On the recordJune 19, 2012
if I might take a moment, I believe we want to first dispose of the Akaka amendment No. 2440. Our ranking member has indicated no opposition, so at this point I would ask that we proceed, unless there is a reason not to do so. On behalf of Senator Akaka, I call up amendment No. 2440 and ask that we proceed with a voice vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the amendment. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Hawaii [Mr. Akaka] proposes an amendment numbered 2440. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To improve a provision relating to loans to purchasers of highly fractionated land) Strike section 5102 and insert the following: SEC. 5102. LOANS TO PURCHASERS OF HIGHLY FRACTIONATED LAND. (a) In General.--The first sentence of Public Law 91 229 (25 U.S.C. 488) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by striking ``loans from'' and all that follows through ``1929)'' and inserting ``direct loans in a manner consistent with direct loans pursuant to chapter 4 of subtitle A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act''; (2) in subsection (b)(1)-- (A) by striking ``pursuant to section 205(c) of the Indian Land Consolidation Act (25 U.S.C.…
