[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17963]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                 MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME--H.R. 2090

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I understand H.R. 2090 is at the desk, and 
I ask for its first reading.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2090) to direct the Secretary of Commerce to 
     contract with the National Academy of Sciences to establish 
     the Coordinated Oceanographic Program Advisory Panel to 
     report to the Congress on the feasibility and social value of 
     a coordinated oceanographic program.

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I now ask for its second reading and object 
to my own request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.

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