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“TEXT OF AMENDMENTS” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Senate section on pages S5429-S5437 on July 26, 2018.
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TEXT OF AMENDMENTS
SA 3613. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. Casey) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 16, line 18, strike the period and insert the following: ``: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 9(a) of the United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-196; 130 Stat. 691),
$500,000 of the funds made available under this heading shall be provided to the organization selected under section 9(b) of that Act for expenditure by the United States Semiquincentennial Commission in accordance with that Act.''.
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SA 3614. Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Young) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in division A, insert the following:
Sec. __. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall issue a report on efforts by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the removal of lead-based paint and other hazardous materials, which shall include--
(1) a description of direct removal efforts by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency;
(2) a description of education provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency to other Federal agencies, local governments and communities, recipients of grants made by either entity, and the general public relating to the removal of lead-based paint and other hazardous materials;
(3) a description of assistance received from other Federal agencies relating to the removal of lead-based paint and other hazardous materials; and
(4) any best practices developed or provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the removal of lead-based paint and other hazardous materials.
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SA 3615. Mr. JONES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in division B, insert the following:
Sec. __. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Small Business Administration shall conduct a study on whether the provision of matchmaking services that, using data collected through outside entities such as local chambers of commerce, link veteran entrepreneurs to business leads in given industry sectors or geographic regions, would enhance the existing veterans entrepreneurship programs of the Administration.
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SA 3616. Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Brown, Mr. Markey, and Ms. Warren) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title IV of division A, add the following:
rivers of steel national heritage area, essex national heritage area, and ohio and erie national heritage canalway
Sec. 43___. Division II of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; Public Law 104-333) is amended in sections 409(a) (110 Stat. 4256; 129 Stat. 2551), 508(a) (110 Stat. 4260; 129 Stat. 2551), and 812(a) (110 Stat. 4275; 129 Stat. 2551), by striking
``$17,000,000'' and inserting ``$19,000,000''.
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SA 3617. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 464, line 4, strike the period at the end and insert ``: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this heading and the heading `National Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation', not more than $500,000 shall be made available to provide a discount of not less than 15 percent on passenger fares to members of the public benefit corporation Veterans Advantage.''.
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SA 3618. Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Van Hollen) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 142, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
prohibition of use of funds to relocate any function of the captain john smith chesapeake national historic trail program
Sec. 433. Effective on January 1, 2018, none of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to relocate any function of the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail program.
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SA 3619. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 40, line 7, strike ``$134,673,000'' and insert
``$132,673,000''.
On page 136, line 21, strike ``$670,000,000'' and insert
``$672,000,000''.
On page 137, line 5, strike ``$30,000,000'' and insert
``$31,000,000''.
On page 137, line 14, strike ``$15,000,000'' and insert
``$16,000,000''.
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SA 3620. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Sullivan) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 357, after line 14, add the following:
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, in carrying out any discretionary grant or funding program using funds provided under this heading, the Secretary of Agriculture shall give priority to providing broadband funding to areas in the United States that, as determined by the Secretary, have challenging topography and face additional barriers to broadband deployment due to higher costs for infrastructure buildout.
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SA 3621. Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Young) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in division A, insert the following:
Sec. __. Within Available funds, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall issue a report on efforts by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the removal of lead-based paint and other hazardous materials, which shall include--
(1) a description of direct removal efforts by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency;
(2) a description of education provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency to other Federal agencies, local governments and communities, recipients of grants made by either entity, and the general public relating to the removal of lead-based paint and other hazardous materials;
(3) a description of assistance received from other Federal agencies relating to the removal of lead-based paint and other hazardous materials; and
(4) any best practices developed or provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the removal of lead-based paint and other hazardous materials.
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SA 3622. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title VII of division C, insert the following:
Sec. 7____. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences--
(1) to carry out a study of the functional effectiveness of wildlife damage management methods of the Department of Agriculture; and
(2) to make recommendations to the Secretary based on the results of the study carried out under paragraph (1).
(b)(1) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the functional effectiveness of each method used by the Department of Agriculture to proactively or reactively protect property, game, or fish.
