S.Amdt. 219

SA 219. Mr. MENENDEZ 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 589, after line 14, insert the following:
(c) Increased Funding.--
(1) In general.--Section 903(f) of the Social Security Act,
as added by subsection (a), is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``$7,000,000,000'' and
inserting ``$14,000,000,000''; and
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ``$7,000,000,000'' and
inserting ``$14,000,000,000''.
(2) Emergency designation.--Each amount provided as a
result of the amendments made by paragraph (1) 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.
______