[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 143 (Wednesday, October 22, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S10947]
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        INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT OF 1997

  Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now resume the highway bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1173) to authorize funds for construction of 
     highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass transit 
     programs, and for other purposes.

  The Senate resumed consideration of the bill.
  Pending:

       Chafee/Warner amendment No. 1312, to provide for a 
     continuing designation of a metropolitan planning 
     organization.
       Chafee/Warner amendment No. 1313 (to language proposed to 
     be stricken by the committee amendment, as modified), of a 
     perfecting nature.
       Chafee/Warner amendment No. 1314 (to amendment No. 1313), 
     of a perfecting nature.
       Motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works, with instructions.
       Lott amendment No. 1317 (to instructions of the motion to 
     recommit), to authorize funds for construction of highways, 
     for highway safety programs, and for mass transit programs.
       Lott amendment No. 1318 (to amendment No. 1317), to strike 
     the limitation on obligations for administrative expenses.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I now send a cloture motion to the desk to 
the pending committee amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

                             Cloture Motion

       We the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     do hereby move to bring a close debate on the modified 
     committee amendment to S. 1173, the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act:
         Trent Lott, John H. Chafee, Pat Roberts, Slade Gorton, 
           Jon Kyl, Dan Coats, Ted Stevens, Mitch McConnell.
         Mike DeWine, John W. Warner, Larry E. Craig, Don Nickles, 
           Jesse Helms, Chuck Hagel, Dirk Kempthorne, Lauch 
           Faircloth.

  Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, for the information of all Senators, the 
cloture vote will occur on Friday of this week if cloture is not 
invoked earlier on Thursday. All Senators will be notified as to the 
exact time of this cloture vote.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum 
under rule XXII be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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