 
     States-Mexico binational groundwater study of transborder 
     aquifers''.

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