To provide funds for the maintenance of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Demonstration Barrier, Illinois.

SA 3824. Mr. VOINOVICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3613 submitted by Mr. Voinovich (for himself, Mr. Obama, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Levin, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Dayton) and intended to be proposed 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:

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the following:

SEC. ____. CHICAGO SANITARY AND SHIP CANAL DEMONSTRATION BARRIER, ILLINOIS.

(a) In General.--Of the unobligated balances available for “Operation and Maintenance” under the heading “CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL” of title I of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-103; 119 Stat. 2250), $400,000 shall be made available for fiscal year 2006 for the maintenance of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Demonstration Barrier, Illinois, which was constructed under section 1202(i)(3) of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4722(i)(3)).

(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1202(i)(3)(C) of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4722(i)(3)(C)), is amended by striking “, to carry out this paragraph, $750,000” and inserting “such sums as are necessary to carry out the dispersal barrier demonstration project under this paragraph”.