To provide adequate funding for Economic Development Administration disaster relief grants pursuant to the agreement on disaster relief funding included in the Budget Control Act of 2011.

SA 836. Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Menendez, and
Mrs. Gillibrand) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him
to the bill H.R. 2112, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 88, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:
For an additional amount for ``Economic Development
Assistance Programs'' for expenses related to disaster
relief, long-term recovery, and restoration of infrastructure
in areas that received a major disaster designation in 2011
pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)), $365,000,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That such
amount is designated by Congress as being for disaster relief
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177), as
amended.
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