[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 144 (Wednesday, October 7, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10223-S10227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2627. Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Mr. Coburn) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2847, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and 
Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2010, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) In General.--The Attorney General shall 
     direct sufficient funds to the Tax Division, including for 
     hiring additional personnel, to ensure that the thousands of 
     civil and criminal cases pending or referred during the 2010 
     fiscal year to the Tax Division or to an Office of a United 
     States Attorney related to a United States person who owes 
     taxes, interest, or penalties in connection with a foreign 
     financial account at an offshore financial institution or who 
     assisted in the establishment or administration of such an 
     account are--
       (1) acted on in a prompt fashion by a Federal prosecutor or 
     attorney;
       (2) resolved within a reasonable time period; and

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       (3) not allowed to accumulate into a backlog of inactive 
     cases due to insufficient resources.
       (b) Reprogramming.--If necessary to carry out this section, 
     the Attorney General shall submit a request during the fiscal 
     year 2010 to reprogram funds necessary for the processing of 
     such civil and criminal cases.
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  SA 2628. Mr. LAUTENBERG submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 203, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following:

     SEC. 533. STATE PRICE PARITIES.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
     States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the 
     Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin 
     Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands.
       (2) State price parities.--The term ``State price 
     parities'' means the differences in consumer price levels 
     between States, or ``Regional Price Parities'', as calculated 
     by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
       (b) Calculation.--The Director of the Bureau of Economic 
     Analysis shall regularly calculate and make public as an 
     official statistic, not less frequently than annually, State 
     price parities to determine the differences in consumer price 
     levels between States.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of the Bureau of Economic 
     Analysis shall submit a report to Congress that describes--
       (1) the method that will be used to calculate State price 
     parities;
       (2) the frequency with which such calculations will be made 
     public; and
       (3) the date on which State price parities shall first be 
     published as an official statistic.
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  SA 2629. Mr. McCAIN proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2847, 
making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and 
Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2010, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 202, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:
       Sec. 530A.  None of the funds made available in this Act 
     for the Department of Justice may be used to investigate or 
     enforce Federal laws related to the importation of 
     prescription drugs by individuals for personal use, by 
     pharmacists, or by wholesalers or to bring an action against 
     such individuals, pharmacists, or wholesalers related to such 
     importation: Provided, That the Department of Justice or its 
     subagencies do not have a reasonable belief that the 
     prescription drug at issue violates the Federal Food, Drug, 
     and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.): Provided further, 
     That the prescription drug at issue is not a controlled 
     substance, as defined in section 102 of the Controlled 
     Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802), or a biological product, as 
     defined in section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 262).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2630. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the amounts made available in this title 
     under the heading ``Community Oriented Policing Services'' 
     may be used in contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal 
     Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
     (8 U.S.C. 1373(a)).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2631. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 in title III, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds appropriated under this Act may 
     be used to carry out the functions of the Political Science 
     Program in the Division of Social and Economic Sciences of 
     the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences 
     of the National Science Foundation.
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  SA 2632. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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:
       Sec. ___. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act and except as provided in subsection (b), any report 
     required to be submitted by a Federal agency or department to 
     the Committee on Appropriations of either the Senate or the 
     House of Representatives in this Act shall be posted on the 
     public website of that agency upon receipt by the committee.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
       (1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
     security; or
       (2) the report contains proprietary information.
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  SA 2633. Mr. COCHRAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 170, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:

     SEC. 220. EXEMPTION AUTHORITY.

