[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 156 (Tuesday, October 16, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12942-S12943]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3320. Mr. COBURN (for himself and Mr. Kyl) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3043, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2008, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec.    . None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used--
       (1) to carry out the Entertainment Education Program of the 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
       (2) for the Ombudsman Program of the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention; and
       (3) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to 
     provide additional rotating pastel lights, zero-gravity 
     chairs, or dry-heat saunas for its fitness center.
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  SA 3321. Mr. COBURN (for himself and Mr. Kyl) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3043, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2008, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act, none of the funds made available under the heading 
     ``office of museum and library services: grants and 
     administration'' under the heading ``Institute of Museum and 
     Library Services'' in title IV may be used for for the Bethel 
     Performing Arts Center.
       (b) The amount made available under the heading ``office of 
     museum and library services: grants and administration'' 
     under the heading ``Institute of Museum and Library 
     Services'' in title IV is reduced by $1,000,000, and the 
     amount made available under the heading ``health resources 
     and services'' under the heading ``Health Resources and 
     Services Administration'' in title II is increased by 
     $336,500, which $336,500 shall be used to carry out title V 
     of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701 et seq.), in order 
     to provide additional funding for the maternal and child 
     health services program carried out under that title.
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  SA 3322. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 3043, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __. (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act, no funds appropriated under this Act shall be made 
     available for--
       (1) the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation in Austin, Texas, 
     for the Presidential timeline project;
       (2) the ECHO Center in, Burlington, Vermont, for the Lake 
     Champlain Quadracentennial; or
       (3) the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center in 
     Virginia Beach, Virginia, to expand outreach programs.



       (b) Amounts available as a result of the prohibition under 
     subsection (a) shall be transferred to the Secretary of 
     Education to be used to increase funding for special 
     education programs authorized by the Individuals with 
     Disabilities Education Act.
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  SA 3323. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 3043, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title III, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     the Secretary of Education shall, not later than September 
     30, 2008, submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
     and post on the Internet website of the Department of 
     Education, a report concerning--
       (1) the total number of Department of Education employees, 
     including employees who salaries are paid by the Department 
     but are employed by contractors or grantees of the 
     Department;
       (2) the total number, and percentage, of such employees who 
     have previously worked in a classroom as a teacher or a 
     teacher's assistant;
       (3) of the employees who have worked in a classroom, the 
     average number of years of time spent as an instructor;

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       (4) the total dollar amount, and overall percentage of the 
     Department of Education funding, that is expended--
       (A) in the classroom;
       (B) on student tuition assistance;
       (C) on overhead and administrative costs and expenses; and
       (D) on Congressionally directed spending items, including 
     the administrative costs of administering such earmarks; and
       (5) a listing of all of the programs run by the Department 
     of Education and the total budget and most recent evaluation 
     of each such program, and a notation if no such evaluation 
     has been conducted.

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