[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10645-10647]
[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. 2219

                        Offered By: Ms. McCollum

       Amendment No. 101: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  The total amount of appropriations made available 
     by this Act is hereby reduced by $124,800,000.

                               H.R. 2219

                         Offered By: Mr. Gosar

       Amendment No. 102: 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 administer and enforce the wate-rate requirements 
     of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States 
     Code, commonly known as the ``Davis Bacon Act.''

                               H.R. 2219

                         Offered By: Mr. Gosar

       Amendment No. 103: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), add the following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this act may 
     be obligated or expended for assistance to any entity that 
     has adopted a founding charter, constitution, or policy 
     calling for the destruction of the State of Israel.

                               H.R. 2219

                         Offered By: Mr. Runyan

       Amendment No. 104: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     procure air transportation from a commercial air carrier for 
     a member of the Armed Forces who is traveling under orders to 
     deploy to or return from an overseas contingency operation 
     under terms that allow the carrier to charge the member fees 
     for checked baggage other than for bags weighing more than 80 
     pounds or bags in excess of four per individual.

                               H.R. 2219

                        Offered By: Mr. Mulvaney

       Amendment No. 105: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:

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       Sec. __.  The total amount of appropriations made available 
     by this Act is hereby reduced by $17,192,000,000, not to be 
     derived from amounts of appropriations made available by 
     title IX.

                               H.R. 2219

                        Offered By: Mr. Gohmert

       Amendment No. 106: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), add the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be obligated, expended, or used in any manner to support 
     operations, including NATO or United Nations operations, in 
     or involving Libya.

                               H.R. 2219

                         Offered By: Ms. Norton

       Amendment No. 107: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. The amount otherwise made available by this Act 
     for ``Operation and Maintenance--Environmental Restoration, 
     Formerly Used Defense Sites'' is hereby reduced and increased 
     by $1,000,000.

                               H.R. 2219

                        Offered By: Mr. Kissell

       Amendment No. 108: 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 enter into a contract, memorandum of 
     understanding, or cooperative agreement with, or provide a 
     loan or loan guarantee to, any United States commercial air 
     carrier if that contract, memorandum of understanding, 
     cooperative agreement, loan, or loan guarantee allows the air 
     carrier to charge baggage fees to any member of the Armed 
     Forces who is traveling on official military orders and is 
     being deployed overseas or is returning from an overseas 
     deployment.

                               H.R. 2219

                         Offered By: Mr. Amash

       Amendment No. 109: 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 use of military force against Libya.

                               H.R. 2219

                 Offered By: Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois

       Amendment No. 110: 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 research, develop, manufacture, or procure a newly 
     designed flight suit or integrated aircrew ensemble.

                               H.R. 2219

                   Offered By: Ms. Lee of California

       Amendment No. 111: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), add the following new section:
       Sec. __. It is the policy of the United States to withdraw 
     all United States Armed Forces and military contractors from 
     Iraq by December 31, 2011, and no provision of any agreement 
     between the United States and Iraq that amends the timeline 
     for such withdrawal in a manner that obligates the United 
     States to a security commitment to respond to internal or 
     external threats against Iraq after such date shall be in 
     force with respect to the United States unless the agreement 
     is in the form of a treaty requiring the advice and consent 
     of the Senate (or is intended to take that form in the case 
     of an agreement under negotiation) or is specifically 
     authorized by an Act of Congress enacted after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.

                               H.R. 2219

                   Offered By: Ms. Lee of California

       Amendment No. 112: At the end of the bill (before the 
     spending reduction amount), insert the following:
       Sec. __. (a) Prohibition on Use of Funds.--None of the 
     funds made available by this Act may be used for any account 
     of the Department of Defense (other than accounts excluded by 
     subsection (b)) in excess of the amount made available for 
     such account for fiscal year 2011, unless the financial 
     statements of the Department for fiscal year 2011 are 
     validated as ready for audit within 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act.
       (b) Accounts Excluded.--The following accounts are excluded 
     from the prohibition in subsection (a):
       (1) Military personnel, reserve personnel, and National 
     Guard personnel accounts of the Department of Defense.
       (2) The Defense Health Program account.
       (c) Validation Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``validation'', with respect to the auditability of financial 
     statements, means a determination, following an examination, 
     that the financial statements comply with generally accepted 
     accounting principles and applicable laws and regulations and 
     reflect reliable internal controls.
       (d) Waiver.--The President may waive subsection (a) with 
     respect to a component or program of the Department if the 
     President certifies that applying the subsection to that 
     component or program would harm national security or members 
     of the Armed Forces who are in combat.

                               H.R. 2219

                         Offered By: Mr. Engel

       Amendment No. 113: 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 by the Department of Defense to lease or purchase new 
     light duty vehicles, for any executive fleet, or for an 
     agency's fleet inventory, except in accordance with 
     Presidential Memorandum-Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 
     24, 2011.

                               H.R. 2219

                        Offered By: Mr. Gohmert

       Amendment No. 114: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), add the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be obligated, expended, or used in any manner to support 
     military operations, including NATO or United Nations 
     operations, in Libya or in Libya's airspace.

                               H.R. 2219

                         Offered By: Mr. Gosar

       Amendment No. 115: 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 obligated or expended for assistance to the following 
     entities:
       (1) Iran.
       (2) Hamas.
       (3) Hizbullah.
       (4) The Muslin Brotherhood.

