[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 55 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4156-S4160]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
1996 BALANCED BUDGET DOWNPAYMENT ACT--CONFERENCE REPORT
Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to the immediate consideration of the conference report to
accompany H.R. 3019, the omnibus appropriations bill, with the reading
having been waived.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is
so ordered. The report will be stated.
The legislative clerk read as follows:
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R.
3019), a bill making appropriations for fiscal year 1996 to
make a further downpayment toward a balanced budget, and for
other purposes, having met, after full and free conference,
have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective
Houses this report, signed by a majority of the conferees.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the Senate will proceed to
the consideration of the conference report.
(The conference report is printed in the House proceedings of the
Record of April 24, 1996.)
Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a
sufficient second.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, maybe just for 1 minute the chairman and the
distinguished Senator from West Virginia might give us a summary of the
bill. This will be the last vote of the day.
There will be a vote on Monday, late Monday on cloture.
Mr. HATFIELD addressed the Chair.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.
Mr. HATFIELD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that we make it
2 minutes for a brief outline.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. HATFIELD. Mr. President, let me, first of all, assure the body
that the leadership of this committee will be here on the floor
following the vote to engage in any colloquy required or asked for or
to answer any questions.
Basically, this is where we are. Seven months into the fiscal year we
are completing 5 of the 13 appropriations bills, totalling $162 billion
in nondefense discretionary funds.
This covers the Labor-HHS, Commerce, State, Justice, HUD and related
agencies, Interior, and the District of Columbia. I want to say that we
have accomplished this by a very strong bipartisan effort on the part
of both the House and the Senate and the White House.
Leon Panetta, representing the White House, and David Obey and
Chairman Livingston from the House, Senator Byrd and myself from the
Senate were the five principals, with staff assisting us, and we
resolved seven riders relating to environmental issues and to the other
riders that were very controversial: population control, HIV, repeal of
the military, and the abortion package relating to certification.
We had the opportunity to engage in having the administration and
executive branch help offset the add-backs
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that were requested by the administration. We added $4.2 billion
totally offset the $8 billion that they had asked for as add-backs. We
took a .00009 percent reduction across the board on all travel accounts
in the executive branch of Government, which was about $350 million
offset--some of those matters that we had on some of the add-backs for
the administration.
This is a compromise bill, and it is one that has been crafted in the
best condition and under the best circumstance that we function under.
I ask further, Mr. President, for the same amount of time to be
allocated to the ranking minority member of the committee. Senator Byrd
and his staff were an absolutely key and integral part of being able to
bring this bill to the floor. I want to thank him and his staff very
much for that cooperation.
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I thank the very distinguished senior
Senator from Oregon, the chairman of the committee. I thank him for his
work. I thank him for his cooperation and his friendship.
I intend to vote for the continuing resolution.
Mr. President, enactment of the thirteen Fiscal Year 1996
Appropriations Bills has been a long and arduous process. As Senators
are aware, the departments and agencies funded under five FY 1996
Appropriations Bills are presently operating under a one day Continuing
Resolution (the thirteenth continuing resolution this year). That
continuing resolution expires at midnight tonight. Further continuing
resolutions will not be necessary for FY 1996 if the Senate adopts the
pending measure and if it is signed into law by the President by
midnight tonight.
Title I of this Conference Agreement contains the Fiscal Year 1996
appropriations for the following appropriations subcommittees:
Commerce, Justice, State; D.C.; Interior; Labor-HHS; and VA-HUD. In
addition, Title II includes emergency and supplemental appropriations
totaling $2.125 billion. Contained in that amount are funds for
emergency disaster assistance payments to States and communities
throughout the nation which have suffered devastation from floods,
tornadoes, and other natural disasters. These amounts are fully paid
for by rescissions and other offsets contained in Title III of the
measure.
In total, H.R. 3019 provides net spending totaling $159.4 billion.
This is $794 million in greater spending than the Senate-passed bill.
However, the Conference Agreement also contains $2.1 billion more in
spending cuts than the Senate-passed bill. These additional spending
reductions were necessary in order to fully offset the emergency
appropriations contained in the measure, as well as the additional
spending agreed to in conference.
