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115th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session } { 115-259
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3219) MAKING
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, 2018, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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July 25, 2017.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Cole, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 473]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 473, by a record vote of 9 to 3, report the
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution
be adopted.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION
The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3219, the
Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018, under a
structured rule. The resolution provides two hours of general
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The
resolution waives all points of order against consideration of
the bill. The resolution provides that an amendment in the
nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules
Committee Print 115-30 shall be considered as adopted and the
bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The resolution
waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as
amended, for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI. The
resolution makes in order only those further amendments printed
in this report, amendments en bloc described in section 3 of
the resolution, and pro forma amendments described in section 4
of the resolution. Each amendment printed in this report may be
offered only in the order printed in this report, may be
offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall be
considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified
in this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent
and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time
before action thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and
shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question
in the House or the Committee of the Whole. The resolution
waives all points of order against the amendments printed in
this report or against amendments en bloc described in section
3 of the resolution.
Section 3 of the resolution provides that it shall be in
order at any time for the chair of the Committee on
Appropriations or his designee to offer amendments en bloc
consisting of amendments printed in this report not earlier
disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read,
shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the
Committee on Appropriations or their designees, shall not be
subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for
division of the question in the House or the Committee of the
Whole.
Section 4 of the resolution provides that the chair and
ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or
their respective designees may offer up to 20 pro forma
amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate.
Section 5 of the resolution provides that no further
consideration of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to
a subsequent order of the House.
Section 6 of the resolution provides that during
consideration of H.R. 3219, it shall not be in order to use a
decrease in Overseas Contingency Operations funds to offset an
amendment that increases an appropriation not designated as
Overseas Contingency Operations funds or vice versa, but does
not apply to amendments between the Houses.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
the bill includes a waiver of the following:
Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act, which
prohibits consideration of legislation within the jurisdiction
of the Committee on the Budget unless referred to or reported
by the Budget Committee; and
Section 314(f) of the Congressional Budget Act, which
prohibits the consideration of legislation that provides budget
authority for a fiscal year that exceeds either of the
discretionary statutory spending limits.
The waiver of all points of order against provisions in the
bill, as amended, includes a waiver of clause 2 of rule XXI,
which prohibits unauthorized appropriations or legislative
provisions in an appropriations bill. This waiver is necessary
because the bill, as amended, contains unauthorized
appropriations and legislative provisions.
The waiver of all points of order against the amendments
printed in this report or amendments en bloc described in
section 3 of the resolution, includes a waiver of the
following:
Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act, which
prohibits consideration of an amendment within the jurisdiction
of the Committee on the Budget unless referred to or reported
by the Budget Committee for amendment #5 by Rep. Griffith (R-
VA). It is important to note that while the waiver is
necessary, the same waiver of section 306 of the Congressional
Budget Act is provided for the underlying bill; and
Clause 2(c) of rule XXI, which requires that limitation
amendments are to be offered at the end of the bill. The waiver
is necessary because the limitation amendments printed in this
report will be offered at the end of each division. It should
be noted that sponsors of such amendments complied with Rules
Committee guidance when drafting amendments to the end of
divisions rather than the end of the bill.
COMMITTEE VOTES
The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion
to report, together with the names of those voting for and
against, are printed below:
Rules Committee record vote No. 81
Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report an open rule. Defeated:
3-9
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Cole........................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter..................... Yea
Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Burgess..................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea
Mr. Collins..................................... Nay Mr. Polis......................... ............
Mr. Byrne....................................... Nay
Mr. Newhouse.................................... Nay
Mr. Buck........................................ Nay
Ms. Cheney...................................... Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 82
Motion by Mr. McGovern to strike the waiver of points of
order against provisions in the bill as well as the waiver of
points of order against amendments made in order. Defeated: 3-9
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Cole........................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter..................... Yea
Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Burgess..................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea
Mr. Collins..................................... Nay Mr. Polis......................... ............
