[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 17801]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    RAILROAD SAFETY ENHANCEMENT ACT

  Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Commerce Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
2095, and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2095) to amend title 49, United States Code, 
     to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous 
     material releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad Safety 
     Administration, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a 
Lautenberg-Smith substitute amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed 
to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, the motion 
to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or 
debate, and any statements related to the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 5259) 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. 2095), as amended, was read the third time and passed.

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