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“PROVIDING FOR COMPENSATORY TIME OFF FOR TRAVEL” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Senate section on pages S11386 on Dec. 6, 2006.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
PROVIDING FOR COMPENSATORY TIME OFF FOR TRAVEL
Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be discharged from further consideration of S. 1876 and H.R. 4057, and that the Senate proceed to their immediate consideration en bloc.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment that is at the desk be agreed to, that the bills, as amended, if amended, be passed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to the measures be printed in the Record en bloc.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment (No. 5216) was agreed to, as follows:
(Purpose: To revise the description of a certain citation)
In section 1, strike subsection (a) and insert the following:
(a) In General.--Attorneys employed by the Department of Justice (including assistant United States attorneys) shall be eligible for compensatory time off for travel under section 5550b of title 5, United States Code, without regard to any provision of section 115 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(1) of Public Law 106-113 and reenacted by section 111 of the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by appendix B of Public Law 106-553)).
The bill (S. 1876) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:
(The bill will be printed in a future edition of the Record.)
The bill (H.R. 4057) was ordered to a third reading, was read the third time, and passed.
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