[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 21941]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006--Resumed

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, is the pending business the Defense 
appropriations bill?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The pending business is H.R. 2863, which the 
clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2863) making appropriations for the Department 
     of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and 
     for other purposes.


                           Amendment No. 1922

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Alaska [Mr. Stevens] proposes an amendment 
     numbered 1922.
       At the appropriate place in the bill insert the following:
       Sec.     . Notwithstanding Sec. 101 of H.J. Res. 68, the 
     Community Services Block Grant program shall be funded at the 
     same rate of operation as in Division F of Public Law 108-
     477, through November 18, 2005.

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, this will ensure, once our Defense bill 
is passed, that this glitch in the community services block grants will 
be eliminated. I hope everyone understands that the sooner we get this 
bill to the President, the better off this program will be. In the 
meanwhile, this is assurance that the Senate stands behind the total 
figure that is in the Senate bill as reported out from the Senate 
today.
  I ask for adoption of the amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? If not, the question 
is on agreeing to amendment No. 1922.
  The amendment (No. 1922) was agreed to.
  Mr. COCHRAN. I move to reconsider the vote.
  Mr. STEVENS. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  Mr. STEVENS. I ask unanimous consent that Senator Grassley and my 
colleague, Senator Murkowski, be added as cosponsors of the amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. STEVENS. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, we have not been notified by any Senator 
that they wish to offer an amendment to the Defense bill today. It is 
my understanding later today there will be an agreement that all 
amendments in the first degree to this bill should be filed by 5 
o'clock Monday.
  Under the circumstances, since other Senators wish to speak on 
nongermane matters, unless there is someone who wants the floor right 
now to talk about defense--I am informed there may be an amendment.

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