September 20, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6557 

measures to prevent the Government of Iran 

from obtaining nuclear weapons, which 

would be both a dangerous violation of the 

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 

Weapons, done at Washington, London, and 

Moscow July 1, 1968, and entered into force 

March 5, 1970, and a potential means to the 

end of carrying out President Ahmadinejad’s 

threats against Israel; 

(4) further calls on the United Nations Security Council and all Member States of the 

United Nations to consider targeted sanctions, travel bans, and other measures linked 

to the cessation of the Government of Iran’s 

incitement to hatred and genocide; 

(5) calls for the United Nations Secretary 

General’s Advisory Committee on the Prevention of Genocide to implement its mandate to act as a mechanism of early warning, 

and to make recommendations to the United 

Nations Security Council to monitor and report on threats of genocide made by leaders 

in Iran; 

(6) further calls on parties to the Genocide 

Convention to file a complaint against leaders in Iran before the International Court of 

Justice for the failure by the Government of 

Iran to abide by its obligations under Articles 1, 4, and 5 of the Genocide Convention; 

and 

(7) reaffirms the unwavering strategic 

partnership and close friendship between the 

United States and Israel and reasserts the 

steadfast commitment of the people and the 

Government of the United States to defend 

the right of Israel to exist as a free and 

democratic state. 

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AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND 

PROPOSED 

SA 2842. Mr. ENZI (for himself and Mr. 

BARRASSO) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the joint 

resolution H.J. Res. 117, making continuing 

appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and for 

other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 

the table. 

SA 2843. Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself, Mr. BENNET, and Ms. LANDRIEU) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the joint resolution H.J. 

Res. 117, supra; which was ordered to lie on 

the table. 

SA 2844. Mr. REID proposed an amendment 

to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, supra. 

SA 2845. Mr. REID proposed an amendment 

to amendment SA 2844 proposed by Mr. REID

to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, supra. 

SA 2846. Mr. REID proposed an amendment 

to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, supra. 

SA 2847. Mr. REID proposed an amendment 

to amendment SA 2846 proposed by Mr. REID

to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, supra. 

SA 2848. Mr. REID proposed an amendment 

to amendment SA 2847 proposed by Mr. REID

to the amendment SA 2846 proposed by Mr. 

REID to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, 

supra. 

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TEXT OF AMENDMENTS 

SA 2842. Mr. ENZI (for himself and 

Mr. BARRASSO) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 

to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, 

making continuing appropriations for 

fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes; 

which was ordered to lie on the table; 

as follows: 

Strike section 142 and insert the following: 

SEC. 142. (a) Section 411(h) of the Surface 

Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 

(30 U.S.C. 1240a(h)) is amended by striking 

paragraph (5). 

(b) Subsection (a) takes effect on July 6, 

2012. 

SA 2843. Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for 

himself, Mr. BENNET, and Ms. LANDRIEU) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 

joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, making 

continuing appropriations for fiscal 

year 2013, and for other purposes; which 

was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: 

On page 29, between lines 17 and 18, insert 

the following: 

SEC. 156. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture 

may provide disaster relief assistance in accordance with this section to repair damage 

caused by natural disaster occurring in calendar year 2012 to watersheds located in any 

area for which the President declared a 

major disaster in accordance with section 401 

of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170). 

(b) The assistance authorized by this section— 

(1) includes both financial and technical 

assistance; and 

(2) shall be provided through the emergency watershed protection program established under section 403 of the Agricultural 

Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203). 

(c) There is appropriated to the Secretary 

of Agriculture, out of funds of the Treasury 

not otherwise appropriated, $27,900,000, to remain available until expended, to provide assistance under this section. 

SA 2844. Mr. REID proposed an 

amendment to the joint resolution H.J. 

Res. 117, making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and for other 

purposes; as follows: 

At the end, add the following new section: 

SEC. lll. 

This joint resolution shall become effective 5 days after enactment. 

SA 2845. Mr. REID proposed an 

amendment to amendment SA 2844 proposed by Mr. REID to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, making continuing 

appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and 

for other purposes; as follows: 

In the amendment, strike ‘‘5 days’’ and insert ‘‘4 days’’. 

SA 2846. Mr. REID proposed an 

amendment to the joint resolution H.J. 

Res. 117, making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and for other 

purposes; as follows: 

At the end, add the following new section: 

SEC. lll. 

This joint resolution shall become effective 3 days after enactment. 

SA 2847. Mr. REID proposed an 

amendment to amendment SA 2846 proposed by Mr. REID to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, making continuing 

appropriations for fiscal year 2013, and 

for other purposes; as follows: 

In the amendment, strike ‘‘3 days’’ and insert ‘‘2 days’’. 

SA 2848. Mr. REID proposed an 

amendment to amendment SA 2847 proposed by Mr. REID to the amendment 

SA 2846 proposed by Mr. REID to the 

joint resolution H.J. Res. 117, making 

continuing appropriations for fiscal 

year 2013, and for other purposes; as 

follows: 

In the amendment, strike ‘‘2 days’’ and insert ‘‘1 day’’. 

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AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO 

MEET 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND

TRANSPORTATION

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation be authorized to meet 

during the session of the Senate on 

September 20, 2012, at 10 a.m. in room 

253 of the Russell Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled, 

‘‘Taking Consumers for a Ride: Business Practices in the Household Goods 

Moving Industry.’’ 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC

WORKS

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public 

Works be authorized to meet during 

the session of the Senate on September 

20, at 10 a.m. in Dirksen 406 to conduct 

a hearing entitled, ‘‘Water Resources 

Development Act: Growing the Economy and Protecting Public Safety.’’ 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to 

meet, with U.S. House Committee on 

Ways and Means, during the session of 

the Senate on September 20, 2012, at 10 

a.m., in HVC–210 of the Capital Visitor 

Center, to conduct a hearing entitled 

‘‘Tax Reform and the Tax Treatment of 

Capital Gains.’’ 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, 

AND PENSIONS

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

and Pensions be authorized to meet, 

during the session of the Senate, to 

conduct a hearing entitled ‘‘Roundtable Discussion: Pension Modernization for a 21st Century Workforce’’ on 

September 20, 2012, at 10 a.m. in room 

430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized 

to meet during the session of the Senate on September 20, 2012, in room SD– 

628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:15 p.m., to conduct a hearing 

entitled ‘‘Advancing the Federal-Tribal 

Relationship through Self-Governance 

and Self-Determination.’’ 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized 


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