[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9056]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 730. Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Ensign, Ms. Cantwell, and Mrs. 
Murray) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional 
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising 
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting 
forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 
2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of Title II, insert the following:

     SEC.__. RESERVE FUND TO PROMOTE TAX EQUITY FOR STATES WITHOUT 
                   PERSONAL INCOME TAXES.

       The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may 
     revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appropriate 
     levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint 
     resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that 
     would provide for the permanent extension of the deduction 
     for state and local sales taxes, by the amounts provided in 
     such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over either the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the 
     period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2019.
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  SA 731. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, 
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 
2011 through 2014; as follows:

       On page 33, line 21, after ``economy,'' insert ``without 
     increasing electricity or gasoline prices,''.
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  SA 732. Mr. KERRY (for himself and Mr. Lugar) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. 
Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 10, line 20, increase the amount by $4,000,000,000.
       On page 10, line 21, increase the amount by $1,896,000,000.
       On page 10, line 25, increase the amount by $1,104,000,000.
       On page 11, line 4, increase the amount by $476,000,000.
       On page 11, line 8, increase the amount by $272,000,000.
       On page 11, line 12, increase the amount by $116,000,000.
       On page 27, line 23, decrease the amount by $4,000,000,000.
       On page 27, line 24, decrease the amount by $1,896,000,000.
       On page 28, line 3, decrease the amount by $1,104,000,000.
       On page 28, line 7, decrease the amount by $476,000,000.
       On page 28, line 11, decrease the amount by $272,000,000.
       On page 28, line 15, decrease the amount by $116,000,000.
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  SA 733. Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Vitter, Mr. 
Brownback, and Mr. Voinovich) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting 
forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for 
fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for 
fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

     SEC. 2___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INNOVATIVE LOAN 
                   GUARANTEE PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of 
     the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the 
     allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution 
     by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution, 
     amendment, motion, or conference report that authorizes an 
     additional $50,000,000,000 for use to provide loan guarantees 
     for eligible projects under title XVII of the Energy Policy 
     Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16511 et seq.).
       (b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the 
     legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase 
     the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 
     through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 
     through 2019.
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  SA 734. Mr. CRAPO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, 
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

     SEC. 2___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH 
                   AND DEVELOPMENT.

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Chairman of 
     the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the 
     allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution 
     by the amounts provided by a bill, joint resolution, 
     amendment, motion, or conference report that authorizes 
     nuclear research and development activities, including the 
     Generation IV program, the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative, 
     and the Light Water Reactor Sustainability program.
       (b) Deficit Neutrality.--Subsection (a) applies only if the 
     legislation described in subsection (a) would not increase 
     the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 
     through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 
     through 2019.
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  SA 735. Mr. JOHANNS proposed an amendment to the concurrent 
resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for 
the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth 
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; as 
follows:

       Section 202 is amended by inserting at the end the 
     following: ``(c) The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the 
     Budget shall not revise the allocations in this resolution if 
     the legislation provided for in subsections (a) or (b) is 
     reported from any committee pursuant to section 310 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974.''
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  SA 736. Mr. BOND submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, 
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 33, line 21, after ``economy,'' insert ``without 
     causing significant job loss in regions of the United States 
     vulnerable to manufacturing or energy-intensive job loss such 
     as the coal-dependent Midwest, Great Plains and South,''.
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  SA 737. Mr. BOND submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, 
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 33, line 21, after ``economy,'' insert ``without 
     increasing fertilizer, diesel, gasoline, electricity or 
     natural gas prices,''.
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  SA 738. Mr. BOND submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, 
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 33, line 21, after ``economy,'' insert ``without 
     increasing residential retail electricity, natural gas or 
     home heating oil prices,''.

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