[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 53 (Tuesday, April 12, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2400-S2401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 292. Mr. PRYOR 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 116, after line 24, add the following:

     SEC. 504. DEBTS SINCE 2005.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``covered area'' means an area--
       (A) located in an area that has been identified by the 
     Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as 
     an area having special flood hazards under the National Flood 
     Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.); and
       (B) located in a community that does not participate in the 
     national flood insurance program under the National Flood 
     Insurance Act of 1968; and
       (2) the term ``covered assistance'' means assistance 
     provided--
       (A) under section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174); and
       (B) in relation to a major disaster declared by the 
     President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) 
     during the period beginning on August 28, 2005 and ending on 
     December 31, 2011.
       (b) Waiver Authority.--The Administrator of the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency--
       (1)(A) may waive a debt owed to the United States relating 
     to covered assistance provided to an individual or household 
     if the covered assistance was distributed based on an error 
     by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and
       (B) shall waive a debt owed to the United States relating 
     to covered assistance provided to an individual or household 
     located in a covered area if the reason for the debt relates 
     to a failure to participate in the national flood insurance 
     program under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968; and
       (2) may not waive a debt under paragraph (1) if the debt 
     involves fraud, the presentation of a false claim, or 
     misrepresentation by the debtor or any party having an 
     interest in the claim.
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  SA 293. Mr. BLUNT (for himself and Mr. Kirk) 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:

     SEC. 5__. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF BOUTIQUE FUELS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Gas 
     Accessibility and Stabilization Act of 2011''.
       (b) Boutique Fuels.--Section 211(c)(4)(C) of the Clean Air 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(c)(4)(C)) is amended--
       (1) in clause (ii)(II), by inserting ``an unexpected 
     problem with distribution or delivery equipment that is 
     necessary for the transportation or delivery of fuel or fuel 
     additives,'' after ``equipment failure,'';
       (2) by redesignating the second clause (v) (relating to the 
     authority of the Administrator to approve certain State 
     implementation plans) as clause (vi); and
       (3) in clause (vi) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))--
       (A) in subclause (I), by striking ``fuels approved under'' 
     and all that follows through the end of the subclause and 
     inserting ``fuels included on the list published under 
     subclause (II) (including any revisions to the list under 
     subclause (III)).'';
       (B) by striking subclause (III) and inserting the 
     following:

       ``(III) Removal of fuels from list.--

       ``(aa) In general.--The Administrator, after providing 
     notice and an opportunity for comment, shall remove a fuel 
     from the list published under subclause (II) if the 
     Administrator determines that the fuel has ceased to be 
     included in any State implementation plan or is identical to 
     a Federal fuel control or prohibition established and 
     enforced by the Administrator.
       ``(bb) Publication of revised list.--On removing a fuel 
     from the list under item (aa), the Administrator shall 
     publish a revised list that reflects that removal.''; and
       (C) by striking subclause (IV) and inserting the following:

       ``(IV) No limitation on authority.--Nothing in subclause 
     (I) or (V) limits the authority of the Administrator to 
     approve a control or prohibition relating to any new fuel 
     under this paragraph in a State implementation plan (or a 
     revision to such a plan), if--

       ``(aa) the new fuel completely replaces a fuel on the list 
     published under subclause (II) (including any revisions to 
     the list under subclause (III)); and
       ``(bb) the Administrator, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Energy, publishes in the Federal Register, after 
     providing notice and an opportunity for public comment, a 
     determination that the control or prohibition will not cause 
     any fuel supply or distribution interruption or have any 
     significant adverse impact on fuel producibility in the 
     affected area or any contiguous area.''.

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