[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 119 (Wednesday, September 21, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S10326]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME--S. 1745 AND S. 1748

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I understand there are two bills at the 
desk, and I ask for their first reading en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the titles of the bills.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1745) to expand the availability of resources 
     under the Community Services Block Grant Act for individuals 
     affected by Hurricane Katrina.
       A bill (S. 1748) to establish a congressional commission to 
     examine the Federal, State, and local response to the 
     devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region 
     of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, 
     Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the 
     aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve 
     such responses in the future.

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I now ask for their second reading and, 
in order to place the bills on the calendar under the provisions of 
rule XIV, I object to my own request, all en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.

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