[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 14]
[House]
[Pages 20146-20148]
[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. 3074

                       Offered By: Mrs. Musgrave

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new section:
       Sec. __. 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. 3074

                     Offered By: Mr. Turner of Ohio

       Amendment No. 2: Page 82, line 6, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(increased by $6,760,000)''.
       Page 82, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $6,760,000)''.
       Page 82, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $6,760,000)''.
       Page 100, line 5, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $6,760,000)''.

                               H.R. 3074

              Offered By: Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida

       Amendment No. 3: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. 410. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
     the Department of Housing and Urban Development may be used 
     to print, or acquire the printing of, any document in any 
     language other than English.

                               H.R. 3074

              Offered By: Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida

       Amendment No. 4: Page 120, after line 5, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 225. (a) Annual Study.--Before the commencement of 
     each fiscal year, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development shall conduct a study of the single family 
     housing mortgage insurance programs under title II of the 
     National Housing Act to determine the following:
       (1) Appropriate reserves.--The amounts, and a method of 
     determining such amounts, that are appropriate to be held in 
     reserve for such programs to ensure that such programs--
       (A) are operated in a safe and sound manner; and
       (B) comply with the operational goals and the requirements 
     under such title for such programs.
       (2) Appropriate insurance premiums.--The appropriate 
     premium amounts to charge for such mortgage insurance, that 
     comply with the requirements of such title and are sufficient 
     to provide for--
       (A) maintaining an appropriate reserve amount for such 
     programs, as determined by the Secretary pursuant to 
     paragraph (1); and
       (B) operation of such programs in compliance with 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1).
       (b) Report and Adjustments.--
       (1) Report.--Before the commencement of each fiscal year, 
     the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report setting 
     forth the findings and conclusions of the study under 
     subsection (a) for such fiscal year, including specific 
     determinations for appropriate reserve and premium amounts 
     pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, of 
     subsection (a). The report shall also set forth any 
     adjustments made, or to be made, under paragraph (2) of this 
     subsection pursuant to such determinations.
       (2) Adjustments.--If, for a fiscal year, the Secretary 
     determines that the single family housing mortgage insurance 
     programs under title II of the National Housing Act are 
     operating in a manner that will result in a negative credit 
     subsidy for such programs for such fiscal year in an amount 
     that, in the aggregate, exceeds the amount necessary to 
     provide for appropriate reserves and appropriate mortgage 
     insurance premiums as determined under the study pursuant to 
     subsection (a) for such fiscal year and set forth in the 
     report pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, the 
     Secretary shall take the following actions:
       (A) Reserves.--Make such adjustments as necessary to the 
     amounts held in reserve for such programs, and to the method 
     of determining such amounts, such that the reserve amounts 
     held for such programs will be consistent with the 
     determination made pursuant to subsection (a)(1).
       (B) Premiums.--Restructure the premiums for single family 
     housing mortgage insurance under such programs in a manner 
     such that--
       (i) the aggregate receipts from such premiums are reduced; 
     and
       (ii) the resulting applicable premium charges are 
     consistent with the appropriate premium amounts determined 
     pursuant to subsection (a)(2).

                               H.R. 3074

                Offered By: Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida

       Amendment No. 5: Page 80, after line 22, insert the 
     following:
        The referenced statement of managers under this heading in 
     title II of Public Law 107-73 is deemed to be amended with 
     respect to the item relating to the City of Maitland, 
     Florida, by striking ``for a senior citizens center'' and 
     inserting ``for the Minihaha Park development''.

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                               H.R. 3074

                   Offered By: Mr. Al Green of Texas

       Amendment No. 6: Page 94, line 16, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(increased by $5,820,000)''.
       Page 94, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $5,820,000).
       Page 99, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $5,820,000)''.

                               H.R. 3074

                         Offered By: Mr. Jordan

       Amendment No. 7: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new section:
       Sec. __. 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 6.3 percent.

                               H.R. 3074

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 8: Page 5, strike line 18 and all that 
     follows through page 6, line 9.

                               H.R. 3074

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 9: Page 34, line 17, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $6,000,000)''.
       Page 34, line 19, strike ``2010,''.
       Page 35, strike line 7 and all that follows through the 
     semicolon on line 8.

                               H.R. 3074

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 10: Page 38, strike line 5 and all that 
     follows through page 41, line 18.

                               H.R. 3074

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 11: Page 41, line 26, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $425,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3074

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 12: Page 43, strike line 22 and all that 
     follows through page 44, line 23.

                               H.R. 3074

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 13: Page 72, strike line 10 and all that 
     follows through page 73, line 2.

                               H.R. 3074

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 14: Page 74, strike lines 15 through 21.

