S.Amdt. 646

SA 646. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1105, making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title VII in Division A, before the short title, insert the following:

Sec. 7__. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of the funds made available under this Act may be used for congressionally directed spending initiative related to--

(1) the Virus-Free Wine Grape Cultivars or Wine/Grape Foundation Block in Washington;

(2) the Viticulture Consortium in California, New York, or Pennsylvania;

(3) the Center for Advanced Viticulture and Tree Crop Research in California; or

(4) the Center for Grape Genetics in New York.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the amount made available under the heading “salaries and expenses” under the heading “Agricultural Research Service” in title I is reduced by $1,677,000.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the amount made available under the heading “research and education activities” under the heading “Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service” in title I is reduced by $4,384,000.