[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 170 (Monday, October 23, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6717]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1574. Mr. FLAKE (for himself and Mr. Lee) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2266, to amend title 28 
of the United States Code to authorize the appointment of additional 
bankruptcy judges; and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 5, lines 5 through 10, strike ``Provided further,'' 
     and all that follows through ``Secretary of the Treasury:''.
       At the end, add the following:

     DIVISION C--PUERTO RICO ENERGY DELIVERY RELIABILITY AND REFORM

     SEC. 2001. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE PRIVATIZATION OF THE 
                   PUERTO RICO ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY.

       It is the sense of Congress that privatizing the Puerto 
     Rico Electric Power Authority would lead to lower energy 
     costs for electricity customers in the Commonwealth of Puerto 
     Rico.

     SEC. 2002. EXCEPTIONS TO APPLICATION OF COASTWISE LAWS FOR 
                   PUERTO RICO.

       Section 55101(b) of title 46, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as 
     paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the 
     following:
       ``(1) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;''.

     SEC. 2003. TERMS AND AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN LOANS OR OTHER 
                   ASSISTANCE.

       Nothing in this Act authorizes any loan or other assistance 
     made available under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
     and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)--
       (1) to include any terms that would impair any lien or 
     collateral securing the claim of any creditor of--
       (A) a territory or possession of the United States or a 
     local government agency of a territory or possession of the 
     United States; or
       (B) an instrumentality of a territory or possession of the 
     United States or a local government agency of a territory or 
     possession of the United States; or
       (2) to be made available for proceedings under title III of 
     the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Security 
     Act (48 U.S.C. 2161 et seq.).
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