[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14457]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      SEQUENTIAL REFERRAL REQUEST

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in 
the Record a letter from Majority Leader Harry Reid dated June 4, 2007.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                  Committee on Armed Services,

                                     Washington, DC, June 4, 2007.
     Hon. Harry Reid,
     Majority Leader, U.S. Senate,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Senator Reid: Pursuant to paragraph 3(b) of S. Res. 
     400 of the 94th Congress, as amended by S. Res. 445 of the 
     108th Congress, I request that S. 1538, the Intelligence 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, as filed by the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence on May 31, 2007, be 
     sequentially referred to the Committee on Armed Services for 
     a period of 10 days. This request is without prejudice to any 
     request for an additional extension of five days, as provided 
     for under the resolution.
       S. Res. 400, as amended by S. Res. 445 of the 108th 
     Congress, makes the running of the period for sequential 
     referrals of proposed legislation contingent upon the receipt 
     of that legislation ``in its entirety and including annexes'' 
     by the standing committee to which it is referred. Past 
     intelligence authorization bills have included an 
     unclassified portion and one or more classified annexes.
       I request that I be consulted with regard to any unanimous 
     consent or time agreements regarding this bill.
       Thank you for your assistance.
           Sincerely,
                                                       Carl Levin,
     Chairman.

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