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TEXT OF AMENDMENTS
SA 3005. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 II of division C, add the following:
Sec. 2__. Any amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act for bonuses for individuals in Senior Executive Service positions (as defined in section 3132 of title 5, United States Code) at medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs that have a one-star rating shall instead be used to conduct background check adjudication actions for employees of the Veterans Health Administration.
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SA 3006. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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:
Beginning on page 50, strike line 20 and all that follows through page 51, line 4.
Beginning on page 51, strike line 12 and all that follows through page 53, line 2.
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SA 3007. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 28, strike line 10 and all that follows through page 29, line 19.
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SA 3008. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 III in division A, add the following:
Sec. 3__. No funds appropriated by this or any other Act, or made available by the transfer of funds in this Act, may be used by the Secretary of Energy to develop or manage any training or workforce development program for the growth of the energy efficiency or clean energy sectors.
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SA 3009. Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 III of division A, add the following:
Sec. 3__. Section 136(a)(5) of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013(a)(5)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; or'';
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and indenting appropriately;
(3) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking ``designed to carry'' and inserting the following: ``designed--
``(A) to carry''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) to carry at least 28 seated passengers and that achieves not less than a 22 miles-per-gallon equivalent at a model bus testing program, while operating as a fully electric vehicle.''.
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SA 3010. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, and Ms. Hirono) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 4, line 18, strike ``$2,161,000,000'' and insert
``$2,165,000,000''.
On page 5, line 3, strike the period at the end and insert the following: ``: Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading, $12,000,000 shall be for the navigation program of the Corps of Engineers under section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 577).''
On page 8, line 3, strike ``$193,000,000'' and insert
``$189,000,000''.
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SA 3011. Mr. COONS (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 22, insert ``, and, in recognition that there is growing evidence that plastic straws contribute to the 8,000,000 tons of plastic that enter the oceans every year while not contributing significantly to the beverage consumption experience, not more than $5,000 that shall be used by the Architect of the Capitol to work with contractors to eliminate or reduce the use of plastic straws in facilities of the legislative branch that are under the care of the Architect of the Capitol'' before ``; for''.
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SA 3012. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 II of division C, add the following:
Sec. 2__. The Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall conduct an investigation of all nursing homes of the Department of Veterans Affairs that had an overall one-star rating as of December 31, 2017, as determined by the rating system of the Department.
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SA 3013. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Jones) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 II of division C, add the following:
SEC. 2__. PUBLICATION OF QUALITY RATING OF NURSING HOMES OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than annually thereafter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress and publish in the Federal Register and on a publicly available Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs the rating assigned by the Department to each nursing home of the Department with respect to quality of care, including all internal metrics and criteria used in determining such rating.
(b) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(1) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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SA 3014. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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. ___. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be used for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a civil works project of the Corps of Engineers authorized by Congress if that construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair does not provide an open, competitive process that considers both domestic and international supplies of iron and steel products used in the project.
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SA 3015. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 C, insert the following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act for Overseas Contingency Operations and none of such funds that remain available after fiscal year 2019 may be used for the European Deterrence Initiative after fiscal year 2019.
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SA 3016. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 28, strike lines 3 through 9.
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SA 3017. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 V of division A, insert the following:
Sec. 5__. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the advanced technology vehicles manufacturing incentive program established under section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17013).
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SA 3018. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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, add the following:
Sec. 3__. None of the funds made available in this title may be used to provide financial assistance under section 363 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6323).
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SA 3019. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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. 5__. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulation or guidance that references or relies on analysis contained in--
(1) the document entitled ``Technical Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866'', published by the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in February 2010;
(2) the document entitled ``Technical Support Document: Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866'', published by the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in May 2013 and revised in November 2013;
(3) the notice published by the Council on Environmental Quality entitled ``Revised Draft Guidance for Federal Departments and Agencies on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Effects of Climate Change in NEPA Reviews''
(79 Fed. Reg. 77802 (December 24, 2014));
(4) the document entitled ``Technical Support Document: Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866'', published by the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in July 2015;
(5) the document entitled ``Addendum to Technical Support Document on Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis under Executive Order 12866: Application of the Methodology to Estimate the Social Cost of Methane and the Social Cost of Nitrous Oxide'', published by the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United States Government, in August 2016; or
(6) the document entitled ``Technical Support Document: Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866'', published by the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United States Government, in August 2016.
