[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 131 (Monday, October 17, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11441-S11442]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2060. Mr. BOND (for himself and Mrs. Murray) proposed an amendment 
to the bill H.R. 3058, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the 
Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       Strike section 719.
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  SA 2061. Mr. BOND (for himself and Mrs. Murray) proposed an amendment 
to the bill H.R. 3058, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the 
Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       Insert the following on page 348, after line 5, and 
     renumber sections accordingly:
       Sec. 321. Section 421 of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. Sec. 1715z-4a) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by inserting after ``is'' the 
     following: ``or, at the time of the violations, was''; and
       (2) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by inserting after ``held'' 
     the following: ``or, at the time of the violations, was 
     insured or held''.''.
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  SA 2062. Mr. KYL (for himself, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. 
Hutchison, and Mr. Feingold) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
3058, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, 
Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of 
Columbia, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2006, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. NO COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR MEMBERS OF 
                   CONGRESS.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment 
     shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative 
     Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) (relating to cost of 
     living adjustments for Members of Congress) during fiscal 
     year 2006.
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  SA 2063. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
Feingold, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Dayton) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 3058, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the 
Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. MINIMUM WAGE.

       (a) Increase in the Minimum Wage.--
       (1) In general.--Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor 
     Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(1) except as otherwise provided in this section, not 
     less than--
       ``(A) $5.85 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after the 
     date of enactment of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2005;
       ``(B) $6.55 an hour, beginning 12 months after that 60th 
     day; and
       ``(C) $7.25 an hour, beginning 24 months after that 60th 
     day;''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
     shall take effect 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act.
       (b) Applicability of Minimum Wage to the Commonwealth of 
     the Northern Mariana Islands.--
       (1) In general.--Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
     of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206) shall apply to the Commonwealth of 
     the Northern Mariana Islands.
       (2) Transition.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the minimum 
     wage applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
     Islands under section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
     of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) shall be--
       (A) $3.55 an hour, beginning on the 60th day after the date 
     of enactment of this Act; and
       (B) increased by $0.50 an hour (or such lesser amount as 
     may be necessary to equal the minimum wage under section 
     6(a)(1) of such Act), beginning 6 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act and every 6 months thereafter until the 
     minimum wage applicable to the Commonwealth of the Northern 
     Mariana Islands under this subsection is equal to the minimum 
     wage set forth in such section.
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  SA 2064. Mr. LIEBERMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 3058, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the 
Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which 
was order to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 251, strike line 23 and all that follows through 
     page 252, line 11, and insert the following: ``of the 
     Corporation: Provided further, That the Corporation, during 
     the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
     Act, may not assess or collect maintenance or access fees 
     from any commuter rail authority operating along the 
     Northeast Corridor:''.
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  SA 2065. Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. 
Levin, and Ms. Stabenow) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 3058, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the 
Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       On page 229, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:
       (c) Section 47114(c)(1)(F) of title 49, United States Code, 
     is amended by striking ``and 2005'' each place it appears in 
     the text and in the heading and inserting ``, 2005, and 
     2006''.
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  SA 2066. Mr. ENSIGN (for himself and Mr. Allen) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3058, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and 
Housing and

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Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 293, after line 25, add the following:
       Sec. 221. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act or source to the Secretary of the 
     Treasury may be expended for the provision of individual 
     income tax electronic filing or preparation products or 
     services other than through the Free File program. Nothing in 
     the preceding sentence shall be construed to preclude the 
     Secretary of the Treasury from making expenditures for the 
     operation of walk-in tax service centers or the volunteer 
     income tax assistance program.
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  SA 2067. Mr. BROWNBACK submitted an amendment intendd to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 3058, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the 
Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 243, strike line 20 and all that follows through 
     page 244, line 8, and insert the following:
       Sec. 121. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used to implement or enforce any 
     provisions of the Final Rule, issued on April 28, 2003 
     (Docket No. FMCSA-97-2350), with respect to--
       (1) the operators of utility service vehicles (as defined 
     in section 395.2 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations);
       (2) maximum daily hours of service for drivers engaged in 
     the transportation of property or passengers to or from a 
     motion picture or television production site located within a 
     100-air mile radius of the work reporting location of such 
     drivers; or
       (3) maximum daily hours of service for any driving 
     activities reasonably related to derailment services if such 
     rail restoration is initiated in response to a request for 
     derailment vehicles to move wrecked or disabled train cars or 
     locomotives, or make emergency repairs to track, locomotives 
     or other rolling stock made by a railroad, Federal, State or 
     local police official, or an elected official of the State or 
     locality, in which the rail emergency has occurred.
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  SA 2067. Mr. BROWNBACK submitted an amendment intendd to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 3058, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the 
Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 312, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following:
       The referenced statement of the managers under the heading 
     ``Community Development Fund'' in title II of division I of 
     Public Law 108-447 is deemed to be amended with respect to 
     item number 83 with respect to amounts made available for 
     Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas by striking 
     ``construction'' and inserting ``planning, design, 
     engineering, and construction''.

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