[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Page 31680]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  MEASURE READ THE FIRST TIME--S. 2363

  Mr. SALAZAR. 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 (S. 2363) making appropriations for military 
     construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 
     agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and 
     for other purposes.

  Mr. SALAZAR. 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.
  Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, for S. 2363, the report accompanying 
this bill is the Statement of Managers as printed in the conference 
report to accompany H.R. 3043 as Division B, Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008.

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