[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 13277]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



         ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2002

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order the Senate 
will now proceed to the consideration of H.R. 2311, which the clerk 
will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2311) making appropriations for energy and 
     water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2002, and for other purposes.

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Nevada.


                                schedule

  Mr. REID. As has been announced by the Chair, the Senate will begin 
consideration of the energy and water appropriations bill. Today will 
be for debate only. There will be no rollcall votes today. The next 
vote is expected tomorrow at approximately 12 noon on cloture on the 
substitute amendment to the Bankruptcy Reform Act. I am to remind 
everyone that there is a 3 p.m. filing deadline for first-degree 
amendments to the bankruptcy reform substitute amendment.
  We hope to complete action on the energy and water appropriations 
bill, the transportation appropriations bill, and/or the legislative 
branch appropriations bill before the end of this week.
  I would say to all those listening, it is going to be extremely 
difficult to do that, but we can do it. There are only a few issues on 
the energy and water appropriations bill. We hope to resolve those so 
it does not take a lot of time. And then, of course, the appropriations 
bill dealing with transportation has in the last few years gone quite 
rapidly, and we hope it will again this year.
  We are not in a position at this time, Senator Domenici and I, to 
offer a unanimous consent agreement as to when the amendments to the 
energy and water appropriations bill should be filed, but we are going 
to work on that. Senator Domenici is indisposed for the next hour and a 
half or so. But we expect him to be here at 3:30 today, at which time 
we will begin opening statements on the energy and water appropriations 
bill.

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