Ted Stevens

Mr. STEVENS

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

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I offer this amendment in the cloture proceedings for Senator Specter. It is a limitation to comply with a limitation in the authorization bill with regard to the availability of funds for the Intercooled Recuperated Gas Turbine Engine Program, and I believe it is a technical amendment that should be offered.

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

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, may I inquire as to whether the Senator from Illinois wishes to make any further statement before I make a motion to table?

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I shall make a motion to table this amendment at 1 p.m.. I now ask that it be set aside temporarily so that I might deal with some other matters here, if that meets with the approval of the Senator from Illinois.

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

Mr. STEVENS. As amended, this makes funds available for a project in Texas which the Senator from Texas wishes to be certain is authorized and the moneys are available for.

Mr. STEVENS. I move to lay it on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 4883 (Purpose: To provide $7,5000,000 to fund 1.5 ship years in the university research fleet under the Oceanographic and Atmospheric Technology program)

Mr. STEVENS. We are using rollcall votes, when we do have them, to sort of flush out other amendments, so I would be pleased to have a vote or not have a vote but we will discuss it and I will withhold the request.

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

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, this funds an item that is specifically in the authorization bill concerning coal research. It has been cleared.

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

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, this is the amendment of the Senator from Utah. It seems to be very much in order as far as we are concerned. It is for an investigation of an entirely new concept. I believe the Senator from Hawaii has also cleared this.

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

Mr. STEVENS. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, we have cleared that amendment.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, this amendment clarifies the eligibility for security education funds, as I understand it, and it has been modified to meet our request.

Mr. STEVENS. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. STEVENS. I wholeheartedly endorse this review by the Department of Defense, which should be completed and submitted to the Congressional Defense Committees no later than April 30, 1997. I applaud the Senator from New Mexico for Bringing this issue to the committee's attention.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. I urge the adoption of the amendment.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, this is a very straightforward amendment that deals with requiring a report from the Air Force on the cost- benefit analysis of consolidating the ground station infrastructure of the Air Force that supports polar orbiting satellites. At present, there are several. We seek to discover whether it would be cost effective to consolidate those.

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

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I call before the Senate amendment No. 4534, offered by my colleague from Alaska, Senator Murkowski.

Mr. STEVENS. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 4534 (Purpose: To require the Secretary of the Air Force to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of consolidating the ground station infrastructure supporting polar orbiting satellites)

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 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 18; that immediately following the prayer, the Journal of proceedings be deemed approved to date, the morning hour be deemed to have expired, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and the Senate immediately resume consideration of our defense appropriations as under the previous order.