[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 23, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S3468]
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                      CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will now 
go into executive session and proceed to the consideration of Treaty 
Document No. 103-21, which the clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       Treaty Document No. 103-21, the convention on the 
     prohibition of development, production, stockpiling and use 
     of chemical weapons and on their destruction.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the convention shall 
be advanced through its various parliamentary stages, up to and 
including the presentation of the resolution of ratification.
  Mr. HELMS addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Carolina.
  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, the distinguished Senator from Arizona has 
a unanimous-consent request, but I want him to withhold it until 
Senator Biden can be here and have an opportunity to object, if he 
desires.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Mr. Chairman, I have a couple of other 
previous orders I can read.
  Mr. HELMS. Very well.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Committee on 
Foreign Relations shall be discharged of consideration of Senate 
Resolution 75, and this resolution be substituted for the resolution of 
ratification.
  Under the previous order, there will be 10 hours for debate, equally 
divided between the chairman and ranking member or their designees, and 
1 hour under the control of the Senator from Vermont, Mr. Leahy.
  Mr. HELMS. I yield to the distinguished Senator from Arizona.