[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 126 (Tuesday, October 1, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S9680]
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                      MOTION TO PROCEED--H.R. 2215

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I move to proceed to the conference 
report to accompany H.R. 2215, the 21st Century Department of Justice 
Appropriations Authorization Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, reserving the right to object. I will ask 
the majority leader a question. The majority leader is wanting to move 
to a conference report on the Department of Justice reauthorization 
bill, is that correct?
  Mr. DASCHLE. Correct.
  Mr. NICKLES. So we will be setting aside the homeland security bill?
  Mr. DASCHLE. No. We will only interrupt the ongoing consideration of 
homeland security. This does not displace homeland security on the 
calendar. The regular order would be we would revert right back to 
homeland security once the conference report has been disposed of, with 
no additional action required on the part of the Senate.
  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I appreciate the Senator's explanation. I 
know there have been some negotiations, though not as fruitful as we 
would like, on homeland security, but I trust the negotiations will be 
ongoing, and maybe we will have some success upon the conclusion of the 
DOJ authorization bill. I shall not object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to 
proceed.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, prior to the clerk reporting the 
conference report, I ask unanimous consent I be able to speak as in 
morning business for 3 minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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