[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 139 (Friday, October 3, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S12473]
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             CORRECTED TEXT OF AMENDMENTS--October 2, 2003

  SA 1819. Mr. BYRD (for himself and Mr. Durbin) 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; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in Title III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __.

       (a) None of the funds under the heading Iraq Relief and 
     Reconstruction Fund may be used for: a Facilities Protection 
     Service Professional Standards and Training Program; any 
     amount in excess of $50,000,000 for completion of irrigation 
     and drainage systems; construction of water supply dams; any 
     amount in excess of $25,000,000 for the construction of 
     regulators for the Hawizeh Marsh; any amount in excess of 
     $50,000,000 for a witness protection program; Postal 
     Information Technology Architecture and Systems, including 
     establishment of ZIP codes; civil aviation infrastructure 
     cosmetics, such as parking lots, escalators and glass; 
     museums and memorials; wireless fidelity networks for the 
     Iraqi Telephone Postal Company; any amount in excess of 
     $50,000,000 for construction of housing units; any amount in 
     excess of $100,000,000 for an American-Iraqi Enterprise Fund; 
     any amount in excess of $75,000,000 for expanding a network 
     of employment centers, for on-the-job training, for computer 
     literacy training, English as a Second Language or for 
     Vocational Training Institutes or catch-up business training; 
     any amount in excess of $782,500,000 for the purchase of 
     petroleum product imports.
       (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     amounts made available under the heading Iraq Relief and 
     Reconstruction Fund shall be reduced by $600,000,000.
       (c) 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.

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