[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 21381-21382]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

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  SA 1580. Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Daschle, Ms. 
Mikulski, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Corzine, Mr. 
Byrd, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. 
Feingold, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Dodd, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Reid, Mr. Leahy, 
Mr. Durbin, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Reed, Mr. Nelson of 
Florida, and Mr. Johnson) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1542 
proposed by Mr. Specter to the bill H.R. 2660, making appropriations 
for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and 
for other pruposes; as follows:

       On page 23, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds provided under this Act shall be 
     used to promulgate or implement any regulation that exempts 
     from the requirements of section 7 of the Fair Labor 
     Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) any employee who is not 
     otherwise exempted pursuant to regulations under section 13 
     of such Act (29 U.S.C. 213) that were in effect as of 
     September 3, 2003.
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  SA 1581. Mr. ENSIGN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1542 proposed by Mr. Specter to the bill H.R. 2660, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other pruposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 62, line 6, insert ``annually'' after ``obtain''.
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  SA 1582. Mr. REID submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to

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amendment SA 1542 proposed by Mr. Specter to the bill H.R. 2660, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other pruposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 30, line 7, insert before the period the following: 
     ``: Provided further, That in addition to amounts otherwise 
     made available under this Act to the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention for activities under the comprehensive 
     cancer control program, there shall be made available an 
     additional $8,000,000 to expand comprehensive cancer control 
     activities, including activities relating to cancer 
     survivorship in partnership with national cancer survivorship 
     organizations''.
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  SA 1583. Mr. FRIST (for Mr. Hatch) proposed amendment to the 
resolution S. Res. 210, expressing the sense of the Senate that 
supporting a balance between work and personal life is in the best 
interest of national worker productivity, and that the President should 
issue a proclamation designating October of 2003 as ``National Work and 
Family Month''; as follows:

       Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the 
     following:
     That--
       (1) it is the sense of the Senate that--
       (A) reducing the conflict between work and family life 
     should be a national priority; and
       (B) the month of October of 2003 should be designated as 
     ``National Work and Family Month''; and
       (2) the Senate requests that the President issue a 
     proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to 
     observe ``National Work and Family Month'' with appropriate 
     ceremonies and activities.
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  SA 1584. Mr. FRIST (for Mr. Hatch) proposed an amendment to the 
resolution S. Res. 210, expressing the sense of the Senate that 
supporting a balance between work and personal life is in the best 
interest of national workers productivity, and that the President 
should issue a proclamation designating October of 2003 as ``National 
Work and Family Month''; as follows:

       Amend the title so as to read: ``Expressing the sense of 
     the Senate that supporting a balance between work and 
     personal life is in the best interest of national workers 
     productivity, and that the President should issue a 
     proclamation designating October of 2003 as ``National Work 
     and Family Month''.''.
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  SA 1585. Mr. ENSIGN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1542 proposed by Mr. Specter to the bill H.R. 2660, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end of title III, insert the following:
       Sec. __. (a) The total amount appropriated, out of any 
     money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for fiscal 
     year 2004, to carry out the 21st Century Community Learning 
     Centers Program under part B of title IV of the Elementary 
     and Secondary Education Act of 1965, shall be $1,100,000,000.
       (b) Each amount appropriated under this Act (other than 
     amounts appropriated for the Department of Education) that is 
     not required to be appropriated by a provision of law is 
     reduced by the uniform percentage necessary to reduce the 
     total amounts appropriated under this Act (other than amounts 
     appropriated for the Department of Education) by 
     $100,000,000.
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  SA 1586. Mr. NELSON of Nebraska submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1542 proposed by Mr. Specter to the bill H.R. 
2660, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       In title II, after section 218, insert the following:
       Sec. 219. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
     (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used 
     to carry out the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 
     proposed rule entitled ``Medicare Program; Inpatient 
     Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System For FY 
     2004; Proposed Rule'', 68 Fed. Reg. 26786 (May 16, 2003), or 
     any other proposed rule regarding the inpatient 
     rehabilitation facility prospective payment system for fiscal 
     year 2004, unless the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services--
       (1) modifies the proposed rule to provide that during such 
     period as the Secretary may determine, not to exceed 1 year, 
     the requirement that 75 percent of the facility's cases shall 
     be in 10 diagnoses (commonly referred to as the ``75 percent 
     rule'') shall be lowered to 50 percent;
       (2) during such period, consults with an expert panel of 
     clinicians to reach a consensus on the diagnoses to be 
     included in the 75 percent rule, as well as the appropriate 
     clinical criteria for patients within the respective 
     diagnoses, and whether joint replacements should be included 
     or added to the diagnoses subject to the 75 percent rule; and
       (3) considers basing inpatient rehabilitation facility 
     payments on patient-specific criteria that are linked to 
     high-quality outcomes.
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  SA 1587. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1542 proposed by Mr. Specter to the bill H.R. 
2660, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 43, line 16, strike ``$34,227,000'' and insert 
     ``$54,227,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from 
     prior-year funds available for fiscal year 2004 expenses''.
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  SA 1588. Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
Baucus, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Levin, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Pryor) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1542 proposed by 
Mr. Specter to the bill H.R. 2660, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 42, line 25, strike ``$2,000,000,000.'' and insert 
     ``$3,000,000,000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated in 
     this Act for the National Institutes of Health, 
     $3,000,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2004: Provided further, That the amount 
     $6,895,199,000 in section 305(a)(1) of this Act shall be 
     deemed to be $7,895,199,000: Provided further, That the 
     amount $6,783,301,000 in section 305(a)(2) of this Act shall 
     be deemed to be $5,783,301,000.''.

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