[Pages S7432-S7433]
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TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

SA 876. Mr. BYRD (for himself, Mr. Stevens, and Mr.
Hutchinson) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1077, making
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 31, after line 3, insert the following:

state and private forestry

For an additional amount for ``State and Private Forestry''
to repair damage caused by ice storms in the States of
Arkansas and Oklahoma, $10,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
For an additional amount for ``State and Private
Forestry'', $750,000 to be provided to the Kenai Peninsula
Borough Spruce Bark Beetle Task Force for emergency response
and communications equipment and $1,750,000 to be provided to
the Municipality of Anchorage for emergency fire fighting
equipment and response to wildfires in spruce bark beetle
infested forests, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That such amounts shall be provided as direct lump
sum payments within 30 days of enactment of this Act.

national forest system

For an additional amount for the ``National Forest System''
to repair damage caused by ice storms in the States of
Arkansas and Oklahoma, $10,000,000, to remain available until
expended.''
On page 31, after line 14, insert the following:
``For an additional amount for ``Capital Improvement and
Maintenance'' to repair damage caused by ice storms in the
States of Arkansas and Oklahoma, $4,000,000, to remain
available until expended.''
On page 13, after line 23, insert the following:

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION
OPERATIONS

For an additional amount for `Watershed and Flood
Prevention Operations', to repair damages to waterways and
watersheds, resulting from natural disasters occurring in
West Virginia on July 7 and July 8, 2001, $5,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
On page 14, after line 25, insert the following:
Sec. 2106. Of funds which may be reserved by the Secretary
for allocation to State agencies under section 16(h)(1) of
the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to carry out Employment and
Training programs, $38,500,000 made available in prior years
are rescinded and returned to the Treasury.
On page 14, after line 25, insert the following:
Sec. 2107. In addition to amounts otherwise available,
$2,000,000 from amounts pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 713a-4 for the
Secretary of Agriculture to make available financial
assistance related to water conservation to eligible
producers in the Yakima Basin, Washington, as determined by
the Secretary.
On page 41, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:

SEC. 2703. IMPACT AID.

(a) Learning Opportunity Threshold Payments.--Section
8003(b)(3)(B)(iv) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(3)(B)(iv) (as amended by
section 1806(b)(2)(C) of the Impact Aid Reauthorization Act
of 2000 (as enacted by law by section 1 of Public Law 106-
398)) is amended by inserting ``or less than the average per-
pupil expenditure of all the States'' after ``of the State in
which the agency is located''.
(b) Funding.--The Secretary of Education shall make
payments under section 8003(b)(3)(B)(iv) of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 from the $882,000,000
available under the heading ``Impact Aid'' in title III of
the Departments of

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Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by
section 1 of Public Law 106-554) for basic support payments
under section 8003(b).
On page 33, after line 7, add the following:

SEC. 2608. SUDDEN OAK DEATH SYNDROME.

In addition to amounts transferred under section 442(a) of
the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7772(a)), the Secretary of
Agriculture shall transfer to the Forest Service, pursuant to
that section, an additional $1,400,000 to be used by the
appropriate offices within the Forest Service that carry out
research and development activities to arrest, control,
eradicate, and prevent the spread of Sudden Oak Death
Syndrome, to be derived by transfer from the unobliged
balance available to the Secretary of Agriculture for the
acquisition of land and interests in land.
On page 46, after line 2, insert the following:

native american housing block grants

For an additional amount for ``Native American Housing
Block Grants'', $5,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That these funds shall be made available
to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa for emergency
housing, housing assistance and other assistance to address
the mold problem at the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation:
Provided further, That these funds shall be released upon the
submission of a plan by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to address
these emergency housing needs and related problems: Provided
further, That the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall
provide technical assistance to the Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa with respect to the acquisition of emergency housing
and related issues on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation.

SECTION 2403. INCLUSION OF RENAL CANCER AS BASIS FOR BENEFITS
UNDER THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS
COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000.

Section 3621(17) of the Energy Employees Occupational
Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (title XXXVI of the
Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 106-398); 114 Stat.
1654A-502) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(C) Renal cancers.''.
On page 42, after line 19, insert the following:
Sec. 2804. That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
and specifically section 5(a) of the Employment Act of 1946
(15 U.S.C. 1024(a)), the Members of the Senate to be
appointed by the President of the Senate shall for the
duration of the One Hundred Seventh Congress, be represented
by six Members of the majority party and five Members of the
minority party.
On page 11, after line 8, insert the following:
Sec. 1209. None of the funds available to the Department of
Defense for fiscal year 2001 may be obligated or expended for
retiring or dismantling any of the 93 B-1B Lancer bombers in
service as of June 1, 2001, or for transferring or
reassigning any of those aircraft from the unit, or the
facility, to which assigned as of that date.

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