[House Report 106-549]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
106th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 106-549
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PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3908, THE ``2000 EMERGENCY
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT''
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March 28, 2000.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Goss, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 450]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 450, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be
adopted.
summary of provisions of resolution
The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 3908,
the ``2000 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,'' 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 Appropriations.
The rule waives all points of order against consideration
of the bill. The rule further waives all points of order
against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with
clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized appropriations
or legislative provisions in a general appropriations bill)
except as specified in the rule.
The rule provides, prior to the consideration of any other
amendment, for consideration of the amendments printed in Part
A of this report, which may be offered only in the order
printed in this report. The rule further provides for
consideration of the amendments printed in Part B of this
report, which may be offered only at the appropriate point in
the reading of the bill.
All of the amendments 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, shall not
be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand
for a division of the question in the House or the Committee of
the Whole. The rule waives all points of order against the
amendments provided in this report.
The rule waives points of order during consideration of the
bill against amendments for failure to comply with clause 2(e)
of rule XXI (prohibiting non-emergency designated amendments to
be offered to an appropriations bill containing an emergency
designation).
The rule authorizes the Chair to accord priority in
recognition to Members who have preprinted their amendments in
the Congressional Record. The rule allows for 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. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit
with or without instructions.
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
the bill includes a waiver of clause 4 of rule XIII (requiring
a three-day layover of the committee report and requiring
three-day availability of printed hearings on a general
appropriations bill) against consideration of the bill. While
the report has been available for three days, the printed
hearings regarding the emergency appropriations contained in
this bill are not available. The blanket waiver includes a
waiver of the following points of order that lie against
consideration of the bill:
section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act
(prohibiting consideration of legislation providing new
budget authority in excess of a committee's 302(a) and
a subcommittee's 302(b) allocation of such authority)
because the bill, as reported, is in excess of both the
committee and subcommittee allocation in budget
authority;
section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act
(prohibiting consideration of legislation within the
Budget Committee's jurisdiction, unless reported by the
Budget Committee) because the bill, as reported from
the Appropriations Committee, contains emergency
designations pursuant to the Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 and other matters that fall within the
Budget Committee's jurisdiction;
section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget
Act (requiring a Congressional Budget Office cost
estimate in the committee report on any legislation
containing new budget authority or a change in
revenues) because the committee report does not contain
the required CBO cost estimate;
section 311(a) of the Congressional Budget
Act (prohibiting consideration of legislation or an
amendment that would cause the total level of new
budget authority or outlays in the most recent budget
resolution to be exceeded or would cause revenues to be
less) because the bill, as reported, is in excess of
the total level of new budget authority allowed under
the budget resolution; and
section 401 of the Congressional Budget Act
(prohibiting consideration of budget-related
legislation, as reported, that is not subject to
appropriations) because the section 2201(b) of the
bill, relating to an annual limitation on housing
allowances for the Defense Department, creates a new
entitlement that is not subject to appropriation.
The waiver of clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting
unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in a
general appropriations bill) against provisions in the bill is
necessary because the bill contains at least 28 provisions
which are not authorized by law and at least 54 provisions
which are legislative in nature. These provisions are listed on
pages 45-50 in the Appropriations Committee report (106-521).
The bill also contains both non-emergency and emergency
provisions which are in violation of clause 2(e) of rule XXI.
The waiver of clause 2(e) of rule XXI (prohibiting non-
emergency designated amendments to be offered to an
appropriations bill containing an emergency designation)
against amendments is necessary because the Supplemental
Appropriations bill contains numerous emergency designations
under the Budget Act. Offering an amendment containing an
emergency designation would in turn violate section 306 of the
Budget Act. Consequently, in order for any amendments to be
offered to the bill, this prohibition needs to be waived.
committee votes
Pursuant to clause 3(b) of House Rule XIII 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. 92
Date: March 28, 2000.
Measure: H.R. 3908, 2000 Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act.
Motion by: Mr. Moakley.
Summary of motion: To make in order the amendment offered
by Representative Pelosi to fund $600 million for the Substance
Abuse Block Grant and for community treatment and community
prevention services.
Results: Defeated 4 to 8.
