[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15406-15407]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME--S. 3711

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I understand there is a bill at the desk. I 
ask for its first reading.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will please report the title of the 
bill for the first time.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3711) to enhance the energy independence and 
     security of the United States by providing for exploration, 
     development and production activities for mineral resources 
     in the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes.

  Mr. FRIST. I now ask for a second reading and in order to place the 
bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my 
own request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The bill will receive its

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second reading on the next legislative day.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, that particular bill is a bill that I hope 
we can address in the near future, a bill that will make available, 
once we address and pass it, a billion barrels of oil and over five 
trillion cubic feet of natural gas that this country does not see. It 
is a very important bill we will be addressing in the very near future.

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