S.Amdt. 1295

SA 1295. Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. Roberts) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1229 submitted by Mr. Dorgan (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mr. McCain, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Sanders, and Ms. Klobuchar) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 1256, to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 140 of the amendment, after line 17, add the following:

SEC. 11. CERTIFICATION.

(a) In General.--This division, and the amendments made by this division, shall become effective only if the Secretary of Health and Human Services certifies to Congress that the implementation of this division, and the amendments made by this division, will--

(1) pose no additional risk to the public's health and safety; and

(2) result in a significant reduction in the cost of covered products to the American consumer.

(b) Effective Date.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, or of any amendment made by this division--

(1) any reference in this division, or in such amendments, to the date of enactment of this division shall be deemed a reference to the date of the certification under subsection (a); and

(2) each reference to “January 1, 2012” in section 6(c) of this division shall be substituted with “90 days after the effective date of this division”.