[House Report 106-558]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-558

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 PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3671, THE WILDLIFE AND SPORT 
           FISH RESTORATION PROGRAMS IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 2000

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   April 3, 2000.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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Mr. Hastings of Washington, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 455]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 455, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 3671, 
the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement 
Act of 2000, under an open rule. The rule provides one hour of 
general debate divided equally between the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Resources.
    The rule waives clause 4(a) of rule XIII (requiring a 
three-day layover of the committee report) against 
consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order the 
Committee on Resources amendment in the nature of a substitute 
now printed in the bill as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment, which shall be open for amendment at any point. The 
rule further waives clause 4 of rule XXI (prohibiting 
appropriations in a legislative bill) against the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
    The rule provides that the amendment printed in this report 
shall be considered as read, shall not be subject to amendment, 
and shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the 
question in the House or in the Committee on the Whole. All 
points of order against the amendment printed in this report 
are waived. The waiver of all points of order includes a waiver 
of clause 7 of rule XVI (prohibiting nongermane amendments), 
which is necessary because the amendment made in order under 
the rule contains a provision changing the effective date of 
the excise taxes on fishing equipment.This provision was not 
included in the bill as introduced or in the amendment in the nature of 
a substitute. The waiver of all points of order also includes a waiver 
of clause 4 of rule XXI (prohibiting appropriations in a legislative 
bill), which is necessary because the amendment made in order under the 
rule affects the trust funds in the Pittman-Johnson Wildlife 
Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act. 
Those trust funds are permanently appropriated.
    The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
to postpone votes during consideration of the bill and to 
reduce voting time to five minutes on a postponed question if 
the vote follows a fifteen minute vote. Members who have pre-
printed their amendments in the Record prior to their 
consideration will be given priority in recognition to offer 
their amendments if otherwise consistent with House rules. 
Finally, the rule provides for one motion to recommit, with or 
without instructions.

  summary of amendment made in order to H.R. 3671, Wildlife and Sport 
           Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2000

    Young (AK): The amendment increases the amount authorized 
to administer the Pittman-Robertson Act and the Dingell-Johnson 
Act to $7,090,000 (for each Act) from $5 million (for each 
Act), with a reduction in these funds in later years. The 
amendment also makes certain technical changes, and changes to 
ensure that the bill language conforms with language in the 
existing statute, language that is not amended by the bill. 
Section 9504(b)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code allows 
expenditures of the excise taxes on fishing equipment to 
administer the Dingell-Johnson Act as in effect on the date of 
enactment of the TEA 21 Restoration Act. Because H.R. 3671 
amends the administrative provisions of Dingell-Johnson, the 
effective date for this tax law section must be changed to 
allow the funds to be spent as outlined in H.R. 3671's Dingell-
Johnson amendments.

 1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Young of Alaska, or a 
                                Designee

  Page 3, strike line 19 and all that follows through page 4, 
line 5, and insert the following:
  ``Sec. 4. (a) Set-Aside for Administration.--(1)(A) Of the 
revenues (excluding interest accruing under section 3(b)) 
covered into the fund, the Secretary may use up to the amount 
specified in subparagraph (B) for expenses to administer this 
Act, in accordance with this subsection and section 9.
  ``(B) The amount referred to in subparagraph (A) is the 
following:
          ``(i) In fiscal year 2001, $7,090,000.
          ``(ii) In fiscal year 2002, $6,710,000.
          ``(iii) In fiscal year 2003, $6,330,000.
          ``(iv) In fiscal year 2004 and each fiscal year 
        thereafter--
                  ``(I) the amount available for the preceding 
                fiscal year, plus
                  ``(II) an amount to reflect the change in the 
                consumer price index over the preceding fiscal 
                year, which shall be determined by the 
                Secretary of the Treasury by multiplying such 
                change times the amount available for the 
                preceding fiscal year.
  Page 16, strike line 18 and all that follows through page 17, 
line 5, and insert the following:
  ``(d)(1)(A) Of the balance of each such annual appropriation 
remaining after the distribution and use under subsections (a), 
(b), and (c) of this section and section 14, the Secretary of 
the Interior may use up to the amount specified in subparagraph 
(B) for expenses to administer this Act, in accordance with 
this subsection and section 9.
  ``(B) The amount referred to in subparagraph (A) is the 
following:
          ``(i) In fiscal year 2001, $7,090,000.
          ``(ii) In fiscal year 2002, $6,710,000.
          ``(iii) In fiscal year 2003, $6,330,000.
          ``(iv) In fiscal year 2004 and each fiscal year 
        thereafter--
                  ``(I) the amount available for the preceding 
                fiscal year, plus
                  ``(II) an amount to reflect the change in the 
                consumer price index over the preceding fiscal 
                year, which shall be determined by the 
                Secretary of the Treasury by multiplying such 
                change times the amount available for the 
                preceding fiscal year.
  Page 6, strike lines 16 through 19 and insert the following:
          ``(4) Costs of determining under section 6(a) whether 
        State comprehensive plans and projects are substantial 
        in character and design.
  Page 12, line 19, after ``education'' insert ``and shooting 
range''.
  Page 12, line 25, strike ``enhancement'' and insert 
``development''.
  Page 15, line 16, strike ``regulated''.
  Page 15, line 20, strike ``regulated''.
  Page 18, strike lines 12 through 16 and insert the following:
          ``(4) Costs of determining under section 6(a) whether 
        State comprehensive plans and projects are substantial 
        in character and design.
  Page 28, after line 24, insert the following:

SEC. ____. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

  Section 9504(b)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by striking ``(as in effect on the date of the 
enactment of the TEA 21 Restoration Act)'' and inserting ``(as 
in effect on the date of the enactment of the Wildlife and 
Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2000)''.

                                  
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