[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 38 (Monday, March 14, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1608-S1610]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 161. Mr. JOHANNS (for himself and Mr. Manchin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 493, to 
reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

            TITLE VI--COMPREHENSIVE 1099 TAXPAYER PROTECTION

     SEC. 601. REPEAL OF EXPANSION OF INFORMATION REPORTING 
                   REQUIREMENTS TO PAYMENTS MADE TO CORPORATIONS 
                   AND TO PAYMENTS FOR PROPERTY AND OTHER GROSS 
                   PROCEEDS.

       (a) Application to Corporations.--Section 6041 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
     subsections (i) and (j).
       (b) Payments for Property and Other Gross Proceeds.--
     Subsection (a) of section 6041 of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 is amended--
       (1) by striking ``amounts in consideration for property,'', 
     and
       (2) by striking ``gross proceeds,'' both places it appears.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to payments made after December 31, 2011.

     SEC. 602. REPEAL OF EXPANSION OF INFORMATION REPORTING 
                   REQUIREMENTS FOR RENTAL PROPERTY EXPENSE 
                   PAYMENTS.

       (a) In General.--Section 6041 of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 is amended by striking subsection (h).
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to payments made after December 31, 2010.

     SEC. 603. INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF OVERPAYMENT OF HEALTH CARE 
                   CREDIT WHICH IS SUBJECT TO RECAPTURE.

       (a) In General.--Clause (i) of section 36B(f)(2)(B) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
       ``(i) In general.--In the case of a taxpayer whose 
     household income is less than 400 percent of the poverty line 
     for the size of the family involved for the taxable year, the 
     amount of the increase under subparagraph (A) shall in no 
     event exceed the applicable dollar amount determined in 
     accordance with the following table (one-half of such amount 
     in the case of a taxpayer whose tax is determined under 
     section 1(c) for the taxable year):


------------------------------------------------------------------------
   ``If the household income pressed as a period of      The applicable
                  property line) is:                   dollar amount is:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Less than 200$.......................................               $600
At least 200% but less than 300%.....................             $1,500
At least 300% but less than 400%.....................          $2,500.''
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
     2013.
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  SA 162. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 493, to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR 
programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following:

     SEC. 504. RECISION OF FUNDS FOR THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON 
                   THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES.

       (a) Recision.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     all unobligated balances held by the Chairperson of the 
     National Endowment for the Arts, the Chairperson of the 
     National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Director of 
     the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the National 
     Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities under the National 
     Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 951 note et seq.), as in effect on the day before the 
     date of enactment of this Act, are rescinded and no funds 
     appropriated hereafter for such activities shall be expended, 
     except as determined necessary or essential by either such 
     Chairperson or Director, in consultation with the appropriate 
     Federal agencies.
       (b) Savings.--The savings from this section shall be 
     transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury, and the 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall use the transferred funds to 
     reduce the budget deficit of the United States.
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  SA 163. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 493, to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR 
programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD.

       Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, no Federal 
     funds may be made available for any purpose to Planned 
     Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. or any of the 
     following affiliates of Planned Parenthood Federation of 
     America, Inc.:
       (1) Planned Parenthood Southeast in Atlanta, Georgia.
       (2) Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest in Seattle, 
     Washington.
       (3) Planned Parenthood Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona.
       (4) Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma in 
     Tulsa, Oklahoma.
       (5) Planned Parenthood of Greater Memphis Region in 
     Memphis, Tennessee.
       (6) Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California in 
     Sacramento, California.
       (7) Planned Parenthood Los Angeles in Los Angeles, 
     California.
       (8) Planned Parenthood Mar Monte in San Jose, California.
       (9) Planned Parenthood of Orange & San Bernardino Counties, 
     Inc. in Orange, California.
       (10) Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley, 
     Inc. in Pasadena, California.
       (11) Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest in San 
     Diego, California.
       (12) Planned Parenthood of Santa Barbara, Ventura & San 
     Luis Obispo Counties in Santa Barbara, California.
       (13) Planned Parenthood: Shasta-Diablo in Concord, 
     California.
       (14) Six Rivers Planned Parenthood in Eureka, California.
       (15) Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains in Denver, 
     Colorado.
       (16) Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, Inc. in 
     New Haven, Connecticut.
       (17) Planned Parenthood of Delaware in Wilmington, 
     Delaware.
       (18) Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., 
     Inc. in Washington, District of Columbia.
       (19) Florida Association of Planned Parenthood Affiliates 
     in Sarasota, Florida.
       (20) Planned Parenthood of Collier County in Naples, 
     Florida.
       (21) Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando, Inc. in 
     Orlando, Florida.
       (22) Planned Parenthood of North Florida in Jacksonville, 
     Florida.
       (23) Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure 
     Coast, Inc. in West Palm Beach, Florida.
       (24) Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, 
     Inc. in Sarasota, Florida.
       (25) Planned Parenthood of Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii.
       (26) Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North 
     Idaho in Yakima, Washington.
       (27) Planned Parenthood of Illinois in Chicago, Illinois.
       (28) Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region in St. 
     Louis, Missouri.
       (29) Planned Parenthood of Indiana, Inc. in Indianapolis, 
     Indiana.
       (30) Iowa Planned Parenthood Affiliate League in Des 
     Moines, Iowa.
       (31) Planned Parenthood of East Central Iowa in Cedar 
     Rapids, Iowa.
       (32) Planned Parenthood of the Heartland in Des Moines, 
     Iowa.
       (33) Planned Parenthood of Southeast Iowa in Burlington, 
     Iowa.
       (34) Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri in 
     Overland Park, Kansas.
       (35) Planned Parenthood of Kentucky, Inc. in Louisville, 
     Kentucky.
       (36) Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region in 
     Cincinnati, Ohio.
       (37) Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, Inc. in Houston, Texas.
       (38) Planned Parenthood of Northern New England in 
     Williston, Vermont.
       (39) Planned Parenthood of Maryland, Inc. in Baltimore, 
     Maryland.
       (40) Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts in Boston, 
     Massachusetts.
       (41) Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Michigan in Lansing, 
     Michigan.
       (42) Planned Parenthood of West and Northern Michigan in 
     Grand Rapids, Michigan.
       (43) Planned Parenthood Mid and South Michigan in Ann 
     Arbor, Michigan.
       (44) Planned Parenthood of South Central Michigan in 
     Kalamazoo, Michigan.
       (45) Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota, South 
     Dakota in St. Paul, Minnesota.
       (46) Planned Parenthood of Southwest Missouri in St. Louis, 
     Missouri.
       (47) Tri-Rivers Planned Parenthood in Rolla, Missouri.
       (48) Planned Parenthood of Montana, Inc. in Billings, 
     Montana.

