[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6908]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                       House Amendment to S. 2012

                         Offered By: Mr. Engel

       Page 101, before line 13, insert the following:

     SEC. 1117. CONSIDERATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY IN SITING OF 
                   NEW NATURAL GAS PIPELINES.

       Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717f) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(i) In issuing a certificate of public convenience and 
     necessity for a proposed natural gas pipeline under this 
     section, the Commission shall consult with the Department of 
     Homeland Security on matters of national security relating to 
     the proposed natural gas pipeline, including with respect to 
     terrorism, cybersecurity, and the siting of the proposed 
     pipeline.''.

                               H.R. 5055

                          Offered By: Mr. Farr

       Amendment No. 1: Page 79, beginning on line 24, strike 
     section 506.

                               H.R. 5055

                         Offered By: Mr. Babin

       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 
     under the heading ``Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation'' may be 
     made available to enter into new contracts with, or new 
     agreements for Federal assistance to, the Islamic Republic of 
     Iran, except for contracts or agreements that require the 
     Islamic Republic of Iran to cease the pursuit, acquisition, 
     and development of nuclear weapons technology.

                               H.R. 5055

                         Offered By: Mr. Babin

       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 
     under the heading ``Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation'' may be 
     made available to enter into new contracts with, or new 
     agreements for Federal assistance to, the Islamic Republic of 
     Iran, except for contracts or agreements that require the 
     Islamic Republic of Iran to cease the pursuit, acquisition, 
     and development of intercontinental ballistic missile 
     technology.

                               H.R. 5055

                         Offered By: Mr. Babin

       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 made available to enter into new contracts with, or new 
     agreements for Federal assistance to, the Islamic Republic of 
     Iran, except for contracts or agreements that require the 
     Islamic Republic of Iran to cease the pursuit, acquisition, 
     and development of intercontinental ballistic missile 
     technology.

                               H.R. 5055

                         Offered By: Mr. Babin

       Amendment No. 5: 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 made available to enter into new contracts with, or new 
     agreements for Federal assistance to, the Islamic Republic of 
     Iran.

                               H.R. 5055

                         Offered By: Mr. Engel

       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 by the Department of Energy, the Department of the 
     Interior, 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. 5055

                        Offered By: Mr. Grayson

       Amendment No 7: 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 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.