Mr. Byrne....................................... Nay
Mr. Newhouse.................................... Nay
Mr. Buck........................................ Nay
Ms. Cheney...................................... Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 83
Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 9-3
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Cole........................................ Yea Ms. Slaughter..................... Nay
Mr. Woodall..................................... Yea Mr. McGovern...................... Nay
Mr. Burgess..................................... Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Nay
Mr. Collins..................................... Yea Mr. Polis......................... ............
Mr. Byrne....................................... Yea
Mr. Newhouse.................................... Yea
Mr. Buck........................................ Yea
Ms. Cheney...................................... Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Yea
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SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER
AMENDMENTS TO DIVISION B (LEGISLATIVE BRANCH)
1. Connolly (VA): Increases funding for the Government
Accountability Office (GAO). (10 minutes)
2. Love (UT): Expands the permissible uses of MRA funds
that have been designated for Member security to include
residential security systems that do not constitute structural
improvements to Members' homes. (10 minutes)
3. Kildee (MI): Increases the House Wounded Warrior Program
by $250,000. This program provides wounded veterans with
employment opportunities with the House of Representatives. (10
minutes)
4. Perry (PA): Reduces the appropriation to the
Congressional Budget Office. (10 minutes)
5. Griffith (VA), Jordan (OH), Meadows (NC), Perry (PA):
Eliminates the Budget Analysis Division of the Congressional
Budget Office and transfers the duties of that division to the
Office of the Director of CBO. (10 minutes)
6. Cicilline (RI): Increases funds in order to provide
designated baby changing stations for members of the public who
visit publicly accessible buildings controlled by the Architect
of the Capitol, including in both male and female publicly
accessible bathrooms (10 minutes)
7. Takano (CA), Esty (CT), Foster (IL), Langevin (RI), Lieu
(CA), Lujan (NM): Appropriates $2.5 million to re-institute the
Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), offset from funds from
the Architect of the Capitol's Capital Construction and
Operations Account. (10 minutes)
8. Shea-Porter (NH): Prohibits the use of funds from
Members Representational Allowances to mail any unsolicited
mass mailing larger than the size of a standard US postcard.
(10 minutes)
9. Russell (OK), Jayapal (WA): Prohibits the printed
distribution of the Federal Register to House offices, unless
an office requests a printed copy. (10 minutes)
10. Blackburn (TN): Provides for a one percent across the
board cut to the bill's spending levels. Accounts for the
Capitol Police; Architect of the Capitol-Capitol Police
Buildings, Grounds and Security; and Office of the Sergeant At
Arms shall not be reduced. (10 minutes)
AMENDMENTS TO DIVISION C (MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS)
11. Bergman (MI): Amendment reduces the Veterans Benefits
Administration's General Operating Expenses account by
$30,000,000 and increases the Information Technology Systems
Development, Modernization, and Enhancement account by the Same
amount. (10 minutes)
12. Barr (KY): Transfers $5 million from the Department of
Veterans Affairs General Administration account to the VA's
Equine Assisted Therapy Grant Program. (10 minutes)
13. Green, Al (TX): Increases Homeless Veteran Treatment by
$70 million, and decreases General expenses account by $70
million. (10 minutes)
14. Kihuen (NV): Cuts and restores funding for medical
services in the Department of Veterans Affairs in order to
emphasize the responsibility of the Department Veterans Affairs
to provide services to veterans and maintain health care
clinics in rural communities. (10 minutes)
15. Beyer (VA): Requires Vet Centers develop a program to
partner with organizations that provide outdoor experiences for
veterans as part of a continuum of care that helps support
veterans in developing a community of support to treat combat-
related injuries. (10 minutes)
16. Lujan Grisham (NM), Lujan (NM): Prioritizes funding for
hiring more doctors, nurses, and medical staff at VA medical
