To restore sums to the Highway Trust Fund.
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Senate amendment submitted
July 30, 2009
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Senate amendment submitted
July 30, 2009
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 2223 proposed by Senator Sessions.(consideration: CR S8528, S8530; text: CR S8528)
July 30, 2009
Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 2223 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 40 - 57. Record Vote Number: 252.
July 30, 2009
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 2223 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 40 - 57. Record Vote Number: 252.
July 30, 2009
Amendment SA 2223 proposed by Senator Sessions. (consideration: CR S8528, S8530; text: CR S8528) To restore sums to the Highway Trust Fund.
July 30, 2009
Amendment SA 2223 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 40 - 57. Record Vote Number: 252.
July 30, 2009
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1 roll call on this amendment
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SA 2223. Mr. SESSIONS proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 3357, to restore sums to the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes; as follows: [[Page S8607]] Strike all after the enacting caluse and replace: SECTION 1. FUNDING OF THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND. Subsection (f) of section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to determination of trust fund balances after September 30, 1998) is amended-- (1) by striking paragraph (2), and (2) by adding at the end of the following new paragraph: ``(2) Increase in fund balance.--Out of money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is hereby appropriated (without fiscal year limitation) to the Highway Trust Fund $7,000,000,000.''. SEC. 2. ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND OTHER FUNDS. The item relating to ``Department of Labor--Employment and Training Administration--Advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and Other Funds'' in title I of division F of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-8; 123 Stat. 754) is amended by striking ``to remain available through September 30, 2010'' and all that follows (before the heading for the following item) and inserting ``such sums as may be necessary''. SEC. 3. FHA MORTGAGE INSURANCE COMMITMENT AUTHORITY. The item relating to ``Federal Housing Administration-- Mutual Mortgage Insurance Program Account'' in title II of division I of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-8; 123 Stat. 966) is amended by striking ``$315,000,000,000'' and inserting ``$400,000,000,000''. SEC. 4. GNMA MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES GUARANTEE COMMITMENT AUTHORITY The item relating to ``Government National Mortgage Association--Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account'' in title II of division I of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111-8; 123 Stat. 967) is amended by striking ``$300,000,000,000'' and inserting ``$400,000,000,000''. SEC. 5. USE OF STIMULUS FUNDS TO OFFSET APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS. The unobligated balance of each amount appropriated or made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) is rescinded pro rata such that the aggregate amount of such rescissions equals the aggregate amount appropriated under the amendments made by this Act. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall report to each congressional committee the amounts so rescinded within the jurisdiction of such committee. ______