Samuel Nunn

Mr. NUNN

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, I urge the adoption of the amendment.

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

Mr. NUNN. I move to table the motion. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 4424 (Purpose: To authorize a land conveyance at Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas)

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Bumpers and Senator Pryor, I offer an amendment authorizing the Secretary of the Army to convey 1,500 acres at Pine Bluff Arsenal to the economic development alliance of Jefferson County, AR. I believe this has been cleared on both sides.

Mr. NUNN. I move to table the motion. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 4425 (Purpose: To provide funds for research and development regarding a surgical strike vehicle for defeating hardened and deeply buried targets)

Mr. NUNN

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, I think we are ready to vote on the underlying Nunn-Hutchison-Bradley amendment.

Mr. NUNN. Madam President, the Brown amendment has been accepted. I had given my side's approval on that. There is some language in here that I still want to look at. It is accomplished. But I am glad to work with the Senator from Colorado. I share his concern about the need for a defense system, a ballistic missile defense system. I think surely we will be able to work together to find some language that needs to be changed somewhat in conference.

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, I urge adoption of the amendment.

Mr. NUNN. I move to table the motion. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 4397 (Purpose: To provide $6,000,000 for the procurement of Bradley TOW 2 Programs sets)

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk on behalf of Senator Heflin and Senator Shelby. This amendment would authorize the Army to use $6 million of fiscal year funds to buy test program sets for the Bradley program. These funds were authorized last year for the armored gun system. I urge adoption of the amendment.

Mr. NUNN. I thank the Senator from Colorado. Madam President, I believe the Senator from Michigan [Mr. Levin] has a couple of amendments, and it is my hope he will be here momentarily to present those amendments. Both of these are going to likely require a rollcall vote. In the meantime, I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, I have to oppose the amendment as it is now worded. I have no objection whatsoever to getting the information on the GAO report from the military. I think that is appropriate. I think the Senator is absolutely right to raise these questions once you have a serious GAO report. But I do not think we can hold up the entire funding on this program. I am told it would cost an 8- to 12- month slip in the program, and then assuming you go forward with the program, you end up spending a whole lot more money. So, in an effort to save money, you end up spending a lot more money. So I have to oppose the amendment as it is now worded. If the Senator would like to have his staff work with our staff to hold up a reasonable amount of money so it does not throw the whole schedule off, to assure the Senator that the report will be forthcoming, I think that could be accommodated. But to hold up the entire funding, I would have to oppose that. I will leave it up to the Senator whether he would like to get a vote on this now or would like to take 10 minutes to see if there is a portion of the funding that would not disrupt the program but would indicate the seriousness with which the information is received. I think that would work. I have not discussed this with the other side of the aisle. It may be they will not want to do that. Maybe we ought to go ahead with a rollcall vote, if that is appropriate, but I certainly defer to the Senator from Missouri. Mr. FEINGOLD addressed the Chair.

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Wisconsin and the Senator from Missouri. I think there has been a good debate on this. I suggest the Senator lay aside his amendment. We can see if we can find a way to see that the report is forthcoming, without disrupting the program. It seems to me that is the way to proceed. If not, I would be joined with the Senator from Missouri in moving to table the amendment. I believe the staff is prepared to work with your staff on this. I have a call in for the Senator from Michigan, Senator Levin, who has two amendments that will require rollcalls. In the meantime, I suggest we clear these amendments that have all been agreed to or are going to be agreed to by both sides. I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mr. NUNN. This amendment has been cleared. I urge its adoption.

Mr. NUNN. I move to table the motion. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 4389 (Purpose: To authorize the Air National Guard to provide fire protection services and rescue services relating to aircraft at Lincoln Municipal Airport, Lincoln, NE)

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Exon, I offer an amendment that would allow the Nebraska National Guard to provide fire protection services and rescue services relating to aircraft at Lincoln Municipal Airport, Lincoln, NE. Currently, the Air Guard and local authority share this duty. This amendment would eliminate unnecessary duplication. The air guard would be reimbursed for assuming the entire firefighting mission. I believe this amendment has been cleared.

Mr. NUNN. This amendment has been cleared. I urge adoption of the amendment.

Mr. NUNN. I move to table the motion. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 4394 (Purpose: To allow the Secretary of Energy to waive limitations on the use of foreign technology in environmental restoration and waste management contracts)

Mr. NUNN. On behalf of Senators Johnston and Murkowski, I offer an amendment allowing the Department of Energy to grant Britain and France access to certain prescribed information in order to conduct environmental cleanup and waste management activities of DOD sites. I believe this has been cleared.

Mr. NUNN. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. NUNN. We have no objection.

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, I urge adoption of the amendment.

Mr. NUNN. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 4401 (Purpose: To amend chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, to provide Federal employees who transfer in the interest of the Government more effective and efficient delivery of relocation allowances by reducing administrative costs and improving services, and for other purposes)

Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, this amendment has been cleared, and I urge its adoption.

Mr. NUNN. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 4402 (Purpose: To require reporting on compliance of Army test program with certain statutory requirements)