[Senate Calendars for December 14, 2007 - 110th Congress, 1st Session]
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                       SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                       ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS

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   FIRST SESSION  convened january 4, 2007          DAYS OF SESSION 182
                   
  SECOND SESSION                                     
                   

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                          CALENDAR OF BUSINESS

                        Friday, December 14, 2007


                      SENATE CONVENES AT 10:00 A.M.





                           UNFINISHED BUSINESS

                        H.R. 2419 (ORDER NO. 339)

    An act to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs 
through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. (Nov. 5, 2007.)

                 (Unanimous Consent Agreements on P. 2)

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             PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF NANCY ERICKSON,
                         SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

                 By David J. Tinsley, Legislative Clerk

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                      UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENTS

                        H.R. 2419 (ORDER NO. 339)

    1.--Ordered, That at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, December 14, 2007, the 
Senate resume consideration of H.R. 2419, an act to provide for the 
continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for 
other purposes.
    Ordered further, That all time during any recess or adjournment of 
the Senate count post cloture.
    Ordered further, That the following amendments be debated for the 
time limits specified, with all time equally divided and controlled in 
the usual form, with no amendments in order to any amendments covered 
under the agreement prior to a vote in relation to the amendment:
        Amdt. No. 3687, offered by the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn)--
30 minutes;
        Amdt. No. 3807, offered by the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Coburn)--70 minutes.
    Ordered further, That in any vote sequence, there be two minutes of 
debate equally divided prior to each vote, and that after the first vote 
in any sequence, the succeeding votes be limited to 10 minutes.
    Ordered further, That, other than the pending amendments, there be a 
limitation of 20 first degree amendments per side and that they be from 
the list that follows:
        Akaka--Amdt. No. 3538
        Alexander--SoS: Broadband
        Alexander--Strike renewable tax credit
        Alexander--Wind energy tax credit
        Allard--PART
        Allard--Vet Food Systems
        Allard--Forest Reassessment
        Barrasso--Support project-7
        Baucus--State assistance for beginning farmers (Amdt. No. 3598)
        Baucus--Ag Research
        Baucus--Brucellosis
        Baucus--Agriculture supply (Amdt. No. 3660)
        Bingaman--1 relevant amendment
        Bingaman--Ground and water surface conservation program
        Bingaman--Regional Water Enhancement program
        Bond--Food Stamps
        Bond--Red-tape Reduction (Amdt. No. 3771)
        Bond--Research
        Boxer--6 relevant amendments
        Bunning--Disaster Relief
        Cantwell--Study on climate change and impact on wine industry
        Cantwell--increase funding specialty crop block grant
        Cantwell--Minor oil seed crops
        Cantwell--tree assistance program
        Cardin--2 relevant amendments
        Casey--Amdt. No. 3610
        Casey--crop insurance
        Casey--agriculture inspectors
        Casey--food stamp nutrition education
        Casey--emergency funding for invasive pests and diseases
        Chambliss--Farm Credit Service
        Chambliss--Crop Insurance Fix
        Chambliss--Trade--strikes section 3101
        Chambliss--Biotech-PPV
        Chambliss--Sugar technical fix
        Chambliss--Ethanol/direct payments
        Chambliss--Conservation AGI
        Chambliss--5 Relevant
        Chambliss--2 Relevant to any on the list
        Coburn--Waste (Amdt. No. 3807)
        Coburn--Chinese garden maintenance
        Coburn--Transparency
        Coburn--Federal hunger problems
        Coburn--Crop Insurance
        Coleman--AGI Caps
        Coleman--Drivers License
        Conrad--3 relevant amendments

