[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 88 (Tuesday, July 7, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S7565]
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                  PRODUCT LIABILITY REFORM ACT OF 1997

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 648) to establish legal standards and procedures 
     for product liability litigation, and for other purposes.

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill.


                           Amendment No. 3064

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for 
its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Mississippi [Mr. Lott] proposes an 
     amendment 3064.

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the 
amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Amendments 
Submitted.''


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The legislative 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, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the pending 
     amendment to Calendar No. 90, S. 648, the Product Liability 
     Reform Act of 1997:

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, this is the cloture motion on the substitute 
product liability bill, and so for the information of all Senators, 
this vote will occur on Thursday of this week. I will consult with the 
Democratic leader as to exactly what time that will be.
  And I now ask that the mandatory quorum under rule XXII be waived.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, and I do not 
intend to object, may we have a reading of those Members who signed the 
cloture motion.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will continue to read.
  The legislative clerk continued the reading of the cloture motion.

         Senators Trent Lott, Don Nickles, Slade Gorton, Phil 
           Gramm, John McCain, Spencer Abraham, Dan Coats, Dick 
           Lugar, Lauch Faircloth, John Chafee, Sam Brownback, Ted 
           Stevens, Jon Kyl, Jeff Sessions, Mike Enzi, and Judd 
           Gregg.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. LOTT. As a reminder, then, to all Senators, under the provisions 
of rule XXII, all first-degree amendments must be filed by 1 p.m. on 
Wednesday, and all second-degree amendments must be filed 1 hour prior 
to the cloture vote.

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