S.Amdt. 217

SA 217. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand) 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 89, after line 24, add the following:
(d) Effective Use of Funds.--In providing funds made
available by this Act and the amendments made by this Act for
the weatherization assistance program, the Secretary of
Energy may encourage States to give priority to using the
funds for the most cost-effective efficiency activities,
which may include insulation of attics, if the Secretary
determines that the use of the funds would increase the
effectiveness of the program.
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