S.Amdt. 428

SA 428. Mr. CARPER 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:

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the following:
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of the Census related
to ``Periodic Censuses and Programs'', $1,000,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That the
Bureau of the Census submits to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report on
the intended allocation of these funds within 60 days of the
date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the
report shall (1) identify objectives and outcome-related
goals of planned spending; (2) justify how the spending is
necessary to achieve the goals; and (3) identify how
performance measures will be used to measure achievement of
goals: Provided further, That the report is subject to review
by the Government Accountability Office.
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