The bill before the Senate restores $5.1 billion for education and
training, national service, law enforcement, technology, and other key
priorities of Congress and the Administration. This amounts to well
over half of the President's requested $8.1 billion increase. Among the
major provisions contained in the bill are the following:
For Labor/HHS/Education, the conference agreement provides for
increases of nearly $3 billion for key programs including: $195 million
more for Goals 2000 (for a total of $350 million); $953 million more
for Title I--Education for the Disadvantaged (total of $7.2 billion);
$266 million more for Safe and Drug-Free Schools (total of $466
million); $71 million more for School-to-Work at the Education
Department (total of $180 million), and $61 million more for School-to-
Work at the Labor Department (total of $170 million); $625 million more
for Summer Jobs for Youth (total of $625 million); $233 million more
for Dislocated Worker Assistance (total of $1.1 billion); and $169
million more for Head Start (total of $3.6 billion).
For VA/HUD the bill provides $1.6 billion more for key programs in
this part of the bill, out of the President's request for $2.5 billion,
including: $387 million more for national service (total of $402
million); $45 million more for Community Development Financial
Institutions (total of $45 million); and $817 million for the EPA
budget, including: $465 million more for Water Programs (total of $1.8
billion); $40 million more for EPA enforcement (total of $231 million);
$150 million more for Superfund (total of $1.3 billion).
For Commerce/Justice/State the bill provides increases for key
programs including: $1.4 billion for the ``COPS'' program, together
with conference report language which stipulates that Congress is
committed to deploying 100,000 police officers across the nation by the
year 2000; $503 million for a new local law enforcement block grant;
$403 million for a new state prison grant program; and $221 million
more for the Advanced Technology Program (total of $221 million).
Finally, as members are aware, there were a number of controversial
legislative riders which had to be addressed in this conference. To
their great credit, the Chairmen of the Appropriations Committees, my
distinguished colleague from Oregon [Mr. Hatfield] and the
distinguished gentleman from Louisiana, [Mr. Livingston], after
devoting many long hours to these issues, were able to conclude them in
a way that addressed the concerns of members of the House and Senate,
but also met the concerns of the President in a way that will enable
this measure to be signed into law. Without addressing each of these
controversial riders, suffice it to say that a number were dropped,
others were left in the agreement but with waiver authority provided to
the President, and still others were modified sufficiently to achieve
agreement on all sides.
I commend the Chairmen and Ranking Members of all of the
Subcommittees involved in this conference, as well as the excellent
work of all of the staff. I particularly want to recognize the
outstanding efforts of the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations
Committee, Mr. Hatfield. As Chairman of the Conference, he carried out
his responsibilities with great patience and aplomb, which are
characteristic of my good friend from Oregon. I appreciate your
efforts, Senator Hatfield, and I congratulate you on the successful
completion of this very difficult conference. I am hopeful that all
Senators will vote to adopt H.R. 3019 and that later today it will
receive the President's signature. At that point, we will have
completed the most difficult and trying appropriations cycle for any
fiscal year that I can recall in my years of service in the U.S.
Senate. I look forward to working with the distinguished Chairman of
the Committee on the upcoming FY 1997 Appropriations Bills and I pledge
to him my total cooperation in hopes that we can avoid many of the
difficulties we have had to overcome in fiscal year 1996. Mr.
President, I ask that a more complete statement be inserted in the
Record at this point.
There being no objection, the statement was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:
commerce, justice, state
The conference agreement includes $1.4 billion for the
Community Oriented Policing Services program or the ``COPS''
program as it is commonly known. This is $100 million above
fiscal year 1995, $1.4 billion above the level included in
H.R. 2076, the Commerce, Justice and State bill that the
President vetoed last December. The conference report
reiterates, for the first time since the Republicans won a
majority in the House and Senate, that the Congress remains
committed to deploying one hundred thousand additional police
officers on the beat across America by the year 2000.
The conference agreement also provides $503 million for a
new local law enforcement block grant. This program is
intended to meet other law enforcement needs that communities
may have, such as equipment.
On another crime issue, the conference report includes $403
million for a new State prison grant program, sometimes
called ``Truth in Sentencing.'' This program, which will
provide grants to States to build or renovate or expand
prisons.
