[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 83 (Tuesday, June 23, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S6861]
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         ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The order of June 18, 1998, in regard to H.R. 
4060 has been executed.
  The bill is passed, and the conferees have been appointed.
  (Pursuant to the order of June 18, 1998, the Senate passed H.R. 4060, 
making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1999, after striking all after the enacting 
clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 2138, Senate 
companion measure, as passed by the Senate. Also, pursuant to the order 
of June 18, 1998, Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a 
conference with the House thereon, and the following conferees were 
appointed on the part of the Senate: Senators Domenici, Cochran, 
Gorton, McConnell, Bennett, Burns, Craig, Stevens, Reid, Byrd, 
Hollings, Murray, Kohl, Dorgan, and Inouye. The passage of S. 2138 was 
vitiated and the measure was indefinitely postponed.)
  Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. BURNS. 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the quorum call be rescinded.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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