[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16568-16569]
[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. 2764

             Offered By: Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida

       Amendment No. 28: Page 2, line 22, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $36,700,000)''.
       Page 40, line 26, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $36,700,000)''.

                               H.R. 2764

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 29: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new section:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to fund nongovernmental organizations, specifically 
     named in the report accompanying the Act, outside of a 
     competitive bidding process.

                               H.R. 2764

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 30: Page 49, line 23, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $13,860,000)''.

                               H.R. 2764

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 31: Page 50, line 8, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $47,700,000)''.

                               H.R. 2764

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 32: Page 51, line 17, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,203,480,000)''.

                               H.R. 2764

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 33: Page 70, line 7, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $27,563,000)''.

                               H.R. 2764

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 34: Page 70, strike line 11 and all that 
     follows through line 15.

                               H.R. 2764

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 35: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. Appropriations made in title V of this Act are 
     hereby reduced in the amount of $79,642,000.

                               H.R. 2764

                         Offered By: Hensarling

       Amendment No. 36: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

       None of the funds in this act may be used by the South 
     Dakota School of Mines and Technology.

                               H.R. 2764

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 37: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. Appropriations made under the heading ``Funds 
     Appropriated to the President'' in title III of this Act are 
     hereby reduced in the amount of $1,052,833,000.

                               H.R. 2764

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 38: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. Appropriations made under the heading ``Funds 
     Appropriated to the President'' in title III of this Act are 
     hereby reduced in the amount of $65,208,000.

                               H.R. 2764

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 39: Page 5, line 26, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $55,729,000)''.

                               H.R. 2764

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 40: Page 8, line 18, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $203,082,000)''.

                               H.R. 2764

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 41: Page 9, line 23, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $195,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2764

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 42: Page 12, strike line 13 and all that 
     follows through line 17.

                               H.R. 2764

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 43: Page 23, strike line 17 and all that 
     follows through line 8 on page 26.

                               H.R. 2764

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 44: Page 28, strike line 7 and all that 
     follows through line 11.

                               H.R. 2764

                          Offered By: Mr. Issa

       Amendment No. 45: Page 2, line 22, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(increased by $25,000,000)''.
         Page 4, line 18, insert at the end before the period the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That of the amount made 
     available under this heading, $232,244,000 shall be available 
     for the Bureau of Consular Affairs' Passport Operations''.
         Page 46, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $25,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2764

                        Offered By: Mr. Lamborn

       Amendemnt No. 46: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
         Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
     assistance under the West Bank and Gaza program may be made 
     available to or through any individual, private or government 
     entity, or educational institution that does not expressly 
     recognize the right of the State of Israel to exist.

                               H.R. 2764

                    Offered By: Mr. McCaul of Texas

       Amendment No. 47: Page 9, line 23, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $30,000,000)''.
       Page 52, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $30,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2764

                       Offered By: Mrs. Musgrave

       Amendment No. 48: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new section:
       Sec. 699D. Each amount appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act that is not required to be appropriated 
     or otherwise made available by a provision of law is hereby 
     reduced by 0.5 percent.

                               H.R. 2764

                         Offered By: Mr. Pence

       Amendment No. 49: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new section:


  LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS FROM LIQUIDATION OR 
                    DISSOLUTION OF ENTERPRISE FUNDS

       Sec. 6xx. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under titles II through V of this Act may be used 
     to provide for the distribution of any assets from any 
     liquidation or dissolution of an Enterprise Fund, in whole or 
     in part, to an entity other than the United States Treasury.

                               H.R. 2764

                         Offered By: Mr. Pence

       Amendment No. 50: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new section:


  LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS FROM LIQUIDATION OR 
                    DISSOLUTION OF ENTERPRISE FUNDS

       Sec. 6xx. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available under titles II through V of this Act may be used 
     to provide for the distribution of more than 50 percent of 
     any assets from any liquidation or dissolution of an 
     Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, to an entity other than 
     the United States Treasury.

                               H.R. 2764

                          Offered By: Mr. Poe

       Amendment No. 51: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, insert the following new section:
       Sec. 6__. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to provide an immigrant or non-immigrant visa to a 
     national or citizen of a country the central government of 
     which has notified the Secretary of State of its refusal to 
     extradite to the United States any individual indicted in the 
     United States for killing a law enforcement officer, as 
     specified in a United States extradition request.

                               H.R. 2764

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 52: 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 $342,430,000.

                               H.R. 2764

                      Offered By: Ms. Ros-Lehtinen

       Amendment No. 53: 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 by the Department of State as a contribution for the 
     United Nations Human Rights Council.

                               H.R. 2764

                      Offered By: Ms. Ros-Lehtinen

       Amendment No. 54: 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 by the Department

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     of State as a contribution for the United Nations Human 
     Rights Council.

                               H.R. 2764

                       Offered By: Mrs. Musgrave

       Amendment No. 55: Page 51, line 18, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $175,000)''.

                               H.R. 2764

                         Offered By: Mr. Porter

       Amendment No. 56: Page 183, line 16, after ``low-income 
     women'' insert ``, including women who are victims of 
     trafficking in persons,''.

                               H.R. 2764

                         Offered By: Mr. Shays

       Amendment No. 57: Page 2, line 22, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 17, line 19, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2764

                         Offered By: Mr. Shays

       Amendment No. 58: Page 40, line 26, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(increased by $50,000,000) (reduced by 
     $50,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2764

                         Offered By: Mr. Shays

       Amendment No. 59: Page 2, line 22, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $35,000,000)''.
       Page 58, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $35,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2764

                        Offered By: Mr. Sherman

       Amendment No. 60: Page 29, line 1, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(increased by $65,000,000)''.
       Page 30, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $65,000,000)''.
       Page 70, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $65,000,000)''.