[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16627]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  PROVIDING FUNDING AUTHORITY TO FACILITATE THE EVACUATION OF PERSONS 
                              FROM LEBANON

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, on behalf of the leader, I ask that the 
Chair lay before the Senate a message from the House to accompany S. 
3741.
  The Presiding Officer laid before the Senate a message from the House 
as follows:

                                S. 3741

       Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 3741) entitled 
     ``An Act to provide funding authority to facilitate the 
     evacuation of persons from Lebanon, and for other purposes'', 
     do pass with the following amendment:
       Strike subsection (a) of section 1, and insert the 
     following new subsection (a):
       (a) Increase in Available Funds for Emergency 
     Evacuations.--Notwithstanding the transfer restrictions under 
     section 402 of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-
     108), the second proviso under the headings ``DEPARTMENT OF 
     STATE AND RELATED AGENCY--DEPARTMENT OF STATE--Administration 
     of Foreign Affairs--diplomatic and consular programs'' is 
     amended by striking ``$4,000,000'' and inserting 
     ``$19,000,000''.

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
concur in the House amendment, the motion to reconsider be laid on the 
table, and any statements relating to the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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