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“TEXT OF AMENDMENTS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Senate section on pages S10374-S10375 on Oct. 13, 2009.
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TEXT OF AMENDMENTS
SA 2676. Mr. CHAMBLISS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Department of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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:
Sec. __. (a) Prohibition on Use of Funds for Transfer of Guantanamo Bay Detainees to United States.--None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or any Act enacted before the date of the enactment of this Act may be used for the purposes of releasing into, or detaining or prosecuting in, the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of Columbia any individual who is detained, as of April 30, 2009, at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
(b) Limitation on Use of Funds for Other Transfer of Guantanamo Bay Detainees.--None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or any Act enacted before the date of the enactment of this Act may be used to transfer or release an individual detained at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of April 30, 2009, to the country of such individual's nationality or last habitual residence, or to any other country other than the United States, unless the President submits to the Congress, in writing, at least 30 days before such transfer or release, a report setting forth the following information:
(1) The name of the individual to be so transferred or released and the country to which the individual is to be transferred or released.
(2) An assessment of any risk to the national security of the United States or its citizens, including members of the Armed Forces of the United States, that is posed by such transfer or release, and a description of the actions to be taken to mitigate such risk.
(3) The terms of any agreement with another country for acceptance of the individual, including the amount of any financial assistance related to such agreement.
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SA 2677. Ms. SNOWE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 124, line 21, strike ``section.'' and insert
``section, including an assessment of actions that would improve the development and interdepartmental coordination of the policies of the United States under the United States-Canada Transboundary Resource Sharing Understanding for shared groundfish stocks.''.
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SA 2678. Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Kirk) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 124, line 21, strike ``section.'' and insert
``section: Provided further, That no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act the Secretary submits to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation specific recommendations for legislative and diplomatic actions to improve coordinated management of shared groundfish stocks under the United States-Canada Transboundary Resource Sharing Understanding to enhance management and utilization of resources by both countries.''.
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SA 2679. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Department of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 125, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:
Sec. 111. (a) Report on Export Assistance to Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses.--Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to Congress a report on--
(1) the status of the current programs of the Department of Commerce to provide assistance to small- and medium-sized businesses in the United States with respect to facilitating the exportation of goods produced in the United States to emerging markets, including the People's Republic of China, Brazil, and India; and
(2) the feasibility of providing additional assistance to small- and medium-sized businesses in the United States with respect to facilitating the exportation of goods produced in the United States to emerging markets.
(b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include--
(1) an assessment of the ability of the Department of Commerce--
(A) to provide assistance to small- and medium-sized businesses in the United States in--
(i) finding and utilizing Federal and private resources to facilitate the exportation of goods produced in the United States to emerging markets;
(ii) establishing and maintaining continuous direct and personal contact with other businesses that have entered into emerging markets;
(iii) resolving disputes with the Government of the United States or the governments of emerging markets relating to intellectual property rights violations or import or export restrictions or other trade barriers; and
(iv) the consolidation of fees charged by the Department for Gold Key Matching Services provided for businesses that export goods or services produced in the United States to more than one market; and
(B) to locate and recruit businesses to enter the emerging markets;
(C) to develop and implement trade missions to emerging markets;
(2) recommendations with respect to additional assistance that the Department could provide to small- and medium-sized businesses in the United States with respect to facilitating the exportation of goods to emerging markets; and
(3) an estimate of--
(A) the cost of any such additional assistance;
(B) the number of additional personnel required to carry out such assistance; and
(C) the cost of consolidating or reducing fees under paragraph (1)(A)(iv).
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SA 2680. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Department of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 162, line 25, before the period insert ``and an additional amount of $50,000,000 offset by a reduction in funding for the Federal Detention Trustee provided in this Act by the same amount''.-
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SA 2681. Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Cantwell) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 203, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following:
SEC. 533. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO MOVE THE MARINE
OPERATIONS CENTER-PACIFIC.
No funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to move the Marine Operations Center-Pacific more than 150 miles from where it was located on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act until the Comptroller General of the United States completes its review of the protest filed by the Port of Bellingham and 1801 Fairview Avenue East LLC.