(2) The report and any revision to the report prepared under paragraph (3) shall--
(A) incorporate any recommendations made under subsection
(a)(2); and
(B) comply with--
(i) the scientific integrity policy of the Department of Agriculture;
(ii) Executive Order 13642 (78 Fed. Reg. 28111 (May 14, 2013));
(iii) section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the ``Freedom of Information Act'');
(iv) subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the ``Administrative Procedure Act'');
(v) section 515 of appendix C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 (commonly known as the ``Data Quality Act'') (44 U.S.C. 3516 note; Public Law 106-554);
(vi) section 3729 of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the ``False Claims Act''); and
(vii) any other applicable laws (including regulations) and procedures and policies relating to the handling of documents.
(3) Not later than 2 years after the date on which the report is submitted under paragraph (2) and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall--
(A) revise the report submitted under that paragraph;
(B) make available for public comment the revised report; and
(C) submit the revised report to Congress for review.
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SA 3623. Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
In the matter under the heading ``salaries and expenses'' under the heading ``Bureau of the Fiscal Service'' under the heading ``DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY'' in title I of division B, insert ``: Provided, That none of the funds made available to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service under this Act may be used to make a payment from amounts appropriated under section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, to a state sponsor of terrorism, as defined in section 1605A(h) of title 28, United States Code'' after ``expenses''.
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SA 3624. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act may be obligated or expended by the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, the Indian Health Service, the Smithsonian Institution, or any Federal agency for which amounts are appropriated by division B or D of this Act, to acquire telecommunications or video surveillance equipment produced by Huawei Technologies Company, ZTE Corporation, Hytera Communications Corporation, Ltd., Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company, Ltd., or Dahua Technology Company, Ltd. (or any subsidiary or affiliate of any of such entities), or a high-impact or moderate-impact information system, as defined for security categorization in the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 199,
``Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems'', unless the agency has--
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the information systems against criteria developed by NIST to inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and moderate-impact information systems within the Federal Government;
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive awardee against available and relevant threat information provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and
(3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of such system, including any risk associated with such system being produced, manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities identified by the United States Government as posing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by the People's Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or the Russian Federation.
(b) Section 432(a) of division A of this Act, section 632(a) of division B of this Act, and section 420(a) of division D of this Act shall have no force or effect.
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SA 3625. Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Ms. Stabenow) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 79, line 13, strike ``$27,000,000'' and insert
``$22,000,000''.
On page 79, line 14, strike the period at the end and insert ``; and $5,000,000 shall be for grants for lead testing in school and child care program drinking water authorized in section 2107 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114-322).''.
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SA 3626. Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Sanders, and Ms. Warren) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title IV of division A, insert the following:
Sec. 4__. No funds made available under this Act or any other Act for fiscal year 2019 may be used to close, consolidate, or eliminate a regional or program office of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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SA 3627. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 167, between lines 22 and 23, insert the following:
Sec. 129. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury (in this section referred to as ``FinCEN''), in consultation with other appropriate elements of the Department, shall submit to Congress a report on the efforts of FinCEN to identify and combat trade-based money laundering, including an assessment of--
(1) the type of data FinCEN collects on trade-based money laundering;
(2) how FinCEN uses that data and which agencies FinCEN shares the data with in order to combat trade-based money laundering;
(3) whether FinCEN needs additional authorities to combat trade-based money laundering;
(4) whether FinCEN and other elements of the Department have all the necessary tools to identify and combat trade-based money laundering, including tools relating to big data and necessary platforms to house the data; and
(5) what level of priority FinCEN gives to identifying and combating trade-based money laundering.
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SA 3628. Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1182, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 100th anniversary of The American Legion; as follows:
At the end add the following.
``This Act shall take effect 1 day after the date of enactment.''
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SA 3629. Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to amendment SA 3628 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill S. 1182, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 100th anniversary of The American Legion; as follows:
Strike ``1 day'' and insert ``2 days''
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SA 3630. Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1182, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 100th anniversary of The American Legion; as follows:
At the end add the following.
``This act shall be effective 3 days after enactment.''
