[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1729]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 98. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for Mr. Ensign (for himself, Mr. McCain, and 
Mr. DeMint)) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 3 proposed by Mr. 
Reid (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Bennett, Mr. 
Lieberman, Ms. Collins, Mr. Obama, Mr. Salazar, and Mr. Durbin) to the 
bill S. 1, to provide greater transparency in the legislative process; 
as follows:

       Strike page 3, line 9 through page 4, line 12 and insert 
     the following:
       ``(a) In General.--A point of order may be made by any 
     Senator against any item contained in a conference report 
     that includes or consists of any matter not committed to the 
     conferees by either House.
       (1) For the purpose of this section ``matter not committed 
     to the conferees by either House'' shall include any item 
     which consists of a specific provision containing a specific 
     level of funding for any specific account, specific program, 
     specific project, or specific activity, when no such specific 
     funding was provided for such specific account, specific 
     program, specific project, or specific activity in the 
     measure originally committed to the conferees by either 
     House.
       (2) For the purpose of Rule XXVIII of the Standing Rules of 
     the Senate ``matter not committed'' shall include any item 
     which consists of a specific provision containing a specific 
     level of funding for any specific account, specific program, 
     specific project, or specific activity, when no such specific 
     funding was provided for such specific account, specific 
     program, specific project, or specific activity in the 
     measure originally committed to the conferees by either 
     House.

     The point of order may be made and disposed of separately for 
     each item in violation of this section.
       (b) Disposition.--If the point of order raised against an 
     item in a conference report under subsection (a) is 
     sustained, then--
       (1) the matter in such conference report shall be stricken;
       (2) when all other points of order under this section have 
     been disposed of--
       (A) the Senate shall proceed to consider the question of 
     whether the Senate should recede from its amendment to the 
     House bill, or its disagreement to the amendment of the 
     House, and concur with a further amendment, which further 
     amendment shall consist of only that portion of the 
     conference report that has not been stricken (any 
     modification of total amounts appropriated necessary to 
     reflect the deletion of the matter struck from the conference 
     report shall be made).
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  SA 99. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Bennett) proposed an 
amendment to amendment SA 3 proposed by Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. 
McConnell, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Obama Mr. Salazar, and Mr. Durbin) to the bill S. 1, to provide greater 
transparency in the legistative process; as follows:

       On page 4, strike lines 16 through 19.
       On page 13, lines 1 and 2, strike ``the Select Committee on 
     Ethics and''.
       On page 15, strike beginning with line 22 through page 16, 
     line 21, and insert the following:
       (a) In General.--Section 207(j)(1) of title 18, United 
     States Code, is amended, by--
       (1) striking ``The restrictions'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(A) In general.--The restrictions''; and
       (2) adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Indian tribes.--The restrictions contained in this 
     section shall not apply to acts done pursuant to section 104 
     of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
     (25 U.S.C. 450i).''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 104(j) of the Indian 
     Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
     450i(j)) is amended by striking ``and former officers and 
     employees of the United States employed by Indian tribes may 
     act as agents or attorneys for or'' and inserting ``or former 
     officers and employees of the United States who are carrying 
     out official duties as employees or as elected or appointed 
     officials of an Indian tribe may communicate with and''.
       On page 24, strike lines 11 through 20 and insert the 
     following:
       (A) by striking the first sentence and inserting the 
     following: ``Not later than 20 days after the end of the 
     quarterly period beginning on the 1st day of January, April, 
     July, and October of each year, or on the first business day 
     after the 20th day if that day is not a business day, in 
     which a registrant is registered with the Secretary of the 
     Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, a 
     registrant shall file a report or reports, as applicable, on 
     its lobbying activities during such quarterly period.''; and
       On page 27, strike line 12 through ``day,'' on line 15 and 
     insert ``Not later than 20 days after the end of the end of 
     the quarterly period beginning on the 1st day of January, 
     April, July, and October of each year, or on the first 
     business day after the 20th day if that day is not a business 
     day,''.
       On page 46, lines 12 and 13, strike ``over sight and 
     enforcement'' and insert ``administration''.

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