[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16855]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1369. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1365 proposed by Mr. Nelson of Nebraska (for himself and 
Ms. Murkowski) to the bill H.R. 2918, making appropriations for the 
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and 
for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

       Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act 
     1965 (Public Law 88-454; 2 U.S.C. 104a) is amended--
       (1) in the last sentence of paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``shall'' and inserting ``may''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(6) Beginning with the report covering the first full 
     semiannual period of the 112th Congress, the Secretary of the 
     Senate--
       ``(1) shall publicly post on-line on the website of the 
     Senate each report in a searchable itemized format as 
     required under this section;
       ``(2) shall issue each report required under this section 
     in electronic form; and
       ``(3) may issue each report required under this section in 
     other forms at the discretion of the Secretary of the 
     Senate.''.
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  SA 1370. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1365 proposed by Mr. Nelson of Nebraska (for himself and 
Ms. Murkowski) to the bill H.R. 2918, making appropriations for the 
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and 
for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. ENGRAVING OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG 
                   AND THE NATIONAL MOTTO IN THE CAPITOL VISITOR 
                   CENTER.

       (a) Engraving Required.--The Architect of the Capitol shall 
     engrave the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and the National 
     Motto of ``In God We Trust'' in the Capitol Visitor Center, 
     in accordance with the engraving plan described in subsection 
     (b).
       (b) Engraving Plan.--The engraving plan described in this 
     subsection is a plan setting forth the design and location of 
     the engraving required under subsection (a) which is prepared 
     by the Architect of the Capitol and approved by the Committee 
     on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee 
     on House Administration of the House of Representatives.

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