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1995 T64.26

Pickett

Pombo

Pomeroy

Porter

Portman

Poshard

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Ramstad

Reed

Regula

Riggs

Roberts

Roemer

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Rose

Roth

Royce

Salmon

Sanford

Sawyer

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shuster

Sisisky

Skaggs

Skeen

Skelton

Smith (MI)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Spratt

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stump

Stupak

Talent

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Tejeda

Thomas

Thornberry

Thurman

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Traficant

Upton

Volkmer

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Weldon (FL)

Weldon (PA)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Williams

Wilson

Wise

Wolf

Young (AK)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NOT VOTING—29

Abercrombie

Barton

Bono

Boucher

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Dicks

Dunn

Fattah

Frisa

Hancock

Kleczka

Martini

Meek

Miller (CA)

Mink

Moakley

Nussle

Ortiz

Pastor

Peterson (FL)

Rangel

Richardson

Rogers

Schumer

Tanner

Torres

Watts (OK)

Young (FL)

So the amendment was not agreed to.

After some further time,

T64.25 RECORDED VOTE

A recorded vote by electronic device

was ordered in the Committee of the

Whole on the following amendment

submitted by Mr. VISCLOSKY:

Page 82, after line 21, insert the following:

(c) NATIONAL CLEAN WATER TRUST FUND.—

Section 309 (33 U.S.C. 1319) is further amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(i) NATIONAL CLEAN WATER TRUST FUND.—

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established

in the Treasury a National Clean Water

Trust Fund (hereinafter in this subsection

referred to as the ‘Fund’) consisting of

amounts transferred to the Fund under paragraph (2) and amounts credited to the Fund

under paragraph (3).

‘‘(2) TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS.—For fiscal

year 1996, and each fiscal year thereafter, the

Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer, to

the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts, to the fund an amount determined by the Secretary to be equal to the

total amount deposited in the general fund

of the Treasury in the preceding fiscal year

from fines, penalties, and other moneys obtained through enforcement actions conducted pursuant to this section and section

505(a)(1), including moneys obtained under

consent decrees and excluding any amounts

ordered to be used to carry out mitigation

projects under this section or section 505(a),

as the case may be.

‘‘(3) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest in interest-bearing obligations of the United States

such portion of the Fund as is not, in the

Secretary’s judgment, required to meet current withdrawals. Such obligations shall be

acquired and sold and interest on, and the

proceeds from the dale or redemption of,

such obligations shall be credited to the

Fund in accordance with the requirements of

section 9602 of the Internal Revenue Code of

1986.

‘‘(4) USE OF AMOUNTS FOR REMEDIAL

PROJECTS.—Amounts in the Fund shall be

available, as provided in appropriations Acts,

to the Administrator to carry out projects to

restore and recover waters of the United

States from damages resulting from violations of this Act which are subject to enforcement actions under this section and

similar damages resulting from the discharge of pollutants into the waters of the

United States.

‘‘(5) SELECTION OF PROJECTS.—

‘‘(A) PRIORITY.—In selecting projects to

carry out under this subsection, the Administrator shall give priority to a project to restore and recover waters of the United

States from damages described in paragraph

(4), if an enforcement action conducted pursuant to this section or section 505(a)(1)

against such violation, or another violation

in the same administrative region of the Environmental Protection Agency as such violation, resulted in amounts being deposited

in the general fund of the Treasury.

‘‘(B) CONSULTATION WITH STATES.—In selecting projects to carry out under this section, the Administrator shall consult with

States in which the Administrator is considering carrying out a project.

‘‘(C) ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS.—In determining an amount to allocate to carry out a

project to restore and recover waters of the

United States from damages described in

paragraph (4), the Administrator shall, in

the case of a priority project under subparagraph (A), take into account the total

amount deposited in the general fund of the

Treasury as a result of enforcement actions

conducted with respect to such violation

pursuant to this section or section 505(a)(1).

‘‘(6) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Administrator

may carry out a project under this subsection either directly or by making grants

to, or entering into contracts with, the Secretary of the Army or any other public or

private entity.

‘‘(7) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1

year after the date of the enactment of this

subsection, and every 2 years thereafter, the

Administrator shall transmit to Congress a

report on implementation of this subsection.’’.