centers. (10 minutes)
17. Norcross (NJ): Specifies $5 million of funds for Post-
Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD) research for the purpose of
studying the issues affecting veterans with PTSD and an opioid
dependency. (10 minutes)
18. Keating (MA): Directs the VA to create an opioid abuse
healthcare kit for community healthcare providers. (10 minutes)
19. Nadler (NY), Cicilline (RI): Strikes Section 512 which
prohibits DOD from constructing or expanding facilities in the
US to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay. (10 minutes)
20. Ratcliffe (TX), Shuster (PA): Prohibits funds from
being used to propose, plan, or execute a new round of Base
Realignment and Closure (BRAC). (10 minutes)
21. Brat (VA), Titus (NV), Poe (TX), Khanna (CA), Mast
(FL), Lieu (CA): Prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs
from spending money on a study that causes significant pain or
distress to dogs. Clarifies that training programs or studies
of service dogs are not included in the ban on funding. (10
minutes)
22. Jackson Lee (TX): Increases the amount of funding for
Supportive Services for Veterans Families by $2 million offset
by a reduction of a $2.5 million in the funding for the VA's
Information Technology Systems. (10 minutes)
23. King, Steve (IA): Ensures that no funds are used to
implement, administer, or enforce the Davis-Bacon Act. (10
minutes)
24. Dunn (FL): Prohibits funding to award bonuses to senior
executive service employees within the Department of Veterans
Affairs. (10 minutes)
25. Jackson Lee (TX): Prohibits the use of funds in
contravention of the U.S. Code regarding benefits for homeless
veterans in training and outreach programs. (10 minutes)
26. Connolly (VA): Prohibits the use of funds for charging
homeless veterans a fee to obtain a veterans identification
card. (10 minutes)
AMENDMENTS TO DIVISION D (ENERGY AND WATER)
27. Bergman (MI): Increases the Investigations account
under the Army Corps of Engineers by $1,000,000 and reduces
Army Corps Expenses by the same amount. (10 minutes)
28. Velazquez (NY): Changes the number of studies from 5 to
4 where the majority of the benefits are derived from
navigation transportation savings or from flood and storm
damage reduction and change the number of studies from 1 to 2
where the majority of benefits are derived from environmental
restoration. (10 minutes)
29. Lujan (NM), Lujan Grisham (NM): Provides $10 million
for environmental infrastructure for authorized reimbursements
for projects with executed project cooperation agreements that
have completed construction or where non-federal sponsors
intend to use the funds for additional water resources
development activities. (10 minutes)
30. Welch (VT): Funds the following projects at the
authorized level of $10M: section 1177 of the Water
Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (PL 114-322)
authorized efforts to construct control gates, spillways, and
dam safety improvements for aging flood control reservoirs
built by the Army Corps of Engineers. (10 minutes)
31. Rooney, Francis (FL): Reduces the Energy Information
Administration by $118,000,000 and increase the Corps of
Engineers Construction account by the same amount. (10 minutes)
32. Mast (FL): Increases Aquatic Plant Control Research
Program by $500,000.00 and aims to (1) provide science-based
guidance on developing or using new technologies for managing,
preventing, and monitoring aquatic invasive species; (2)
improve the efficacy and diversity of available management
options; (3) reduce the impacts of aquatic invasive species on
federally listed (threatened and endangered) species; (4)
reduce operations and maintenance costs associated with aquatic
invasive species management; and (5) develop solutions
regarding these species based on field needs. (10 minutes)
33. Curbelo (FL): Increases funding within the Construction
account for Army Corps Environmental Infrastructure by
$45,000,000 and decreases the Construction account by
$45,000,000 (10 minutes)
34. Nolan (MN): Increases the Army Corps' Operation and
Maintenance budget by $325,000 with the intention to provide
more funding for the Aquatic Nuisance Control Research program
currently funded at $675,000. (10 minutes)
35. Heck, Denny (WA): Provides funding for a U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers study on the extent to which the agency has
used low impact development to comply with Sec. 438 of the
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-140).
