[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15036-15037]
[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. 4766

                         Offered By: Ms. Kaptur

       Amendment No. 3: In title I, under the heading ``common 
     computing environment'', insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(reduced by $8,000,000)''.
       In title III, under the heading ``renewable energy 
     program'', insert after the dollar amount the following: 
     ``(increased by $8,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4766

                   Offered By: Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma

       Amendment No. 4: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                TITLE __--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. __. (a) Section 1241(b) of the Food Security Act of 
     1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(b)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and 
     inserting ``paragraphs (2) through (4)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Farmland protection program, grassland reserve 
     program, environmental quality incentives program, wildlife 
     habitat incentives program, and ground and surface water 
     conservation program.--
       ``(A) In general.--Effective for fiscal year 2005 and 
     subsequent fiscal years, Commodity

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     Credit Corporation funds made available to carry out a 
     conservation program specified in paragraphs (4) through (7) 
     of subsection (a) of this section or the ground and surface 
     water conservation program under section 1240I shall not be 
     available for the provision of technical assistance for any 
     other of such programs.
       ``(B) Separation of ground and surface water conservation 
     program from the environmental quality incentives program.--
     For purposes of subparagraph (A), the ground and surface 
     water conservation program under section 1240I shall be 
     considered to be a program separate and apart from the rest 
     of the environmental quality incentives program under chapter 
     4 of subtitle D.
       ``(4) Conservation reserve program and wetlands reserve 
     program.--Effective for fiscal year 2005 and subsequent 
     fiscal years, Commodity Credit Corporation funds made 
     available to carry out a conservation program specified in 
     paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) shall be available for 
     the provision of technical assistance for the program.''.

                               H.R. 4766

                   Offered By: Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma

       Amendment No. 5: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                TITLE __--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. __. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program authorized 
     by chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security 
     Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-3839aa-9), the Wildlife Habitat 
     Incentive Program authorized by section 1240N of such Act (16 
     U.S.C. 3839bb-1), the Grassland Reserve Program authorized by 
     subchapter C of chapter 2 of such subtitle (16 U.S.C. 3838n-
     3838q), or the Farmland Protection Program authorized by 
     subchapter B of such chapter 2 (16 U.S.C. 3838h-3838j) may be 
     used to provide technical assistance under the Conservation 
     Reserve program authorized by subchapter B of chapter 1 of 
     such subtitle (16 U.S.C. 3831-3835a) or under the Wetlands 
     Reserve Program authorized by subchapter C of such chapter 1 
     (16 U.S.C. 3837-3837f).
       (b) None of the funds made available in this Act for the 
     Conservation Reserve program authorized by subchapter B of 
     chapter 1 of subtitle D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
     U.S.C. 3831-3835a) may be used to provide technical 
     assistance under the Wetlands Reserve Program authorized by 
     subchapter C of such chapter (16 U.S.C. 3837-3837f).
       (c) None of the funds made available in this Act for the 
     Wetlands Reserve Program authorized by subchapter C of 
     chapter 1 of subtitle D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
     U.S.C. 3837-3837f) may be used to provide technical 
     assistance under the Conservation Reserve Program authorized 
     by subchapter B of such chapter (16 U.S.C. 3831-3835a).