John W. Olver: “Mr. Chairman, last week Members will remember that as we were debating the VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies…”

“Mr. Chairman, last week Members will remember that as we were debating the VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies legislation, that the exact proviso that exists in section 107 was in that legislation, but attached only to the EPA title of the legislation. It serves to limit the use of funds that are provided by the Act within the EPA's title II in relation to the Kyoto Protocol. Mr. Chairman, the proviso on page 107 is, as I say, exactly the same proviso that existed in the VA-HUD Act, but in this instance it is a general provision and so it affects every one of the titles of the bill. I am offering an amendment which is the precisely parallel amendment to the amendment offered adopted by this House by a vote of 314 to 108 last week that simply makes clear that any of the activities that are part of that proviso, that any of those activities which are otherwise authorized in legislation, are not subject to the limitation that is proposed within the proviso. That I think is precisely equivalent language that we adopted by a vote of 314 to 108 last week. I would hope that the amendment would be agreed to, as it was last week, and voted last week.”