S.Amdt. 3970

SA 3970. Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Smith,
Mr. Schumer, Ms. Collins, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs.
Murray, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Obama, Mrs. Clinton, and Ms. Stabenow)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3918
proposed by Mr. Reid to the bill S. 2248, to amend the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the
provisions of that Act, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert
the following:

SEC. __. LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated,
and there are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated--
(1) $400,000,000 (to remain available until expended) for
making payments under subsections (a) through (d) of section
2604 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42
U.S.C. 8623); and
(2) $400,000,000 (to remain available until expended) for
making payments under section 2604(e) of the Low-Income Home
Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8623(e)),
notwithstanding the designation requirement of section
2602(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 8621(e)).
(b) Designation.--Any amount provided under subsection (a)
is designated as an emergency requirement and necessary to
meet emergency needs pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of
section 204 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress), the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008.
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