S.Amdt. 637

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

SA 621. Mr. BUNNING submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2007 and 2009 through 2012; as follows:

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC.__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR REPEAL OF THE 1993
INCREASE IN THE INCOME TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY
BENEFITS.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this
resolution by the amounts provided by a bill, joint
resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that
would repeal the 1993 increase in the income tax on Social
Security benefits, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over the total of the period of fiscal
years 2007 through 2012.
______

SA 622. Mr. GREGG proposed an amendment to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012; as
follows:

SEC.__. POINT OF ORDER--20% LIMIT ON NEW DIRECT SPENDING IN
RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION.

(a) (1) In the Senate, it shall not be in order to consider
any reconciliation bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,
or any conference report on, or an amendment between the
Houses in relation to, a reconciliation bill pursuant to
section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, that
produces an increase in outlays, if--
(A) the effect of all the provisions in the jurisdiction of
any committee is to create gross new direct spending that
exceeds 20% of the total savings instruction to the
committee; or
(B) the effect of the adoption of an amendment would result
in gross new direct spending that exceeds 20% of the total
savings instruction to the committee.
(2)(A) A point of order under paragraph (1) may be raised
by a Senator as provided in section 313( e) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(B) Paragraph (1) may be waived or suspended only by an
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen
and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members
of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to
sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of
order raised under paragraph (1).
(C) If a point of order is sustained under paragraph (1)
against a conference report in the Senate, the report shall
be disposed of as provided in section 313(d) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
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SA 623. Mr. CONRAD proposed an amendment to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012; as
follows:

On page 36, line 15, strike beginning with ``If'' through
line 19 and insert ``When the Senate is considering a
conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in
relation to, a bill, upon a point of order being made by any
Senator pursuant to this section, and such point of order
being sustained, such material contained in such conference
report shall be deemed stricken, and the Senate shall proceed
to consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede
from its amendment and concur with a further amendment, or
concur in the House amendment with a further amendment, as
the case may be, which further amendment shall consist of
only that portion of the conference report or House
amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such
motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In any case in which
such point of order is sustained against a conference report
(or Senate amendment derived from such conference report by
operation of this subsection), no further amendment shall be
in order.''.
On page 39, line 19, strike beginning with ``If'' through
line 23 and insert ``When the Senate is considering a
conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in
relation to, a bill, upon a point of order being made by any
Senator pursuant to this section, and such point of order
being sustained, such material contained in such conference
report shall be deemed stricken, and the Senate shall proceed
to consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede
from its amendment and concur with a further amendment, or
concur in the House amendment with a further amendment, as
the case may be, which further amendment shall consist of
only that portion of the conference report or House
amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such
motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In any case in which
such point of order is sustained against a conference report
(or Senate amendment derived from such conference report by
operation of this subsection), no further amendment shall be
in order.''
______

SA 624. Mr. ENSIGN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2007 and 2009 through 2012; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

On page 23, line 12, increase the amount by $17,300,000.
On page 23, line 13, increase the amount by $15,570,000.
On page 23, line 17, increase the amount by $1,730,000.
On page 9, line 8, decrease the amount by $17,300,000.
On page 9, line 9, decrease the amount by $15,570,000.
On page 9, line 13, decrease the amount by $1,730,000.
______

SA 625. Mr. GREGG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2007 and 2009 through 2012; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

On page 41, strike lines 9 through 11 and insert the
following:
(2) for fiscal year 2008,
(A) for the National Defense function (050) and the
Veterans function (700), $541,899,000,000 in new budget
authority and $549,693,000,000 in outlays; and

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(B) for all other functions, $400,413,000,000 in new budget
authority and $471,714,000,000 in outlays.
On page 62, insert after line 7 the following new section:

SEC. __ . DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR GI BILL OF RIGHTS
AND BENEFITS.

The Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee may revise the
aggregates, allocations, and other levels in this resolution
for a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or
conference report that would enhance benefits and rights for
returning members of the military serving in wars and all
other military personnel who have provided a service to their
country, by the amounts provided in such legislation for that
purpose, provided that such legislation is deficit-neutral
over the total of fiscal years 2007 through 2012.
______

SA 626. Mr. NELSON of Nebraska (for himself, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr.
Baucus, Ms. Landrieu, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Nelson of Florida,
and Mr. Pryor) proposed an amendment to the concurrent resolution S.
Con. Res. 21, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012; as
follows:

At the end of title III, insert the following:

SEC. __. ESTATE TAX REFORM INITIATIVE.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the aggregates, allocations, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for a bill, joint resolution,
amendment, motion, or conference report that would provide
for estate tax reform legislation that addresses the current
flaws in the estate tax law by establishing an estate tax
exemption level of $5,000,000, an estate tax rate of 35
percent, and a 5 percent surcharge on the largest estates,
provided that such legislation does not increase the deficit
over the total of fiscal years 2007 through 2012.
______

SA 627. Mr. PRYOR (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012; as
follows:

On page 18, line 12, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 18, line 13, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 18, line 16, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 18, line 17, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 18, line 20, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 18, line 21, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 18, line 24, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 18, line 25, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 19, line 3, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 19, line 4, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 26, line 12, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 26, line 13, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 26, line 16, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 26, line 17, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 26, line 20, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 26, line 21, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 26, line 24, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 26, line 25, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 27, line 3, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 27, line 4, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
______

SA 628. Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mrs. Lincoln) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 50, line 8, insert ``and including the reduction of
the income threshold for the refundable child tax credit
under section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
$10,000 with no inflation adjustment'' after ``refundable tax
relief''.

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SA 629. Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Mr. Rockefeller) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012; as
follows:

On page 50, line 8, insert ``and including the
reauthorization of the new markets tax credit under section
45D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for an additional 5
years and $17,000,000,000 in tax credit authority'' after
``refundable tax relief''.
______

SA 630. Ms. SNOWE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2007 and 2009 through 2012; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

On page 50, line 8, insert ``and including the creation of
SIMPLE cafeteria plans as provided in section 2 of S. 555 of
the 110th Congress'' after ``refundable tax relief''.
______

SA 631. Mr. GREGG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2007 and 2009 through 2012; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

On page 31, after line 11, insert the following:
(d) Application to Appropriations.--For the purposes of
enforcing this resolution, notwithstanding rule 3 of the
Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint
explanatory statement of the committee of conference
accompanying Conference Report 105-217, provisions of any
appropriations bill, act, joint resolution, an amendment
thereto, or a motion or a conference report thereon (only to
the extent that such provision was not committed to
conference), that would have been estimated as changing
direct spending or receipts for any fiscal year after 2008
under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as in effect prior to September
30, 2002) were they included in an Act other than an
appropriations Act shall be treated as direct spending or
receipts legislation, as appropriate, under this section.
______

SA 632. Mr. LEVIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2007 and 2009 through 2012; as follows:

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR MANUFACTURING
INITIATIVES.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may
revise the allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate
levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint
resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports,
including tax legislation, that would revitalize the United
States domestic manufacturing sector by increasing Federal
research and development, by expanding the scope and
effectiveness of manufacturing programs across the Federal
government, by increasing support for development of
alternative fuels and leap-ahead automotive and energy
technologies, and by establishing tax incentives to encourage
the continued production in the United States of advanced
technologies and the infrastructure to support such
technologies, by the amounts provided in that legislation for
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over the total of the period of fiscal
years 2007 through 2012.
______

SA 633. Mrs. DOLE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2007 and 2009 through 2012; as follows:

On page 16, line 10, increase the amount by $50,000,000.
On page 16, line 11, increase the amount by $7,500,000.
On page 16, line 14, increase the amount by $50,000,000.
On page 16, line 15, increase the amount by $15,000,000.
On page 16, line 18, increase the amount by $50,000,000.
On page 16, line 19, increase the amount by $30,000,000.
On page 16, line 22, increase the amount by $50,000,000.
On page 16, line 23, increase the amount by $40,000,000.
On page 17, line 2, increase the amount by $50,000,000.
On page 17, line 3, increase the amount by $50,000,000.
On page 26, line 12, decrease the amount by $50,000,000.
On page 26, line 13, decrease the amount by $7,500,000.
On page 26, line 16, decrease the amount by $50,000,000.

