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AMENDMENTS

Under clause 6 of rule XXIII, proposed amendments were submitted as
follows:

H.R. 2

Offered By: Mr. Nadler

Amendment No. 55: Page 335, after line 6, insert the
following new section:

SEC. 709. TRANSFER OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY FOR PROVIDING
HOUSING FOR LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME FAMILIES.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law
(including the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949), the property known as 252 Seventh Avenue in New
York County, New York is authorized to be conveyed in its
existing condition under a public benefit discount to a non-
profit organization that has among its purposes providing
housing for low-income individuals or families provided, that
such property is determined by the Administrator of General
Services to be surplus to the needs of the government and
provided it is determined by the Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development that such property will be used by such
non-profit organization to provide housing for low- and
moderate-income families or individuals.

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(b)(1) Public Benefit Discount.--The amount of the public
benefit discount available under this section shall be 75
percent of the estimated fair market value of the property,
except that the Secretary may discount by a greater
percentage if the Secretary, in consultation with the
Administrator, determines that a higher percentage is
justified due to any benefit which will accrue to the United
States from the use of such property for the public purpose
of providing low- and moderate-income housing.
(2) Reverter.--The Administrator shall require that the
property be used for at least 30 years for the public purpose
for which it was originally conveyed, or such longer period
of time as the Administrator feels necessary, to protect the
Federal interest and to promote the public purpose. If this
condition is not met, the property shall revert to the United
States.
(3) Determination of fair market value.--The Administrator
shall determine estimated fair market value in accordance
with Federal appraisal standards and procedures.
(4) Deposit of proceeds.--The Administrator of General
Services shall deposit any proceeds received under this
subsection in the special account established pursuant to
section 204(h)(2) of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949.
(5) Additional terms and conditions.--The Administrator may
require such additional terms and conditions in connection
with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Administrator
considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United
States and to accomplish a public purpose.

H.R. 1469

Offered By: Mr. Barr of Georgia

(Supplemental Appropriations, FY97)

Amendment No. 4: Add at an appropriate place the following:

SEC. . USE OF FUNDS FOR STUDIES OF MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA.

None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any other Act
shall be used now or hereafter in any fiscal year for any
study of the medicinal use of marijuana.

H.R. 1469

Offered By: Mr. Barr of Georgia

(Supplemental Appropriations, FY97)

Amendment No. 5: Page , after line , insert the
following:

commission on the advancement of federal law enforcement

For an additional amount for the operations of the
Commission on the Advancement of Federal Law Enforcement,
$2,000,000.

H.R. 1469

Offered By: Mr. Barr of Georgia

(Supplemental Appropriations, FY97)

Amendment No. 6: At the end of the bill, insert after the
last section (preceding the short title) the following new
section:

firearms prohibitions applicable by reason of a domestic violence
misdemeanor conviction not to apply to convictions obtained before the
prohibitions became law

Sec. . Subsections (d)(9), (g)(9), and (s)(3)(B)(i) of
section 922 of title 18, United States Code, are each
hereafter amended by inserting ``, on or after September 30,
1996,'' before ``of a misdemeanor''.

H.R. 1469

Offered By: Mr. Davis of Virginia

Amendment No. 7: Page 51, after line 23, add the following
new title:

TITLE IV--PREVENTION OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

short title

Sec. 401. This title may be cited as the ``Government
Shutdown Prevention Act''.

continuing funding

Sec. 402. (a) If any regular appropriation bill for fiscal
year 1998 does not become law prior to the beginning of
fiscal year 1998 or a joint resolution making continuing
appropriations is not in effect, there is appropriated, out
of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and
out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and
funds, such sums as may be necessary to continue any program,
project, or activity for which funds were provided in fiscal
year 1997.
(b) Appropriations and funds made available, and authority
granted, for a program, project, or activity for fiscal year
1998 pursuant to this title shall be at 100 percent of the
rate of operations that was provided for the program,
project, or activity in fiscal year 1997 in the corresponding
regular appropriation Act for fiscal year 1997.
(c) Appropriations and funds made available, and authority
granted, for fiscal year 1998 pursuant to this title for a
program, project, or activity shall be available for the
period beginning with the first day of a lapse in
appropriations and ending with the earlier of--
(1) the date on which the applicable regular appropriation
bill for fiscal year 1998 becomes law (whether or not that
law provides for that program, project, or activity) or a
continuing resolution making appropriations becomes law, as
the case may be; or
(2) the last day of fiscal year 1998.

