[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 4185-4186]
[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. 609

                       Offered By: Mr. Blumenauer

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of title IX of the Amendment 
     add the following new section:

     SEC. ___. SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABILITY.

        No later than May 2007, the Secretary of Education shall 
     convene a summit of higher education experts working in the 
     area of sustainable operations and programs, representatives 
     from the agencies of the Federal Government, and business and 
     industry leaders to focus on efforts of national distinction 
     that--
       (1) encourage faculty, staff, and students at institutions 
     of higher education to establish both administrative and 
     educational sustainability programs on campus;

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       (2) enhance research by faculty and students at 
     institutions of higher education in sustainability practices 
     and innovations that assist and improve sustainability;
       (3) encourage institutions of higher education to work with 
     community partners from the business, government, and 
     nonprofit sectors to design and implement sustainability 
     programs for application in the community and workplace; and
       (4) identify opportunities for partnerships involving 
     higher education institutions and the Federal Government to 
     expand sustainable operations and academic programs focused 
     on environmental and economic sustainability.

                                H.R. 609

                   Offered By: Mr. Burton of Indiana

       Amendment No. 2: At the end of title VI of the Amendment, 
     add the following new section:

     SEC. ___. CONDITIONS ON PROGRAM GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.

       Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1122) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:

     ``SEC. 632. GIFT REPORTS BY RECIPIENT INSTITUTIONS.

       ``(a) Reporting by Institutions.--
       ``(1) Report required.--The Secretary shall require, as 
     part of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 
     (IPEDS) annual data collection, that each institution 
     receiving funds under this title include the following data:
       ``(A) the total cost of establishing or operating a program 
     or center assisted under this title;
       ``(B) the names and addresses of all State and private 
     sector corporations, foundations, or any other entities or 
     individuals that contribute cash or any other property for 
     the institution, programs, or centers receiving funds under 
     this title;
       ``(C) the amount of cash or the fair market value of the 
     property that each contributor contributes to the 
     institution, programs, or centers receiving funds under this 
     title; and
       ``(D) the use made of each contribution by each such 
     contributor.
       ``(2) Deadline.--Any report under paragraph (1) shall be 
     made no later than such date as the Secretary shall require.
       ``(3) Consequences of failure to report.--In the case of 
     any institution from which a report is requested under 
     paragraph (1), if the Secretary does not receive a report in 
     accordance with the deadline established under paragraph (2), 
     the Secretary shall--
       ``(A) make a determination that the institution of higher 
     education has failed to make the report required by this 
     paragraph;
       ``(B) transmit a notice of the determination to Congress; 
     and
       ``(C) publish in the Federal Register a notice of the 
     determination and the effect of the determination on the 
     eligibility of the institution of higher education for 
     contracts and grants under this title.
       ``(b) Reports by Secretary.--The Secretary shall annually 
     prepare a report summarizing the information collected from 
     institutions of higher education under subsection (a)(1), 
     including all of the information required by subparagraphs 
     (A) through (D) of such subsection. The Secretary of 
     Education shall publish such report in the Federal Register 
     and transmit a copy of such report to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives 
     and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
     of the Senate.
       ``(c) Retrospective Information.--The data collected from 
     institutions of higher education under subsection (a)(1) in 
     the first submission after the date of enactment of this 
     section, and the Secretary's first report under subsection 
     (b), shall include the information required by subparagraphs 
     (B), (C), and (D) of subsection (a)(1) regarding 
     contributions made on or after September 11, 2001, and before 
     the end of the first reporting period under such 
     subsection.''.

                                H.R. 609

                    Offered By: Mr. Cole of Oklahoma

       Amendment No. 3: Page 129, beginning on line 13, strike 
     subsection (c) of section 402 and redesignate the succeeding 
     subsections accordingly.
       Page 139, line 24, strike ``as amended by section 402(c) 
     and''.