[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 133 (Wednesday, December 6, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S11387]
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                         CALL HOME ACT OF 2006

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce be discharged from further consideration of S. 2653 and the 
Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will read the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2653) to direct the Federal Communications 
     Commission to make efforts to reduce telephone rates for 
     Armed Forces personnel deployed overseas.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Stevens 
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. 5218) was agreed to, as follows:
       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PUBLIC SAFETY INTEROPERABLE COMMUNLCATIONS GRANTS.

       Pursuant to section 3006 of Public Law 109-171 (47 U.S.C. 
     309 note), the Assistant Secretary for Communications and 
     Information of the Department of Commerce, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, 
     shall award no less than $1,000,000,000 for public safety 
     interoperable communications grants no later than September 
     30, 2007 subject to the receipt of qualified applications as 
     determined by the Assistant Secretary.
  The bill (S. 2653) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:
  (The bill will be printed in a future edition of the Record.)

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