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SA 3020. Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Paul) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 7, insert ``: Provided, that the Director shall use not less than $500,000 of the amount made available under this heading for (1) improving technical systems, processes, and models for the purpose of improving the transparency of estimates of budgetary effects to Members of Congress, employees of Members of Congress, and the public, and (2) to increase the availability of models, economic assumptions, and data and the replicability of estimates of budgetary effects for Members of Congress, employees of Members of Congress, and the public'' before the period.
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SA 3021. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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) The final rule issued by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Army entitled ``Clean Water Rule: Definition of `Waters of the United States' '' (80 Fed. Reg. 37054 (June 29, 2015)) is void.
(b) Until such time as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Army issue a final rule after the date of enactment of this Act defining the scope of waters protected under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and that final rule goes into effect, any regulation or policy revised under, or otherwise affected as a result of, the rule voided by this section shall be applied as if the voided rule had not been issued.
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SA 3022. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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__. (a) In the case of the funds made available under the heading ``construction'' that are in excess of the budget request submitted to Congress by the President and are for the continuation of construction of projects that principally include improvements to rainfall drainage systems that address flood damages, the funds shall be equally distributed among all eligible projects.
(b) In this section, the term ``eligible project'' means a project--
(1) that principally includes improvements to rainfall drainage systems that address flood damages; and
(2) for which construction has begun or can continue.
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SA 3023. Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Ms. Warren) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 III of division A, insert the following:
Sec. 305. (a) The amount appropriated by this title under the heading ``Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation'' under the heading ``NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'' under the heading ``ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES'' is hereby increased by $65,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be allocated to developing and preparing to implement a comprehensive, long-term monitoring and verification program for activities related to the denuclearization of the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea, in coordination with relevant international partners and organizations.
(b) The amount appropriated by this title under the heading
``Weapons Activities'' under the heading ``NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'' under the heading ``ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES'' is hereby reduced by $65,000,000, with the amount of the reduction to be derived from amounts allocated to the W76-2 warhead modification program.
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SA 3024. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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. ___. PILOT PROGRAM TO EXTEND PAVEMENT LIFE.
(a) Authority.--The Secretary of the Army may, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Energy, carry out a pilot program to design, build, and test technologies and innovative pavement materials in order to extend the service life of military roads and runways.
(b) Scope.--The pilot program authorized by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) The design, test and assembly of technologies and systems suitable for pavement applications.
(2) Research, development, and testing of new pavement materials for road and runway use in different geographic areas in the United States.
(3) Design and procurement of platforms and equipment to test performance, cost, feasibility, and effectiveness.
(c) Competition Requirements.--Any award of a contract or grant under the pilot program authorized by subsection (a) shall be made using merit-based selection procedures.
(d) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than two years after the commencement of the pilot program, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the pilot program.
(2) Contents.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) An assessment of the effectiveness of activities under the pilot program in improving the service life of military roads and runways.
(B) An analysis of potential lifetime cost-savings associated with the extended service life of the runways and roads as well as potential reduction in energy demands.
(e) Termination of Authority.--The authorities under this section shall terminate on September 30, 2024.
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SA 3025. Mr. NELSON (for himself and Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 103, line 18, of division C, strike the period at the end and insert the following: ``Provided further, that of the funds made available under this heading, $3,500,000 shall be for the planning, design, and architect and engineer services for the strategic dispersal of the United States capital fleet.''.
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SA 3026. Mr. NELSON (for himself and Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 103, line 18, of division C, strike the period at the end and insert the following: ``Provided further, that of the funds made available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the incremental funding of force protection measures.''.
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SA 3027. Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Smith, and Ms. Hirono) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 V of division A, add the following:
Sec. 5____. None of the funds made available by this division or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to issue any order pursuant to section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4511) or section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824a(c)) that requires any entity--
(1) to purchase electric energy based on the fuel used to generate the electric energy; or
(2) to generate or sell electric energy unless the electric energy is required to meet an existing or imminent shortage of electric energy and the demand for electric energy cannot otherwise be met.
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SA 3028. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 II of division C, add the following:
SEC. 2__. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ON FURNISHING DENTAL HEALTH
CARE SERVICES FOR VETERANS IN RURAL AND OTHER
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a demonstration program to assess the feasibility and advisability of furnishing dental health care services, including through the use of alternative dental health care providers, to increase access to such services for eligible veterans who reside in rural and other underserved communities.
(b) Locations.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out the demonstration program in not more than four rural States, as determined by the Secretary.
(2) Priority.--The Secretary shall prioritize the establishment of programs under the demonstration program under this section in States that do not have a facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs that offers on-site dental services.
