[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 132 (Thursday, September 17, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9568-S9570]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2423. Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself and Mr. Roberts) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 190, line 10, insert before the period at the end 
     the following: ``: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
     the joint explanatory statement of the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives accompanying 
     the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-
     161; 121 Stat. 1844), $170,800 shall be made available to the 
     city of Prescott for a wastewater treatment plant 
     construction project and $129,200 shall be made available to 
     the city of Wichita for a storm water technology pilot 
     project: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the joint 
     explanatory statement of the Committee on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives accompanying the Omnibus 
     Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-8; 123 Stat. 524), 
     the amount of $185,000 made available to the city of 
     Manhattan for the sewer mainline extension project (as 
     described in the table entitled `Congressionally Designated 
     Spending' contained in section 430 of that joint explanatory 
     statement) shall be made available to the city of Manhattan 
     for a water mainline extension project: Provided further, 
     That, notwithstanding the joint explanatory statement of the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     accompanying the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 
     111-8; 123 Stat. 524), the amount of $290,000 made available 
     to the Riley County Board of Commissioners for the Konza 
     Sewer Main Extension project (as described in the table 
     entitled `Congressionally Designated Spending' contained in 
     section 430 of that joint explanatory statement) shall be 
     made available to the city of Manhattan for the Konza Water 
     Main Extension project''.
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  SA 2424. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes;

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which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       Sec. 4___.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to construct a drinking water reservoir in 
     Fayette County, Alabama.
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  SA 2425. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       Sec. 4___.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used for the Sewall-Belmont House in Washington, 
     District of Columbia.
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  SA 2426. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       Sec. 4___.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used for an interpretive center at the California 
     National Historic Trail in Nevada.
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  SA 2427. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       Sec. 4___.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used for rat eradication at the Palmyra Atoll National 
     Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2428. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       Sec. 4___.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used for a National Conservation Training Center in 
     West Virginia.
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  SA 2429. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       Sec. 4___.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to manage excess sewage flows of the city of 
     Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
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  SA 2430. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       Sec. 4__.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to relocate a Forest Service dispatch center in the 
     Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2431. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       Sec. 4__.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for the State of Vermont for the Vermont Wood 
     Products Collaborative.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2432. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       Sec. 4__.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for the town of Moorefield, West Virginia, for 
     wastewater treatment facility upgrades.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2433. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 192, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:


          general provisions, environmental protection agency

       Sec. 2__.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for any targeted infrastructure assistance grant 
     under the State and Tribal Assistance Grants program.
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  SA 2434. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 186, line 7, strike ``$15,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$10,000,000''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2435. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 134, line 16, before the period, insert the 
     following ``: Provided, That none of the funds made available 
     under this Act may be used for a tropical botanical garden in 
     the State of Hawaii''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2436. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 129, lines 1 through 4, strike ``, of which'' and 
     all that follows through ``of 2004''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2437. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 190, lines 2 through 10, strike ``: Provided 
     further,'' and all that follows through ``drinking water 
     system improvements''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2438. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 195, line 3, before the period, insert the 
     following ``: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available under this Act may be used for trail improvements 
     on the Reno-to-Reno Rim Trail in the State of Nevada''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2439. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 134, line 16, before the period, insert the 
     following ``: Provided, That none of the funds made available 
     under this Act may be used to carry out the Native Hawaiian 
     culture and arts program in the State of Hawaii''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2440. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by

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him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:


                           funding limitation

       Sec.__.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be obligated for the purpose of implementing directives or 
     policies of the Federal Government at the direction of the 
     Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change 
     (commonly known as the ``White House Climate Change Czar'').
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2441. Mr. DORGAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of 
the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       Beginning on page 173, strike line 12 and all that follows 
     through page 174, line 5, and insert the following:
       ``(g) Requirements for Inclusion and Removal of Property in 
     Heritage Area.--
       ``(1) Private property inclusion.--No privately owned 
     property shall be included in the Heritage Area unless the 
     owner of the private property provides to the management 
     entity a written request for the inclusion.
       ``(2) Property removal.--
       ``(A) Private property.--At the request of an owner of 
     private property included in the Heritage Area pursuant to 
     paragraph (1), the private property shall be immediately 
     withdrawn from the Heritage Area if the owner of the property 
     provides to the management entity a written notice requesting 
     removal.
       ``(B) Public property.--On written notice from the 
     appropriate State or local government entity, public property 
     included in the Heritage Area shall be immediately withdrawn 
     from the Heritage Area.''.
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  SA 2442. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department 
of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 190, line 10, insert before the period at the end 
     the following: ``: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
     the joint explanatory statement of the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives accompanying 
     Public Law 111-8 (123 Stat. 524), the amount of $400,000 made 
     available to the City of Lake Norden, South Dakota, for 
     wastewater infrastructure improvements (as described in the 
     table entitled `Congressionally Designated Spending' 
     contained in section 430 of that joint explanatory statement) 
     shall be made available to the City of Lake Norden, South 
     Dakota, for drinking water infrastructure improvements''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2443. Mr. BROWNBACK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department 
of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 190, line 10, insert before the period at the end 
     the following: ``: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
     the joint explanatory statement of the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives accompanying 
     the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-
     161; 121 Stat. 1844), from funds made available by that Act 
     for the State and Tribal Assistance Grants program, $170,800 
     shall be made available to the city of Prescott for a 
     wastewater treatment plant construction project and $129,200 
     shall be made available to the city of Wichita for a storm 
     water technology pilot project: Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding the joint explanatory statement of the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     accompanying the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 
     111-8; 123 Stat. 524), the amount of $185,000 made available 
     to the city of Manhattan for the sewer mainline extension 
     project (as described in the table entitled `Congressionally 
     Designated Spending' contained in section 430 of that joint 
     explanatory statement) shall be made available to the city of 
     Manhattan for a water mainline extension project: Provided 
     further, That, notwithstanding the joint explanatory 
     statement of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives accompanying the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 
     2009 (Public Law 111-8; 123 Stat. 524), the amount of 
     $290,000 made available to the Riley County Board of 
     Commissioners for the Konza Sewer Main Extension project (as 
     described in the table entitled `Congressionally Designated 
     Spending' contained in section 430 of that joint explanatory 
     statement) shall be made available to the city of Manhattan 
     for the Konza Water Main Extension project''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2444. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department 
of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       Sec. 4__.  Section 404(c) of the Agricultural Research, 
     Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 
     7624(c)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Agricultural Research 
     Service'' and inserting ``Agricultural Research Service and 
     the Forest Service''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Authority of secretary.--To carry out a cooperative 
     agreement with a private entity under paragraph (1), the 
     Secretary may rent to the private entity equipment, the title 
     of which is held by the Federal Government.''.

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