S.Amdt. 329

SA 329. Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Brown, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Kerry, Mr.
Whitehouse, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Sanders,
Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Schumer) 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 70, lines 14 through 16, strike ``$14,398,000,000,
for necessary expenses, to remain available until September
30, 2010: Provided,'' and insert ``$20,598,000,000, for
necessary expenses, to remain available until September 30,
2010: Provided, That $6,200,000,000 shall be available to
carry out the Weatherization Assistance Program for Low-
Income Persons established under part

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A of title IV of the Energy Conservation and Production Act
(42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.): Provided further, That
$3,400,000,000 shall be for the State Energy Program
authorized under part D of title III of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.): Provided
further,''.
On page 133, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:

low-income home energy assistance

For an additional amount for making payments under section
2604(e) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981
(42 U.S.C. 8623(e)), $1,000,000,000, which shall become
available on the date of enactment of this Act, and shall be
distributed to States not later than September 30, 2009.
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