[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 165 (Monday, December 19, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S14014]
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   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006--CONFERENCE REPORT

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     2863) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
     purposes, having met, have agreed that the House recede from 
     its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate, and agree to 
     the same with an amendment, and the Senate agree to the same, 
     Signed by a majority of the conferees on the part of both 
     Houses.

  (The conference report is printed in the Record in the Proceedings of 
the House on Sunday, December 18, 2005.)


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

                             Cloture Motion

       We the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the conference 
     report to accompany H.R. 2863, the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act of 2006.
         Bill Frist, John Cornyn, John Thune, Jeff Sessions, 
           Lindsey Graham, Saxby Chambliss, Richard Shelby, Jon 
           Kyl, Mike Crapo, Mitch McConnell, Ted Stevens, Thad 
           Cochran, C.S. Bond, Conrad Burns, Pete Domenici, Judd 
           Gregg, John Warner.

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