[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 21544-21545]
[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. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. Conaway

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title) insert the following (and make such technical and 
     conforming changes as may be appropriate):

                  TITLE VIII--OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 801. None of the funds appropriated, or otherwise made 
     available, in this Act may be used to carry out any amendment 
     to section 11(e)(6) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
     2020(e)(6)) made by H.R. 2419 as enacted by the 110th 
     Congress.

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. Conaway

       Amendment No. 2: 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. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. Gingrey

       Amendment No. 3: Page 2, line 9, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $50,050)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. Gingrey

       Amendment No. 4: Page 2, line 20, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $108,470)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. Gingrey

       Amendment No. 5: Page 3, line 6, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $167,230)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. Gingrey

       Amendment No. 6: Page 3, line 9, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $60,760)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. Gingrey

       Amendment No. 7: Page 4, line 4, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $7,090)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. Gingrey

       Amendment No. 8: Page 5, line 20, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $239,130)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. Gingrey

       Amendment No. 9: Page 6, line 12, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $39,360)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. Gingrey

       Amendment No. 10: Page 7, line 6, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $97,200)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. Gingrey

       Amendment No. 11: 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 to close the office of the Farm Service Agency 
     located in Calhoun, Georgia.

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. Gingrey

       Amendment No. 12: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ___. None of the funds made available in this Act 
     under the heading ``DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS--Food and 
     Nutrition Service--food stamp program'' may be used in 
     contravention of section 213A of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183a).

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. Gingrey

       Amendment No. 13: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ___. None of the funds made available in this Act 
     under the heading ``Special Supplemental Nutrition Program 
     for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)'' may be used in 
     contravention of section 213A of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183a).

                               H.R. 3161

                         Offered By: Mr. Jordan

       Amendment No. 14: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       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 5.5 percent.

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. Kingston

       Amendment No. 15: Strike section 726.

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. Kingston

       Amendment No. 16: Strike section 738.

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. Kingston

       Amendment No. 17: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

               TITLE VIII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 801. None of the funds made available in this Act 
     shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any employee 
     of the Department of Agriculture who would require contracts 
     to construct renewable energy systems to be carried out in 
     compliance with the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act.

                               H.R. 3161

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 18: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new section:
       Sec. __. Appropriations made in this Act are hereby reduced 
     in the amount of $188,170,000.

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. Sessions

       Amendment No. 19: Page 3, line 9, strike ``: Provided'' and 
     all that follows through ``budgets for contracting out''.

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. Sessions

       Amendment No. 20: Strike section 727.

                               H.R. 3161

                         Offered By: Mr. Upton

       Amendment No. 21: 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 to purchase light bulbs unless the light bulbs have 
     the ``ENERGY STAR'' or ``Federal Energy Management Program'' 
     designation.

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Ms. Bordallo

       Amendment No. 22: Page 11, line 8, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $600,000)''.
       Page 12, line 15, after the semicolon, insert the 
     following: ``for distance education grants for insular areas 
     under section 1490 of the National Agricultural Research, 
     Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3362), 
     $800,000;''.
       Page 12, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $200,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. McHenry

       Amendment No. 23: Page 33, line 16, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(increased by $32,000,000)''.
       Page 56, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $32,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. McHenry

       Amendment No. 24: Page 48, line 12, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(increased by $17,820,000)''.
       Page 56, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $17,820,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. McHenry

       Amendment No. 25: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ___. None of the funds appropriated in this Act under 
     the heading ``DOMESTIC

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     FOOD PROGRAMS--Food and Nutrition Service--food stamp 
     program'' may be used in contravention of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et. seq.).

                               H.R. 3161

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 26: Page 48, line 3, after the first dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $5,300,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

        Amendment No. 27: Page 48, line 12, after the first dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $8,910,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                       Offered By: Mr. Hensarling

       Amendment No. 28: Page 33, line 16, after the first dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $6,287,000)''.
       Page 33, line 17, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $6,287,000)''.