John Warner

Mr. WARNER

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Allard, I offer an amendment which clarifies that local stakeholder organizations working in cooperation with the Department of Energy after closure of environmental management sites will be made up of local elected officials and their designees. This amendment, I believe, has been cleared on the other side.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I offer an amendment for myself and Senator Levin to authorize the Secretary of Defense to continue home health benefits for covered beneficiaries as the Department implements legislative changes to home health services enacted in fiscal year 2002.

Mr. WARNER. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. WARNER. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, on behalf of myself and Senator Levin, I offer an amendment to make a technical change in title 10, to conform with actions taken in last year's bill.

Mr. WARNER. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. WARNER. I offer an amendment to make a technical correction related to military construction.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, as is the practice with my distinguished colleague, Mr. Levin, we have arrived at an agreement on a series of amendments. I would like at this point in time to proceed with perhaps a dozen or so. Amendment No. 3205

Mr. WARNER. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, several colleagues are anxious to address the Chair, so I yield the floor momentarily.

Mr. WARNER. I offer an amendment for myself and Mr. Levin that will provide temporary authority to the Secretary of Defense to waive collection of TRICARE payments made on behalf of certain individuals who were unaware of the requirement to obtain Part B coinsurance under Medicare in order to remain eligible for TRICARE actions underway by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to offer a new enrollment period for those individuals as a remedy to this matter.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, on behalf of the leadership, and working with my ranking member, the Senator from Michigan, I make the following unanimous consent request. I ask unanimous consent that the time until 5:30 be divided between the chairman and ranking member or their designees as follows: 55 minutes to Senator Levin, 30 minutes to the Senator from Virginia; provided further that the Senate vote in relation to the Kyl amendment, which is to be drafted as a first-degree, to be followed by a vote in relation to the Lautenberg amendment; provided further that no second- degree amendment be in order to either amendment prior to the votes. Finally, I ask unanimous consent that following the votes the Senator from Virginia or his designee be recognized in order to offer the next amendment, and following that, that the Senator from Michigan be recognized in order to offer the sequential amendment.

Mr. WARNER. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. WARNER. I move to reconsider the vote.

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

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, have the yeas and nays been ordered?

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

Mr. WARNER. I believe my distinguished colleague from Michigan has cleared it on his side and we are ready for action.

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

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, the terminology is being worked on right now. Nothing is agreed upon at the moment.

Mr. WARNER. The Senator is correct. We have under consideration by our respective leadership at this time a program you and I have put to them to continue debate this afternoon on the Lautenberg amendment and the second degree by my colleague from Arizona at which time votes will be scheduled in the 5 to 6 timeframe. I yield the floor. Amendment No. 3191

Mr. WARNER. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. WARNER. This is our final amendment. I offer an amendment on behalf of Senator Coleman, which would direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a study on feasibility of the use of Camp Ripley National Guard Training Center in Minnesota as a mobilization station for Reserve components ordered to active duty.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I offer an amendment that makes a technical correction. The amendment has been cleared on both sides.

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