THE 1999 SUPPLEMENTAL FOR BOSNIA, THE COMMITTEE DETERMINED --
           AND I'D STATE IT WAS AT MY REQUEST -- THAT AT LEAST $3.1
           BILLION NOW AVAILABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CAN AND
           SHOULD BE CARRIED OVER TO THE YEAR 2000. AS A MATTER OF FACT,
           ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE, I STATED THAT WAS OUR INTENT, TO
           TRY AND TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE YEAR 2000 OBLIGATIONS IN THAT
           SUPPLEMENTAL. TO BEST REFLECT THE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND
           THE PRESSURES ACROSS THE DISCRETIONARY ACCOUNTS UNDER THE 1997

           BUDGET AGREEMENT, OUR COMMITTEE ADJUSTED THE TOTALS IN THIS
           BILL TO REFLECT THOSE SPECIFIC AMOUNTS THAT CARRY OVER THE 1999
           APPROPRIATIONS IN THE YEAR 2000. HAVING DONE SO, HAVING BROUGHT
           $3.1 BILLION MORE INTO THIS ACCOUNT, WE THEN REMOVED SOME OF
           THE MONEYS THAT WE'D PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED TO THE ACCOUNT INTO
           THE NONDEFENSE AREA. THE DISCRETION TO DO THAT GAVE US THE

           ABILITY TO BE -- TO MEET CRITICAL NEEDS IN THE NONDEFENSE AREA.
           NOW, WE BELIEVE THAT WE DID ADDRESS CRITICAL READINESS PROBLEMS
           IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL AND WE SPECIFICALLY ANTICIPATED SOME OF
           THOSE NEEDS, WHICH COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN INKURD, THE COSTS
           INCURRED, BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30. -- OF THIS YEAR. THOSE NOW
           APPEAR TO BE FUNDS THAT WILL BE REQUIRED IN THE YEAR 2000 AND
           WE HAVE MET THOSE DEMANDS BY MOVING FORWARD THE MONEY. NOW, I

           KNOW THAT THIS HAS CAUSED SOME ANXIETY TO PEOPLE WITHIN THE
           DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WHO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE CUT THE BILL. WE
           HAVE NOT CUT THE BILL. THE BILL IS EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF
           MONEY AS WAS ORIGINALLY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMITTEE,
           BUT WE HAVE FOUND THAT THE MONEYS TO PAY THOSE BILLS BY
           CARRYING FORWARD INTO THE YEAR 2000 SOME OF THE 1999
           APPROPRIATIONS. NOW, WE BELIEVE WE HAVE MET THE NEEDS OF THE
           MILITARY UNDER THIS BILL. WHAT THE SENATOR FROM ARIZONA'S
           AMENDMENT WOULD DO, IT STRIKES FROM THE BILL $3.1 BILLION

           RATHER THAN CARRY FORWARD THE MONEY FROM 1999. NOW, I THINK
           THAT THAT WILL HAVE A DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON THE PRIORITIES THAT
           WERE ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMITTEE AND THE PRIORITIES THAT SOME
           MEMBERS HAVE PRESENTED TO US HERE NOT ONLY IN COMMITTEE BUT ON
           THE FLOOR. FOR INSTANCE, THE SENATOR'S AMENDMENT WOULD REDUCE
           NEARLY $270 MILLION FROM THE SERVICE, OPERATION AND MAIFRNTS
           NANCE ACCOUNTS, INCLUDING $53.5 MILLION FROM THE ARMY NATIONAL
           GUARD ALONE. IN PROCUREMENT, THE AMENDMENT THAT'S PENDING WOULD

           REDUCE OR ELIMINATE FUNDING PROVIDED TO REPLACE THE AGING UH-1
           -- THE HUGHIE -- THE HUEY HELICOPTER THAT WAS BUILT IN THE
           1960'S WITH THE ARMY'S BLACKHAWK. THIS WOULD REDUCE FUNDING FOR
           ADVANCED PRECUREMENT FOR ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES, THE LTD-8
           AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP. FOR THE AIR FORCE FUND FOR ADDITIONAL
           F-16 AND EC/130-J AND J-STAR AIRCRAFT WOULD BE DELETED. IN

           RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDS ADD FOR THE SBIRS SATELLITE FOR
           NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE AND FOR THE THIRD ARROW BATTERY FOR
           ISRAEL WOULD BE REDUCED. THE DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM, THE
           ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS PROVIDED FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND
           PROSTATE CANCER RESEARCH WOULD BE CUT ALSO BY THE SENATOR'S
           AMENDMENT IN RES RESPONSE TO MEMBER'S REQUESTS THAT WE PROVIDE
           FUNDING FOR THE WAR ON DRUGS, WE DID ADD FUNDS FOR THE NATIONAL

           GUARD COUNTERDRUG MISSIONS AND $50 MILLION IN PRESPONSE TO THE
           PROPOSED DRUG-FREE CENTURY ACT. SENATOR MCCAIN'S ACT WOULD
           DELETE $61.6 MILLION TO THE FUNDS ADDED TO THE BILL FOR THOSE
           EFFORTS. THE SENATOR FROM ARIZONA AND I HAVE DISCUSSED ON MANY
           OCCASIONS HERE ON THE FLOOR THAT WE DO HAVE DIFFERENT
           APPROACHES TO ADDRESSING THE FUNDING NEEDS FOR THE ARMED
           FORCES. I KNOW THAT SENATOR MCCAIN IS A STALWART PROPONENT OF
           THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ARMED SERVICES, AND THEIR FAMILIES,
           AND I BELIEVE I AM ALSO. WE'RE JUST APPROACHING THE JOB FROM A

           DIFFERENT DIRECTION, BUT I BELIEVE THAT I MUST ON BEHALF OF THE
           COMMITTEE OPPOSE HIS AMENDMENT. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE
           PROVIDED FLEXIBILITY IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
           DEFENSE. WE HAVE BEST ACCOMMODATED THOSE NEEDS IN A WAY THAT
           ENSURES US THAT THE OTHER BILLS THAT WE FACE PROBLEMS ON WILL
           BE SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE NEEDS IN THOSE AREAS OF OUR
           GOVERNMENT ALSO. AND THAT THE -- I CAN STATE CATEGORY CLIRX
           ACCOUNTS THAT ARE HERE TO ACCOMMODATE THE QUALITY, READYNESS,

           MODERNIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY PRIORITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
           DEFENSE HAVE BEEN MET BY OUR BILL. NOW, SPECIFICALLY, IN TERMS
           OF OF, FOR INSTANCE, THE SENATOR HAS MENTIONED SOME OF THE
           ITEMS IN THIS BILL THAT AFFECT MY STATE. THE PORK-BARREL LAND
           FILL WAS CREATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY. IT OPERATED IN
           POINT BARREL FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AS THAT INSTAHLLATION WAS
           CLOSED DOWN, THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY DID NOT REMEDIATE THE

           LANDFILL AND IT IS A TERRIBLE PROBLEM IN THE ARCTIC,
           PARTICULARLY IN THE SUMMERTIME BH THAT LANDFILL BECOMES JUST A
           MORASS. AND THE LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE ASKED THAT USING DEFENSE
           DEPARTMENT FUNDS THAT THAT JOB BE COMPLETED, AND THIS BILL DOES
           IN FACT PROVIDE MONEYS FOR THAT PURPOSE. THE SENATOR MENTIONED
           THE JOINT FEDERAL TELEMEDICINE PROJECT THAT'S GOING ON IN MY
           STATE. HERE AGAIN IS AN INITIATIVE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

           THAT HAS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF COMMUNICATIONS IN OUR STATE TO
           DEAL WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES' NEETEDS AND NEEDS OF THE SERVICES
           THEY PROVIDE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF ALASKA TO COORDINATE A
           DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR MEDICINE USING TELEMEDICINE TECHNIQUES. WE
           BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO RESULT IN REDUCING THE COST OF HEALTH
           CARE DELIVERY TO THE ALASKA NATIVE PEOPLE, TO THE INDIAN HEALTH
           SERVICE RS, TO THE MILITARY PEOPLE THAT ON BASES AND TO THOSE

