[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 14635-14637]
[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. 3057

                        Offered By: Mr. Beauprez

       Amendment No. 7: Page 132, after line 13, insert the 
     following:

limitation on assistance to foreign countries that refuse to extradite 
  to the United States any individual accused in the United States of 
                   killing a law enforcement officer

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
     the Department of State may be used to provide assistance to 
     any country the government of which has notified the 
     Department of State of its refusal to extradite to the United 
     States any individual accused in the United States of killing 
     a law enforcement officer, as specified in a United States 
     extradition request.

                               H.R. 3057

                Offered By: Mr. Bradley of New Hampshire

       Amendment No. 8: Page 132, after line 13, insert the 
     following:

limitation on assistance to Romania under the Support for East European 
                      Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989

       Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated in this Act under 
     the heading ``assistance for eastern europe and the baltic 
     states'' for assistance to Romania under the Support for East 
     European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (except $15,000,000 of 
     such funds) may be obligated or expended before January 15, 
     2006.

                               H.R. 3057

                    Offered By: Mr. Deal of Georgia

       Amendment No. 9: Page 132, insert the following after line 
     13:

      Governments that have failed to permit certain extraditions

       Sec. 583. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
     the Department of State may be used to provide assistance to 
     any country with whom the United States has an extradition 
     treaty and whose government has notified the Department of 
     State of its refusal to extradite to the United States any 
     individual accused of committing a criminal offense for which 
     the maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the 
     possibility of parole, or a lesser term of imprisonment.

                               H.R. 3057

                   Offered By: Mr. Hefley of Colorado

       Amendment No. 10: Page 132, after line 13, insert the 
     following:


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                   reduction in total appropriations

       Sec. __. Total appropriations made in this Act (other than 
     appropriations required to be made by a provision of law) are 
     hereby reduced by $202,700,000.

                               H.R. 3057

                      Offered By: Mr. King of Iowa

       Amendment No. 11: Page 29, line 18, after the dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3057

                      Offered By: Mr. King of Iowa

       Amendment No. 12: Page 29, line 18, after the dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by $1,000,000) 
     (increased by $1,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3057

                   Offered By: Ms. Lee of California

       Amendment No. 13: Page 132, after line 13, insert the 
     following:

    prohibition on certain international narcotics control and law 
           enforcement assistance to the government of haiti

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act under 
     the heading ``international narcotics control and law 
     enforcement'' may be used to transfer excess property of an 
     agency of the United States Government to the Government of 
     Haiti.

                               H.R. 3057

                     Offered By: Mr. Otter of Idaho

       Amendment No. 14: Page 132, after line 13, insert the 
     following:

Limitation on assistance for Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian 
                                 people

       Sec. __.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
       (1) of the total amount of funds that are available in this 
     Act for assistance for the Palestinian Authority (or any 
     other Palestinian entity) or for the Palestinian people, not 
     more than 25 percent of such amount may be obligated and 
     expended during each quarter of fiscal year 2006; and
       (2) none of the funds made available in this Act may be 
     made available for assistance for the Palestinian Authority 
     (or any other Palestinian entity) or for the Palestinian 
     people during any quarter of fiscal year 2006 unless the 
     Secretary of State determines that the Palestinian Authority 
     has not provided support for acts of international terrorism 
     during the three-month period preceding the first day of that 
     quarter.
       (b) In this section, the term ``quarter of fiscal year 
     2006'' means any three-month period beginning on--
       (1) October 1, 2005;
       (2) January 1, 2006;
       (3) April 1, 2006; or
       (4) July 1, 2006.

                               H.R. 3057

                    Offered By: Mr. Simpson of Idaho

       Amendment No. 15: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                TITLE VI--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS


   Prohibition on use of funds by the Export-Import Bank to support 
               exports to the People's Republic of China

       Sec. 601. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to 
     guarantee, insure, extend credit, or participate in the 
     extension of credit in connection with the purchase or lease 
     of any product by the People's Republic of China or any 
     agency or national thereof.

                               H.R. 3058

                    Offered By: Mr. Davis of Florida

       Amendment No. 4: Page 224, insert the following after line 
     8:

       Sec. 948. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
     may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 
     amendments made to section 515.560 or 515.561 of title 31, 
     Code of Federal Regulations (relating to travel-related 
     transactions incident to travel to Cuba and visiting 
     relatives in Cuba), as published in the Federal Register on 
     June 16, 2004.
       (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply to the 
     implementation, administration, or enforcement of section 
     515.560(c)(3) of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations.

                               H.R. 3058

                   Offered By: Mr. Gingrey of Georgia

       Amendment No. 5: Page 77, line 24, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(reduced by $10,000,000) (increased 
     by $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3058

                       Offered By: Mr. LaTourette

       Amendment No. 6: Page 2, line 10, after the first dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $17,339,000)''.

       Page 2, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $2,052,000)''.

       Page 2, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $1,910,000)''.

       Page 2, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $1,422,000)''.

       Page 3, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $11,895,000)''.,

       Page 3, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $60,000)''.