                               H.R. 2219

                         Offered By: Mr. Welch

       Amendment No. 116: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), add the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for tax collection purposes by the Afghan Ministry of 
     Finance.

                               H.R. 2219

                         Offered By: Mr. Welch

       Amendment No. 117: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  Not more than $200,000,000 of the funds provided 
     by title IX under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Army'' may be available for the Commander's Emergency 
     Response Program, and the amount otherwise provided under 
     such heading is hereby reduced by $200,000,000.

                               H.R. 2219

                         Offered By: Mr. Tonko

       Amendment No. 118: 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 pay a contractor under a contract with the 
     Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by the 
     contractor or subcontractor to an employee performing work 
     under the contract for compensation if the compensation of 
     the employee for a fiscal year exceeds the rate payable for 
     level I of the Executive Schedule under section 5312 of title 
     5, United States Code, regardless of the contract funding 
     source.

                               H.R. 2219

                    Offered By: Mr. Lewis of Georgia

       Amendment No. 119: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  The Secretary of Defense shall post on the public 
     website of the Department of Defense the cost to each 
     American taxpayer of each of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, 
     and Libya.

                               H.R. 2354

                        Offered By: Mr. Lamborn

       Amendment No. 5: Page 23, line 4, strike ``expended:'' and 
     all that follows through ``6864(a)).'', and insert 
     ``expended.''.

                               H.R. 2354

                       Offered By: Mr. McClintock

       Amendment No. 6: Page 23, line 4, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $1,304,636,000)''.
       Page 24, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $289,420,000)''.
       Page 24, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $476,993,000)''.
       Page 28, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $820,488,000)''.
       Page 28, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $100,000,000)''.
       Page 29, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $160,000,000)''.
       Page 31, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $6,000,000)''.
       Page 32, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $500,000)''.
       Page 32, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $500,000)''.
       Page 52, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $68,400,000)''.
       Page 53, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $11,700,000)''.
       Page 53, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $10,700,000)''.
       Page 54, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $1,350,000)''.
       Page 54, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $250,000)''.
       Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $3,250,437,000)''.

                               H.R. 2354

                       Offered By: Mr. McClintock

       Amendment No. 7: Page 23, line 4, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $1,304,636,000)''.
       Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,304,363,000)''.

                               H.R. 2354

                       Offered By: Mr. McClintock

       Amendment No. 8: Page 25, line 18, strike ``2012,'' and all 
     that follows through ``of the Treasury:'', and insert 
     ``2012:''.

                               H.R. 2354

                       Offered By: Mr. McClintock

       Amendment No. 9: Page 24, line 6, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $289,420,000)''.

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       Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $289,420,000)''.

                               H.R. 2354

                       Offered By: Mr. McClintock

       Amendment No. 10: Page 24, line 18, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $476,993,000)''.
       Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $476,993,000)''.

                               H.R. 2354

                       Offered By: Mr. McClintock

       Amendment No. 11: Page 28, line 13, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $820,488,000)''.
       Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $820,488,000)''.

                               H.R. 2354

                       Offered By: Mr. McClintock

       Amendment No. 12: Page 28, line 23 after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $100,000,000)''.
       Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $100,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2354

                       Offered By: Mr. McClintock

       Amendment No. 13: Page 29, line 7, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $160,000,000)''.
       Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $160,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2354

                       Offered By: Mr. McClintock

       Amendment No. 14: Page 31, line 21, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $6,000,000)''.
       Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $6,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2354

                       Offered By: Mr. McClintock

       Amendment No. 15: Page 32, line 4, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $500,000)''.
       Page 32, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $500,000)''.
       Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $500,000)''.

                               H.R. 2354

                       Offered By: Mr. McClintock

       Amendment No. 16: Page 52, line 15, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $68,400,000)''.
       Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $68,400,000)''.

                               H.R. 2354

                       Offered By: Mr. McClintock

       Amendment No. 17: Page 53, line 7, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $11,700,000)''.
       Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $11,700,000)''.

                               H.R. 2354

                       Offered By: Mr. McClintock

       Amendment No. 18: Page 53, line 13, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $10,700,000)''.
       Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $10,700,000)''.

                               H.R. 2354

                       Offered By: Mr. McClintock

       Amendment No. 19: Page 54, line 4, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $1,350,000)''.
       Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,350,000)''.

                               H.R. 2354

                       Offered By: Mr. McClintock

       Amendment No. 20: Page 54, line 12, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $250,000)''.
       Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $250,000)''.

                               H.R. 2354

                      Offered By: Mr. Luetkemeyer

       Amendment No. 21: 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 study of the Missouri River Projects 
     authorized in section 108 of the Energy and Water Development 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 (division C of 
     Public Law 111-8).

                               H.R. 2354

                      Offered By: Mr. Luetkemeyer

       Amendment No. 22: 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 continue the study conducted by the Army Corps of 
     Engineers pursuant to section 5018(a)(1) of the Water 
     Resources Development Act of 2007 or to implement activities 
     proposed by such study.

                               H.R. 2354

                        Offered By: Mr. Fleming

       Amendment No. 23: Page 29, line 7, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $160,000,000)''.
       Page 62, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $160,000,000)''.