[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16182-16183]
[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. 4837

                          Offered By: Mr. Farr

       Amendment No. 1: Add at the end, before the short title, 
     the following new section:


      Special Transfer Authority, Fort Hunter Liggett, California

       Sec. __. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     when all or any portion of Fort Hunter Liggett, California, 
     comprising approximately 165,000 acres, is determined by the 
     Secretary of the Army to be excess to Federal military needs, 
     the Secretary of Agriculture shall have the right of first 
     refusal to negotiate with the Secretary of the Army and to 
     accept, without reimbursement, the administrative 
     jurisdiction of the lands determined to be excess for 
     incorporation into the National Forest System.
       (b) Lands transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture under 
     subsection (a) shall be included the Los Padres National 
     Forest and managed under the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly 
     known as the Weeks Act), and other laws relating to the 
     National Forest System. Such lands shall be subject to the 
     concurrent jurisdiction of the State of California.
       (c) In anticipation of the transfer of land under 
     subsection (a), the boundaries of the Los Padres National 
     Forest are hereby revised as depicted on the map entitled 
     ``Los Padres National Forest Boundary Modification'' and 
     dated May, 2004, which shall be on file and available for 
     public inspection in the

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     Office of the Chief of the Forest Service. For purposes of 
     section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 
     (16 U.S.C. 460l-9), the boundaries of the the Los Padres 
     National Forest, as modified by this subsection, shall be 
     considered to be boundaries of the Los Padres National Forest 
     as of January 1, 1965.
       (d) Prior to transfer of all or any portion of Fort Hunter 
     Liggett, the Secretary of the Army shall provide the 
     Secretary of Agriculture all documentation and information on 
     the environmental condition of Fort Hunter Liggett, including 
     an environmental baseline survey or its equivalent, and the 
     Secretary of the Army shall perform all environmental 
     response and restoration actions necessary to protect human 
     health and the environment, consistent with the use of the 
     transferred lands for National Forest System purposes.
       (e) The transfer of land under this section shall not 
     affect the responsibilities and liabilities of the Secretary 
     of the Army under any applicable environmental law, including 
     the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
     Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and, after 
     transfer, the Secretary of the Army shall perform all 
     necessary response and restoration actions consistent with 
     the use of the transferred land for National Forest System 
     purposes with respect to environmental contamination or 
     injury to natural resources attributable to military 
     activities, and neither the Secretary of Agriculture nor any 
     employee of the Department of Agriculture shall be liable or 
     responsible under such laws for matters related to any 
     military activities.
       (f) Subject to reasonable terms and conditions, as agreed 
     upon by the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, on the lands transferred to the Secretary of 
     Agriculture under this section, the Secretary of the Army 
     shall provide for protection of public health and safety for 
     land on which the Army has environmental remediation 
     responsibilities.

                               H.R. 4850

                        Offered By: Mr. Tancredo

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new section:
       Sec. XXX. None of the funds contained in this Act may be 
     used to permit voting in District of Columbia elections by 
     individuals who are not citizens of the United States.

                               H.R. 4850

                         Offered By: Mr. Hefley

       Amendment No. 2: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. 139. Total Federal appropriations made in this Act 
     (other than appropriations required to be made by a provision 
     of law) are hereby reduced by $5,600,000.