[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 19878]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      UNANIMOUS-CONSENT AGREEMENT

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that all first-
degree amendments from the limited list to the pending legislation be 
filed at the desk no later than 4 p.m., Thursday, September 30; 
provided further that it be in order for the sponsor of any amendment 
to modify the filed amendment with consent of their respective leader.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  The Democratic whip.
  Mr. REID. I want to make sure the record reflects that a large number 
of Senators on both sides of the aisle filed relevant amendments. We 
want to make sure those amendments are allowed to be offered in keeping 
with the order that was previously entered in this matter that states 
all amendments be related to the subject matter of the bill. So 
``related'' should do the trick.
  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, insofar as that is the agreement, and I 
understand it is, the Senator is correct.
  Mr. REID. If the Senator will yield for just a brief comment, if 
Senators have already filed their amendments, do not do it again. All 
it does is confuse the staff. If Senators have filed the amendments, do 
not file them again. If there is some question, come and talk to the 
staff before sending over more amendments.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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