[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 2929]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. FRIST. On Monday, the Senate will resume consideration of S. 
1805, the gun liability bill. There are a number of Senators who will 
be here to debate the remaining amendments and there will be adequate 
time for debate on Monday.
  I sincerely thank the bill managers for their hard work on this 
legislation. They have been on the floor constantly for the past 3 
days, working through amendments and moving this bill forward. Through 
their efforts and a lot of hard work, we are poised to finish the bill 
Tuesday of next week. Again, they should be complimented.
  I inform all my colleagues we will have a vote on an amendment to the 
bill Monday afternoon. Senators should expect that vote in relation to 
the Bingaman definition amendment to occur promptly at 5 p.m.
  Mr. REID. I wonder, with the easy week the majority leader has had 
this week, could you tell us what we will do after we finish the gun 
liability legislation?
  Mr. FRIST. Through the Chair, Mr. President, we have the agreement to 
complete the gun liability legislation Tuesday. It is our plan, 
although I want to discuss it further with the Democratic leadership 
and also my colleagues, but the plans are at this juncture to continue 
with the manufacturing bill called FSC/ETI. There is a deadline we are 
all familiar with of March 1. This bill has been taken through 
committee and we will be addressing it on the floor. The House has not 
yet addressed it.
  It is my intention, at this point in time--again, it could be subject 
to change--to proceed with FSC/ETI.

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