[Senate Calendars for July 19, 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 95
                    

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                          CALENDAR OF BUSINESS

                        Wednesday, July 19, 2006

                                     

                      SENATE CONVENES AT 9:30 A.M.






                            PENDING BUSINESS

                          S. 728 (ORDER NO. 93)

    A bill to provide for the consideration and development of water and 
related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct 
various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United 
States, and for other purposes. (July 18, 2006.)



                  (Pending Business Continued 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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                            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

                          S. 728 (ORDER NO. 93)

    1.--Ordered, That on Wednesday, July 19, 2006, upon the conclusion 
of Morning Business, the Senate resume consideration of S. 728, a bill 
to provide for the consideration and development of water and related 
resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various 
projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, 
and for other purposes; provided that the committee-reported amendments 
be withdrawn and the Managers' substitute amendment at the desk be 
agreed to as original text for the purposes of further amendment and 
that the only other amendements be in order be the following, the text 
of which are at the desk, with the specified time agreements equally 
divided in the usual form:
      Feingold/McCain--Mitigation Standards (1 hour)
      Feingold/McCain--Peer Review (4 hours)
      Inhofe/Bond--Independent Reviews (1 hour)
      Inhofe--Fiscal Transparency (1 hour)
      McCain/Feingold--Prioritization Report (2 hours)
      McCain/Feingold--Chief of Engineers (1 hour)
      Nelson (FL)--Water Projects (1 hour)
    Ordered further, That there be 2 hours for general debate on the 
bill, and that following the disposition of amendments and the use or 
yielding back of time, the bill as amended be read a third time and the 
Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 166, H.R. 2864, the 
House companion; that all after the enacting clause be stricken and the 
text of S. 728, as amended, be inserted in lieu thereof; that the bill, 
as amended, be read a third time and the Senate proceed to a vote on 
passage; and that S. 728 be returned to the Senate Calendar; provided 
further, that no points of order be waived by virtue of this agreement. 
(July 14, 19, 2006.)

                          S. 403 (ORDER NO. 16)

    2.--Ordered, That on Thursday, July 20, 2006, at a time to be 
determined by the Majority Leader upon consultation with the Democratic 
Leader, the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. 403, a bill to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across 
State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of 
parents in abortions decisions. (July 18, 2006.)

                         S. 2611 (ORDER NO. 414)

    3.--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

    4.--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.)

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                                 S. 295

    5.--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 
not been reported by then by 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.)

                   S. 2766, S. 2767, S. 2768, S. 2769

    6.--Ordered, That with respect to S. 2766, S. 2767, S. 2768, S. 
2769, as passed, if the Senate receives a message with respect to any of 
these bills from the House of Representatives, the Senate disagree with 
the House on its amendment or amendments to the Senate-passed bill and 
agree to or request a conference, as appropriate, with the House on 
disagreeing votes of the two houses; that the Chair be authorized to 
appoint conferees; and that the foregoing occur without intervening 
action or debate. (June 22, 2006.)

                           STEM CELL RESEARCH

    7.--Ordered, That it not be in order for the Senate to consider any 
bill or amendment relating to stem cell research during the remainder of 
the 109th Congress. (June 29, 2006.)

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