[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 158 (Tuesday, September 30, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10165-S10166]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          RULE XLIV COMPLIANCE

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, there are over 150 public land bills on 
the Senate calendar that have been reported from the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources during the 110th Congress, for which we 
have not been able to get unanimous consent to take up and pass. In an 
effort to try to facilitate their consideration by the Senate in the 
limited time remaining in this session, I have assembled them into a 
single amendment, SA 5662, to the Monongahela National Forest 
Wilderness Bill, H.R. 5151. I filed the amendment last Friday, 
September 26, and it has been printed in the Record at S9731-S9840.
  Paragraph 4 of rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate provides 
that

       If during consideration of a bill, . . . a Senator proposes 
     an amendment containing a congressionally directed spending 
     item . . . , which was not included in the bill . . . as 
     placed on the calendar or as reported by any committee . . . 
     , then as soon as practicable, the Senator shall ensure that 
     a list of such items . . . is printed in the Congressional 
     Record.

  The term ``congressionally directed spending item'' is broadly 
defined to include

       a provision . . . included primarily at the request of a 
     Senator . . . authorizing . . . a specific amount of 
     discretionary budget authority . . . for . . . expenditure 
     with or to an entity, or targeted to a specific State, 
     locality or Congressional district, other than through a 
     statutory or administrative formula-driven or competitive 
     award process.

  Although no Senator has specifically requested me to include a 
congressionally directed spending item in SA 5662, in the interest of 
furthering the transparency and accountability of the legislative 
process, I have posted a list of the specific authorizations in SA 5662 
on the Web site of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The 
list includes the name of the principal sponsors of the Senate bills 
that have been incorporated in the amendment.
  In the hope that the Senate might yet be able to consider this 
important amendment before we adjourn, I ask unanimous consent that the 
list be printed in the Record in accordance with rule XVIV.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

S.A. 5662--The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2008 to H.R. 5151 
                  The Wild Monongahela Wilderness Act

       Provisions in Senate Amendment 5662 authorizing 
     appropriations in a specific amount

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     for expenditure with or to an entity or targeted to a 
     specific State, locality, or congressional district, other 
     than through a statutory or administrative formula-driven or 
     competitive award process:

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                                                    Principal sponsor of
   Section       Program or entity       State          Senate bill
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2501(b)......  Rio Puerco Watershed.  NM.........  Bingaman/Domenici
7101(c)......  Keweenaw National      MI.........  Levin
                Historical Park.
7111.........  Women's Rights         NY.........  Clinton
                National Historical
                Park.
7405(g)......  St. Augustine          FL.........  Martinez/Nelson
                Commemoration
                Commission.
8001(h)......  Sangre de Cristo       CO.........  Salazar/Allard
                National Heritage
                Area.
8002(h)......  Cache La Poudre        CO.........  Allard/Salazar
                National Heritage
                Area.
8003(h)......  South Park National    CO.........  Salazar
                Heritage Area.
8004(h)......  Northern Plains        ND.........  Dorgan/Conrad
                National Heritage
                Area.
8005(h)......  Baltimore National     MD.........  Mikulski/Cardin
                Heritage Area.
8006(i)......  Freedom's Way          MA & NH....  Kerry
                National Heritage
                Area.
8007(h)......  Mississippi Hills      MS.........  Cochran
                National Heritage
                Area.
8008(h)......  Mississippi Delta      MS.........  Cochran
                National Heritage
                Area.
8009(i)......  Muscle Shoals          AL.........  None
                National Heritage
                Area.
8010(h)......  Kenai Mountains-       AK.........  Murkowski
                Turnagain Arm NHA.
8201(c)......  Quinebaug & Shetucket  CT.........  Dodd
                Nat. Heritage
                Corridor.
9001(c)......  Snake, Boise &         ID.........  Craig
                Payette River
                Systems Study.
9002(b)......  Sierra Vista           AZ.........  Kyl/McCain
                Subwatershed Study.
9003(c)......  San Diego Intertie     CA.........  None
                Study.
9101(c)......  Tumalo Irrigation      OR.........  Smith/Wyden
                Project.
9102(d)......  Madera Water Supply    CA.........  Feinstein
                Project.
9103(e)......  Eastern New Mexico     NM.........  Bingaman/Domenici
                Rural Water Project.
9105(b)......  Jackson Gulch          CO.........  Salazar/Allard
                Rehabilitation
                Project.
9106(g)......  Rio Grande Pueblos...  NM.........  Bingaman
9108(j)......  Santa Margarita River  CA.........  None
9109(a)......  Elsinore Valley        CA.........  None
                Municpal Water
                District.
9110(a)......  North Bay Water Reuse  CA.........  Feinstein/Boxer
                Authority.
9111(a)......  Prado Basin Treatment  CA.........  Feinstein
                Project.
9112(b)......  Bunker Hill            CA.........  Feinstein
                Groundwater Basin.
9114(a)......  Yucaipa Valley Water   CA.........  None
                District.
9301(3)......  San Gabriel Basin      CA.........  None
                Restoration Fund.
10009........  San Joaquin            CA.........  Feinstein/Boxer
                Restoration
                Settlement.
10203........  Friant Division        CA.........  Feinstein/Boxer
                Improvements.
10501........  Reclamation Water      NM.........  Bingaman/Domenici
                Settlement Funds.
10609(a).....  Navajo-Gallup Water    NM.........  Bingaman/Domenici
                Supply Project.
10609(b).....  San Juan Conjunctive   NM.........  Bingaman/Domenici
                Use Wells.
10609(c).....  San Juan River         NM.........  Bingaman/Domenici
                Irrigation Projects.
10609(d).....  Other Irrigation       NM.........  Bingaman/Domenici
                Projects.
10702(f).....  Navajo Nation Water    NM.........  Bingaman/Domenici
                Trust Fund.
12006........  National Tropical      HI.........  Akaka
                Botanical Garden.
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