[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 11 (Tuesday, February 3, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S384]
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                   PROVISION FOR EMERGENCY AUTHORITY

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
immediately proceed to a resolution at the desk regarding emergency 
authority; provided, further, that the resolution be agreed to and the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 296) was agreed to, as follows:

                              S. Res. 296

       Resolved, That the Presiding Officer of the Senate may 
     suspend any proceeding of the Senate, including a roll call 
     vote or a quorum call, and declare a recess or adjournment of 
     the Senate subject to existing authorities or subject to the 
     call of the Chair, within the limits of article I, section 5, 
     clause 4, of the Constitution, whenever the Presiding Officer 
     has been notified of an imminent threat.
       Sec. 2. When the Senate is out of session, the Majority and 
     Minority Leaders, or their designees, may, acting jointly and 
     within the limits of article I, section 5, clause 4, of the 
     Constitution, modify any order for the time or place of the 
     convening of the Senate when, in their opinion, such action 
     is warranted by intervening circumstances.

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Vermont.

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