Ted Stevens

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. I ask unanimous consent the concurrent resolution be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, and any statements relating to the concurrent resolution appear in the appropriate place in the Record.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be immediately discharged from further consideration of Senate Concurrent Resolution 64 and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.

Mr. STEVENS

Mr. STEVENS. On behalf of the leader, I ask unanimous consent that S. 1965, introduced earlier today by Senator Hatch, be held at the desk and printed in the Record.

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Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management and the District of Columbia, Committee on Government Affairs, be permitted to meet during a session of the Senate, Wednesday, July 17, 1996, at 9:30, to hold a hearing on oversight of the implementation of the Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, July 17, 1996, at 9:30 a.m. to hold an open hearing on Intelligence Matters and at 2 p.m. to hold a closed hearing on intelligence matters.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Labor and Human Resources be authorized to meet in executive session during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, July 17, 1996, at 9:30 a.m.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, July 17, 1996, at 10 a.m. to hold a hearing on the Development of State Criminal Identification Systems.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent on behalf of the Governmental Affairs Committee to meet on Wednesday, July 17, at 3 p.m. for a hearing on the National Fine Center.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, July 17, at 10:30 a.m.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, July 17, 1996, to conduct a hearing on S. 1009, the Financial Instruments Anti-Fraud Act.

Mr. STEVENS

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

Mr. STEVENS. Again, this is the same item discussed before. It is what I would call a preventive amendment and really instructs that the funds cannot be obligated to reduce the number of units of Special Forces in the Army National Guard for the year 1997, and we believe that it is consistent with existing law. It just indicates that those funds shall be expended for the purpose authorized only.

Mr. STEVENS. And that the amendment we consider now be the amendment for Mr. Bond, Mr. Ford, and Mr. Lott, which is 4452.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I apologize to the Senate. The number should have been 4452. I mistakenly called up 4442. I ask the previous amendment be set aside. We do not want to call it up or recall it, just not bring it before the Senate at this time.

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

Mr. STEVENS. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 4462 (Purpose: To provide $4,000,000 for the procurement of a real-time, automatic cargo tracking and control system)

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I concur with the statement of the Senator from Hawaii. This is a matter that needs to be adopted to conform with the action taken by the authorizing committees.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Hutchison, I ask unanimous consent that Michael Montelongo be admitted to the floor during the consideration of this Defense appropriations bill. He is a congressional fellow.

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

Mr. STEVENS. I ask for adoption of the amendment.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, this is to increase the funding level available to the Maritime Technology Program to $50 million within the available research and development funds of the defensewide appropriations to provide for appropriate offsets, and it is an item that I have introduced on behalf of Senator Lott, and I ask for its consideration.

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. 4566.

Mr. STEVENS. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 4566 (Purpose: To increase the funding level available to continue the Maritime Technology program to $50,000,000 within available RDT&E, Defense-Wide appropriations and provide appropriate offsets)