[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 24, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S8583]
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                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, the Senate this morning will immediately 
resume consideration of the Agriculture appropriations bill. Under the 
provisions of the agreement reached last night, any votes ordered on 
the pending amendments to that bill will occur at 11 a.m. this morning. 
I understand there will be some votes at 11 o'clock. There are a 
limited number of amendments in order to the Agriculture appropriations 
bill.
  I encourage Members who still intend to offer those amendments to be 
prepared to do so as early as possible today to enable the Senate to 
complete action on this bill this afternoon. The managers of the bill 
are here. Senator Cochran from Mississippi, of course, and Senator 
Bumpers of Arkansas are ready to go to work.
  It is my intention to begin consideration of the foreign operations 
appropriations bill today as soon as the Agriculture appropriations 
bill has been completed. All Senators should expect votes throughout 
the day and evening as we continue to try to make progress on the 
appropriations bills.
  I also want to serve notice that it is my intention in the next day, 
either today or tomorrow, to move to go to conference on the health 
insurance reform package and on the small business tax relief package 
which is coupled with the minimum wage bill. In order to get those two 
bills into and out of conference before we leave next weekend for the 
August recess, we are going to have to get them into the conference. So 
we are really down to the point where we have to take action to move 
these two bills to conference, and I will be making an attempt to do 
that within the next 2 days.
  I yield the floor.

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