[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 194 (Thursday, December 7, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S18229]
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                      UNANIMOUS-CONSENT AGREEMENT

  Mr. HELMS. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that following 
the disposition of H.R. 1561, as amended, the Senate then proceed 
immediately, without intervening action or debate, to executive session 
to consider the following list of nominations, and if the nominations 
are not on the Executive Calendar at that time the Foreign Relations 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of these 
nominations, and the Senate proceed to their consideration en bloc; 
that they be confirmed en bloc, the motion to reconsider be laid on the 
table, and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's 
action, and the Senate then resume legislative session; that if the 
nominations are on the calendar at that time, they still be considered 
and confirmed in accordance with the above provisions.
  Now, the list of nominations I shall send to the desk, and ask the 
clerk to report.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       Mr. A. Peter Burleigh, of California, to be Ambassador to 
     the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve 
     concurrently and without compensation as Ambassador to the 
     Republic of Maldives;
       Mr. James Franklin Collins, of Illinois, to be Ambassador 
     at Large and Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for 
     the New Independent States;
       Ms. Frances D. Cook, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
     Sultanate of Oman;
       Mr. Don Lee Gevirtz, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
     Republic of Fiji, and to serve Concurrently and without 
     additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of 
     Nauru, Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Tonga, and 
     Ambassador to Tuvalu;
       Mr. Robert E. Gribben, III, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to 
     the Republic of Rwanda;
       Mr. William H. Itoh, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to the 
     Kingdom of Thailand;
       Mr. Richard Henry Jones, of Nebraska, to be Ambassador to 
     the Republic of Lebanon;
       Mr. James A. Joseph, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
     Republic of South Africa;
       Ms. Sandra J. Kristoff, of Virginia, for the rank of 
     Ambassador as U.S. Coordinator for the Asia Pacific Economic 
     Corporation;
       Mr. John Raymond Malott, of Virginia, to be Ambassador of 
     Malaysia;
       Ms. Joan M. Plaisted, of California to be Ambassador to the 
     Republic of the Marshall Islands, and to serve concurrently 
     and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the 
     Republic of Kiribati;
       Mr. Kenneth Michael Quinn, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to 
     Cambodia;
       Mr. David P. Rawson, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the 
     Republic of Mali;
       Mr. J. Stapleton Roy, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to 
     the Republic of Indonesia;
       Mr. Jim Sasser, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the 
     People's Republic of China;
       Mr. Gerald Wesley Scott, of Oklahoma, to be Ambassador to 
     the Republic of the Gambia;
       Mr. Thomas W. Simons, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to 
     be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan;
       Mr. Charles H. Twining, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
     the Republic of Cameroon;
       FSO Promotion List, Barrett, et. al;
       FSO Promotion List, Gelbard, et. al;
       FSO Promotion List, Goddard, et. al;
       FSO Promotion List, Peasley, et. al.

  Mr. HELMS. I thank the clerk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. HELMS. I further ask unanimous consent that immediately following 
the resumption of legislative session, the Senate insist on its 
amendment to H.R. 1561, request a conference with the House on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses, and that the Chair be authorized 
to appoint conferees. Further, as in executive session, I ask unanimous 
consent that on a date to be determined by the majority leader, after 
consultation with the Democratic leader, but in any case no later than 
the last day of the first session of the 104th Congress, 1 hour after 
the Senate convenes, the Senate proceed to executive session to 
consider the START II treaty; that if the committee has not reported 
the treaty by that time, the treaty be discharged from committee and 
the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. HELMS. I thank the Chair.
  I further ask unanimous consent that immediately after the Chair 
appoints the conferees on H.R. 1561, the Chair then lay before the 
Senate the message from the House on H.R. 927, the Cuban Liberty and 
Solidarity Act; that the Senate insist on its amendment, agree to the 
request for a conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses, 
and that the Chair be authorized to appoint conferees.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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