       Page 4, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $31,583,000)''.

       Page 6, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $25,000,000)''.

       Page 9, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $59,000,000)''.

       Page 29, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $26,325,000)''.

       Page 30, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $657,000,000)''.

       Page 42, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $6,592,000)''.

       Page 51, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $2,500,000)''.

       Page 164, line 12, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $745,409,000)''.

       Page 164, line 12, after the second dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $9,500,000)''.

       Page 165, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $9,500,000)''.

       Page 166, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $568,409,000)''.

       Page 166, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $133,417,000)''.

       Page 167, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $434,992,000)''.

       Page 169, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $150,000,000)''.

       Page 171, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $17,500,000)''.

                               H.R. 3058

                         Offered By: Mr. Hefley

       Amendment No. 7: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

       Sec. __. Appropriations made in this Act are hereby reduced 
     in the amount of $669,350,000.

                               H.R. 3058

                        Offered By: Mrs. Maloney

       Amendment No. 8: Page 150, line 1, strike ``$750,000'' and 
     insert ``$3,000,000''.

                               H.R. 3058

              Offered By: Mr. Gary G. Miller of California

       Amendment No. 9: Page 57, line 17, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(reduced by $24,000,000)''.
       Page 77, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $24,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3058

                         Offered By: Mr. Nadler

       Amendment No. 10: Page 76, line 24, after the dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.

       Page 95, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3058

                         Offered By: Mr. Nadler

       Amendment No. 11: Page 63, line 20, after the dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(increased by 
     $100,000,000)''.

       Page 63, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $100,000,000)''.

       Page 63, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $100,000,000)''.

       Page 92, line 23, after the first dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $36,000,000)''.

       Page 95, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $65,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3058

                          Offered By: Mr. Poe

       Amendment No. 12: Page 7, lines 8, 9, and 11, after the 
     dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $24,875,000)''.

       Page 30, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $24,875,000)''.

                               H.R. 3058

                        Offered By: Mr. Shuster

       Amendment No. 13: Page 164, line 12, insert after the first 
     dollar amount ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 166, line 9, insert after the dollar amount 
     ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.

       Page 167, line 12, insert after the dollar amount 
     ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.

       Page 171, line 4, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
     by $2,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3058

                        Offered By: Mr. Simmons

       Amendment No. 14: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

       Sec. __. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the funds 
     made available in this Act may be used to enter into, 
     implement, or provide oversight of contracts between the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, or his designee, and private 
     collection agencies. Notwithstanding this provision, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, or his designee, may continue to 
     utilize any private collection contract authority in effect 
     prior to October 22, 2004. Nothing in this provision shall 
     impact the administration of any tax or tariff.
       (b) Corresponding Reduction in Funds.--The amount otherwise 
     provided by this Act for ``internal revenue service-business 
     systems modernization'' is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.

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                               H.R. 3058

                        Offered By: Mr. Simmons

       Amendment No. 15: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title) insert the following:

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to make taxpayer identification numbers (TINs) or 
     social security numbers available to private collection 
     agencies for the purpose of collecting taxes.

                               H.R. 3058

                         Offered By: Mr. Souder

       Amendment No. 165: In title V, in the item relating to 
     ``Federal Funds--Federal Payment to the District of 
     Columbia'', insert the following:
       (a) None of the funds contained in this Act may be expended 
     for any action to enforce section 7-2502.01, District of 
     Columbia Code, in relation to possession of a firearm; 
     section 7-2506.01, District of Columbia Code, in relation to 
     possession of ammunition; section 7-2507.02, District of 
     Columbia Code, in relation to the keeping of a firearm; or 
     section 22-4504, in relation to carrying a pistol, if--
       (1) the person against whom the provision is sought to be 
     enforced is not otherwise prohibited by section 922(g) or (n) 
     of title 18, United States code, or by section 22-4503, 
     District of Columbia Code, from possessing a pistol or other 
     firearm, and would not be prohibited from receiving a 
     registration certificate under section 7-2502.03(a), District 
     of Columbia Code; and
       (2) the pistol or other firearm involved is not a firearm 
     described in section 5845(a) of title 26, United States 
     code); and
       (3) the possession, carrying or keeping of the pistol or 
     other firearm occurred within such person's place of 
     residence.
       (b) This restriction shall not apply to any case in which a 
     penalty could be imposed under section 924(c) of title 18, 
     United States code if the defendant were tried and convicted 
     in a court of the United States.

                               H.R. 3058

                         Offered By: Mr. Souder

       Amendment No. 17: In title VI, in the item relating to 
     ``Federal Drug Control Programs--other federal drug control 
     programs'', after each of the first and second dollar 
     amounts, insert the following: ``(increased by 
     $25,000,000)''.
       In title VII, in the item relating to ``General Services 
     Administration--real property activities--federal buildings 
     fund''--
       (1) after the aggregate dollar amount preceding paragraph 
     (1), insert the following: ``(reduced by $25,000,000)''; and
       (2) after each of the dollar amounts in paragraphs (4) and 
     (5), insert the following: ``(reduced by $12,500,000)''.