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“AMENDMENTS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H5655-H5656 on July 13, 2004.
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AMENDMENTS
Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as follows:
H.R. 4766
Offered By Mr. Tancredo
Amendment No. 15: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following new section:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act under the Heading ``Food Stamp Program'' may be expended in contravention of 8 U.S.C. 1183a.
H.R. 4766
Offered By: Mr. Flake
Amendment No. 16: Add at the end (before the short title) the following:
Sec. 7__. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of employees of the Department of Agriculture who make payments from any appropriated funds to tobacco quota holders or producers of quota tobacco pursuant to any law enacted after July 1, 2004, terminating tobacco marketing quotas under part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 and related price support under sections 106, 106A, and 106B of the Agricultural Act of 1949.
H.R. 4766
Offered By: Mr. Baca
Amendment No. 17: In title I, under the heading ``Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights'', insert after the dollar amount the following: ``(increased by $250,000)''.
In title I, under the headings ``Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service-research and education activities'', insert after the first dollar amount, and after the dollar amount relating to Hispanic-serving Institutions, the following: ``(increased by $1,500,000)''.
In title I, under the headings ``Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service-extension activities'', insert after the first dollar amount, and after the dollar amount relating to Indian reservation agents, the following: ``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
In title I, under the headings ``Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service-outreach for socially disadvantaged farmers'', insert after the dollar amount the following: ``(increased by $750,000)''.
In title III, under the heading ``RURAL DEVELOPMENT--Salaries and Expenses'', insert after the dollar amount the following: ``(reduced by $3,500,000)''.
H.R. 4766
Ofered By: Mr. Weiner
Amendment No. 18: Page 5, line 15, insert ``(decreased by
$19,667,000)'' after the dollar amount.
Page 18, line 9, insert ``(increased by $19,667,000)'' after the 1st dollar amount.
H.R. 4818
Offered By: Mr. Deal of Georgia
Amendment No. 1: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:
governments that do not permit certain extraditions
Sec. 576. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to provide assistance to the government of any country that does not permit the extradition to the United States, for trial or sentencing in the United States, of individuals suspected of committing criminal offenses for which the maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, or a lesser term of imprisonment.
H.R. 4818
Offered By: Mr. Deal of Georgia
Amendment No. 2: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:
governments that do not permit certain extraditions
Sec. 576. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to provide assistance to the government of any country with which the United States has an extradition treaty and which does not permit the extradition to the United States, for trial or sentencing in the United States, of individuals suspected of committing criminal offenses for which the maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, or a lesser term of imprisonment.
H.R. 4818
offered By: Mr. Emanuel
Amendment No. 3. At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:
designation of republic of poland as a program country under the visa waiver program
Sec. __. Congress--
(1) recognizes the importance of designating the Republic of Poland as a program country for purposes of the visa waiver program established under section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and
(2) urges the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State to assist Poland in reducing its nonimmigrant visa refusal rate so that Poland may qualify for such designation.
H.R. 4818
Offered By: Mr. Emanuel
Amendment No. 4: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:
Prohibition of profiteering
Sec. ___. (a) Prohibition.--(1) Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1038. War profiteering and fraud relating to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts in Iraq
``(a) Prohibition.--
``(1) In general.--Whoever, in any matter involving a contract or the provision of goods or services, directly or indirectly, in connection with the war, military action, or relief or reconstruction activities in Iraq, knowingly and willfully--
``(A) executes or attempts to execute a scheme or artifice to defraud the United States or Iraq;
``(B) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact;
``(C) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or representations, or makes or uses any materially false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry; or
``(D) materially overvalues any good or service with the specific intent to excessively profit from the war, military action, or relief or reconstruction activities in Iraq;
shall be fined under paragraph (2), imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
``(2) Fine.--A person convicted of an offense under paragraph (1) may be fined the greater of--
``(A) $1,000,000; or
``(B) if such person derives profits or other proceeds from the offense, not more than twice the gross profits or other proceeds.
``(b) Extraterritorial Jurisdiction.--There is extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over an offense under this section.
``(c) Venue.--A prosecution for an offense under this section may be brought--
``(1) as authorized by chapter 211 of this title;
``(2) in any district where any act in furtherance of the offense took place; or
``(3) in any district where any party to the contract or provider of goods or services is located.''.
(2) The table of sections for chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``1038. War profiteering and fraud relating to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts in Iraq.''.
(b) Civil Forfeiture.--Section 981(a)(1)(C) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``1038,'' after
``1032,''.
(c) Criminal Forfeiture.--Section 982(a)(2)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``or 1030'' and inserting ``1030, or 1038''.
(d) Money Laundering.--Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting the following:
``, section 1038 (relating to war profiteering and fraud relating to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts in Iraq),'' after ``liquidating agent of financial institution),''.
H.R. 4818
Offered By: Mr. Emanuel
Amendment No. 5: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:
payments to state and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs
Sec. __. (a) Payments to State and Local Governments.--(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall, in accordance with the provisions of this section, make payments to States and local governments to coordinate budget-related actions by such governments with Federal Government efforts to stimulate economic recovery.
(2) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury for fiscal year 2005 for payments under this section an amount equal to at least the total amount appropriated for fiscal year 2003 under the heading ``Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund'' in the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003, and any amounts appropriated for such Fund in any subsequent appropriation Act. Such amounts shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, other amounts appropriated for payments to States and local governments.
(3) Not less than one-third of the amount appropriated pursuant to the authorization in paragraph (2) shall be made available to local governments under the applicable laws of a given State.
(b) Allocation.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a formula, within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, for determining the allocation of payments under this section. The formula shall give priority weight to the following factors:
(1) The unemployment rate in relation to the national average unemployment rate.
(2) The duration of the unemployment rate above such average.
(3) Median income.
(4) Population.
(5) The poverty rate.
(c) Use of Funds by State and Local Governments.--(1) Funds received under this section may be used only for priority expenditures. For purposes of this section, the term
``priority expenditures'' means only--
(A) ordinary and necessary maintenance and operating expenses for--
(i) primary, secondary, or higher education, including school building renovation;
(ii) public safety;
(iii) public health, including hospitals and public health laboratories;
(iv) social services for the disadvantaged or aged;
(v) roads, transportation, and water infrastructure; and
(vi) housing; and
(B) ordinary and necessary capital expenditures authorized by law.
(2) The Secretary of the Treasury may accept a certification by the chief executive officer of a State or local government that the State or local government has used the funds received by it under this section only for priority expenditures, unless the Secretary determines that such certification is not sufficiently reliable to enable the Secretary to carry out this section. The Secretary shall prescribe by rule the time and manner in which the certification must be filed.
H.R. 4818
Offered By: Mr. Nethercutt
Amendment No. 6: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:
limitation on economic support fund assistance for certain foreign governments that are parties to the international criminal court
Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act in title II under the heading ``economic support fund'' may be used to provide assistance to the government of a country that is a party to the International Criminal Court and has not entered into an agreement with the United States pursuant to Article 98 of the Rome Statute preventing the International Criminal Court from proceeding against United States personnel present in such country.
H.R. 4818
Offered By: Mr. Hefley
Amendment No. 7: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:
reduction of discretionary appropriations
Sec. __. Total appropriations made in this Act (other than appropriations required to be made by a provision of law) are hereby reduced by $193,860,000.
