[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 14543-14544]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT--H.R. 5441

  Mr. FRIST. I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding passage of 
H.R. 5441, amendments Nos. 4642, 4570, and 4578 be further modified 
with the changes at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendments, as modified, are as follows:


                    amendment no. 4642, as modified

       On page 66, line 5, strike ``$166,456,000'' and insert 
     ``$163,456,000''.
       On page 91, line 6, strike ``$2,393,500,000'' and insert 
     ``$2,400,000,000''.
       On page 93, strike lines 7 and 8, and insert the following:
       ``(4) $338,000,000 for training, exercises, technical 
     assistance, and other programs (including mass evacuation 
     preparation and exercises): Provided, That not less than 
     $18,000,000 is for technical assistance:''.
       On page 120, increase that amount on line 9 by $3,500,000.


                AMENDMENT NO. 4570, AS FURTHER MODIFIED

       On page 68, line 9, strike ``General.'' and insert the 
     following: ``General: Provided further, That the Department 
     of Homeland Security Inspector General shall investigate 
     whether, and to what extent, in adjusting and settling claims 
     resulting from Hurricane Katrina, insurers making flood 
     insurance coverage available under the Write-Your-Own program 
     pursuant to section 1345 of the National Flood Insurance Act 
     of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4081) and subpart C of part 62 of title 
     44, Code of Federal Regulations, improperly attributed 
     damages from such hurricane to flooding covered under the 
     insurance coverage provided under the national flood 
     insurance program rather than to windstorms

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     covered under coverage provided by such insurers or by 
     windstorm insurance pools in which such insurers 
     participated: Provided further, That the Department of 
     Homeland Security Inspector General may request the 
     assistance of the Attorney General and the Department of 
     Justice in conducting such investigation and may reimburse 
     the costs of the Attorney General and the Department of 
     Justice in providing such assistance from such funds: 
     Provided further, That the Department of Homeland Security 
     Inspector General shall submit a report to Congress not later 
     than April 1, 2007, setting forth the conclusions of such 
     investigation.''
       On page 120, increase the amount on line 9 by $3,000,000.
       On page 68, increase the amount on line 6 by $3,000,000.


                    AMENDMENT NO. 4578, AS MODIFIED

       On page 90, line 15, strike ``of which $8,000,000'' and 
     insert ``of which no less than $2,741,000 may be used for the 
     Office of National Capital Region Coordination, and of which 
     $6,459,000''.

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