(10 minutes)
36. Mitchell (MI): Reduces by 10% the general
administrative expense accounts of the USACE, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Department of
the Interior, and Department of Energy. Transfers the savings
to the Spending Reduction Account. (10 minutes)
37. Beyer (VA), Esty (CT): Strikes section 108 on page 277,
line 12, which authorizes the Administrator of the EPA and the
Secretary of the Army to withdraw the WOTUS rule without regard
to any provision of statue or regulation that establishes a
requirement for such withdrawal. (10 minutes)
38. Castor (FL): Increases funding for Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy by $177,000,000 and reduce funding for
Fossil Energy Research and Development by $355,000,000. (10
minutes)
39. Norcross (NJ): Adds $161.725 million to the Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for research and
development to advance energy efficiency and renewable energy
technologies. (10 minutes)
40. Quigley (IL), Polis (CO), Lee, Barbara (CA), Blumenauer
(OR), Garamendi (CA): Cuts $921 million from the Department of
Energy nuclear weapons activities account and add $921 million
to the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE).
(10 minutes)
41. Polis (CO): Increases funds for the Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy account by $986,292,000 (to FY17 level)
and decrease funds for Fossil Energy Research and Development
by $634,600,000 and reduce the National Nuclear Security
Administration Weapons Activities account by $352,000,000. (10
minutes)
42. McKinley (WV): Increases fossil energy funding to 2017
funding levels. (10 minutes)
43. Perry (PA): Increases funding for EERE by $15,000,000
and decreases funding for Department of Energy departmental
administration by $15,000,000. (10 minutes)
44. Esty (CT), Rosen (NV): Increases funding to the
Advanced Manufacturing Office within the Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy by $20 million by cutting $40
million from the Fossil Energy Research and Development.
Additional funding will enable the research, development, and
deployment of industrial efficiency and clean energy
manufacturing technologies. (10 minutes)
45. Larson, John (CT), Esty (CT): Increases funding for
EERE Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies program. (10 minutes)
46. Bonamici (OR): Increases funding for the water power
program by $9 million. (10 minutes)
47. Takano (CA): Restores the Energy Innovation Hubs in the
Office of Science, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and
Nuclear Energy. (10 minutes)
48. DeSaulnier (CA): Restores $1.2 million in funding for
the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program.
(10 minutes)
49. Jackson Lee (TX): Redirects $1 million in funding
within the Departmental Administration account in order to
address environmental concerns in both urban and rural
settings. (10 minutes)
50. Lujan Grisham (NM), Lujan (NM): Prioritizes funding for
the construction of facilities that NNSA needs to meet its
mission. (10 minutes)
51. Foster (IL): Reduces the NNSA Weapons Account by
$10,000,000 and increases the account by the same amount, to be
used to fight bioterror. (10 minutes)
52. Garamendi (CA): Reduces the Weapons Activities--
Recapitalization--Infrastructure to the President's Budget
level and increases the Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
account by the same amount. (10 minutes)
53. Rosen (NV): Transfers to the Spending Reduction Account
funding for Department of Energy disposal of defense nuclear
waste, including acquisition of real property or facility
construction/expansion. (10 minutes)
54. Pingree (ME), Carbajal (CA), Bonamici (OR), Langevin
(RI), Lowenthal (CA), Cicilline (RI), Schneider (IL): Strikes
section 505 on page 325 that pertains to National Ocean Policy
and Ocean Planning. (10 minutes)
55. Kihuen (NV), Rosen (NV), Titus (NV): Strikes language
that would prohibit closure of the Yucca Mountain project. (10
minutes)
56. Jackson Lee (TX): Allocates an additional $3 million
for post-disaster watershed assessment studies. (10 minutes)
57. Jackson Lee (TX): Allocates an additional $100 million
for Army Corps of Engineers construction projects related to
flood control. (10 minutes)
58. Jackson Lee (TX): Prohibits use of funds in
contravention of the Department of Energy Organization Act and
addresses the need to increase programs that educate minorities
in science, technology, engineering and math. (10 minutes)
59. Gosar (AZ): Prohibits the use of funds to prepare,
propose, or promulgate any regulation or guidance related to
the social cost of carbon. (10 minutes)
60. DelBene (WA), Hunter (CA): Ensures the Army Corps of
Engineers is using taxpayer dollars on American-made anchor
chain. (10 minutes)
61. Burgess (TX): States that limitation amendment
pertaining to lightbulb energy efficiency regulations (10
