S.Amdt. 155

SA 155. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 111 submitted by Ms. Murkowski (for herself and Mr.
Manchin) and intended to be proposed to the bill S. 47, to provide for
the management of the natural resources of the United States, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In section 3001(b), strike paragraph (3) and insert the
following:
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Allocation of Funds.--Of the total amount made
available to the Fund through appropriations or deposited in
the Fund under section 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico
Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law
109-432)--
``(1) not more than 50 percent shall be used for Federal
purposes; and
``(2) not less than 50 percent shall be used to provide
financial assistance to States.''.
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