[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 22239-22240]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                  APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010--Continued

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the title of the bill.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill, (H.R. 2996) making appropriations for the 
     Department of the Interior, environment and related agencies 
     for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other 
     purposes.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a cloture motion at the desk on the 
substitute amendment.
  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, 
     hereby move

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     to bring to a close debate on the committee substitute 
     amendment to Calendar No. 98, H.R. 2996, the Interior 
     Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2010.
         Harry Reid, Dianne Feinstein, Patrick J. Leahy, Edward E. 
           Kaufman, Debbie Stabenow, Patty Murray, Barbara A. 
           Mikulski, Barbara Boxer, Daniel K. Inouye, Ben Nelson, 
           Sherrod Brown, Michael F. Bennet, Tom Harkin, Bill 
           Nelson, Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, John F. 
           Kerry.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have a cloture motion at the desk with 
respect to the bill.
  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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on Calendar No. 98, 
     H.R. 2996, the Interior Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 
     2010.
         Harry Reid, Dianne Feinstein, Patrick J. Leahy, Edward E. 
           Kaufman, Debbie Stabenow, Patty Murray, Barbara A. 
           Mikulski, Barbara Boxer, Daniel K. Inouye, Ben Nelson, 
           Sherrod Brown, Michael F. Bennet, Tom Harkin, Bill 
           Nelson, Richard J. Durbin, Sheldon Whitehouse, John F. 
           Kerry.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory 
quorums required under rule XXII be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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