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       (49) Planned Parenthood of the Heartland in Omaha, 
     Nebraska.
       (50) Planned Parenthood Affiliates of New Jersey in 
     Trenton, New Jersey.
       (51) Planned Parenthood Association of the Mercer Area in 
     Trenton, New Jersey.
       (52) Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey in 
     Shrewsbury, New Jersey.
       (53) Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern New Jersey, 
     Inc. in Morristown, New Jersey.
       (54) Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan New Jersey in 
     Newark, New Jersey.
       (55) Planned Parenthood of Southern New Jersey in Camden, 
     New Jersey.
       (56) Planned Parenthood of New Mexico, Inc. in Albuquerque, 
     New Mexico.
       (57) Family Planning Advocates of New York State in Albany, 
     New York.
       (58) Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, Inc. in Hawthorne, 
     New York.
       (59) Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson in Utica, New York.
       (60) Planned Parenthood of Mid-Hudson Valley, Inc. in 
     Poughkeepsie, New York.
       (61) Planned Parenthood of Nassau County, Inc. in 
     Hempstead, New York.
       (62) Planned Parenthood of New York City, Inc. in New York, 
     New York.
       (63) Planned Parenthood of the North Country New York, Inc. 
     in Watertown, New York.
       (64) Planned Parenthood of South Central New York, Inc. in 
     Oneonta, New York.
       (65) Planned Parenthood of the Rochester/Syracuse Region in 
     Rochester, New York.
       (66) Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes in 
     Ithaca, New York.
       (67) Planned Parenthood of Western New York, Inc. in 
     Buffalo, New York.
       (68) Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood, Inc. in Albany, New 
     York.
       (69) Planned Parenthood Health Systems, Inc. in Raleigh, 
     North Carolina.
       (70) Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina in Chapel 
     Hill, North Carolina.
       (71) Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Ohio in Columbus, 
     Ohio.
       (72) Planned Parenthood of Central Ohio, Inc. in Columbus, 
     Ohio.
       (73) Planned Parenthood of Northeast Ohio in Akron, Ohio.
       (74) Planned Parenthood of Northwest Ohio in Toledo, Ohio.
       (75) Planned Parenthood of Southeast Ohio in Athens, Ohio.
       (76) Planned Parenthood of Central Oklahoma, Inc. in 
     Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
       (77) Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon in Eugene, 
     Oregon.
       (78) Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon in Eugene, 
     Oregon.
       (79) Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette in Portland, 
     Oregon.
       (80) Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates in 
     Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
       (81) Planned Parenthood Association of Bucks County in 
     Warminster, Pennsylvania.
       (82) Planned Parenthood of Central Pennsylvania, Inc. in 
     York, Pennsylvania.
       (83) Planned Parenthood of Northeast and Mid-Penn in 
     Trexlertown, Pennsylvania.
       (84) Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania in 
     Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
       (85) Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania in 
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
       (86) Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee, Inc. 
     in Nashville, Tennessee.
       (87) Texas Association of Planned Parenthood Affiliates in 
     Austin, Texas.
       (88) Planned Parenthood Association of Cameron & Willacy 
     Counties, Inc. in Brownsville, Texas.
       (89) Planned Parenthood Association of Hidalgo County, Inc. 
     in McAllen, Texas.
       (90) Planned Parenthood Association of Lubbock, Inc. in 
     Lubbock, Texas.
       (91) Planned Parenthood of Central Texas, Inc. in Waco, 
     Texas.
       (92) Planned Parenthood of North Texas, Inc. in Dallas, 
     Texas.
       (93) Planned Parenthood of the Texas Capital Region in 
     Austin, Texas.
       (94) Planned Parenthood of West Texas, Inc. in Odessa, 
     Texas.
       (95) Planned Parenthood Trust of San Antonio and South 
     Central Texas in San Antonio, Texas.
       (96) Planned Parenthood Association of Utah in Salt Lake 
     City, Utah.
       (97) Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia in 
     Charlottesville, Virginia.
       (98) Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Virginia, Inc. in 
     Hampton, Virginia.
       (99) Virginia League for Planned Parenthood in Richmond, 
     Virginia.
       (100) Planned Parenthood Public Policy Network of 
     Washington in Seattle, Washington.
       (101) Mt. Baker Planned Parenthood in Bellingham, 
     Washington.
       (102) Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc. in Milwaukee, 
     Wisconsin.
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  SA 164. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 493, to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR 
programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the end of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 504. DEFUNDING HEALTH CARE REFORM.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds are 
     authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of 
     the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 
     111-148), the provisions of title I and subtitle B of title 
     III of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 
     2010 (Public Law 111-152), and any amendment made by any such 
     provision. The unobligated balances of funds appropriated to 
     carry out such provisions are hereby rescinded.
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  SA 165. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 493, to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR 
programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

             TITLE VI--CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

     SEC. 601. RESCISSION OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED THROUGH FISCAL 
                   YEAR 2012 FOR CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC 
                   BROADCASTING.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the portion of 
     all unobligated balances appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for use 
     in any of fiscal years 2011 or 2012 are rescinded and no such 
     funds shall be obligated or expended by such Corporation.

     SEC. 602. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CORPORATION FOR 
                   PUBLIC BROADCASTING AFTER FISCAL YEAR 2012.

       (a) In General.--Section 396 of the Communications Act of 
     1934 (47 U.S.C. 396) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:

         ``Prohibition on Federal Funds After Fiscal Year 2012

       ``(n) No Federal funds may be made available to the 
     Corporation for Public Broadcasting after fiscal year 
     2012.''.
       (b) Corporation Prohibited From Accepting Federal Funds.--
     Subsection (g) of section 396 of the Communications Act of 
     1934 (47 U.S.C. 396(g)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ``subject to 
     paragraph (3)(C),'' before ``obtain''; and
       (2) in paragraph (3)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a semicolon;
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) accepting funds from the Federal Government after 
     fiscal year 2012.''.
       (c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 396 of the 
     Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 396) is further 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (k)(3)(A)(iv)(II), by inserting ``through 
     fiscal year 2012'' after ``amounts received''; and
       (2) in subsection (m)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``through fiscal year 
     2012'' after ``every three years thereafter''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``and through fiscal 
     year 2012,'' after ``1989,''.
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  SA 166. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 493, to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR 
programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

                     TITLE VI--HAMP TERMINATION ACT

     SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``HAMP Termination Act of 
     2011''.

