[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 50 (Wednesday, April 29, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S3798]
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        AUTHORIZING THE PRINTING OF MINUTES OF PARTY CONFERENCES

  Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Senate Resolution 219, 
submitted earlier today by Senators Mack and Daschle.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 219) authorizing the printing of the 
     minutes of the Senate Republican and Democratic Party 
     conferences.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the resolution?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution 
be agreed to, that the preamble be agreed to, and that the motion to 
reconsider be laid on the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 219) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 219), with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 219

       Whereas the Senate Republican and Democratic Conferences 
     have maintained minutes of their meetings since the earliest 
     years of this century;
       Whereas the Advisory Committee on the Records of Congress 
     recommends that the portions of those minutes at least 30 
     years old be published; and
       Whereas the minutes of the Senate Party Conferences offer 
     rich documentation of the Senate's institutional development 
     during the first two-thirds of the 20th century: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved,

     SECTION 1. PRINTING OF THE MINUTES OF THE REPUBLICAN 
                   CONFERENCE, 1911-1964.

       (a) In General.--There shall be printed as a Senate 
     document the book entitled ``Minutes of the Senate Republican 
     Conference, 1911-1964'', prepared by the Senate Historical 
     Office under the supervision of the Secretary of the Senate, 
     with the concurrence of the United States Senate Republican 
     Conference.
       (b) Specifications.--The Senate document described in 
     subsection (a) shall include illustrations and shall be in 
     the style, form, manner, and binding as directed by the Joint 
     Committee on Printing after consultation with the Secretary 
     of the Senate.
       (c) Number of Copies.--In addition to the usual number of 
     copies, there shall be printed with suitable binding the 
     lesser of--
       (1) 1,000 copies for use of the Senate, to be allocated as 
     determined by the Secretary of the Senate; or
       (2) a number of copies that does not have a total 
     production and printing cost of more than $1,200.

     SEC. 2. PRINTING OF THE MINUTES OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE, 
                   1903-1964.

       (a) In General.--There shall be printed as a Senate 
     document the book entitled ``Minutes of the Senate Democratic 
     Conference, 1903-1964'', prepared by the Senate Historical 
     Office under the supervision of the Secretary of the Senate, 
     with the concurrence of the United States Senate Democratic 
     Conference.
       (b) Specifications.--The Senate document described in 
     subsection (a) shall include illustrations and shall be in 
     the style, form, manner, and binding as directed by the Joint 
     Committee On Printing after consultation with the Secretary 
     of the Senate.
       (c) Number of Copies.--In addition to the usual number of 
     copies, there shall be printed with suitable binding the 
     lesser of--
       (1) 1,000 copies for the use of the Senate, to be allocated 
     as determined by the Secretary of the Senate; or
       (2) a number of copies that does not have a total 
     production and printing cost of more than $1,200.

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