[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 141 (Friday, October 9, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S12254]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY ACT

  Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Commerce 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1274, and 
further, that the Senate then proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 1274) to authorize appropriations for the 
     National Institute of Standards and Technology for fiscal 
     years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the immediate 
consideration of the bill?
  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.


                           Amendment No. 3810

     (Purpose: To amend the Technology Administration Act of 1998)

  Mr. COATS. Mr. President, Senator Frist has a substitute amendment at 
the desk, and I ask for its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Indiana [Mr. Coats], for Mr. Frist and Mr. 
     Rockefeller, proposes an amendment numbered 3810.

  (The text of the amendment is printed in today's Record under 
``Amendments Submitted.'')
  Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the substitute 
amendment be agreed to, 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 in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 3810) was agreed to.
  The bill (H.R. 1274), as amended, was read the third time and passed.

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