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SA 3631. Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to amendment SA 3630 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill S. 1182, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 100th anniversary of The American Legion; as follows:
Strike ``3 days'' and insert ``4 days''
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SA 3632. Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to amendment SA 3631 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the amendment SA 3630 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill S. 1182, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 100th anniversary of The American Legion; as follows:
Strike ``4'' and insert ``5''
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SA 3633. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. The Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall--
(1) work with Federal agencies to review each Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization's efforts to comply with the requirements under section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)); and
(2) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives--
(A) a report on Federal agency compliance with the requirements under such section 15(k); and
(B) a report detailing the status of issuance by the Small Business Administration of detailed guidance for the peer review process of the Small Business Procurement Advisory Council in order to facilitate a more in depth review of Federal agency compliance with the requirements under such section 15(k).
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SA 3634. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 520, line 4, strike ``safety.'' and insert
``safety: Provided further, That the matter under this heading in the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 and Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017 (division B of Public Law 115-56) is amended by inserting `Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the requirements that activities benefit persons of low and moderate income, except that at least 50 percent of the funds under this heading must benefit primarily persons of low and moderate income unless the Secretary makes a finding of compelling need:' after the eighth proviso: Provided further, That the matter under this heading in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (title XI of division B of Public Law 115-123) is amended by inserting `Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the requirements that activities benefit persons of low and moderate income, except that at least 50 percent of the funds under this heading must benefit primarily persons of low and moderate income unless the Secretary makes a finding of compelling need:' after the eighteenth proviso.''.
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SA 3635. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 51, line 25, strike ``$56,735,000'' and insert
``$52,735,000''.
On page 142, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
application of bureau of land management rule
Sec. 433. (a) In this section, the term ``project'' means a system described in section 2801.9(a)(4) of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).
(b) None of the funds made available by this Act shall be used to apply the rule of the Bureau of Land Management entitled ``Competitive Processes, Terms, and Conditions for Leasing Public Lands for Solar and Wind Energy Development and Technical Changes and Corrections'' (81 Fed. Reg. 92122
(December 19, 2016)) to a project that applied for a right-of-way under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761) on or before December 19, 2016.
(c) The owner of a project that applied for a right-of-way under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761) on or before December 19, 2016, shall be obligated to pay with respect to the right-of-way all rents and fees in effect before the effective date of the rule described in subsection (b).
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SA 3636. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Jones) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title I of division A, add the following:
Sec. 1__. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to repeal section 105(a)(2) or section 105(b) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109-432).
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SA 3637. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. ___. The Securities Investor Protection Corporation shall use amounts from the fund established under section 4(a) of the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 (15 U.S.C. 78ddd(a)) to establish an electronic system for the filing of a claim under the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 (15 U.S.C. 78aaa et seq.).
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SA 3638. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Perdue) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of the matter under the heading ``administrative provisions--general services administration (including transfer of funds)'', add the following:
Sec. 527. None of the funds made available to the General Services Administration under this Act may be used to award a contract to an insured depository institution, as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813), if the insured depository institution avoids doing business with certain industries that are in compliance with the law (including regulations) based strictly on social policy considerations.
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SA 3639. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Ms. Heitkamp, and Ms. Klobuchar) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 258, after line 3, insert the following:
Sec. 634. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division--
(1) the total amount provided under the heading ``federal drug control programs high intensity drug trafficking areas program (including transfers of funds)''under the heading
``Office of National Drug Control Policy'' under the heading
``EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT'' in title II shall be increased by $5,000,000; and
(2) under the heading ``real property activities federal buildings fund limitations on availiability of revenue
(including transfers of funds)''under the heading ``General Services Administration'' under the heading ``INDEPENDENT AGENCIES'' in title V--
(A) the aggregate amount shall be reduced by $5,000,000; and
(B) the amount in paragraph (3) shall be reduced by
$5,000,000.
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SA 3640. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in division B, insert the following:
Sec. __. Section 2102 of the RISE After Disaster Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-88; 129 Stat. 690) is amended--
(1) by striking ``(a) In General.--''; and
(2) by striking subsections (b) and (c).
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SA 3641. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in division D, insert the following:
Sec. __. Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Maritime Administration, shall prepare and submit a report, to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, on the training ship Cadet-to-Berth ratio at each State Maritime Academy.
