[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 144 (Monday, October 12, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S12395]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION REFORM ACT OF 1998

  Mr. JEFFORDS. I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the 
immediate consideration of Calendar No. 575, S. 2364.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2364) to reauthorize and make reforms to 
     programs authorized by the Public Works and Economic 
     Development Act of 1965.

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill.


                           Amendment No. 3814

              (Purpose: To provide a complete substitute)

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

       The Senator from Vermont [Mr. Jeffords], for Mr. Chafee, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 3814.

  (The text of the amendment is printed in today's Record under 
``Amendments Submitted.'')
  Mr. JEFFORDS. I ask unanimous consent the substitute be agreed to, 
the bill be considered read a third time and passed, the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The substitute amendment was agreed to.
  So the bill (S. 2364), as amended, was considered read the third time 
and passed.
  The title was amended so as to read:
       A bill to reauthorize and make reforms to programs 
     authorized by the Public Works and Economic Development Act 
     of 1965 and the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965.

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