S.Amdt. 442

SA 442. Mr. REED (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Chafee, and Mr. Kerry) 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 204, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:

CHAPTER 5

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES

For an additional amount for “Operations, Research and Facilities”, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the National Marine Fisheries Service to establish a cooperative research program to study the causes of lobster disease and the decline in the lobster fishery in New England waters: Provided, That the amount provided under this heading is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of the conference report to accompany S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress).