[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 17826-17827]
[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. 2829

                        Offered By: Mr. Stearns

       Amendment No. 37. Page 2, line 12, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $200,000)(increased by $200,000)''.

                               H.R. 2829

                        Offered By: Mr. Stearns

       Amendment No. 38: Page 2, line 13, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $200,000)''.
         Page 2, line 15, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $200,000)''.

                               H.R. 2829

                        Offered By: Mr. Boozman

       Amendment No. 39: Page 27, line 6, insert before the period 
     the following: ``: Provided further, that $6,000,000 shall 
     not be made available until the Director of the Office of 
     National Drug Control Policy certifies in writing that 
     regulations established for the designation of high intensity 
     drug trafficking areas include a requirement that the 
     Director, in considering whether to designate an area as a 
     high intensity drug trafficking area, shall consider whether 
     the area lies within a State that already receives assistance 
     under the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program''.

                               H.R. 2829

                       Offered By: Mr. Tom Davis

       Amendment No. 40: Page 48, line 15, insert after the dollar 
     amount the following: ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 48, line 17, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 78, line 19, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2829

                 Offered By: Mr. Campbell of California

       Amendment No. 41: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       None of the funds in this Act to the Small Business 
     Administration may be used for the Wittenberg University East 
     Asian Study Center.

                               H.R. 2829

                 Offered By: Mr. Campbell of California

       Amendment No. 42: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       None of the funds in this Act may be used for the 
     following:
       Abraham Lincoln National Airport Commission.
       Adelante Development Center.
       Advantage West Economic Development Group.
       Alleghany Highlands Economic Development Corporation.
       ARISE Foundation.
       Career Center for the Northeast Central Ohio Bioscience 
     Consortium.
       Barracks Row.
       Barry University for the Institute for Community and 
     Economic Development.
       Ben Franklin Technology Partners.
       Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Workforce Development 
     Initiative.
       Bridgeport Regional Business Council.
       Bright Beginnings, Inc.
       Bronx Councii on the Arts.
       Brooklyn College's Entrepreneurial Center.
       Buffalo Niagara International Trade Foundation.
       California State University, Pasadena Biotech Training 
     Facility.
       Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
       Catalyst, Washington, DC.
       Center for Economic Growth, Greene County, NY.
       Center for Inspired Teaching.
       Center for Women and Enterprise
       Belvedere Business Park Project, City of Charlotte, NC.
       Angela Rudolph, Assistant to the Mayor, Chicago, IL.
       Grow Inglewood, City of Inglewood, CA.
       Adams-LaBrea Retail Project, City of Los Angeles, CA.
       Colorado State University, Sustainable Biofuels Development 
     Center.
       Columbus College of Art and Design.
       Community College of Philadelphia.
       Connected Technologies Corridor.
       Cuyahoga Community College.
       Dartmouth Regional Technology Center.
       Detroit Economic Growth Corporation.
       Detroit Renaissance.
       DuPage Technology Park.
       Earth Conservation Corps.
       Eastern Market, Washington, DC.
       Economic Development Coalition of Southeast Michigan.
       Entrpreneurial Development Center, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA.
       Everybody Wins!.
       Excel Institute.
       Purdue Technology Center of Northwest Indiana.
       Experience Works, Inc., Richmond VA.
       Experience Works, Arlington, VA.
       Fairplex Trade and Conference Center.
       Federal HUBZne Incubator, Elizabeth City, NC.
       Friends of the Big South Fork.
       Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce.
       Greater North Louisiana Community Development Corporation.
       Greystone Foundation.
       Hispanic Information and Telecommunications Network.
       Historic Congressional Cemetery.
       Valley Economic Development Center.
       Howard University College of Dentistry.
       Hudson Alpha Institute.
       Illinois Institute of Technology.
       Indiana State University, Center for New Business 
     Development.
       Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion.
       Institute for Advanced Learning and Research.
       International Youth Service and Development Corps.
       John C. Calhoun Community College.
       Johnson and Wales University.
       Johnstown Area Regional Industries Incubator and Workforce 
     Development.
       Kulanu Vocational Education Program.
       LaGuardia Community College.
       Lewis and Clark State College.
       Lorain County Community College.
       Louisiana Small Business Development Center.
       Louisville Medical Center Development Corporation.
       Macomb County Department of Planning and Economic 
     Development.
       Marshalltown Community College.
       Office of Workforce Development, Medina County, OH.
       MenzFit, Washington DC.
       Mifflin Country Industrial Development Corporation.
       Mississippi State Unversity.
       Mitchell County Development Foundation, Inc.
       Montana State Univrsity.
       Montana World Trade Center.
       Montgomery College.
       National Association of Development Organizations.

