[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 12] [House] [Page 17387] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]AMENDMENTS Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as follows: H.R. 6599 Offered By: Mr. Buyer Amendment No. 28: Page 41, line 14, before the period insert ``: Provided further: That $7,000,000 of the amount appropriated in this paragraph shall be for the installation of alternative fueling stations at 35 medical facility campuses''. H.R. 6599 Offered By: Mr. Buyer Amendment No. 29: Page 41, line 14, before the period insert ``: Provided further: That $150,000,000 of the amount appropriated in this paragraph shall be for the installation of appropriate solar electric energy roof applications''. H.R. 6599 Offered By: Mr. Taylor Amendment No. 30: At the end of title IV of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. 408. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to implement section 2703 of Public Law 109-234. H.R. 6599 Offered By: Mr. Jefferson Amendment No. 31: At the end of title II (page 51, after line 11), insert the following: Sec. 226. In making amounts available under ``General operating expenses'' and ``Medical support and compliance'' to carry out the guaranteed transitional housing loan program authorized by subchapter VI of chapter 20 of title 38, United States Code, priority shall be given for funding to any area in the Gulf Opportunity Zone. H.R. 6599 Offered By: Mr. Terry Amendment No. 32: At the end of title II (page 51, after line 11), insert the following: establishment of national cemetery Sec. 226. (a) In General.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish, in accordance with chapter 24 of title 38, United States Code, a national cemetery in the Sarpy County region to serve the needs of veterans and their families. (b) Consultation in Selection of Site.--Before selecting the site for the national cemetery established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with-- (1) appropriate officials of the State of Nebraska and local officials in the Sarpy County region; and (2) appropriate officials of the United States, including the Administrator of General Services, with respect to land belonging to the United States in that area that would be suitable to establish the national cemetery under subsection (a). (c) Authority To Accept Donation of Parcel of Land.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may accept on behalf of the United States the gift of an appropriate parcel of real property. The Secretary shall have administrative jurisdiction over such parcel of real property, and shall use such parcel to establish the national cemetery under subsection (a). (2) Income tax treatment of gift.--For purposes of Federal income, estate, and gift taxes, the real property accepted under paragraph (1) shall be considered as a gift to the United States. (d) Report.--As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the establishment of the national cemetery under subsection (a). The report shall set forth a schedule for such establishment and an estimate of the costs associated with such establishment. (e) Sarpy County Region Defined.--In this section, the term ``Sarpy County region'' means the geographic area consisting of-- (1) the following counties in Nebraska: Knox, Antelope, Boone, Nance, Merrick, Hamilton, Clay, Nuckolls, Thayer, Fillmore, York, Polk, Platte, Madison, Pierce, Cedar, Wayne, Stanton, Colfax, Butler, Seward, Saline, Jefferson, Gage, Lancaster, Saunders, Dodge, Cuming, Thurston, Dixon, Dakota, Burt, Washington, Douglas, Sarpy, Cass, Otoe, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson, and the following counties in Iowa; Lyon, Sioux, Plymouth, Woodbury, Monona, Harrison, Pottawatomie, Mills, Fremont, Osceola, Dickinson, O'Brien, Clay, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Ida, Sac, Crawford, Carroll, Shelby, Audubon, Guthrie, Cass, Adair, Montgomery, Adams, Union, Page, Taylor, and Ringgold; and (2) the following counties in Missouri: Atchison, Holt, Buchanan, Platte, Clay, Clinton, Dekalb, Andrew, Nodaway, Worth, and Gentry. H.R. 6599 Offered By: Mr. Terry Amendment No. 33: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to carry out the construction of any new national veterans' cemetery, unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides to Congress, within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, a list of the six new locations for establishment of national cemeteries that includes Omaha, Nebraska, notwithstanding the current veteran population threshold for the appropriate service area standard of the Department of Veterans Affairs H.R. 6599 Offered By: Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania Amendment No. 34: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may be expended by the Veterans Administration to prevent nonpartisan voter organizations, including veterans service organizations, from conducting voluntary and nonintrusive voter registration drives at facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs. H.R. 6599 Offered By: Mr. Burgess Amendment No. 35: Page 2, line 14, insert after the dollar amount ``(increased by $100,000,000)''. Page 3, line 8, insert before the period the following: ``Provided further, That of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $100,000,000 shall be available for the design and construction of one petroleum refinery for the Army''. Page 3, line 16, insert after the dollar amount ``(increased by $200,000,000)''. Page 4, line 4, insert before the period the following: ``Provided further, That of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $200,000,000 shall be available for the design and construction of one petroleum refinery each for the Navy and Marine Corps''. Page 4, line 10, insert after the dollar amount ``(increased by $100,000,000)''. Page 5, line 7, insert before the period the following: ``Provided further, That of the amount appropriated in this paragraph, $100,000,000 shall be available for the design and construction of one petroleum refinery for the Air Force''. Page 15, line 17, insert after the dollar amount ``(reduced by $400,000,000)''. H.R. 6599 Offered By: Mr. Wamp Amendment No. 36: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to modify the standards applicable to the determination of the entitlement of veterans to special monthly pensions under sections 1513(a) and 1521(e) of title 38, United States Code, as in effect pursuant to the opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in the case of Hartness v. Nicholson (No. 04-0888, July 21, 2006). H.R. 6599 Offered By: Mr. Murphy of Connecticut Amendment No. 37: Add at the end of the bill (before the short title) the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to enforce section 3, Policy of VHA Directive 2008- 25.