S.Amdt. 1888Senate108th Congress (2003-2005)

To eliminate the flexibility given to the President to reallocate all of the $20.3 billion Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds, without approval by Congress.

Submitted October 17, 2003

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1888 proposed by Senator Byrd.(consideration: CR S12792-12793; text: CR S12792)

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to table amendment SA 1888 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 46. Record Vote Number: 398.

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Amendment SA 1888 proposed by Senator Byrd. (consideration: CR S12792-12793; text: CR S12792) To eliminate the flexibility given to the President to reallocate all of the $20.3 billion Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds, without approval by Congress.

October 17, 2003

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Motion to table amendment SA 1888 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 46. Record Vote Number: 398.

October 17, 2003

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SA 1883. Mr. DORGAN (for himself and Mr. Wyden) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1689, making
emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan security
and reconstruction for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 25, strike lines 7 through 18, and insert the
following:
For necessary expenses for security, rehabilitation and
reconstruction in Iraq, $18,449,000,000, to remain available
until expended, to be allocated as follows: $3,243,000,000
for security and law enforcement; $1,318,000,000 for justice,
public safety infrastructure, and civil society;
$5,560,000,000 for the electric sector; $1,900,000,000 for
oil infrastructure; $4,332,000,000 for water resources and
sanitation; $500,000,000 for transportation and
telecommunications; $370,000,000 for roads, bridges, and
construction; $793,000,000 for health care; $153,000,000 for
private sector development; and $280,000,000 for education,
refugees, human rights, democracy, and governance: Provided,
That
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SA 1884. Mr. BYRD (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Biden, Mr. Leahy, Mr.
Dorgan, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Landrieu, and Mrs. Feinstein) proposed an
amendment to amendment SA 1819 submitted by Mr. Byrd (for himself and
Mr. Durbin) to the bill S. 1689, making emergency supplemental
appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan security and reconstruction for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as
follows:

In the Amendment, strike all after (a) in line 1 and insert
the following:
Sec. 3002. Notwithstanding section 3001 of this Act, all of
the amounts provided in section 3003 of this Act, excluding
amounts contained in subsections (j), (k), (l) and (m) of
section 3003 of this Act, are designated by the Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 502 of H. Con.
Res. 95 (108th Congress).
Sec. 3003.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
amounts appropriated under the heading ``Iraq Relief and
Reconstruction Fund'' shall be reduced by $1,655,000,0000 and
the total amount appropriated under this heading shall be
allocated as follows:
(1) $3,243,0000,000 for security and law enforcement; (2)
$1,268,000,000 for justice, public safety infrastructure, and
civil society, of which not less than $107,000,000 shall be
made available for the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps; (3)
$5,646,000,000 for the electric sector; (4) $1,850,000,000
for oil infrastructure; (5) $4,332,000,000 for water
resources and sanitation; (6) $500,000,000 for transportation
and telecommunications; (7) $240,000,000 for roads, bridges,
and construction; (8) $850,000,000 for health are; (9)
$155,000,000 for private sector development; and (10)
$245,000,000 for refugees, human rights, democracy, and
governance: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by
this Act may be used to fund (1) traffic police buildings,
fleet, and equipment; (2) parking lots and cosmetic
improvements at airports; (3) electric sector institutional
strengthening; (4) solid waste management; (5) an Iraqi-
American Enterprise Fund; (6) wireless internet capabilities
for the Iraqi Telephone Postal Company (ITPC); (7) technical
and management training for ITPC; (8) postal information
technology architecture and systems; (9) management for Iraqi
television and radio; (10) a numbering schema and 911
initiative for ITPC; (11) new housing communities and new
government buildings; (12) a national security
communications network; (13) market-oriented specialized
training; (14) municipal public information centers; and
(15) catch-up business training: Provided further, That of
the funds appropriated by this Act, not more than
$765,000,000 may be made available for petroleum product
imports, and not more than $100,000,000 may be made
available for new prison construction.
(b) In addition to amounts made available elsewhere in this
Act, there is hereby appropriated to the Department of
Defense $363,300,000, to be used only for recovery and repair
of damage due to natural disasters including Hurricane
Isabel, to be distributed as follows:
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $66,600,000
``Operation and Maintenance, Navy'', $118,400,000
``Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps'', $9,200,000
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'', $166, 900,000;
and
``Other Procurement, Air Force'', $2,200,000.
(c) For an additional amount for ``Military Construction,
Army'', $65,200,000, to remain available until September 30,
2008, to be used only to repair facilities damaged by
Hurricane Isabel at Fort Monroe, Virginia: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be
obligated or expended to carry out military construction
projects not otherwise authorized by law.
(d) For an additional amount for ``Military construction,
Navy'', $45,530,000, to remain available until September 30,
2008, to be used for facilities damaged beyond repair by
Hurricane Isabel, including $40,920,000 to replace the
central chilled water plant at the United States naval
Academy, Maryland, and $4,610,000 to replace Building 3104,
Lucas Hall, at Quantico, Virginia: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may be
obligated or expended to carry out military construction
projects not otherwise authorized by law.
(e) For an additional amount for ``Family Housing,
Operation and Maintenance, Army'', $8,151,000 to repair
family housing units damaged by Hurricane Isabel at Fort
Monroe and Fort Lee, Virginia: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, such funds may be obligated or
expended to carry out military construction projects not
otherwise authorized by law.
(f) For an additional amount for ``Family Housing,
Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps'',
$6,280,000 to repair family housing units damaged by
Hurricane Isabel at various locations in Virginia and North
Carolina: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, such funds may be obligated or expended to carry out
military construction projects not otherwise authorized by
law.
(g) For an additional amount for ``Family Housing Operation
and Maintenance, Air Force'', $6,981,000 to repair family
housing units damaged by Hurricane Isabel at Langley Air
Force Base, Virginia: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, such funds may be obligated or
expended to carry out military construction projects not
otherwise authorized by law.
(h) For an additional amount for ``Operation and
Maintenance, Navy'', $23,183,000, which may be transferred to
the Department of Homeland Security for Coast Guard
Operations.
(i) In addition to the amounts otherwise made available in
this Act, $600,000,000 shall be made available for
``Operation and Maintenance, Army'': Provided, That these
funds are available only for the purpose of securing and
destroying conventional munitions in Iraq, such as bombs,
bomb materials, small arms, rocket propelled grenades, and
shoulder-launched missiles.
(j) For an additional amount for ``United States Emergency
Fund for Complex Foreign Crises'', $150,000,000: Provided,
That not less than $200,000,000 of the funds made available
under this heading shall be made available for humanitarian
relief and reconstruction activities in Liberia: Provided
further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be
made available for Sudan.

