[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 29097]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    REQUEST FOR SEQUENTIAL REFERRAL

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in 
the Record a letter dated October 31, 2007, from myself and Senator 
Specter to the majority leader.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

                                             United States Senate,


                                   Committee on the Judiciary,

                                 Washington, DC, October 31, 2007.
     Hon. Harry Reid,
     Majority Leader, U.S. Senate,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Senator Reid: Pursuant to paragraph 3(b) of Senate 
     Resolution 400 of the 94th Congress, I request that S. 2248, 
     the FISA Amendments Act of 2007, which was filed by the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence on October 26, 2007, be 
     sequentially referred to the Judiciary Committee for a period 
     of 10 days, as calculated under S. Res. 400. The basis for 
     this request is that the bill contains matters within the 
     jurisdiction of the Committee.
       Thank you for your assistance.
           Sincerely,
                                                    Patrick Leahy,
                                                         Chairman.
                                                    Arlen Specter,
     Ranking Member.

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