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        Corker--Coal gasification project credits
        Cornyn--Child obesity study
        Cornyn--Strike Disaster Trust Fund (Amdt. No. 3687)
        Cornyn--New Budget P/O
        Craig--Loan Repayment
        Craig--Worker Housing
        Craig--Biogas
        DeMint--Death tax
        Dorgan--CRP
        Dorgan--2 SECA tax amendments
        Dorgan--Secretary's rule regarding cattle and beef (Amdt. No. 
3602)
        Dorgan--Amdt. No. 3508
        Dole--Tax Credit
        Domenici--Renewable Energy (Amdt. No. 3614)
        Domenici--Land Transfer
        Durbin--McGovern-Dole funding
        Durbin--ACR improvements
        Durbin--Puppy information
        Durbin--Low-interest financing to fight invasive species
        Durbin--Food Safety
        Ensign--5 Relevant Amendments
        Enzi--Captive Supply
        Feingold--13 relevant amendments
        Feinstein--Ag inspectors
        Feinstein--Energy market oversight
        Feinstein--Leafy greens
        Feinstein--Clementines
        Graham--Cellulosic Ethanol
        Grassley--Agricultural mergers (Amdt. No. 3823)
        Gregg--Mortgage Crisis (Amdt. No. 3674)
        Gregg--Drivers License
        Gregg--Firefighters
        Gregg--Ag disaster funds (Amdt. No. 3822)
        Gregg--Proper budget accounting
        Gregg--Commodity subsidies
        Gregg--Sugar Program
        Gregg--Commodity subsidies
        Gregg--Gulf of Mexico
        Gregg--Farm and rural healthcare (Amdt. No. 3673)
        Harkin--7 relevant amendments
        Harkin--1 amendment relevant to any on the list
        Harkin--Relevant to any on the list (Amdt. No. 3830)
        Harkin--School nutrition standards
        Harkin--Packers and Stockyards Act
        Harkin--Managers' Amendments
        Hutchison--Southwest Dairy
        Hutchison--Land Grants
        Hutchison--Rio Grande
        Hutchison--Renewables
        Inouye--Food for Peace
        Inouye--Rail related
        Inouye--Broadband Data
        Inouye--Energy related
        Inouye--Sugar/ethanol loan guarantee grant program
        Inouye--Exemption for Hawaii
        Inouye--Reimbursement payment to geographically disadvantaged 
farmers/ranchers
        Kerry--4 relevant amendments
        Kohl--Revised membership/Federal Milk Marketing (Amdt. No. 3531)
        Kohl--SOS Rural Energy America Program (Amdt. No. 3532)
        Kohl--Amdt. No. 3533
        Kohl--Amdt. No. 3534
        Kohl--Amdt. No. 3535
        Kohl--Amdt. No. 3536
        Kohl--Amdt. No. 3537
        Kohl--Amdt. No. 3555
        Klobuchar--Timber contracts
        Klobuchar--Beginning farmers/ranchers

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        Kyl--Tax/AMT
        Kyl--Relevant
        Landrieu--7 relevant amendments
        Lautenberg--FRESH Act
        Lautenberg--FEED Act
        Levin--Energy Markets
        Lincoln--4 Ag tax amendments
        Lincoln--Bio Fuels
        Lincoln--Small Procedure Credit
        Lincoln--1 relevant amendment
        Lott--Gulf of Mexico task force
        Lott--Tax/AMT
        Lott--2 Relevant
        Lugar--Trade
        Lugar--2 Relevant
        McCaskill--Amdt. No. 3556
        McConnell--3 Relevant
        McConnell--Nutritional Health (Amdt. No. 3821)
        McConnell--Death Tax
        McConnell--AMT
        McConnell--2 Relevant to any on the list
        Menendez--4 relevant amendments
        Mikulski--2 cloned foods amendments
        Mikulski--2 H2B amendments
        Murkowski--Exxon Valdez litigation
        Murkowski--Specialty crops
        Murray--2 Conservation amendments
        Murray--Energy
        Murray--Specialty crop
        Nelson (NE)--Amdt. No. 3576
        Pryor--Broadband (Amdt. No. 3625)
        Pryor--4 relevant amendments
        Reid--Amdt. No. 3509
        Reid--Amdt. No. 3510
        Reid--Amdt. No. 3511
        Reid--Amdt. No. 3512
        Reid--Amdt. No. 3513
        Reid--Amdt. No. 3514
        Reid--2 relevant amendments
        Reid--2 amendments relevant to any on the list
        Roberts--Technical
        Roberts--Ag Fair Practices
        Roberts--Definitions
        Roberts--Regulations (Amdt. No. 3549)
        Roberts--Conservation
        Roberts--Conservation
        Roberts--Trade
        Roberts--Nutrition
        Roberts--Rural Development
        Roberts--Rural Development
        Salazar--Cellulosic Biofuels Production Incentives (Amdt. No. 
3616)
        Salazar--Colorado Good Neighbor Agreements (Forestry)
        Sanders--Amdt. No. 3595
        Schumer--4 Conservation amendments
        Sessions--Rural Hospital
        Smith--Americorp Vista volunteers
        Smith--River Conservatory
        Smith--Deschutes River
        Smith--Wallowa Lake Dam
        Smith--Oregon Subbasins
        Smith--North Irrigation unit
        Smith--Irrigation Districts
        Smith--Fire sprinkler systems
        Stabenow--Local farmer initiative--Buy America
        Stabenow--CSFP
        Stevens--Protecting Kids Online
        Stevens--e911

