[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 43 (Monday, April 14, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S3077]
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                  NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACT AMENDMENTS

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will now 
resume consideration of S. 104, which the clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 104) to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
     1982.

  The Senate resumed consideration of the bill.

       Pending:
       Murkowski amendment No. 26, in the nature of a substitute.
       Reid (for Wellstone) amendment No. 29 amendment No. 26), to 
     ensure that emergency response personnel in all jurisdictions 
     on primary and alternative shipping routes have received 
     training and have been determined to meet standards set by 
     the Secretary before shipments of spend nuclear fuel and 
     high-level nuclear waste.
       Reid (for Wellstone) amendment No. 30 (to amendment No. 
     26), to express the sense of the Senate regarding Federal 
     assistance for elderly and disabled legal immigrants.
       Lott (for Domenici) amendment No. 42, (to amendment No. 
     26), to provide that no points of order, which require 60 
     votes in order to adopt a motion to waive such point of 
     order, shall be considered to be waived during the 
     consideration of a joint resolution under section 401 of this 
     Act.
       Lott (for Murkowski) amendment No. 43 (to amendment No. 
     42), to establish the level of annual fee for each civilian 
     nuclear power reactor.

  Mr. WELLSTONE. Madam President, I wonder whether I might, before I 
ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside and the 
Senate now consider amendment No. 29--I am actually waiting for my 
colleague Senator Murkowski from Alaska, under courtesy--I wonder 
whether I might ask unanimous consent that I be able to speak for 3 or 
4 minutes on another matter without this counting against my time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. WELLSTONE. I thank the Chair.
  Madam President, I shall be brief and then go on with the amendment 
as soon as my colleague is here.

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