Vote by Members: Goss--Nay; Linder--Nay; Pryce--Nay; Diaz-
Balart--Nay; Hastings--Nay; Sessions--Nay; Reynolds--Nay;
Moakley--Yea; Frost--Yea; Hall--Yea; Slaughter--Yea; Dreier--
Nay.
summary of amendments made in order under the rule
Part A
Sanford--Cuts $1.631 billion from various programs in the
bill; strikes all references in the bill to emergency
designations, making it subject to the spending caps and
recorded as on-budget spending; and requires a sequestration
(across-the-board) of other funds in order to pay for the bill.
(10 minutes)
Toomey--Appropriates $4 billion in FY2000 funds to reduce
publicly-held debt. (30 minutes)
Part B
Ramstad--Strikes Title I, Counternarcotics, from the bill.
(20 minutes)
Hutchinson--Provides $15 million in unobligated funds in
the COPS program available for policing initiatives to combat
methamphetamine production and trafficking. (10 minutes)
Obey--Cuts $552 million of the $1.071 billion in Title I of
the bill for ``Counternarcotics.'' (20 minutes)
Sawyer--Earmarks a sum of no less than $50 million for the
estimated 1.5 million already displaced persons in Colombia.
(10 minutes)
Gilman/Goss/Delahunt/Farr--Makes delivery of military
assistance to Colombia contingent upon the President certifying
the following: (1) agreement by the government of Colombia to a
strategy to completely eliminate illicit drug cultivation by
2005; (2) Colombia's armed forces having the authority to
dismiss persons for gross violations of human rights; (3)
Colombia's armed forces cooperating with civilian authorities
in the investigation and prosecution in civilian courts of
gross human rights abuses by armed forces personnel; and (4)
Colombia's armed forces developing a Judge Advocate General
Corps. (20 minutes)
Fowler--Strikes language in the bill that would permit the
$40 million to be used to fund a binding referendum, because
national security requirements should not be set by public
referenda and because establishing such a precedent on Vieques
could have a potentially crippling effect on other vital
military operations; requires that before the $40 million is
released to Puerto Rico for economic development, the President
must certify to the Congress that the following conditions have
been met: (1) trespassers have been removed from the range; (2)
that the integrity and accessibility of the range is
uninterrupted; (3) that he has directed the Attorney General to
strictly enforce trespassing laws on the range in the future;
and (4) that he has directed that live-fire training operations
be resumed, and that such operations have been initiated; and allows an
unlimited portion of the $40 million to be spent on a health study of
the island of Vieques immediately upon enactment, without condition.
(10 minutes)
Lewis (CA)/Spence--Appropriates an additional $4 billion
during FY 2000 for urgent defense priorities in the areas of
personnel benefits, military health care recruitment and
retention, and equipment readiness. (30 minutes)
Largent--Provides that $750,000 from the Salaries and
Expenses portion of the General Administration account
appropriated to the Department of Justice under the Department
of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, would be available to the
Commission on Online Child Protection to conduct its work. (10
minutes)
Weldon (PA)/Smith (MI)--Provides $10 million to fund the
Volunteer Fire Assistance Program; $10 million for burn
research; and $80 million for a Fire Competitive Grant Program,
to be matched by local governments 50/50. Allows CDBG funds to
be freed up for local fire service use. (10 minutes)
Kasich/Shays/Condit/Frank--Withholds 50% of the bill's
funding for military operations in Kosovo until the President
certifies that the European Commission, member nations of the
European Union, and European member nations of NATO have: (1)
obligated or contracted for at least 33% of the assistance
committed by them for 1999 and 2000 for reconstruction in
Kosovo; (2) obligated or contracted for at least 75% of the
assistance committed by them for 1999 and 2000 for humanitarian
assistance in Kosovo; (3) provided at least 75% of the
assistance committed by them for 1999 and 2000 for the Kosovo
Consolidated Budget; and (4) provided at least 75% of the
number of police committed by them for the United Nations
international police force for Kosovo. Requires the President
to submit by June 1, 2000, a certification to Congress
detailing: (1) commitments and pledges made by each
organization/nation for the above categories of assistance; (2)
amount of assistance provided by each organization or nation
for the above categories of assistance; and (3) commitments and
responsibilities undertaken for Kosovo, the progress made in
fulfilling them, an assessment of the tasks that remain to be
accomplished, and an anticipated schedule for completing those
tasks. (30 minutes)
Schaffer--Directs the Comptroller General of the General
Accounting Office to conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the
Dept. of Education. (10 minutes)
Hoekstra--Transfers unobligated funds in the Natural
Services Trust account for the purpose of directing the IG to
conduct a review and audit on the State Commission on National
and Community Service. (10 minutes)
Summaries provided by amendment sponsors.
