[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 96 (Thursday, July 1, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7980-S7981]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  GUIDANCE FOR THE DESIGNATION OF EMERGENCIES AS A PART OF THE BUDGET 
                            PROCESS--RESUMED

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

       A bill (S. 557) to provide guidance for the designation of 
     emergencies as a part of the budget process.

  Pending:

       Lott (for Abraham) amendment No. 254, to preserve and 
     protect the surpluses of the social security trust funds by 
     reaffirming the exclusion of receipts and disbursement from 
     the budget, by setting a limit on the debt held by the 
     public, and by amending the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
     to provide a process to reduce the limit on the debt held by 
     the public.
       Abraham Amendment No. 255 (to Amendment No. 254), in the 
     nature of a substitute.

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       Lott motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
     Governmental Affairs, with instructions and report back 
     forthwith.
       Lott amendment No. 296 (to the instructions of the Lott 
     motion to recommit), to provide for Social Security surplus 
     preservation and debt reduction.
       Lott amendment No. 297 (to Amendment No. 296), in the 
     nature of a substitute.

  Mr. LOTT addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I send a cloture motion to the desk to the 
pending amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
  The assistant 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, 
     do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the pending 
     amendment No. 297 to Calendar No. 89, S. 557, a bill to 
     provide guidance for the designation of emergencies as a part 
     of the budget process:
         Trent Lott, Pete Domenici, Rod Grams, Michael Crapo, Bill 
           Frist, Michael Enzi, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Judd 
           Gregg, Strom Thurmond, Chuck Hagel, Thad Cochran, Rick 
           Santorum, Paul Coverdell, James Inhofe, Bob Smith, 
           Wayne Allard.


                            Call of the Roll

  Mr. LOTT. For the information of all Senators, under the previous 
order, this cloture vote will occur on Friday, July 16, at 10:30 a.m. I 
ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under rule XXII be 
waived. And I ask consent the bill be placed back on the calendar.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. LOTT. Let me emphasize to all Senators to double-check and 
recheck their calendars--there will be a vote on Friday morning, the 
16th, at 10:30--so that everybody will know they will be expected to be 
present and voting at that time.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senator from 
Pennsylvania has 30 minutes.
  The Senator from Pennsylvania.
  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I thank the Chair.
  Mr. REED addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island.
  Mr. REED. Will the Senator from Pennsylvania yield for a few seconds 
for a unanimous consent request?
  Mr. SPECTER. I agree to yield for 15 seconds, which the Senator asked 
for, for a unanimous consent request.

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