[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 97 (Monday, July 18, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8412-S8413]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            MORNING BUSINESS

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent there now be a 
period for morning business with Senators permitted to speak for up to 
10 minutes each.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


             AMENDMENT NO. 1224, AS MODIFIED, TO H.R. 2360

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 
notwithstanding passage of H.R. 2360, amendment No. 1224, which was 
previously agreed to, be modified with the change at the desk.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment, as modified, is as follows:

       On page 81, line 24, increase the first amount by 
     $50,000,000.
       On page 82, line 4, after ``tion'' insert ``: Provided 
     further, That of the total amount provided, an additional 
     $50,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 33 (15 
     U.S.C. 2229)''.
       On page 77, line 18, strike ``$2,694,300,000'' and insert 
     ``$2,714,300,000''.
       On page 77, line 20, increase the amount by $20,000,000.
       On page 77, line 24, after ``grants'' insert ``, and of 
     which at least $20,000,000 shall be available for 
     interoperable communications grants''.
       On page 85, line 18, after ``expended'' insert ``: 
     Provided, That the aforementioned sum shall be reduced by 
     $70,000,000''.
       On page 82, line 21, strike ``$5,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$3,000,000''.
  (The remarks of Ms. Landrieu are printed in today's Record under 
``Morning Business.'')

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