[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 140 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12051-S12052]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             NEXT GENERATION INTERNET RESEARCH ACT OF 1998

  Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Commerce Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
3332, and the Senate then proceeded to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill to amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 
     to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1999 and 2000 
     for the Next Generation Internet program, to require the 
     Advisory Committee on High-Performance Computing and 
     Communications, Information Technology, and the Next 
     Generation Internet to monitor and give advice concerning the 
     development and implementation of the Next Generation 
     Internet program and report to the President and the Congress 
     on its activities, and for other purposes.


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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the bill?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table, and that any statements relating to the bill appear at this 
point in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (H.R. 3332) was read the third time, and passed.

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