T. Gorton

Mr. GORTON

Mr. GORTON. I move to reconsider the vote.

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

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk on behalf of Senator DeWine and ask for its immediate consideration. This amendment requires the National Endowment for the Arts to give priority in grantmaking to underserved communities.

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

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk on behalf of Senators Bennett and Hatch and ask for its immediate consideration. It provides funding for a design of a road associated with the 2002 Winter Olympics, offset by a reduction in land acquisition in Utah.

Mr. GORTON. We have three or four unanimous-consent requests for amendments we have agreed to that we would like to do first. Amendment No. 1225 (Purpose: To provide funding for the engineering and design of a road in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest)

Mr. GORTON. No. I object, Mr. President.

Mr. GORTON. I will. Mr. BUMPERS addressed the Chair.

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, for the information of all Senators, at this point I know of only one other amendment on which a rollcall vote will be required. That does not mean to say there are not others that we will not be able to settle that might possibly require a vote. But I only know of one more, and it will be proposed by the Senator from Arkansas [Mr. Bumpers], but in a couple of minutes. Right now I have two or three unanimous-consent requests on amendments that have been agreed to.

Mr. GORTON. I yield to the Senator form Virginia.

Mr. GORTON

Mr. GORTON. Reserving the right to object, I did not hear the request of the Senator.

Mr. GORTON. The Miccosukee Settlement Act of 1997 brings closure to disputes between the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida and the Florida Department of Transportation in connection with the construction of Interstate 75. It has been cleared on all sides.

Mr. GORTON. I move to reconsider the vote.

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

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk on behalf of Senator Mack.

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 reading of the amendment be dispensed with.

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, this amendment requires the administration to submit to Congress a priority list for lands to be acquired with moneys appropriated in title V. Congress will make the ultimate determination.

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

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, the amendment is sponsored jointly by the two Senators from Florida, Senators Mack and Graham.

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk on behalf of Senators Bingaman and Domenici.

Mr. GORTON

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

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

Mr. GORTON

Mr. GORTON. I move to lay it on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

Mr. GORTON

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I believe that most of the debate on this amendment has been concluded. The Senator from New York [Mr. D'Amato], has wanted to speak on it, on the same side as the Senator from Connecticut. He tells us that he can be available in about 10 minutes. So on my own behalf, and on behalf of the majority leader, if, at the conclusion of Senator D'Amato's comments, debate seems to have been concluded, it will be appropriate either to vote on the amendment directly or for the Senator from Connecticut to make a motion to table.