S.Amdt. 479

SA 479. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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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assistance programs for members of the army reserve

Sec. 1122. (a) Additional Amount for Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve.--The amount appropriated by this chapter under the heading “Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve” is hereby increased by $34,000,000, with the amount of such increase designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of the conference report to accompany S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress).

(b) Availability of Funds.--Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by this chapter under the heading “Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve”, as increased by subsection (a), $34,000,000 shall be available for assistance programs for members of the Army Reserve as follows:

(1) $17,600,000 shall be available for tuition assistance programs as authorized by law.

(2) $4,300,000 shall be available for the welcome home warrior-citizen program.

(3) $6,500,000 shall be available for the conduct of marriage workshops to assist members of the Army Reserve.

(4) $5,600,000 shall be available for family programs.