S.Amdt. 21

SA 21. Ms. SNOWE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 2, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In the matter under the heading “rural empowerment zones and enterprise communities grants” under the heading “Rural Business-Cooperative Service” in title III--

(1) strike “$14,967,000” and insert “$16,167,000”; and

(2) insert before the period at the end the following: “, of which $1,200,000 shall be used to make a grant to the Aroostook County Empowerment Zone: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall use $1,200,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make the grant”.