S.Amdt. 554

SA 554. Ms. SNOWE 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 410, line 3, strike the period and insert ``;
and''.
On page 410, after line 3, insert the following:
``(G) reviewing the specific number of jobs created by each
title of each division of this Act.''.
On page 410, line 10, after ``agencies.'' insert ``The
Board shall include a complete assessment of the number of
jobs created by each title of each division of this Act and
shall recommend to the appropriate committees of Congress for
rescission unobligated balances of any program in this Act
that is not creating or cannot be reasonably expected to
create jobs or help those displaced by the current
recession.''.
On page 431, after line 8, insert the following:

SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CONTINUING SPENDING LEVELS.

(a) Baseline.--Section 257(c)(1) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as it was in effect on
September 30, 2006, shall not apply to any of the
discretionary budgetary resources provided in this Act for
fiscal year 2009 or any subsequent fiscal year.
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