S.Amdt. 5040

SA 5040. Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Harkin, and Mr.
Wicker) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA
4983 proposed by Mr. Reid (for Mr. Dodd (for himself and Mr. Shelby))
to the bill H.R. 3221, moving the United States toward greater energy
independence and security, developing innovative new technologies,
reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers,
increasing clean renewable energy production, and modernizing our
energy infrastructure, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and
energy conservation; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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(C) establish land banks for homes that have been
foreclosed upon;
(D) demolish blighted structures; and
(E) redevelop demolished, blighted, or vacant properties,
including those damaged or destroyed in areas subject to a
disaster declaration by the President under title IV of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
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