    [Senate Calendars for February 12, 2008 - 110th Congress, 2nd 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 190
                      adjourned december 31, 2007
      SECOND SESSION  convened january 3, 2008           DAYS OF SESSION 21

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                              CALENDAR OF BUSINESS

                           Tuesday, February 12, 2008

                          SENATE CONVENES AT 10:00 A.M.

                    READING OF WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS

        The junior Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) is designated to read
    Washington's Farewell Address on February 25, 2008, pursuant to the
    order of the Senate of January 24, 1901, as modified February 4, 2008.

                                PENDING BUSINESS

                             S. 2248 (ORDER NO. 512)

        A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978,
    to modernize and streamline the provisions of that act, and for other
    purposes. (Dec. 17, 2007.)

                      (Pending Business Continues 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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                                PENDING BUSINESS

                         CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2082

        Conference report to accompany H.R. 2082, an act to authorize
    appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for intelligence and intelligence-
    related activities of the United States Government, the Community
    Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and
    Disability System, and for other purposes. (Feb. 11, 2008.)

                                PENDING BUSINESS

                             S. 1200 (ORDER NO. 421)

        A bill to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and
    extend that act. (Jan. 22, 2008.)

                          UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENTS

                             S. 2248 (ORDER NO. 512)

        1.--Ordered, That at 10:00 a.m., on Tuesday, February 12, 2008, the
    Senate resume consideration of S. 2248, a bill to amend the Foreign
    Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the
    provisions of that act, and for other purposes, and the Senate proceed
    to vote in relation to the amendments in the order specified below, with
    two minutes of debate prior to each vote, equally divided and controlled
    in the usual form, and any succeeding votes in the sequence be limited
    to 10 minutes; provided, that no further amendments be in order on
    Tuesday; provided further, that each Leader control a total of 10
    minutes of debate time to be used prior to any of the votes:

        Amdt. No. 3920, offered by the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr.
    Whitehouse);

        Amdt. No. 3910, offered by the Senator from California (Mrs.
    Feinstein);

        Amdt. No. 3979, offered by the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold)
    and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Webb);

        Amdt. No. 3907, offered by the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and
    the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold);

        Amdt. No. 3912, offered by the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold);

        Amdt. No. 3938, offered by the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Bond) and the
    Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), as modified;

        Amdt. No. 3927, offered by the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter)
    and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse); and

        Amdt. No. 3919, offered by the Senator from California (Mrs.
    Feinstein).

        Ordered further, That the following amendments be subject to a
    majority vote threshold, with a motion to table any of these amendments
    in order:

        Amdt. No. 3938,

        Amdt. No. 3907,

        Amdt. No. 3927,

        Amdt. No. 3912, and

        Amdt. No. 3979.

        Ordered further, That the final amendments listed be subject to a 60
    affirmative vote threshold, and that if an amendment does not achieve
    that threshold, the amendment be withdrawn:

        Amdt. No. 3910,

        Amdt. No. 3919, and

        Amdt. No. 3920.

        Orderd further, That a managers' amendment be in order if cleared by
    the managers and the Leaders.
        Ordered further, That upon disposition of all amendments, the
    substitute amendment, as amended, be agreed to, the bill be read a third
    time, and the Senate then vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the
    bill, notwithstanding rule XXII.
        Ordered further, That if cloture is invoked on the bill, the Senator
    from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) be recognized to speak for up to 4 hours and
    the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold) for up to 15 minutes; provided
    further, that upon conclusion of those remarks, and the recognition of
    the managers for up to 10 minutes each, and the Senator from Vermont
    (Mr. Leahy) and the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Specter) for 20
    minutes each, the Senate proceed to vote on passage of the bill, as
    amended.
        Ordered further, That upon passage of the bill, the Senate then
    proceed to Calendar No. 517, H.R. 3773, a bill to amend the Foreign
    Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for
    authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and

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    for other purposes; provided, that all after the enacting clause be
    stricken, and the text of S. 2248, as amended, be inserted in lieu
    thereof, the bill be advanced to third reading, passed and the motion to
    reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table; provided further,
    that passage of S. 2248 be vitiated and then returned to the Calendar.
        Ordered further, That with respect to the motion to invoke cloture
    on S. 2248, the mandatory quorum required under rule XXII be waived.
    (Jan. 31, Feb. 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 2008.)

                    CONFERENCE REPORT TO ACCOMPANY H.R. 2082

        2.--Ordered, That with respect to the conference report to accompany
    H.R. 2082, an act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for
    intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States
    Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central
    Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other
    purposes, the mandatory quorum under rule XXII be waived. (Feb. 11,
    2008.)

                                     S. 1974

        3.--Ordered, That upon passage of S. 1974, a bill to make technical
    corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006, the bill
    remain at the desk until such time as the Senate receives a companion
    measure from the House.
        Ordered further, That when the Senate receives a companion measure
    from the House, the Senate then proceed to its consideration; provided,
    that all after the enacting clause be stricken and the text of S. 1974,
    as amended, be inserted, in lieu thereof; provided further, that the
    bill be read a third time, passed and the motion to reconsider be
    considered made and laid upon the table without further intervening
    action or debate, and that S. 1974 then be returned to the calendar.
    (Dec. 19, 2007.)

                             S. 2483 (ORDER NO. 546)

        4.--Ordered, That at a time to be determined by the Majority Leader,
    following consultation with the Republican Leader, the Senate proceed to
    the consideration of S. 2483, a bill to authorize certain programs and
    activities in the Forest Service, the Department of the Interior, and
    the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
        Ordered further, That it be considered under the following
    limitations: that the only amendments in order be five related
    amendments to be offered by the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), and
    that upon disposition of all amendments, the bill be read a third time,
    and the Senate proceed to vote in the passage of the bill. (Dec. 19,
    2007.)

                              VETO MESSAGE ON S. 5

        5.--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

        6.--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, 19, 2007.)

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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, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 28, 26, 31.
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