[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 15649]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             AMENDING THE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE OF 1962

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of H.R. 2312.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will state the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2312) to amend the Communications Satellite of 
     1962 to provide for an orderly dilution of the ownership 
     interest in Inmarsat by former signatories to the Inmarsat 
     Operations Agreement.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to the bill.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed in 
the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 2312) was read the third time and passed.

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