The conference agreement provides $221 million for the
Commerce Department's Advanced Technology Program. This is
$221 million above the vetoed CJS bill, H.R. 2076, but is
still about $210 million below the level enacted for the ATP
program in fiscal year 1995. These funds will be principally
used to pay for continuation of ATP awards made in fiscal
year 1995 and prior years. The ATP program provides for cost-
shared R&D projects with industry to help bring leading edge
technologies from the drawing board to the market place. This
was a high priority for the President and the Secretary of
Commerce in these negotiations. I should note, that the late
Secretary of Commerce, Ron Brown was a major advocate of this
program.
The conference agreement includes $1.254 billion for
Department of State international organizations and
conferences. For the most part this represents assessed
contributions to the United Nations and other international
organizations, for example the World Health Organization and
Organization
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of American States, and for United Nations Peacekeeping. The
conference agreement represents an increase of $326 million
above the vetoed CJS bill, H.R. 2076.
The agreement waives Section 15a of the State Department
basic authorities Act, so the State Department can continue
to obligate appropriations even in the absence of a fiscal
year 1996 authorization.
Finally, the Conference Agreement includes $100 million for
the Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster loan
program. This will replenish SBA's funds and enable the
agency to respond to future disasters. Further, the
Conference Agreement also includes $18 million for Economic
Development Administration (EDA) within the Commerce
Department. This funding, which requires a certification and
request by the President, provides for emergency repairs of
facilities that were damaged by flooding in the Northwest and
provides for mitigation of flooding at Devil's Lake, North
Dakota, as well as other disasters.
district of columbia
With regard to the District of Columbia, the annual Federal
payment to the District of Columbia was provided to the
District of Columbia government in earlier continuing
resolutions. This bill provides for the appropriations for
programs, projects, and activities in the District of
Columbia budget. The bill also includes a number of
legislative provisions designed to improve the quality of
education in the District of Columbia public school system.
Among the provisions are several which I authored which are
intended to improve order and discipline in the D.C. public
school system. These include: a dress code which shall
include a prohibition of gang membership symbols and which
may include a requirement that students wear uniforms; a
requirement that any students suspended from classes should
perform community service during the period of suspension;
and the placement of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau,
who manages a number of programs for at-risk youth, on the
Commission on Consensus Reform in the District of Columbia
Public Schools.
defense
The conferees agreed to provide $820 million of costs of
on-going operations in Bosnia. The amounts have been
designated an emergency, as recommended by the House.
However, the full amount included is offset by recommended
rescissions from existing defense resources.
The amount included for Bosnia operations represents the
second phase of financing for the Defense Department portion
of the costs. Previously, the Committees on Appropriations
have approved a reprogramming to cover an additional $875
million of the funding requirement. Congress is expected to
consider additional reprogrammings to cover the remaining
balance which is estimated to be around $640 million for the
remainder of this fiscal year.
The conferees agreed to a Senate proposal to repeal Section
1177 of title 10 which would have required the mandatory
discharge or retirement of members of the Armed Forces
infected with the HIV-1 virus.
As proposed by the Senate, the conferees agree to authorize
the Air Force to award a multiyear procurement contract for
the C-17 program. The conferees direct that savings from this
contract must exceed those of current proposal under
consideration by the Air Force.
In addition, the conference agreement includes several
technical corrections, and clarifies guidance offered in the
FY 1996 DoD Appropriations Act. To more closely track
authorization recommendations of the Congress, the
conferees have added $44.9 million for continued B-52
operations, and $50 million for SEMATECH. All funding
recommended in the Defense Chapter is fully offset by
proposed rescissions of $994.9 million from classified
programs and savings from lower inflation.
energy and water development
For programs and activities under the jurisdiction of the
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, the Conference
Agreement includes $135 million, the same as the budget
request and the amount proposed by the House and Senate, for
the Corps of Engineers to damages to non-Federal levies and
other flood control works in states affected by recent
natural disasters, and to replenish funds transferred from
other accounts for emergency work, under Public Law 84-99.
In addition, the Agreement includes $30 million, the same
as the budget request, for repair of Corps of Engineers
projects caused by severe flooding in the Northeast and
Northwest.
For the Bureau of Reclamation, an amount of $9 million is
included for emergency repairs as Folsom Dam in California.
An amount of $15 million is provided for the Department of
Energy to accelerate activities in the Materials Protection,
Control and Accounting program, to improve facilities and
institute national standards to secure stockpiles of weapons
usable fissile materials in Russia, and the Newly Independent
States. No similar provision was included in the House bill,
the Senate bill, or the budget request.
