[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8378-8381]
[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. 2577

                   Offered By: Mr. Brooks of Alabama

       Amendment No. 1: Page 45, line 15, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $288,500,000)''.
       Page 47, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $689,800,000)''.

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       Page 47, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced to $0)''.
       Page 47, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced to $0)''.
       Page 47, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced to $0)''.
       Page 48, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced to $0)''
       Page 156, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $978,300,000)''.

                               H.R. 2577

                   Offered By: Mr. Brooks of Alabama

       Amendment No. 2: Page 45, line 15, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $288,500,000)''.
       Page 156, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $288,500,000)''.

                               H.R. 2577

                   Offered By: Mr. Brooks of Alabama

       Amendment No. 3: 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 rental housing assistance, a direct loan 
     secured by a residence, or insurance or guarantee for a loan 
     or mortgage secured by a residence, to any individual who 
     does not have lawful status in the United States or financial 
     assistance in violation of section 214(d) of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1980 (42 U.S. C. 1436a(d)).

                               H.R. 2577

                         Offered By: Mr. Engel

       Amendment No. 4: 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 Transportation, the Department 
     of Housing and Urban Development, or any other Federal agency 
     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. 2577

                          Offered By: Mr. Mica

       Amendment No. 5: Page 53, line 11, strike the colon and all 
     that follows through line 15 and insert a period.

                               H.R. 2577

                        Offered By: Mr. Newhouse

       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 used to issue, implement, or enforce any regulation by the 
     Federal Aviation Administration relating to the operation and 
     certification of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that 
     does not make consideration of the use of small UAS for 
     agricultural applications.

                               H.R. 2578

                         Offered By: Mr. Engel

       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 by the Department of Commerce, the Department of 
     Justice, or any other Federal agency 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. 2578

                       Offered By: Mr. MacArthur

       Amendment No. 11: Page 23, line 6, insert after the dollar 
     amount the following: ``(reduced by $750,000)''.
       Page 38, line 9, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(increased by $750,000)''.
       Page 40, line 10, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(increased by $750,000)''.

                               H.R. 2578

                       Offered By: Mr. Blumenauer

       Amendment No. 12: Page 14, lines 1, 18, and 19, after each 
     dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $60,760,000) (increased 
     by $60,760,000)''.

                               H.R. 2578

                       Offered By: Mr. Pittenger

       Amendment No. 13: Page 32, line 5, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(increased by $25,000,000)''.
       Page 72, line 7, after each of the dollar amounts, insert 
     ``(reduced by $25,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2578

                      Offered By: Mr. Poe of Texas

       Amendment No. 14: Page 7, line 8, insert after the dollar 
     amount the following: ``(reduced by $17,300,000)''.
       Page 38, line 9, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(increased by $17,300,000)''.
       Page 41, line 14, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(increased by $17,300,000)''.

                               H.R. 2578

                      Offered By: Mr. Poe of Texas

       Amendment No. 15: 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 DNA analysis and capacity enhancement program 
     and for other local, State, and Federal forensic activities 
     for which funds are made available under this Act as part of 
     the $125,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic programs and 
     activities, unless such funds are used in accordance with 
     paragraphs (3) and (4) of section (2)(c)) of the DNA Analysis 
     Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-546; 42 U.S. 
     C. 14135).

                               H.R. 2578

                      Offered By: Mr. Poe of Texas

       Amendment No. 16: 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 enforce section 221 of title 13, United States 
     Code, with respect to the survey, conducted by the Secretary 
     of Commerce, commonly referred to as the ``American Community 
     Survey''.

                               H.R. 2578

                      Offered By: Mr. Poe of Texas

       Amendment No. 17: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), none of 
     the funds made available by this Act for the Department of 
     Justice or the Federal Bureau of Investigation may be used to 
     mandate or request that a person (as defined in section 
     101(m) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 
     (50 U.S. C. 1801(m)) alter the product or service of the 
     person to permit the electronic surveillance (as defined in 
     section 101(f) of such Act (50 U.S. C. 1801(f)) of any user 
     of such product or service.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to mandates 
     or requests authorized under the Communications Assistance 
     for Law Enforcement Act (47 U.S. C. 1001 et seq.).