       (a) In General.--Section 845 of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(d) The Attorney General may exempt from all or a part of 
     the provisions of this chapter explosive materials or 
     explosive devices containing such materials when a 
     determination is made, by regulation, that the explosive 
     materials or explosive devices--
       ``(1) are of a type that does not pose a threat to public 
     safety; and
       ``(2) are unlikely to be used as a weapon.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall take effect 180 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act.
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  SA 2634. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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:
       Sec. ___.  None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used by the Department of Justice to prosecute or otherwise 
     sanction any individual who--
       (1) provided input into the legal opinions by the Office of 
     Legal Counsel of the Department of Justice analyzing the 
     legality of the enhanced interrogation program;
       (2) relied in good faith on those legal opinions; or
       (3) was a member of Congress and was briefed on the 
     enhanced interrogation program and did not object to the 
     program going forward.
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  SA 2635. Mr. VITTER (for himself and Ms. Landrieu) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2847, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and 
Science, 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:
       Sec. ___.  At the discretion of the Attorney General, funds 
     appropriated under the heading ``Byrne Discretionary grants'' 
     under funding for the Department of Justice in the Commerce, 
     Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2009 (Public Law 111-8) to the Louisiana District Attorney's 
     Association for the purpose to support an early intervention 
     program for at-risk elementary students may be available to 
     the University of Louisiana-Lafayette for the same purpose.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2636. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 184, line 19, strike ``representation expenses:'' 
     and insert ``representation expenses: Provided further, That 
     not more than $500,000 shall be available for the 
     establishment of an Assistant United States Trade 
     Representative for Small Business:''.
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  SA 2637. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 106, line 21, before the period, insert the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That

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     the International Trade Administration shall, not later than 
     180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, report 
     to Congress on the progress that has been made in carrying 
     out the recommendations and objectives set forth in the 2003 
     report entitled `Manufacturing in America: A Comprehensive 
     Strategy to Address the Challenges to U.S. Manufacturers' ''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2638. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 127, line 25, before the period insert the 
     following: ``: Provided, That, not later than 60 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of 
     the Department of Justice shall evaluate actions taken by the 
     Bureau of Prisons in response to recommendations issued by 
     the Inspector General in 2007 and 2008 regarding exposure to 
     cadmium, lead, and other metals at the Federal Correctional 
     Institution located in Elkton, Ohio and submit to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on 
     the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report 
     regarding the findings of the evaluation under this 
     proviso''.
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  SA 2639. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 185, line 5, before the period, insert the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That the United States Trade 
     Representative shall, in the report to Congress required by 
     section 163 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2213), 
     include information regarding the sanitary and phytosanitary 
     standards of the countries from which the United States 
     imports food and food products''.
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  SA 2640. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 185, line 5, before the period, insert the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That the United States Trade 
     Representative shall, in the report to Congress required by 
     section 163 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2213), 
     include detailed information regarding Trade and Investment 
     Framework Agreements, including the criteria used to 
     determine the countries with which such agreements are 
     initiated, the commitments sought from those countries 
     regarding such agreements, and the time frame with which 
     those commitments are to be achieved''.
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  SA 2641. Mr. LEVIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 170, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:
       Sec. 220.  Of the amounts appropriated for the Edward Byrne 
     Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program under subpart 1 of 
     part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.) under the 
     heading ``state and local law enforcement assistance'' under 
     the heading ``Office of Justice Programs'' under the heading 
     ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities'' under title II 
     of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-8; 
     123 Stat. 579), at the discretion of the Attorney General, 
     the amounts to be made available to Genesee County, Michigan 
     for assistance for individuals transitioning from prison in 
     Genesee County, Michigan pursuant to the joint statement of 
     managers accompanying that Act may be made available to My 
     Brother's Keeper of Genesee County, Michigan to provide 
     assistance for individuals transitioning from prison in 
     Genesee County, Michigan.
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  SA 2642. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 170, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:

