[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[House]
[Pages 21981-21982]
[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. 29: 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)).

                               H.R. 3161

                        Offered By: Mr. Boozman

       Amendment No. 30: 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 implement a National Animal Identification System 
     unless the participation by livestock owners in such a system 
     is voluntary.

                               H.R. 3161

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 31: Page 2, line 20, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $100,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 32: Page 2, line 23, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $100,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 33: Page 2, line 26, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $100,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 34: Page 4, line 4, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $100,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 35: Page 5, line 20, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $100,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 36: Page 6, line 12, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $100,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 37: Page 7, line 6, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $100,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 38: Page 8, line 5, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $100,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 39: Page 8, line 9, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $100,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 40: Page 9, line 5, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $54,823,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 41: Page 19, line 3, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $4,957,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 42: Page 29, line 21, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $100,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 43: Page 30, line 14, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $100,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 44: Page 33, line 9, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $100,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                    Offered By: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 45: Page 48, line 24, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $100,000)''.

                               H.R. 3161

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 46: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the 
     funds in this Act shall be available for the Aquaculture 
     Initiatives for Mid-Atlantic: Highlands, Leetown, WV, 
     project.
       (b) Corresponding Reduction of Funds.--The amount otherwise 
     provided by this Act for ``Agricultural Research Service--
     Salaries and Expenses'' is hereby reduced by $543,693.

                               H.R. 3161

                    Offered By: Mr. Flake of Arizona

       Amendment No. 47: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the 
     funds in this Act shall be available to the Beet Sugar 
     Development Foundations for the Sugarbeet Research Program, 
     Kimberly, ID.
       (b) Corresponding Reduction of Funds.--The amount otherwise 
     provided by this Act for ``Agricultural Research Service--
     Salaries and Expenses'' is hereby reduced by $702,592.

                               H.R. 3161

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 48: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the 
     funds in this Act shall be available to the Auburn University 
     for the Catfish Pathogen Genomic Project, Auburn, AL.
       (b) Corresponding Reduction of Funds.--The amount otherwise 
     provided by this Act for ``Agricultural Research Service--
     Salaries and Expenses'' is hereby reduced by $878,046.

                               H.R. 3161

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 49: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the 
     funds in this Act shall be available to Cornell University 
     for Grape Genetics research, Geneva, NY.
       (b) Corresponding Reduction of Funds.--The amount otherwise 
     provided by this Act for ``Agricultural Research Service--
     Salaries and Expenses'' is hereby reduced by $628,843.

                               H.R. 3161

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 50: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the 
     funds in this Act shall be available to the U.S.D.A. 
     Agricultural Research Service for research on genetic 
     improvement of U.S. peanuts, Stillwater, OK.
       (b) Corresponding Reduction of Funds.--The amount otherwise 
     provided by this Act for ``Agricultural Research Service--
     Salaries and Expenses'' is hereby reduced by $178,200.

                               H.R. 3161

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 51: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the 
     funds in this Act shall be available for the Alternative Uses 
     for Tobacco, Maryland grant.
       (b) Corresponding Reduction of Funds.--The amount otherwise 
     provided by this Act for ``Cooperative State Research, 
     Education, and Extension Service--Research and Education 
     Activities'' (and the amount specified under such heading for 
     special grants for agricultural research) are hereby reduced 
     by $400,000.

                               H.R. 3161

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 52: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the 
     funds in this Act shall be available for the Hydroponic 
     Production, Ohio grant.
       (b) Corresponding Reduction of Funds.--The amount otherwise 
     provided by this Act for ``Cooperative State Research, 
     Education, and Extension Service--Research and Education 
     Activities'' (and the amount specified under such heading for 
     special grants for agricultural research) are hereby reduced 
     by $177,000.

                               H.R. 3161

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 53: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the 
     funds in this Act shall be available for the Ruminant 
     Nutrition Consortium (MT, ND, SD, WY) grant.
       (b) Corresponding Reduction of Funds.--The amount otherwise 
     provided by this Act for ``Cooperative State Research, 
     Education, and Extension Service--Research and Education 
     Activities'' (and the amount specified under such heading for 
     special grants for agricultural research) are hereby reduced 
     by $489,000.

                               H.R. 3161

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 54: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the 
     funds in this Act shall be available for the Wood Utilization 
     (OR, MS, NC, MN, ME, MI, ID, TN, AK, WV) grant.
       (b) Corresponding Reduction of Funds.--The amount otherwise 
     provided by this Act for ``Cooperative State Research, 
     Education, and Extension Service--Research and Education 
     Activities'' (and the amount specified under such heading for 
     special grants for agricultural research) are hereby reduced 
     by $6,371,000.

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                               H.R. 3161

                         Offered By: Mr. Flake

       Amendment No. 55: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the 
     funds in this Act shall be available for the Food Marketing 
     Policy Center, Connecticut grant.
       (b) Corresponding Reduction of Funds.--The amount otherwise 
     provided by this Act for ``Cooperative State Research, 
     Education, and Extension Service--Research and Education 
     Activities'' (and the amount specified under such heading for 
     special grants for agricultural research) are hereby reduced 
     by $573,000.

                               H.R. 3222

                        Offered By: Mr. Carnahan

       Amendment No. 1: In title II, in the item relating to 
     ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', after the first 
     dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.
       In title VI, in the item relating to ``Defense Health 
     Program'', after the fourth dollar amount (relating to 
     research, development, test and evaluation), insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3222

                        Offered By: Mr. Stearns

       Amendment No. 2: Page 32, line 10, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(increased by $200,000,000)''.
       Page 33, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $200,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 3222

                   Offered By: Mr. Rogers of Michigan

       Amendment No. 3: 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 for the National Drug Intelligence Center.

                               H.R. 3222

                          Offered By: Mr. Issa

       Amendment No. 4: 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 disclose to the public the aggregate amount of 
     funds appropriated by Congress for the National Intelligence 
     Program (as defined in section 3(6) of the National Security 
     Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(6))) for a fiscal year.

                               H.R. 3222

                 Offered By: Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia

       Amendment No. 5: Page 55, line 2, insert before the period 
     the following: ``and that adequate infrastructure is in place 
     to support such a relocation''.

                               H.R. 3222

                        Offered By: Mr. Walberg

       Amendment No. 6: 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 award a grant or contract based on the race, 
     ethnicity, or sex of the grant applicant or prospective 
     contractor.

                               H.R. 3222

                        Offered By: Ms. Bordallo

       Amendment No. 7: In section 8071, strike ``the District of 
     Columbia, within the District of Columbia,'' and insert ``the 
     District of Columbia or any United States territory, within 
     the District of Columbia or that territory,''.

                               H.R. 3222

                   Offered By: Mr. Rogers of Michigan

       Amendment No. 8: Page 19, line 8, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(increased by $45,000,000)''.
       Page 35, line 21, after both dollar amounts, insert 
     ``(reduced by $45,000,000)''.