terms and conditions

Sec. 403. (a) An appropriation of funds made available, or
authority granted, for a program, project, or activity for
fiscal year 1998 pursuant to this title shall be made
available to the extent and in the manner which would be
provided by the pertinent appropriation Act for fiscal year
1997, including all of the terms and conditions and the
apportionment schedule imposed with respect to the
appropriation made or funds made available for fiscal year
1997 or authority granted for the program, project, or
activity under current law.
(b) Appropriations made by this title shall be available to
the extent and in the manner which would be provided by the
pertinent appropriation Act.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
whenever the rate for operations for any continuing project
or activity would result in a furlough or a reduction-in-
force of Government employees, that rate for operations may
be increased to a level that would enable the furlough or a
reduction-in-force to be avoided.

coverage

Sec. 404. Appropriations and funds made available, and
authority granted, for any program, project, or activity for
fiscal year 1998 pursuant to this title shall cover all
obligations or expenditures incurred for that program,
project, or activity during the portion of fiscal year 1998
for which this title applies to that program, project, or
activity.

expenditures

Sec. 405. Expenditures made for a program, project, or
activity for fiscal year 1998 pursuant to this title shall be
charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or
authorization whenever a regular appropriation bill or a
joint resolution making continuing appropriations until the
end of fiscal year 1998 providing for that program, project,
or activity for that period becomes law.

initiating or resuming a program, project, or activity

Sec. 406. No appropriation or funds made available or
authority granted pursuant to this title shall be used to
initiate or resume any program, project, or activity for
which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not
available during fiscal year 1997.

protection of other obligations

Sec. 407. Nothing in this title shall be construed to
effect Government obligations mandated by other law,
including obligations with respect to Social Security,
Medicare, Medicaid, and veterans benefits.

definition

Sec. 408. In this title, the term ``regular appropriation
bill'' means any annual appropriation bill making
appropriations, otherwise making funds available, or granting
authority, for any of the following categories of programs,
projects, and activities.
(1) Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies
programs.
(2) The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
judiciary, and related agencies.
(3) The Department of Defense.
(4) The government of the District of Columbia and other
activities chargeable in whole or in part against the
revenues of the District.
(5) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and related agencies.
(6) The Departments of Veterans and Housing and Urban
Development, and sundry independent agencies, boards,
commissions, corporations, and offices.
(7) Energy and water development.
(8) Foreign assistance and related programs.
(9) The Department of the Interior and related agencies.
(10) Military construction.
(11) The Department of Transportation and related agencies.
(12) The Treasury Department, the U.S. Postal Service, the
Executive Office of the President, and certain independent
agencies.
(13) The legislative branch.

H.R. 1469

Offered By: Mr. Fazio

Amendment No. 8: Page 5, after line 7, insert the
following:
In addition, for replacement of farm labor housing under
section 514 of the Housing Act of 1949 that was lost or
damaged by flooding that occurred as a result of the January
1997 floods, $1,000,000, to be derived by transfer from
amounts provided in this Act for ``Federal Emergency
Management Agency--Disaster Relief'': Provided, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, any county
designated as a disaster area by the President shall be
eligible to apply to the Secretary of Agriculture for
assistance from such funds, which shall be immediately
dispersed by the Secretary upon documented loss of farm labor
housing units: Provided further, That such funds shall be
used by the recipient counties to assist the purchase of farm
labor housing, including (but not limited to) mobile homes,
motor homes, and manufactured housing.

H.R. 1469

Offered By: Mr. Goodling

Amendment No. 9: Page 51, after line 23, insert the
following:

prohibition of funds for new national testing program in reading and
mathematics

Sec. 3003. None of the funds made available in this or any
other Act for fiscal year 1997 or any prior fiscal year for
the Fund for the Improvement of Education under the heading
``DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION--Education Research, Statistics,
and Improvement'' may be used to develop, plan, implement, or
administer any national testing program in reading or
mathematics.

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H.R. 1469

Offered By: Mr. Neumann

Amendment No. 10: Page 28, line 5, after the dollar amount,
insert the following: ``(reduced by $2,387,677,000)''.
Page 28, line 6, strike ``$2,387,677,000'' and all that
follows through line 7.
Page 35, strike lines 8 through 25.
Page 51, after line 23, insert the following new section:

further rescissions in nondefense accounts

Sec. 3003. (a) Rescission of Funds.--Of the aggregate
amount of discretionary appropriations made available to
Executive agencies in appropriation Acts for fiscal year 1997
(other than for the defense category), $3,600,000,000 is
rescinded.
(b) Allocation and Report.--Within 30 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall--
(1) allocate such rescission among the appropriate accounts
in a manner that will achieve a total net reduction in
outlays for fiscal years 1997 through 2002 resulting from
such rescission of not less than $3,500,000,000; and
(2) submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate a report setting forth such
allocation.
(c) Definitions.--
(1) The terms ``discretionary appropriations'' and
``defense category'' have the respective meanings given such
terms in section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
(2) The term ``Executive agency'' has the meaning given
such term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code.