     SEC. 220. BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN NONPROFIT EMERGENCY MEDICAL 
                   SERVICE PROVIDERS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Dale 
     Long Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act''.
       (b) Eligibility.--Section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus 
     Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b) 
     is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ``public employee member 
     of a rescue squad or ambulance crew;'' and inserting 
     ``employee or volunteer member of a rescue squad or ambulance 
     crew (including a ground or air ambulance service) that--
       ``(A) is a public agency; or
       ``(B) is (or is a part of) a nonprofit entity serving the 
     public that--
       ``(i) is officially authorized or licensed to engage in 
     rescue activity or to provide emergency medical services; and
       ``(ii) is officially designated as a pre-hospital emergency 
     medical response agency;''; and
       (2) in paragraph (9)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``as a chaplain'' and 
     all that follows through the semicolon, and inserting ``or as 
     a chaplain;'';
       (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``or'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (C) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking the period and 
     inserting ``; or''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew who, as 
     authorized or licensed by law and by the applicable agency or 
     entity (and as designated by such agency or entity), is 
     engaging in rescue activity or in the provision of emergency 
     medical services.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (b) 
     shall apply only to injuries sustained on or after January 1, 
     2009.
       (d) Offset.--The total amount appropriated under the 
     heading ``salaries and expenses'' under the heading ``General 
     Administration'' under this title is reduced by $1,000,000.
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  SA 2643. Mr. ENSIGN (for himself and Mr. Reid) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2847, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and 
Science, 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:

     SEC. ___. JUDICIAL EDUCATION.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Judicial Education Act of 2009''.
       (b) Findings.--Congress finds that the National Judicial 
     College--
       (1) continues to be an invaluable national resource 
     improving the lives of all Americans by advancing fair, 
     impartial, accessible, and timely justice through judicial 
     education;
       (2) serves as the national judicial education entity that 
     performs assessments to determine content of training or 
     education programs, creates curriculum, presents judicial 
     education programs, and acts as a resource to States 
     supporting their judicial education efforts;
       (3) collaborates with Federal and State agencies and a 
     broad-based network of public and private justice improvement 
     entities to advance justice system improvement through 
     judicial education;
       (4) operates a national judicial education entity that 
     conducts judicial education programs at its state-of-the-art 
     educational facility on the campus of the University of 
     Nevada Reno, regionally at sites across the United States, 
     and in States to enhance the professional competence of the 
     judiciary;
       (5) is a resource to all States and the United States 
     territories by training judges, lawyers, physicians, and 
     scientists as adult educators to present judicial education 
     programs in an interactive adult learning environment, 
     including training them to teach in a distance-learning 
     format; and
       (6) has educated over 80,000 judges from all 50 States and 
     the United States territories since 1963.
       (c) Additional Notification and Reporting Requirements.--
       (1) Notification.--Not later than 90 days after the end of 
     each fiscal year during which funds are obligated from 
     appropriations made pursuant to the authorization under 
     subsection (d), the recipient of any such funds for any 
     project authorized under subsection (d) shall submit to the 
     United States Attorney General and the Administrative Office 
     of the United States Courts written notification specifying--
       (A) an accounting of participation and subject matter 
     covered by the National Judicial College, including any 
     universal decisions or declarations applying to sentencing 
     recommendations, the impact of laws adopted by Acts of 
     Congress, Federal regulations, agency and State governmental 
     actions, decisions of the Federal Judiciary and State Supreme 
     Courts, as well as advances of science and technology, or any 
     other relevant or appropriate items of jurisprudence, during 
     that fiscal year;
       (B) the authorized use specified in subsection (d) that the 
     project satisfies; and
       (C) the amount of State or private funds obligated or 
     expended under the project during that fiscal year, including 
     expenditures on or occurring on Federal lands, United States 
     territories, State lands, and private lands.
       (2) Review.--The Attorney General shall review the 
     notifications submitted under

