[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1856]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008--CONFERENCE REPORT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now 
proceed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 2082, the 
Intelligence authorization conference report.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     2082), to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for 
     intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the 
     United States Government, and for other purposes, having met, 
     after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and 
     do recommend to their respective houses this report, signed 
     by a majority of the conferees.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the Senate will proceed to 
the consideration of the conference report.
  (The conference report is printed in the House proceedings of the 
Record of December 6, 2007, beginning at page 32514.)


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

                             Cloture Motion

  We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby move to bring 
to a close debate on the conference report to accompany H.R. 2082, 
Intelligence Authorization Act.
         John D. Rockefeller, IV, Dianne Feinstein, Kent Conrad, 
           E. Benjamin Nelson, Russell D. Feingold, Barbara A. 
           Mikulski, Ron Wyden, Ken Salazar, Mark Pryor, Patty 
           Murray, Benjamin L. Cardin, Frank R. Lautenberg, Jack 
           Reed, Sheldon Whitehouse, Harry Reid, Carl Levin, Bill 
           Nelson.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum 
call be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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