‘‘(d) USE OF CIVIL PENALTIES FOR MITIGATION PROJECTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 309(d) (33 U.S.C.

1319(d)) is amended by inserting after the

second sentence the following: ‘‘The court

may, in the court’s discretion, order that a

civil penalty be used for carrying out mitigation projects which are consistent with the

purposes of this Act and which enhance the

public health or environment.’’.

‘‘(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

505(a) (33 U.S.C. 1365(a)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the

last sentence the following: ‘‘, including ordering the use of a civil penalty for carrying

out mitigation projects in accordance with

section 309(d)’’.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 156 ! negative ....................... Nays ...... 247

T64.26 [Roll No. 325]

AYES—156

Abercrombie

Andrews

Barcia

Becerra

Beilenson

Berman

Boehlert

Bonior

Borski

Brown (CA)

Brown (OH)

Burr

Castle

Clay

Clement

Clyburn

Condit

Conyers

Costello

Coyne

DeFazio

DeLauro

Dellums

Deutsch

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Dooley

Durbin

Ehlers

Engel

Ensign

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fawell

Fazio

Fields (LA)

Filner

Flake

Foglietta

Forbes

Ford

Fox

Frank (MA)

Frost

Furse

Gejdenson

Gephardt

Gibbons

Gilchrest

Gilman

Gonzalez

Gordon

Green

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutierrez

Hall (OH)

Hastings (FL)

Heineman

Hinchey

Horn

Hoyer

Jackson-Lee

Jacobs

Jefferson

Johnson (CT)

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E. B.

Kaptur

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

Klink

Lantos

Lewis (GA)

Lincoln

Lipinski

LoBiondo

Lowey

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Markey

Martinez

McDermott

McHale

McKinney

Meehan

Menendez

Metcalf

Mineta

Mink

Moran

Morella

Nadler

Neal

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Owens

Pallone

Payne (NJ)

Payne (VA)

Pelosi

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Pomeroy

Porter

Portman

Poshard

Rahall

Ramstad

Rangel

Reed

Reynolds

Richardson

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sawyer

Saxton

Schroeder

Serrano

Sisisky

Skaggs

Slaughter

Smith (NJ)

Souder

Spratt

Stark

Stokes

Studds

Stupak

Thompson

Torricelli

Towns

Traficant

Tucker

Upton

Velazquez

Vento

Visclosky

Ward

Waters

Watt (NC)

Waxman

Weldon (PA)

Wise

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

Zimmer

NOES—247

Allard

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baesler

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Baldacci

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Barrett (WI)

Bartlett

Bass

Bateman

Bentsen

Bereuter

Bevill

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Bilirakis

Bishop

Bliley

Blute

Boehner

Bonilla

Brewster

Browder

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bryant (TX)

Bunn

Bunning

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

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Cardin

Chabot

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Chapman

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clayton

Clinger

Coble

Coburn

Coleman

Collins (GA)

Combest

Cooley

Cox

Cramer

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Danner

Davis

de la Garza

Deal

DeLay

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Doolittle

Dornan

Doyle

Dreier

Duncan

Edwards

Ehrlich

Emerson

English

Everett

Ewing

Fields (TX)

Flanagan

Foley

Fowler

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Funderburk

Gallegly

Ganske

Gekas

Geren

Gillmor

Goodlatte

Goodling

Goss

Graham

Gutknecht

Hall (TX)

Hamilton

Hansen

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Hefner

Herger

Hilleary

Hilliard

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Holden

Hostettler

Houghton

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Johnson, Sam

Jones

Kanjorski

Kasich

Kelly

Kim

King

Kingston

Kleczka

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaFalce

LaHood

Largent

Latham

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Lazio

Leach

Levin

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Lewis (KY)

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Matsui

McCarthy

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McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

Meyers

Mica

Miller (FL)

Minge

Molinari

Mollohan

Montgomery

Moorhead

Murtha

Myers

Myrick

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Orton

Oxley

Packard

Parker

Paxon

Petri

Pickett

Pombo

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Regula

Riggs

Rivers

Roberts

Roemer

Rohrabacher

Ros-Lehtinen

Rose

Roth

Royce

Salmon

Sanford

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff