[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1746]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 246. Mr. THOMAS proposed an amendment to amend SA 61 proposed by 
Ms. Mikulski (for herself, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
Akaka, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kohl, 
and Mrs. Murray) to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 2, making further 
continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003 and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       Strike all after the first word and insert the following:
       __. While nothing in this section shall prevent any agency 
     of the executive branch from subjecting work performed by 
     Federal Government employees or private contractors to 
     public-private competition or conversions, none of the funds 
     made available in this Act may be used by an agency of the 
     executive branch to establish, apply, or enforce any 
     numerical goal, target, or quota for subjecting the employees 
     of the executive agency to public-private competitions or for 
     converting such employees or the work performed by such 
     employees to private contractor performance under the Office 
     of Management and Budget Circular A-76 or any other 
     administrative regulation, directive, or policy unless the 
     goal, target, or quota is based on considered research and 
     sound analysis of past activities and is consistent with the 
     stated mission of the executive agency. Nothing in this 
     section shall limit the use of such funds for the 
     administration of the Government Performance and Results Act 
     of 1993 or for the administration of any other provision of 
     law.
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  SA 247. Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself and Mr. Reid) proposed an amendment 
to amendment SA 61 proposed by Ms. Mikulski (for herself, Mr. Sarbanes, 
Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Feingold, Mr. 
Johnson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kohl, and Mrs. Murray) to the joint 
resolution H.J. Res. 2, making further continuing appropriations for 
the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes; as follows:

       In lieu of the language proposed to be inserted, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by an Executive agency to establish, apply, or 
     enforce any numerical goal, target, or quota for subjecting 
     the employees of the agency to public-private competitions or 
     converting such employees or the work performed by such 
     employees to private contractor performance under the Office 
     of Management and Budget Circular A-76 or any other 
     Administrative regulation, directive, or policy. This section 
     shall take effect one day after the date of this bill's 
     enactment.
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  SA 248. Ms. STABENOW proposed an amendment to the joint resolution 
H.J. Res. 2, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal 
year 2003, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

       It is the sense of the Senate that the conferees on the 
     part of the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses 
     on this joint resolution should insist that the committee of 
     conference ensure that the joint resolution as reported from 
     the committee includes section 102 of division L relating to 
     Homeland Security Act of 2002 Amendments, as passed by the 
     Senate, (relating to amendments to sections 1714 through 1717 
     of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296)).

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