[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 145 (Monday, October 5, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S7127]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME--S. 2129, S. 2130, S. 2131, AND S. 2132

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I understand there are four bills at 
the desk, and I ask for their first reading en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bills by title for the 
first time en bloc.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2129) making appropriations for Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Energy and 
     Water Development, and Departments of Transportation, and 
     Housing and Urban Development, and related programs for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other 
     purposes.
       A bill (S. 2130) making appropriations for Department of 
     Defense, energy and water development, Department of Homeland 
     Security, military construction, Department of Veterans 
     Affairs, and Department of State, foreign operations, and 
     related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2016, and for other purposes.
       A bill (S. 2131) making appropriations for Departments of 
     Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies and 
     Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.
       A bill (S. 2132) making appropriations for financial 
     services and general government, Department of the Interior, 
     environment, and Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
     Services, and Education, and related programs for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes.

  Mr. McCONNELL. I now ask for a second reading, and I object to my own 
request, all en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bills will 
receive their second reading on the next legislative day.

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