test of amendments made in order under the rule
PART A
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sanford of South
Carolina, or a Designee, Debatable for 10 minutes
Page 2, strike lines 3 through 21 (and redesignate the
subsequent chapters and sections accordingly).
Page 3, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert the
following: ``(reduced by $87,400,000)''.
Page 5, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert the
following: ``(reduced by $281,000,000)''.
Page 8, lines 18 and 25, after each dollar amount, insert the
following: ``(reduced by $77,923,000)''.
Page 11, strike line 8 and all that follows through page 13,
line 21.
Page 44, strike line 19 and all that follows through page 46,
line 3.
Page 46, strike lines 5 through 22 (and redesignate the
subsequent sections accordingly).
Page 49, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert the
following: ``(reduced by $8,100,000)''.
Page 52, strike lines 7 through 17.
Page 52, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert the
following: ``(reduced by $59,000,000)''.
Page 56, strike line 14 and all that follows through page 57,
line 15.
Page 62, strike line 11 and all that follows through page 64,
line 6.
Page 79, strike lines 9 through 14 and insert the following:
Sec. 5104. (a) Inapplicability of Emergency Designations.--A
proviso in this Act shall not have effect if the proviso--
(1) designates an amount as an emergency requirement
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985; or
(2) makes the availability of an amount contingent on
such a designation by the President.
(b) Exemption of Defense Funds From Sequestration.--Accounts
for which amounts are made available in title III of this Act,
and accounts previously within the defense category of
discretionary appropriations under the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, shall be exempt from any
sequestration that is required under section 251(a)(6) of such
Act to eliminate any fiscal year 2000 breach caused by the
appropriations or other provisions of this Act.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Toomey of Pennsylvania,
or a Designee, Debatable for 30 Minutes
Page 58, after line 17, insert the following new chapter:
CHAPTER 7
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of the Public Debt
gifts to the united states for reduction of the public debt
For deposit of an additional amount into the account
established under section 3113(d) of title 31, United States
Code, to reduce the public debt, $4,000,000,000: Provided, That
such amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided
further, That such amount shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request, that includes designation of
the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
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PART B
3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ramstad of Minnesota,
or a Designee, Debatable for 20 Minutes
Page 2, strike line 1 and all that follows through page 9,
line 4.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hutchinson of Arkansas,
or a Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 2, after line 21, insert the following:
Office of Justice Programs
community oriented policing services
Of the unobligated balances available in the program under
this heading, $15,000,000 shall be used for policing
initiatives to combat methamphetamine production and
trafficking.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Obey of Wisconsin, or a
Designee, Debatable for 20 Minutes
Page 3, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert the
following: ``(reduced by $51,000,000)''.
Page 5, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert the
following: ``(reduced by $501,000,000)''.
Page 8, after line 13, insert the following:
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER
Sec. 1301. (a) Expedited Procedures for House Consideration
of Appropriations for Push into Southern Columbia.--If, by July
15, 2000, the House of Representatives has not considered an
appropriation bill that includes funds to support the Push into
Southern Columbia, then it shall be in order at any time after
such date (but before July 31) to move that the House resolve
itself into the Committee of the Whole on the state of the
Union for the consideration of such a bill.
(b) Exercise of Rulemaking Power of House.--This section is
enacted--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the
House of Representatives, and as such it is deemed a
part of the rules of the House, but applicable only
with respect to the procedure to be followed in the
House in the case of a bill described in this section,
and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that
it is inconsistent with such rules; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right
of the House to change the rules at any time, in the
same manner and to the same extent as in the case of
any other rule of the House.