                               H.R. 2578

                        Offered By: Mr. Conaway

       Amendment No. 18: 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 any rule 
     prohibiting the export of crude oil under section 103 of the 
     Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6212).

                               H.R. 2578

                       Offered By: Mr. McClintock

       Amendment No. 19: Page 3, line 10, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $311,788,000)''.
       Page 98, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $311,788,000)''.

                               H.R. 2578

                       Offered By: Mr. McClintock

       Amendment No. 20: Page 4 line 21, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $7,500,000)''.
       Page 6 line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 15 line 16, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $5,700,000)''.
       Page 15, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $5,700,000)''.
       Page 15, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $5,700,000)''.
       Page 24, line 5, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $75,719,000)''.
       Page 24, line 14, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $3,423,000)''.
       Page 26, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $35,000,000)''.
       Page 28, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $750,000)''.
       Page 29, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $25,000,000)''.
       Page 29, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,200,000)''.
       Page 30, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 31, line 20, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $2,806,000)''.
       Page 32, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $111,199,000)''.
       Page 33, line 5, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $40,625,000)''.
       Page 33, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $49,000,000)''.
       Page 34, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $136,500,000)''.
       Page 36, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $124,000,000)''.
       Page 38, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $11,060,000)''.
       Page 38, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 38, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 41, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $60,000)''.
       Page 41, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 42, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $70,400,000)''.
       Page 43, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $33,000,000)''.
       Page 43, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $20,000,000)''.
       Page 43, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $35,000,000)''.
       Page 46, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $2,400,000)''.
       Page 47, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 49, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $4,000,000)''.
       Page 49, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $52,500,000)''.
       Page 49, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.
       Page 60, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $29,000,000)''.
       Page 61, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $402,600,000)''.

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       Page 61, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $100,650,000)''.
       Page 61, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $100,650,000)''.
       Page 61, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $100,650,000)''.
       Page 62, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $100,650,000)''.
       Page 62, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $129,500,000)''.
       Page 63, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $9,700,000)''.
       Page 64, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $5,900,000)''.
       Page 65, line 1, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $400,000)''.
       Page 66, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $50,000,000)''.
       Page 69, line 7, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $730,000)''.
       Page 98, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,398,212,000)''.

                               H.R. 2578

                       Offered By: Mr. Garamendi

       Amendment No. 21: Page 16, line 16, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(increased by $147 million to fund the 
     construction of an Ocean Survey Vessel)''.

                               H.R. 2578

                        Offered By: Mr. Grayson

       Amendment No. 22: 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) contact 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. 2578

                        Offered By: Mr. Grayson

       Amendment No. 23: 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 compel a person to testify about information or 
     sources that the person states in a motion to quash the 
     subpoena that he has obtained as a journalist or reporter and 
     that he regards as confidential.

                               H.R. 2578

                       Offered By: Mr. McClintock

       Amendment No. 24: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available in this Act to 
     the Department of Justice may be used, with respect to any of 
     the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, 
     Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, 
     Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, 
     Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, 
     New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North 
     Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, 
     Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and 
     Wisconsin, to prevent any of them from implementing their own 
     laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or 
     cultivation of marijuana on non-Federal lands within their 
     respective jurisdictions.

                               H.R. 2578

                         Offered By: Mr. Hudson

       Amendment No. 25: 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 treat any M855 (5.56 mm x 45 mm) or SS109 type 
     ammunition as armor piercing ammunition for purposes of 
     chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code.