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SA 3642. Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Kaine) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in division C, insert the following:
Sec. __. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and 180 days thereafter, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall--
(1) prepare a report detailing--
(A) the efforts of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Judicial Conference of the United States to implement each of the recommendations in the report entitled ``Report of the Federal Judiciary Workplace Conduct Working Group to the Judicial Conference of the United States'', dated June 1, 2018; and
(B) the efforts of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Judicial Conference of the United States to investigate sexual harassment, discrimination on the basis of sex, and other sexual misconduct, in the judicial branch; and
(2) submit the report to--
(A) the Committees on Appropriations and on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committees on Appropriations and on the Judiciary of the Senate.
(b) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall--
(1) prepare a report--
(A) providing, to the extent practicable, data, for the most recent 10 years for which data are available, on the number of individuals who were interviewed for positions as a covered law clerk, and the number of those individuals who were hired as a covered law clerk, disaggregated by sex, and by the ethnic and the racial categories in the 2010 decennial census (or similar categories); and
(B) analyzing year-to-year trends in that data; and
(2) make the report publicly available.
(c) In this section, the term ``covered law clerk'' means a law clerk for a justice, judge, or magistrate judge of the United States.
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SA 3643. Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Kaine) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of any department or agency funded in this Act or any other Act for fiscal year 2019 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations and the relevant authorizing committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report detailing the actions taken or to be taken to eliminate sexual harassment and address related issues, including those documented in the 2016 Merit Principles Survey published by the Merit Systems Protection Board.
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SA 3644. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title I of division B, insert the following:
Sec. 1__. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to permanently remove any automated external defibrillator that is located in any office of the Internal Revenue Service as of January 1, 2018.
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SA 3645. Mr. McCONNELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 487, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
Sec. 1__. (a) Subject to subsections (c) and (d), none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Transportation by this or any other Act may be obligated or expended to enforce or require the enforcement of section 127(a) of title 23, United States Code, with respect to a segment described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) if the segment is designated as a route of the Interstate System.
(b) The segments referred to in subsection (a) are the following:
(1) The William H. Natcher Parkway (to be designated as a spur of Interstate Route 65) from Interstate Route 65 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, to United States Route 60 in Owensboro, Kentucky.
(2) The Julian M. Carroll (Purchase) Parkway (to be designated as Interstate Route 69) in the State of Kentucky from the Tennessee State line to the interchange with Interstate Route 24, near Calvert City, Kentucky.
(c) Only a vehicle that could operate legally on a segment described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) before the date of designation of the segment as a route of the Interstate System may continue to operate on that segment, subject to the condition that, except as provided in subsection (d), the gross vehicle weight of such a vehicle shall not exceed 120,000 pounds.
(d) Nothing in this section prohibits a State from issuing a permit for a nondivisible load or vehicle with a gross vehicle weight that exceeds 120,000 pounds.
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SA 3646. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in division A, insert the following:
Sec. ___. (a) Within available funds for the National Forest System, the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct an inventory and evaluation of certain land, as generally depicted on the map entitled ``Flatside Wilderness Adjacent Inventory Areas'' and dated November 30, 2017, to determine the suitability of that land for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System.
(b) The Chief of the Forest Service shall submit to the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations, and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate the results of the inventory and evaluation required under subsection (a).
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SA 3647. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 344, line 4, strike ``needs.'' and insert ``needs: Provided further, That of amounts made available under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be provided for rental assistance under section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949, which shall be designated as supplemental servicing rental assistance to assist residents financed with a mortgage loan under section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 to help address ongoing operating expenses and capital improvements, including the use of private activity bonds and low-income housing tax credits to acquire and rehabilitate properties at risk of leaving the program under such section 515: Provided further, That not less than $10,000,000 of amounts made available under this heading shall be provided for the preservation of properties assisted under such section 515 to prevent loss through prepayment or foreclosure: Provided further, That when the Secretary recaptures rental assistance, removes rental assistance from a property, or recaptures rental assistance when a unit receiving rental assistance is lost through prepayment, maturity, or foreclosure, the Secretary shall apply that rental assistance as supplemental servicing rental assistance to remaining properties assisted under such section 515, with priority given to properties in rural counties designated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency as high-needs counties for duty to serve purposes.''.
