S.Amdt. 2256

SA 2256. Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Mr.
Whitehouse, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Reed) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1908 submitted by Mr. Kohl (for
himself and Mr. Brownback) to the bill H.R. 2997, making appropriations
for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

On page 85, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
Sec. 7__.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law and
until the receipt of the decennial census in the year 2010,
the Secretary of Agriculture may fund community facility and
water and waste disposal projects of communities and
municipal districts and areas in Connecticut, Massachusetts,
and Rhode Island that have been considered eligible for
funding by the appropriate rural development field office of
the Department of Agriculture at some time during the past
fiscal year.
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