S.Amdt. 2481

SA 2481. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2456 submitted by Mr. Carper (for himself, Mr. Merkley, and Ms. Klobuchar) to the bill H.R. 2996, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

Sec. __. (a) In this section, the term “conference” means a meeting that--

(1) is held for consultation, education, awareness, or discussion;

(2) includes participants who are not all employees of the same Federal agency;

(3) is not held entirely at a facility of a Federal agency;

(4) involves costs associated with travel and lodging for some participants; and

(5) is sponsored by 1 or more Federal agencies, 1 or more organizations that are not Federal agencies, or a combination of such Federal agencies or organizations.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the aggregate amount made available under this Act for expenses of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to conferences in fiscal year 2010, including expenses relating to conference programs, staff, travel costs, and other conference matters, may not exceed $15,000,000.