S.Amdt. 369

SA 369. Mr. BINGAMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1268, Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, to establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver's license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, to ensure expeditious construction of the San Diego border fence, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 169, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:

SETTLEMENT OF CLAIM FOR DAMAGES AT LAS CRUCES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Sec. 1122. (a) Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, $2,100,000 shall be made available to the Secretary of the Air Force to settle the claim filed by the City of Las Cruces, New Mexico, for damages resulting from the operation of Air Force aircraft on runway 04/22 at Las Cruces International Airport on August 26, 2004.

(b) The acceptance by the City of Las Cruces, New Mexico, of the settlement amount made available under subsection (a) shall be in full satisfaction of the claim for damages described in such subsection.