[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 121 (Tuesday, October 3, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S9683]
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  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                        2001--CONFERENCE REPORT

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now 
proceed to the conference report to accompany the Interior 
appropriations bill, and the conference report be considered as having 
been read.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     4578) making appropriations for the Department of the 
     Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, having met, have 
     agreed that the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an 
     amendment and the Senate agree to the same, signed by all of 
     the conferees on the part of both Houses.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
conference report.
  (The conference report is printed in the House proceedings of the 
Record of September 29, 2000.)
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I say to those who are interested, we are 
going to the report, but there is no time agreement to run off. Nobody 
has given up their rights in that regard, but we are now going to be 
able to proceed to the conference report, and we will continue to work 
on the issues that are of interest to Senators.

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