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     paragraph (1) for a fiscal year for the purpose of assessing 
     the success of the National Judicial College in achieving the 
     purposes of this section.
       (3) Annual report.--The Attorney General shall prepare an 
     annual report containing the results of the most recent 
     review conducted under paragraph (2) and a summary of the 
     notifications covered by the review.
       (4) Submission of report.--Not later than 150 days after 
     the end of each fiscal year, the report required under 
     paragraph (3) for that fiscal year shall be submitted to the 
     Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and House of 
     Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Department of Justice to support 
     the National Judicial College's judicial education 
     activities, including those described under subsection (b) 
     for improving the skills, abilities, and competency of State 
     trial limited and general jurisdiction, appellate, tribal, 
     military, municipal, adjunct judicial officers, magistrates, 
     referees, justices of the peace, and administrative law 
     judiciary--
       (1) $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2010;
       (2) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;
       (3) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and
       (4) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2013.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2644. Mr. VITTER (for himself, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Enzi) proposed 
an amendment to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; 
as follows:

       On page 110, line 7, strike ``activities.'' and insert 
     ``activities: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     provided in this Act or any other act for any fiscal year may 
     be used for collection of census data that does not include 
     questions regarding United States citizenship and immigration 
     status.''
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2645. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 125, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:
       Sec. 111. (a) Report on Department of Commerce Assistance 
     to Communities.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit 
     to Congress a report on the effectiveness of the activities 
     of the Department of Commerce that assist communities with 
     significant job losses and high unemployment.
       (b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) An assessment of the effectiveness of the activities of 
     the Department of Commerce that assist communities with 
     significant job losses and high unemployment.
       (2) An assessment of the efforts of the Secretary of 
     Commerce to coordinate with other relevant Federal agencies 
     to provide assistance to such communities, including the 
     efficiency of such efforts.
       (3) A summary of each memorandum of understanding between 
     the Department of Commerce and another Federal agency 
     relating to such assistance.
       (4) A comparison of the role of the regional offices and 
     the national office of the Department.
       (5) The name or title of each person whom the Secretary has 
     charged with coordinating with other Federal agencies for the 
     provision of such assistance.
       (6) A description of the impediments to coordination 
     between the Department of Commerce and other Federal agencies 
     for the provision of such assistance.
       (7) A description of the instances in which the Secretary 
     successfully coordinated with other Federal agencies to 
     provide such assistance.
       (8) The recommendations of the Secretary on how to improve 
     the coordination among Federal agencies for the provision of 
     such assistance, including with respect to the feasibility 
     and advisability of establishing a single location where 
     communities can obtain information about such assistance.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2646. Mr. BEGICH (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2847, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and 
Science, 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:
       Sec. ___.  Section 112(a)(1) of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108-199; 118 Stat. 62) 
     is repealed.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2647. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 203, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following:

     SEC. 533. REVIEW AND AUDIT OF ACORN FEDERAL FUNDING.

       (a) Review and Audit.--The Comptroller General of the 
     United States shall conduct a review and audit of Federal 
     funds awarded to the Association of Community Organizations 
     for Reform Now (referred to in this section as ``ACORN'') or 
     any subsidiary or affiliate of ACORN to determine--
       (1) whether any Federal funds were misused and, if so, the 
     total amount of Federal funds involved and how such funds 
     were misused;
       (2) what steps, if any, have been taken to recover any 
     Federal funds that were misused;
       (3) what steps should be taken to prevent the misuse of any 
     Federal funds; and
       (4) whether all necessary steps have been taken to prevent 
     the misuse of any Federal funds.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit 
     to Congress a report on the results of the audit required 
     under subsection (a), along with recommendations for Federal 
     agency reforms.
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  SA 2648. Mr. ENSIGN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 114, strike beginning with line 7 through line 14 
     and insert the following:

                state criminal alien assistance program

       For an additional amount for the State Criminal Alien 
     Assistance Program $172,000,000 to remain available until 
     expended.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2649. Ms. MIKULSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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:

     SEC. __. 3-YEAR EXTENSION FOR ADMISSION OF NONIMMIGRANT 
                   NURSES IN HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHORTAGE AREAS.

