[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 132 (Monday, September 28, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S11053]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  FEDERAL VACANCIES REFORM ACT OF 1998

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                      THOMPSON AMENDMENT NO. 3666

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. THOMPSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
amendment No. 3656 submitted by Mr. Glenn to the bill (S. 2176) to 
amend sections 3345 through 3349 of title 5, United States Code 
(commonly referred to as the ``Vacancies Act'') to clarify statutory 
requirements relating to vacancies in and appointments to certain 
Federal offices, and for other purposes; as follows:

       In the matter proposed to be inserted strike ``General 
     Schedule.'' and insert ``General Schedule; and
       ``(C) is not a limited term appointee, limited emergency 
     appointee, or noncareer appointee (as such terms are defined 
     under section 3132(a), (5), (6), and (7)), or an appointee to 
     a position of a confidential or policy-determining character 
     under schedule C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal 
     Regulations.''.
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                    DURBIN AMENDMENTS NOS. 3667-3668

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. DURBIN submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 2176, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 3667

       At the appropriate place, add the following:

     ``Sec. 3349d. Nominations reported to Senate

       ``Any nomination submitted to the Senate that is pending 
     before a committee of the Senate for more than 150 calendar 
     days, shall on the day following such 150th calendar day be 
     discharged from such committee, placed on the Senate 
     executive calendar, and be deemed as reported favorably by 
     such committee.''.
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                           Amendment No. 3668

       At the appropriate place, add the following:

     ``Sec. 3349d. Consideration of nomination in Senate

       ``(a) Any nomination remaining on the Senate executive 
     calendar for 150 calendar days shall be considered for a vote 
     by the Senate in executive session within the next 5 calendar 
     days following such 150th day in which the Senate is in 
     session.
       ``(b) The Senate may waive subsection (a) by unanimous 
     consent.''.

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