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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sawyer of Ohio, or a
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 8, line 13, before the period insert the following: ``:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for
assistance for internally displaced persons in Colombia''.
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7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gilman of New York, or
Representative Goss of Florida, or a Designee, Debatable for 20 Minutes
Page 9, after line 4, insert the following:
CHAPTER 5
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE
Sec. 1501. (a) Conditions on Military Assistance for
Colombia.--
(1) Certification.--None of the funds appropriated in
this title for military assistance may be made
available to the Government of Colombia until the
President submits to the Congress a certification
that--
(A) the Government of Colombia has agreed to
and is implementing a strategy to eliminate
Colombia's total coca and opium poppy
production by 2005 through a mix of alternative
development programs; manual eradication;
aerial spraying of chemical herbicides; tested,
environmentally safe mycoherbicides; and the
destruction of illicit narcotics laboratories
on Colombian territory;
(B) the head of the Colombian Armed Forces
has been granted and is exercising authority
that is identical to that held by the head of
the Colombian National Police to summarily
dismiss Colombian Armed Forces personnel for
gross violations of human rights;
(C) the Colombian Armed Forces are
cooperating with civilian authorities in
investigating Colombian Armed Forces personnel
where credible evidence exists of gross
violations of human rights, and, if those
investigations result in indictments, the
Colombian Armed Forces are cooperating with
civilian authorities in prosecuting and
punishing such personnel in the civilian
courts; and
(D) the Colombian Armed Forces are developing
and deploying in their field units a Judge
Advocate General Corps to investigate Colombian
Armed Forces personnel for gross violations of
human rights.
(2) Waiver.--The President may waive the limitation
in paragraph (1) if the President determines that the
waiver is required by extraordinary circumstances.
(b) Monitoring.--Of the funds made available under this
title--
(1) up to $1,500,000 shall be made available to
provide comprehensive law of war training and to
support the development of a judge advocate general
corps to investigate Colombian Armed Forces personnel
who are credibly alleged to have committed gross
violations of human rights;
(2) up to $250,000 shall be made available to enhance
the United States Embassy's capabilities to monitor the
use of United States assistance to Colombian Armed
Forces to investigate reports of gross violations of
human rights involving United States assistance; and
(3) up to $250,000 shall be made available to enhance
the United States Embassy's capabilities to monitor the
role of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN), or the
United Colombian Self Defense organization (AUC) in
criminal acts against American citizens and property,
including, but not limited to, kidnapping, extortion,
murder, and terrorist acts.
Sec. 1502. (a) Denial of Visas for Persons Credibly Alleged
To Have Aided and Abetted Colombian Insurgent and Paramilitary
Groups.--None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this or any other Act for any fiscal year for the
Department of State may be used to issue visas to any person
who has been credibly alleged to have provided direct or
indirect support to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN), or the United
Colombian Self Defense organization (AUC), including conspiracy
to allow, facilitate, or promote the illegal activities of such
groups.
(b) Exemption.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if the
Secretary of State finds, on a case-by-case basis, that the
entry into the United States of a person who would otherwise be
excluded under this section is necessary for medical reasons,
or to permit the prosecution of such person in the United
States, or the person has cooperated fully with the
investigation of crimes committed by individuals associated
with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the
National Liberation Army (ELN), or the United Colombian Self
Defense organization (AUC).
(c) Waiver.--The President may waive the limitation in
subsection (a) if the President determines that the waiver is
in the national interest.
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8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fowler of Florida, or a
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 11, line 24, insert ``and'' after the semicolon.
Page 11, line 25, strike ``and conducting'' and all that
follows through the comma on page 12, line 2.
Page 13, line 10, strike ``fire-fighting'' and all that
follows through the comma on line 12.