(c) Eligible Veterans.--A veteran is eligible for dental health care services under the demonstration program under this section if--
(1) the veteran is entitled to dental health care services from the Department; or
(2) the veteran is enrolled in the system of patient enrollment of the Department under section 1705 of title 38, United States Code, but is not eligible for dental health care services from the Department under authorities other than this section.
(d) Telehealth.--For purposes of alternative dental health care providers and other dental care providers who are licensed to provide clinical care, dental services provided under the demonstration program under this section may be administered by such providers through telehealth-enabled collaboration and supervision when appropriate and feasible.
(e) Use of Amounts.--Of the amounts made available to the Veterans Health Administration in this title, $20,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out the demonstration program under this section.
(f) Alternative Dental Health Care Providers Defined.--In this section, the term ``alternative dental health care providers'' has the meaning given that term in section 340G-1(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256g-1(a)(2)).
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SA 3029. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 C, insert the following:
SEC. ___. AUTOMATIC ANNUAL INCREASE IN RATES OF DISABILITY
COMPENSATION AND DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY
COMPENSATION.
(a) Indexing to Social Security Increases.--Section 5312 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(d)(1) Whenever there is an increase in benefit amounts payable under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) as a result of a determination made under section 215(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)), the Secretary shall, effective on the date of such increase in benefit amounts, increase the dollar amounts in effect for the payment of disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation by the Secretary, as specified in paragraph (2), as such amounts were in effect immediately before the date of such increase in benefit amounts payable under title II of the Social Security Act, by the same percentage as the percentage by which such benefit amounts are increased.
``(2) The dollar amounts to be increased pursuant to paragraph (1) are the following:
``(A) Compensation.--Each of the dollar amounts in effect under section 1114 of this title.
``(B) Additional compensation for dependents.--Each of the dollar amounts in effect under section 1115(1) of this title.
``(C) Clothing allowance.--The dollar amount in effect under section 1162 of this title.
``(D) New dic rates.--Each of the dollar amounts in effect under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1311(a) of this title.
``(E) Old dic rates.--Each of the dollar amounts in effect under section 1311(a)(3) of this title.
``(F) Additional dic for surviving spouses with minor children.--The dollar amount in effect under section 1311(b) of this title.
``(G) Additional dic for disability.--Each of the dollar amounts in effect under subsections (c) and (d) of section 1311 of this title.
``(H) DIC for dependent children.--Each of the dollar amounts in effect under sections 1313(a) and 1314 of this title.
``(3) Whenever there is an increase under paragraph (1) in amounts in effect for the payment of disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation, the Secretary shall publish such amounts, as increased pursuant to such paragraph, in the Federal Register at the same time as the material required by section 215(i)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)(2)(D)) is published by reason of a determination under section 215(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)).''.
(b) Effective Date.--Subsection (d) of section 5312 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section, shall take effect on the first day of the first calendar year that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SA 3030. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Jones) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 II of division C, add the following:
Sec. 2__. It is the sense of Congress that none of the funds made available in this Act should be used in a manner that would increase wait times for veterans who seek care at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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SA 3031. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 C, insert the following:
Sec. __. It is the sense of the Senate that beginning in fiscal year 2020, the European Deterrence Initiative should be funded only from funds made available for base or discretionary spending of the Department of Defense instead of funds made available for Overseas Contingency Operations.
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SA 3032. Mr. NELSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 C, insert the following:
SEC. ___. LIMITATION ON CONVERSION OF FUNDS FOR PROGRAM TO
IMPROVE RETENTION OF HOUSING BY FORMERLY
HOMELESS VETERANS AND VETERANS AT RISK OF
BECOMING HOMELESS.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not convert any of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in a fiscal year to carry out section 2013 of title 38, United States Code, from a specific purpose program to a general purpose program unless the Secretary included a proposal to do so in the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs budget for such fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President for such fiscal year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code).
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SA 3033. Mr. NELSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 C, insert the following:
SEC. ___. STAFFING OF PROGRAM MANAGERS FOR SUPPORTED HOUSING
PROGRAM OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) Staffing.--Section 2003(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``The Secretary''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) The Secretary shall provide case management support whenever requested by a local housing authority under the supported housing program administered under such section.
``(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall ensure that in each fiscal year no case manager is concurrently assigned to more than 35 veterans under this subsection.
``(B) The Secretary may waive the requirement of subparagraph (A) for a particular case manager in a particular fiscal year as the Secretary considers appropriate.
``(C) Not less frequently than once each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the waivers made by the Secretary under subparagraph (B) in the previous fiscal year. Each report shall include a description of the circumstances under which each waiver was made.
``(4) The Secretary shall ensure that each veteran to whom a case manager is assigned under this subsection is located within such distance of the case manager as the Secretary considers reasonable.
