[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12566-12567]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3570. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2094, to provide for the establishment of nationally 
uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges 
incidental to the normal operation of a vessel; which was referred to 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; as follows:

       On page 22, line 11, strike ``60 days'' and insert ``1 
     year''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3571. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2094, to provide for the establishment of nationally 
uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges 
incidental to the normal operations of a vessel; which was referred to 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; as follows:

       On page 13, line 7, strike ``living organism'' and insert 
     ``organism that is living or has not been rendered 
     harmless''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3572. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2094, to provide for the establishment of nationally 
uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges 
incidental to the normal operation of a vessel; which was referred to 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; as follows:

       On page 13, line 4, strike ``living organism'' and insert 
     ``organism that is living or has not been rendered 
     harmless''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3573. Mr. RISCH 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 A of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1213. PROHIBITION ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS 
                   DEVELOPING GROUND-LAUNCHED NUCLEAR-CAPABLE 
                   MISSILE SYSTEMS WITH THE CAPABILITY OF STRIKING 
                   THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.

       Section 102(b) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2799aa-1(b)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``device, or'' and 
     inserting ``device,'';
       (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ``or'' after 
     ``device,''; and
       (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(E) is in the process of developing or acquiring a 
     ground-launched nuclear-capable

[[Page 12567]]

     missile system with an assessed range capable of striking the 
     continental United States, and is not a permanent member of 
     the United Nations Security Council,'';
       (2) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ``required under 
     paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B)'' and inserting ``required under 
     paragraph (1)(A), (1)(B), or (1)(E)'';
       (3) in paragraph (5)--
       (A) by striking ``this subsection, if the Congress'' and 
     inserting the following: ``this subsection--
       ``(A) if the Congress'';
       (B) by striking ``required under paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B) 
     if he'' and inserting ``required under paragraph (1)(A), 
     (1)(B), or (1)(E) if the President'';
       (C) by striking ``security. The President shall transmit'' 
     and inserting ``security, and transmits''; and
       (D) by striking ``therefor.'' and inserting the following: 
     ``therefor; and
       ``(B) if the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
     Director of National Intelligence, certifies to Congress that 
     the government of a country subject to sanctions under 
     paragraph (1) solely on the basis of subparagraph (E) of such 
     paragraph is no longer in the process of developing or 
     acquiring a missile system described under such subparagraph, 
     the President may waive such sanctions.''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(9)(A) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of the Carl Levin National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2015, and annually thereafter, the 
     Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of 
     National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report on any countries determined 
     in accordance with subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) to be in 
     the process of developing or acquiring a missile system 
     described under such subparagraph.
       ``(B) In this paragraph, the term `appropriate 
     congressional committees' means--
       ``(i) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and 
     the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate; and
       ``(ii) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3574. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 5021, to provide an extension of Federal-aid 
highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other 
programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 10__. EMERGENCY EXEMPTIONS.

       Any road, highway, railway, bridge, or transit facility 
     that is damaged by an emergency that is declared by the 
     Governor of the State and concurred in by the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security or declared as an emergency by the 
     President pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
     and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and 
     that is in operation or under construction on the date on 
     which the emergency occurs--
       (1) may be reconstructed in the same location with the same 
     capacity, dimensions, and design as before the emergency; and
       (2) shall be exempt from any environmental reviews, 
     approvals, licensing, and permit requirements under--
       (A) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
     U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);
       (B) sections 402 and 404 of the Federal Water Pollution 
     Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342, 1344);
       (C) the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 
     et seq.);
       (D) the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.);
       (E) the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et 
     seq.);
       (F) the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661 
     et seq.);
       (G) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
     seq.), except when the reconstruction occurs in designated 
     critical habitat for threatened and endangered species;
       (H) Executive Order 11990 (42 U.S.C. 4321 note; relating to 
     the protection of wetland); and
       (I) any Federal law (including regulations) requiring no 
     net loss of wetland.

                          ____________________