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SA 3648. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 414, line 24, strike the closing period and insert
``: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be for advanced digital construction management systems for the Accelerated Innovation Deployment Demonstration program of the Department of Transportation developed under section 503(c) of title 23, United States Code.''.
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SA 3649. Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Carper) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 414, line 24, strike ``determines'' and insert the following: ``determines: Provided further, That funds provided for national infrastructure investments for passenger rail transportation projects under title I of division C of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-55; 125 Stat. 641), may be expended until September 30, 2019: Provided further, That funds provided for national infrastructure investment for port infrastructure projects under title VIII of division F of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-6; 127 Stat. 432) shall be September 30, 2020.''.
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SA 3650. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Booker, Ms. Hassan, and Mr. King) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in Division A, insert the following:
SEC. __. ADDRESSING PEDIATRIC CANCER RATES IN THE UNITED
STATES.
(a) Report Identifying Geographic Variation of Types of Pediatric Cancer.--Using funds appropriated under the heading
``Toxic Substances and Environmental Health'' for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, a report that provides details on the geographic variation in pediatric cancer incidence in the United States, including--
(1) the types of pediatric cancer within each of the 10 States with the highest age-adjusted incidence rate of cancer among persons aged 20 years or younger;
(2) geographic concentrations of types and prevalence of pediatric cancers within each such State, in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines; and
(3) an update on current activities related to pediatric cancer, including with respect to carrying out section 399V-6 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g-17).
(b) Support for States With High Incidence of Pediatric Cancer.--Using funds appropriated under the heading ``Toxic Substances and Environmental Public Health'' for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may conduct public outreach, in collaboration with State departments of health, particularly in the 10 States with the highest age-adjusted incidence rate of cancer among persons aged 20 years or younger, to improve awareness by residents, clinicians, and others, as appropriate, of possible contributing factors to pediatric cancer, including environmental exposures, in a manner that is complementary of, and does not conflict with, ongoing pediatric cancer-related activities supported by the Department of Health and Human Services.
(c) Privacy.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall ensure that all information with respect to patients that is contained in the reports under this section is de-identified and protects personal privacy of such patients in accordance with applicable Federal and State privacy law.
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SA 3651. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in division B, insert the following:
Sec. ___. The Comptroller General of the United States, in consultation with relevant regulators, shall conduct a study that--
(1) examines the financial impact of the mineral pyrrhotite in concrete home foundations; and
(2) provides recommendations on regulatory and legislative actions needed to help mitigate the financial impact described in paragraph (1) on banks, mortgage lenders, tax revenues, and homeowners.
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SA 3652. Mr. NELSON (for himself and Mr. Portman) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title IV of division A, insert the following:
harmful algal bloom and hypoxia research and control act of 1998 amendments
Sec. 4__. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in this section an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.).
(b) Section 603(a) (33 U.S.C. 4001(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (12), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (13) as paragraph (14); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (12) the following:
``(13) the Army Corps of Engineers; and''.
(c) Section 603 (33 U.S.C. 4001) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (f);
(2) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), (i), and (j) as subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i), respectively; and
(3) by amending subsection (g) (as so redesignated) to read as follows:
``(g) Scientific Assessments of Marine and Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms.--
``(1) In general.--Not less than once every 5 years the Task Force shall complete and submit to Congress a scientific assessment of harmful algal blooms in United States coastal waters and freshwater systems.
``(2) Requirement.--Each assessment under paragraph (1) shall examine both marine and freshwater harmful algal blooms, including those in the Great Lakes and upper reaches of estuaries, those in freshwater lakes and rivers, and those that originate in freshwater lakes or rivers and migrate to coastal waters.''.
