S.Amdt. 1612

SA 1612. Mr. BEGICH (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1813, to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page _, between lines _ and _, insert the following:

SECTION ___. DENALI COMMISSION.

(a) Reauthorization of the Denali Commission Access System Program.--Section 309(j)(1) of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note) is amended by striking “2006 through 2009” and inserting “2012 through 2013”.

(b) Authority to Accept Donations and Transferred Funds.--The Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note) is amended--

(1) in section 305, by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:

“(c) Gifts or Donations.--

“(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Commission may accept use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services, property, or money.

“(2) Conditional.--With respect to conditional gifts--

“(A)(i) the Commission may accept conditional gifts, if approved by the Federal Cochairperson; and

“(ii) the principal of and income from any such conditional gift shall be held, invested, reinvested, and used in accordance with the condition applicable to the gift; but

“(B) no gift shall be accepted that is conditioned on any expenditure not to be funded from the gift or from the income generated by the gift unless the expenditure has been approved by Act of Congress.”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“SEC. 311. TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.

“(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (c), for purposes of this Act, the Commission may accept transfers of funds from other Federal agencies.

“(b) Transfers.--Any Federal agency authorized to carry out an activity that is within the authority of the Commission may transfer to the Commission any appropriated funds for the activity.

“(c) Treatment.--Any funds transferred to the Commission under this subsection--

“(1) shall remain available until expended; and

“(2) may, to the extent necessary to carry out this Act, be transferred to, and merged with, the amounts made available by appropriations Acts for the Commission by the Federal Cochairperson.”.