                               H.R. 3074

                        Offered By: Mr. Sessions

       Amendment No. 15: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, insert the following new section:
       Sec. 410. None of the funds made available by this Act 
     shall be used to support Amtrak's route with the highest 
     loss, measured by passenger per mile cost as based on the 
     National Railroad Passenger Corporation's September 2006 
     Financial Performance of Routes Report.

                               H.R. 3074

              Offered By: Mr. Gary G. Miller of California

       Amendment No. 16: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. 410. None of the funds made available by this Act 
     shall be used to take any action to issue a final rule or 
     notice based on, or otherwise implement, all or any part of 
     the proposed rule of the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development published on Friday, May 11, 2007, on page 27048 
     of volume 72 of the Federal Register (Docket No. FR-5087-P-
     01), relating to standards for mortgagor's investment in 
     mortgaged property.

                               H.R. 3074

              Offered By: Mr. Gary G. Miller of California

       Amendment No. 17: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, insert the following new section:
       Sec. __. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
     may, notwithstanding any other provision of law, approve 
     additional Moving to Work Demonstration Agreements, which are 
     entered into between a public housing agency and the 
     Secretary under section 204 of Departments of Veterans 
     Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (as contained in section 
     101(e) of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and 
     Appropriations Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-134; 42 U.S.C. 
     1437f note), but at no time may the number of active Moving 
     to Work Demonstration Agreements exceed 32.

                               H.R. 3074

                  Offered By: Mr. Smith of New Jersey

       Amendment No. 18: At the end of the bill, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 410. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act to the Surface Transportation Board of 
     the Department of Transportation shall be used, when 
     considering cases, matters, or declaratory orders before the 
     Board involving a railroad, or an entity claiming or seeking 
     authority to operate as a railroad, and the transportation of 
     solid waste (as defined in section 1004 of 42 U.S.C. 6903), 
     by the Board to consider any activity involving the receipt, 
     delivery, sorting, handling or transferring in-transit 
     outside of a sealed container, storage other than inside a 
     sealed container, or other processing of solid waste.

                               H.R. 3074

                         Offered By: Mr. Shays

       Amendment No. 19: 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 Federal Aviation Administration to implement 
     the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Airspace Redesign 
     project of the Federal Aviation Administration.

                               H.R. 3074

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 20: 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 $507,767,000.

                               H.R. 3074

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 21: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. 410. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for parking facilities.

                               H.R. 3074

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 22: 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 Edmunds 
     Center for the Arts, City of Edmunds (WA).

                               H.R. 3074

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 23: 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 Alpine 
     Heritage Preservation (WV).

                               H.R. 3074

                        Offered By: Mr. Walberg

       Amendment No. 24: 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 Transportation to promulgate 
     regulations based solely on race, ethnicity, or sex.

                               H.R. 3074

                  Offered By: Mr. Hastings of Florida

       Amendment No. 25: 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 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 
     eliminate, consolidate, de-consolidate, co-locate, execute 
     inter-facility reorganization, or plan for the consolidation/
     deconsolidation, inter-facility reorganization, or co-
     location of any FAA air traffic control facility or service, 
     with the exception of the reversal of the transfer of the 
     radar functions from the Palm Springs Terminal Radar Approach 
     Control (TRACON) to the Southern California TRACON.

                               H.R. 3074

                  Offered By: Mr. Hastings of Florida

       Amendment No. 26: Page 72, line 1, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $20,000,000) (increased by 
     $20,000,000)''

                               H.R. 3074

                         Offered By: Mr. Jordan

       Amendment No. 27: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, insert the following new section:
       Sec. __. Each amount appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act that is not required to be appropriated 
     or otherwise made available by section 8003 of the Safe, 
     Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 
     Legacy for Users is hereby reduced by 6.3 percent.

                               H.R. 3093

                        Offered By: Mr. Stearns

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 701. None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission may be used for 
     litigation expenses incurred in connection with cases 
     commenced after the date of the enactment of this Act against 
     employers on the grounds that such employers require 
     employees to speak English.

                               H.R. 3093

                        Offered By: Mr. Tancredo

       Amendment No. 2: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. __. None of the funds in this Act shall be made 
     available for the Security and Prosperity Partnership.

                         Amendment to H.R. 3093

                        Offered By: Mr. Tancredo

       Amendment No. 3: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
     used to enforce--
       (1) the judgment of the United States District Court for 
     the Western District of Texas in the case of United States v. 
     Ignacio Ramos, Et Al. (No. EP:05-CR-856-KC) decided March 8, 
     2006; and

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       (2) the sentences imposed by the United States District 
     Court for the Western District of Texas in the case of United 
     States v. Ignacio Ramos, Et Al. (No. EP:05-CR-856-KC) on 
     October 19, 206.

