[Senate Calendars for July 25, 2006 - 109th Congress, 2nd Session] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [Page 1-5] [[Page 1]] ======================================================================== SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS ________________________________________________________________________ FIRST SESSION convened january 4, 2005 DAYS OF SESSION 159 adjourned december 22, 2005 SECOND SESSION convened january 3, 2006 DAYS OF SESSION 99 ======================================================================== CALENDAR OF BUSINESS Tuesday, July 25, 2006 SENATE CONVENES AT 9:45 A.M.PENDING BUSINESS S. 403 (ORDER NO. 16) A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions. (July 21, 2006.) (Pending Business Continued on P. 2) ________________________________________________________________________ PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF EMILY J. REYNOLDS, SECRETARY OF THE SENATE By David J. Tinsley, Legislative Clerk ======================================================================== [[Page 2]] PENDING BUSINESS S. 1955 (ORDER NO. 417) A bill to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to expand health care access and reduce costs through the creation of small business health plans and through modernization of the health insurance marketplace. (May 10, 2006.) UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENTS S. 403 (ORDER NO. 16) 1.--Ordered, That on Tuesday, July 25, 2006, when the Senate resume consideration of S. 403, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions; the only amendments in order be the following, with the time for each equally divided: Feinstein--Clergy and Grandparent exemption, 2 hours Democratic--Teen Pregnancy Prevention, 90 minutes Boxer--Parental Incest, can't sue, 2 hours Ensign or designee--Incest, 2 hours, to be voted on before the Boxer amendment Ordered further, That there be 1 hour equally divided for general debate and that following the disposition of the above listed amendments and the use or yielding back of the time, the bill be read a third time and the Senate proceed to a vote on passage of the bill, without intervening action or debate. (July 24, 2006.) S. 3711 (ORDER NO. 529) 2.--Ordered, That relative to the cloture motion filed on the motion to proceed to S. 3711, a bill to enhance the energy independence and security of the United States by providing for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources in the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes, the mandatory quorum under Rule XXII be waived. (July 24, 2006.) S. 2611 (ORDER NO. 414) 3.--Ordered, That when the Senate agrees to a request for a conference or the Senate requests a conference on S. 2611 or a House bill, as amended with the language of S. 2611, as amended, the Chair be authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate with the ratio of conferees being 14 to 12; provided further, that from that ratio, the first 7 Republican Senators from the Committee on the Judiciary and the first 5 Democratic Senators from the Committee on the Judiciary be conferees; further, that the Majority Leader select the final 7 conferees for the Majority side and the Democratic Leader select the final 7 conferees for the Minority side. (May 11, 2006.) H.R. 22 4.--Ordered, That with respect to H.R. 22, an act to reform the postal laws of the United States, provided it shall not be in order for the Senate to consider any conference report or any House amendments to H.R. 22, if it would cause a net increase in on or off budget direct spending in excess of $5 billion in any of the four 10-year periods beginning in 2016-2055, as estimated by the Congressional Budget Office. (Feb. 9, 2006.) S. 295 5.--Ordered, That the Majority Leader, after consultation with the Democratic Leader, shall no later than September 29, 2006, or the last day of the second session of the 109th Congress, whichever is earliest, call up S. 295, a bill to authorize appropriate action if the negotiations with the People's Republic of China regarding China's undervalued currency are not successful; provided that if the bill has not been reported by then by the Committee on Finance it be discharged at that time and the Senate proceed to the consideration thereof; that there be 2 hours for debate equally divided between the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley) and the Democratic Leader, or his designee, that no amendments or motions be in order, including committee amendments, that after the use or yielding back of time, the bill be read a third time and the Senate proceed to a vote on passage of the bill, with no intervening action or debate. (July 1, 2005, Mar. 29, 2006.) [[Page 3]] S. 2766, S. 2767, S. 2768, S. 2769 6.--Ordered, That with respect to S. 2766, S. 2767, S. 2768, S. 2769, as passed, if the Senate receives a message with respect to any of these bills from the House of Representatives, the Senate disagree with the House on its amendment or amendments to the Senate-passed bill and agree to or request a conference, as appropriate, with the House on disagreeing votes of the two houses; that the Chair be authorized to appoint conferees; and that the foregoing occur without intervening action or debate. (June 22, 2006.) STEM CELL RESEARCH 7.--Ordered, That it not be in order for the Senate to consider any bill or amendment relating to stem cell research during the remainder of the 109th Congress. 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