S.Amdt. 525

SA 525. Mr. PRYOR 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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For an additional amount for grants to States for the prevention, detection, and treatment of Asian soybean rust, $2,340,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the funds shall be made available to the cooperative extension service in southern States where Asian soybean rust has been detected as of the date of enactment of this Act, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided further, That the funds shall be targeted to States with harvested soybean acreage in crop year 2004 of at least 1,600,000 acres: Provided further, That to be eligible, a State shall have developed a plan for the prevention, detection, and treatment of Asian soybean rust: Provided further, That the plan shall include, at a minimum, the development of informational materials, including the use of a website, training sessions for producers, crop monitoring, and the development of a regional network: Provided further, 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).