[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 7980-7981]
[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. 2216

                        Offered by: Mr. Grayson

       Amendment No. 4: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), add the following new section:
       Sec. 419. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to purchase any flag of the United States of America 
     for use by the Federal Government that is not wholly produced 
     in the United States from articles, materials, or supplies 
     100 percent of which are grown, produced, or manufactured in 
     the United States.

                               H.R. 2216

                        Offered by: Mr. Grayson

       Amendment No. 5: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), add the following new section:
       Sec. ___. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to enter into a contract with any offeror or any of 
     its principals if the offeror certifies, as required by 
     Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any of 
     its principals:
       (A) within a three-year period preceding this offer has 
     been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against it 
     for: commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection 
     with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public 
     (Federal, State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation 
     of Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the 
     submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, 
     forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, 
     making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal 
     criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; or
       (B) are presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or 
     civilly charged by a governmental entity with, commission of 
     any of the offenses enumerated above in subsection (A); or
       (C) within a three-year period preceding this offer, has 
     been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in an amount 
     that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability remains 
     unsatisfied.

                               H.R. 2216

                        Offered by: Mr. Grayson

       Amendment No. 6: 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 awarded in a contract to any contractor whose past 
     performance record indicates that its performance during the 
     construction of a VA facility resulted in a completion date 
     more than 18 months after the original agreed-upon completion 
     date.

                               H.R. 2216

                    Offered by: Mr. Broun of Georgia

       Amendment No. 7: Page 8, line 12, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced to $0)''.
       Page 63, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $199,700,000)''.

                               H.R. 2216

                    Offered by: Mr. Broun of Georgia

       Amendment No. 8: Page 4, line 14, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $38,513,000)''
       Page 5, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $38,513,000)''.
       Page 63, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $38,513,000)''.

                               H.R. 2216

                       Offered by: Mr. Culberson

       Amendment No. 9: Page 35, line 11, strike ``Act''and insert 
     ``heading''.
       Page 35, line 13, strike ``unless'' and all that follows 
     through ``Department:'' on page 36, line 16, and insert the 
     following: ``except for a health record as set forth in the 
     Joint Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2013-2015 of the 
     Department of Veteran Affairs and Department of Defense, 
     Joint Executive Council:''.

                               H.R. 2216

                   Offered by: Mr. Franks of Arizona

       Amendment No. 10: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. 419. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to implement, administer, or enforce the prevailing 
     wage requirements in subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, 
     United States Code (commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon 
     Act).

                               H.R. 2216

                         Offered by: Mr. Runyan

       Amendment No. 11: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), add the following new section:
       Sec. 419. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to propose, plan for, or execute a new or additional 
     Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round.

                               H.R. 2216

                         Offered by: Mr. Terry

       Amendment No. 12: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), add the following new section:
       Sec. 419. None of the funds made available by this Act, 
     including the funds made available for ``Construction, Major 
     Projects'', may be used to increase the funding for any major 
     medical facility project (as defined in subsection (a)(3)(A) 
     of section 8104 of title 38, United States Code), which is 
     under construction as of the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, above the amount specified in the prospectus described 
     in subsection (b) of such section 8104 and the detailed 
     estimate of cost described in paragraph (1) of such 
     subsection.

                               H.R. 2216

                         Offered by: Mr. Engel

       Amendment No. 13: 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 or the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs 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. 2217

                        Offered by: Mr. Cassidy

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. 5 ___. None of the funds made available in this 2 Act 
     may be used to implement, carry out, administer, or 3 enforce 
     section 1308(h) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
     (42 U.S.C. 4015(h)).

                               H.R. 2217

                   Offered by: Mr. Collins of Georgia

       Amendment No. 2: 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 236(c) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)).

                               H.R. 2217

                    Offered by: Mr. Price of Georgia

       Amendment No. 3: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ___. None of the funds made available under this Act 
     may be used in contravention of immigration laws (as defined 
     in section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))).

                               H.R. 2217

                Offered by: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi

       Amendment No. 4: 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 by the Transportation Security Administration for the 
     Behavior Detection Officer program.

                               H.R. 2217

                          Offered by: Mr. Mica

       Amendment No. 5: Page 17, line 15, after ``screeners:'' 
     insert the following: ``Provided further, That the annual 
     Federal personnel expenditures of the Transportation Security 
     Administration at an airport participating in the Screening 
     Partnership Program may not exceed the larger of--''
       ``(1) 1 percent of the total annual value of the Screening 
     Partnership Program contract at that airport; or
       ``(2) $100,000:''.

                               H.R. 2217

                          Offered by: Mr. Mica

       Amendment No. 6. Page 15, line 25, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $23,334,000)''.
       Page 19, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $23,334,000)''.

                               H.R. 2217

                          Offered by: Mr. Mica

       Amendment No. 7. Page 15, line 20, after the dollar amount 
     insert the following: `(reduced by $17,383,000)''.
       Page 15, line 25, after the dollar amount insert the 
     following: ``(reduced by $17,383,000)''.
       Page 19, line 8, after the dollar amount insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $17,383,000)''.

                               H.R. 2217

                          Offered by: Mr. Mica

       Amendment No. 8. Page 15, line 25, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $31,810,000)''.
       Page 16, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $31,810,000)''.

                               H.R. 2217

                          Offered by: Mr. Mica

       Amendment No. 9. Page 52, line 11, insert before the 
     proviso the following: ``Provided further, That the Director 
     of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center shall develop 
     a plan to further integrate and utilize modeling and 
     similation in the training of law enforcement and security 
     personnel:''.

                               H.R. 2217

                          Offered by: Mr. Mica

       Amendment No. 10. Page 15, line 25, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $12,500,000) (increased by 
     $12,500,000)''.

                               H.R. 2217

                         Offered by: Mr. Lynch

       Amendment No. 11. Page 19, line 1, after the dollar amount 
     insert `'(increased by $15,676,000)''.

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       Page 3, line 13, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced 
     by $15,676,000)''.

                               H.R. 2217

                       Offered by: Mr. Pierluisi

       Amendment No. 12. 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 implement, administer, or enforce section 1301(a) 
     of title 31, United States Code, with respect to the use of 
     amounts made available by this Act for the ``Salaries and 
     Expenses'' and ``Air and Marine Operations'' accounts of U.S. 
     Customs and Border Protection for the expenses authorized to 
     be paid in section 9 of the Jones Act (48 U.S.C. 795) and for 
     the collection of duties and taxes authorized to be levied, 
     collected, and paid in Puerto Rico, as authorized in section 
     4 of the Foraker Act (48 U.S.C. 740), in addition to the more 
     specific amounts available for such purposes in the Puerto 
     Rico Trust Fund pursuant to such provisions of law.