[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9452-9455]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 477. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 782, to amend the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act of 1965 to reauthorize that Act, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 12, strike lines 1 through 6 and insert the 
     following:
       (A) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ``, with the goal 
     that at least 1 university center is to be established in 
     each State'' after ``centers'';
       (B) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (C) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as subparagraph (J); 
     and
       (D) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the following:
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  SA 478. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 782, to amend the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act of 1965 to reauthorize that Act, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 17, line 12, strike the quotation marks and the 
     following period and insert the following:
       ``(8) Phase-out of federal interest.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall release any Federal 
     interest in property and income in connection with a grant 
     made from revolving loan funds after the original grant has 
     been fully disbursed and recaptured by the grant recipient at 
     least once if the recipient, as determined by the Secretary--
       ``(i) retains the grant funds for the overall economic 
     development advancement of the service delivery area; and
       ``(ii) continues to comply with section 602.
       ``(B) Applicability.--This paragraph shall apply to 
     property and income assisted or generated through provision 
     of a grant from revolving loan funds before, on, or after the 
     date of enactment of this paragraph.''.
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  SA 479. Mr. DeMINT (for himself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Hatch, and Mr. 
Cornyn) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 782, to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 
1965 to reauthorize that Act, and for other purposes; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REPEAL OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE CERTAIN LOANS TO THE 
                   INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, THE INCREASE IN 
                   THE UNITED STATES QUOTA, AND CERTAIN OTHER 
                   AUTHORITIES, AND RESCISSION OF RELATED 
                   APPROPRIATED AMOUNTS.

       (a) Repeal of Authorities.--The Bretton Woods Agreements 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 286 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 17--
       (A) in subsection (a)--
       (i) by striking ``(1) In order'' and inserting ``In 
     order''; and
       (ii) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (4); and
       (B) in subsection (b)--
       (i) by striking ``(1) For the purpose'' and inserting ``For 
     the purpose'';
       (ii) by striking ``subsection (a)(1)'' and inserting 
     ``subsection (a)''; and
       (iii) by striking paragraph (2);
       (2) by striking sections 64, 65, 66, and 67; and
       (3) by redesignating section 68 as section 64.
       (b) Rescission of Amounts.--
       (1) In general.--The unobligated balance of the amounts 
     specified in paragraph (2)--
       (A) is rescinded;
       (B) shall be deposited in the General Fund of the Treasury 
     to be dedicated for the sole purpose of deficit reduction; 
     and
       (C) may not be used as an offset for other spending 
     increases or revenue reductions.
       (2) Amounts specified.--The amounts specified in this 
     paragraph are the amounts appropriated under the heading 
     ``United States Quota, International Monetary Fund'', and 
     under the heading ``Loans to International Monetary Fund'', 
     under the heading ``INTERNATIONAL MONETARY PROGRAMS'' under 
     the heading ``INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS'' in title 
     XIV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 
     111-32; 123 Stat. 1916).
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  SA 480. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Johnson of South Dakota) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
782, to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to 
reauthorize that Act, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie 
on the table; as follows:

       On page 29, after line 20, add the following:

     SEC. 2__. PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 1001 of the Food Security of 1985 
     (7 U.S.C. 1308) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(3) Legal entity.--
       ``(A) In general.--The term `legal entity' means--
       ``(i) an organization that (subject to the requirements of 
     this section and section 1001A) is eligible to receive a 
     payment under a provision of law referred to in subsection 
     (b), (c), or (d);
       ``(ii) a corporation, joint stock company, association, 
     limited partnership, limited liability company, limited 
     liability partnership, charitable organization, estate, 
     irrevocable trust, grantor of a revocable trust, or other 
     similar entity (as determined by the Secretary); and
       ``(iii) an organization that is participating in a farming 
     operation as a partner in a general partnership or as a 
     participant in a joint venture.
       ``(B) Exclusion.--The term `legal entity' does not include 
     a general partnership or joint venture.'';
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), by striking ``(except 
     a joint venture or a general partnership)'' each place it 
     appears;
       (B) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``$40,000'' and 
     inserting ``$20,000''; and
       (C) in paragraphs (2) and (3)(A), by striking ``$65,000'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``$30,000'';
       (3) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), by striking ``(except 
     a joint venture or a general partnership)'' each place it 
     appears;
       (B) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``$40,000'' and 
     inserting ``$20,000''; and
       (C) in paragraphs (2) and (3)(A), by striking ``$65,000'' 
     each place it appears and inserting ``$30,000'';
       (4) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:

