[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 99 (Monday, July 14, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S7401]
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                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, today the Senate will begin consideration of 
the DOD appropriations bill. I urge all Senators who have amendments to 
notify the chairman and the ranking member. They are here, and they are 
ready to proceed with this very important legislation. So we need to 
know what amendments will be offered in order to make substantial 
progress today.

  Under the previous order, at 6 o'clock this afternoon the Senate will 
proceed to executive session to conduct a cloture vote on the 
nomination of Joel Klein to be an Assistant Attorney General at the 
Justice Department. In accordance with the consent agreement, if 
cloture is invoked, there will be an additional 3 hours for debate on 
the nomination before the Senate votes on the nomination of Mr. Klein. 
That vote may occur tomorrow; therefore, following the cloture vote at 
6 p.m., the Senate will resume the Department of Defense appropriations 
bill.
  As previously announced, it is the hope that the Senate will complete 
action on three or possibly four major appropriations bills this week. 
Therefore, late sessions can be expected and votes should be 
anticipated throughout each day of the Senate this week. We hope to 
conclude the Department of Defense appropriations bill on Tuesday. We 
would like to then move to the energy and water appropriations bill. I 
believe next we would try to go to the foreign ops appropriations bill, 
and then perhaps Friday we would be ready to go to legislative 
appropriations.
  In the interim, we also have a couple of bills that we may want to 
call up for consideration. One of them is a wildlife refuge bill 
reported overwhelmingly from the House of Representatives and held at 
the desk; and another one is having to do with dolphin legislation 
which has been reported from the Commerce Committee. We may look at an 
opportunity to begin consideration of that legislation on Friday of 
this week.
  I thank my colleagues for their cooperation.
  I yield the floor.

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