[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16664]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  HIGHER EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 2007

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the HELP 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 4137, and 
the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, there is no objection on this side.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 4137) to amend and extend the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that all after the 
enacting clause be stricken, the amendment No. 5250 at the desk, which 
is the text of S. 1642 as passed by the Senate, be agreed to; that the 
bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, the motion to 
reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, the Senate insist 
on its amendment, request a conference with the House, and the Chair be 
authorized to appoint conferees.
  Mr. ALLARD. No objection.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The amendment (No. 5250) was agreed to.
  (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of 
Amendments.'')
  The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill (H.R. 4137), as amended, was read the third time, and 
passed.
  Thereupon, the Acting President pro tempore appointed Mr. Kennedy, 
Mr. Dodd, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
Reed, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Obama, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Brown, Mr. Enzi, Mr. 
Gregg, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Burr, Mr. Isakson, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Hatch, 
Mr. Roberts, Mr. Allard, and Mr. Coburn conferees on the part of the 
Senate.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Colorado.

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