Ted Stevens

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, there are four amendments at the desk offered by Senators Heflin, Grassley, Kohl, and Coverdell. I ask that the amendments be considered en bloc.

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

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendments be considered agreed to, en bloc.

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

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of calendar No. 544, S. 1834.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 500, which is House bill H.R. 1975.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be deemed read a third time and passed, 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. STEVENS

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

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to the consideration of calendar No. 549, S. 1931.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee substitute be agreed to, the bill be deemed read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, the amendment to the title be agreed to, and that any statements relating to the bill appear at this point in the Record. The committee amendment was agreed to. The bill was deemed read the third time, and passed, as follows:

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of H.R. 3870, which was received from the House.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be deemed read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements relating to the bill appear at the appropriate place in the Record.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to the consideration of H.R. 3139, which was received from the House.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that S. 1965 be placed on the calendar.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today it stand in adjournment until the hour of 11 a.m. on Tuesday, September 3; further, that immediately following the prayer, the Journal of proceedings be deemed approved to date, no resolutions come over under the rule, the call of the calendar be dispensed with, and the morning hour be deemed to have expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and that there then be a period for morning business until the hour of 2 p.m. with the first 90 minutes under the control of Senator Daschle or his designee, and that the second 90 minutes be under the control of Senator Coverdell or his designee.

Mr. STEVENS. I ask unanimous consent that following morning business on Tuesday, September 3, the Senate proceed to the consideration of House bill H.R. 3666, the VA-HUD appropriations bill.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, there will be no rollcall votes on September 3. The Senate may also be asked to turn to consideration of any other executive or legislative items cleared for action. There are a number of available appropriations conference reports, such as the D.C. appropriations, military construction appropriations, legislative appropriations, as well as the defense authorization conference report. On Wednesday the Senate will resume consideration of the VA-HUD appropriations bill or any of the above mentioned reports with rollcall votes expected. On Thursday the Senate will consider the Defense of Marriage Act under a previous unanimous-consent agreement.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I now ask that the Senate stand in adjournment in accordance with House concurrent resolution 203.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I do thank the leader. I do now wish to propound a unanimous-consent agreement for Calendar No. 422, which is S. 39, the Sustainable Fisheries Act. I ask unanimous consent that, on Wednesday, September 4, 1996, or thereafter at a time to be determined by the majority leader after consultation with the Democratic leader, the Senate turn to the immediate consideration of S. 39, Calendar 422, an act to amend the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act, that debate on the bill be limited to 1 hour equally divided in the usual form, and only the following amendments be in order to the bill: The committee substitute, a manager's amendment to be offered by me, Senator Stevens, an amendment to be offered by Senator Hollings, an amendment to be offered by Senator Kerry, up to two amendments to be offered by Senator Murray, up to two amendments to be offered by Senator Wyden, and up to four amendments to be offered by Senator Snowe. There shall be no more than 30 minutes, equally divided, on any one of the first- or second-degree amendments; the committee substitute shall be considered original text for the purpose of the other amendments; only relevant second-degree amendments shall be in order to the amendments by Senators Hollings, Kerry, Murray, Snowe, and Wyden; no other amendments, first or second degree, shall be in order; all amendments shall be relevant to S. 39; that the time on second-degree amendments be limited to 30 minutes each. Further I ask all points of order be waived and no other motions be in order to this bill.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee substitute be agreed to, the bill be deemed read the third time, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statement relating to this bill appear at the appropriate place in the Record.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of calendar 542, S. 1873.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee substitute be agreed to, the bill be deemed read the third time, passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements relating to this bill appear at the appropriate place in the Record.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution and preamble be agreed to, en bloc, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; further, that any statements relating thereto be placed in the Record at the appropriate place as if read.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of Senate Resolution 282, designating October 10, 1996, as ``Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence,'' and that the Senate then proceed to its immediate consideration.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be deemed read the third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements relating to the bill be placed at the appropriate place in the Record.