Wendell Ford

Mr. FORD

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with.

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, this amendment would prevent the use of Minuteman missile boosters as part of the NMD architecture. I understand it has been cleared.

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with.

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, this amendment establishes a ballistic missile defense technology center within the strategic defense command of the army. This has been cleared.

Mr. FORD. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. FORD. This has been cleared on both sides.

Mr. FORD. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 2273 (Purpose: To improve the provision relating to restoration advisory boards)

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with.

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, this clarifies language in the bill concerning environmental restoration advisory boards. This has been cleared.

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the amendment was agreed to.

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, this requires the Secretary of State and the State Department IG to make various reports on weapons exports. I believe it has been cleared on the other side.

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with.

Mr. FORD. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 2264 (Purpose: To amend section 1012 to strike out a waiver of congressional notification requirements for transfers of certain vessels to certain foreign countries)

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, we have no objection.

Mr. FORD. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 2260 (Purpose: To authorize a land conveyance, Radar Bomb Scoring Site, Forsyth, Montana)

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, we have no objection to this amendment.

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with.

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk on behalf of Senator Nunn and ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the amendment was agreed to.

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with.

Mr. FORD

Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Bumpers], and the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Pryor] are necessarily absent.