[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 135 (Saturday, November 20, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S11840]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                MARINE DEBRIS RESEARCH AND REDUCTION ACT

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 792, S. 2488.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2488) to establish a program within the National 
     Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States 
     Coast Guard to help identify, assess, reduce, and prevent 
     marine debris and its adverse impacts on the marine 
     environment and navigation safety, in coordination with non-
     Federal entities, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that an Inouye 
substitute amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the bill, as 
amended, be read a third time and passed, the title amendment be agreed 
to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no 
intervening action or debate, and that any statements relating to the 
bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 4078) was agreed to.
  (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of 
Amendments.'')
  The bill (S. 2488), as amended, was read the third time and passed.
  The title was amended so as to read: ``A bill to establish a program 
within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the 
United States Coast Guard to help identify, determine sources of, 
assess, reduce, and prevent marine debris and its adverse impacts on 
the marine environment and navigation safety, in coordination with non-
Federal entities, and for other purposes.''

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