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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />;j <br /> <br />A unanimous-consent request was granted permitting Senator Stevens to change his yea vote <br />to a nay vote on Vote No. 271 on the motion to waive relative to Conrad Amendment No. 5205, <br />rejected on Tuesday, December 5, 2006, to H.R. 5384, making appropriations for Agriculture, <br />Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending <br />September 30,2007. (See p. S11274, CR, December 6,2006.) <br /> <br />Dam Safety Act <br />Senate passed S. 2735, to amend the National Dam Safety Program Act to reauthorize the <br />national dam safety program, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a <br />substitute and the following amendment proposed thereto: <br />Frist (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 5214, in the nature of a substitute. (See pp. SI1382-83, <br />CR, December 6, 2006.) <br /> <br />National Integrated Drought Information System Act <br />Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation was discharged from further <br />consideration of H.R. 5136, to establish a National Integrated Drought Information System within <br />the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to improve drought monitoring and <br />forecasting capabilities, and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the President. (See <br />p. SI1391, CR, December 6,2006.) <br /> <br />Watershed Restoration <br />Senate passed S. 2003, to make permanent the authorization for watershed restoration and <br />enhancement agreements, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. <br />(See p. S11539, CR, December 7,2006.) <br /> <br />Rural Water Supply Act <br />Senate concurred in the House amendments to S. 895, to authorize the Secretary of the <br />Interior to carry out a rural water supply program in the Reclamation States to provide a clean, safe, <br />affordable and reliable water supply to rural residents, clearing the measure for the President. (See <br />pp. S 11831-36, CR, December 8, 2006.) <br /> <br />HOUSE ACTION <br /> <br />More Water and More Energy Act <br />The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 5110, amended, to facilitate the use of <br />irrigation and other purposes of water produced in connection with development of energy <br />resources. (See pp. H8696-97, CR, December 5, 2006.) <br /> <br />Rural Water Supply Act of 2005 <br />The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass S. 895, amended, to direct the Secretary of <br />the Interior to establish a rural water supply program in the Reclamation States to provide a clean, <br />safe, affordable and reliable water supply to rural residents. <br />Agreed to amend the title so as to read: "To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry <br />out a rural water supply program in the Reclamation States to provide a clean, safe, affordable, and <br />reliable water supply to rural residents.". (See pp. H8846-51, CR, December 6,2006.) <br /> <br />Dam Safety Act of 2006 <br />The House voted to suspend the rules and pass S. 2735, to amend the National Dam Safety <br />Program Act to reauthorize the national dam safety program. (See pp. H9205-06, CR, December 8, <br />2006.) <br /> <br />EXECUTNE ACTION <br /> <br />Public Law 109-320 <br /> <br />5 <br />