S.Amdt. 214

SA 214. Mr. KOHL (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Brown,
Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Sanders) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed 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; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

On page 57, between lines 5 and 6, insert the following:

SEC. 203. HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.

(a) Appropriation of Additional Amount.--There is
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009,
for an additional amount for ``Industrial Technology
Services'', $30,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2010.
(b) Availability.--Of the amount appropriated or otherwise
made available by subsection (a), $30,000,000 shall be
available for the necessary expenses of the Hollings
Manufacturing Partnership Program. Such amount shall be in
addition to any other amounts made available for the Hollings
Manufacturing Partnership Program under title II of this
division.
(c) Offset.--The amount appropriated or otherwise made
available by this title under the heading ``scientific and
technical research and services'' is hereby decreased by
$30,000,000.
(d) Exemption From Cost Sharing Requirements.--The cost
sharing requirements contained in the second sentence of
paragraph (1), subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (3),
and paragraph (4)(D) of section 25(c) of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278k(c))
shall not apply to a Hollings Manufacturing Extension Center
with respect to receipt of financial support from funds made
available under subsection (b).
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