[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6749-6751]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 4062. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. 
Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations for 
the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) each State is in the best position to determine the 
     specific needs of its population experiencing housing 
     insecurity; and
       (2) the Department of Housing and Urban Development should 
     explore the possibility

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     of devolving programs and expenditures to State and local 
     governments when applicable.
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  SA 4063. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. 
Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 2577, making appropriations for 
the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in division A, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  It is the sense of the Senate that stable, two-
     parent families are the best family structure for the 
     reduction of child homelessness.
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  SA 4064. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3931 submitted by Ms. Collins (for herself and Mr. King) 
and intended to be proposed to the amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. 
Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill 
H.R. 2577, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, 
and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:
       (c) This section shall not apply until the President 
     certifies to Congress that the Government of Cuba has 
     extradited or otherwise rendered to the United States all 
     individuals in Cuba who are sought by the Department of 
     Justice for crimes committed in the United States, 
     including--
       (1) General Ruben Martinez Puente, Colonel Lorenzo Alberto 
     Perez-Perez, and Colonel Francisco Perez-Perez; and
       (2) fugitive hijackers residing in Cuba, including Charlie 
     Hill.
       (d) This section shall not apply until the President 
     certifies to Congress that the Government of Cuba has--
       (1) returned to all United States citizens, and entities 
     for which United States citizens have an ownership interest 
     of 50 percent or more, property confiscated from those 
     citizens and entities by the Government of Cuba on or after 
     January 1, 1959; or
       (2) provided equitable compensation to those citizens and 
     entities for such confiscated property.
       (e) This section shall not apply until the President 
     certifies to Congress that the Government of Cuba has 
     provided compensation to resolve all outstanding judgments 
     against the Government of Cuba issued by a court in the 
     United States.
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  SA 4065. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Mr. King) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. 
Collins (for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill 
H.R. 2577, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, 
and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the general provisions of title I in division 
     A, add the following:
       Sec. ___.  Any bridge eligible for assistance under title 
     23, United States Code, that is structurally deficient and 
     requires construction, reconstruction, or maintenance--
       (1) may be reconstructed in the same location with the same 
     capacity and dimensions as in existence on the date of 
     enactment of this Act; and
       (2) if the environmental impacts of the construction, 
     reconstruction, or maintenance are not substantially greater 
     than the environmental impacts of the original structure, as 
     determined by the applicable State environmental authority, 
     shall be considered to be compliant with the 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) division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States 
     Code;
       (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.
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  SA 4066. Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
Inhofe, Mr. Thune, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Daines, Mr. Risch, Mr. Crapo, and 
Mr. Rounds) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 I of title X add the following:

     SEC. 1097. TRIBAL LABOR SOVEREIGNTY.

       Section 2 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 
     152) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or any enterprise or 
     institution owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located 
     on its Indian lands,'' after ``subdivision thereof''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(15) The term `Indian tribe' means any Indian tribe, 
     band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or community 
     which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and 
     services provided by the United States to Indians because of 
     their status as Indians.
       ``(16) The term `Indian' means any individual who is a 
     member of an Indian tribe.
       ``(17) The term `Indian lands' means--
       ``(A) all lands within the limits of any Indian 
     reservation;
       ``(B) any lands title to which is either held in trust by 
     the United States for the benefit of any Indian tribe or 
     individual or held by any Indian tribe or individual subject 
     to restriction by the United States against alienation; and
       ``(C) any lands in the State of Oklahoma that are within 
     the boundaries of a former reservation (as defined by the 
     Secretary of the Interior) of a federally recognized Indian 
     tribe.''.
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  SA 4067. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY 
                   LEASES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may carry out the 
     following major medical facility leases at the locations 
     specified and in an amount for each lease not to exceed the 
     amount specified for such location (not including any 
     estimated cancellation costs):
       (1) For an outpatient clinic, Ann Arbor, Michigan, an 
     amount not to exceed $17,093,000.
       (2) For an outpatient mental health clinic, Birmingham, 
     Alabama, an amount not to exceed $6,971,000.
       (3) For an outpatient specialty clinic, Birmingham, 
     Alabama, an amount not to exceed $10,479,000.
       (4) For research space, Boston, Massachusetts, an amount 
     not to exceed $5,497,000.
       (5) For research space, Charleston, South Carolina, an 
     amount not to exceed $6,581,000.
       (6) For an outpatient clinic, Daytona Beach, Florida, an 
     amount not to exceed $12,664,000.
       (7) For Chief Business Office Purchased Care office space, 
     Denver, Colorado, an amount not to exceed $17,215,000.
       (8) For an outpatient clinic, Gainesville, Florida, an 
     amount not to exceed $4,686,000.
       (9) For an outpatient clinic, Hampton Roads, Virginia, an 
     amount not to exceed $18,124,000.
       (10) For research space, Mission Bay, California, an amount 
     not to exceed $23,454,000.
       (11) For an outpatient clinic, Missoula, Montana, an amount 
     not to exceed $7,130,000.
       (12) For an outpatient clinic, Northern Colorado, Colorado, 
     an amount not to exceed $8,776,000.
       (13) For an outpatient clinic, Ocala, Florida, an amount 
     not to exceed $5,279,000.
       (14) For an outpatient clinic, Oxnard, California, an 
     amount not to exceed $6,297,000.
       (15) For an outpatient clinic, Pike County, Georgia, an 
     amount not to exceed $5,757,000.
       (16) For an outpatient clinic, Portland, Maine, an amount 
     not to exceed $6,846,000.
       (17) For an outpatient clinic, Raleigh, North Carolina, an 
     amount not to exceed $21,607,000.
       (18) For an outpatient clinic, Santa Rosa, California, an 
     amount not to exceed $6,498,000.
       (19) For a replacement outpatient clinic, Corpus Christi, 
     Texas, an amount not to exceed $7,452,000.

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       (20) For a replacement outpatient clinic, Jacksonville, 
     Florida, an amount not to exceed $18,136,000.
       (21) For a replacement outpatient clinic, Pontiac, 
     Michigan, an amount not to exceed $4,532,000.
       (22) For a replacement outpatient clinic, phase II, 
     Rochester, New York, an amount not to exceed $6,901,000.
       (23) For a replacement outpatient clinic, Tampa, Florida, 
     an amount not to exceed $10,568,000.
       (24) For a replacement outpatient clinic, Terre Haute, 
     Indiana, an amount not to exceed $4,475,000.

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