[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23812]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        COLLEGE COST REDUCTION AND ACCESS ACT--CONFERENCE REPORT

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I submit a report of the committee of 
conference on the bill (H.R. 2669) and ask for its immediate 
consideration.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. 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. 
     2669), to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 601 
     of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
     2008, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed 
     to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as 
     follows:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an 
     amendment, signed by a majority of the conferees of both 
     Houses.

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senate will proceed to the 
consideration of the conference report.
  (The conference report is printed in the proceedings of the House in 
the Record of today, September 6, 2007.)
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Massachusetts.


                  orders for friday, september 7, 2007

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the 
Senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 8:55 
a.m., Friday, September 7; that on Friday, following the prayer and 
pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning 
hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for 
their use later in the day, and that the Senate then resume 
consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2669, as 
provided for under a previous order.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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