[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 60 (Tuesday, May 16, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4645-S4646]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           ARCTIC RESEARCH AND POLICY AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2005

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be discharged from 
further consideration of S. 879, and the Senate proceed to its 
immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 879) to make improvements to the Arctic Research 
     and Policy Act of 1984.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.

[[Page S4646]]

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment 
that is at the desk be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third 
time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, 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. 4028) was agreed to as follows:

   (Purpose: To strike the sections regarding Commission awards and 
                representation and reception activities)

       On page 2, strike line 7 and all that follows through the 
     end of the bill.

  The bill (S. 879), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 879

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Arctic Research and Policy 
     Amendments Act of 2005''.

     SEC. 2. CHAIRPERSON OF THE ARCTIC RESEARCH COMMISSION.

       (a) Compensation.--Section 103(d)(1) of the Arctic Research 
     and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4102(d)(1)) is amended in 
     the second sentence by striking ``90 days'' and inserting ``, 
     in the case of the chairperson, 120 days, and, in the case of 
     any other member, 90 days,''.
       (b) Redesignation.--Section 103(d)(2) of the Arctic 
     Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4102(d)(2)) is 
     amended by striking ``Chairman'' and inserting 
     ``chairperson''.

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