Page 13, strike lines 14 through 17 and insert the following:
the President has certified to the Congress that trespassing
and other intrusions on the range have ceased; that the
integrity and accessibility of the training range is
uninterrupted; that he has directed the Attorney General to
strictly enforce all Federal laws aimed at preventing
trespassing and other violations of security and safety on the
range; and that he has directed that military training
operations utilizing the full range of live ordnance in use
prior to April 19, 1999, be resumed and that such training
operations have been initiated:
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9. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lewis of California, or
Representative Spence of South Carolina, or a Designee, Debatable for
30 Minutes
At the end of chapter 2 of title II (page 20, after line 10),
insert the following new sections:
Sec. 2207. (a) Quality of Life Programs.--In addition to
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the
Department of Defense elsewhere in this Act or in the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-
79), there is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense,
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001,
$231,000,000, of which--
(1) $221,000,000 is available only for the Basic
Allowance for Housing program, as follows:
``Military Personnel, Army'', $70,000,000;
``Military Personnel, Navy'', $56,000,000;
``Military Personnel, Marine Corps'',
$17,100,000;
``Military Personnel, Air Force'',
$58,600,000;
``Reserve Personnel, Army'', $4,100,000;
``Reserve Personnel, Navy'', $4,000,000;
``Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps'',
$600,000;
``Reserve Personnel, Air Force'', $300,000;
``National Guard Personnel, Army'',
$6,900,000; and
``National Guard Personnel, Air Force'',
$3,400,000; and
(2) $10,000,000 is available only for ``Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-Wide'', for the overseas special
supplemental food program established under section
1060a of title 10, United States Code.
(b) Emergency Designation.--The entire amount made available
in this section is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
Sec. 2208. (a) Military Recruiting, Advertising, and
Retention Programs.--In addition to amounts appropriated or
otherwise made available for the Department of Defense
elsewhere in this Act or in the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-79), there is hereby
appropriated to the Department of Defense, to remain available
for obligation until September 30, 2001, and to be available
only for military personnel recruiting, advertising, and
retention programs, $600,600,000, as follows:
(1) For military personnel accounts, $450,600,000, as
follows:
``Military Personnel, Army'', $76,400,000;
``Military Personnel, Navy'', $69,100,000;
``Military Personnel, Marine Corps'',
$6,000,000;
``Military Personnel, Air Force'',
$108,800,000;
``Reserve Personnel, Army'', $47,500,000;
``Reserve Personnel, Navy'', $14,100,000;
``Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps'',
$1,000,000;
``Reserve Personnel, Air Force'',
$11,700,000;
``National Guard Personnel, Army'',
$103,300,000; and
``National Guard Personnel, Air Force'',
$12,700,000.
(2) For operation and maintenance accounts,
$150,000,000, as follows:
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'',
$45,900,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'',
$26,200,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'',
$14,700,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'',
$21,600,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'',
$8,800,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve'',
$11,900,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve'',
$1,600,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps
Reserve'', $1,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force
Reserve'', $2,100,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Army National
Guard'', $14,000,000; and
``Operation and Maintenance, Air National
Guard'', $2,200,000.
(b) Emergency Designation.--The entire amount made available
in this section is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
Sec. 2209. (a) Defense Health Program.--In addition to
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the
Department of Defense elsewhere in this Act or in the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-
79), there is hereby appropriated, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2001, $750,000,000 for ``Defense
Health Program''.
(b) Emergency Designation.--The entire amount made available
in this section is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
Sec. 2210. (a) Depot-Level Maintenance and Repair.--In
addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available
for the Department of Defense elsewhere in this Act or in the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-
79), there is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense,
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001,
and to be available only for depot-level maintenance and
repair, $1,205,600,000, as follows:
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $200,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $538,800,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'',
$50,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'',
$250,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy Reserve'',
$33,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve'',
$5,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve'',
$37,200,000; and
``Operation and Maintenance, Air National Guard'',
$91,600,000.
(b) Emergency Designation.--The entire amount made available
in this section is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
Sec. 2211. (a) High Priority Support to Deployed Forces.--In
addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available
for the Department of Defense elsewhere in this Act or in the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-
79), there is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense,
for the support of deployed forces as specified in subsection
(b), $1,212,700,000, as follows:
(1) For operation and maintenance accounts, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2001,
$738,900,000, as follows:
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'',
$200,000,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'',
$310,300,000;
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'',
$197,000,000; and
``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'',
$31,600,000.