                               H.R. 3093

                   Offered By: Mr. Rogers of Michigan

       Amendment No. 4: Page 3, line 4, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(increased by $6,000,000)''.
       Page 3, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $6,000,000)''.
       Page 6, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $6,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3093

                   Offered By: Mr. Rogers of Michigan

       Amendment No. 5: Page 30, line 4, strike the period and 
     insert the following: ``:Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $16,000,000 shall be available for a housing allowance pilot 
     program for Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation.''.

                               H.R. 3093

                   Offered By: Mr. Rogers of Michigan

       Amendment No. 6: Page 30, line 4, strike the period and 
     insert the following: ``:Provided further, That funds shall 
     be available for annuity protection for Special Agents of the 
     Federal Bureau of Investigation who had completed a total of 
     3 or more years in field supervisory positions as of June 3, 
     2004, who are subsequently transferred to positions at a 
     lower grade because they chose not to accept transfers to 
     equivalent or higher positions within the FBI pursuant to the 
     Field Office Supervisory Term Limit Policy issued on that 
     date, and are not subsequently reduced in grade or removed 
     for performance or misconduct reasons. `Average pay' for 
     purposes of section 8331(4) or 8401(3) of title 5, United 
     States Code, as applicable, shall be the larger of (1) the 
     amount to which such Agents are entitled under those 
     provisions, or (2) the amount to which such Agents would have 
     been entitled under those provisions had they remained in the 
     field supervisory position at the same grade and step until 
     the date of their retirement. This provision shall be 
     retroactive to the date the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
     began implementing the policy.''.

                               H.R. 3093

                        Offered By: Mr. Cardoza

       Amendment No. 7: Page 6, line 23, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $3,000,000)''.
       Page 11, line 19, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $3,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3093

                        Offered By: Mr. Sessions

       Amendment No. 8: Strike section 524.

                               H.R. 3093

                        Offered By: Mr. Sessions

       Amendment No. 9: Strike section 213.

                               H.R. 3093

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 10: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 701. Appropriations made in this Act are hereby 
     reduced in the amount of $535,510,000.

                               H.R. 3093

                          Offered By: Mr. Poe

       Amendment No. 11: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, insert the following:

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 701. None of the funds made available under this Act 
     shall be used by the Bureau of Prisons to incarcerate 
     Guillermo Falcon Hernandez.

                               H.R. 3093

                          Offered By: Mr. Poe

       Amendment No. 12: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, insert the following:

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 701. None of the funds made available under this Act 
     shall be used by the Bureau of Prisons to incarcerate Ignacio 
     Ramos or Jose Alonso Compean.

                               H.R. 3093

                          Offered By: Mr. Poe

       Amendment No. 13: Page 16, line 20, insert ``(decreased by 
     $10,000,000)'' after the dollar amount.
       Page 75, line 24, insert ``(increased by $10,000,000)'' 
     after the dollar amount.

                               H.R. 3093

                   Offered By: Mr. Weldon of Florida

       Amendment No. 14: At the end of the bill and before the 
     short title, insert the following:

                Title VII--Additional General Provisions

       Sec. 701. None of the funds made available under this 
     heading may be used to provide assistance under the Office of 
     Justice Programs--Community Oriented Policing Services 
     program to any State or political subdivision that is acting 
     in contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration 
     Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
     1373(a))''

                               H.R. 3093

                   Offered By: Mr. Weldon of Florida

       Amendment No. 15: At the end of the bill and before the 
     short title, insert the following:

                TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 701. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this Act may be used to provide assistance under 
     the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, as authorized by 
     section 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1231(i)(5)), to any State or political subdivision 
     that is acting in contravention of section 642(a) of the 
     Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act 
     of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373(a)).

                               H.R. 3093

                        Offered By: Mr. Cardoza

       Amendment No. 16: Page 83, after line 6, insert the 
     following new section:
       Sec. 529. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are 
     revised by reducing the amount made available for ``Bureau of 
     the Census--periodic censuses and programs'', by reducing the 
     amount made available for ``DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE--General 
     Administration--administrative review and appeals'', by 
     reducing the amount made available for ``DEPARTMENT OF 
     JUSTICE--General Administration--salaries and expenses'', and 
     by increasing the amount made available for ``Office on 
     Violence Against Women--violence against women prevention and 
     prosecution programs'' for the court-appointed special 
     advocate program, by $10,000,000, $2,350,000, $3,650,000, and 
     $16,000,000, respectively.

                               H.R. 3093

                        Offered By: Ms. Bordallo

       Amendment No. 17: Page 11, line 19, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $500,000) (increased by $500,000)''.

                               H.R. 3093

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 18: Page 10, strike lines 22 through 25.

                               H.R. 3093

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 19: Page 68, strike line 18 and all that 
     follows through page 69, line 3.

                               H.R. 3093

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 20: Page 8, strike lines 1 through 13.