To limit the reduction in operations within the Civil Engineering Program of the Coast Guard.

SA 4613. Mr. REED submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 5441, making appropriations for the Department of
Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. The Secretary of Homeland Security may not take
any action to alter or reduce operations within the Civil
Engineering Program of the Coast Guard nationwide,

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including the civil engineering units, facilities, and design
and construction centers, the Coast Guard Academy, and the
Research and Development Center until the Committees on
Appropriations and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate receive and approve a plan on changes to the Civil
Engineering Program of the Coast Guard. The plan shall
include a description of the current functions of the Civil
Engineering Program and a description of any proposed
modifications of such functions and of any proposed
modification of personnel and offices, including the
rationale for such modification, an assessment of the costs
and benefits of such modification, any proposed alternatives
to such modification, and the processes utilized by the Coast
Guard and the Office of Management and Budget to analyze and
assess such modification.
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