[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 111 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S8524]
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        PROVIDING FOR A CONSULTANT FOR THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now proceed to the consideration of S. 1120, which was introduced 
earlier today by Senators Lott and Daschle.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1120) providing for a consultant for the 
     President pro tempore.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the bill?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I further ask unanimous consent that the 
bill be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1120) was deemed read the third time and passed, as 
follows:

                                S. 1120

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,
       Section 101(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 
     (2 U.S.C. 61h-6(a)) is amended by inserting after the first 
     sentence the following: ``The President pro tempore of the 
     Senate is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of 1 
     consultant, on a temporary or intermittent basis, at a daily 
     rate of compensation not in excess of that specified in the 
     first sentence of this subsection.''.

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