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The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
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The legislative clerk read as follows:
The Senator from Oregon [Mr. SMITH] for himself, Mrs. CLINTON, Mrs. SNOWE, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Sarbanes, proposes and amendment numbered 217.
The amendment is as follows:
On page 17, line 23 increase the amount by $800,000,000.
On page 17, line 24 increase the amount by $800,000,000.
On page 43, line 15 decrease the amount by $800,000,000.
On page 43, line 16 decrease the amount by $800,000,000.
Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I am pleased to join today with my colleagues, Senators SMITH of Oregon, COLLINS, SNOWE, SARBANES and BAYH to provide additional funding that will help meet our Nation's critical wastewater infrastructure needs.
Specifically, this amendment provides an additional $800 million in fiscal year 2002 for grants for wastewater infrastructure projects, including $50 million for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and $750 million to fully fund the new grant program authorized under the Wet Weather Water Quality Act of 2000.
These new grants will help municipalities address one of our largest remaining water quality challenges, combined and sanitary sewer overflows. Sewer overflows remain the leading cause of beach closures across the country, putting public health at risk and robbing communities of millions of tourism dollars annually.
This is a real problem in New York where so many cities, big and small, are confronted with pipe and equipment failures or have undersized systems that can't meet the increased demands of their growing populations. according to EPA's most recent estimates, there is a 20-year need of $139 billion for wastewater infrastructure nationwide. And this doesn't even account for the funding needed to adequately address the sanitary sewer overflows problems facing our communities.
This amendment is an important first step towards meeting our country's enormous water infrastructure needs. This amendment will ensure that our beaches are safer for swimming. And it will lead to significant improvements in the quality of the Nation's rivers, lakes, bays and estuaries.
Mr. SMITH of Oregon. Mr. President, I rise today to offer an amendment to the Senate Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2002. This amendment will increase the amount available to fully fund the sewer overflow control grants program at a level of $750 million for FY2002. It is important that Congress makes this level of commitment to clean water for a number of reasons.
The condition of our nation's wastewater collection and treatment facilities is alarming. In its 1996 ``Clean Water Needs Survey,'' the EPA estimates that nearly $140 billion will be needed over the next 20 years to address wastewater infrastructure problems in our communities. In March 1999, the EPA revised its figures, infrastructure needs are now estimated at $200 billion. Other independent studies indicate that EPA has undershot the mark, estimating that these unmet needs exceed $300 billion over 20 years.
In my state of Oregon, the challenge of municipal water treatment is ever-present. Roughly seventy percent of Oregon's population lives in the Willamette River watershed, with that number continuing to grow. The increasing demand on water supply and treatment is made even more acute by the responsibility to protect endangered salmon and steelhead in the Willamette River. Add to that the extremely low water and poor snowpack conditions facing the Northwest this year, and the urgency of maintaining high water quality in the river is greatly intensified.
The city of Portland is Oregon's largest, and its proximity to the Willamette River has been a contributor to water quality problems. At its worst, Portland's combined sewage overflow system dumped an estimated 10 billion gallons of combined sewage annually into the river in years past. During the past 7 years, however, Portland has invested over $300 million in clean water infrastructure , and will spend another $300 million in the next 5 years to meet its obligations under the Clean Water Act. I am working closely with the City of Portland to infuse targeted federal funds into its unique efforts to meet rigorous environmental requirements and responsibilities.
I am sponsoring this amendment because I strongly believe that Congress must make a firm commitment to helping cities like Portland, OR that are fully engaged in updating and improving their water treatment programs. The effects of such a commitment will be manifold, particularly upon a river like the Willamette that is long treasured, but heavily used by the many that derive their lives and livelihood from it.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the amendment is agreed to.
The amendment (No. 217) was agreed to.
Mr. DOMENICI. I move to reconsider the vote and I move to lay that motion on the table.
The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, could we have order in the Chamber?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. There will be order in the Chamber, please. Senators please take your seats.
Is this a motion to vote on these amendments en bloc or separately?
Mr. DOMENICI. If the Senator is willing, I would like to do them en bloc.
Mr. CONRAD. We would be willing to do them en bloc as well.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the Senator from North Dakota.
Mr. CONRAD. Let me go back to the chairman for the next amendment that would be in this en bloc group.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Mexico.
Mr. DOMENICI. Have we accepted 217?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. We have accepted 217.
AMENDMENTS NOS. 334, 236, 196, 244, AND 335, EN BLOC
Mr. DOMENICI. The five amendments I ask be called up and then be considered en bloc for voice vote are Inhofe No. 334, DeWine No. 236, Dorgan No. 196, Mikulski No. 244, and Nelson of Florida No. 335.
The amendments are as follows:
AMENDMENT NO. 334
On page 27, line 3, increase the amount by $300,000,000.
On page 27, line 4, increase the amount by $150,000,000.
On page 27, line 8, increase the amount by $100,000,000.
On page 27, line 12, increase the amount by $50,000,000.
On page 43, line 15, decrease the amount by $300,000,000.
On page 43, line 16, decrease the amount by $150,000,000.
On page 5, line 8, decrease the amount by $100,000,000.
On page 5, line 9, decrease the amount by $50,000,000.
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AMENDMENT NO. 236
On page 23, line 11, increase the amount by $250,000,000.
On page 23, line 12, increase the amount by $250,000,000.
On page 43, line 15, decrease the amount by $250,000,000.
On page 43, line 16, decrease the amount by $250,000,000.
