S.Amdt. 4218

SA 4218. Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, Mr. Gregg, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Bond, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Burr, Mr. Begich, and Mr. Corker) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4899, making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and summer jobs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 79, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:

prohibition on fines and liability

Sec. 20__. None of the funds made available by this Act or any other provision of law shall be used to levy against any person any fine, or to hold any person liable for construction or renovation work performed by the person, in any State under the final rule entitled “Lead; Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program; Lead Hazard Information Pamphlet; Notice of Availability; Final Rule” (73 Fed. Reg. 21692 (April 22, 2008)), and the final rule entitled “Lead; Amendment to the Opt-out and Recordkeeping Provisions in the Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program”, signed by the Administrator on April 22, 2010, if the person has applied to enroll in, or has enrolled in, by not later than September 30, 2010, a certified renovator class to train contractors in practices necessary for compliance with the final rules, as determined by the Administrator.