[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 111 (Thursday, August 11, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: August 11, 1994]
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         OLD U.S. MINT IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA ACT OF 1994

  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar No. 548, H.R. 4812, 
relating to the U.S. Mint in San Francisco.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 4812) to direct the Administrator of General 
     Services to acquire by transfer the Old U.S. Mint in San 
     Francisco, CA, and for other purposes.

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill.


                           Amendment No. 2551

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator McCain, I send to the 
desk an amendment and I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed 
to its immediate consideration; that the amendment be agreed to and the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 2551) was agreed to, as follows:

       Add at the end of the bill the following new section:

     SEC. 2. REPAIRS OF OLD U.S. MINT, SAN FRANCISCO.

       (a) In General.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
     force the General Services Administration to repair the Old 
     U.S. Mint building prior to repairs to other Federal 
     buildings in greater need of repair.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the engrossment of the 
amendment and third reading of the bill.
  The amendment was ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill was read a third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, the 
question is, Shall the bill pass?
  So the bill (H.R. 4812), as amended, was passed.
  Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the 
bill was passed.
  Mr. GORTON. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

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