May 28, 2014 sees Congressional Record publish “AMENDMENTS”

May 28, 2014 sees Congressional Record publish “AMENDMENTS”

Volume 160, No. 81 covering the 2nd Session of the 113th Congress (2013 - 2014) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“AMENDMENTS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H4911-H4912 on May 28, 2014.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

AMENDMENTS

Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as follows:

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Mr. Westmoreland

Amendment No. 4: Page 74, line 13 after the each dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $150,000,000)''.

Page 100, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert

``(increased by $150,000,000)''.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Ms. Castor of Florida

Amendment No. 5: Page 35, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $15,000,000)''.

Page 35, line 22, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced by $15,000,000)''

Page 74, line 13, after the first dollar amount, insert

``(increased by $15,000,000)''.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Ms. Jackson Lee

Amendment No. 6: Page 12, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $400,000)''.

Page 72, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert

``(increased by $400,000)''.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Ms. Jackson Lee

Amendment No. 7: Page 12, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.

Page 72, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert

``(increased by $2,000,000)''.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Ms. Jackson Lee

Amendment No. 8: Page 34, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $500,000)''.

Page 38, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert

``(increased by $500,000)''.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Ms. Jackson Lee

Amendment No. 9: Page 34, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.

Page 65, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert

``(increased by $1,000,000)''.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Ms. Jackson Lee

Amendment No. 10: At the end of bill, before the short title, add the following new section:

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act for the ``DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE--administrative review and appeals'' may be used in contravention of sections 509 and 510 of title 28, United States Code.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Mr. Holt

Amendment No. 11: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the purchase or operation of an unmanned aircraft system (as such term is defined in section 331(9) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012) by any State or local law enforcement agency.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Mr. Holt

Amendment No. 12: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Department of Justice to purchase or operate an unmanned aircraft system (as such term is defined in section 331(9) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012).

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Mr. Moran

Amendment No. 13: Strike sections 528 and 529.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Mrs. Blackburn

Amendment No. 14: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following:

Sec. __. (a) Each amount made available by this Act, except those amounts made available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is hereby reduced by 1 percent.

(b) The reduction in subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the following accounts of the Department of Justice:

(1) ``Fees and Expenses of Witnesses''.

(2) ``Public Safety Officer Benefits''.

(3) ``United States Trustee System Fund''.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Mrs. Blackburn

Amendment No. 15: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:

Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for operation, renovation, or construction at Thomson Correctional Facility in Illinois.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Mr. Collins of Georgia

Amendment No. 16: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following:

Sec. ___. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to provide assistance to a State, or political subdivision of a State, that has in effect any law, policy, or procedure in contravention of immigration laws (as defined in section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act

(8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))).

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Mr. Jolly

Amendment No. 17: Page 7, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $8,000,000)''.

Page 13, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert

``(increased by $8,000,000)''.

Page 14, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert

``(increased by $8,000,000)''.

Page 14, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert

``(increased by $8,000,000)''.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Mr. Grayson

Amendment No. 18: Page 44, line 24, strike ``$3,000,000'' and insert ``$6,000,000''.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Mr. Grayson

Amendment No. 19: Page 54, line 8, after the word ``rape'' add ``or incest''.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Mr. Grayson

Amendment No. 20: Sec. __ None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons to solicit, offer, or award a contract in which the federal government is required to provide a minimum number of inmates to a private correctional institution or a private detention center.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Mr. Grayson

Amendment No. 21: At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the following new section:

SEC. __. No of the funds made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any of its principals:

(A) within a three-year period preceding this offer has been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against it for: commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public

(Federal, State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; or

(B) are presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity with, commission of any of the offenses enumerated above in subsection (A); or

(C) within a three-year period preceding this offer, has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability remains unsatisfied.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Mrs. Davis of California

Amendment No. 22: Page 3, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $3,000,000)''.

Page 34, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $3,000,000)''.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Mr. Connolly

Amendment No. 23: Page 35, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,120,000)''.

Page 35, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert

``(reduced by $1,120,000)''.

Page 44, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert

``(increased by $1,000,000)''.

Page 48, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert

``(increased by $1,000,000)''.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Mr. Southerland

Amendment No. 24: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to develop, approve, or implement a new limited access privilege program (as that term is used in section 303A of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1853a)) that are not already developed, approved, or implemented for any fishery under the jurisdiction of the South Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, New England, or Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Mr. Rohrabacher

Amendment No. 25: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:

Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with respect to the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin, to prevent such States from implementing their own State laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana.

H.R. 4660

Offered By: Mr. Gallego

Amendment No. 26: Page 39, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $4,500,000)''.

Page 62, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert

``(reduced by $4,500,000)''.

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 160, No. 81

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