S.Amdt. 3233

SA 3233. Mr. BYRD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2786 proposed by Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr.
Dodd, and Mr. Harkin) to the bill H.R. 3590, to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the
case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal
employees, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

On page 94, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
``(4) Selection.--In selecting States to participate in the
demonstration project under this subsection, the Secretary
shall give priority to States that have populations with high
rates of--
``(A) chronic diseases, with particular emphasis on
inclusion of States that have populations with high rates of
diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease;
``(B) smoking and use of tobacco products; or
``(C) obesity.''.
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