Volume 154, No. 93 covering the 2nd Session of the 110th Congress (2007 - 2008) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“TEXT OF AMENDMENTS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S5373-S5374 on June 6, 2008.
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TEXT OF AMENDMENTS
SA 4976. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3036, to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Insert at the appropriate place the following:
TITLE __PROHIBITION ON EARMARKS
SEC. _01. PROHIBITION ON EARMARKS.
(a) In General.--It shall not be in order to consider a bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report that proposes an earmark of funds provided or made available by this Act.
(b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``earmark'' means a provision or report language included primarily at the request of a Senator or a Member of the House of Representatives providing, authorizing, or recommending a specific amount of discretionary budget authority, credit authority, or other spending authority for a contract, loan, loan guarantee, grant, loan authority, or other expenditure with or to an entity, or targeted to a specific State, locality, or Congressional district, other than through a statutory or administrative formula-driven or competitive award process.
(c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--This section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of \3/5\ of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of \3/5\ of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.
(d) Prohibition on Extra Legislative Earmarks.--None of the funds provided or made available by this Act shall be committed, obligated, or expended at the request of Members of Congress or their staff through oral or written communication for projects, programs, or grants to an entity, or targeted to a specific State, locality or Congressional district, other than through a statutory or administrative formula-driven or competitive award process.
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SA 4977. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3036, to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Insert at the appropriate to place the following:
TITLE __PROHIBITION ON EARMARKS
SEC. _01. PROHIBITION ON EARMARKS.
(a) In General.--It shall not be in order to consider a bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report that proposes an earmark of funds provided or made available by this Act.
(b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``earmark'' means a provision or report language included primarily at the request of a Senator or a Member of the House of Representatives providing, authorizing, or recommending a specific amount of discretionary budget authority, credit authority, or other spending authority for a contract, loan, loan guarantee, grant, loan authority, or other expenditure with or to an entity, or targeted to a specific State, locality, or Congressional district, other than through a statutory or administrative formula-driven or competitive award process.
(c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--This section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of \3/5\ of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of \3/5\ of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.
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SA 4978. Mr. REID (for Mr. Biden (for himself, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Hagel)) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4825 proposed by Mrs. Boxer (for herself, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Lieberman) to the bill S. 3036, to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
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(vi) the Committee on Financial Services.
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(A) is eligible to receive official development assistance according to the guidelines of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; and
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(4) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the International Clean Energy Deployment Fund established under subsection (c)(1).
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(c) International Clean Energy Deployment Fund.--
(1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the ``International Clean Energy Deployment Fund''.
(2) Use of funds.--All amounts in the Fund shall be made available, without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation, for purposes of this section.
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(D) no single country receives more than 15 percent of the funds awarded during any 3-year period; and
(E) assistance is targeted at reducing or eliminating the increased costs associated with deploying clean technologies in place of traditional technologies.
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(5) Form of assistance.--
(A) In general.--Consistent with Federal and international intellectual property law, assistance under this subsection shall be provided--
(i) as direct assistance in the form of grants, concessional loans, cooperative agreements, contracts, insurance, or loan guarantees to or with qualified entities;
(ii) as indirect assistance to such entities through--
(I) funding for international clean technology funds supported by multilateral institutions;
(II) support from development and export promotion assistance programs of the United States Government; or
(III) support from international technology programs of the Department of Energy; or
(iii) in such other forms as the Board may determine appropriate.
(B) Oversight by the secretary of the treasury of assistance for multilateral trust funds.--In the case of assistance provided under subparagraph (A)(ii)(I) for a clean technology fund or similar fund that is a multilateral trust fund based at the World Bank, the Secretary of the Treasury shall use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to ensure that the assistance is used in accordance with the purposes of this section.
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(C) Funding for Federal or State engagement
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``Board''.
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(C) such information as may be necessary to provide for the evaluation, not less frequently than once every three years, of the performance of each international clean technology fund provided assistance pursuant to paragraph (5)(A)(ii)(I).
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(vi) the Committee on Financial Services.
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``Board''.
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(A) is eligible to receive official development assistance according to the guidelines of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; and
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``Board''.
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SA 4979. Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Sessions, and Mrs. Murray) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle D of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 642. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT OF REDUCTION OF SBP SURVIVOR
ANNUITIES BY DEPENDENCY AND INDEMNITY
COMPENSATION.
(a) Repeal.--
(1) In general.--Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(A) In section 1450, by striking subsection (c).
(B) In section 1451(c)--
(i) by striking paragraph (2); and
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs
(2) and (3), respectively.
(2) Conforming amendments.--Such subchapter is further amended as follows:
(A) In section 1450--
(i) by striking subsection (e);
(ii) by striking subsection (k); and
(iii) by striking subsection (m).
(B) In section 1451(g)(1), by striking subparagraph (C).
(C) In section 1452--
(i) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ``does not apply--'' and all that follows and inserting ``does not apply in the case of a deduction made through administrative error.''; and
(ii) by striking subsection (g).
(D) In section 1455(c), by striking ``, 1450(k)(2),''.
(b) Prohibition on Retroactive Benefits.--No benefits may be paid to any person for any period before the effective date provided under subsection (f) by reason of the amendments made by subsection (a).
(c) Prohibition on Recoupment of Certain Amounts Previously Refunded to SBP Recipients.--A surviving spouse who is or has been in receipt of an annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan under subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, that is in effect before the effective date provided under subsection (f) and that is adjusted by reason of the amendments made by subsection (a) and who has received a refund of retired pay under section 1450(e) of title 10, United States Code, shall not be required to repay such refund to the United States.
(d) Repeal of Authority for Optional Annuity for Dependent Children.--Section 1448(d) of such title is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Except as provided in paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary concerned'' and inserting
``The Secretary concerned''; and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking ``Dependent children.--'' and all that follows through ``In the case of a member described in paragraph (1),'' and inserting ``Dependent children annuity when no eligible surviving spouse.--In the case of a member described in paragraph (1),''; and
(B) by striking subparagraph (B).
(e) Restoration of Eligibility for Previously Eligible Spouses.--The Secretary of the military department concerned shall restore annuity eligibility to any eligible surviving spouse who, in consultation with the Secretary, previously elected to transfer payment of such annuity to a surviving child or children under the provisions of section 1448(d)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the effective date provided under subsection (f). Such eligibility shall be restored whether or not payment to such child or children subsequently was terminated due to loss of dependent status or death. For the purposes of this subsection, an eligible spouse includes a spouse who was previously eligible for payment of such annuity and is not remarried, or remarried after having attained age 55, or whose second or subsequent marriage has been terminated by death, divorce or annulment.
(f) Effective Date.--The sections and the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the later of--
(1) the first day of the first month that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act; or
(2) the first day of the fiscal year that begins in the calendar year in which this Act is enacted.
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