[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 43 (Monday, April 14, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S3067]
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                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, today the Senate will be in a period of 
morning business until the hour of 12 noon to accommodate a number of 
Senators who have requested time to speak. By consent, at 12 noon the 
Senate will resume consideration of S. 104, the Nuclear Policy Act. And 
by previous consent, all remaining amendments that are in order to the 
bill must be offered and debated today. As previously announced, no 
rollcall votes will occur during today's session. Any votes ordered on 
the amendments will be stacked, and the votes will occur at 9 a.m. on 
Tuesday. I emphasize that for all Senators' information. The votes will 
begin at 9 a.m., and there will be a minimum I guess of three votes--
probably three votes at that hour. Therefore, the Senate will resume 
consideration of S. 104 at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, and Senators can expect 
to begin voting at that time.
  Senators can expect rollcall votes on Tuesday morning, and then 
following the disposition of this bill the Senate may turn to the 
Alexis Herman nomination to be the head of the Department of Labor, or 
legislation dealing with the chemical weapons ban.
  Now, as it stands at this time we probably will not vote on the 
Alexis Herman nomination until Wednesday. We hope to get an agreement, 
or if we do not get an agreement our intent is to proceed, if we can, 
to S. 495, the Kyl-Helms and others bill, on Thursday relating to the 
chemical weapons issue. This is the bill. This is not the convention. 
And I would expect that that would take up most of the time on 
Thursday.

  As always, we will notify Senators of the schedule and when 
anticipated votes will occur.
  Again I would like to thank Senators on both sides of the aisle and 
both sides of the issue for their cooperation on the Nuclear Policy 
Act. I think we are doing the right thing by getting this legislation 
completed without undue delay, and voting on it so that the House can 
act. And I understand they do plan to act on this legislation within 
the next 30 days. We hope to get it to the President and hope for his 
signature.

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