John Warner

Mr. WARNER

Mr. WARNER. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 3259, As Modified (Purpose: To coordinate and facilitate the development by the Department of Defense of directed energy technologies, systems, and weapons)

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

Mr. WARNER. I urge the Senate to adopt the amendment.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 3765 which requires that the annual report on transfers of militarily sensitive technology to countries of concern include a discussion of actions taken on recommendations of inspectors general contained in previous annual reports. Mr. President, I believe this amendment has been cleared by the other side.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, on behalf of my distinguished ranking member and myself, we submit to the Senate the following time agreement. I ask unanimous consent that at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, when the Senate resumes the DOD authorization bill, Senator Byrd be recognized for up to 30 minutes for debate on his amendment, with a Roth statement to be inserted at that point following the debate, and following the disposition of the amendment and notwithstanding the managers' package of amendments, the following amendments be the only remaining first- degree amendments in order, that they be limited to 1 hour equally divided unless otherwise stated, and that with respect to the second- degree amendments, they be under no time restraints and limited to relevant second-degree amendments unless otherwise stated. Those amendments are as follows: Feingold, re: D5 missile, 40 minutes equally divided; Durbin, re: NMD testing, 2 hours equally divided with no second-degree amendments; Harkin, secrecy; Kerry of Massachusetts, environmental fines. I further ask unanimous consent that following the disposition of the pending Byrd amendment and the listed amendments, the bill be advanced to third reading, and the Senate proceed to the consideration of the House companion bill, H.R. 4205, all after the enacting clause be stricken, the text of the Senate bill be inserted, the House bill be advanced to third reading, and passage occur, all without any intervening action, and the Senate bill be then placed on the calendar. I further ask unanimous consent that at the time of the stacked rollcall votes, there be up to 10 minutes equally divided provided for closing remarks with respect to only the Kerrey amendment. I further ask unanimous consent that the Senate insist on its amendments, request a conference with the House, and the Chair be authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate. Finally, I ask the time limit with respect to the Harkin amendment only be vitiated prior to 12 noon on Wednesday, at or upon the request of the minority leader.

Mr. WARNER. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 3770, As Modified (Purpose: To improve the ability of the National Laboratories to achieve their missions through collaborations with other institutions)

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

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I request regular order, that the amendment be brought up.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I will momentarily request that we go to regular order, which would bring up the amendment pending by the Senator from New Hampshire, Mr. Smith. Might I inquire of the Chair if I am not correct?

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

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, we are prepared to go, but I would like a few minutes to consult with the proponents of the next amendment, together with my distinguished ranking member. I propose to have a quorum call not to exceed 5 minutes. I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mr. WARNER. I thank the Chairman of the Intelligence Committee, Senator Shelby. I believe we both agree that the National Security Agency should better address its acquisition issues. However, I note the concerns you raise and agree that the report should not be read to mandate treating each individual technology effort within NSA as a major acquisition program. As the chairman of the Intelligence Committee knows, the Department of Defense (DoD) has an extensive effort to develop various technology projects that could ultimately contribute to one or more major DoD acquisition programs. DoD does not manage these individual technology projects as major acquisition programs, despite the fact that they may contribute to successful fielding of a program being managed as a major acquisition program. It was the committee's intent to ensure that each of the major modernization efforts that NSA must undertake will receive appropriate management attention. it was not the committee's intent that individual technology projects that are contributing to those broader efforts be managed as major acquisition programs on a project-by-project basis. I look forward to working with you to ensure that NSA properly manages its acquisition programs.

Mr. WARNER. The Senator is correct.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment No. 3250 be modified by striking section 3531(a)(1) of the bill, and that amendment No. 3751 be modified by striking section 3405(e)(1)(b) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for the fiscal year 1999, as amended by section 3202(b) of the bill.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I am advised by the proponents and, indeed, the opponents of the amendment referred to as the Bennett amendment, that Senator Bennett from Utah wishes to address the Senate with regard to this amendment at this time.

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

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I wish to advise the Senate that the amendment by Senator Bennett and proposed by Senator Thompson will be initiated at 7:30 this evening. I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mr. WARNER. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. WARNER. This amendment has been cleared on both sides. I ask unanimous consent my name be added as a cosponsor.

Mr. WARNER. I urge its adoption.

Mr. WARNER

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I now ask unanimous consent the Senate now proceed to a period of morning business with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each.

Mr. WARNER

Mr. WARNER. That is correct.

Mr. WARNER. I thank our distinguished leader.

Mr. WARNER. I listened to that very carefully. I would say that with three evenings we can do it. And there may be a juncture during the course of the day when there could be an hour or two. If you give us a ring, we will have an amendment to plug in for that brief period of time.

Mr. WARNER. Not tomorrow morning, I say to the leadership.