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(k) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
amounts appropriated for accelerated assistance for
Afghanistan under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' shall
be increased by $261,000,000 and the total amount
appropriated under this heading for Afghanistan shall be
allocated as follows:
(1) not to exceed $60,000,000 should be used for activities
related to disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of
militia combatants, including registration of such
combatants, notwithstanding section 531(e) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961; (2) not to exceed $120,000,000 for
major and provincial road construction and repair; (3) not to
exceed $95,000,000 for schools and education; (4) not to
exceed $55,000,000 for private sector development including
to repair and procure electric power generation and
distribution infrastructure; (5) not to exceed $50,000,000 to
support the Government of Afghanistan; (6) not to exceed
$2,000,000 for additional policy experts in Afghan
ministries; (7) not to exceed $65,000,000 for elections,
governance, and human rights; (8) not to exceed $50,000,000
for projects directly involving requirements identified by
provincial reconstruction teams; (9) not to exceed
$66,000,000 for health services; (10) not to exceed
$25,000,000 for water projects; (11) not to exceed
$25,000,000 for environmental projects related to drought
relief; (12) not to exceed $25,000,000 for emergency food,
fuel, clothing and shelter materials for Afghans who are
internally displaced; and (13) not to exceed $45,000,000 for
additional activities that are specifically targeted to
advancing the social, economic, and political rights and
opportunities of women.
(l) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
amounts appropriated under the heading ``International
Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' shall be increased by
$50,000,000.
(m) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
amounts appropriated under the heading ``Foreign Military
Financing Program'' shall be increased by $75,000,000.
(n) The entire amount in:
(i) subsection (b) shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for that amount, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in H. Con. Res. 95 (108th
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
year 2004, is transmitted by the President to the Congress;
(ii) subsection (c) shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for that amount, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in H. Con. Res. 95, the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress;
(iii) subsection (d) shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for that amount, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in H. Con. Res. 95, the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress;
(iv) subsection (e) shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for that amount, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in H. Con. Res. 95, the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress;
(v) subsection (f) shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for that amount, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in H. Con. Res. 95, the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress;
(vi) subsection (g) shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for that amount, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in H. Con. Res. 95, the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress; and
(vii) subsection (h) shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for that amount, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in H. Con. Res. 95, the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress;
(viii) subsection (i) shall be available only to the extent
that an official budget request for that amount, that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in H. Con. Res. 95, the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress;
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SA 1885. Mr. BROWNBACK proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1689,
making emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan
security and reconstruction for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 38, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following
new sections:
Sec. 2313. (a) The total amount appropriated in chapter 2
of this title under the subheading ``Iraq Relief and
Reconstruction Fund'' under the heading ``OTHER BILATERAL
ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT'', is
hereby reduced by $600,000,000.
(b) Of the total amount appropriated in chapter 2 of this
title under the subheading referred to in subsection (a),
$5,186,000,000 shall be available for security, including
public safety requirements, national security, and justice,
of which not less than $126,000,000, shall be available for
the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps.
Sec. 2313. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be used to fund the following:
(1) Solid waste management in Iraq.
(2) WiFi capabilities for IPTC in Iraq.
(3) Housing in Iraq.
(4) Market-oriented specialized training for Iraqis.
(5) Catch-up business training for Iraqis.
(6) Development or construction of the Abu Gharaib
Memorial, or any similar memorial.
(7) The Athletes Committee in Iraq, including any
conference or memorial that addresses atrocities committed
against Iraqi athletes.

