[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 16285]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1573. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2266, to amend title 28 of the United States Code 
to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges; 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. ___. (a) Offset.--Of the unobligated balances made 
     available to each covered executive department for fiscal 
     year 2018, $36,517,000,000 are rescinded, on a pro rata 
     basis, in accordance with subsection (b).
       (b) Discretion of Executive Department Head.--The head of 
     each covered executive department shall determine from which 
     accounts of the covered executive department and in what 
     amounts the funds required to be rescinded under subsection 
     (a) will be rescinded.
       (c) Covered Executive Department.--In this section, the 
     term ``covered executive department'' means--
       (1) an Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 
     5, United States Code; and
       (2) does not include the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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  SA 1574. Mr. FLAKE (for himself and Mr. Lee) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2266, to amend title 28 
of the United States Code to authorize the appointment of additional 
bankruptcy judges; and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 5, lines 5 through 10, strike ``Provided further,'' 
     and all that follows through ``Secretary of the Treasury:''.
       At the end, add the following:

     DIVISION C--PUERTO RICO ENERGY DELIVERY RELIABILITY AND REFORM

     SEC. 2001. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE PRIVATIZATION OF THE 
                   PUERTO RICO ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY.

       It is the sense of Congress that privatizing the Puerto 
     Rico Electric Power Authority would lead to lower energy 
     costs for electricity customers in the Commonwealth of Puerto 
     Rico.

     SEC. 2002. EXCEPTIONS TO APPLICATION OF COASTWISE LAWS FOR 
                   PUERTO RICO.

       Section 55101(b) of title 46, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as 
     paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the 
     following:
       ``(1) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;''.

     SEC. 2003. TERMS AND AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN LOANS OR OTHER 
                   ASSISTANCE.

       Nothing in this Act authorizes any loan or other assistance 
     made available under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
     and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)--
       (1) to include any terms that would impair any lien or 
     collateral securing the claim of any creditor of--
       (A) a territory or possession of the United States or a 
     local government agency of a territory or possession of the 
     United States; or
       (B) an instrumentality of a territory or possession of the 
     United States or a local government agency of a territory or 
     possession of the United States; or
       (2) to be made available for proceedings under title III of 
     the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Security 
     Act (48 U.S.C. 2161 et seq.).
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  SA 1575. Mr. NELSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2266, to amend title 28 of the United States Code 
to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges; and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       In title II of division A, under the heading ``DEPARTMENT 
     OF AGRICULTURE'', add at the end the following:

                        Office of the Secretary

       For an additional amount for the Office of the Secretary, 
     $3,000,000,000, for necessary expenses related to crop losses 
     and other consequences of Hurricanes Irma, Harvey, and Maria: 
      Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     payment and income limitations shall not apply with respect 
     to payments made to producers pursuant to this paragraph:  
     Provided further, That with respect to payments made to 
     producers of citrus, fruits and vegetables, or nursery crops, 
     the Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out this paragraph 
     in a similar manner as under the Florida Hurricane 
     Agriculture Disaster Assistance (Special Disaster Relief for 
     Hurricanes Charley and Frances) program of the Farm Service 
     Agency (as revised on September 30, 2004):  Provided further, 
     That such amount is designated by Congress as being for 
     emergency requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
     (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)).
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  SA 1576. Mr. SHELBY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2266, to amend title 28 of the United States Code 
to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges; and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 308 and insert the following:
       Sec. 308.  Section 1309(a) of the National Flood Insurance 
     Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)) is amended by striking 
     ``$30,425,000,000'' and inserting ``$46,425,000,000''.

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