[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 24207]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1825. Mr. BOND (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Dorgan, and Mr. 
Jeffords) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1689, making emergency 
supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan security and 
reconstruction for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for 
other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL 
                                  CARE

       For an additional amount for medical care and related 
     activities under this heading for fiscal year 2004, 
     $1,300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005.
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  SA 1826. Mr. DORGAN (for himself and Ms. Landrieu) proposed an 
amendment to the bill S. 1689, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan security and reconstruction for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       Beginning on page 25, strike line 5, and all that follows 
     through page 28, line 15, and insert the following:

                      financing of reconstruction

       The President shall direct the head of the Coalition 
     Provisional Authority in Iraq, in coordination with the 
     Governing Council of Iraq or a successor governing authority 
     in Iraq, to establish an Iraq Reconstruction Finance 
     Authority. The purpose of the Authority shall be to obtain 
     financing for the reconstruction of the infrastructure in 
     Iraq by collateralizing the revenue from future sales of oil 
     extracted in Iraq. The Authority shall obtain financing for 
     the reconstruction of the infrastructure in Iraq through--
       (1)(A) issuing securities or other financial instruments; 
     or
       (B) obtaining loans on the open market from private banks 
     or international financial institutions; and
       (2) to the maximum extent possible, securitizing or 
     collateralizing such securities, instruments, or loans with 
     the revenue from the future sales of oil extracted in Iraq.
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  SA 1827. Mr. FRIST (for Mr. Feingold) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 1642, to extend the duration of the immigrant investor regional 
center pilot program for 5 additional years, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 2. GAO STUDY.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the General Accounting Office shall 
     report to Congress on the immigrant investor program created 
     under section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)).
       (b) Contents.--The report described in subsection (a) shall 
     include information regarding--
       (1) the number of immigrant investors that have received 
     visas under the immigrant investor program in each year since 
     the inception of the program;
       (2) the country of origin of the immigrant investors;
       (3) the localities where the immigrant investors are 
     settling and whether those investors generally remain in the 
     localities where they initially settle;
       (4) the number of immigrant investors that have sought to 
     become citizens of the United States;
       (5) the types of commercial enterprises that the immigrant 
     investors have established; and
       (6) the types and number of jobs created by the immigrant 
     investors.

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