H.R. 1469

Offered By: Mr. Neumann

Amendment No. 11: Page 28, line 5, after the dollar amount,
insert the following: ``(reduced by $2,387,677,000)''.
Page 28, line 6, strike ``$2,387,677,000'' and all that
follows through line 7.

H.R. 1469

Offered By: Mr. Neumann

Amendment No. 12: Page 28, line 5, after the dollar amount,
insert the following: ``(reduced by $1,700,000,000)''.
Page 28, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert the
following: ``(reduced by $1,700,000,000)''.

H.R. 1469

Offered By: Ms. Pelosi

Amendment No. 13: Page 18, after line 4, insert the
following new chapter:

CHAPTER 4A

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES

For an additional amount for ``Health Resources and
Services'' for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs authorized
by section 2616 of the Public Health Service Act,
$68,000,000.
Page 35, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert the
following: ``(increased by $68,000,000)''.
Page 35, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert the
following: ``(increased by $68,000,000)''.

H.R. 1469

Offered By: Mr. Sanders

Amendment No. 14: Page 18, after line 4, insert the
following new chapter:

CHAPTER 4A

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

national institute of environmental health sciences

For an additional amount for ``National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences'', $10,000,000, for emergency
research of and treatment for the synergistic impact of
chemicals on the soldiers who served in the Persian Gulf and
who are currently suffering form Gulf War Syndrome.
Page 37, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert the
following: ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.

H.R. 1469

Offered By: Mr. Scarborough

Amendment No. 15: Page 51, after line 23, insert the
following new section:

elimination of nonemergency discretionary funds

Sec. 3003. Each amount otherwise appropriated in this Act
that is not designated in this Act by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, and is not required to be appropriated or otherwise
made available by a provision of law, is hereby reduced to
$0.

H.R. 1486

Offered By: Mr. Traficant

Amendment No. 2: After chapter 6 of title V add the
following (and redesignate the subsequent chapter and conform
the table of contents accordingly):

CHAPTER 7--PHASE-OUT OF EXISTING PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISE
FUNDS AND PROHIBITION ON NEW ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND ASSISTANCE FOR
CERTAIN OTHER FUNDS

SEC. 571. PHASE-OUT OF EXISTING PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

(a) In General.--Beginning 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, none of the funds appropriated or
otherwise available to the United States Agency for
International Development may be obligated or expended for
assistance to the following enterprise funds (or any
successor enterprise funds):
(1) The Albanian-American Enterprise Fund.
(2) The Baltic-American Enterprise Fund.
(3) The Bulgarian American Enterprise Fund.
(4) The Central Asian-American Enterprise Fund.
(5) The Czech and Slovak American Enterprise Fund.
(6) The Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund.
(7) The Polish-American Enterprise Fund.
(8) The Romanian American Enterprise Fund.
(9) The Southern Africa Regional Enterprise Fund.
(10) The U.S. Russia Investment Fund.
(11) The Western NIS Enterprise Fund.
(b) Transition.--The President (acting through the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development), in conjunction with the board of directors of
each enterprise fund referred to in paragraphs (1) through
(11) of subsection (a), shall, as soon as practicable after
the date of the enactment of this Act, take the necessary
steps to wind up the affairs of each such enterprise fund.
(e) Repeals.--
(1) Existing enterprise funds.--(A) The following
provisions of law are hereby repealed:
(i) Subsection (c) of section 498B of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295b(c)).
(ii) Section 201 of the Support for East European Democracy
(SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5421).
(B) The repeals made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect
2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Trans-caucasus enterprise fund.--Subsection (t) under
the heading ``Assistance for the New Independent States of
the Former Soviet Union'' of the Foreign Operation, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996, is
hereby repealed.

SEC. 572. PROHIBITION ON NEW PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

(a) In General.--Beginning on March 12, 1998, the President
may not provide for the establishment of, or the support for,
any enterprise fund for the purposes of promoting private
sector development, or promoting policies and practices
conducive to private sector development, in any foreign
country.
(b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term
``enterprise fund'' means a private, nonprofit organization
designated by the President in accordance with procedures
applicable to the procedures used to designate enterprise
funds under section 201 of the Support for East European
Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5421).

SEC. 573. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPEAN BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDS AND OTHER
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FUNDS.

