[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 147 (Monday, October 20, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H9707]
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   MAKING IN ORDER AT ANY TIME CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2535, ECONOMIC 
         DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2003

  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that it shall be 
in order anytime without intervention of any point of order to consider 
in the House H.R. 2535; the bill shall be considered as read for 
amendment; the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure now printed in the 
bill, modified by the amendment that I have placed at the desk, shall 
be considered as adopted; all points of order against the bill, as 
amended, shall be waived; the previous question shall be considered as 
ordered on the bill, as amended, to final passage without intervening 
motion except, one, 1 hour of debate on the bill, as amended, equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; and, two, one 
motion to recommit, with or without instructions; and the amendment 
that I have placed at the desk shall be considered as read for purposes 
of this unanimous consent request.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 15, line 25, strike the closing quotation marks and 
     the final period and insert the following:

       ``(4) Preservation of securities laws.--
       ``(A) Not treated as exempted securities.--No securities 
     issued pursuant to paragraph (2)(C) shall be treated as 
     exempted securities for purposes of the Securities Act of 
     1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, unless exempted 
     by rule or regulation of the Securities and Exchange 
     Commission.
       ``(B) Preservation.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
     (A), no provision of this subsection or any regulation issued 
     by the Secretary under this subsection shall supersede or 
     otherwise affect the application of the securities laws (as 
     such term is defined in section 2(a)(47) of the Securities 
     Exchange Act of 1934) or the rules, regulations, or orders of 
     the Securities and Exchange Commission or a self-regulatory 
     organization thereunder.''.
       Page 24, line 2, strike the period at the end and insert 
     the following:

     ; except that recipients may use grant funds awarded under 
     this section for the administrative costs of economic 
     development activities.
       Page 25, line 15, strike the period at the end and insert 
     the following:

     ; except that recipients may use grant funds awarded under 
     this section for the administrative costs of economic 
     development activities.
       At the end of the bill, add the following:

              TITLE VIII--APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

     SEC. 801. ADDITIONS TO APPALACHIAN REGION.

       (a) Kentucky.--Section 14102(a)(1)(C) of title 40, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``Nicholas,'' after ``Morgan,''; and
       (2) by inserting ``Robertson,'' after ``Pulaski,''.
       (b) Ohio.--Section 14102(a)(1)(H) of such title is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``Ashtabula,'' after ``Adams,'';
       (2) by inserting ``Fayette,'' after ``Coshocton,'';
       (3) by inserting ``Mahoning,'' after ``Lawrence,''; and
       (4) by inserting ``Trumbull,'' after ``Scioto,''.
       (c) Tennessee.--Section 14102(a)(1)(K) of such title is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``Giles,'' after ``Franklin,''; and
       (2) by inserting ``Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln,'' after 
     ``Knox,''.
       (d) Virginia.--Section 14102(a)(1)(L) of such title is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``Henry,'' after ``Grayson,''; and
       (2) by inserting ``Patrick,'' after ``Montgomery,''.

     SEC. 802. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       Section 14703(a) of title 40, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (3) and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(1) $88,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 and 2003.
       ``(2) $91,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
       ``(3) $93,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
       ``(4) $95,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Tennessee?
  There was no objection.

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