[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 22, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6492-S6493]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      REDESIGNATING THE OFFICE FOR VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION

  Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of S. 33, introduced earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 33) to redesignate the Office for Vocational and 
     Adult Education as the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult 
     Education.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read a third time, 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 bill (S. 33) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was 
read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 33

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

     SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION OF THE OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND 
                   ADULT EDUCATION.

       (a) Redesignation.--Section 206 of the Department of 
     Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3416) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking ``office of 
     vocational and adult education'' and inserting ``office of 
     career, technical, and adult education'';
       (2) in the first sentence--
       (A) by striking ``Office of Vocational and Adult 
     Education'' and inserting ``Office of Career, Technical, and 
     Adult Education''; and
       (B) by striking ``Assistant Secretary for Vocational and 
     Adult Education'' and inserting ``Assistant Secretary for 
     Career, Technical, and Adult Education''; and

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       (3) in the second sentence, by striking ``vocational and 
     adult education'' each place the term appears and inserting 
     ``career, technical, and adult education''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Department of education organization act.--The 
     Department of Education Organization Act (as amended in 
     subsection (a)) (20 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.) is further amended--
       (A) in section 202--
       (i) in subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking ``Assistant 
     Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education'' and inserting 
     ``Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult 
     Education''; and
       (ii) in subsection (h), by striking ``Assistant Secretary 
     for Vocational and Adult Education'' each place the term 
     appears and inserting ``Assistant Secretary for Career, 
     Technical, and Adult Education''; and
       (B) in the table of contents in section 1, by striking the 
     item relating to section 206 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 206. Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education.''.
       (2) Carl d. perkins career and technical education act of 
     2006.--Section 114(b)(1) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
     Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2324(b)(1)) is 
     amended by striking ``Office of Vocational and Adult 
     Education'' and inserting ``Office of Career, Technical, and 
     Adult Education''.

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