[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 191 (Tuesday, December 13, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8551-S8552]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1459. Mr. UDALL of Colorado proposed an amendment to the joint 
resolution S.J. Res. 24, proposing a balanced budget amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States; as follows:

       To amend the title so as to read:
       ``Joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States''
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  SA 1460. Mr. HATCH proposed an amendment to the joint resolution S.J. 
Res. 10, proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of 
the United States; as follows:

       To amend the title so as to read:
       ``Joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to 
     the Constitution of the United States''
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  SA 1461. Mr. REID (for Mr. Durbin) proposed an amendment to the bill 
H.R. 2867, to reauthorize the International Religious Freedom Act of 
1998, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Beginning on page 2, strike line 6 and all that follows 
     through ``(3)'' on page 4, line 18, and insert the following:
       (a) Terms.--Section 201(c) of the International Religious 
     Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431(c)) is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
       ``(1) In general.--The term of office of each member of the 
     Commission shall be 2 years. An individual, including any 
     member appointed to the Commission prior to the date of the 
     enactment of the United States Commission on International 
     Religious Freedom Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2011, 
     shall not serve more than 2 terms as a member of the 
     Commission under any circumstance. For any member serving on 
     the Commission on such date who has completed at least 2 full 
     terms on the Commission, such member's term shall expire 90 
     days after such date. A member of the Commission may not 
     serve after the expiration of that member's term.''; and
       (2)

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       On page 5, line 3, strike ``(c)'' and insert ``(b)''.
       On page 5, strike lines 9 through 19 and insert the 
     following:
       (c) Application of Federal Travel Regulation and Department 
     of State Standardized Regulations to the Commission.--Section 
     201(i) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 
     U.S.C. 6431(i)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following: ``Members of the Commission are subject to the 
     requirements set forth in chapters 300 through 304 of title 
     41, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly known as the 
     `Federal Travel Regulation') and the Department of State 
     Standardized Regulations governing authorized travel at 
     government expense, including regulations concerning the mode 
     of travel, lodging and per diem expenditures, reimbursement 
     payments, and expense reporting and documentation 
     requirements.''.
       On page 5, strike line 21 and insert the following:
       (a) In General.--Section 204 of the International Religious 
     Freedom
       On page 6, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
       (b) Pending Claims.--Any administrative or judicial claim 
     or action pending on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     may be maintained under section 204(g) of the International 
     Religious Freedom Act of 1998, as added by subsection (a).
       On page 6, line 21, strike ``and 2013'' and insert 
     ``through 2014''.
       On page 7, line 9, strike ``2013'' and insert ``2014''.

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