S.Amdt. 3444
What it does: Adds Sec. __. (a) The amount appropriated under the heading "salaries and expenses" under the heading "Mine Safety and Health Administration" in this title is increased by $500,000 at the appropriate place in title I
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 3043
Adds Sec. __. (a) The amount appropriated under the heading "salaries and expenses" under the heading "Mine Safety and Health Administration" in this title is increased by $500,000 at the appropriate place in title I
Adds a sectionInserted: Sec. __. (a) The amount appropriated under the heading "salaries and expenses" under the heading "Mine Safety and Health Administration" in this title is increased by $500,000.
Inserted: (b) The amount appropriated under the heading "salaries and expenses" under the heading "Departmental Management" in this title is decreased by $500,000.
Inserted: (c)(1) The Secretary of Labor (acting through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health), in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting through the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) shall, using the increased funds provided under subsection (a) conduct a study on the effects of the closure of the Western Mining Technology Center, closed in 2000. In conducting the study, the Secretary of Labor shall examine the effect of the Center's closure on the safety of deep cover mining, and shall provide an estimate of the resources necessary to establish a new center, located in the Intermountain West, relating to western mining technology. In conducting the study, the Secretary shall consult with interested groups representing business and labor organizations.
Inserted: (2) The Secretary of Labor shall submit to the appropriate commitees of Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1).
The amendment doesn't say where this goes; the clerk decides.
Original wording
At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:
Read automatically from the Congressional Record. Check the original before relying on it.
As printed
SA 3444. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3043, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:
Sec. __. (a) The amount appropriated under the heading “salaries and expenses” under the heading “Mine Safety and Health Administration” in this title is increased by $500,000.
(b) The amount appropriated under the heading “salaries and expenses” under the heading “Departmental Management” in this title is decreased by $500,000.
(c)(1) The Secretary of Labor (acting through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health), in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (acting through the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) shall, using the increased funds provided under subsection (a) conduct a study on the effects of the closure of the Western Mining Technology Center, closed in 2000. In conducting the study, the Secretary of Labor shall examine the effect of the Center's closure on the safety of deep cover mining, and shall provide an estimate of the resources necessary to establish a new center, located in the Intermountain West, relating to western mining technology. In conducting the study, the Secretary shall consult with interested groups representing business and labor organizations.
(2) The Secretary of Labor shall submit to the appropriate commitees of Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1).
Legislative Activity
Stay on top of the latest movement without scrolling through every action
Senate amendment submitted
October 19, 2007