[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23022]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005--CONFERENCE REPORT

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I move to proceed to the conference report 
to accompany H.R. 4837, the military construction appropriations bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the motion is agreed to. 
The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     4837), making appropriations for military construction, 
     family housing, and base realignment and closure for the 
     Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 
     30, 2005, and for other purposes, having met, have agreed 
     that the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment 
     of the Senate, and agree to the same with an amendment, and 
     the Senate agree to the same, signed by a majority of the 
     conferees on the part of both Houses.

  The Senate proceeded to consider the conference report.
  (The conference report is printed in the proceedings of the House in 
the Record of today, October 9, 2004.)


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

                             Cloture Motion

       We the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the conference 
     report to accompany H.R. 4837, a bill making appropriations 
     for military construction, family housing, and base 
     realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other 
     purposes.
         Bill Frist, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Ted Stevens, Thad 
           Cochran, Wayne Allard, Chuck Grassley, Norm Coleman, 
           Lamar Alexander, Pat Roberts, Sam Brownback, Mitch 
           McConnell, George Allen, Craig Thomas, Orrin Hatch, 
           Richard Lugar, Mike DeWine, Gordon Smith.

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