S.Amdt. 477

SA 477. Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Enzi) 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
ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

On page 51, strike lines 3 through 11, and insert the
following:
(A) be one of the following--
(i) a State or political subdivision thereof;
(ii) a nonprofit foundation, corporation, institution, or
association;
(iii) a provider of broadband service, including wireless
and satellite broadband service;
(iv) an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization; or
(v) other non-governmental entity in partnership with a
State or political subdivision thereof, Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization but only if the Assistant
Secretary determines that the partnership is consistent with
the purposes of this section;

On page 54, line 22, strike ``and''.

On page 55, line 8, strike ``program.'' and insert
``program; and
(F) shall seek to promote economic opportunity, avoid
excessive concentration of service, and disseminate grants
among a wide variety of applicants, including small
businesses and rural telephone companies, Indian Tribes,
Hawaiian Native Organizations, and socially and economically
disadvantaged business concerns (as defined under section
8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637)).
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