[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 143 (Tuesday, September 25, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S12023]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will 
resume consideration of H.R. 1585, which the clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 1585) to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2008 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
     activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
     personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
     purposes.

  Pending:

       Nelson (NE) (for Levin) amendment No. 2011, in the nature 
     of a substitute.
       Warner (for Graham/Kyl) amendment No. 2064 (to amendment 
     No. 2011), to strike section 1023, relating to the granting 
     of civil rights to terror suspects.
       Kyl/Lieberman amendment No. 3017 (to amendment No. 2011), 
     to express the sense of the Senate regarding Iran.
       Biden amendment No. 2997 (to amendment No. 2011), to 
     express the sense of Congress on federalism in Iraq.


                           Amendment No. 2064

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I call for the regular order with respect to 
the Graham amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment is now pending.


                Amendment No. 3035 to Amendment No. 2064

(Purpose: To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, 
  and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes)

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I do have an amendment at the desk and ask 
it be reported.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Nevada [Mr. Reid], for Mr. Kennedy, for 
     himself and Mr. Smith, proposes an amendment numbered 3035 to 
     the language proposed to be stricken by amendment No. 2064.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the 
amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of 
Amendments.'')


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a cloture motion at the desk and ask 
it be reported.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

                             Cloture Motion

       We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on amendment No. 3035 
     regarding hate crimes.
         Gordon H. Smith, Chuck Schumer, Bernard Sanders, Robert 
           Menendez, Sheldon Whitehouse, Frank R. Lautenberg, 
           Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chris Dodd, John F. Kerry, 
           Patty Murray, Barack Obama, Jeff Bingaman, Ben Cardin, 
           Evan Bayh, Tom Harkin, Ted Kennedy, Dianne Feinstein.

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