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       National Federation of the Blind.
       New College Institute.
       North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center.
       North Dakota State College of Science, Nanotechnology 
     Applied Science Laboratory.
       North Iowa Area Community College North Side Industrial 
     Development Company.
       Northeast Entrepreneur Fund.
       Northwest Agriculture Business Center.
       Northwestern University.
       Ohio University.
       Oil Region Alliance of Business.
       Operation New Hope, Florida.
       Peoria NEXT Innovation Center.
       Phoenix House.
       Portland State University.
       Ready to Work, Ohio.
       Rio Hondo College.
       Rochester Tooling and Machining Association.
       Rock Valley College.
       Rockford Area Ventures Small Business Incubator and 
     Technology Commercialization Center.
       Rockland Small Business Development Center.
       Rowan University.
       San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association.
       Sandoval County New Mexico.
       Seedco Financial Services Alabama Minority and Women-owned 
     Business Enterprises.
       Southern and Eastern Kentucky Tourism Development 
     Association.
       Sephardic Angel Fund, Brooklyn, NY.
       SER-Jobs for Progress National.
       Shawnee State University.
       Sierra College.
       Sitar Arts Center.
       Soundview Community in Action.
       South Dakota School of Mines.
       South Side Innovation Center.
       Southeastern University.
       Spanish American Merchants Association.
       St. Jerome's Church Community Center.
       STEEED Youth Program.
       University of Northern Iowa.
       TechRanch Technology Venture Center.
       Enterprise Center, Tennessee.
       Illinois Institute of Technology.
       University of Texas, San Antonio.
       Thomas More College.
       Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
       University of Connecticut, Avery Point.
       University of Maryland.
       University of Missouri, Kansas City.
       University of Notre Dame, Robinson Enterprises Community 
     Learning Center.
       University of Pittsburgh.
       University of South Florida.
       University of Southern Maine.
       Lewiston-Auburn College.
       University of Texas, Brownsville International Trade 
     Center.
       Urban League of Rochester.
       USS Saratoga Museum Foundation.
       Valley Economic Development Center.
       Vermont Small Business Development Center.
       Wallace State Community College.
       Department of Public Services, Wayne County, MI.
       Wayne County, New York.
       West Virginia University Research Corporation.
       Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund.
       Williamsburg County, SC.
       Wittenberg University.
       Workforce Initiative Asociation, Canton, OH.
       Youngstown Edison Incubator Corporation.
       Youngstown Central Area Community Improvement Corps.
       Youngstown Warren Relational Chamber.

                               H.R. 2829

                 Offered By: Mr. Campbell of California

       Amendment No. 43: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       None of the funds in this Act to the Small Business 
     Administration may be used for the Abraham Lincoln National 
     Airport Commission.

                               H.R. 2829

                      Offered By: Mr. King of Iowa

       Amendment No. 44: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to carry out section 241 of the Help America Vote Act 
     of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15381).

                               H.R. 2829

                      Offered By: Mr. King of Iowa

       Amendment No. 45: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to carry out section 241 of the Help America Vote Act 
     of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15381) in a manner inconsistent with the 
     requirements of such section.

                               H.R. 2829

                      Offered By: Mr. King of Iowa

       Amendment No. 46: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                                TITLE IX

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     employ workers described in section 274A(h)(3) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)).

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Pence

       Amendment No. 47: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title) add the following:

                TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Federal Communications Commission to implement 
     the Fairness Doctrine, as repealed in General Fairness 
     Doctrine Obligations of Broadcast Licensees (50 Fed. Reg. 
     35418 (1985)), or any other regulations having the same 
     substance.

                               H.R. 2829

                        Offered By: Mr. Stearns

       Amendment No. 48: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title) add the following:

                                TITLE IX

                     ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Internal Revenue Service to implement a 
     spanish-language version of the ``Where's my Refund?'' 
     service.

                               H.R. 2829

                         Offered By: Mr. Upton

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

                 TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISION

       Sec. 901. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to purchase light bulbs unless the light bulbs have 
     the ``ENERGY STAR'' or ``Federal Energy Management Program'' 
     designation.