[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 19879]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME--S. 2866

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I understand there is a bill at the 
desk, and I ask for its first reading.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the 
first time.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2866) to amend the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 to clarify the authority of the 
     Secretary of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to enter into memorandums of understanding with a State 
     regarding the collection of approved State commodity 
     assessments on behalf of the State from the proceeds of 
     marketing assistance loans.

  Mr. SESSIONS. I now ask for its second reading and, in order to place 
the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, object to 
further proceedings on this matter.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill will be read for the second time on 
the next legislative day.

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