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“TEXT OF AMENDMENTS” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Senate section on pages S9568-S9570 on Sept. 17, 2009.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
TEXT OF AMENDMENTS
SA 2423. Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself and Mr. Roberts) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 190, line 10, insert before the period at the end the following: ``: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the joint explanatory statement of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-161; 121 Stat. 1844), $170,800 shall be made available to the city of Prescott for a wastewater treatment plant construction project and $129,200 shall be made available to the city of Wichita for a storm water technology pilot project: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the joint explanatory statement of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives accompanying the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-8; 123 Stat. 524), the amount of $185,000 made available to the city of Manhattan for the sewer mainline extension project (as described in the table entitled `Congressionally Designated Spending' contained in section 430 of that joint explanatory statement) shall be made available to the city of Manhattan for a water mainline extension project: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the joint explanatory statement of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives accompanying the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-8; 123 Stat. 524), the amount of $290,000 made available to the Riley County Board of Commissioners for the Konza Sewer Main Extension project (as described in the table entitled `Congressionally Designated Spending' contained in section 430 of that joint explanatory statement) shall be made available to the city of Manhattan for the Konza Water Main Extension project''.
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SA 2424. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
Sec. 4___. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to construct a drinking water reservoir in Fayette County, Alabama.
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SA 2425. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
Sec. 4___. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the Sewall-Belmont House in Washington, District of Columbia.
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SA 2426. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
Sec. 4___. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for an interpretive center at the California National Historic Trail in Nevada.
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SA 2427. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
Sec. 4___. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for rat eradication at the Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii.
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SA 2428. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
Sec. 4___. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for a National Conservation Training Center in West Virginia.
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SA 2429. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
Sec. 4___. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to manage excess sewage flows of the city of Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
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SA 2430. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
Sec. 4__. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to relocate a Forest Service dispatch center in the Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota.
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SA 2431. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
Sec. 4__. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the State of Vermont for the Vermont Wood Products Collaborative.
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SA 2432. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
Sec. 4__. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the town of Moorefield, West Virginia, for wastewater treatment facility upgrades.
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SA 2433. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 192, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
general provisions, environmental protection agency
Sec. 2__. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for any targeted infrastructure assistance grant under the State and Tribal Assistance Grants program.
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SA 2434. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 186, line 7, strike ``$15,000,000'' and insert
``$10,000,000''.
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SA 2435. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 134, line 16, before the period, insert the following ``: Provided, That none of the funds made available under this Act may be used for a tropical botanical garden in the State of Hawaii''.
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SA 2436. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 129, lines 1 through 4, strike ``, of which'' and all that follows through ``of 2004''.
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SA 2437. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 190, lines 2 through 10, strike ``: Provided further,'' and all that follows through ``drinking water system improvements''.
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SA 2438. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 195, line 3, before the period, insert the following ``: Provided further, That none of the funds made available under this Act may be used for trail improvements on the Reno-to-Reno Rim Trail in the State of Nevada''.
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SA 2439. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 134, line 16, before the period, insert the following ``: Provided, That none of the funds made available under this Act may be used to carry out the Native Hawaiian culture and arts program in the State of Hawaii''.
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SA 2440. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
funding limitation
Sec.__. None of the funds made available by this Act may be obligated for the purpose of implementing directives or policies of the Federal Government at the direction of the Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change
(commonly known as the ``White House Climate Change Czar'').
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SA 2441. Mr. DORGAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Beginning on page 173, strike line 12 and all that follows through page 174, line 5, and insert the following:
``(g) Requirements for Inclusion and Removal of Property in Heritage Area.--
``(1) Private property inclusion.--No privately owned property shall be included in the Heritage Area unless the owner of the private property provides to the management entity a written request for the inclusion.
``(2) Property removal.--
``(A) Private property.--At the request of an owner of private property included in the Heritage Area pursuant to paragraph (1), the private property shall be immediately withdrawn from the Heritage Area if the owner of the property provides to the management entity a written notice requesting removal.
``(B) Public property.--On written notice from the appropriate State or local government entity, public property included in the Heritage Area shall be immediately withdrawn from the Heritage Area.''.
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SA 2442. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 190, line 10, insert before the period at the end the following: ``: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the joint explanatory statement of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives accompanying Public Law 111-8 (123 Stat. 524), the amount of $400,000 made available to the City of Lake Norden, South Dakota, for wastewater infrastructure improvements (as described in the table entitled `Congressionally Designated Spending' contained in section 430 of that joint explanatory statement) shall be made available to the City of Lake Norden, South Dakota, for drinking water infrastructure improvements''.
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SA 2443. Mr. BROWNBACK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 190, line 10, insert before the period at the end the following: ``: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the joint explanatory statement of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110-161; 121 Stat. 1844), from funds made available by that Act for the State and Tribal Assistance Grants program, $170,800 shall be made available to the city of Prescott for a wastewater treatment plant construction project and $129,200 shall be made available to the city of Wichita for a storm water technology pilot project: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the joint explanatory statement of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives accompanying the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-8; 123 Stat. 524), the amount of $185,000 made available to the city of Manhattan for the sewer mainline extension project (as described in the table entitled `Congressionally Designated Spending' contained in section 430 of that joint explanatory statement) shall be made available to the city of Manhattan for a water mainline extension project: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the joint explanatory statement of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives accompanying the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-8; 123 Stat. 524), the amount of
$290,000 made available to the Riley County Board of Commissioners for the Konza Sewer Main Extension project (as described in the table entitled `Congressionally Designated Spending' contained in section 430 of that joint explanatory statement) shall be made available to the city of Manhattan for the Konza Water Main Extension project''.
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SA 2444. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 240, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
Sec. 4__. Section 404(c) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7624(c)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Agricultural Research Service'' and inserting ``Agricultural Research Service and the Forest Service''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Authority of secretary.--To carry out a cooperative agreement with a private entity under paragraph (1), the Secretary may rent to the private entity equipment, the title of which is held by the Federal Government.''.
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