[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 97 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7089-S7090]
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        NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997

  The Senate continued with consideration of the bill.


                     Amendment No. 4350, Withdrawn

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, last night I was joined by the 
distinguished Senator from Georgia, and during wrap-up I inadvertently 
sent to the desk amendment No. 4350. I wish to correct that and 
withdraw the amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 4350) was withdrawn.
  Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Unanimous-Consent Request

  Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 
notwithstanding rule XXII, at the hour of 4 o'clock p.m. today the 
Senate lay aside any pending amendments to the DOD authorization bill 
and Senator Pryor be recognized to offer his amendment regarding GATT, 
and immediately following the reporting by the clerk, Senator Hatch be 
recognized to offer a relevant, perfecting amendment limited to 30 
minutes, equally divided in the usual form, with an additional 10 
minutes under the control of Senator Specter, and following the 
disposition of the second-degree amendment, if agreed to, Senator Pryor 
be recognized to offer a further second-degree amendment, and there be 
30 minutes' time for debate prior to a motion to table, to be equally 
divided in the usual form, with an additional 10 minutes under the 
control of Senator Specter, and following the conclusion or yielding 
back of time, Senator Lott be recognized to move to table the second-
degree Pryor amendment, and no other amendments or motions be in order 
prior to the motion to table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, reserving the right to object--I do not 
think I am going to object--I think we are just about to achieve this 
agreement.
  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator from New Hampshire yield for 
that purpose?
  Mr. SMITH. The Senator from New Hampshire does have a further item on 
the unanimous-consent request that I would like to finish, but I think 
it is contingent upon whether or not there

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is objection to the first unanimous-consent request. Whatever the Chair 
feels is appropriate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Unanimous-Consent Agreement

  Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senator 
from New York be recognized for 3 minutes for a morning business 
statement, and that the Senator from Kansas, Mrs. Kassebaum, then be 
recognized for 5 minutes for a morning business statement, and that 
Senator Smith be able to interrupt when he gets a unanimous consent 
agreement ready, and immediately following the statement of the Senator 
from Kansas, the quorum call automatically recur.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from New York is recognized.

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