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        Stevens--FSA operating loans
        Stevens--Quarantine inspection fees
        Stevens--Bloc Grant to seafood
        Stevens--AQI User Fees
        Stevens--Fishing Loans (Amdt. No. 3569)
        Stevens--DTV
        Stevens--Seafood Safety
        Sununu--Biomass Fuel
        Tester--Amdt. No. 3516
        Thune--Biofuels
        Vitter--National Finance Center
        Webb--3 relevant amendments
        Wyden--Illegal logging.
    Ordered further, That first degree amendments be subject to second 
degree amendments that are relevant to the first degree amendment to 
which offered.
    Ordered further, That Managers' amendments cleared by both Managers 
not be counted toward the 20 first degree amendments allowed by the 
agreement; provided, that the Managers' package of cleared amendments be 
considered and agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table.
    Ordered further, That the cloture vote on H.R. 2419, be delayed, if 
needed, to occur upon the adoption of Amdt. 3500.
    Ordered further, That the mandatory quorum call required under Rule 
XXII be waived with respect to the cloture motion filed on the bill. 
(Nov. 14, Dec. 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 2007.)

                          VETO MESSAGE ON S. 5

    2.--Ordered, That the veto message on S. 5, the Stem Cell Research 
Enhancement Act of 2007, be considered as read and that it be printed in 
the Record and spread in full upon the Journal.
    Ordered further, That the message be held at the desk. (June 20, 
2007.)

                                H.R. 3997

    3.--Ordered, That if the Senate receives from the House a message on 
H.R. 3997, an act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
earnings assistance and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, 
volunteer firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers, and for other 
purposes, with an amendment that is not germane to the Senate amendment 
or the underlying bill, that the bill and its amendments be referred to 
the Committee on Finance. (Dec. 12, 2007.)

                         S. 2338 (ORDER NO. 481)

    4.--Ordered, That upon disposition of H.R. 2419, the Senate proceed 
to the consideration of S. 2338, an original bill to modernize and 
update the National Housing Act and enable the Federal Housing 
Administration to more effectively reach underserved borrowers, and for 
other purposes.
    Ordered further, That the only first degree amendments in order be 
the following, and that the time for debate for the amendment offered by 
the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn) be limited to 60 minutes equally 
divided and controlled in the usual form:
        An amendment offered by the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) 
and the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby), relating to a moratorium;
        An amendment offered by the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), 
relating to reverse mortgages.
    Ordered further, That there be 30 minutes of general debate on the 
bill, equally divided and controlled in the usual form.
    Ordered further, That upon the use or yielding back of all time and 
the disposition of all amendments, the bill be read a third time, and 
the Senate proceed to vote on passage of the bill. (Dec. 13, 2007.)

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     January 03, 18, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31.
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     February, 01, 02, 03, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 27, 28.
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     March, 01, 02, 03, 06, 07, 08, 09, 13, 14, 15, 16, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.
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     April, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 24, 25, 26, 27.
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     May, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26.
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     June, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.
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     July, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31.
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     August, 01, 02, 03, 04.
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     September, 05, 06, 07, 08, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29.
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     October.
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     November, 09, 13, 14, 15, 16.
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     December, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08.
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                                 2007
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    January, 04, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31.
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    February, 01, 05, 06, 07, 08, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 26, 27, 28.
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    March, 01, 02, 05, 07, 08, 09, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29.
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    April, 10, 03, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26.
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    May, 01, 02, 03, 04, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.
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    June, 30, 04, 05, 06, 07, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29.
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    July, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31.
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    August, 01, 02, 03.
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    September, 04, 05, 06, 07, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28.
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    October, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31.
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    November, 01, 02, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 23, 27, 29.
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    December, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.
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Days Senate met during Second Session, One Hundred Ninth Congress, are 
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