[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 8541]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            NATIONAL SERVICE REAUTHORIZATION ACT--Continued


    Amendments Nos. 691, 712, 695, as Modified, and 696, as Modified

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, notwithstanding the pendency of H.R. 1388, 
I ask unanimous consent that it be in order for the Senate to consider 
the following amendments and that, where applicable, the amendments be 
modified with the changes at the desk; that the amendments be agreed 
to, as modified, where applicable, and that the motions to reconsider 
be laid upon the table en bloc: amendment No. 691 and amendment No. 
712; that amendments Nos. 695 and 696 be called up for consideration, 
and that each amendment be modified with the changes at the desk; that 
the amendments, as modified, be agreed to and the motions to reconsider 
be laid upon the table en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendments (Nos. 691 and 712) were agreed to.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask that amendments Nos. 695 and 696 be 
reported.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Illinois [Mr. Durbin], for Mr. Burr, 
     proposes amendments numbered 695 and 696, as modified.

  The amendments are as follows:


                     amendment no. 695, as Modified

 (Purpose: To provide for outreach to high schools with low graduation 
                                 rates)

       On page 19, line 22, strike ``identified for school 
     improvement under title 1'' and insert ``not making adequate 
     yearly progress for two or more consecutive years under 
     section 1111.''


                     amendment no. 696, as Modified

    (Purpose: To clarify references to high school graduation rates)

       On page 49, line 15, insert ``(as defined in section 
     1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
     Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as clarified in 
     applicable regulations promulgated by the Department of 
     Education'' after ``graduation rate''.
       On page 59, line 9, insert ``and as clarified in applicable 
     regulations promulgated by the Department of Education before 
     ``; and''.
       On page 69, line 14, insert ``and as clarified in 
     applicable regulations promulgated by the Department of 
     Education before the semicolon.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendments, as modified, are agreed to, 
and the motions to reconsider are laid upon the table.
  The amendments (Nos. 695 and 696), as modified, were agreed to.

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