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“SCHEDULE” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S3239-S3240 on April 20, 1998.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
SCHEDULE
Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, the Senate will be in a period for morning business until 1 p.m. in order for Senators to make statements and to introduce legislation. At 1 p.m. today, the Senate will begin consideration of the Coverdell education A+ bill under the provisions of the consent agreement of March 27, 1998. As previously announced, there will be no rollcall votes today, but it is hoped that Members will be available to offer their amendments to H.R. 2646, the Coverdell bill. As a reminder, the next rollcall vote will occur tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. on or in relation to the Gorton amendment to S. 414, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act.
Just to remind Senators, we did have debate on the Ocean Shipping Act on Friday when we went out for the Easter recess period, and we completed all the work except for the vote on the amendment and then, of course, final passage after that, if that is necessary, and I presume it may not be.
Senators should expect further votes throughout Tuesday's session on or in relation to pending amendments to the Coverdell education bill.
In addition, it is hoped that during this week the Senate will be able to consider the NATO expansion treaty and the State Department reorganization conference report under the consent agreement of 6 hours.
I want to say again that there will be no rush to judgment on NATO enlargement. I want to make sure that Senators on both sides of the aisle and on both sides of the issue will have a chance to make their statements and point out their concerns or their reasons for support. So, if it is necessary to take that over into next week before we get to the conclusion of the NATO enlargement, we will certainly do that.
During the next 5 weeks, the Senate can be expected to consider the following items, and therefore Members can expect busy days with votes most every day that we are in session, including Mondays or Fridays, except for those where we have already indicated we will not have votes, and we will reconfirm those during the next 2 days so Senators will know for sure the Mondays or Fridays where there will not be recorded votes.
In addition to the items I mentioned, this week we also will take up, hopefully, with cooperation from both sides of the aisle, the IRS reform legislation; Department of Defense authorization; the budget conference report; supplemental appropriations conference report--
perhaps even reports, depending on whether there are one or two there--the nuclear waste bill; a series of high-tech bills. There could be as many as three or four of those coming out of the Commerce Committee. I will have to consult with the chairman as to exactly how many there will be. I believe they have already reported a couple, and there may be two more.
The Iran sanctions legislation is pending. We have tried to be cooperative with the administration on this issue, but we did get an agreement right at the end of the session before we went home for Easter as to when action could occur on the Iran sanctions. I believe that is before May 20, but we will reconfirm that later. And, of course, the tobacco legislation issue is pending before the Senate, having been reported by the Commerce Committee.
This is not an exclusive list, of course, and additional legislation or Executive Calendar items may be cleared for action. I look forward to a productive legislative period.
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