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“TEXT OF AMENDMENTS” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Senate section on pages S5460-S5462 on July 30, 2018.
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TEXT OF AMENDMENTS
SA 3666. 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 available until September 30, 2020: Provided further, That of the unobligated balances of contract authority for the TIFIA program (as defined in section 601(a) of title 23, United States Code), $13,000,000 shall be permanently rescinded, and the associated obligation limitation shall be reduced by an equal amount.''.
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SA 3667. 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:
At the appropriate place in title I of division D, insert the following:
Sec. 1__. In the case of any funds made available for national infrastructure investments for any passenger rail transportation project under title I of division C of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012
(Public Law 112-55; 125 Stat. 641), the Secretary of Transportation shall allow the recipient of a grant from those funds to expend funds by making an advance payment to Amtrak until September 30, 2018.
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SA 3668. 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 360, line 13, strike ``$60,000,000'' and insert
``$67,500,000''.
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SA 3669. Mrs. FISCHER 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 D, insert the following:
Sec. 1__. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Transportation may be obligated or expended to implement, administer, or enforce the requirements of section 31137 of title 49, United States Code, or any regulation issued by the Secretary pursuant to such section, with respect to the use of electronic logging devices by operators of commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 31132(1) of such title, transporting livestock, as defined in section 602 of the Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) or insects.
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SA 3670. Mr. CORNYN 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 D, insert the following:
Sec. __. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Federal Transit Administration under this title to carry out sections 5307, 5311, 5337, and 5339 of title 49, United States Code, may be used in awarding a contract or subcontract to an entity on or after the date of enactment of this Act for the procurement of rolling stock for use in public transportation if the manufacturer of the rolling stock is incorporated in or has manufacturing facilities in the United States and receives support from the government of a country that--
(1) is identified as a nonmarket economy country (as defined in section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(18))) as of the date of enactment of this Act;
(2) was identified by the United States Trade Representative in the most recent report required by section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) as a priority foreign country under subsection (a)(2) of that section; and
(3) is subject to monitoring by the Trade Representative under section 306 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416).
(b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with the obligations of the United States under international agreements.
(c)(1) This section shall not apply to the award of a contract or subcontract made by a public transportation agency with a rail rolling stock manufacturer described in subsection (a) if the manufacturer produced rail rolling stock for an eligible public transportation agency through a contract executed prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) A rail rolling stock manufacturer described in subsection (a) may not use funds provided under a contract or subcontract described in paragraph (1) to expand the manufacturer's production of rail rolling stock within the United States to an amount that is greater than the amount required under contractual obligations of the manufacturer as of the date of enactment of this Act.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to funds that are not appropriated or otherwise made available to the Federal Transit Administration under this title.
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SA 3671. Mr. HELLER 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 II of division D, insert the following:
Sec. ___. None of the funds made available under this Act may be used to provide housing assistance benefits for an individual who is convicted of--
(1) aggravated sexual abuse under section 2241 of title 18, United States Code;
(2) murder under section 1111 of title 18, United States Code; or
(3) any other Federal or State offense involving--
(A) severe forms of trafficking in persons or sex trafficking, as those terms are defined in paragraphs (9) and
(10), respectively, of section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102); or
(B) child pornography, as defined in section 2256 of title 18, United States Code.
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SA 3672. 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 167, between lines 22 and 23, insert the following:
Sec. 129. Of amounts appropriated under this title, not less than $1,000,000 shall be made available to the Office of Foreign Assets Control to ensure appropriate staffing and to achieve meaningful and robust implementation of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of Public Law 114-328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note), the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
(Public Law 115-44; 131 Stat. 886), and other provisions of law authorizing or requiring the imposition of sanctions.
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SA 3673. 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 in division B, insert the following:
SEC. ____. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW AND CONTINUED APPLICABILITY
OF SANCTIONS UNDER THE SERGEI MAGNITSKY RULE OF
LAW ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2012.
Section 216(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Russia Sanctions Review Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 9511(a)(2)(B)(i)) is amended--
(1) in subclause (II), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a semicolon;
(2) in subclause (III), by striking ``; and'' and inserting
``; or''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(IV) the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 (title IV of Public Law 112-208; 22 U.S.C. 5811 note); and''.
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SA 3674. 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:
At the appropriate place in title I of division D, insert the following:
Sec. 1__. (a) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall carry out, and make publicly available the results of, a study--
(1)(A) to identify opportunities for personal autonomous vehicles to reduce fuel use, congestion, and vehicle miles traveled; and
(B) to examine opportunities to coordinate the introduction of personal autonomous vehicles with vehicle fleets, ride sharing, electric vehicles, and related fueling infrastructure in both urban and rural communities; and
(2) if adequate information is not available to carry out paragraph (1), to identify research needs.