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       ``(d) Limitations on Marketing Loan Gains, Loan Deficiency 
     Payments, and Commodity Certificate Transactions.--The total 
     amount of the following gains and payments that a person or 
     legal entity may receive during any crop year may not exceed 
     $75,000:
       ``(1)(A) Any gain realized by a producer from repaying a 
     marketing assistance loan for 1 or more loan commodities and 
     peanuts under subtitle B or C of title I of the Food, 
     Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8731 et seq.) 
     at a lower level than the original loan rate established for 
     the loan commodity under those subtitles.
       ``(B) In the case of settlement of a marketing assistance 
     loan for 1 or more loan commodities and peanuts under those 
     subtitles by forfeiture, the amount by which the loan amount 
     exceeds the repayment amount for the loan if the loan had 
     been settled by repayment instead of forfeiture.
       ``(2) Any loan deficiency payments received for 1 or more 
     loan commodities and peanuts under those subtitles.
       ``(3) Any gain realized from the use of a commodity 
     certificate issued by the Commodity Credit Corporation for 1 
     or more loan commodities and peanuts, as determined by the 
     Secretary, including the use of a certificate for the 
     settlement of a marketing assistance loan made under those 
     subtitles or section 1307 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 7957).'';
       (5) by redesignating subsections (e) through (h) as 
     subsections (f) through (i), respectively;
       (6) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
       ``(e) Spousal Equity.--
       ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsections (b) through 
     (d), except as provided in paragraph (2), if a person and the 
     spouse of the person are covered by paragraph (2) and 
     receive, directly or indirectly, any payment or gain covered 
     by this section, the total amount of payments or gains (as 
     applicable) covered by this section that the person and 
     spouse may jointly receive during any crop year may not 
     exceed an amount equal to twice the applicable dollar amounts 
     specified in subsections (b), (c), and (d).
       ``(2) Exceptions.--
       ``(A) Separate farming operations.--In the case of a 
     married couple in which each spouse, before the marriage, was 
     separately engaged in an unrelated farming operation, each 
     spouse shall be treated as a separate person with respect to 
     a farming operation brought into the marriage by a spouse, 
     subject to the condition that the farming operation shall 
     remain a separate farming operation, as determined by the 
     Secretary.
       ``(B) Election to receive separate payments.--A married 
     couple may elect to receive payments separately in the name 
     of each spouse if the total amount of payments and benefits 
     described in subsections (b), (c), and (d) that the married 
     couple receives, directly or indirectly, does not exceed an 
     amount equal to twice the applicable dollar amounts specified 
     in those subsections.'';
       (7) in paragraph (3)(B) of subsection (g) (as redesignated 
     by paragraph (5)), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(iii) Irrevocable trusts.--In promulgating regulations to 
     define the term `legal entity' as the term applies to 
     irrevocable trusts, the Secretary shall ensure that 
     irrevocable trusts are legitimate entities that have not been 
     created for the purpose of avoiding a payment limitation.''; 
     and
       (8) in subsection (i) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)), 
     in the second sentence, by striking ``or other entity'' and 
     inserting ``or legal entity''.
       (b) Substantive Change; Payments Limited to Active 
     Farmers.--The Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by 
     striking section 1001A (7 U.S.C. 1308-1) and inserting the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 1001A. SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE; PAYMENTS LIMITED TO ACTIVE 
                   FARMERS.

       ``(a) Substantive Change.--
       ``(1) In general.--For purposes of the application of 
     limitations under this section, the Secretary shall not 
     approve any change in a farming operation that otherwise 
     would increase the number of persons or legal entities to 
     which the limitations under this section apply, unless the 
     Secretary determines that the change is bona fide and 
     substantive.
       ``(2) Family members.--For the purpose of paragraph (1), 
     the addition of a family member to a farming operation under 
     the criteria established under subsection (b)(3)(B) shall be 
     considered to be a bona fide and substantive change in the 
     farming operation.
       ``(3) Primary control.--To prevent a farm from reorganizing 
     in a manner that is inconsistent with the purposes of this 
     Act, the Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as the 
     Secretary determines to be necessary to simultaneously 
     attribute payments for a farming operation to more than 1 
     person or legal entity, including the person or legal entity 
     that exercises primary control over the farming operation, 
     including to respond to--
       ``(A)(i) any instance in which ownership of a farming 
     operation is transferred to a person or legal entity under an 
     arrangement that provides for the sale or exchange of any 
     asset or ownership interest in 1 or more legal entities at 
     less than fair market value; and
       ``(ii) the transferor is provided preferential rights to 
     repurchase the asset or interest at less than fair market 
     value; or
       ``(B) a sale or exchange of any asset or ownership interest 
     in 1 or more legal entities under an arrangement under which 
     rights to exercise control over the asset or interest are 
     retained, directly or indirectly, by the transferor.
       ``(b) Payments Limited to Active Farmers.--
       ``(1) In general.--To be eligible to receive, directly or 
     indirectly, payments or benefits described as being subject 
     to limitation in subsection (b) through (d) of section 1001 
     with respect to a particular farming operation, a person or 
     legal entity shall be actively engaged in farming with 
     respect to the farming operation, in accordance with 
     paragraphs (2), (3), and (4).
       ``(2) General classes actively engaged in farming.--
       ``(A) Definition of active personal management.--In this 
     paragraph, the term `active personal management' means, with 
     respect to a person, administrative duties carried out by the 
     person for a farming operation--
       ``(i) that are personally provided by the person on a 
     regular, continuous, and substantial basis; and
       ``(ii) relating to the supervision and direction of--