(a) Prohibition on United States Assistance.--Beginning 2
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, none of
the funds appropriated or otherwise available to the United
States Agency for International Development may be obligated
or expended for assistance to any private sector development
enterprise fund in which the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (or any other international financial
institution of which the United States is a member)
participates, or which is financed by that Bank (or
international financial institution), including the following
enterprise funds (or any successor enterprise funds):
(1) The Russia Small Business Fund.
(2) The Regional Venture Fund for the Lower Volga Region.
(3) The Slovenia Development Capital Fund.
(b) Opposition to Multilateral Assistance.--The President
shall instruct the United States Executive Director of the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and any
other international financial institution of which the United
States is a member to use the voice and vote of the United
States to oppose the participation of that Bank or
institution in, or financing by that Bank or institution of,
any private sector development enterprise fund, including any
enterprise fund referred to in paragraphs (1) through (3) of
subsection (a).

H.R. 1486

Offered By: Mr. Traficant

Amendment No. 3: At the end of chapter 1 of title VII
(relating to special authorities and other provisions of
foreign assistance authorizations) add the following (and
conform the table of contents accordingly):

SEC. 706. LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OUTSIDE THE UNITED
STATES.

Funds made available for assistance for fiscal years 1998
and 1999 under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Arms
Export Control Act, or any other provision of law described
in this division for which amounts are authorized to be
appropriated for such

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fiscal years, may be used for procurement outside the United
States or less developed countries only if--
(1) such funds are used for the procurement of commodities
or services, or defense articles, or defense services,
produced in the country in which the assistance is to be
provided, except that this paragraph only applies if
procurement in that country would cost less than procurement
in the United States or less developed countries;
(2) the provision of such assistance requires commodities
or services, or defense articles or defense services, of a
type that are not produced in, and available for purchase
from, the United States, less developed countries, or the
country in which the assistance is to be provided;
(3) the Congress has specifically authorized procurement
outside the United States or less developed countries; or
(4) the President determines on a case-by-case basis that
procurement outside the United States or less developed
countries would result in the more efficient use of United
States foreign assistance resources.

H.R. 1486

Offered By: Mr. Traficant

Amendment No. 4: At the end of division A (relating to
international affairs agency consolidation, foreign
assistance reform, and foreign assistance authorizations) add
the following (and conform the table of contents
accordingly):

TITLE VIII--REDUCTION IN AUTHORIZATIONS

SEC. 801. REDUCTION IN AUTHORIZATIONS.

Notwithstanding the specific authorizations of
appropriations in the preceding provisions of this division,
each amount authorized to be appropriated for each of the
fiscal years 1998 and 1999 under this division, or any
amendment made by this division, is hereby reduced by 5
percent, except for the following:
(1) Chapter 1 of title IV (relating to narcotics control
assistance).
(2) Chapter 2 of title IV (relating to nonproliferation,
antiterrorism, demining, and related programs).
(3) Section 511(b) (relating to the Development Fund for
Africa).
(4) Section 511(f) (relating to the African Development
Foundation).
(5) Section 512 (relating to child survival activities).
(6) Chapter 5 of title V (relating to international
disaster assistance).

H.R. 1486

Offered By: Mr. Traficant

Amendment No. 5: At the end of division A (relating to
international affairs agency consolidation, foreign
assistance reform, and foreign assistance authorizations) add
the following (and conform the table of contents
accordingly):

TITLE VIII--REDUCTION IN AUTHORIZATIONS

SEC. 801. REDUCTION IN AUTHORIZATIONS.

Notwithstanding the specific authorizations of
appropriations in the preceding provisions of this division,
each amount authorized to be appropriated for each of the
fiscal years 1998 and 1999 under this division, or any
amendment made by this division, is hereby reduced by 10
percent, except for the following:
(1) Chapter 1 of title IV (relating to narcotics control
assistance).
(2) Chapter 2 of title IV (relating to nonproliferation,
antiterrorism, demining, and related programs).
(3) Section 511(b) (relating to the Development Fund for
Africa).
(4) Section 511(f) (relating to the African Development
Foundation).
(5) Section 512 (relating to child survival activities).
(6) Chapter 5 of title V (relating to international
disaster assistance).

H.R. 1486

Offered By: Mr. Traficant

Amendment No. 6: At the end of division A (relating to
international affairs agency consolidation, foreign
assistance reform, and foreign assistance authorizations) add
the following (and conform the table of contents
accordingly):

TITLE VIII--FUNDING LEVELS

SEC. 801. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEARS
1998 AND 1999 NOT TO EXCEED APPROPRIATIONS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 1997.

H.R. 1486

Offered By: Mr. Traficant

Amendment No. 7: At the end of title XVII (relating to
foreign policy provisions) insert the following new section:

SEC. 1717. UNITED STATES POLICY CONCERNING IRANIAN
RESISTANCE.

It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State
should recognize and engage in substantive dialogue with
those groups inside and outside Iran that support the
restoration of democratic government in Iran, including the
National Council of Resistance of Iran.