S.Amdt. 424

SA 424. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Harkin) 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 134, lines 12 and 13, strike ``funds shall be
allocated to all States on the basis of unemployment'' and
insert ``$200,000,000 of such funds shall be allocated to all
States on the basis of unemployment and $200,000,000 of such
funds shall be allocated only to those States that suffered
hurricanes, floods, or other natural disasters occurring
during 2008 for which the President declared a major disaster
under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act of 1974: Provided further, That the
funds allocated to those States that suffered such natural
disasters during 2008 shall be distributed on the basis of an
approved application and a formula established by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services that is based on the
number of approved applications for individual assistance in
a State under such Act, the population of the counties in the
State declared eligible for individual assistance under such
Act, and the duration of the natural disaster event as it
relates to the severity of the impact of the event on
individuals living in disaster-affected areas''.
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