On page 28, beginning on line 18, strike ``$422,000,000''
and all that follows through ``Provided,'' on line 20 and
insert ``$822,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2005, for accelerated assistance for Afghanistan, of
which not less than $60,000,000 shall be available for
disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration; $50,000,000
shall be available for a venture capital fund to promote
development of the private sector; $155,000,000 shall be
available for accelerated funding for the National Army of
Afghanistan; $60,000,000 shall be available for the
Government of Afghanistan to provide security and minimal
services, collect revenue, and pay salaries for military and
civilian officials; $15,000,000 shall be available for power
generation projects; and $5,000,000 shall be available for
natural resources assessments: Provided,''.

On page 29, line 17, strike ``$100,000,000'' and all that
follows through ``Provided'' beginning on line 17, and insert
``$250,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
not less than $200,000,000 shall be made available for
humanitarian relief and reconstruction activities in Liberia:
Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be
made available for Sudan: Provided further,''.
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SA 1886. Mr. BYRD proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1689, making
emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan security
and reconstruction for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and
for other purposes; as follows:

At the end of title I, add the following:
Sec. 316. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available
by this Act may be obligated or expended for the involuntary
deployment overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom of
a member of the National Guard or Reserves if that member has
been involuntarily deployed for any period of six months or
more during the six-year period ending on the date the
involuntary deployment overseas would otherwise commence.
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SA 1887. Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Harkin) proposed
an amendment to the bill S. 1689, making emergency supplemental
appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan security and reconstruction for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as
follows:

On page 25, strike lines 7 through the colon on line 18,
and insert the following:
For necessary expenses for security, rehabilitation and
reconstruction in Iraq, $18,449,000,000, to remain available
until expended, to be allocated as follows: $3,243,000,000
for security and law enforcement; $1,318,000,000 for justice,
public safety infrastructure, and civil society;
$5,560,000,000 for the electric sector; $1,900,000,000 for
oil infrastructure; $4,332,000,000 for water resources and
sanitation; $500,000,000 for transportation and
telecommunications; $370,000,000 for roads, bridges, and
construction; $793,000,000 for health care; $153,000,000 for
private sector development; and $280,000,000 for education,
refugees, human rights, democracy, and governance:
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SA 1888. Mr. BYRD (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr.
Feingold, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Jeffords, and Mr. Dayton) proposed an
amendment to the bill S. 1689, making emergency supplemental
appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan security and reconstruction for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as
follows:

On page 27, line 9, strike ``Provided further, That the
President may reallocate funds provided under this heading:''
On page 27, line 21, strike ``used for such purposes'' and
insert ``shall be available only to the extent that the funds
are made available in a subsequent appropriations act''.
On page 12, line 11, strike, ``, and in addition such funds
as necessary, not to exceed $5,000,000,000, as approved by
the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Subcommittees
on Defense'';
On page 15, strike Section 312;
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SA 1889. Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself and Mr. Reid) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1689, making
emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and

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Afghanistan security and reconstruction for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

On page 39, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
Sec. 3002. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
and subject to subsection (b), none of the funds appropriated
or otherwise made available by this Act or any other Act for
fiscal year 2004 or any fiscal year thereafter may be
expended by a United States Government agency or contractor
to enter into or modify any contract or subcontract with the
Government of Saudi Arabia or any company or other business
entity incorporated or otherwise based in Saudi Arabia.
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall be in effect
until the Secretary of State has certified, in writing, to
Congress that--
(1) the Government of Saudi Arabia has issued and made
available valid exit visas to all United States citizens who
are 18 years of age or older, and the minor children of such
citizens, who the Secretary of State has reason to believe
desire to leave Saudi Arabia but are currently prohibited
from doing so;
(2) the Government of Saudi Arabia has surrendered custody
of United States citizen minor children who the Secretary of
State has reason to believe were taken or removed from the
United States in violation of a custody order issued by a
court in the United states or in violation of United States
law, to the United States or the minor child's left behind
parent or guardian; and
(3) the United States citizens referred to in paragraphs
(1) and (2) were provided a safe and meaningful opportunity
to exit Saudi Arabia and return to the United States or their
place of residence.

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