     SEC. 602. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.

       Section 120 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 
     2008 (12 U.S.C. 5230) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(c) Termination of Authority to Provide New Assistance 
     Under the Home Affordable Modification Program.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided under paragraph (2), 
     after the date of the enactment of this subsection the 
     Secretary may not provide any assistance under the Home 
     Affordable Modification Program under the Making Home 
     Affordable initiative of the Secretary, authorized under this 
     Act, on behalf of any homeowner.
       ``(2) Protection of existing obligations on behalf of 
     homeowners already extended an offer to participate in the 
     program.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to 
     assistance provided on behalf of a homeowner who, before the 
     date of the enactment of this subsection, was extended an 
     offer to participate in the Home Affordable Modification 
     Program on a trial or permanent basis.''.
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  SA 167. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 493, to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR 
programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REPEAL OF DAVIS-BACON WAGE REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, 
     United States Code, is repealed.
       (b) Reference.--Any reference in any law to a wage 
     requirement of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, 
     United States Code, shall after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act be null and void.
       (c) Effective Date and Limitation.--The amendment made by 
     subsection (a) shall take effect 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act but shall not affect any

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     contract in existence on such date of enactment or made 
     pursuant to invitation for bids outstanding on such date of 
     enactment.
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  SA 168. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 493, to reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR 
programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

       It is the sense of the Senate that no funds should be made 
     available for fiscal year 2011 for the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency to implement, administer, or 
     enforce any statutory or regulatory requirement pertaining to 
     emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur 
     hexafluoride, hydrofluorocarbons, or perfluorocarbons from 
     any stationary source (as defined in section 111(a)(3) of the 
     Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(a)(3))) that is promulgated or 
     becomes applicable or effective after January 1, 2011.
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  SA 169. Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Thune, and Mr. Barrasso) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 493, to 
reauthorize and improve the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 108, strike line 7 and all that follows through 
     page 111, line 25, and insert the following:
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) the National Academy of Sciences, in the final report 
     issued by the `America's Energy Future: Technology 
     Opportunities, Risks, and Tradeoffs' project, and in any 
     subsequent report by the National Academy of Sciences on 
     sustainability, energy, or alternative fuels;
       ``(D) the National Institutes of Health, in the annual 
     report on the rare diseases research activities of the 
     National Institutes of Health for fiscal year 2005, and in 
     any subsequent report by the National Institutes of Health on 
     rare diseases research activities;
       ``(E) the National Academy of Sciences, in the final report 
     issued by the `Transit Research and Development: Federal Role 
     in the National Program' project and the report entitled 
     `Transportation Research, Development and Technology 
     Strategic Plan (2006-2010)' issued by the Research and 
     Innovative Technology Administration of the Department of 
     Transportation, and in any subsequent report issued by the 
     National Academy of Sciences or the Department of 
     Transportation on transportation and infrastructure; or
       ``(F) the national nanotechnology strategic plan required 
     under section 2(c)(4) of the 21st Century Nanotechnology 
     Research and Development Act (15 U.S.C. 7501(c)(4)) and in 
     any report issued by the National Science and Technology 
     Council Committee on Technology that focuses on areas of 
     nanotechnology identified in such plan;''; and
       (2) by adding after paragraph (12), as added by section 
     111(a) of this Act, the following:
       ``(13) encourage applications under the SBIR program (to 
     the extent that the projects relate to the mission of the 
     Federal agency)--
       ``(A) from small business concerns in geographic areas 
     underrepresented in the SBIR program or located in rural 
     areas (as defined in section 1393(a)(2) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986);
       ``(B) small business concerns owned and controlled by 
     women;
       ``(C) small business concerns owned and controlled by 
     veterans;
       ``(D) small business concerns owned and controlled by 
     Native Americans; and
       ``(E) small business concerns located in a geographic area 
     with an unemployment rates that exceed the national 
     unemployment rate, based on the most recently available 
     monthly publications of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the 
     Department of Labor.''.
       (b) STTR Program.--Section 9(o) of the Small Business Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 638(o)), as amended by section 111(b) of this Act, 
     is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (3)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:

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