S.Amdt. 790
What it does: Adds SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INCREASED INSPECTION OF IMPORTED SEAFOOD AND ENFORCEMENT OF OUR TRADE LAWS REGARDING IMPORTED SEAFOOD at the appropriate place in title IIWhat it changes
1 change to S.Con.Res. 13
Adds SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INCREASED INSPECTION OF IMPORTED SEAFOOD AND ENFORCEMENT OF OUR TRADE LAWS REGARDING IMPORTED SEAFOOD at the appropriate place in title II
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INCREASED INSPECTION OF IMPORTED SEAFOOD AND ENFORCEMENT OF OUR TRADE LAWS REGARDING IMPORTED SEAFOOD.
Inserted: The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that would--
Inserted: (1) require tougher inspection and testing requirements for imported seafood products to ensure that imported seafood products do not contain chemicals, antibiotics, or any substances that are banned in the United States;
Inserted: (2) end the practice of "port shopping," which is used by many seafood importers seeking to avoid the safety standards required of domestic seafood producers, by nsuring that shipments of seafood rejected for any safety violation be clearly mark as rejected and that other U.S. ports are promptly notified of the rejected shipment; or
Inserted: (3) increase the enforcement of our trade laws and address the problem of (antidumping duties that are owed but are not collected, especially on imported seafood products from China;
Inserted: by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase deficit over either the total of the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years of 2009 through 2019.
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Original wording
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
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As printed
SA 790. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. __. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR INCREASED INSPECTION OF IMPORTED SEAFOOD AND ENFORCEMENT OF OUR TRADE LAWS REGARDING IMPORTED SEAFOOD.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that would--
(1) require tougher inspection and testing requirements for imported seafood products to ensure that imported seafood products do not contain chemicals, antibiotics, or any substances that are banned in the United States;
(2) end the practice of “port shopping,” which is used by many seafood importers seeking to avoid the safety standards required of domestic seafood producers, by nsuring that shipments of seafood rejected for any safety violation be clearly mark as rejected and that other U.S. ports are promptly notified of the rejected shipment; or
(3) increase the enforcement of our trade laws and address the problem of (antidumping duties that are owed but are not collected, especially on imported seafood products from China;
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase deficit over either the total of the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years of 2009 through 2019.
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Senate amendment submitted
March 31, 2009