To strengthen the infrastructure investments made by the bill.

SA 110. Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Specter, Mr.
Reid,

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Mr. Durbin, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Mikulski, Mr.
Lautenberg, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Levin, Mr. Brown, Mr. Cardin, Mr.
Sanders, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr.
Whitehouse, Mr. Begich, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Byrd, Mr. Menendez, Mr.
Carper, and Mr. Tester) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 98
proposed by Mr. Inouye (for himself and Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 1,
making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation,
infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to
the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal
year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; as follows:

Beginning on page 118, line 4, strike ``$6,400,000,000, to
remain available'' and all that follows through
``$2,000,000,000 shall be for'' and insert in-lieu thereof
``$13,400,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2010, of which $10,000,000,000 shall be for making
capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving
Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act, as amended; of which $3,000,000,000 shall be for''.
On page 232, line 16, insert ``and other surface
transportation'' prior to the word ``investment'', ``
On page 232, line 20, strike ``$27,060,000,000'' and insert
``$40,060,000,000''.
On page 239, line 24, strike ``$8,400,000,000'' and insert
$10,400,000,000''.
On page 242, after line 10, insert the following:

Supplemental Grants for Fixed Guideway Modernization

For an additional amount for capital expenditures
authorized under section 5309(b)(2), $2,000,000,000, to
remain available through September 30, 2010: Provided, That
the Secretary of Transportation shall apportion the funding
provided under this heading using the formula set forth in
subsection 5337(a)(7) of title 49, United States Code:
Provided further, That the federal share of the costs for
which a grant is made under this heading shall be at the
option of the recipient, and may be up to 100 percent:
provided further, That the funds appropriated under this
heading shall not be commingled with funds available under
the Formula and Bus Grants account.

Supplemental Funds for Capital Investment Grants

For an additional amount for ``Capital Investment Grants''
as authorized under section 5338(c)(4) of title 49, United
States Code, and allocated under section 5309(m)(2)(A) of
such title, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make
discretionary grants as authorized by section 5309(d) and (e)
of such title, $1,000,000,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2011: Provided, That in awarding grants with
funding provided under this heading, the Secretary shall give
priority to projects that the grant funding can expedite
their completion and their entry into revenue service:
Provided further, That such funding shall be allocated
without regard to the requirements of section
5309(m)(2)(A)(i) of title 49, United States Code: Provided
further, That the federal share of the costs for which a
grant is made under this heading shall be at the option of
the recipient, and may be up to 100 percent: Provided
further, That the funds appropriated under this heading shall
not be commingled with funds available under the Capital
Investment Grants account.
Each amount provided in this amendment is designated as an
emergency requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs
pursuant to section 204(a) of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th
Congress) and section 301(b)(2) of S. Con. Res. 70 (110th
Congress), the concurrent resolutions on the budget for
fiscal years 2008 and 2009.
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