           WHO RECEIVE THE BENEFITS OF FEDERAL PRAFMS IT IS NOT A GENERAL
           PROGRAM FOR POPULATION AS A WHORXLE I MIGHT ADD. BUT I MUST SAY
           TO THE SENATE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE SENATOR'S APPROACH AND I
           RESPECT IT, BUT I BELIEVE AND I THINK OUR COMMITTEE BELIEVES
           THAT THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE ACTIVITIES DO AFFECT A LOCAL
           POPULATION THAT WERE ORIGINATED ON MILITARY BASES OR CAUSED BY
           MILITARY OCCUPATION OF A SPECIFIC PORTION OF LANDS WITHIN THE

           INDIVIDUAL STATES AND THAT THOSE OBLIGATIONS OF THE FEDERAL
           GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE MET WITH DEFENSE FUNDS. THE BASIC PROBLEM,
           THOUGH -- AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE BEGIN -- WE DID NOT CUT FROM
           OTHER ACCOUNTS IN ORDER TO GET THE MONEYS TO SHIFT TO OTHER
           APPROPRIATIONS BILLS. FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE SHIFTED A
           SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY NOW THROUGH WHAT WE CALL THE
           DEFICIENCYSUBCMITTEE, WHICH WAS A SUBCOMMITTEE WE CREATED
           SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PURPOSE, MONEYS FROM THESE ACCOUNTS FROM

           THE DEPARTMENT OF DWEVENS INTO THE AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS
           BILL. BUT THE WAY IT WAS DONE DID NOT REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF
           MONEY THAT WILL BE SPENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN THE
           YEAR 2000 A PORTION OF THE MONEYS REALLY ARE CARRIED OVER TO BE
           SPENT IN THE YEAR 2000 RATHER THAN BEING SPENT IN 1999 1999,
           AND THAT WAS WHAT WE INTEED WHEN WE ASKED THE CONGRESS TO
           APPROVE THAT SUPPLEMENTAL APROCHGSS BILL. -- THAT SUPPLEMENTAL
           APPROPRIATIONS BILL. SO I HOPE THE SENATE WILL AGREE WITH US
           AND WILL OPPOSE THIS AMENDMENT AND DEFEAT IT. IT IS, I THINK, A

           SIGNIFICANT VOTE FOR US TO DETERMINE. MEMBERS WILL NOTE THAT
           REPORTS IN THE PAPERS AND ON THE MEDIA CONCERNING THE MEETINGS
           THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THEY ARE
           DECIDING ON AN APPROACH QUITE SIMILAR TO OURS TO REDUCE THE
           AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT WE SPENT THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR 2000
           PROCESS AND CARRY OVER SOME. FUNDS FROM 1999 TO MEET THE
           OBLIGATIONS OF THE YEAR 2000. I THINK THAT'S A LEGITIMATE WAY
           TO USE THE MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US AND WILL ENABLE US,

           HOPEFULLY, TO STAY UNDER THE CAPS IN TREATING ALL OF THE BILLS
           THAT HAVE TO BE PASSED BY OUR COMMITTEE. 13 SEPARATE BILLS HAVE
           TO BE FRWUTE THIS FLOOR AND OURTS IS THE ONLY COMMITTEE, MR.
           PRESIDENT, THAT FACES A POINT OF ORDER UNDER THE BUDGET ACT IF
           WE EXCEED THE CAPS. AND WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO LIVE WITH
           THAT BUDGET ACT. AND I THINK WE WILL. THERE'S STILL A SERIOUS
           GAP IN MONEY, BUT WE WILL FIND THAT MONEY SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE
           AGENCIES, EITHER BY REDUCING CARRY-OVER FUNDS OR BY ELIMINATING
           PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOW NO LONGER HIGH-PRIORITY SO THAT WE CAN

           MEET THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE YEAR 2000 WITH THE FUNDS THAT ARE
           AVAILABLE UNDER THE BUDGET AGREEMENT. IF WE CANNOT DO THAT
           WE'LL COME TO THE SENATE IN SEPTEMBER AND WE'LL HAVE TO WORK
           POUT A WAY TO SOLVE OUR FINAL PROBLEM. BUT RIGHT NOW OUR GOAL
           AND I THINK IT'S A BIPARTISAN GOAL, IS TO LIVE WITH A IN CAP.
           WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THIS BHIL IS THE INITIAL KEY TO OPENING UP
           THE DOOR DOWN THAT LONG CORRIDOR TO COMPLY WITH THE BUDGET ACT.
           SO I URGE THE SENATE TO DISAPPROVE THE SENATOR FROM ARIZONA'S

