[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 153 (Thursday, September 25, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S9552]
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                 NEED-BASED EDUCATIONAL AID ACT OF 2008

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1777, 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 assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 1777) to amend the Improving America's Schools 
     Act of 1994 to make permanent the favorable treatment of 
     need-based educational aid under the antitrust laws.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a Leahy-Hatch 
amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be 
read a third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon 
the table, with no intervening action or debate, 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. 5653) was agreed to, as follows:

   (Purpose: To amend the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 to 
extend the favorable treatment of need-based educational aid under the 
                            antitrust laws)

       On page 2, strike lines 5 and 6 and insert the following: 
     ``Section 568(d) of the Improving America's Schools Act of 
     1994 (15 U.S.C. 1 note) is amended by striking `2008' and 
     inserting `2015'.''.

  The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill (H.R. 1777), as amended, was read the third time, and 
passed.

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