Trent Lott

Mr. LOTT

Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 718, S. 2253.

Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee substitute be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements relating to the bill be printed in the Record.

Mr. LOTT

Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Commerce Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3417 and the Senate then proceed to its immediate consideration.

Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, Senators Snowe and Kerry have an amendment at the desk, and I ask for its consideration.

Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be agreed to.

Mr. LOTT

Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Commerce Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2607, and the Senate then proceed to its immediate consideration.

Mr. LOTT

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 President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, we do have a number of items that have been cleared for consideration, including in this package a series of energy bills that Senator Daschle and I talked about yesterday on the floor. There are a number of Senators who have been involved in this effort. I thank them all. This is important legislation. We do have a number of other unanimous consent requests we will need to go through. It will take a few minutes. There are a lot of very important issues here. Most of them have been cleared on both sides. There may be a couple here that there will be objections to, but there is a necessity to make that request.

Mr. LOTT

Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 779, H.R. 4201, the Noncommercial Broadcasting Freedom of Expression bill, and I further ask consent that the bill be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements related to the bill be printed in the Record

Mr. LOTT. On this bill, Mr. President, we will continue working to see if we can come to some sort of agreement on how it might be considered. I have a special interest in this one because a former staff member of mine--now an outstanding Member of the House of Representatives--Congressman Charles ``Chip'' Pickering of Laurel, has been working on this and got it passed through the House. I will continue to see if we can find some way to get it passed before we leave.

Mr. LOTT

Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, with regard to the energy bills and water- related package, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed en bloc to the following bills reported by the Energy Committee: Calendar No. 710, S. 2425; Calendar No. 774, H.R. 2348; Calendar No. 776, H.R. 3468; Calendar No. 849, S. 2594; Calendar No. 853, S. 2951; Calendar No. 856, H.R. 3236; Calendar No. 857, H.R. 3577; Calendar No. 882, S. 1848; Calendar No. 883, S. 2195; Calendar No. 884, S. 2301; Calendar No. 900, S. 2877; Calendar No. 929, S. 3022; Calendar No. 935, S. 1697; and Calendar No. 938, S. 2882. I further ask unanimous consent that the committee amendments be agreed to, the bills be read the third time and passed, any amendments to the title be agreed to as necessary, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and statements relating to any of these measures be printed in the Record, and all proceedings occur en bloc.

Mr. LOTT

Mr. LOTT. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to the consideration of H.R. 4292, the Born Alive Infant Protection Act of 2000.

Mr. LOTT. I further ask consent that the bill be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements relating to the bill be printed in the Record

Mr. LOTT

Mr. LOTT. I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 938, S. 2882.

Mr. LOTT

Mr. LOTT. I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the consideration en bloc of Calendar No. 359, S. 623, and Calendar No. 709, S. 1474. I further ask unanimous consent amendment No. 4317 to S. 623 and amendment No. 4318 to S. 1474 be agreed to, the committee amendments be agreed to, the bills be read the third time and passed, with the motion to reconsider laid upon the table, and any statements be printed in the Record.

Mr. LOTT

Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask that the Chair lay before the Senate a message from the House of Representatives on the bill (S. 624). The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message from the House of Representatives: Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 624) entitled ``An Act to authorize construction of the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System in the State of Montana, and for other purposes'', do pass with the following amendment: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

Mr. LOTT. I ask unanimous consent the Senate agree to the amendment of the house.

Mr. LOTT

Mr. LOTT. I ask unanimous consent the bills be read the third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, any statements be printed in the Record with the above occurring en bloc.

Mr. LOTT

Mr. LOTT. I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to H.R. 4389, which was received from the House.

Mr. LOTT. I ask unanimous consent the bill be read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements be printed in the Record.

Mr. LOTT

Mr. LOTT. I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H. Con. Res. 423, which is at the desk.

Mr. LOTT

Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, Senator Hatch has an amendment at the desk, and I ask for its consideration.

Mr. LOTT

Mr. LOTT. I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Con. Res. 151, which is at the desk.

Mr. LOTT. I ask unanimous consent the concurrent resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.

Mr. LOTT

Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to consideration of H.R. 4681.