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“NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002--CONFERENCE REPORT” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Senate section on pages S13113 on Dec. 13, 2001.
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002--CONFERENCE
REPORT
The PRESIDING OFFICER under the previous order, the clerk will report the conference report.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
The committee on conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the House to the bill (S. 1438) ``to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes,'' having met, have agreed that the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House, and agree to the same with an amendment, and the Senate agree to the same, signed by a majority of the conferees on the part of both Houses.
(The report is printed in the House proceedings of the Record of December 12, 2001.)
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the Conference report. The clerk will call the roll.
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) is necessarily absent.
I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) would vote ``aye.''
Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici) is necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 96, nays 2, as follows:
YEAS--96
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NAYS--2
ByrdMcCain
NOT VOTING--2
DomeniciMurray
The conference report was agreed to.
Mr. WARNER. I move to reconsider the vote and I move to lay that motion on the table.
The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
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