[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12507]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME--H.R. 5638

  Mr. FRIST. 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 title of the bill for 
the first time.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 5638) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to increase the unified credit against the estate tax to 
     an exclusion equivalent of $5,000,000 and to repeal the 
     sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping 
     taxes, and for other purposes.

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, 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 be read for 
the second time on the next legislative day.

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