       ``(I) activities and labor involved in the farming 
     operation; and
       ``(II) onsite services directly related and necessary to 
     the farming operation.

       ``(B) Active engagement.--Except as provided in paragraph 
     (3), for purposes of paragraph (1), the following shall 
     apply:
       ``(i) A person shall be considered to be actively engaged 
     in farming with respect to a farming operation if--

       ``(I) the person makes a significant contribution, as 
     determined under subparagraph (E) (based on the total value 
     of the farming operation), to the farming operation of--

       ``(aa) capital, equipment, or land; and
       ``(bb) personal labor and active personal management;

       ``(II) the share of the person of the profits or losses 
     from the farming operation is commensurate with the 
     contributions of the person to the operation; and
       ``(III) a contribution of the person is at risk.

       ``(ii) A legal entity shall be considered to be actively 
     engaged in farming with respect to a farming operation if--

       ``(I) the legal entity makes a significant contribution, as 
     determined under subparagraph (E) (based on the total value 
     of the farming operation), to the farming operation of 
     capital, equipment, or land;
       ``(II)(aa) the stockholders or members that collectively 
     own at least 51 percent of the combined beneficial interest 
     in the legal entity each make a significant contribution of 
     personal labor and active personal management to the 
     operation; or
       ``(bb) in the case of a legal entity in which all of the 
     beneficial interests are held by family members, any 
     stockholder or member (or household comprised of a 
     stockholder or member and the spouse of the stockholder or 
     member) who owns at least 10 percent of the beneficial 
     interest in the legal entity makes a significant contribution 
     of personal labor or active personal management; and
       ``(III) the legal entity meets the requirements of 
     subclauses (II) and (III) of clause (i).

       ``(C) Legal entities making significant contributions.--If 
     a general partnership, joint venture, or similar entity (as 
     determined by the Secretary) separately makes a significant 
     contribution (based on the total value of the farming 
     operation involved) of capital, equipment, or land, the 
     partners or members making a significant contribution of 
     personal labor or active personal management and meeting the 
     standards provided in subclauses (II) and (III) of 
     subparagraph (B)(i) shall be considered to be actively 
     engaged in farming with respect to the farming operation 
     involved.
       ``(D) Equipment and personal labor.--In making 
     determinations under this subsection regarding equipment and 
     personal labor, the Secretary shall take into consideration 
     the equipment and personal labor normally and customarily 
     provided by farm operators in the area involved to produce 
     program crops.
       ``(E) Significant contribution of personal labor or active 
     personal management.--
       ``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), for purposes of 
     subparagraph (B), a person shall be considered to be 
     providing, on behalf of the person or a legal entity, a 
     significant contribution of personal labor and active 
     personal management, if the total contribution of personal 
     labor and active personal management is at least equal to the 
     lesser of--

       ``(I) 1,000 hours; and
       ``(II) a period of time equal to--

       ``(aa) 50 percent of the commensurate share of the total 
     number of hours of personal labor and active personal 
     management required to conduct the farming operation; or
       ``(bb) in the case of a stockholder or member (or household 
     comprised of a stockholder or member and the spouse of the 
     stockholder or member) that owns at least 10 percent of the 
     beneficial interest in a legal entity in which all of the 
     beneficial interests are held by family members who do not 
     collectively receive payments directly or indirectly, 
     including payments received by spouses, of