(2) For procurement accounts, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2002, $405,800,000, as
follows:
``Aircraft Procurement, Army'', $50,000,000,
to be available only for Apache helicopter
safety and reliability modifications;
``Missile Procurement, Army'', $50,000,000,
to be available only for the Patriot missile
reliability enhancement program;
``Aircraft Procurement, Navy'', $52,800,000,
of which $27,000,000 is available only for CH-
46 helicopter engine safety procurement and
$25,800,000 is available only for EP-3 sensor
improvements and modifications;
``Aircraft Procurement, Air Force'',
$209,700,000, of which $111,600,000 is
available only for U-2 reconnaissance aircraft
sensor modifications and $98,100,000 is
available only for flight training simulators;
``Other Procurement, Air Force'',
$30,300,000; and
``Procurement, Defense-Wide'', $13,000,000.
(3) For research, development, test and evaluation
accounts, to remain available for obligation until
September 30, 2001, $68,000,000, as follows:
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Air Force'', $10,000,000, to be available only
for a JSTARS aircraft mission trainer; and
``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide'', $58,000,000.
(b) Specified Purposes.--Amounts appropriated in this section
are available only for the provision to deployed United States
forces of--
(1) equipment safety and reliability enhancements;
(2) improved materiel and logistics support; and
(3) upgraded intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.
(c) Emergency Designation.--The entire amount made available
in this section is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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10. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Largent of Oklahoma,
or a Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 78, after line 17, insert the following new chapter:
CHAPTER 8
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
General Administration
salaries and expenses
Of the amount appropriated under this heading in the
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law
by section 1000(1) of Public Law 106-113) (113 Stat. 1537-1),
$750,000 shall be available to the Commission on Online Child
Protection established under section 1405 of the Child Online
Protection Act (47 U.S.C. 231 note) for carrying out the duties
of the Commission, to remain available until the termination of
the Commission under section 1405(l) of such Act.
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11. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Weldon of
Pennsylvania, or Representative Smith of Michigan, or a Designee,
Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 80, after line 11, insert the following new sections:
Sec. 5109. For an additional amount for the Secretary of
Agriculture for carrying out section 306(a)(14) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1926(a)(14)), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.
Sec. 5110. (a) For an additional amount for carrying out this
section, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.
(b) The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
shall establish an office in the Agency to establish specific
criteria of grant recipients and to administer grants under
this section.
(c) The Director may make grants, on a competitive basis, to
safety organizations that have experience in conducting burn
safety programs for the purpose of assisting those
organizations in conducting burn prevention programs or
augmenting existing burn prevention programs.
(d) The Director may make grants, on a competitive basis, to
hospitals that serve as regional burn centers to conduct acute
burn care research.
(e) The Director may make grants, on a competitive basis, to
governmental and nongovernmental entities to provide after-burn
treatment and counseling to individuals that are burn victims.
Sec. 5111. (a) For an additional amount for carrying out this
section, $80,000,000, to remain available until expended.
(b) The Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
shall establish a program to award grants to volunteer, paid,
and combined departments that provide fire and emergency
medical services.
(c) Grants awarded under this section may be used--
(1) to acquire personal protective equipment required
for firefighting personnel by the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, and other personal
protective equipment for firefighting personnel;
(2) to acquire additional firefighting equipment,
including equipment for communication and monitoring;
(3) to establish wellness and fitness programs for
firefighting personnel to reduce the number of injuries
and deaths related to health and conditioning problems;
(4) to promote professional development of fire code
enforcement personnel;
(5) to integrate computer technology to improve
records management and training capabilities;
(6) to train firefighting personnel in firefighting,
emergency response, and arson prevention and detection;
(7) to enforce fire codes;
(8) to fund fire prevention programs and public
education programs about arson prevention and
detection, and juvenile fire setter intervention; and
(9) to modify fire stations, fire training
facilities, and other facilities to protect the health
and safety of firefighting personnel.
(d) Applications for grants under this section shall
include--
(1) a demonstration of financial need;
(2) evidence of a commitment for at least an equal
amount as the amount of the grant sought, to be
provided by non-Federal sources;
(3) a cost benefit analysis linking the funds to
improvements in public safety; and
(4) a commitment to provide information to the
National Fire Incident Reporting System for the period
for which the grant is received.
