[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Pages 19161-19162]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AMENDMENT ACT, 2008

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 900, H.R. 5551.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 5551) to amend title 11, District of Columbia 
     Official Code, to implement the increase provided under the 
     District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2008, in the amount 
     of funds made available for the compensation of attorneys 
     representing indigent

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     defendants in the District of Columbia courts, and for other 
     purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements 
relating to the bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 5551) was ordered to a third reading, was read the 
third time, and passed.

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