minutes)
62. Blackburn (TN): Provides for a one percent across the
board cut to the discretionary spending levels in Division D of
the bill. (10 minutes)
63. Perry (PA): Prohibits the use of funds to implement or
enforce the final rule published by the Secretary of Energy
entitled ``Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for
Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps.'' (10 minutes)
64. Rooney, Francis (FL), Budd (NC): Prohibits the use of
funds to be used to implement, administer, or enforce the
prevailing wage requirements in subchapter IV of chapter 31 of
title 40, United States Code (commonly referred to as the
Davis-Bacon Act). (10 minutes)
65. Rooney, Francis (FL): Prohibits the use of funds to be
used to implement or enforce Executive Order 13502 (Use of
Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects).
(10 minutes)
66. Stivers (OH): States that none of the funds made
available by this division may be used for the Cape Wind Energy
Project on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts,
Nantucket Sound. (10 minutes)
67. Gallagher (WI), Curbelo (FL): Provides $10,000,000 for
``Department of Energy--Electricity Delivery and Energy
Reliability'' for energy storage systems demonstrations as
authorized by section 641 of the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 and decreases The Department of Energy-
Departmental Administration by the same amount. (10 minutes)
68. Brownley (CA), Napolitano (CA): States none of the
funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention
of section 2102 of the Water Resources Reform and Development
Act of 2014 or section 210 of the Water Resources Development
Act of 1986. (10 minutes)
69. Davis, Rodney (IL), Bustos (IL): Makes no funds
available to the Army Corps of Engineers (Civil Works) to
require an economic re-evaluation of any project authorized
under title VIII of the Water Resources Development Act of
2007. (10 minutes)
70. Mitchell (MI), Huizenga (MI): Ensures none of the funds
in this act are used to delay the release of the USACE Great
Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS) Brand
Road Study. (10 minutes)
71. Watson Coleman (NJ): States that no funds in this bill
may be used to implement the President's Executive Order on
expedited environmental review for infrastructure projects from
January 24, 2017. (10 minutes)
72. DeSantis (FL): Prohibits funds from being used to pay
the salary of the Director of Civil Works of the Army Corps of
Engineers, which is a duplicative office. (10 minutes)
TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO DIVISION B (LEGISLATIVE BRANCH) MADE IN ORDER
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly of Virginia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 163, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,022,250)''.
Page 164, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,022,250)''.
Page 189, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Love of Utah or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 164, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $11,025,000) (increased by $11,025,000)''.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kildee of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 163, line 25, after the dollar amount insert the
following: ``(increased by $250,000)''.
Page 167, line 3, after the dollar amount insert the
following: ``(increased by $250,000)''.
Page 167, line 14, after the dollar amount insert the
following: ``(increased by $250,000)''.
Page 176, line 18, after the dollar amount insert the
following: ``(reduced by $250,000)''.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 176, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $25,436,000)''.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Griffith of Virginia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. ___. The Budget Analysis Division of the Congressional
Budget Office, comprising 89 employees with annual salaries
aggregating $15,000,000, is hereby abolished. The duties
imposed by law and regulation upon the employees of that
Division are hereby transferred to the Office of the Director
of the Congressional Budget Office.
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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cicilline of Rhode
Island or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 176, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $100,000) (increased by $100,000)''.
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7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Takano of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. ___. There is appropriated, for salaries and expenses
of the Office of Technology Assessment as authorized by the
Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (2 U.S.C. 471 et seq.)
