SA 4414. Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Mr. Coleman) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4387 submitted by Mr. Dodd (for himself and Mr. Shelby) to the bill H.R. 3221, moving the United States toward greater energy independence and security, developing innovative new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure, and
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy conservation; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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(E) conduct observations of neighborhoods where abandoned or foreclosed upon homes or residential properties are located to document instances of vandalism, unauthorized use, theft, or deterioration of the abandoned or foreclosed upon homes or residential properties in order to use this documentation in code enforcement proceedings; and
(F) make efforts to bring abandoned or foreclosed upon homes or residential properties into compliance with State, county, city, or local building and property maintenance code requirements through code enforcement proceedings.


(As printed in the Congressional Record for the Senate on Apr 3, 2008.)