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“THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Senate section on pages S9429-S9431 on Sept. 16, 1997.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT,
1998
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DeWINE AMENDMENT NO. 1194
(Ordered to lie on the table.)
Mr. DeWINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to amendment No. 1186 intended to be proposed by Mrs. Hutchison to the bill (H.R. 2107) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes; as follows:
At the end, insert the following:
(g)(1) In awarding or expending grant funds under this section, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Secretary, and each State, territory, group, or institution that receives funds under this section shall ensure that priority is given to supporting projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve underserved populations or children.
(2) In this section:
(A) The term ``child'' means an individual under the age of 19.
(B) The term ``underserved population'' means a population of individuals who have historically been outside the purview of arts and humanities programs due to a high incidence of income below the poverty line or to geographic isolation.
(C) The term ``poverty line'' means the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of the size involved.
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HUTCHINSON AMENDMENT NO. 1195
(Ordered to lie on the table.)
Mr. HUTCHINSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill, H.R. 2107, supra; as follows:
On page 127, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:
SEC. . MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE PROGRAM.
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be made available for the United States Man and the Biosphere program or any related project.
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HUTCHINSON AMENDMENT NO. 1196
Mr. HUTCHINSON proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 2107, supra; as follows:
On page 152, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
TITLE VII--AMERICAN HERITAGE RIVERS INITIATIVE
SEC. 701. AMERICAN HERITAGE RIVERS INITIATIVE.
(a) In General.--During fiscal year 1998 and each fiscal year thereafter, the President and other officers of the executive branch may implement the American Heritage Rivers Initiative under Executive Order 13061 (62 Fed. Reg. 48445) only in accordance with this section.
(b) Designation by Congress.--
(1) Nominations.--The President, acting through the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality shall submit to Congress nominations of the 10 rivers that are proposed for designation as American Heritage Rivers.
(2) Prioritization.--The nominations shall be subject to the prioritization process established by the Clean Water Act
(42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.), and other applicable Federal law.
(3) Consultation with Property Owners.--To ensure the protection of private property owners along a river proposed for nomination, all property owners holding title to land directly abutting river bank shall be consulted and asked to offer letters of support for or opposition to the nomination.
(3) Designation.--The American Heritage Rivers Initiative may be implemented only with respect to rivers that are designated as American Heritage Rivers by Act of Congress.
(c) Definition of river community.--For the purposes of the American Heritage River Initiative, as used in Executive Order 13061, the term ``river community'' shall include all persons that own property, reside, or regularly conduct business within 10 miles of the river.
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CAMPBELL AMENDMENT NO. 1197
Mr. CAMPBELL proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 2107, supra; as follows:
On page 52 beginning on line 16, strike all through page 54, line 22, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
Sec. 118. Any funds made available in this Act or any other Act for tribal priority allocations (hereinafter in this section ``TPA'') in excess of the funds expended for TPA in fiscal year 1997 (adjusted for fixed costs, internal transfers pursuant to other law, and proposed increases to formula driven programs not included in tribes' TPA base,) shall only be available for distribution----
(1) to each Tribe to the extent necessary to provide that Tribe the minimum level of funding recommended by the Joint/Tribal/BIA/DOI Task Force on Reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Report of 1994 (hereafter ``the 1994 Report'') not to exceed $160,000 per Tribe; and
(2) to the extent funds remain, such funds will be allocated according to the recommendations of a Task Force comprised of two (2) representatives from each BIA area. These representatives shall be selected by the Secretary with the participation of the tribes following procedures similar to those used in establishing the Joint/Tribal/BIA/DOI Task Force on Reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In determining the allocation of remaining funds, the Task Force shall consider the recommendations and principles contained in the 1994 Report. If the Task Force cannot agree on a distribution by January 31, 1998, the Secretary shall distribute the remaining funds based on the recommendations of a majority of Task Force members no later than February 28, 1998.
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ABRAHAM AMENDMENTS NOS. 1198-1199
(Ordered to lie on the table.)
Mr. ABRAHAM submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by him to the bill, H.R. 2107, supra; as follows:
Amendment No. 1198
On page 17, line 8, strike ``$167,694,000, to remain available until expended'' and insert ``$201,048,000, to remain available until expended, of which $8,000,000 shall transferred to the Smithsonian Institution and made available for restoration of the Star Spangled Banner, $8,000,000 shall be transferred to the National Endowment for the Humanities and made available for the preservation of papers of former Presidents of the United States, of which $9,000,000 shall be available for the replacement of the wastewater treatment system at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, of which
$2,000,000 shall be available for the stabilization of the hospital wards, crematorium, and immigrant housing on islands 2 and 3 of Ellis Island, and of which $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Smithsonian Institution and made available for the preservation of manuscripts and original works of great American composers''.