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On page 26, line 17, decrease the amount by $15,000,000.
On page 26, line 20, decrease the amount by $50,000,000.
On page 26, line 21, decrease the amount by $30,000,000.
On page 26, line 24, decrease the amount by $50,000,000.
On page 26, line 25, decrease the amount by $40,000,000.
On page 27, line 3, decrease the amount by $50,000,000.
On page 27, line 4, decrease the amount by $50,000,000.
______

SA 634. Mr. ENSIGN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2007 and 2009 through 2012; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

On page 23, line 12, increase the amount by $17,300,000.
On page 23, line 13, increase the amount by $15,570,000.
On page 23, line 17, increase the amount by $1,730,000.
On page 9, line 8, decrease the amount by $17,300,000.
On page 9, line 9, decrease the amount by $15,570,000.
On page 9, line 13, decrease the amount by $1,730,000.
______

SA 635. Mr. ENZI (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Baucus,
Mr. Grassley, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Salazar, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Durbin, Ms.
Snowe, Mr. Vitter, and Mr. Thune) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 21, setting
forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for
fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE HEALTH
INSURANCE.

If a Senate committee reports a bill or joint resolution,
or if an amendment is offered thereto, or if a conference
report is submitted thereon, that, with appropriate
protections for consumers, reduces growth in the number of
uninsured Americans, improves access to affordable and
meaningful health insurance coverage, improves health care
quality, or reduces growth in the cost of private health
insurance by facilitating market-based pooling, including
across State lines, and a bill or joint resolution, or if an
amendment is offered thereto, or if a conference report is
submitted thereon, that, with appropriate protections for
consumers, provides funding for State high risk pools or
financial assistance, whether directly, or through grants to
States to enhance the effectiveness of such pooling or to
provide other assistance to small businesses or individuals,
including financial assistance, for the purchase of private
insurance coverage, the Chairman of the Committee on the
Budget may make appropriate adjustments in allocations and
aggregates for fiscal year 2007 and for the period of fiscal
years 2008 through 2012, provided that such legislation would
not increase the deficit over the total of the period of
fiscal years 2007 through 2012.
______

SA 636. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Smith, and Mr.
Specter) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the congressional
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and
including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and
2009 through 2012; as follows:

At the end of title III, insert the following:

SEC. __. RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE MEDICARE HOSPITAL PAYMENT
ACCURACY.

If the Senate Committee on Finance--
(1) reports a bill, or if an amendment is offered thereto,
or if a conference report is submitted thereon, that--
(A) addresses the wide and inequitable disparity in the
reimbursement of hospitals under the Medicare program;
(B) includes provisions to reform the area wage index used
to adjust payments to hospitals under the Medicare hospital
inpatient prospective payment system under section 1886(d) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)); and
(C) includes a transition to the reform described in
subparagraph (B); and
(2) is within its allocation as provided under section
302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,

the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise
allocations of new budget authority and outlays, the revenue
aggregates, and other appropriate measures to reflect such
legislation provided that such legislation would not increase
the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
______

SA 637. Mrs. DOLE (for himself and Mr. Roberts) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 20, line 12, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 20, line 13, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 20, line 16, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 20, line 17, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 20, line 20, increase the amount by $3,000,000.
On page 20, line 21, increase the amount by $3,000,000.
On page 20, line 24, increase the amount by $0.
On page 20, line 25, increase the amount by $0.
On page 21, line 3, increase the amount by $0.
On page 21, line 4, increase the amount by $0.
On page 26, line 12, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 26, line 13, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 26, line 16, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 26, line 17, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 26, line 20, decrease the amount by $3,000,000.
On page 26, line 21, decrease the amount by $3,000,000.
On page 26, line 24, decrease the amount by $0.
On page 26, line 25, decrease the amount by $0.
On page 27, line 3, decrease the amount by $0.
On page 27, line 4, decrease the amount by $0.
______

SA 638. Mr. GREGG (for himself and Mr. Conrad) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con.
Res. 21, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012; as follows:

At the end of Title II insert the following:

SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST PROVISIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS
LEGISLATION THAT CONSTITUTES CHANGES IN
MANDATORY PROGRAMS WITH NET COSTS.