           AMENDMENT. I WOULD I'D YIELD TO MY FRIEND IF HE HAS ANY

           COMMENTS TO MAKE. MR. INOUYE: PLAP?
           MR. PRESIDENT, I WISH TO JOIN MY KHAIRNTION MR. STEVENS IN
           OPPOSITION TO THE MCCAIN AMENDMENT. IN THE STATEMENT THAT I HAD
           BY THE DISTINGUISHED SENATOR FROM -- IN THE STATEMENT MADE BY
           THE DISTINGUISHED SENATOR FROM ARIZONA, HE MENTIONED A BROWN
           TREE SNAKE, $1 MILLION TO EITHER CONTROL OR TO RID THE STATE OF
           HAWAII OF THIS MENACE. THE HISTORY OF THE BROWN TREE SNAKE IS A

           RATHER SIMPLE ONE. IT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED. IT WAS FOUND IN
           SOLOMON ILETES -- ISLANDS AND DURING THE WARS ARMY TRANSPORT
           VESSELS ACCIDENTALLY OR OTHERWISE CARRIED SEVERAL BROWN TREE
           SNAKES FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS TO GUAM. WITHIN TWO YEARS SEVEN
           SPECIES OF BIRDS HAVE BEEN WIPED OUT IN GUAM, BABIES HAVE BEEN
           THREATENED, AND THERE'S A BROWNOUT ALMOST ONCE AN EVENING

           BECAUSE OF BROWN TREE SNAKES. MR. PRESIDENT, THE STATE OF
           HAWAII HAS NO SNAKES UNLESS THEY'RE BROUGHT IN. AND IT'S BEEN
           DOCUMENTED THAT THE BROWN TREE SNAKE WAS BROUGHT IN FROM GUAM
           VIA THE AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT. AND, THEREFORE, THE DEPARTMENT OF
           DEFENSE, ASSUMING SOME RESPONSIBILITY TO THIS, HAS NOT
           DISAPPROVED THIS AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION TO HELP THE STATE OF
           HAWAII RID ITSELF OF THE BROWN TREE SNAKES. HAWAII'S

           ENVIRONMENT IS SUCH THAT IT IS RATHER FRAGILE. WE HAVE NO
           NATURAL PREDATORS TO CONTROL THE SNAKES, AND IF IT EVER GETS
           LOOSE IN MY STATE STATE, THEN ALL THE BEAUTIFUL BIRDS OF
           PARADISE WILL DISAPPEAR. AND I THINK THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE
           PUT IN HERE REPRESENTING THE POSITION ON THE PART OF THE
           DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY IS A RATHER
           SMALL ONE. SO I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN US IN OPPOSING THE

           MCCAIN AMENDMENT.
           

           MR. STEVENS: MR. PRESIDENT, IT'S MY HOPE THAT THE SENATE WILL
           AGREE THAT WE CAN PROCEED ON OTHER AMENDMENTS. I WOULD ASK FOR
           THE YEAS AND NAYS ON THE SENATOR'S AMENDMENT.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: IS THERE A SUFFICIENT SECOND?
           THERE APPEARS TO BE.
           

           MR. STEVENS: MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD ASK THAT THIS AMENDMENT NOW
           BE SET ASIDE AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL VOTE ON IT SOMETIME
           
           BETWEEN 3:30 AND 4:00. SO I WOULD ASK THAT THERE BE TWO MINUTES
           EQUALLY DIVIDED SO THAT THE SENATOR FROM ARIZONA CAN STATE TO
           THE SENATE AGAIN THE PURPOSE OF THE AMENDMENT BEFORE THE FINAL
           VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION.
           

           MR. STEVENS: I SUGGEST THE ABSENCE OF A QUORUM. THERE WAS A
           SENATOR HERE WHO WAS GOING TO SPEAK BUT, I SUGGEST THE ABSENCE
           OF A QUORUM.
           
           
           
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: PROL ROLL.
           
           
           
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.
           
           
           
           
           QUORUM CALL:
           

           MR. STEVENS: MR. PRESIDENT, I ASK THAT THE QUORUM CALL BE
           RESCIND.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION.
           

           MR. STEVENS: I HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO WITHDRAW THE BYRD
{END: 1999/06/08 TIME: 15-00 , Tue.  106TH SENATE, FIRST SESSION}