       Section 2(e)(2) of the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged 
     Areas Act of 1999 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) is amended by striking 
     ``3 years'' and inserting ``6 years''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2650. Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself and Mr. Isakson) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2847, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and 
Science, 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:
       Sec. ___.  The amount allocated under the Byrne 
     discretionary grant program to the Marcus Institute, Atlanta, 
     GA, to provide remediation for the potential consequences of 
     childhood abuse and neglect, in the report accompanying the 
     Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-8) may be deemed to 
     refer to the Georgia State University Center for Healthy 
     Development, Atlanta, GA.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 2651. Ms. COLLINS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 170, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:
       Sec. 220.  Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     jointly prepare and submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on 
     Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. The report 
     required under this section shall include--
       (1) an explicit plan establishing specific and detailed 
     milestones for the Integrated Wireless Network funded in this 
     title under the heading ``Tactical Law enforcement Wireless 
     Communications'', with dates for the planned completion of 
     such network and the funds linked to achieving those 
     milestones;
       (2) a description of the technical standards and logical 
     integration points between the

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     law enforcement radio communications systems of the 
     Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, 
     and the Department of the Treasury needed to support and 
     achieve interoperability between the respective 
     communications systems when interoperability is required for 
     tactical reasons or emergency situations; and
       (3) an explanation of how the Integrated Wireless Network 
     will promote interoperability with other federal departments 
     and State and local governments.
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  SA 2652. Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Kohl, and Mr. 
Grassley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce 
and Justice, and Science, 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 130, line 15, before the period at the end, insert 
     ``: Provided further, That the Antitrust Division shall 
     coordinate oversight, information-sharing, and joint 
     activities concerning competition in the agriculture and 
     related industries, including farm suppliers, food 
     processors, and retailers, with other relevant agencies, such 
     as the Federal Trade Commission, Commodity Futures Trading 
     Commission, Department of Agriculture, and State Attorneys 
     General, and include an emphasis on asymmetric price 
     transmission from the retail to farm level as related to 
     competition and increasing processor and retailer share of 
     retail price: Provided further, That if the Assistant 
     Attorney General for Antitrust determines that the Antitrust 
     Division requires additional authority, data collection, or 
     resources to address those issues, the Division shall submit 
     to Congress a report that includes recommendations and 
     proposals for legislative action''.
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  SA 2653. Mr. BUNNING proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2847, 
making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and 
Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2010, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Committees.--Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules 
     of the Senate is amended by inserting at the end thereof the 
     following:
       ``14. (a) It shall not be in order in a subcommittee or 
     committee to proceed to any legislative matter unless the 
     legislative matter and a final budget scoring by the 
     Congressional Budget Office for the legislative matter has 
     been publically available on the Internet as provided in 
     subparagraph (b) in searchable form 72 hours (excluding 
     Saturdays, Sundays and holidays except when the Senate is in 
     session on such a day) prior to proceeding.
       ``(b) With respect to the requirements of subparagraph 
     (a)--
       ``(1) the legislative matter shall be available on the 
     official website of the committee; and
       ``(2) the final score shall be available on the official 
     website of the Congressional Budget Office.
       ``(c) This paragraph may be waived or suspended in the 
     subcommittee or committee only by an affirmative vote of \2/
     3\ of the Members of the subcommittee or committee. An 
     affirmative vote of \2/3\ of the Members of the subcommittee 
     or committee shall be required to sustain an appeal of the 
     ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this 
     paragraph.
       ``(d)(1) It shall not be in order in the Senate to proceed 
     to a legislative matter if the legislative matter was 
     proceeded to in a subcommittee or committee in violation of 
     this paragraph.
       ``(2) This subparagraph may be waived or suspended in the 
     Senate only by an affirmative vote of \2/3\ of the Members, 
     duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of \2/3\ of the 
     Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 
     required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of 
     the Chair on a point of order raised under this subparagraph.
       ``(e) In this paragraph, the term `legislative matter' 
     means any bill, joint resolution, concurrent resolution, 
     conference report, or substitute amendment but does not 
     include perfecting amendments.''.
       (b) Senate.--Rule XVII of the Standing Rules of the Senate 
     is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following:
       ``6. (a) It shall not be in order in the Senate to proceed 
     to any legislative matter unless the legislative matter and a 
     final budget scoring by the Congressional Budget Office for 
     the legislative matter has been publically available on the 
     Internet as provided in subparagraph (b) in searchable form 
     72 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays except 
     when the Senate is in session on such a day) prior to 
     proceeding.
       ``(b) With respect to the requirements of subparagraph 
     (a)--
       ``(1) the legislative matter shall be available on the 
     official website of the committee with jurisdiction over the 
     subject matter of the legislative matter; and
       ``(2) the final score shall be available on the official 
     website of the Congressional Budget Office.
       ``(c) This paragraph may be waived or suspended in the 
     Senate only by an affirmative vote of \2/3\ of the Members, 
     duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of \2/3\ of the 
     Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 
     required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of 
     the Chair on a point of order raised under this paragraph.
       ``(d) In this paragraph, the term `legislative matter' 
     means any bill, joint resolution, concurrent resolution, 
     conference report, or substitute amendment but does not 
     include perfecting amendments.''.
       (c) Protection of Classified Information.--Nothing in this 
     section or any amendment made by it shall be interpreted to 
     require or permit the declassification or posting on the 
     Internet of classified information in the custody of the 
     Senate. Such classified information shall be made available 
     to Members in a timely manner as appropriate under existing 
     laws and rules.
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  SA 2654. Mr. AKAKA proposed an amendment to the bill S. 728, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to enhance veterans' insurance benefits, 
and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 39, line 10, strike ``September 30, 2014'' and 
     insert ``April 30, 2016''.
       On page 54, strike line 18 and all that follows through 
     page 61, line 6.
       On page 61, strike line 7 and all that follows through page 
     64, line 16, and insert the following:

