Tom Harkin: “I ask that the amendment be so modified. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the amendment is modified. The…”

“I ask that the amendment be so modified. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the amendment is modified. The amendment (No. 2283), as further modified, is as follows: On page 169, line 18, strike ``$183,589,000: Provided, That $120,000,000 of amounts available for influenza preparedness'' and replace with ``$8,158,589,000: Provided, That these funds shall be distributed at the discretion of the President, after consultation with the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations, the Chairmen and Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and the Senate Majority and Minority Leaders. Provided further, That $8,095,000,000 of amounts available for influenza and other potential pandemics preparedness is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006 and''”