[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 592]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   DESIGNATING CERTAIN LAND AS COMPONENTS OF THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS 
                          PRESERVATION SYSTEM

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will 
resume consideration of S. 22, which the clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 22) to designate certain land as components of 
     the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize 
     certain programs and activities in the Department of the 
     Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other 
     purposes.

  Pending:

       Reid amendment No. 15, to change the enactment date.
       Reid amendment No. 16 (to Reid amendment No. 15), of a 
     perfecting nature.
       Motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources, with instructions to report back 
     forthwith, with Reid amendment No. 17, to change the 
     enactment date.
       Reid amendment No. 18 (to the instructions of the motion to 
     commit), of a perfecting nature.
       Reid amendment No. 19 (to Reid amendment No. 18), of a 
     perfecting nature.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Florida is recognized.
  Mr. NELSON of Florida. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to 
speak as in morning business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (The remarks of Mr. Nelson pertaining to the introduction of S. 22 
are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced bills 
and Joint Resolutions.'')

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