In addition, the conference agreement also includes several
provisions dealing with the transfer of funds for the Western
Area Power Administration, an item under the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission's jurisdiction involving the Flint
Creek Project in Montana, additional language involving
appropriations for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois
Waterway navigation study, and language regarding refinancing
of the Bonneville Power Administration debt.
Finally, the conference agreement includes language
contained in the Senate bill authorizing the Board of
Directors of the United States Enrichment Corporation to
transfer the interest of the United States in the Corporation
to the private sector.
foreign operations
Title II of the Conference Report contains two provisions
under the heading Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and
Related Programs.
The first provides $50 million for emergency expenses
necessary to meet unanticipated needs for the acquisition and
eradication of terrorism in and around Israel. The conferees
agreed that the fragility of the Middle East peace process
warranted this extraordinary action. This emergency
appropriation is fully offset.
The second provides $70 million, also fully offset, for
grant Foreign Military Financing for Jordan in recognition of
its central role in the search for peace in the Middle East.
These funds are to be used to finance transfers by lease of
16 F-16 fighter aircraft to the Government of Jordan. In
recognition of the downsizing of the U.S. defense industry
and the loss of jobs this is causing, the conferees directed
that the Department of Defense give priority consideration to
American defense firms in awarding contracts for upgrades and
other major improvements to these aircraft prior to delivery.
interior
Mr. President, the Interior portion of this omnibus bill
finally brings to closure action on the Interior bill. As
many Senators know, the Interior bill went to conference
three different times, only to be vetoed by the President. In
response to the concerns raised by the Administration, this
bill has made significant changes, particularly with respect
to the legislative language. These items were among the most
contentious items in the conference on H.R. 3019 and were
among the last items to be resolved.
With regard to the Tongass National Forest, the language
follows closely the provisions proposed by the Senate
regarding the land management plan and alternative P, as well
as the contested timber sales under a recent lawsuit
(AWARTA). However, these provisions may be waived by the
President pursuant to the terms of this legislation. The
language clarifies that the AWARTA provisions in section
325(b) shall have no effect during a suspension. To assist
with the economic impacts of a declining timber sales program
on the Tongass National Forest, a disaster assistance fund of
$110 million is established.
Language from earlier conferences about the management of
the Mojave National Preserve and the endangered species
moratorium has been modified to address concerns expressed by
the Administration. However, in the event the President
believes such improvements do not allow for adequate
protection of the resource, a waiver is provided wherein
these provisions can be suspended.
Language about the Columbia Basin ecosystem project has
been deleted and instead, language is included which
clarifies that this project does not apply to non-Federal
lands and will not provide the basis for any regulation of
private property.
Because of concerns expressed by the Administration, the
timber provisions that provided authority for substitution of
alternative timber sales or buyout of timber sales are
deleted.
Language, and funding of $3 million, is extended to the
Smithsonian Institution to conduct another round of employee
buy-outs between enactment of this legislation and October
1, 1996.
In total, the Interior bill ends up being funded at a level
$1.2 billion below the fiscal year 1995 enacted level. There
are very real spending cuts in this legislation--many
agencies have already begun reducing programs and downsizing
their workforces. Some reductions in force have occurred, but
further drastic actions should be avoided as a result of
completion of this legislation.
With respect to funding, the Interior portion of this bill
seeks to protect the operating base budgets for the land
management agencies. Additional funding of $25 million each
for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health
Service is included above earlier conference levels. Funding
for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program is increased
$12 million above the earlier conference agreement. A total
of $4 million is provided to the Fish and Wildlife Service to
handle the emergency listings allowed by the act, or to
address program requirements in the event a waiver is issued.
In addition, this bill provides funding of $245.3 million
for natural disaster recovery efforts, stemming from flooding
earlier this year in the East and Pacific Northwest, as well
as other disasters in other regions of the country.
labor, health, and education
I am pleased that an agreement has finally been reached on
the funding levels for the Labor, HHS programs, and that the
most controversial legislative riders have been dropped or
substantially modified.
The conference agreement closely follows the Senate bill
providing overall funding at $64.6 billion. This is $206
million over the
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Senate bill and $2.6 billion above the House bill. Moreover,
the agreement is fully $3.8 billion over the original House-
passed Labor, HHS bill, H.R. 2127. Nonetheless, critical
health, education and job training programs sustained cuts of
$2.6 billion or 4% below the fiscal year 1994 funding level.
