[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8421-8422]
[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. 2017

                         Offered By: Mr. Carter

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for the Climate Change Adaptation Task Force of the 
     Department of Homeland Security.

                               H.R. 2017

                         Offered By: Mr. Royce

       Amendment No. 2: Page 2, line 10, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 16, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 17, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2017

                   Offered By: Mr. Bishop of New York

       Amendment No. 3: Page 50, line 13, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(increased by $75,000,000)''.
       Page 50, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $37,500,000)''.
       Page 50, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $37,500,000)''.
       Page 64, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $75,000,000)''.
       Page 64, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $75,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2017

                   Offered By: Mr. Bishop of New York

       Amendment No. 4: Page 64, line 2, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $75,000,000)''.
       Page 64, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $75,000,000)''.
       Page 92, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $75,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2017

                        Offered By: Mr. Higgins

       Amendment No. 5: Page 47, beginning at line 14, strike 
     ``Provided further, That funds provided under section 2003 of 
     the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604) shall only 
     be provided to the top 10 highest risk urban areas:''.

                               H.R. 2017

                         Offered By: Mr. Latham

       Amendment No. 6: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) it is essential for Federal agencies to find and 
     implement efficiencies in their operations in order to be 
     successful in setting and meeting performance goals;
       (2) the use of continuous process improvement methods to 
     find such efficiencies, commonly referred to as ``lean six 
     sigma'', can reduce unnecessary costs and improve the 
     effectiveness of Federal agencies; and
       (3) the Secretary of Homeland Security should consider the 
     use of such management methods within the Department of 
     Homeland Security.

                               H.R. 2017

                      Offered By: Mr. Poe of Texas

       Amendment No. 7: Page 3, line 9, after the dollar amount, 
     insert the following: ``(reduced by $100,000,000)''.
       Page 16, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $100,000,000)''.
       Page 18, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $100,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2017

                      Offered By: Mr. Poe of Texas

       Amendment No. 8: Page 3, line 9, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 12, line 6, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2017

                      Offered By: Mr. Poe of Texas

       Amendment No. 9: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to provide assistance to a State or local government 
     entity or official that is in violation of section 642(a) of 
     the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
     Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373(a)).

                               H.R. 2017

                      Offered By: Mr. Poe of Texas

       Amendment No. 10: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used in contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal 
     Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
     (8 U.S.C. 1373(a)).

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                               H.R. 2017

                    Offered By: Mr. Broun of Georgia

       Amendment No. 11: Page 2, line 10, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $600,000)''.
       Page 92, line 7, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $600,000)''.

                               H.R. 2017

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 12: Page 3, line 9, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $2,500,000)''.
       Page 24, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 25, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $2,500,000)''.

                               H.R. 2017

                  Offered By: Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

       Amendment No. 13: Page 25, line 25, insert before the 
     period the following: ``: Provided, That the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security enhances the coverage of inbound high-risk 
     flights in accordance with the Department's risk models''.

                               H.R. 2017

                         Offered By: Mr. Amash

       Amendment No. 14: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for any action by a political appointee (as that term 
     is defined in section 106 of title 49, United States Code) to 
     vacate, reverse, or otherwise overrule any decision by an 
     employee in the civil service of the executive branch 
     implementing section 552 of title 5, United States Code, 
     popularly known as the Freedom of Information Act.