[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 80 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S6637]
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        NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I call for the regular order.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report S. 2057.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2057) to authorize appropriations for the fiscal 
     year 1999 for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
     activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
     personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
     Forces, and for other purposes.

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill.

       Pending:
       Feinstein amendment No. 2405, to express the sense of the 
     Senate regarding the Indian nuclear tests.
       Brownback amendment No. 2407 (to amendment No. 2405), to 
     repeal a restriction on the provision of certain assistance 
     and other transfers to Pakistan.

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