[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 86 (Thursday, June 30, 1994)]
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                      UNANIMOUS-CONSENT AGREEMENT

  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now resume consideration of the defense authorization bill; that the 
pending amendments be set aside; that Senator Levin be recognized to 
offer his B-2 amendment; that there be a time limitation for debate of 
3 hours on his amendment; that upon the use or yielding back of 2 hours 
and 10 minutes of that time tonight, the amendment be laid aside and 
Senator Warner be recognized to offer his amendment regarding military 
COLA; that there be a time limitation for debate of 2 hours on his 
amendment; that upon the use or yielding back of that time tonight on 
that amendment, the amendment be laid aside and Senator Nunn be 
recognized to offer a military COLA amendment; that there be 30 minutes 
for debate on that amendment; that when the Senate completes its 
business tonight, it stand in recess until 8:20 a.m. on Friday, July 1; 
that following the prayer, the time for the two leaders be reserved for 
their use later in the day; that the Senate then resume consideration 
of the defense authorization bill; and that Senator Nunn's amendment, 
No. 1852, as modified by the amendment I now send to the desk, and 
Senator Dole's amendment, No. 1851, then be modified so that they are 
each freestanding first-degree amendments with both pending at the same 
time; that the time between 8:20 a.m. and 9:10 a.m. be for debate on 
the two Bosnia amendments; that at 9:10 a.m., the Senate resume 
consideration of Senator Levin's B-2 amendment; that there then be 50 
minutes remaining for debate on that amendment, with 35 minutes under 
Senator Levin's control and 15 minutes under Senator Nunn's control; 
that at 10 a.m., there be 20 minutes for debate on the Warner COLA 
amendment divided between Senators Byrd and Warner; that at 10:20 a.m., 
Senator Dole be recognized for 5 minutes and that at 10:25 a.m., I be 
recognized for 5 minutes; and that at 10:30 a.m., the Senate vote on 
Senator Levin's B-2 amendment; that upon the disposition of that 
amendment, the Senate vote on Senator Nunn's Bosnia amendment; that 
upon the disposition of that amendment, the Senate vote on Senator 
Dole's amendment; that upon the disposition of that amendment, the 
Senate vote on Senator Warner's COLA amendment; that upon the 
disposition of that amendment, the Senate vote on Senator Nunn's COLA 
amendment; that upon the disposition of that amendment, the Senate vote 
on the conference report to accompany H.R. 4454; that no other 
amendments be in order prior to the disposition of the above 
amendments; that all time for debate be equally divided in the usual 
form, except where noted; and that these votes occur without any 
intervening debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is 
so ordered.