On page 96, line 16, strike ``$83,300,000'' and insert
``$55,533,000''.
On page 96, line 25, strike ``$16,760,000'' and insert
``$11,173,000''.
At the end of title III, insert the following:
Sec. . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not more than $10,044,000 of the funds appropriated for the National Endowment for the Arts under this Act may be available for private fundraising activities for the endowment.
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Amendment No. 1199
At the end of title III, insert the following:
Sec. . (a) Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The arts play an important part in American culture and should continue to be supported.
(2) The National Endowment for the Arts has been plagued by controversy by those questioning the use of tax dollars for certain projects and by artists who fear their work will be censured.
(3) The private funding for the arts has been increasing consistently since 1965 and the American people generously gave a record high $10,960,000,000 in 1996.
(4) Private giving to the arts increased 40 percent during the same years that Federal funding for the arts decreased from $170,000,000 to $99,500,000.
(5) The National Endowment for the Arts contributes less than 5 percent of total Federal support for the arts and humanities.
(6) Local governments gave a total of $650,000,000 in 1996 and State governments spent a total of $250,000,000 in 1996 for the arts.
(7) The total receipts for performance arts events have increased and are quickly approaching the total receipts for spectator sports.
(8) One-third of direct National Endowment for the Arts grant funds go to 6 large cities. Those cities are New York, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.
(9) One-fifth of direct National Endowment for the Arts grant funds go to multimillion dollar arts organizations.
(10) Americans volunteer approximately 2,600,000,000 hours for the arts a year, estimated to be worth $25,600,000,000 annually.
(11) The average household contribution (from households that do contribute to the arts) was $216 in 1996. This amount represents a 55 percent increase from 1993.
(12) Certain individuals feel there needs to be a national entity for the arts.
(b) It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the National Endowment for the Arts should continue to be phased out during 1998 and 1999;
(2) in 1998 and 1999, the National Endowment for the Arts should be allowed to use a portion of the funds that are appropriated for the endowment, for private fundraising efforts;
(3) there should be a private, nonprofit organization established, to be known as the ``American Foundation for the Arts'', where generous Americans can contribute their funds to a national arts entity that promotes the arts throughout the United States without the intrusion of the Federal government; and
(4) additional tax incentives for charitable donations should be established, such as charitable tax deduction for nonitemizers, the elimination of the cap on charitable deductions, and specific tax credit for donations to the private, nonprofit organization described in paragraph (3).
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MACK (AND GRAHAM) AMENDMENT NO. 1200
Mr. GORTON (for Mr. Mack, for himself and Mr. Graham) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 2107, supra; as follows:
On page 19, line 2, strike the colon and insert in lieu there of ``: Provided further, That the Secretary may provide such funds to the State of Florida for acquisitions within Stormwater Treatment Area 1-E, including reimbursement for lands or water, or interests therein, within Stormwater Treatment Area 1-E acquired by the State of Florida prior to the enactment of this Act.''
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MURKOWSKI AMENDMENT NO. 1201
Mr. GORTON (for Mr. Murkowski) proposed an amendment to the bill, H.R. 2107, supra; as follows:
Sec. . (a) Priority of Bonds.--Section 3 of Public Law 94-392 (90 Stat. 1193, 1195) is amended--
(1) by striking ``priority for payment'' and inserting ``a parity lien with every other issue of bonds or other obligations issued for payment''; and
(2) by striking ``in the order of the date of issue''.
(b) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to obligations issued on or after the date of enactment of this section.
(c) Short-Term Borrowing.--Section 1 of Public Law 94-392
(90 Stat. 1193) is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof:
``(d) The legislature of the government of the Virgin Islands may cause to be issued notes in anticipation of the collection of the taxes and revenues for the current fiscal year. Such notes shall mature and be paid within one year from the date they are issued. No extension of such notes shall be valid and no additional notes shall be issued under this section until all notes issued during a preceding year shall have been paid.''
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GORTON (AND BYRD) AMENDMENTS NOS. 1202-1203
Mr. GORTON (for himself and Mr. Byrd) proposed two amendments to the bill, H.R. 2107, supra; as follows:
Amendment No. 1202
On page 6, line 20, strike ``Any'' and insert in lieu thereof ``The Federal share of''.
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Amendment No. 1203
On page 32, beginning with the colon on line 13, strike all thereafter through ``funds'' on line 18 and insert in lieu thereof the following: ``: Provided further, That tribes may use tribal priority allocations funds for the replacement and repair of school facilities which are in compliance with 25 U.S.C. 2005(a) so long as such replacement or repair is approved by the Secretary and completed with non-Federal tribal and/or tribal priority allocations funds''.
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