(d)(1) Section 603A(e) (33 U.S.C. 4002(e)) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, including to local and regional stakeholders through the establishment and maintenance of a publicly accessible Internet website that provides information as to Program activities completed under this section'' after ``Program'';
(B) in paragraph (3)--
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a semicolon;
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``and'' after the semicolon at the end; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(D) to accelerate the utilization of effective methods of intervention and mitigation to reduce the frequency, severity, and impacts of harmful algal bloom and hypoxia events;'';
(iv) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and work cooperatively with'' and inserting ``, and work cooperatively to provide technical assistance to,''; and
(v) in paragraph (7)--
(I) by inserting ``and extension'' after ``existing education''; and
(II) by inserting ``intervention,'' after ``awareness of the causes, impacts,''.
(2) Section 603A(f) (33 U.S.C. 4002(f)) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``, which shall include unmanned systems,'' after ``infrastructure'';
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(C) in paragraph (6)(C), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(7) use cost effective methods in carrying out this Act; and
``(8) develop contingency plans for the long-term monitoring of hypoxia.''.
(e) Section 102 of the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Amendments Act of 2004 (33 U.S.C. 4001a) is amended by striking ``the amendments made by this title'' and inserting
``the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998''.
(f)(1) In this subsection:
(A) The term ``appropriate Federal official'' means--
(i) in the case of a marine or coastal hypoxia or harmful algal bloom event, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; and
(ii) in the case of a freshwater hypoxia or harmful algal bloom event, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(B) The term ``event of national significance'' means a hypoxia or harmful algal bloom event that has had or will likely have a significant detrimental environmental, economic, subsistence use, or public health impact on an affected State.
(C) The term ``hypoxia or harmful algal bloom event'' means the occurrence of hypoxia or a harmful algal bloom as a result of a natural, anthropogenic, or undetermined cause.
(2)(A) On a determination under paragraph (3) that there is an event of national significance, the appropriate Federal official is authorized to make sums available to the affected State or local government for the purposes of assessing and mitigating the detrimental environmental, economic, subsistence use, and public health effects of the event of national significance.
(B) The Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out under this subsection for the purposes described in subparagraph (A) may not exceed 50 percent of the cost of that activity.
(C)(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an appropriate Federal official may accept donations of funds, services, facilities, materials, or equipment that the appropriate Federal official considers necessary for the purposes described in subparagraph (A).
(ii) Any funds donated to an appropriate Federal official under this paragraph may be expended without further appropriation and without fiscal year limitation.
(3)(A) At the discretion of an appropriate Federal official, or at the request of the Governor of an affected State, an appropriate Federal official shall determine whether a hypoxia or harmful algal bloom event is an event of national significance.
(B) In making a determination under subparagraph (A), the appropriate Federal official shall consider the toxicity of the harmful algal bloom, the severity of the hypoxia, its potential to spread, the economic impact, the relative size in relation to the past 5 occurrences of harmful algal blooms or hypoxia events that occur on a recurrent or annual basis, and the geographic scope, including the potential to affect several municipalities, to affect more than 1 State, or to cross an international boundary.
(g) Section 609(a) (33 U.S.C. 4009(a)) is amended--
(1) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and'';
(2) by striking ``603B $20,500,000'' and inserting the following: ``603B--
``(1) $20,500,000''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) $22,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.''.
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SA 3653. Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. Schatz) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title I of division A, add the following:
sense of congress relating to the need to understand and respond to the health care needs of the citizens of compact of free association nations in the united states
Sec. 1___. (a) Congress finds that--
(1) the United States has entered into mutually-beneficial Compacts of Free Association with the governments of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau (referred to in this section as the ``Compact of Free Association Nations'');
(2) as a result of the mutually-beneficial Compacts of Free Association, the citizens of the Compact of Free Association Nations are entitled to travel to, work in, and otherwise live in the United States;
(3) the number of citizens of Compact of Free Association Nations living in the United States and territories of the United States has grown, particularly in Hawaii and Guam;
(4) because of the unique relationship between the United States and the Compact of Free Association Nations, information on the number of citizens of Compact of Free Association Nations that access the health care programs and services of States, territories of the United States, and local jurisdictions is difficult to quantify; and
(5) to better meet the needs of citizens of Compact of Free Association Nations and the communities that host the citizens of Compact of Free Association Nations, it is in the interest of the Federal Government to develop a more complete understanding of--
(A) the estimated costs to States, territories of the United States, and local jurisdictions of providing health care services for citizens of Compact of Free Association Nations in the United States;
(B) projections with respect to ways in which the number of citizens of Compact of Free Association Nations and the health care needs of citizens of Compact of Free Association Nations in the United States may change over the 10-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act; and
(C) recommendations for legislative or administrative actions to address the health care needs of citizens of Compact of Free Association Nations in the United States.
