[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 16925-16926]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1548. Mr. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Bond) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2500, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice and State, the 
Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2002, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       On page 102, line 3, strike the period and insert: 
     ``:Provided further, That $13,700,000 shall be available in 
     fiscal year 2002 to fund grants as authorized by section 29 
     of the Small Business Act.''
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  SA 1549. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mrs. Hutchison, and Mrs. Boxer) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 
2500, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 75, insert between lines 11 and 12 the following:

     SEC. 306. ADDITIONAL FEDERAL JUDGESHIPS FOR CRITICAL AREAS.

       (a) District Judges for the District Courts.--The President 
     shall appoint, by

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     and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the number of 
     additional permanent district judges recommended by the 
     Judicial Conference's Request to Congress issued February 5, 
     2001, for any district where the weighted filings per 
     judgeship in the 12 months ending September 30, 2000 is, 
     according to the Judicial Conference, greater than twice the 
     national benchmark caseload standard used by the Judicial 
     Conference as a measure of the need for new judgeships.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
     this section, including such sums as may be necessary to 
     provide appropriate space and facilities for the judicial 
     positions created by this section.
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  SA 1550. Ms. COLLINS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 2500, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 101, line 18, insert the following before the 
     colon: ``, of which, $13,700,000, shall be available to carry 
     out the Women's Business Development Program established 
     under section 29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656), 
     and shall remain available until expended''.

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