[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2444]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 209. Mr. KYL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 100 proposed by Mr. Reid (for Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 
2, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an 
increase in the Federal minimum wage; as follows:

       On page 4, line 8, strike ``2011'' and insert ``2013''.
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  SA 210. Mr. KYL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 100 proposed by Mr. Reid (for Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 
2, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an 
increase in the Federal minimum wage; as follows:

       On page 4, strike lines 4 through 8 and insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 201. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF INCREASED EXPENSING FOR 
                   SMALL BUSINESSES.

       Section 179 (relating to election to expense certain 
     depreciable business assets) is amended by striking ``and 
     before 2010'' each place it appears.
       On page 4, strike lines 18 through 24 and insert the 
     following:
       (1) Permanent extension of leasehold improvements.--
       (A) In general.--Section 168(e)(3)(E)(iv) is amended by 
     striking ``placed in service before January 1, 2008''.
       (B) Effective date.--The amendment made by this paragraph 
     shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 
     2007.
       On page 4, after line 24 add insert the following:
       (2) Permanent extension of restaurant improvements.--
       (A) In general.--Section 168(e)(3)(E)(v) is amended by 
     striking ``placed in service before January 1, 2008''.
       (B) Effective date.--The amendment made by this paragraph 
     shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 
     2007.
       On page 6, strike lines 4 through 6 and insert the 
     following:
       ``(ix) any qualified retail improvement property.''.
       On page 12, strike lines 19 through 21 and insert the 
     following:
       (a) Permanent Extension of Combined Work Opportunity Credit 
     and Welfare-to-Work Credit.--Section 51(c) is amended by 
     striking paragraph (4).
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  SA 211. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 100 proposed by Mr. Reid (for Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 
2, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide for an 
increase in the Federal minimum wage; as follows:

       At the end of section 102 of the amendment, add the 
     following:
       (c) Applicability to American Samoa.--Notwithstanding 
     sections 5, 6(a)(3), 8, 10, and 13(e) of the Fair Labor 
     Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 205, 206(a)(3), 208, 210, 
     213(e)), subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall apply 
     to American Samoa in the same manner as such subsections 
     apply to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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