(b) It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Interior should--
(1) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, consult with the heads of other Federal agencies with the necessary expertise and resources for assistance in developing--
(A) a plan for assessing the current and future health care needs of citizens of Compact of Free Association Nations residing in the United States; and
(B) recommendations for legislative or administrative actions to address the needs assessed under subparagraph (A); and
(2) not later than 30 days after the date on which the consultations have been completed under paragraph (1), submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the plan developed under paragraph (1)(A), including the estimated time and cost for the assessment provided for under the plan.
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SA 3654. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 40, line 7, strike ``$134,673,000'' and insert
``$132,173,000''.
On page 67, line 18, strike ``$41,489,000'' and insert
``$43,989,000''.
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SA 3655. Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. McCain, and Mr. Warner) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 327, line 10, strike ``That the Food'' and all that follows through ``Provided further,'' on line 14.
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SA 3656. Mr. CARPER (for himself, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Menendez) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 10, line 18, strike the period at the end and insert ``: Provided further, That not less than $96,520,000 shall be used for recovery of species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), of which not less than $4,500,000 shall be used for the recovery of species at the greatest risk of extinction.''.
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SA 3657. Ms. HEITKAMP submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 30, line 12, strike ``$2,403,890,000'' and insert
``$2,405,890,000''.
On page 31, line 25, strike the period at the end and insert ``: Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be made available to provide additional funding for hiring staff for tribal detention facilities, with priority for funding given to regional tribal detention facilities serving 3 or more Indian tribes.''.
On page 40, line 7, strike ``$134,673,000'' and insert
``$132,673,000''.
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SA 3658. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Merkley, and Ms. Warren) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 571, between lines 22 and 23, insert the following:
Sec. 237. (a) In the case of a contract for project-based assistance that terminates, if the Secretary does not transfer the assistance under section 210, the Secretary shall transfer the assistance to 1 or more other multifamily housing projects in accordance with the conditions under section 210(c), effective--
(1) as of the date of termination of the contract; or
(2) if the Secretary is unable to comply with those conditions by the date on which the contract terminates, as soon as practicable after that date.
(b) The Secretary shall maintain a publicly available list of multifamily housing projects that are eligible for project-based assistance for purposes of transfers under subsection (a).
(c) In this section, the terms ``multifamily housing project'' and ``project-based assistance'' have the meanings given those terms in section 210(d).
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SA 3659. Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Brown, and Mrs. Murray) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 296, after line 6, add the following:
Sec. 751. None of the funds made available under this Act may be used by the Office of Personnel Management or any other executive branch agency for the development, promulgation, modification, or implementation of any Executive Order, rule, or guidance that would remove administrative law judges from the competitive service or place administrative law judges in the excepted service.
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SA 3660. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 83, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall coordinate with the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission--
(1) to harmonize the definition of the term ``flex fuel'' for purposes of the programs and authorities of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Trade Commission; and
(2) to enforce the prohibition under section 211(h)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(h)(1)) on the sale of any gasoline-ethanol blend that contains greater than 10 percent, but not more than 15 percent, ethanol by volume as a flex fuel.
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SA 3661. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 41, line 4, strike the period at the end and insert the following: ``: Provided further, That within available amounts provided under this heading, the Secretary of the Interior shall designate the rest area bound by Alexandria Avenue, West Boulevard Drive, and the George Washington Memorial Parkway on the Mount Vernon Trail within the George Washington Memorial Parkway as the `Peter B. Webster III Memorial Area' and any reference in a law, map regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the rest area shall be deemed to be a reference to the `Peter B. Webster III Memorial Area'; Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior shall accept and expend private contributions for the design, procurement, preparation, and installation of a plaque honoring Peter B. Webster III on the condition that the Director of the National Park Service shall approve the design and placement of the plaque.''.
