[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 10048-10049]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3240. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2363, to protect and enhance opportunities for 
recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 41, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:

     SEC. 109. WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AT UNITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK 
                   SYSTEM.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Authorized individual.--The term ``authorized 
     individual'' means an individual that possesses--
       (A) a valid resident big-game hunting license issued by the 
     appropriate State agency; and
       (B) any other qualification that the Secretary, in 
     consultation with the appropriate State agency, may require.
       (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (b) Wildlife Reduction.--Nothing in section 4 of the Act of 
     March 2, 1929 (16 U.S.C. 198c), or any other provision of 
     law, prohibits the Secretary from permitting an authorized 
     individual--
       (1) to use lethal means to reduce the population of 
     wildlife at a unit of the National Park System that the 
     Secretary determines is causing habitat or culture resources 
     damage; or
       (2) to remove the full animal harvested under paragraph (1) 
     from the unit of the National Park System.
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  SA 3241. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2363, to protect and enhance opportunities for 
recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 41, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:

     SEC. 109. MITIGATION FISHERY ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Federal water development agency.--The term ``Federal 
     water development agency'' means--
       (A) the Bureau of Reclamation;
       (B) the Corps of Engineers; and
       (C) the Tennessee Valley Authority.
       (2) Mitigation hatchery.--The term ``mitigation hatchery'' 
     means a facility owned and operated by the Secretary through 
     the National Fish Hatchery System, a purpose of

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     which is the rearing and stocking of native and nonnative 
     fish to replace or maintain fishery resources or harvest 
     levels lost as a result of a Federal water resource 
     development project.
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior (acting through the Director of the United 
     States Fish and Wildlife Service).
       (b) Priority Consideration.--Annually, the Secretary, in 
     consultation with affected States, Indian tribes, and other 
     relevant Federal agencies, shall--
       (1) determine the needs of the National Fish Hatchery 
     System; and
       (2) for purposes of the determination under paragraph (1), 
     give equal priority consideration to--
       (A) the rearing and stocking of native and nonnative fish; 
     and
       (B) the propagation of species listed as threatened or 
     endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
     U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
       (c) Reimbursement.--Consistent with the Fish and Wildlife 
     Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.) and the Fish and 
     Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), the heads 
     of Federal water development agencies shall fully reimburse 
     the Secretary, on an annual basis, for the operation and 
     maintenance of mitigation hatcheries.
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  SA 3242. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2450, to improve the access of veterans to medical 
services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

                    TITLE _--HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS

     SEC. _01. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR VETERANS BENEFITS FOR A 
                   SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABILITY.

       (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 223(c) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) Special rule for individuals eligible for certain 
     veterans benefits.--For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), an 
     individual shall not be treated as covered under a health 
     plan described in such subparagraph merely because the 
     individual receives periodic hospital care or medical 
     services for a service-connected disability under any law 
     administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs but only if 
     the individual is not eligible to receive such care or 
     services for any condition other than a service-connected 
     disability.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
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  SA 3243. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1087. SINGLE STANDARD MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR 
                   PRIVATELY OWNED AUTOMOBILES OF GOVERNMENT 
                   EMPLOYEES AND MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED 
                   SERVICES.

       (a) Incorporation of IRS Rate as Single Standard Mileage 
     Rate Applicable to Automobiles.--Section 5704(a)(1) of title 
     5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``established 
     by the Administrator shall not exceed'' in the last sentence 
     and inserting ``shall be''.
       (b) Establishment of Mileage Reimbursement Rates.--
       (1) Elimination of automobiles from periodic investigations 
     of cost of travel.--Paragraph (1)(A) of section 5707(b) of 
     such title is amended--
       (A) by striking ``, in consultation with the Secretary of 
     Transportation, the Secretary of Defense, and representatives 
     of organizations of employees of the Government,''; and
       (B) by striking ``vehicles to'' and inserting ``airplanes 
     and privately owned motorcycles by''.
       (2) Reimbursement rate for automobiles.--Paragraph 
     (2)(A)(i) of such section is amended by striking ``prescribe 
     a mileage reimbursement rate which reflects the current costs 
     as determined by the Administrator of operating privately 
     owned automobiles, and which shall not exceed,'' and 
     inserting ``provide that the mileage reimbursement rate for 
     privately owned automobiles,''.

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