[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 64 (Thursday, April 6, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5324-S5325]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT

  The Senate continued with the consideration of the bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the pending amendment is 
set aside.


                 Amendment No. 569 to Amendment No. 420

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask 
for its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Washington [Mr. Gorton] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 569 to amendment No. 420.

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of 
the amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

       On page 17 of amendment 420, strike lines 14 through 17.

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, this is the first of a series of five 
minor amendments to the Interior section of this rescission bill which 
had been worked out in each case with all of the affected parties, 
including the chairman and ranking minority members of authorizing 
committees where they include authorizing language.
  Their first amendment deletes a proposed $3 million rescission of 
funds available to the Fish and Wildlife Service in the Endangered 
Species Act, and it is placed at this point because such a rescission 
and certain set of restrictions proposed on the Defense supplemental by 
the distinguished junior Senator from Texas has now been accepted as a 
part of that conference committee.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the amendment? If 
not, the question is on agreeing to the amendment of the Senator from 
Washington.
  The amendment (No. 569) was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 570 to Amendment No. 420

 (Purpose: To allow grazing permits, that expired in 1994 and in 1995 
    before the date of enactment and were not replaced due to NEPA 
              requirements, to be reinstated or extended)

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask 
for its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the pending amendment will 
be set aside, and the clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Washington [Mr. Gorton] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 570 to amendment No. 420.

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of 
the amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

       On page 26, after line 2, insert the following: ``This 
     section shall only apply to permits that were not extended or 
     replaced with a new term grazing permit solely because the 
     analysis required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 
     1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
     [[Page S5325]] seq.) and other applicable laws has not been 
     completed and also shall include permits that expired in 1994 
     and in 1995 before the date of enactment of this Act.''

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, this amendment makes a correction in an 
amendment earlier adopted by the body on the part of the distinguished 
Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Pressler]. A confusion between himself 
and myself left out a couple of very important words. This makes that 
correction.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the amendment? If 
not, the question is on agreeing to the amendment of the Senator from 
Washington.
  The amendment (No. 570) was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 571 to Amendment No. 420

  (Purpose: A technical correction to clarify that funds proposed for 
     rescission are from multiple prior year unobligated balances)

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask 
for its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Washington [Mr. Gorton] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 571 to amendment No. 420.

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of 
the amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

       On page 23, strike lines 17-18 and insert in lieu thereof 
     the following: ``Of the available balances under this 
     heading, $3,000,000 are rescinded.''

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, this is a technical correction to a 
rescission with respect to the Kennedy Center here in Washington, DC. 
It does not affect the rescission. But it makes its meaning clear.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the amendment? If 
not, the question is on agreeing to the amendment of the Senator from 
Washington.
  The amendment (No. 571) was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 572 to Amendment No. 420

 (Purpose: To rescind $150,000 of the appropriation for the Office of 
          Aircraft Service of the Department of the Interior)

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask 
for its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Washington [Mr. Gorton] for Mr. Murkowski, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 572 to amendment No. 420.

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of 
the amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

       On page 20, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

                          DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

                        Office of the Secretary


                        Office of the Secretary

                         Salaries and Expenses

                              (RESCISSION)

       Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
     Law 103-332 for the Office of Aircraft Services, $150,000 of 
     the amount available for administrative costs are rescinded, 
     and in expending other amounts made available, the Director 
     of the Office of Aircraft Services shall, to the extent 
     practicable, provide aircraft services through contracting.

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, this amendment is offered on behalf of the 
junior Senator from Alaska, [Mr. Murkowski]. It rescinds $150,000 in 
administrative funds for the Office of Aircraft Services, and is at the 
request of the Senator from Alaska. It is a rescission in Alaska.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the amendment? If 
not, the question is on agreeing to the amendment of the Senator from 
Alaska.
  The amendment (No. 572) was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 573 to Amendment No. 420

(Purpose: To amend the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Bill 
               for the fiscal year ending September 1995)

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask 
for its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Washington [Mr. Gorton], for Mr. Stevens, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 573 to amendment No. 420.

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of 
the amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

       On Page 81, after Line 18, add a new section as follows:
       Sec.  . (a) As provided in subsection (b), and 
     Environmental Impact Statement prepared pursuant to the 
     National Environmental Policy Act or a subsistence evaluation 
     prepared pursuant to the Alaska National Interest Lands 
     Conservation Act for a timber sale or offering to one party 
     shall be deemed sufficient if the Forest Service sells the 
     timber to an alternate buyer. (b.) The provision of this 
     section shall apply to the timber specified in the Final 
     Supplement to 1981-86 and 1986-90 Operating Period EIS 
     (``1989 SEIS''), November, 1989; in the North and East Kuiu 
     Final Environmental Impact Statement, January 1993; in the 
     Southeast Chicagof Project Area Final Environmental Impact 
     Statement, September 1992; and in the Kelp Bay Environmental 
     Impact Statement, February 1992, and supplemental evaluations 
     related thereto.

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, this is an amendment in behalf of the 
senior Senator from Alaska, [Mr. Stevens], and it has to do with 
legislative language relating to environmental impact statements. It is 
one that has been OK'd by both sides on the Energy Committee, as it 
does include authorizing legislation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate on the amendment? If 
not, the question is on agreeing to the amendment of the Senator from 
Alaska.
  The amendment (No. 573) was agreed to.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the 
amendment was agreed to.
  Mr. MOYNIHAN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I thank you. I thank the Senator from New 
York.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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