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SA 3662. Ms. HEITKAMP submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 30, line 12, strike ``$2,403,890,000'' and insert
``$2,405,890,000''.
On page 31, line 25, strike the period at the end and insert ``: Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be made available to provide additional funding for hiring staff for tribal detention facilities, with priority for funding given to regional tribal detention facilities serving 3 or more Indian tribes.''.
On page 40, line 7, strike ``$134,673,000'' and insert
``$132,673,000''.
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SA 3663. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 464, line 4, strike the period at the end and insert ``: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this heading and the heading `National Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation', not more than $500,000 shall be made available to provide a discount of not less than 15 percent on passenger fares to members of the public benefit corporation Veterans Advantage.''.
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SA 3664. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Hatch) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 4318, to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify temporarily certain rates of duty; as follows:
Strike sections 324, 372, and 1118.
Strike section 1274 and insert the following:
SEC. 1274. MEN'S SHOES WITH OUTER SOLES AND UPPERS OF RUBBER
OR PLASTICS, VALUED OVER $3 BUT NOT OVER $6.50
PER PAIR.
Subchapter II of chapter 99 is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following new heading:
`` 9902.14.03 Men's footwear Free No change No change On or before 12/ ''.
with outer soles 31/2020.......
and uppers of
rubber or
plastics, with
foxing or foxing-
like band,
covering the
ankle, closed toe
or heel, valued
over $3 but not
over $6.50 per
pair, the
foregoing other
than sports
footwear and
protective,
waterproof or
slip-on type
footwear
(provided for in
subheading
6402.91.70)......
Strike section 1275 and insert the following:
SEC. 1275. MEN'S SHOES WITH OUTER SOLES AND UPPERS OF RUBBER
OR PLASTICS, VALUED OVER $6.50 BUT NOT OVER $12
PER PAIR.
Subchapter II of chapter 99 is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following new heading:
`` 9902.14.04 Men's footwear Free No change No change On or before 12/ ''.
with outer soles 31/2020.......
and uppers of
rubber or
plastics (other
than sports
footwear), with
foxing or foxing
like band,
covering the
ankle, closed toe
or heel, valued
over $6.50 but
not over $12.00
per pair, not of
the protective,
waterproof or
slip-on type
(provided for in
subheading
6402.91.80)......
Strike section 1305 and insert the following:
SEC. 1305. SKI BOOTS AND SNOWBOARD BOOTS.
Subchapter II of chapter 99 is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following new heading:
`` 9902.14.34 Ski boots, cross Free No change No change On or before 12/ ''.
country ski 31/2020.......
footwear or
snowboard boots,
constructed with
a forward-leaning
upper or designed
to attach
securely to skis
or a snowboard by
means of
bindings, the
foregoing valued
over $12/pair,
with outer soles
of rubber,
plastics, leather
or composition
leather and
uppers of textile
materials
(provided for in
subheading
6404.11.90)......
Strike sections 1389, 1399, 1564, and 1565.
Strike section 1665 and insert the following:
SEC. 1665. CUSTOMS USER FEES.
Section 13031(j)(3)(A) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ``July 21, 2027'' and inserting ``October 13, 2027''.
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SA 3665. Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Udall, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Gardner, and Mr. Bennet) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 464, line 24, strike ``regulation.'' and insert the following: ``regulation: Provided further, That not less than
$50,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading shall be for capital expenses related to safety improvements, maintenance, and the non-Federal match for discretionary Federal grant programs to enable continued passenger rail operations on long-distance routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code) on which Amtrak is the sole tenant of the host railroad and positive train control systems are not required by law (including regulations): Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this heading shall be used by Amtrak to give notice under subsection (a) or (b) of section 24706 of title 49, United States Code, with respect to long-distance routes (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code) on which Amtrak is the sole tenant of the host railroad and positive train control systems are not required by law (including regulations), or otherwise initiate discontinuance of, reduce the frequency of, suspend, or substantially alter the schedule or route of rail service on any portion of such route operated in fiscal year 2018, including implementation of service permitted by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, in lieu of rail service.''.
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