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     more than twice the applicable limit, 50 percent of the 
     commensurate share of hours of the personal labor and active 
     personal management of all family members required to conduct 
     the farming operation.
       ``(ii) Minimum labor hours.--For the purpose of clause (i), 
     the minimum number of labor hours required to produce a 
     commodity shall be equal to the number of hours that would be 
     necessary to conduct a farming operation for the production 
     of each commodity that is comparable in size to the 
     commensurate share of a person or legal entity in the farming 
     operation for the production of the commodity, based on the 
     minimum number of hours per acre required to produce the 
     commodity in the State in which the farming operation is 
     located, as determined by the Secretary.
       ``(3) Special classes actively engaged in farming.--
     Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the following persons shall be 
     considered to be actively engaged in farming with respect to 
     a farm operation:
       ``(A) Landowners.--A person or legal entity that is a 
     landowner contributing owned land, and that meets the 
     requirements of subclauses (II) and (III) of paragraph 
     (2)(B)(i), if, as determined by the Secretary--
       ``(i) the landowner share-rents the land at a rate that is 
     usual and customary; and
       ``(ii) the share received by the landowner is commensurate 
     with the share of the crop or income received as rent.
       ``(B) Family members.--With respect to a farming operation 
     conducted by persons who are family members, or a legal 
     entity the majority of the stockholders or members of which 
     are family members, an adult family member who makes a 
     significant contribution (based on the total value of the 
     farming operation) of active personal management or personal 
     labor and, with respect to such contribution, who meets the 
     requirements of subclauses (II) and (III) of paragraph 
     (2)(B)(i).
       ``(C) Sharecroppers.--A sharecropper who makes a 
     significant contribution of personal labor to the farming 
     operation and, with respect to such contribution, who meets 
     the requirements of subclauses (II) and (III) of paragraph 
     (2)(B)(i), and who was receiving payments from the landowner 
     as a sharecropper prior to the effective date of the Food, 
     Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-246; 122 
     Stat. 1651).
       ``(4) Persons and legal entities not actively engaged in 
     farming.--For the purposes of paragraph (1), except as 
     provided in paragraph (3), the following persons and legal 
     entities shall not be considered to be actively engaged in 
     farming with respect to a farm operation:
       ``(A) Landlords.--A landlord contributing land to the 
     farming operation if the landlord receives cash rent, or a 
     crop share guaranteed as to the amount of the commodity to be 
     paid in rent, for such use of the land.
       ``(B) Other persons and legal entities.--Any other person 
     or legal entity, or class of persons or legal entities, that 
     fails to meet the requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3), as 
     determined by the Secretary.
       ``(5) Personal labor and active personal management.--No 
     stockholder or member may provide personal labor or active 
     personal management to meet the requirements of this 
     subsection for persons or legal entities that collectively 
     receive, directly or indirectly, an amount equal to more than 
     twice the applicable limits under subsections (b), (c), and 
     (d) of section 1001.
       ``(6) Custom farming services.--A person or legal entity 
     receiving custom farming services will be considered 
     separately eligible for payment limitation purposes if the 
     person or legal entity is actively engaged in farming based 
     on paragraphs (1) through (3).
       ``(7) Growers of hybrid seed.--To determine whether a 
     person or legal entity growing hybrid seed under contract 
     shall be considered to be actively engaged in farming, the 
     Secretary shall not take into consideration the existence of 
     a hybrid seed contract.
       ``(c) Notification by Legal Entities.--To facilitate the 
     administration of this section, each legal entity that 
     receives payments or benefits described as being subject to 
     limitation in subsection (b), (c), or (d) of section 1001 
     with respect to a particular farming operation shall--
       ``(1) notify each person or other legal entity that 
     acquires or holds a beneficial interest in the farming 
     operation of the requirements and limitations under this 
     section; and
       ``(2) provide to the Secretary, at such times and in such 
     manner as the Secretary may require, the name and social 
     security number of each person, or the name and taxpayer 
     identification number of each legal entity, that holds or 
     acquires such a beneficial interest.''.
       (c) Foreign Persons and Legal Entities Made Ineligible for 
     Program Benefits.--Section 1001C of the Food Security Act of 
     1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-3) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking ``PERSONS'' and 
     inserting ``PERSONS AND LEGAL ENTITIES'';
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Corporation or 
     Other'' and inserting ``Legal'';
       (B) in the first sentence, by striking ``a corporation or 
     other entity shall be considered a person that'' and 
     inserting ``a legal entity''; and
       (C) in the second sentence, by striking ``an entity'' and 
     inserting ``a legal entity''; and
       (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``person'' and inserting 
     ``legal entity or person''.
       (d) Regulations.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture may 
     promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement 
     this section and the amendments made by this section.
       (2) Procedure.--The promulgation of the regulations and 
     administration of this section and the amendments made by 
     this section shall be made without regard to--
       (A) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (B) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
     effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to 
     notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
     rulemaking; and
       (C) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
       (3) Congressional review of agency rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this subsection, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (e) Budgetary Effects.--The budgetary effects of this Act, 
     for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-
     Go-Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the 
     latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
     Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the 
     Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Senate Budget 
     Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted 
     prior to the vote on passage.
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  SA 481. Mr. PRYOR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 782, to amend the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act of 1965 to reauthorize that Act, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 12, strike lines 23 and 24 and insert the 
     following:

