S.Amdt. 4872

SA 4872. Mr. KERRY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 5631, making appropriations for the Department of
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 218, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
Sec. 8109. (a) The amount appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act is hereby increased by $1,551,865.
(b) Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available
by this Act, as increased by subsection (a), $1,551,865 shall
be used exclusively for benefits to a multiemployer pension
plan in the New England Fishery for fish lumpers if such plan
is undercapitalized due to fishery capacity reduction and
fish restrictions.
(c) The amount made available under subsection (a) is
designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
402 of S. Con. Res. 83 (109th Congress), the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2007, as made
applicable in the Senate by section 7035 of Public Law 109-
234.
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