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SA 2682. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. Lieberman) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 170, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:
Sec. 220. Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly prepare and submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. The report required under this section shall include--
(1) an explicit plan establishing specific and detailed milestones for accomplishing the joint investment and infrastructure sharing goals of the Integrated Wireless Network funded in this title under the heading ``Tactical Law enforcement Wireless Communications'', with dates for the planned completion of such goals and the funds linked to achieving those milestones;
(2) a description of the technical standards and logical integration points between the law enforcement and emergency communications systems of the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of the Treasury needed to support and achieve interoperability between the respective communications systems when interoperability is required for tactical reasons or emergency situations; and
(3) an explanation of how the Integrated Wireless Network concept will promote interoperability with other federal departments and State and local governments, including an explanation of how an Integrated Wireless Network will be included in the framework of the Emergency Communications Preparedness Center.
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SA 2683. Mr. CHAMBLISS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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:
Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for the purposes of transferring to, releasing into, or detaining or prosecuting in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, or the District of Columbia any individual who is detained, as of April 30, 2009, at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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SA 2684. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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:
Sec. ____. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act for the Department of Justice may be used by any office within the Department of Justice for any anonymous public relations activity, including publishing articles or comments online on any website, weblog or blog, newspapers, or any other social media site, absent a statement identifying the author as an employee of the Department of Justice and that taxpayer dollars were used to fund the post.
(b) In this section, the term ``public relations activity'' does not include clandestine activities of any Department of Justice components operating under the direction of the Intelligence Community or as part of an ongoing and active investigation.
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SA 2685. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 170, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:
Sec. 220. (a) For an additional amount for the Executive Office for Immigration Review $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out the Legal Orientation Program of the Office.
(b) All amount appropriated under this Act, except for amounts appropriated for the Executive Office for Immigration Review, shall be reduced on a pro rata basis by the amount necessary to reduce the total amount appropriated under this Act, except for amounts appropriated for the Executive Office of Immigration of Review in this title under the heading
``Administrative Review and Appeals'' by $2,000,000.
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SA 2686. Mr. CARPER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 110, line 7, strike ``activities.'' and insert
``activities: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this or any other Act for any fiscal year for the collection of census data may be used to ask questions that the Secretary of Commerce determines would inhibit the ability of the Bureau of the Census to comply with its constitutional mandate to count the whole number of persons residing in each State.''.
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SA 2687. Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself and Mr. Grassley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal eyar 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:
SEC. __. ADMISSION OF NONIMMIGRANT NURSES.
(a) 3-Year Extension for Admission of Nonimmigrant Nurses in Health Professional Shortage Areas.--Section 2(e)(2) of the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1999 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note) is amended by striking ``3 years'' and inserting ``6 years''.
(b) Nurse Shortage Fee.--Section 212(m)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(m)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(G)(i) In addition to the fee authorized under subparagraph (F), the Secretary of Labor shall impose a filing fee of $1,000 on each petitioning employer who uses a visa under subparagraph (A).
``(ii) Fees collected under this subparagraph shall be deposited as offsetting receipts in a fund established in the Treasury of the United States to support the Nurse Faculty Loan Program authorized under section 846A of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 297n-1).
``(iii) No fee shall be imposed for the use of such visas if the employer demonstrates to the Secretary that the employer is a health care facility that has been designated as a Health Professional Shortage Area facility by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 332 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254e)''.
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SA 2688. Mrs. MURRAY (for herself and Ms. Cantwell) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 203, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following:
SEC. 533. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO MOVE THE MARINE
OPERATIONS CENTER-PACIFIC.
No funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to move the Marine Operations Center-Pacific more than 150 miles from where it was located on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SA 2689. Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Udall of New Mexico) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 108, line 14, before the period at the end, insert
``: Provided further, That the funds appropriated by this Act for trade adjustment assistance for communities shall not be allocated among the regional offices of the Economic Development Administration until such time as 50 percent of the total amount of the funds appropriated for that purpose by the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-32), or 50 percent of the funds allocated to any individual regional office, have been distributed to grantees: Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall reevaluate the spending plan for trade adjustment assistance based on up-to-date economic data before allocating those funds among the regional offices''.
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SA 2690. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, 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 125, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:
Sec. 111. (a) The amount made available in this title for the National Marine Fisheries Service under the heading
``Operations, Research, and Facilities'' is hereby reduced by
$8,000,000.
(b) None of funds made available in this Act may be used for activities related to Atlantic salmon.
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