``(5)(A) In any case in which a position within the Veterans Health Administration for a case manager described in paragraph (1) is vacant for a period of 180 days or more, the Secretary shall seek to enter into a contract with a local service provider with knowledge and expertise applicable to a case manager in such position to furnish the case management services that would otherwise be provided by a case manager in such position.
``(B) The requirement in subparagraph (A) to seek to enter into a contract shall cease to apply if the Secretary fills the vacancy referred to in such subparagraph.''.
(b) Limitation on Conversion of Funds.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not convert any of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in a fiscal year to carry out section 2013 of such title from a specific purpose program to a general purpose program unless the Secretary included a proposal to do so in the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs budget for such fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President for such fiscal year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code).
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SA 3034. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Ms. Baldwin, and Mr. Johnson) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 C, add the following:
Sec. ___. (a) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2019, the Secretary of Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the results of a review, conducted by the Secretary for purposes of the report, of the analytical model used for strategic basing of KC-46 aircraft.
(b) Particular Element.--The report shall include such recommendations of the Secretary for the analytical model as the Secretary considers appropriate in order to ensure that the model addresses changes in refueling requirements along the Northern Tier of the United States as a result of the 2018 National Defense Strategy and associated mobility capability requirements, including, in particular, in connection with the growth of activities in the Northern Polar region by global and regional powers.
(c) Rule of Construction.--The requirement for a report under this section may not be construed as limiting the ability of the Air Force to make any future adjustment to the analytical model used for strategic basing of KC-46 aircraft or to any of the criteria in the analytical model.
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SA 3035. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 III of division A, add the following:
Sec. 305. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any other Act may be obligated or expended to execute any organizational change in the Department of Energy that would--
(1) limit the authority of the Secretary of Energy over the National Nuclear Security Administration, unless the Secretary has determined the organizational change to be in the public interest; or
(2) make the General Counsel of the National Nuclear Security Administration independent of the General Counsel of the Department of Energy.
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SA 3036. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 54, line 5, insert ``$10,000,000 shall be for activities related to the development of regulatory infrastructure for advanced nuclear technologies,'' after
``mission,''.
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SA 3037. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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:
After section 503 of title V of division A, insert the following:
Sec. 5__. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act--
(1) the amount available under the heading ``Nuclear Energy'' under the heading ``DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ENERGY PROGRAMS'' under title III shall be $1,196,000,000, of which not more than $292,000,000 shall be for research and development relating to reactor concepts; and
(2) the amount available under the heading ``salaries and expenses'' under the heading ``Nuclear Regulatory Commission'' under the heading ``INDEPENDENT AGENCIES'' under title IV shall be $908,350,000, of which not less than
$10,000,000 shall be for activities related to the development of regulatory infrastructure for advanced nuclear technologies, except that the amounts reserved for such development under this paragraph shall not be derived from fee revenues, notwithstanding section 6101 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 2214).
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SA 3038. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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. ___. REPORT ON CELL SITE SIMULATORS DETECTED NEAR
FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a full accounting of cell site simulators detected near facilities of the Department of Defense during the three year period ending on the date of the enactment of this Act and the actions taken by the Secretary to protect personnel of the Department, their families, and facilities of the Department from foreign powers using such technology to conduct surveillance.
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SA 3039. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:
Administrative Provisions
relocation expenses
Sec. 131. (a) Any amounts made available for salaries and expenses of the Congressional Budget Office that are authorized to be used to reimburse new employees of the Congressional Budget Office for relocation expenses shall only be available for such purposes if the Joint Committee on Taxation has been authorized to reimburse new employees of the Joint Committee on Taxation for relocation expenses.
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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SA 3040. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 75, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:
sense of the senate regarding the joint committee on taxation
Sec. 121. (a) Congress finds that--
(1) the Joint Committee on Taxation serves as a critical resource to Members of Congress on tax policy and legislation, providing expertise and technical knowledge on a nonpartisan basis;
(2) the Joint Committee on Taxation and the Congressional Budget Office both provide revenue estimates of legislation, and thus compete for many of the same candidates; and
(3) the professional staff of economists with a doctoral degree, attorneys, and accountants of the Joint Committee on Taxation should be recognized for their expertise and placed on a level playing field with the employees of the Congressional Budget Office.
(b) It is the sense of the Senate that the Joint Committee on Taxation and the Congressional Budget Office should be treated the same for purposes of compensation limitations and any other relevant matters pertaining to personnel.
