[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16065]
[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. 2642

                       Offered By: Mrs. Musgrave

       Amendment No. 18: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), add the following new section:
       Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this Act may be used for any action that is 
     related to or promotes the expansion of the boundaries or 
     size of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site in southeastern 
     Colorado.

                               H.R. 2642

                       Offered By: Mr. Blumenauer

       Amendment No. 19: Page 10, line 17, insert after the dollar 
     amount the following: ``(increased by $50,000,000)''.
       Page 10, line 24, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(reduced by $201,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2642

                         Offered By: Ms. Harman

       Amendment No. 20: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. 409. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to purchase light bulbs unless the light bulbs have 
     the ``ENERGY STAR'' designation.

                               H.R. 2642

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 21: Page 44, after line 22, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 223. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
     increase the number of medical centers specializing in post-
     traumatic stress disorder in underserved urban areas, which 
     shall include using the services of existing health care 
     entities.
       (b) At least one of the existing health care institutions 
     used by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a) shall be--
       (1) located in an area defined as a HUBzone (as that term 
     is defined in section 3(p) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 632(p)) on the basis of one or more qualified census 
     tracts;
       (2) located within a State that has sustained more than 
     five percent of the total casualties suffered by the United 
     States Armed Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom and 
     Operation Iraqi Freedom, as May 1, 2007; and
       (3) have at least 20 years experience and significant 
     expertise in providing treatment and counseling services with 
     respect to substance abuse, alcohol addiction, and 
     psychiatric or stress-related disorders to populations with 
     special needs, including veterans and members of the Armed 
     Forces serving on active duty.

                               H.R. 2642

                Offered By: Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida

       Amendment No. 22: Page 30, line 14, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $40,000,000)''.
       Page 33, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $40,000,000)''.

   2008 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill

                 Offered By: Mr. Garrett of New Jersey

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of title VI, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available under this Act 
     may be used by the Securities and Exchange Commission to 
     enforce the requirements of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley 
     Act with respect to non-accelerated filers, who, pursuant to 
     section 210.2-02T of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, 
     are not required to comply with such section 404 prior to 
     December 15, 2007.