$2,500,000, to be derived from a reduction of $2,647,000 in the
amount provided in this Act for the item for ``Architect of the
Capitol, Capital Construction and Operations''.
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8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Shea-Porter of New
Hampshire or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. ___. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to mail any mass mailing (as defined in subparagraph
(E) of section 3210(a)(6) of title 39, United States Code)
which is larger than 4\1/4\ inches high x 6 inches long x 0.016
inches thick.
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9. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Russell of Oklahoma or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. ___. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to deliver a printed copy of the Federal Register to
the office of a Member of the House of Representatives
(including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the
Congress), unless a printed copy is requested by the Member (or
Delegate or Resident Commissioner).
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10. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blackburn of Tennessee
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. (a) Each amount appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act that is not required to be appropriated
or otherwise made available by a provision of law is hereby
reduced by 1 percent.
(b) The reduction in subsection (a) shall not apply with
respect to--
(1) accounts under the heading ``Capitol Police'';
(2) ``Architect of the Capitol--Capitol Police
Buildings, Grounds and Security''; or
(3) the amount provided for salaries and expenses of
the Office of the Sergeant at Arms under the heading
``House of Representatives--Salaries, Officers and
Employees''.
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TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO DIVISION C (MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS
AFFAIRS) MADE IN ORDER
11. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bergman of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 219, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert
``(decreased by $30,000,000)''.
Page 226, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $30,000,000)''.
Page 226, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $30,000,000)''.
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12. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Barr of Kentucky or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 219, line 16, after the dollar amount insert the
following: ``(increased by $5,000,000)''.
Page 225, line 6, after the dollar amount insert the
following: ``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.
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13. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Al Green of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 220, line 22, after the dollar amount insert the
following: ``(increased by $70,000,000)''.
Page 225, line 6, after the dollar amount insert the
following: ``(reduced by $70,000,000)''.
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14. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kihuen of Nevada or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 220, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,031,808,000) (increased by $1,031,808,000)''.
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15. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Beyer of Virginia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 220, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $2,500,000) (increased by $2,500,000)''.
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16. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lujan Grisham of New
Mexico or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 220, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $2,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000)''.
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17. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norcross of New Jersey
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 220, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000)''.
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18. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Keating of
Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 221, line 25, after the dollar amount insert the
following: ``(reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by
$5,000,000)''.
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19. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Nadler of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Strike section 512.
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20. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ratcliffe of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division C (before the short title) insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used to propose, plan for, or execute a new or additional Base
Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round.
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21. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Brat of Virginia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division C (before the short title) insert the
following:
Sec. __. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to purchase, breed, transport, house, feed, maintain,
dispose of, or experiment on dogs as part of the conduct of any
study assigned to pain category D or E, as defined by the
Department of Agriculture.
(b) This section shall not apply to training programs or
studies of service dogs described in section 1714 of title 38
United States Code or section 17.148 of title 38 of the Code of
Federal Regulations.
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22. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division C (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are
revised by reducing the amount made available for ``Department
of Veterans Affairs--Departmental Administration--Information
Technology Services'' (and the amount specified under such
heading for operations and maintenance), and by increasing the
amount made available in fiscal year 2018 for ``Veterans Health
Administration--Medical Services'', by $2,500,000 and
$2,000,000, respectively.
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23. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative King of Iowa or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division C (before the short title), insert the
following
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used to implement, administer, or enforce the prevailing wage
requirements in subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United
States Code (commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act).
----------
24. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Dunn of Florida or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division C (before the short title) insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act may be used to pay a bonus to any senior
executive service employee of the Department of Veterans
Affairs.
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25. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division C (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in contravention of
subchapter III of chapter 20 of title 38, United States Code.
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26. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly of Virginia
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division C (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used to charge a veteran a fee for a veterans identification
card pursuant to section 5706(c) of title 38, United States
Code, if the veteran uses form DD-214 to apply for the
identification card and indicates on the form that the veteran
is ``homeless''.
