[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15742]
[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. 2638

                         Offered By: Mr. Pearce

       Amendment No. 128: Page 6, line 5, after the first dollar 
     amount, insert ``(increased by $125,000,000)''.
       Page 22, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $125,000,000)''.
       Page 22, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $125,000,000)''.
       Page 22, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $125,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2638

                         Offered By: Mr. Pearce

       Amendment No. 129: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. 544. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to used to fill FTE positions within the 
     Transportation Security Agency until the number of Customs 
     and Border Patrol agents has reached the congressionally 
     authorized level.''.

                               H.R. 2638

                         Offered By: Mr. Pearce

       Amendment No. 130: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new section:
       Sec. 544. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used, either directly or indirectly, for projects or 
     activities occurring on land obtained after June 23, 2005, 
     through eminent domain by a State, unit of local government, 
     or the Federal government, unless the owner of the land was 
     paid an amount as just compensation that was triple the value 
     of the land as appraised by an independent licensed appraiser 
     or real estate agent at either the time that the land was 
     condemned or the time that the land was obtained, whichever 
     is higher.

                               H.R. 2638

                         Offered By: Mr. Royce

       Amendment No. 131: Page 11, line 24, insert before the 
     first comma the following: ``(in accordance with clauses (i), 
     (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) of section 102(b)(1)(A) of the 
     Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 
     of 1996)''.
       Page 11, line 25 strike ``:'' and all that follows through 
     page 16, line 2 and insert ``.''.

                               H.R. 2641

                        Offered By: Mr. Conaway

       Amendment No. 5: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. It is the sense of the House of Representatives 
     that any reduction in the amount appropriated by this Act 
     achieved as a result of amendments adopted by the House 
     should be dedicated to deficit reduction.

                               H.R. 2641

                       Offered By: Mrs. Tauscher

       Amendment No. 6: Page 27, line 4, after ``expended'' insert 
     the following: ``: Provided, That $173,250,000 of the amounts 
     provided are available for nuclear weapons dismantlement 
     activities at Department of Energy facilities authorized for 
     such activities, of which $91,000,000 is for the Pit 
     Disassembly and Conversion Facility Project at the Savannah 
     River Site, South Carolina''.

                               H.R. 2641

                        Offered By: Ms. Berkley

       Amendment No. 7: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, insert the following new section:
       Sec. 503. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to administer the ``Yucca Mountain Youth Zone'' 
     website.

                               H.R. 2642

                         Offered By: Mrs. Drake

       Amendment No. 6: Page 44, after line 22, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 223. Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall submit to Congress a report on the status of the number 
     of pending disability benefit claims and the actions taken by 
     the Secretary to reduce processing time for veterans 
     disability claims.

                               H.R. 2642

                        Offered By: Mr. Conaway

       Amendment No. 7: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. It is the sense of the House of Representatives 
     that any reduction in the amount appropriated by this Act 
     achieved as a result of amendments adopted by the House 
     should be dedicated to deficit reduction.

                               H.R. 2642

                   Offered By: Mr. Franks of Arizona

       Amendment No. 8: Page 19, beginning on line 15, strike 
     section 125.

                               H.R. 2643

                        Offered By: Mr. Conaway

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

                TITLE VI--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 601. It is the sense of the House of Representatives 
     that any reduction in the amount appropriated by this Act 
     achieved as a result of amendments adopted by the House 
     should be dedicated to deficit reduction.

                               H.R. 2643

                        Offered By: Mr. Conaway

       Amendment No. 5: Strike section 104.

                               H.R. 2643

                        Offered By: Mr. Conaway

       Amendment No. 6: Strike section 105.

                               H.R. 2643

             Offered By: Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas

       Amendment No. 7: Page 111, after line 17, insert the 
     following:

                TITLE VI--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 601. None of the funds made available under this Act 
     may be used to promulgate or implement the Environmental 
     Protection Agency proposed regulations published in the 
     Federal Register on January 3, 2007 (72 Fed. Reg. 69).