S.Amdt. 5010

SA 5010. Mr. INHOFE (for Mr. Flake) submitted an amendment intended
to be proposed to amendment SA 4979 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr.
Inhofe (for himself and Mrs. Boxer)) to the bill S. 2848, to provide
for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to
authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for
improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Beginning on page 270, strike line 18 and all that follows
through page 272, line 2, and insert the following:

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(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 8 of the
Water Desalination Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 10301 note; Public
Law 104-298) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``$5,000,000'' and inserting
``$8,000,000''; and
(B) by striking ``2013'' and inserting ``2021''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``for each of fiscal
years 2012 through 2013'' and inserting ``for each of fiscal
years 2017 through 2021''.
(c) Consultation.--Section 9 of the Water Desalination Act
of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 10301 note; Public Law
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