[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 133 (Wednesday, December 6, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S11387]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT AMENDMENTS OF 2006

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 4075 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 legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 4075) to amend the Marine Mammal Protection 
     Act of 1972, to provide for better understanding and 
     protection of marine mammals, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment 
at the desk be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read the third time 
and passed, the title amendment be agreed to, the motion to reconsider 
be laid upon the table, and any statements relating to the bill be 
printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 5220) was agreed to.
  (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of 
Amendments.'')
  The amendment (No. 5221) was agreed to as follows:
       Amend the title so as to read ``An Act to amend the Marine 
     Mammal Protection Act of 1972 in order to implement the 
     Agreement on the Conservation and Management of the Alaska-
     Chukotka Polar Bear Population.''.

  The amendments were ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill (H.R. 4075), as amended, was read the third time and passed.

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