[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 166 (Wednesday, December 15, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S10308]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 4810. Mr. BAUCUS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 4849, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
to provide tax incentives for small business job creation, extend the 
Build America Bonds program, provide other infrastructure job creation 
tax incentives, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. REPEAL OF EXPANSION OF INFORMATION REPORTING 
                   REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Repeal of Payments for Property and Other Gross 
     Proceeds.--Subsection (b) of section 9006 of the Patient 
     Protection and Affordable Care Act, and the amendments made 
     thereby, are hereby repealed; and the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 shall be applied as if such subsection, and 
     amendments, had never been enacted.
       (b) Repeal of Application to Corporations; Application of 
     Regulatory Authority.--
       (1) In general.--Section 6041, as amended by section 
     9006(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and 
     section 2101 of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, is 
     amended by striking subsections (i) and (j) and inserting the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(i) Regulations.--The Secretary may prescribe such 
     regulations and other guidance as may be appropriate or 
     necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, 
     including rules to prevent duplicative reporting of 
     transactions.''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by this subsection 
     shall apply to payments made after December 31, 2010.
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  SA 4811. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 3082, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 _, between lines _ and _, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING EARMARKS.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this Act, none of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     expended to fund an earmark. Any account in this Act from 
     which an earmark is made shall be reduced by an amount equal 
     to any such earmark.
       (b) Earmark Defined.--The term ``earmark'' means a 
     congressionally directed spending item, limited tax benefit, 
     or limited tariff benefit as defined in paragraph 5 of rule 
     XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate or a congressional 
     earmark as defined in clause 9(e) of rule XXI of the Rules of 
     the House of Representatives.
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  SA 4812. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 3082, making appropriations for military 
construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 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 383, beginning on line 24, strike ``$10,000,000 to 
     the John P. Murtha Foundation;''.
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  SA 4813. Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Ms. Collins) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 3454, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of the table VI, add the following:

                       Subtitle E--Other Matters

     SEC. 641. CONTINUED OPERATION OF COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE 
                   STORES SERVING BRUNSWICK NAVAL AIR STATION, 
                   MAINE.

       The Secretary of Defense shall provide for the continued 
     operation of each commissary or exchange store serving 
     Brunswick Naval Air Station, Maine, through September 30, 
     2011, and may not take any action to reduce or to terminate 
     the sale of goods at such stores during fiscal year 2011.

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