[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 20043-20044]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1687. Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mr. Corzine) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2862, making 
appropriations for Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and 
Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 190, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:
        Sec. 522. (a) There are appropriated out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2006, $5,000,000,000 for interoperable 
     communications equipment grants under State and local 
     programs administered by the Office of State and Local 
     Government Coordination and Preparedness of the Department of 
     Homeland Security.
       (b) The amount under subsection (a) is designated as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 
     95 (109th Congress).
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  SA 1688. Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. McCain, Mr. 
Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Schumer) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2862, making 
appropriations for Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and 
Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to include in any bilateral or multilateral trade 
     agreement the text of--
       (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United States-
     Singapore Free Trade Agreement;
       (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United States-
     Australia Free Trade Agreement; or
       (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States-
     Morocco Free Trade Agreement.
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  SA 1689. Mr. NELSON of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2862, making appropriations for 
Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 158, line 10, after ``Service,'' insert 
     ``$1,000,000 shall be for the costs of the pre-design, 
     schematic, and design development phases of a shared-use 
     facility for the University of Miami and the National Oceanic 
     and Atmospheric Administration to be located in Virginia Key, 
     and'':
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  SA 1690. Mr. NELSON of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2862, making appropriations for 
Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 158, line 10, after ``Service,'' insert 
     ``$2,000,000 shall be for National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration for advanced remote sensing programs at the 
     Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing, 
     and'':
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  SA 1691. Mr. NELSON of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be

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proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2862, making appropriations for 
Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 170, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:
       Sec. 304. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to undermine or otherwise limit the ability of the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to continue--
       (1) to make available forecasts and warnings of the 
     National Weather Service, in a timely, open, and unrestricted 
     manner using widely accepted information standards, including 
     the Internet; or
       (2) to cooperate closely with public safety agencies and 
     other entities, including private sector entities and the 
     media, to achieve the widest possible understanding of 
     information critical to the protection of life and property 
     and the enhancement of the economy of the United States.
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  SA 1692. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 2862, making appropriations for Science, the 
Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 127, line 17, strike ``$4,889,649,000'' and insert 
     ``$4,870,349,000''.
       On page 165, line 24, strike ``$4,345,213,000'' and insert 
     ``$4,364,513,000''.
       On page 166, strike lines 2 and 3 and insert ``$67,300,000 
     shall be transferred from the National Science Foundation to 
     the U.S. Coast Guard for operation and maintenance of the 
     three polar icebreakers of the U.S. Coast Guard or in''.
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  SA 1693. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2862, making appropriations for Science, the 
Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 170, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:
       Sec. 304. (a) The Administrator of the National Aeronautics 
     and Space Administration and the Director of the National 
     Science Foundation shall each establish a database system to 
     assess the effectiveness of the measures taken by the 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration or the National 
     Science Foundation, respectively, to monitor and effectuate 
     the compliance of educational institutions receiving Federal 
     financial assistance from the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration or the National Science Foundation, 
     respectively, with title IX of the Education Amendments of 
     1972.
       (b) The information collected and stored by a database 
     system described in subsection (a) shall include--
       (1) the key characteristics of each investigator and co-
     investigator for an application or proposal for Federal 
     financial assistance, including sex, race and ethnicity, 
     institution of higher education attended, degree earned, 
     including the area or discipline and year of the degree, and, 
     for an investigator or co-investigator in postsecondary 
     education, type of academic appointment; and
       (2) the amount requested in and the amount awarded for each 
     application or proposal.
       (c) In this section:
       (1) The term ``investigator'' means the individual 
     associated with an educational institution who submits an 
     application or proposal, on behalf of the institution, for 
     Federal financial assistance from the National Aeronautics 
     and Space Administration or the National Science Foundation.
       (2) The term ``co-investigator'' means an individual who is 
     listed on an application or proposal for Federal financial 
     assistance from the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration or the National Science Foundation as an 
     individual who will collaborate on the program or activity 
     described in the application or proposal but who is not the 
     investigator for such application or proposal.
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  SA 1694. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2862, making appropriations for Science, the 
Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 142, after line 3, insert the following:
       Sec. __. The Attorney General shall waive the matching 
     requirement for the purchase of bulletproof vests through the 
     Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 1998 for any law 
     enforcement agency that purchased defective Zylon-based body 
     armor with Federal funds pursuant to such Act between October 
     1, 1998, and September 30, 2005, and seeks to replace that 
     Zylon-based body armor, provided that the law enforcement 
     agency can present documentation to prove the purchase of 
     Zylon-based body armor with funds awarded to it under such 
     Act.

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