S.Amdt. 376

SA 376. Mr. BAYH 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 111, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:
For an additional amount for grants, $250,000,000, to be
made available through the State Homeland Security Grant
Program under section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (6 U.S.C. 605) to provide for States to be adequately
prepared for the first 72 hours after a major disaster and to
be used by States to establish stockpiles of mission critical
emergency supplies, such as shelf stable food products,
water, and basic medical supplies, and to be allocated in
accordance with that section, except that the minimum
allocation to each State shall be $2,500,000: Provided, That
the additional amount of $250,000,000 appropriated under this
heading is designated as an emergency requirement and
necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to section 204(a)
of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) and section 301(b)(2) of
S. Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolutions
on the budget for fiscal years 2008 and 2009.
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