[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 51 (Wednesday, April 2, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2363-S2364]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 4384. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 3221, moving the United States toward greater 
energy independence and security, developing innovative new 
technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, 
protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and 
modernizing our energy infrastructure, and to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of 
renewable energy and energy conservation; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. INCREASE IN SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING BENEFITS FOR 
                   DISABLED VETERANS.

       Section 2102 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--

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       (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``$10,000'' and 
     inserting ``$12,000''; and
       (2) in subsection (d)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``$50,000'' and inserting 
     ``$60,000''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``$10,000'' and inserting 
     ``$12,000''.
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  SA 4385. Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mr. Cochran) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3221, moving 
the United States toward greater energy independence and security, 
developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, 
creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable 
energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure, and to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for 
the production of renewable energy and energy conservation; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. STREAMLINING ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVALS FOR CERTAIN 
                   EMERGENCY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

       Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 
     submit to Congress a joint report on ways to streamline the 
     environmental approval process for community development 
     block grant housing development in areas affected by 
     Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma of 2005.
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  SA 4386. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 3221, moving the United States toward greater 
energy independence and security, developing innovative new 
technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, 
protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and 
modernizing our energy infrastructure, and to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of 
renewable energy and energy conservation; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end add the following:

                       TITLE _--GO ZONE PROPERTY

     SEC. _01. WAIVER OF DEADLINE ON CONSTRUCTION OF GO ZONE 
                   PROPERTY ELIGIBLE FOR BONUS DEPRECIATION.

       (a) In General.--Subparagraph (B) of section 1400N(d)(3) of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(B) without regard to `and before January 1, 2005' in 
     clause (i) thereof,''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 
     2007.

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