[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 23145]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2169. Mr. STEVENS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 703, to extend the effective period of the 
consent of Congress to the interstate compact relating to the 
restoration of Atlantic salmon to the Connecticut River Basin and 
creating the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2, after line 14, insert the following new section:

     SEC. 2. FISHING CAPACITY REDUCTION PROGRAM.

       Section 144(d)(4)(A) of division B of the Miscellaneous 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by section 
     1(a)(4) of Public Law 106-554; 114 Stat. 2763A-242) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``in equal parts through a reduction loan 
     of $50,000,000'' and inserting ``through any combination of a 
     reduction loan of up to $100,000,000''; and
       (2) by striking ``and $50,000,000'' and inserting ``and up 
     to $50,000,000''.

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