S.Amdt. 3681

SA 3681. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4939, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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at the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal; and $80,000,000 shall be used for incorporation of certain non-Federal levees in Plaquemines Parish, and in Jefferson Parish in the vicinity of Jean Lafitte, into the existing Federal levee system: Provided further, That any project using funds appropriated under this heading shall be initiated only after non-Federal interests have entered into binding agreements with the Secretary to pay 100 percent of the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation costs of the project and to hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction or operation and maintenance of the project, except for damages due to the fault or negligence of the United States or its contractors: Provided further, That $621,500,000 of the amount shall be available only