[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6629]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 673. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1105, making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 366, line 24, strike ``rule.'' and insert the 
     following: ``rule, provided that an attorney general of a 
     State may not enter into a contingency fee agreement for 
     legal or expert witness services relating to a civil action 
     under this section. For purposes of this paragraph, the term 
     `contingency fee agreement' means a contract or other 
     agreement to provide services under which the amount or the 
     payment of the fee for the services is contingent in whole or 
     in part on the outcome of the matter for which the services 
     were obtained.''.

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