     force, or Department of Energy defense-related or other 
     defense-related funding reductions, or funding reductions for 
     government entities on property deeded from military bases, 
     for help in--
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  SA 482. Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Carper) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 782, to amend the Public 
Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to reauthorize that Act, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. ___. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING USE OF SAVINGS 
                   RESULTING FROM REPEAL OF VEETC.

       It is the sense of the Senate that the savings from the 
     repeal of the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit should be 
     directed to--
       (1) reducing the Federal deficit; and
       (2) extending for 5 years the Federal tax credits for 
     advanced biofuels (as defined by the Renewable Fuel Standard 
     under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007).
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  SA 483. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 679, to reduce the number of executive positions 
subject to Senate confirmation; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       On page 76, after line 6, add the following:

     SEC. 6. RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) In General.--Of the unobligated amounts appropriated 
     for high-speed rail projects under title XII of division A of 
     the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public 
     Law 111-5) and title I of division A of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-117), $2,400,000,000 
     is rescinded.
       (b) Deficit Reduction.--All amounts rescinded under 
     subsection (a) shall be used to reduce the public debt of the 
     United States.
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  SA 484. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 679, to reduce the number of executive positions 
subject to Senate confirmation; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following:

     SEC. 6. BUDGET OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.

       (a) Prohibition on Printing the Budget of the United States 
     Government.--
       (1) In general.--Chapter 13 of title 44, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 1345. Prohibition on printing of the budget of the 
       United States Government

       ``The Government Printing Office shall not print the budget 
     of the United States Government described under section 1105 
     of title 31, United States Code.''.
       (2) Technical and conforming amendment.--The table of 
     sections for chapter 13 of

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     title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding after the 
     item relating to section 1344 the following:

``Sec. 1345. Prohibition on printing of the budget of the United States 
              Government.''.

       (b) Electronic Availability.--The Office of Management and 
     Budget shall make the budget of the United States Government 
     submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United 
     States Code, available--
       (1) to the public on the website of the Office of 
     Management and Budget; and
       (2) in a format which enables the budget to be downloaded 
     and printed by users of the website.
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  SA 485. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 679, to reduce the number of executive positions 
subject to Senate confirmation; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON PRINTING THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.

       (a) Prohibition on Printing.--
       (1) In general.--Chapter 9 of title 44, United States Code, 
     is amended by striking section 903 and inserting the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 903. Congressional Record: daily and permanent forms

       ``(a) In General.--The public proceedings of each House of 
     Congress as reported by the Official Reporters, shall be 
     included in the Congressional Record, which shall be issued 
     in daily form during each session and shall be revised and 
     made electronically available promptly, as directed by the 
     Joint Committee on Printing, for distribution during and 
     after the close of each session of Congress. The daily and 
     the permanent Record shall bear the same date, which shall be 
     that of the actual day's proceedings reported. The Government 
     Printing Office shall not print the Congressional Record.
       ``(b) Electronic Availability.--
       ``(1) Government printing office.--The Government Printing 
     Office shall make the Congressional Record available to the 
     Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer 
     of the House of Representatives in an electronic form in a 
     timely manner to ensure the implementation of subsection (a).
       ``(2) Website.--The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief 
     Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall 
     make the Congressional Record available--
       ``(A) to the public on the websites of the Secretary of the 
     Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       ``(B) in a format which enables the Congressional Record to 
     be downloaded and printed by users of the website.''.
       (b) Congressional Record.--
       (1) In general.--Chapter 9 of title 44, United States Code, 
     is amended--
       (A) in section 905, in the first sentence, by striking 
     ``printing'' and inserting ``inclusion''; and
       (B) by striking sections 906, 909, and 910.
       (2) Technical and conforming amendments.--The table of 
     sections for chapter 9 of title 44, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking the items relating to sections 906, 909, 
     and 910.

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