                               H.R. 2578

          Offered By: Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico

       Amendment No. 26: Page 23, line 6, insert after the dollar 
     amount the following: ``(decreased by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 42, line 24, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 44, line 8, insert after the dollar amount the 
     following: ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2578

                      Offered By: Ms. Jackson Lee

       Amendment No. 27: Page 24, line 5, after the first dollar 
     amount, insert ``(increased by $13,800,000)''.
       Page 34, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(reduced by $13,800,000)''.

                               H.R. 2578

                      Offered By: Ms. Jackson Lee

       Amendment No. 28: Page 34, line 19, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $500,000)''.
       Page 38, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $500,000)''.

                               H.R. 2578

                      Offered By: Ms. Jackson Lee

       Amendment No. 29: Page 34, line 19, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 47, line 7, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2578

                       Offered By: Mr. Blumenauer

       Amendment No. 30: 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 inspection under section 510 of the 
     Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 880) with respect to 
     narcotic drugs in schedule III, IV, or V of section 202 of 
     such Act (21 U.S.C. 812), or combinations of such drugs, 
     being dispensed pursuant to section 303(g)(2) of such Act (21 
     U.S.C. 823(g)(2)) for maintenance or detoxification 
     treatment.

                               H.R. 2578

                        Offered By: Mr. Connolly

       Amendment No. 31: Page 34, line 19, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $6,000,000)''.
       Page 42, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 46, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2578

                         Offered By: Mr. Rouzer

       Amendment No. 32: 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 State of North Carolina to implement any State 
     law or rule that establishes or governs a logbook reporting 
     requirement for fishermen operating under for-hire licenses.

                               H.R. 2578

                         Offered By: Mr. Polis

       Amendment No. 33: 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 execute a subpoena of tangible things pursuant to 
     section 506 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 876) 
     that does not include the following sentence: ``This subpoena 
     limits the collection of any tangible things (including phone 
     numbers dialed, telephone numbers of incoming calls, and the 
     duration of calls) to those tangible things identified by a 
     term that specifically identifies an individual, account, 
     address, or personal device, and that limits, to the greatest 
     extent reasonably practicable, the scope of the tangible 
     things sought.''.

                               H.R. 2578

                   Offered By: Mr. Scott of Virginia

       Amendment No. 34: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec __. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are 
     revised by reducing the amount made available for Federal 
     Prison Systems--Salaries and Expenses, and increasing the 
     amount made available for Office of Justice Programs--Office 
     of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention, by 
     $69,515,000.

                               H.R. 2578

                      Offered By: Ms. Jackson Lee

       Amendment No. 35: Page 12, line 9, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $400,000)''.
       Page 70, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $400,000)''.

                               H.R. 2578

                      Offered By: Ms. Jackson Lee

       Amendment No. 36: Page 12, line 9, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(decreased by $2,000,000)''.
       Page 72, line 7, after the first dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2578

                      Offered By: Ms. Jackson Lee

       Amendment No. 37: Page 34, line 19, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $104,000,000)''.
       Page 61, lines 10 and 12, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $104,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2578

                      Offered By: Ms. Jackson Lee

       Amendment No. 38: Page 34, line 19, after the dollar amount 
     insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
       Page 63, line 3, after the dollar amount insert 
     ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 2578

                      Offered By: Ms. Jackson Lee

       Amendment No. 39: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act for 
     the Department of Justice--Administrative Review and Appeals 
     may be

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     used in contravention of sections 509 and 510 of title 28, 
     United States Code.

                               H.R. 2578

                        Offered By: Mr. Grayson

       Amendment No. 40:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to negotiate or enter into a trade agreement whose 
     negotiating texts are confidential. The limitation described 
     in this section shall not apply in the case of the 
     administration of a tax or tariff.

                               H.R. 2578

                        Offered By: Mr. Grayson

       Amendment No. 41:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to negotiate or enter into a trade agreement that 
     contains an investor-state dispute settlement provision. The 
     limitation described in this section shall not apply in the 
     case of the administration of a tax or tariff.