(e) Grant recipients under this section shall be subject to
audits to ensure that the funds are spent for their intended
purposes.
Sec. 5112. (a) Section 105(a) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (23), by striking the period at the
end and inserting a semicolon; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (23) the following
new paragraph:
``(24) provision of assistance to local fire
fighting, emergency medical, or rescue services for--
``(A) acquisition, repair, or rehabilitation
of equipment (including any accessory,
communications, or protective equipment) or
vehicles for fire fighting, emergency medical,
or rescue services,
``(B) construction, acquisition,
rehabilitation, or improvement of facilities
for local fire fighting, emergency medical, or
rescue services, or
``(C) training or planning involved in
providing fire fighting, emergency medical, or
rescue services; and''.
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12. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kasich of Ohio, or
Representative Shays of Connecticut, or a Designee, Debatable for 30
Minutes
At the end of the bill, insert after the last section
(preceding the short title) the following new section:
Sec. ____. (a) Of the amounts appropriated in this Act under
the heading ``Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund''
for military operations in Kosovo, not more than 50 percent may
be obligated until the President certifies in writing to
Congress that the European Commission, the member nations of
the European Union, and the European member nations of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization have, in the aggregate--
(1) obligated or contracted for at least 33 percent
of the amount of the assistance that those
organizations and nations committed to provide for 1999
and 2000 for reconstruction in Kosovo;
(2) obligated or contracted for at least 75 percent
of the amount of the assistance that those
organizations and nations committed for 1999 and 2000
for humanitarian assistance in Kosovo;
(3) provided at least 75 percent of the amount of the
assistance that those organizations and nations
committed for 1999 and 2000 for the Kosovo Consolidated
Budget; and
(4) deployed at least 75 percent of the number of
police, including special police, that those
organizations and nations pledged for the United
Nations international police force for Kosovo.
(b) The President shall submit to Congress, with any
certification submitted by the President under subsection (a),
a report containing detailed information on--
(1) the commitments and pledges made by each
organization and nation referred to in subsection (a)
for reconstruction assistance in Kosovo, humanitarian
assistance in Kosovo, the Kosovo Consolidated Budget,
and police (including special police) for the United
Nations international police force for Kosovo;
(2) the amount of assistance that has been provided
in each category, and the number of police that have
been deployed to Kosovo, by each such organization or
nation; and
(3) the full range of commitments and
responsibilities that have been undertaken for Kosovo
by the United Nations, the European Union, and the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE), the progress made by those organizations in
fulfilling those commitments and responsibilities, an
assessment of the tasks that remain to be accomplished,
and an anticipated schedule for completing those tasks.
(c) If the President does not submit to Congress a
certification and report under subsections (a) and (b) on or
before June 1, 2000, then, beginning on June 2, 2000, the 50
percent of the amounts appropriated in this Act under the
heading ``Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund'' for
military operations in Kosovo that remain unobligated (as
required by subsection (a)) shall be available only for the
purpose of conducting a safe, orderly, and phased withdrawal of
United States military personnel from Kosovo, and no other
amounts appropriated for the Department of Defense in this Act
or any Act enacted before the date of the enactment of this Act
may be obligated to continue the deployment of United States
military personnel in Kosovo. In that case, the President shall
submit to Congress, not later than June 30, 2000, a report on
the plan for the withdrawal.
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13. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schaffer of Colorado,
or a Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following
new section:
Sec. ____. Within 6 months after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
conduct and complete a comprehensive fraud audit of the
Department of Education and submit a report setting forth the
results of the audit to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate.
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14. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hoekstra of Michigan,
or a Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Corporation for National and Community Service
office of inspector general
(including transfer of funds)
For an additional amount for ``Office of Inspector General''
for reviews and audits of the State Commissions on National and
Community Service (including alternative administrative
entities) established under section 178 of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12638), $1,000,000, to
be derived by transfer from the unobligated balance in the
National Service Trust account for educational awards
authorized under subtitle D of title I of such Act (42 U.S.C.
12601 et seq.).