Certain programs, such as the Low Income Home Energy
Assistance program which was slashed by 30%, were cut much
deeper than the overall spending reduction.
I am also pleased that it was bi-partisan cooperation in
the Senate which resulted in the overwhelming vote, 84-16,
for passage of the Specter-Harkin education restoration
amendment. This amendment restored $2.7 billion to high
priority education programs including Title I grants to
school districts with large numbers of poor children, and the
Goals 2000 program which funds state-wide public school
improvement initiatives. The conference agreement includes
education restorations which slightly exceed the funding
level in the Senate bi-partisan amendment.
There are a number of programs important to me and the
state of West Virginia which were terminated by the original
House Labor, HHS bill but which were restored in the
Senate bill and the conference committee. These include
black lung clinics, the Byrd Scholarship program, and full
funding for staffing the new, state-of-the-art NIOSH
facility in Morgantown.
Included in the bill is the termination of over 110
programs viewed by the conferees as having met their
objectives, being duplicative of other programs, or having
low priority. Protected are high priority programs, such as,
medical research, student aid, compensatory education for the
disadvantaged, and summer youth jobs. The bill's highlights
include the following:
$625 Million for the 1996 Summer Youth Employment Program
of the Department of Labor. The House bill had terminated
this program.
$1.1 billion for the Dislocated Worker Retraining program,
bringing the total $233 million above the House bill.
$350 Million for the School to Work program, jointly
administered by the Departments of Labor and Education, an
increase of $105 million from the 1995 appropriated level.
$11.9 billion for medical research supported by the
National Institutes of Health. This is an increase of $654
million over 1995, or 5.8 percent.
$738 million for the Ryan White AIDS programs. This is an
increase of $105 million over 1995. Within the total is $52
million specifically set aside for the AIDS drugs
reimbursement program. These additional funds will enable
states to better meet the growing cost and demand for new
AIDS drugs.
$93 million to continue the Healthy Start program. This is
$43 million above the original level passed by the House.
$3.57 billion for the Head Start program. This is $36
million above 1995.
$350 million for the GOALS 2000 Educate America Act
program. The House bill had terminated funding for this
program.
$7.2 billion for the Title I, Compensatory Education for
the Disadvantaged program. This is the same as the 1995 level
and nearly $1 billion more than the House bill.
$466 million for the Drug Free Schools program. This is
$266 million above the House bill.
$78 million for education technology programs which assist
schools in expanding the availability of technology enhanced
curricula and instruction to improve educational services.
This is $23 million above 1995.
$973 million for Vocational Education Basis Grants. This is
the same as the 1995 level and $83 million over the House
bill.
$93 million to recapitalize the Perkins Loan student aid
program. The House had proposed no funding for this purpose.
$32 million for the State Student Incentive Grant program.
The House bill had proposed terminating funding for this
program.
The bill also raises the maximum Pell Grant to $2,470. This
is an increase of $130 in the maximum grant and is the
highest maximum grant ever provided.
As Senators know, the House included many legislative
riders in its version of the FY 1996 Labor-HHS appropriations
bill. Disposition of some of these provisions occurred as
follows:
1. OSHA--Ergonomics Rider: House Recedes to the Senate
language that was included in last year's rescission bill
prohibiting OSHA from promulgating an ergonomic standard or
guideline. The language is modified to include the reference
in the House language ``directly or through section 23(g) of
the Occupational Safety and Health Act.''
2. NLRB--Single Site Bargaining Units: Senate Recedes to
language proposed by the House to prohibit the Board from
using funds in FY'96 to promulgate a rule regarding single
location bargaining units in representation cases.
3. Direct Lending: House recedes to the Senate with no cap
on loan volume, but a cap on administrative costs. This saves
$114 million by reducing the amounts available for
administrative costs from $550 million to $436.
4. Female Genital Mutilation: The agreement modifies the
Senate amendment to include the language requiring the
Secretary of HHS to collect data, conduct surveillance, and
develop outreach, prevention and education programs regarding
female genital mutilation, both for the general public and
the medical community. However, the agreement does not
establish new federal criminal penalties.
