To provide for accountability in the United Nations Headquarters renovation project.

SA 456. Mr. SESSIONS 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:

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UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS RENOVATION LOAN

Sec. 2105. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to subsection (b), no loan in excess of $600,000,000 may be made available by the United States for renovation of the United Nations headquarters building located in New York, New York.

(b) No loan may be made available by the United States for renovation of the United Nations headquarters building located in New York, New York until after the date on which the President certifies to Congress that the renovation project has been fairly and competitively bid and that such bid is a reasonable cost for the renovation project.