[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 152 (Tuesday, October 20, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10567-S10568]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010--CONFERENCE 
                                 REPORT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 
2647, the Department of Defense Authorization Act.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The report will be stated.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     2647), to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for 
     military activities of the Department of Defense, to 
     prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010, 
     and for other purposes, having met, have agreed that the 
     House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the 
     Senate and agree to the same with an amendment and the Senate 
     agree to the same, signed by a majority of the conferees on 
     the part of both Houses.

  (The conference report is printed in the House proceedings of the 
Record of October 7, 2009.)


                             cloture motion

  Mr. REID. I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The cloture motion having been

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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 the Conference 
     Report to accompany H.R. 2647, the Department of Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010.
         Harry Reid, Ben Nelson, Benjamin L. Cardin, Byron L. 
           Dorgan, Robert Menendez, Richard J. Durbin, Charles E. 
           Schumer, Tom Harkin, Evan Bayh, Patrick J. Leahy, Jack 
           Reed, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Roland W. Burris, Edward E. 
           Kaufman, Paul G. Kirk, Jr., Barbara Boxer, Sheldon 
           Whitehouse, Carl Levin.

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum be 
waived.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, with respect to the conference report 
accompanying H.R. 2647, the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2010, I certify that the information required by rule XLIV 
of the Standing Rules of the Senate related to congressionally directed 
spending items has been identified in the joint statement of managers 
accompanying the conference report and that the required information 
has been available on a publicly accessible congressional Web site for 
more than 48 hours.

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