[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 85 (Wednesday, June 18, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S5903]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I will have a unanimous-consent request 
momentarily with regard to calling up Calendar No. 84, S. 924, the 
Department of Defense authorization bill. We have been in communication 
with the Democratic leadership and Senators on both sides about our 
desire to call up this legislation. We do have some concerns on both 
sides about some provisions that are in or not in it. But I want to 
withhold on making that request just for one moment.
  I had, also, as a second consideration, hoped that we could get up 
the intelligence authorization bill this afternoon. We are asking the 
Armed Services Committee to continue to work on that and consider that 
as something we would like to try to do this week if at all possible. 
But we are still working to get that cleared.
  We will ask consent later on this afternoon to go to S. 923, which 
would deny veterans benefits to persons convicted of Federal capital 
offenses. I believe we can get that done this afternoon. Senator 
Specter has been working on that. I understand there are Senators on 
the other side of the aisle having some input. I believe we can get 
something worked out on that this afternoon. It is something certainly 
we should do.

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