SA 587. Mr. ENSIGN (for himself and Mr. VOINOVICH) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 160, to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:


At the end, add the following:
SEC. __. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE DC SCHOOL CHOICE INCENTIVE ACT OF 2003.
(a) Reauthorization.--Section 313 of the DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003 (title III of division C of Public Law 108-199, 118 Stat. 134) is amended by striking ``fiscal year 2004 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years'' and inserting ``fiscal year 2010''.
(b) Severability.--Notwithstanding section 7, if any provision of this Act (other than this section), any amendment made by this Act (other than by this section), or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, this section, the amendment made by this section, and the application of such to any person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.


(As printed in the Congressional Record for the Senate on Feb 25, 2009.)