At the end of the amendment, insert the following:
SEC. . SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING UNITED STATES COAST GUARD FISCAL YEAR 2002 FUNDING.
It is the sense of the Senate that any level of budget authority and outlays in fiscal year 2002 below the level assumed in this resolution for the Coast Guard would require the Coast Guard to--
(1) close numerous units and reduce overall mission capability, including the counter narcotics interdiction mission which was authorized under the Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act;
(2) reduce the number of personnel of an already streamlined workforce; and
(3) reduce operations in a manner that would have a detrimental impact on the sustainability of valuable fish stocks in the
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AMENDMENT NO. 196
On page 4, line 2, increase the amount by $40,000,000.
On page 4, line 3, increase the amount by $55,000,000.
On page 4, line 4, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 4, line 5, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 4, line 6, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 4, line 7, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 4, line 8, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 4, line 9, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 4, line 10, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 4, line 11, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 4, line 16, increase the amount by $40,000,000.
On page 4, line 17, increase the amount by $55,000,000.
On page 4, line 18, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 4, line 19, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 4, line 20, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 4, line 21, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 4, line 22, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 4, line 23, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 5, line 1, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 5, line 2, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 5, line 7, decrease the amount by $40,000,000.
On page 5, line 8, decrease the amount by $55,000,000.
On page 5, line 9, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 5, line 10, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 5, line 11, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 5, line 12, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 5, line 13, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 5, line 14, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 5, line 15, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 5, line 16, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 5, line 20, increase the amount by $40,000,000.
On page 5, line 21, increase the amount by $55,000,000.
On page 5, line 22, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 5, line 23, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 5, line 24, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 5, line 25, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 6, line 1, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 6, line 2, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 6, line 3, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 6, line 4, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 6, line 8, increase the amount by $40,000,000.
On page 6, line 9, increase the amount by $55,000,000.
On page 6, line 10, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 6, line 11, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 6, line 12, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 6, line 13, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 6, line 14, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 6, line 15, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 6, line 16, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 6, line 17, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 21, line 15, increase the amount by $40,000,000.
On page 21, line 16, increase the amount by $40,000,000.
On page 21, line 19, increase the amount by $55,000,000.
On page 21, line 20, increase the amount by $55,000,000.
On page 21, line 23, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 21, line 24, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 22, line 2, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 22, line 3, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 22, line 6, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 22, line 7, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 22, line 10, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 22, line 11, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 22, line 14, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 22, line 15, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 22, line 18, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 22, line 19, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 22, line 22, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 22, line 23, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 23, line 2, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 23, line 3, increase the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 43, line 15, decrease the amount by $40,000,000.
On page 43, line 16, decrease the amount by $40,000,000.
On page 43, line 19, decrease the amount by $55,000,000.
On page 43, line 20, decrease the amount by $55,000,000.
On page 43, line 23, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 43, line 24, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 44, line 2, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 44, line 3, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 44, line 6, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 44, line 7, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 44, line 10, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 44, line 11, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 44, line 14, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 44, line 15, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 44, line 18, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 44, line 19, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 44, line 22, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 44, line 23, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 45, line 2, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
On page 45, line 3, decrease the amount by $70,000,000.
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AMENDMENT NO. 244
On page 27, line 3, increase the amount by $628,000,000.
On page 27, line 4, increase the amount by $35,000,000.
On page 27, line 7, increase the amount by $657,000,000.
On page 27, line 8, increase the amount by $438,000,000.
On page 27, line 11, increase the amount by $687,000,000.
On page 27, line 12, increase the amount by $619,000,000.
On page 27, line 15, increase the amount by $716,000,000.
On page 27, line 16, increase the amount by $678,000,000.
On page 27, line 19, increase the amount by $747,000,000.
On page 27, line 20, increase the amount by $707,000,000.
On page 27, line 23, increase the amount by $778,000,000.
On page 27, line 24, increase the amount by $738,000,000.
On page 28, line 2, increase the amount by $808,000,000.
On page 28, line 3, increase the amount by $768,000,000.
On page 28, line 6, increase the amount by $841,000,000.
On page 28, line 7, increase the amount by $799,000,000.
On page 28, line 10, increase the amount by $873,000,000.
On page 28, line 11, increase the amount by $831,000,000.
On page 28, line 14, increase the amount by $907,000,000.
On page 28, line 15, increase the amount by $864,000,000.
On page 43, line 15, decrease the amount by $628,000,000.
On page 43, line 16, decrease the amount by $35,000,000.
On page 43, line 19, decrease the amount by $657,000,000.
On page 43, line 20, decrease the amount by $438,000,000.
On page 43, line 23, decrease the amount by $687,000,000.
On page 43, line 24, decrease the amount by $619,000,000.
On page 44, line 2, decrease the amount by $716,000,000.
On page 44, line 3, decrease the amount by $678,000,000.
On page 44, line 6, decrease the amount by $747,000,000.
On page 44, line 7, decrease the amount by $707,000,000.
On page 44, line 10, decrease the amount by $778,000,000.
On page 44, line 11, decrease the amount by $738,000,000.
On page 44, line 14, decrease the amount by $808,000,000.
On page 44, line 15, decrease the amount by $768,000,000.
On page 44, line 18, decrease the amount by $841,000,000.
On page 44, line 19, decrease the amount by $799,000,000.
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On page 44, line 22, decrease the amount by $873,000,000.
On page 44, line 23, decrease the amount by $831,000,000.
On page 45, line 2, decrease the amount by $907,000,000.
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