5. Abortion: The agreement adopts the Senate position on
the abortion riders in the bill, including the ``Hyde''
language prohibiting the use of federal funds for abortions,
except in the cases of rape or incest, or for the life of the
mother. Also included is the ``Coats/Snowe'' amendment
related to the accreditation of OBGYN training programs.
treasury, postal service and general government
The conference agreement deletes the appropriations cap of
$1,406,000 for Customs Service Small Airports to permit the
Customs Service to fund requests for user fee airports
through full reimbursement from requesting airports.
The conferees also added a new general provision requiring
the Internal Revenue Service to provide a level of taxpayer
service in fiscal year 1996 not below that provided in fiscal
year 1995.
In addition, the conference agreement adds a new general
provision to provide $1 million to the Office of National
Drug Control Policy to fund conferences on model state drug
laws through funding made available in fiscal year 1996 for
the Counter-Drug Technology Assessment Center. The bill also
includes a supplemental appropriation of $3,400,000 for the
Office of National Drug Control Policy. This supplemental
funding will permit the new Director of ONDCP, General
McCaffrey, to hire and retain an additional 80 FTEs bringing
the total number of FTE for this Office to 125 in fiscal year
1996. This supplemental funding has been fully offset through
rescissions in the General Services Administration,
installment acquisition payments account ($-3.5 million).
The conference agreement also includes a section proposed
by the Senate to increase the number of appointees to the
Commission on Restructuring the IRS by 4, bringing the number
of members of the Commission up to a new level of 17. This
provision permits the Majority Leader of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House to each name 4 members to the Commission
instead of 2 each as provided in current law.
va-hud-independent agencies
The final conference agreement maintains, and even
strengthens, the bipartisan agreement passed overwhelmingly
by the Senate restoring funding cuts in environmental
programs. The final package includes an additional $817
million over the amounts in the vetoed VA-HUD bill for
Environmental Protection Agency programs.
The VA-HUD chapter also includes increased funding for
science and technology programs, including an additional
$83,000,000 for the National Aeronautic and Space
Administration (NASA) and $40,000,000 for the National
Science Foundation.
The final conference agreement deletes two controversial
riders proposed in the original bill, including: (1) language
which would have taken away EPA's ability to overrule Corps
of Engineers decisions on wetlands, and (2) language which
would have transferred oversight of Fair Housing from HUD to
the Department of Justice.
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I thank all Senators.
Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, let me just clarify, following the vote we
will finish the action on the immigration matter. We will then come
back, and it will be all the time anybody needs for colloquy, debate,
or any other question they may want to ask either Senator Byrd or
Senator Hatfield on the large appropriations bill.
Mr. WARNER. That would include matters which are cleared on both
sides.
Mr. DOLE. Yes.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas and nays have been ordered.
The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. LOTT. I announce that the Senator from Arizona [Mr. McCain] is
necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Thomas). Are there any other Senators in
the Chamber desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 88, nays 11, as follows:
[Rollcall Vote No. 89 Leg.]
YEAS--88
Abraham
Akaka
Baucus
Bennett
Biden
Bingaman
Bond
Boxer
Bradley
Breaux
Bryan
Bumpers
Burns
Byrd
Campbell
Chafee
Coats
Cochran
Cohen
Conrad
Coverdell
Craig
D'Amato
Daschle
DeWine
Dodd
Dole
Domenici
Dorgan
Exon
Feingold
Feinstein
Ford
Frist
Glenn
Gorton
Graham
Grams
Gregg
Harkin
Hatch
Hatfield
Heflin
Hollings
Inouye
Jeffords
Johnston
Kassebaum
Kempthorne
Kennedy
Kerrey
Kerry
Kohl
Lautenberg
Leahy
Levin
Lieberman
Lott
Lugar
Mack
McConnell
Mikulski
Moseley-Braun
Moynihan
Murray
Nickles
Nunn
Pell
Pressler
Pryor
Reid
Robb
Rockefeller
Roth
Santorum
Sarbanes
Shelby
Simon
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Simpson
Snowe
Specter
Stevens
Thomas
Thompson
Thurmond
Warner
Wellstone
Wyden
NAYS--11
Ashcroft
Brown
Faircloth
Gramm
Grassley
Helms
Hutchison
Inhofe
Kyl
Murkowski
Smith
NOT VOTING--1
McCain
So the conference report was agreed to.
Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the
conference report was agreed to.
Mr. STEVENS. I move to lay that motion on the table.
The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
Mr. DOLE addressed the Chair.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
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