Cord Byrd: “I shall send to the desk a managers' amendment supported by Senator Stevens and myself. It consists of a package of…”

“I shall send to the desk a managers' amendment supported by Senator Stevens and myself. It consists of a package of amendments. These amendments have been cleared on both sides, and I know of no controversy concerning them. The first is an amendment by Senators Hutchison and Inhofe for storm damage repair at military facilities in Texas and Oklahoma. The next amendment is offered by Senators Torricelli and Corzine to convey surplus firefighting equipment in New Jersey. The next is an amendment by myself to make technical corrections in the energy and water chapter in title I. Next is an amendment for storm damage repair at military facilities in Texas and Oklahoma offered by Senators Hutchison and Inhofe. Next is an amendment by Senator Stevens to increase the authorization for the Bassett Army Hospital. Next is an amendment to provide $3 million for the U.S. Department of Agriculture for humane treatment of animals. That is my amendment. It is fully offset by a later amendment. Next is an amendment offered by Senators Grassley, Roberts, and Stevens to expedite rulemaking for crop insurance. Next is an amendment by Senators Feinstein and Boxer and Smith of Oregon and Wyden to provide $20 million for the Klamath Basin. Funding is offset in a later amendment. This will be followed by an amendment by myself in the agriculture chapter to provide an offset for the $3 million for humane treatment of animals.”