     SEC. 501. INCREASE IN CERTAIN BURIAL AND FUNERAL BENEFITS AND 
                   PLOT ALLOWANCES FOR VETERANS.

       (a) Increase in Burial and Funeral Expenses for Deaths in 
     Department Facilities.--Section 2303(a)(1)(A) is amended by 
     striking ``$300'' and inserting ``$745 (as increased from 
     time to time under subsection (c))''.
       (b) Increase in Amount of Plot Allowances.--Section 2303(b) 
     is amended by striking ``$300'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``$745 (as increased from time to time under 
     subsection (c))''.
       (c) Annual Adjustment.--Section 2303 is amended by adding 
     at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(c) With respect to any fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
     provide a percentage increase (rounded to the nearest dollar) 
     in the burial and funeral expenses under subsection (a) and 
     in the plot allowance under subsection (b), equal to the 
     percentage by which--
       ``(1) the Consumer Price Index (all items, United States 
     city average) for the 12-month period ending on the June 30 
     preceding the beginning of the fiscal year for which the 
     increase is made, exceeds
       ``(2) the Consumer Price Index for the 12-month period 
     preceding the 12-month period described in paragraph (1).''.
       (d) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to 
     deaths occurring on or after October 1, 2010.
       (2) Prohibition on cost-of-living adjustment for fiscal 
     year 2011.--No adjustments shall be made under section 
     2303(c) of title 38, United States Code, as added by 
     subsection (c), for fiscal year 2011.
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  SA 2655. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 202, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:
       Sec. 530A.  None of the funds made available in this Act 
     for the Department of Justice may be used to--
       (1) prohibit the disclosure of information by any Federal 
     Government agency or entity requested by a ranking minority 
     member of any congressional committee of the Senate or the 
     House of Representatives based upon section 552a(b)(9) of 
     title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the 
     Privacy Act of 1974); or
       (2) advise, enforce, interpret, or provide guidance to the 
     Department of Justice or any other Federal Government agency 
     or entity, restricting disclosure of information to any 
     ranking minority member of any congressional committee of the 
     Senate or the House of Representatives based upon section 
     552a(b)(9) of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred 
     to as the Privacy Act of 1974).

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