[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 30, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S10204]
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             CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report House Joint Resolution 
94.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A joint resolution (H. J. Res. 94) making continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 1998, and for other 
     purposes.


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  Mr. GORTON. I rise for a brief colloquy with, the manager of the 
bill. Mr. President, section 104 of the continuing resolution states 
that no funds available or authority granted shall be used to initiate 
or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or 
other authority were not available during fiscal year 1997. As the 
chairman knows, the fiscal year 1997 interior--or is it Omnibus--
appropriations bill included language which prohibited the use of 
appropriated funds to review or modify sourcing areas previously 
approved under the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief 
Act [FRCSRA] of 1990. The fiscal year 1997 language goes on to further 
prohibit the use of funds to enforce or implement Forest Service 
regulations for this act that were issued on September 8, 1995. As the 
chairman is also aware, I have included language in the fiscal year 
1998 Interior appropriations bill that clarifies FRCSRA. Am I correct 
in my interpretation of the continuing resolution, that the provisions 
related to FRCSRA in fiscal year 1997 are extended for the duration of 
this CR?
  Mr. STEVENS. The Senator is correct in his assessment of the 
continuing resolution. If funding and authority were restricted in 
fiscal year 1997, then that same funding and authority remains 
restricted under this resolution. In this particular case, the language 
to which the Senator from Washington refers in fiscal year would be 
extended for the duration of the CR.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the third reading of the 
joint resolution.
  The joint resolution (H. J. Res. 94) was ordered to a third reading, 
and was read for a third time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The joint resolution having been read for a 
third time, the question is, Shall the joint resolution pass? On this 
question, the yeas and nays have been ordered, and the clerk will call 
the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Vermont [Mr. Leahy] is 
absent due to a death in the family.
  The result was announced--yeas 99, nays 0, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 261 Leg.]

                                YEAS--99

     Abraham
     Akaka
     Allard
     Ashcroft
     Baucus
     Bennett
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Bond
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Brownback
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Burns
     Byrd
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Cleland
     Coats
     Cochran
     Collins
     Conrad
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     Daschle
     DeWine
     Dodd
     Domenici
     Dorgan
     Durbin
     Enzi
     Faircloth
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Frist
     Glenn
     Gorton
     Graham
     Gramm
     Grams
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hagel
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Helms
     Hollings
     Hutchinson
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Inouye
     Jeffords
     Johnson
     Kempthorne
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Landrieu
     Lautenberg
     Levin
     Lieberman
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McCain
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nickles
     Reed
     Reid
     Robb
     Roberts
     Rockefeller
     Roth
     Santorum
     Sarbanes
     Sessions
     Shelby
     Smith (NH)
     Smith (OR)
     Snowe
     Specter
     Stevens
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Torricelli
     Warner
     Wellstone
     Wyden

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Leahy
       
  The joint resolution (H.J. Res. 94) was passed.
  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
  I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  Mr. STEVENS. I suggest the absence of a quorum, Mr. President.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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