[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 41 (Thursday, April 2, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3180-S3181]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 AUTHORIZING FUNDS FOR FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS, HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS, 
                          AND TRANSIT PROGRAMS

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I understand that the Senate has received 
from the House H.R. 2400 regarding the highway legislation. Pursuant to 
the consent agreement of March 12, 1998, I now ask unanimous consent 
that the

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Chair be authorized to appoint the following conferees, which I send to 
the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Under the order of March 12, 1998, all after the enacting clause of 
H.R. 2400 is stricken, and the text of S. 1173, as amended, is inserted 
in lieu thereof. The bill is read a third time and passed, the Senate 
insists on its amendment, and requests a conference with the House.
  The Presiding Officer (Mr. Hutchinson) appointed from the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Warner, Mr. Smith of 
New Hampshire, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Bond, Mr. 
Hutchinson, Mr. Allard, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. 
Lautenberg, Mr. Reid, Mr. Graham, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Boxer and Mr. 
Wyden; from the Committee of Finance, Mr. Roth, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
Hatch, Mr. Breaux, and Mr. Conrad; from the Committee on Banking, 
Housing and Urban Affairs, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Gramm, Mr. Shelby, Mr. 
Sarbanes, and Mr. Dodd; from the Committee on Commerce, Science and 
Transportation, Mr. McCain, Mr. Stevens and Mr. Hollings; from the 
Committee on the Budget, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Nickles, and Mrs. Murray 
conferees on the part of the Senate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. S. 1173 is indefinitely postponed.

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