T. Gorton

Mr. GORTON

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I now ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess under the previous order.

Mr. GORTON

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Rules and Administration be directed to prepare a revised edition of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and that such standing rules be printed as a Senate document. I further ask unanimous consent that 2,500 additional copies of this document be printed for the use of the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Mr. GORTON

Mr. GORTON. The Senator will yield whatever amount of time my colleague wishes.

Mr. GORTON. And for the proponents of the bill?

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I am authorized by the majority leader to say there will be no further votes this evening and the first vote tomorrow will be at 9:30 in the morning. Mr. DOMENICI addressed the Chair.

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, how much time remains?

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

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Ted Milesnick, a Bureau of Land Management employee on detail to the Interior Subcommittee, be granted the privilege of the floor for the duration of the debate on the Interior appropriations bill.

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I would propose at this point to send a set of en bloc amendments to the desk and ask that they be considered. I will explain them. If any Member wishes to object to any one of them, that Member is free to do so. But I trust there will be no such objections.

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendments be dispensed with.

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

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to be able to call up, out of order, the committee amendment on page 128, lines 16 to 21, to which the amendment of the Senator from Arkansas will be a second- degree amendment.

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. GORTON. What is the pending business?

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendments be dispensed with.

Mr. GORTON. Parliamentary inquiry. Will that motion to table, if it is accepted, take not only the committee amendment but the Bumpers amendment and the Craig second-degree amendment with it?

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I would like to know whether we cannot deal with the entire issue now. After the disposition of the Craig amendment, I ask the Senator from Arkansas, does there need to be further time?

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, this amendment is on another issue which has from time to time been controversial with respect to grazing and grazing fees. The amendment is a simple 90-day moratorium on the regulations of the Secretary of the Interior, designed to permit the committees to come up with an authorizing bill. It has been agreed to and cleared on both sides. THE PRESIDING OFFICER. If there be no further debate, the question is on agreeing to the amendment.

Mr. GORTON

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand in recess until the hour of 9 a.m., Wednesday, August 9, 1995; that following the prayer, the Journal of proceedings be deemed approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day; and that the Senate immediately resume consideration of the Interior appropriations bill, with 30 minutes for debate remaining on the Domenici amendment, with the vote occurring on or in relation to the Domenici amendment at the expiration or the yielding back of that time.

Mr. GORTON

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar No. 165, S. 227.

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, on behalf of Senators Hatch and Feinstein, I send an amendment to the desk to the committee amendment and ask for its immediate consideration.

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

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee amendment, as amended, be agreed to; that the bill be deemed read a third time and passed, as amended; that the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; and that any statements relating to the bill be placed at the appropriate place in the Record.

Mr. GORTON

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, for the information of all Senators, the Senate will resume consideration of the Interior bill at 9 a.m. tomorrow, with a rollcall vote occurring at 9:30 a.m. Additional rollcall votes can be expected to occur during Wednesday's session of the Senate in relation to the Interior bill, the DOD authorization bill, the DOD appropriations bill and/or the Transportation appropriations bill. All Members should expect a late night session on Wednesday in order to make progress on any or all of these bills.