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TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO DIVISION D (ENERGY AND WATER) MADE IN ORDER
27. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bergman of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 267, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
Page 273, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert
``(decreased by $1,000,000)''.
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28. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Velazquez of New York
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 268, line 2, strike ``five'' and insert ``four''.
Page 268, line 4, strike ``one study'' and insert ``two
studies''.
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29. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lujan of New Mexico or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 268, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000)''.
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30. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Welch of Vermont or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 268, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000)''.
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31. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Francis Rooney of
Florida or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 268, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $118,000,000)''.
Page 290, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $118,000,000)''.
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32. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mast of Florida or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 268, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $500,000)''.
Page 270, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $500,000)''.
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33. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Curbelo of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 268, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $45,000,000) (increased by $45,000,000)''.
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34. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Nolan of Minnesota or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 270, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $325,000)''.
Page 273, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $325,000)''.
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35. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Heck of Washington or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 270, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $500,000)''.
Page 273, line 1, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced
by 500,000)''.
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36. An Amendment To Be offered by Representative Mitchell of Michigan
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 273, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $18,100,000)''.
Page 273, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $476,400)''.
Page 282, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $5,900,000)''.
Page 296, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $28,169,300)''.
Page 326, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $52,645,700)''.
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37. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Beyer of Virginia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 277, beginning on line 12, strike section 108.
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38. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Castor of Florida or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $177,000,000)''.
Page 288, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $355,000,000)''.
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39. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norcross of New Jersey
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $161,725,000)''.
Page 288, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $323,450,000)''.
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40. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Quigley of Illinois or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount insert
``(increased $921,000,000)''.
Page 297, line 21, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced
by $921,000,000)''.
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41. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Polis of Colorado or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $986,292,000)''.
Page 288, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $634,600,000)''.
Page 297, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $352,000,000)''.
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42. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McKinley of West
Virginia or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
On page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $33,400,000)''.
On page 288 line 15, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $33,400,000)''.
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43. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $15,000,000)''.
Page 296, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $15,000,000)''.
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44. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Esty of Connecticut or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $20,000,000)''.
Page 288, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $40,000,000)''.
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45. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Larson of Connecticut
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $48,000,000) (increased by $48,000,000)''.
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46. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bonamici of Oregon or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $9,000,000)''.
Page 296, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert
``(decreased by $9,000,000)''.
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47. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Takano of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.
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48. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative DeSaulnier of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 291, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,200,000)''.
Page 296, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,200,000)''.
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49. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 296, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.
----------
50. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lujan Grisham of New
Mexico or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 297, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $98,000,000) (increased by $98,000,000)''.
----------
51. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Foster of Illinois or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 297, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000)''.
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52. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Garamendi of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 297, line 21, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced
by $118,017,000)''.
Page 298, line 11, after the dollar amount insert
``(increased by $118,017,000)''.
----------
53. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rosen of Nevada or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 301, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $30,000,000)''.
Page 326, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $30,000,000)''.
----------
54. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pingree of Maine or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 325, strike lines 17 through 21.
----------
55. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kihuen of Nevada or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 326, strike lines 1 through 7.
----------
56. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division D, before the short title, insert the
following:
Sec. __. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are
revised by reducing the amount made available for ``Corps of
Engineers-Civil--Investigations'', and increasing the amount
made available for the same account, by $3,000,000.
----------
57. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division D, before the short title, insert the
following:
Sec. __. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are
revised by reducing the amount made available for ``Corps of
Engineers-Civil--Construction'', and increasing the amount made
available for the same account, by $100,000,000.
----------
58. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act for
``Department of Energy--Energy Programs--Science'' may be used
in contravention of the Department of Energy Organization Act
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).