(b) The study under subsection (a) shall consider impacts on--
(1) drive cycle, including speed of driving, routing, drag, acceleration and deceleration, and communication;
(2) demand, including accessibility, parking, miles traveled, commute distances, and cost per mile traveled;
(3) vehicle design, including electrification, light-weighting, right-sizing, acceleration, and biofuel integration; and
(4) fleet optimization, including shared autonomous vehicles, mobility on demand services, and efficient routing.
(c) In carrying out the study under subsection (a), the Secretary of Transportation shall consult with--
(1) the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office of the Department of Transportation;
(2) the Vehicles Technologies Office of the Department of Energy;
(3) relevant National Laboratories (as defined in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801));
(4) the Office of Air and Radiation of the Environmental Protection Agency;
(5) relevant State, regional, and local planning commissions and governments; and
(6) relevant nonprofit organizations.
(d) In making the study under subsection (a) publicly available, the Secretary of Transportation shall ensure that no confidential business information is revealed.
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SA 3675. Mr. DONNELLY 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 III of division C, insert the following:
rural health and safety education programs
Any funds provided by this Act for rural health and safety education programs authorized under section 502(i) of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)) may be used under those programs to address the opioid abuse epidemic and to combat opioid abuse in rural communities.
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SA 3676. 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:
At the appropriate place in title I of division A, insert the following:
Sec. ____. (a) There are appropriated under the heading
``Operation of Indian Programs'' under the heading ``Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education'', in addition to any other amounts made available under such heading and in order to provide additional funding for hiring staff for tribal detention facilities, including addressing the needs of newly funded tribal detention facilities,
$2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total amount appropriated under the heading ``Working Capital Fund'' for the Department of the Interior is hereby reduced by $2,000,000.
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SA 3677. 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 may be made available to provide a discount of not less than 15 percent on passenger fares to veterans (as defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code).''.
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SA 3678. 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 258, after line 3, insert the following:
Sec. 634. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall submit to Congress a report that describes--
(1) the number of consumer complaints submitted to the Federal Trade Commission regarding the pet leasing industry;
(2) the geographic breakdown of complaints described in paragraph (1);
(3) the actions taken by the Federal Trade Commission against pet leasing companies; and
(4) the authority available to the Federal Trade Commission to take action against pet leasing companies, including how the Federal Trade Commission can best collaborate with State attorneys general in enforcing laws relating to such companies.
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SA 3679. Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Hoeven, 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 424, line 12, strike the period and insert
``Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, up to $6,000,000 shall be used for providing matching funds to qualified commercial entities seeking to demonstrate or validate technologies that the Federal Aviation Administration considers essential to the safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System at Federal Aviation Administration designated UAS test sites: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall identify essential integration technologies that could be demonstrated or validated at test sites designated in accordance with the preceding proviso.''.
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SA 3680. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1182, to extend the National Flood Insurance Program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end, add the following:
SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF COVERAGE FOR HIGH-COST RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTIES.
Section 1305 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968
(42 U.S.C. 4012) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Prohibition of Coverage for High-cost Residential Properties.--
``(1) In general.--The Administrator may not make available flood insurance under this title for any single-family residential structure--
``(A) that is built after the date of enactment of this subsection; and
``(B) with respect to which the replacement cost is not less than $2,500,000.
``(2) Definitions.--In this subsection--
``(A) the term `replacement cost', with respect to a structure, means the replacement value of the structure at the time of construction, exclusive of the value of the real estate on which the structure is located; and
``(B) the term `single-family residential structure' means a non-commercial, residential building that is a primary or secondary residence and is designed for the occupancy of 4 or fewer residences.''.
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SA 3681. Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Warner, 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 division B, insert the following:
SEC. ___. COMPENSATION FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AFFECTED BY A
LAPSE IN APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 1341 of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``An officer'' and inserting ``Except as specified in this subchapter or any other provision of law, an officer''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(c)(1) In this subsection--
``(A) the term `covered lapse in appropriations' means any lapse in appropriations that begins on or after September 30, 2018; and
``(B) the term `excepted employee' means an excepted employee or an employee performing emergency work, as such terms are defined by the Office of Personnel Management.
``(2) Each Federal employee furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for the period of the lapse in appropriations, and each excepted employee who is required to perform work during a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for such work, at the employee's standard rate of pay, at the earliest date possible after the lapse in appropriations ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates.
``(3) During a covered lapse in appropriations, each excepted employee who is required to perform work shall be entitled to use leave under chapter 63 of title 5, or any other applicable law governing the use of leave by the excepted employee, for which compensation shall be paid at the earliest date possible after the lapse in appropriations ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates.''.
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SA 3682. Mr. UDALL 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__. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, or through advance notification and approval under the reprogramming procedures specified by the explanatory statement that accompanies this Act, none of the funds provided by this Act shall be available to carry out a reorganization, relocation, transfer, consolidation, or closure of any headquarters, regional, State, or field office, or to change regional boundaries for agencies or bureaus funded by this Act.
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