[Senate Calendars for June 7, 2006 - 109th Congress, 2nd Session]
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                       SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                       ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS

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   FIRST SESSION  convened january 4, 2005          DAYS OF SESSION 159
                  adjourned december 22, 2005
  SECOND SESSION  convened january 3, 2006          DAYS OF SESSION 71
                    

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                          CALENDAR OF BUSINESS

                         Wednesday, June 7, 2006

                                     

                      SENATE CONVENES AT 9:00 A.M.






                            PENDING BUSINESS

                         S. 1955 (ORDER NO. 417)

    A bill to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 
1974 and the Public Health Service Act to expand health care access and 
reduce costs through the creation of small business health plans and 
through modernization of the health insurance marketplace. (May 10, 
2006.)

                 (Unanimous Consent Agreements on P. 2)



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           PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF EMILY J. REYNOLDS,
                         SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

                 By David J. Tinsley, Legislative Clerk

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                      UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENTS

                       S.J. RES. 1 (ORDER NO. 435)

    1.--Ordered, That on Wednesday, June 7, 2006, at 9:00 a.m., the 
Senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.J. Res 1, 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating 
to marriage; provided that the time until 9:40 a.m. shall be equally 
divided between the two Leaders or their designees; provided further, 
that the time from 9:40 a.m. until 9:50 a.m. shall be under the control 
of the Democratic Leader or his designee and the time from 9:50 a.m. 
until 10:00 a.m. shall be under the control of the Majority Leader or 
his designee; further, that at 10:00 a.m., the Senate proceed to a vote 
on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the joint 
resolution.
    Ordered further, That relative to the cloture motion filed on the 
motion to proceed to S.J. Res. 1, the mandatory quorum required under 
Rule XXII be waived. (June 5, 6, 2006.)

                          H.R. 8 (ORDER NO. 84)

    2.--Ordered, That on Wednesday, June 7, 2006, at 12:00 p.m., the 
Senate proceed to the consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R. 8, 
an act to make the repeal of the estate tax permanent; provided that the 
time from 12:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. be divided for debate as follows:
      12:00-12:30, Majority control
      12:30-1:00, Minority control, alternating between the two sides 
every 30 minutes until 3:00 p.m.
    Ordered further, That relative to the cloture motion filed on the 
motion to proceed to H.R. 8, the mandatory quorum required under Rule 
XXII be waived. (June 6, 2006.)

                         S. 147 (ORDER NO. 101)

    3.--Ordered, That on Wednesday, June 7, 2006, at 3:00 p.m., the 
Senate proceed to the consideration of the motion to proceed to S. 147, 
a bill to express the policy of the United States relationship with 
Native Hawaiians and to provided a process for the recognition by the 
United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity; provided that the 
time from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. be divided for debate as follows:
      3:00-3:30, Majority control
      3:30-4:00, Minority control, alternating between the two sides 
every 30 minutes until 6:00 p.m.
    Ordered further, That relative to the cloture motion filed on the 
motion to proceed to S. 147, the mandatory quorum required under Rule 
XXII be waived. (June 6, 2006.)

                         S. 2611 (ORDER NO. 414)

    4.--Ordered, That when the Senate agrees to a request for a 
conference or the Senate requests a conference on S. 2611 or a House 
bill, as amended with the language of S. 2611, as amended, the Chair be 
authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate with the ratio 
of conferees being 14 to 12; provided further, that from that ratio, the 
first 7 Republican Senators from the Committee on the Judiciary and the 
first 5 Democratic Senators from the Committee on the Judiciary be 
conferees; further, that the Majority Leader select the final 7 
conferees for the Majority side and the Democratic Leader select the 
final 7 conferees for the Minority side. (May 11, 2006.)

                                 H.R. 22

    5.--Ordered, That with respect to H.R. 22, an act to reform the 
postal laws of the United States, provided it shall not be in order for 
the Senate to consider any conference report or any House amendments to 
H.R. 22, if it would cause a net increase in on or off budget direct 
spending in excess of $5 billion in any of the four 10-year periods 
beginning in 2016-2055, as estimated by the Congressional Budget Office. 
(Feb. 9, 2006.)

                                 S. 295

    6.--Ordered, That the Majority Leader, after consultation with the 
Democratic Leader, shall no later than September 29, 2006, or the last 
day of the second session of the 109th Congress, whichever is earliest, 
call up S. 295, a bill to authorize appropriate action if the 
negotiations with the People's Republic of China regarding China's 
undervalued currency are not successful; provided that if the bill has 
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the Committee on Finance it be discharged at that time and the Senate 
proceed to the consideration thereof; that there be 2 hours for debate 
equally divided between the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) and the 
Democratic Leader, or his designee, that no amendments or motions be in 
order, including committee amendments, that after the use or yielding 
back of time, the bill be read a third time and the Senate proceed to a 
vote on passage of the bill, with no intervening action or debate. (July 
1, 2005, Mar. 29, 2006.)

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