[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 123 (Wednesday, September 27, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S10242]
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                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, for the information of our colleagues, we 
will engage in a unanimous consent request which will set out the 
activity for the afternoon and possibly early evening on the Supreme 
Court Hamdan decision.
  I ask unanimous consent that the cloture motion with respect to 
amendment No. 5036 be withdrawn, and that further, the cloture vote 
scheduled in relation to H.R. 6061 be delayed to occur following the 
disposition of S. 3930, and that the Senate now proceed to the 
consideration of Calendar No. 634, S. 3930, relating to military 
tribunals; provided further, that the substitute amendment, the text of 
which is at the desk, be considered and agreed to as original text for 
the purpose of further amendment; provided further, that the only other 
amendments in order, other than any managers' amendments which are to 
be cleared by both managers and the two leaders, be the following:
  Levin, substitute; Rockefeller, congressional oversight; Kennedy, 
interrogation; Byrd, sunset; Specter, habeas.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the listed amendments be limited 
to 60 minutes equally divided between the two leaders or their 
designees, other than the Specter amendment and the Levin amendment 
which will be limited to 2 hours equally divided, as stated above, and 
that there be 3 hours for general debate equally divided, again, 
between the two leaders or their designees. I further ask unanimous 
consent that following the disposition of the above amendments and the 
use or yielding back of time, the bill be read a third time and the 
Senate proceed to a vote on passage, with no intervening action or 
debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. REID. Reserving the right to object, Mr. President, this is in 
keeping with our agreement. I wanted the record to reflect--in case 
Senator Leahy is watching us because he wanted to make sure he would 
have 45 minutes on his amendments and 15 minutes on the bill--it is my 
understanding Senator Specter will be giving him 15 minutes of his 
time, but if he doesn't, I will take it from the bill. So Senator Leahy 
will have his 45 minutes, 15 minutes on this bill.
  So I think this is an opportunity to improve this bill. We would all 
like to have had more time for hearings and debate on the floor, but we 
are where we are. I am thankful and grateful that we have an 
opportunity to improve this bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I will have an opening statement on the 
bill. But what we have done is set out, with a time agreement, a way to 
address a very important piece of legislation. I appreciate the 
Democratic leader and his caucus, our leadership and our caucus all 
agreeing upon this outline of how we will address an issue that will 
make us safer and more secure.
  We will turn to the bill, and then I will make an opening statement, 
and then we will start right in with the amendment process following my 
opening remarks.




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