[Senate Calendars for September 13, 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 114
                    

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                          CALENDAR OF BUSINESS

                      Wednesday, September 13, 2006

                                     

                      SENATE CONVENES AT 9:30 A.M.






                            PENDING BUSINESS

                        H.R. 4954 (ORDER NO. 432)

    An act to improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced 
layered defenses, and for other purposes. (Sep. 7, 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

                        H.R. 4954 (ORDER NO. 432)

    1.--Ordered, That on Wednesday, September 13, 2006, upon the 
conclusion of Morning Business, the Senate resume consideration of H.R. 
4954, an act to improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced 
layered defenses, and for other purposes; provided that the time until 
12:15 p.m. shall be equally divided in the usual form; further, that at 
12:15 p.m. the Senate proceed to a vote in relation to Amdt. No. 4936, 
with no second degree amendments in order prior to the vote.
    Ordered further, That relative to the cloture motion filed on H.R. 
4954, the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be waived. 
(September 12, 2006.)

                         S. 1566 (ORDER NO. 191)

    2.--Ordered, That at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader 
with concurrence of the Democratic Leader, the Senate proceed to the 
immediate consideration of S. 1566, an original bill to reauthorize the 
Commodity Exchange Act, and for other purposes; provided that the 
amendment at the desk offered by the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Chambliss) be agreed to; further, that the only other amendments in 
order be the following four amendments, the text of which are at the 
desk, with no second degree amendments in order:
      Smith/Stevens--Petroleum prices (1 hour equally divided)
      Cantwell--Petroleum prices (1 hour equally divided)
      Feinstein--Electronic energy transactions (4 hours equally divided 
with 30 minutes of the Minority time under the control of the Senator 
from Michigan (Mr. Levin))
      Conrad--CFTC's authority (1 hour equally divided)
    Ordered further, That in addition to the time specified on the 
amendments, there be 30 minutes of debate equally divided on the bill 
and that following the use or yielding back of time and the disposition 
of amendments, the bill as amended, be read a third time; further, that 
the Senate then proceed to H.R. 4473, the House companion, and that all 
after enacting clause be stricken and the text of S. 1566, as amended, 
be inserted in lieu thereof; futher, that the bill as amended, be read a 
third time and the Senate proceed to a vote on passage and that S. 1566, 
as amended, be returned to the Senate calendar. (August 1, 2006.)

                         S. 1516 (ORDER NO. 235)

    3.--Ordered, That at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader 
with concurrence of the Democratic Leader, the Senate proceed to the 
immediate consideration of S. 1516, a bill to reauthorize Amtrak, and 
for other purposes; provided that the committee-reported substitute be 
withdrawn and the Managers amendment at the desk be agreed to as 
original text for the purposes of further amendment, the amendment 
offered by the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin) at the desk be agreed to 
and that the only other amendments in order be the following, the text 
of which is at the desk:
      McCain--Rail Security
      Sununu--Long Distance Trains
      Sununu--Competition
      Sessions--Amtrak Debt
    Ordered further, That there be 1 hour for debate equally divided on 
each of the amendments and 1 hour of general debate on the bill; 
further, 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 a vote on passage without any intervening action or debate; 
further, that no points of order be waived by virtue of this agreement. 
(August 3, 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.)

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                                 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 
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

    7.--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

    8.--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.)

                                H.R. 2830

    9.--Ordered, That with respect to H.R. 2830, an act to amend the 
Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to reform the pension funding rules, and for other purposes, it 
not be in order to consider any conference report on the bill during the 
109th Congress. (Aug. 3, 2006.)

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     November, 01, 02, 03, 04, 07, 08, 09, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.
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     December, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30.
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