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SA 3041. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Murphy (for himself and Mr. Enzi)) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 770, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of American innovation and significant innovation and pioneering efforts of individuals or groups from each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the United States territories, to promote the importance of innovation in the United States, the District of Columbia, and the United States territories, and for other purposes; as follows:
Beginning on page 6, strike line 8 and all that follows through page 8, line 5, and insert the following:
``(A) Order of issuance.--
``(i) In general.--The coins issued under this subsection commemorating either an innovation, an individual innovator, or a group of innovators, from each State, the District of Columbia, or a territory shall be issued in the following order:
``(I) State.--With respect to each State, the coins shall be issued in the order in which the States ratified the Constitution of the United States or were admitted into the Union, as the case may be.
``(II) District of columbia and territories.--After all coins are issued under subclause (I), the coins shall be issued for the District of Columbia and the territories in the following order: the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
``(ii) Application in event of the admission of additional states.--Notwithstanding clause (i), if any additional State is admitted into the Union before the end of the 14-year period referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Treasury may issue a $1 coin with respect to the additional State in accordance with clause (i)(I).
``(iii) Application in the event of independence or adding of a territory.--Notwithstanding clause (i)--
``(I) if any territory becomes independent or otherwise ceases to be a territory of the United States before $1 coins are minted pursuant to this subsection, the subsection shall cease to apply with respect to such territory; and
``(II) if any new territory is added to the United States,
$1 coins shall be issued for such territories in the order in which the new the territories are added, beginning after the
$1 coin is issued for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
``(B) Issuance of coins commemorating four innovations or innovators during each of 14 years.--
``(i) In general.--Four $1 coin designs as described in this subsection shall be issued during each year of the period referred to in paragraph (1) until 1 coin featuring 1 innovation, an individual innovator, or a group of innovators, from each of the States, the District of Columbia, and territories has been issued.
``(ii) Number of coins of each design.--The Secretary shall prescribe, on the basis of such factors as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, the number of $1 coins that shall be issued with each of the designs selected for each year of the period referred to in paragraph (1).
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SA 3042. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 III of division A, add the following:
Sec. 30___. Pursuant to section 1807 of the Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-575; 106 Stat. 4672), section 3(d)(1) of Public Law 106-392 (114 Stat. 1604), section 601(b) of the Colorado River Basin Project Act (43 U.S.C. 1551(b)), and section 15 of the Act of April 11, 1956
(commonly known as the ``Colorado River Storage Project Act'') (43 U.S.C. 620n) of the offsetting collections in the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund of the Western Area Power Administration for repayment of capital costs, $23,000,000 may be transferred to the Upper Colorado Basin Fund.
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SA 3043. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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, add the following:
The provisions in this Act shall go into effect 1 day after enactment.
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SA 3044. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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, add the following:
The provisions in this Act shall go into effect 1 day after enactment.
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SA 3045. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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, add the following:
The provisions in this Act shall go into effect 1 day after enactment.
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SA 3046. Mrs. GILLIBRAND submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 50, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
(i) West Valley Demonstration Project.--All high-level radioactive waste at the Western New York Service Center in West Valley, New York, from the project carried out under the West Valley Demonstration Project Act (42 U.S.C. 2021a note; Public Law 96-368) shall be considered to have resulted from atomic energy defense activities--
(1) for purposes of section 8 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10107); but
(2) not for purposes of--
(A) section 3(a)(3) of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plan Land Withdrawal Act (Public Law 102-579; 106 Stat. 4779); or
(B) section 213 of the Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Authorization Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-164; 93 Stat. 1265).
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SA 3047. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 4, line 18, strike ``$2,161,000,000'' and insert
``$2,250,000,000''.
On page 5, line 3, strike ``law.'' and insert the following: ``law: Provided, That of the amounts made available under this heading, $89,000,000 shall be for dredging projects.''.
On page 22, line 23, strike ``$2,322,000,000'' and insert
``$2,144,000,000''.
On page 22, line 25, strike ``direction.'' and insert the following: ``direction: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, $37,000,000 shall be available for bioenergy technologies.''.
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SA 3048. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy and water development 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 II of division A, add the following:
Sec. 2__. (a) Section 206(c)(2) of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (43 U.S.C. 620 note; Public Law 113-235) is amended by striking
``2018.'' and inserting the following: ``2022: Provided, That the Secretary shall not fund pilot projects in the Upper Colorado River Basin without the participation of the Upper Colorado River Division States, acting through the Upper Colorado River Commission.''.
(b) Section 9504(e) of the Secure Water Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) is amended by striking ``$450,000,000'' and inserting ``$480,000,000''.
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