(a) In General.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to
consider any appropriations legislation, including any
amendment thereto, motion in relation thereto, or conference
report thereon, which includes one or more provisions that
would have been estimated as affecting direct spending or
receipts under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as in effect prior to
September 30, 2002) were they included in legislation other
than appropriations legislation, if such provision has a net
cost over the total of the period of the current year, the
budget year, and all fiscal years covered under the most
recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.
(b) Determination.--For purposes of this section, the
determination of whether a provision violates paragraph (a)
shall be made by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.
(c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--This section may be
waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-
fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative
vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly
chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of
the ruling of the chair on a point of order raised under this
section.
(d) General Point of Order.--lt shall be in order for a
Senator to raise a single point of order that several
provisions of a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or
conference report violate this section. The Presiding Officer
may sustain the point of order as to some or all of the
provisions against which the Senator raised the point of
order. If the Presiding Officer so sustains the point of
order as to some of the provisions (including provisions of
an amendment, motion, or conference report) against which the
Senator raised the point of order, then only those provisions
(including provision of an amendment, motion, or conference
report) against which the Presiding Officer sustains the
point of order shall be deemed stricken pursuant to this
section. Before the Presiding Officer rules on such a point
of order, any Senator may move to waive such a point of order
as it applies to some or all of the provisions against which
the point of order was raised. Such a motion to waive is
amendable in accordance with rules and precedents of the
Senate. After the Presiding Officer rules on such a point of
order, any Senator may appeal the ruling of the Presiding
Officer on such a point of order as it applies to some or all
of the provisions on which the Presiding Officer ruled.
(e) Form of the Point of Order.--When the Senate is
considering a conference report

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on, or an amendment between the Houses in relation to, a
bill, upon a point of order being made by any Senator
pursuant to this section, and such point of order being
sustained, such material contained in such conference report
or amendment shall be deemed stricken, and the Senate shall
proceed to consider the question of whether the Senate shall
recede from its amendment and concur with a further
amendment, or concur in the House amendment with a further
amendment, as the case may be, which further amendment shall
consist of only that portion of the conference report or
House amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any
such motion shall be debatable. In any case in which such
point of order is sustained against a conference report (or
Senate amendment derived from such conference report by
operation of this subsection), no further amendment shall be
in order.
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SA 639. Mr. CONRAD (for Mr. Baucus (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr.
Gregg, and Mrs. Clinton)) proposed an amendment to the concurrent
resolution S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the congressional budget for
the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through
2012; as follows;

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. __. RESERVE FUND TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

If the Senate Committee on Finance--
(1) reports a bill, or if an amendment is offered thereto,
or if a conference report is submitted thereon, that--
(A) creates a framework and parameters for the use of
Medicare data for the purpose of conducting research, public
reporting, and other activities to evaluate health care
safety, effectiveness, efficiency, quality, and resource
utilization in Federal programs and the private health care
system; and
(B) includes provisions to protect beneficiary privacy and
to prevent disclosure of proprietary or trade secret
information with respect to the transfer and use of such
data; and
(2) is within its allocation as provided under section
302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,

the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise
allocations of new budget authority and outlays, the revenue
aggregates, and other appropriate measures to reflect such
legislation provided that such legislation would not increase
the deficit for fiscal year 2008, and for the period of
fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
______

SA 640. Mr. CONRAD (for Mrs. Dole) proposed an amendment to the
concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the congressional
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and
including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and
2009 through 2012; as follows;

On page 20, line 12, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 20, line 13, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 20, line 16, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 20, line 17, increase the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 20, line 20, increase the amount by $3,000,000.
On page 20, line 21, increase the amount by $3,000,000.
On page 26, line 12, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 26, line 13, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 26, line 16, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 26, line 17, decrease the amount by $10,000,000.
On page 26, line 20, decrease the amount by $3,000,000.
On page 26, line 21, decrease the amount by $3,000,000.

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