[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 97 (Wednesday, June 14, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S8378]
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         TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPETI- TION AND DEREGULATION ACT

  The Senate continued with the consideration of the bill.


                    Amendment No. 1301, as Modified

  Mr. PRESSLER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Stevens 
amendment No. 1301 be modified with the language I now send to the 
desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is so modified.
  The amendment (No. 1301), as modified, is as follows:
       At the appropriate place insert the following:
       In section 3(tt) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
     added by section 8(b) of the bill on page 14, strike 
     ``services.'' and insert the following: ``services: Provided, 
     however, That in the case of a Bell operating company 
     cellular affiliate, such geographic area shall be no smaller 
     than the LATA area for such affiliate on the date of 
     enactment of the Telecommunications Act of 1995.''.

  Mr. PRESSLER. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I have a unanimous-consent agreement that 
has been read and approved by the distinguished Democratic leader. I 
would be glad to yield if he has a comment to make.
  Mr. DASCHLE. I thank the Senator from Mississippi for yielding. This 
does represent a very good-faith effort on both sides to try to 
accommodate all Senators who have remaining amendments, and I think 
that as a result of this agreement, there is a likelihood that we can 
finish our work in the morning and begin voting sometime in the early 
afternoon.
  I appreciate all Senators' cooperation and hope that we can agree 
that as a result of this, we will finish our work tomorrow sometime. I 
thank the Senator from Mississippi.
  Mr. LOTT. I thank the Democratic leader. I commend him and our leader 
for working together to help bring this to a conclusion. Our two 
committee leaders, the Senator from South Dakota and the Senator from 
South Carolina, have certainly done their part. We are getting close. I 
hope we can finish tomorrow.

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