                    Amendment No. 1852, As Modified

  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, in behalf of Senators Nunn and Warner, I 
send a modification of the Nunn-Warner amendment No. 1852 to the desk, 
as stated in my proposal and agreed to.
  The amendment, with its modification, is as follows:
       At the appropriate place, insert:
       (a) Purpose.--To express the sense of Congress concerning 
     the international efforts to end the conflict in Bosnia and 
     Hercegovina.
       (b) Statements.--The Congress makes the following 
     statements of support:
       (1) The Congress supports the use of international 
     sanctions in the form of arms and economic embargoes imposed 
     by the United Nations Security Council in appropriate 
     circumstances.
       (2) The Congress supports the imposition of an arms and 
     economic embargo on the Government of Iraq by United Nations 
     Security Council resolution 661 of August 6, 1990 to bring 
     about compliance with a number of conditions, including in 
     particular an end to Iraq's nuclear weapons program.
       (3) The Congress supports the imposition of an arms, 
     petroleum and economic embargo on Haiti by United Nations 
     Security Council resolutions 875 of October 16, 1993 and 917 
     of May 17, 1994 to bring about compliance with the Governors 
     Island Agreement.
       (4) The Congress supports the imposition of an arms and 
     civil aircraft embargo on Libya pursuant to United Nations 
     Security Council resolution 748 of March 31, 1992 in order to 
     convince Libya to renounce terrorism.
       (c) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The United States took the lead in the United Nations 
     Security Council to impose international sanctions in the 
     form of arms and economic embargoes on Iraq, Haiti, and 
     Libya.
       (2) The security of the Republic of Korea with whom the 
     United States has a mutual defense treaty and on whose 
     territory there are more than 38,000 members of the United 
     States Armed Forces is a vital interest of the United States.
       (3) Should negotiations fail, the imposition of sanctions 
     by the United Nations Security Council on North Korea, which 
     would require the affirmative vote or abstention of China, 
     Russia, Britain, and France, may be essential to stop North 
     Korea's nuclear weapons development program and to end a 
     nuclear threat to the Republic of Korea and Southeast Asia.
       (4) The effective enforcement of sanctions on North Korea, 
     once imposed by the United Nations Security Council, would 
     require the cooperation of China, Russia, and Japan as well 
     as other allies, including Britain and France, both permanent 
     members of the United Nations Security Council.
       (5) The United States voted for the international arms 
     embargo imposed by United Nations Security Council resolution 
     713 of September 25, 1991 that was imposed on Yugoslavia.
       (6) The imposition of the United Nations arms embargo on 
     September 25, 1991 has not served to end the conflict in 
     Bosnia and Hercegovina, has provided a battlefield advantage 
     to the Bosnian Serbs, who possess artillery, tanks, and other 
     weapons left behind by the former Yugoslav Army or provided 
     by Serbia and Montenegro, and has deprived the Government of 
     Bosnia and Hercegovina from acquiring the adequate means of 
     defending itself and its citizens.
       (7) Our NATO allies have committed ground forces to the 
     United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) in former 
     Yugoslavia. At the present time France has 5,518 troops, 
     Britain 3,435, the Netherlands 2,073, Canada 2,037, Turkey 
     1,696, Spain 1,417, and Belgium 1,000. Our NATO allies have 
     thus far sustained 49 deaths and 936 wounded as a result of 
     their participation in UNPROFOR.
       (8) For the first time the so-called ``contact group'' 
     composed of representatives of the United States, Russia, 
     France and Britain is moving toward a unified position of 
     using an incentives and disincentives ``carrot and stick'' 
     strategy to bring about a peaceful settlement of the conflict 
     in Bosnia and Hercegovina.
       (d) It is the sense of the Congress--
       That the United States should work with the NATO Member 
     nations and the other permanent members of the United Nations 
     Security Council to endorse the efforts of the contact group 
     to bring about a peaceful settlement of the conflict in 
     Bosnia Hercegovina, including the following:
       a. the preservation of an economically, politically and 
     militarily viable Bosnian state capable of exercising its 
     rights under the United Nations Charter.
       (i) as part of a peaceful settlement, the lifting of the 
     United Nations arms embargo on the Government of Bosnia and 
     Hercegovina so that it can exercise the inherent right of a 
     sovereign state to self-defense.
       b. if the Bosnian Serbs, while the contact group's peace 
     proposal is being considered and discussed, attack the safe 
     areas designated by the United Nations Security Council, the 
     partial lifting of the arms embargo on the Government of 
     Bosnia and Hercegovina and the provision to that Government 
     of defensive weapons and equipment appropriate and necessary 
     to defend those safe areas.
       c. if the Bosnian Serbs do not respond constructively to 
     the peace negotiations, the President or his representative 
     shall promptly propose or support a resolution in the United 
     Nations Security Council to terminate the intentional arms 
     embargo on Bosnia and Hercegovina (and the orderly withdrawal 
     of the United Nationals Protection Force and humanitarian 
     relief personnel). If the Security Council fails to pass such 
     a resolution, the President shall within 5 days consult with 
     Congress regarding unilateral termination of the arms embargo 
     on the Government of Bosnia and Hercegovina.


                           Order of Procedure

  Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. President, having obtained this agreement, there 
will be no further rollcall votes this evening. I thank all of the 
Senators involved in the process by which this agreement was reached. 
This is the product of several hours of discussion involving a large 
number of Senators.
  I wish now to state so that all Senators will be aware, either those 
who are present in the Senate or watching in their offices, or 
hopefully their staffs are watching, there will be six votes in the 
Senate beginning at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. I repeat, there will be six 
votes in the Senate beginning at 10:30 a.m.: The first on the B-2 
amendment, then there will be two votes on the Bosnia amendments, then 
there will be two votes on the military COLA amendments, then there 
will be one vote on the conference report accompanying the legislative 
appropriations bill.
  Thereafter, we will remain in session until we complete action on the 
bill, and there will be other votes during the day as necessary to 
complete action on this bill.
  I repeat that we will stay in session this week until we finish this 
bill. I hope it can be done tomorrow and I know the managers will do 
all they can to see that it is completed tomorrow.
  Senators should be aware, and I encourage all offices to notify the 
Senators immediately, that there will be six recorded votes beginning 
at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow and there will be further votes during the day 
as necessary to complete action on this bill.
  I hope it is not necessary, but I repeat what I said earlier several 
times and want to make clear, if we cannot finish this bill tomorrow, 
we will be back in session on Saturday in an effort to finish it on 
that day.
  So I, again, thank my colleagues, especially the distinguished 
chairman of the committee, the Senator from Georgia, and the 
distinguished ranking member, the Senator from South Carolina, and all 
concerned, for their cooperation in enabling us to reach this 
agreement.
  Mr. President, I now yield the floor.
  Mr. NUNN addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Georgia is recognized.
  Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, I thank the leader. I want everyone to know 
how hard it is to work out these unanimous consent agreements. Truly 
the majority leader's work is a very, very difficult job. I am grateful 
to him every time I manage a bill. It is extremely difficult to get 
these matters done. So I thank the majority leader and thank all my 
colleagues for letting us at least move this far.
  I think this will be a major part of the bill. There will be some 
other important amendments, and I think no one should believe that 
after the six votes tomorrow that is the end of it. We will have other 
votes. It is my hope, though, that we can expedite the process after 
those six votes and have other agreements that will compress the time 
and yet still give people a chance to discuss these items.
  Mr. President, I believe the Senator from Michigan is now entitled to 
be recognized to send his amendment to the desk. I had started my 
remarks on this and I certainly will wait until the Senator makes his 
remarks to complete my remarks on the B-2. The Senator from South 
Carolina would like to be able to make a few remarks.

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