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  SA 424. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Harkin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 98 proposed by Mr. 
Inouye (for himself and Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 1, making 
supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, 
infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to 
the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 134, lines 12 and 13, strike ``funds shall be 
     allocated to all States on the basis of unemployment'' and 
     insert ``$200,000,000 of such funds shall be allocated to all 
     States on the basis of unemployment and $200,000,000 of such 
     funds shall be allocated only to those States that suffered 
     hurricanes, floods, or other natural disasters occurring 
     during 2008 for which the President declared a major disaster 
     under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act of 1974: Provided further, That the 
     funds allocated to those States that suffered such natural 
     disasters during 2008 shall be distributed on the basis of an 
     approved application and a formula established by the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services that is based on the 
     number of approved applications for individual assistance in 
     a State under such Act, the population of the counties in the 
     State declared eligible for individual assistance under such 
     Act, and the duration of the natural disaster event as it 
     relates to the severity of the impact of the event on 
     individuals living in disaster-affected areas''.
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