----------
59. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gosar of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. ___. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulation or
guidance that references or relies on the analysis contained
in--
(1) ``Technical Support Document: Social Cost of
Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive
Order 12866'', published by the Interagency Working
Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States
Government, in February 2010;
(2) ``Technical Support Document: Technical Update of
the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact
Analysis Under Executive Order 12866'', published by
the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon,
United States Government, in May 2013 and revised in
November 2013;
(3) ``Revised Draft Guidance for Federal Departments
and Agencies on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas
Emissions and the Effects of Climate Change in NEPA
Reviews'', published by the Council on Environmental
Quality on December 24, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 77801);
(4) ``Technical Support Document: Technical Update of
the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact
Analysis Under Executive Order 12866'', published by
the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon,
United States Government, in July 2015;
(5) ``Addendum to the Technical Support Document on
Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis
Under Executive Order 12866: Application of the
Methodology to Estimate the Social Cost of Methane and
the Social Cost of Nitrous Oxide'', published by the
Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse
Gases, United States Government, in August 2016; or
(6) ``Technical Support Document: Technical Update of
the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact
Analysis Under Executive Order 12866'', published by
the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of
Greenhouse Gases, United States Government, in August
2016.
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60. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative DelBene of Washington
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the division, before the short title, insert
the following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this division
may be used for the procurement of anchor chain that is not
subject to the restrictions in section 225.7007-1 of title 48,
Code of Federal Regulations.
----------
61. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Burgess of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the division (before the short title) insert
the following new section:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this division
may be used--
(1) to implement or enforce section 430.32(x) of
title 10, Code of Federal Regulations; or
(2) to implement or enforce the standards established
by the tables contained in section 325(i)(1)(B) of the
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C.
6295(i)(1)(B)) with respect to BPAR incandescent
reflector lamps, BR incandescent reflector lamps, and
ER incandescent reflector lamps.
----------
62. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blackburn of Tennessee
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. Each amount appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act that is not required to be appropriated
or otherwise made available by a provision of law is hereby
reduced by 1 percent.
----------
63. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. ___. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to implement or enforce the final rule published by the
Secretary of Energy entitled ``Energy Conservation Program:
Test Procedures for Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps''
published on January 5, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 1426).
----------
64. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Francis Rooney of
Florida or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the division D (before the short title), insert
the following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used to implement, administer, or enforce the prevailing wage
requirements in subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United
States Code (commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act).
----------
65. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Francis Rooney of
Florida or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the division D (before the short title), insert
the following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used to implement or enforce Executive Order 13502.
----------
66. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stivers of Ohio or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the division (before the short title), insert
the following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this division
may be used for the Cape Wind Energy Project on the Outer
Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, Nantucket Sound.
----------
67. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallagher of Wisconsin
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. For ``Department of Energy--Electricity Delivery
and Energy Reliability'' for energy storage systems
demonstrations as authorized by section 641 of the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17231), there
is hereby appropriated, and the amount otherwise provided by
this Act for ``Department of Energy--Departmental
Administration'' is hereby reduced by, $10,000,000.
----------
68. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Brownley of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division D, before the short title, insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used in contravention of section 2102 of the Water Resources
Reform and Development Act of 2014 or section 210 of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1986.
----------
69. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rodney Davis of
Illinois or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division D, before the short title, insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available under title I of
division D of this Act may be used to require an economic re-
evaluation of any project authorized under title VIII of the
Water Resources Development Act of 2007.
----------
70. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mitchell of Michigan
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. ___. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to delay the release of the Great Lakes and Mississippi
River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS) Brandon Road Study.
----------
71. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Watson Coleman of New
Jersey or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. 511. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to implement, administer, enforce, or otherwise carry
out Executive Order 13766 (entitled ``Expediting Environmental
Reviews and Approvals for High-Priority Infrastructure
Projects''; signed on January 24, 2017).
----------
72. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative DeSantis of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used to pay the salary of the Director of Civil Works of the
Army Corps of Engineers.
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