May 3, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6079

be followed by a vote on or in relation

to the Hollings amendment No. 682, to

be followed by a motion to invoke cloture on the Gorton substitute No. 596.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there

objection?

Mr. HEFLIN. Reserving the right to

object, is the Kyl amendment relative

to alternate dispute resolution proceedings?

Mr. GORTON. Yes, it is.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. DOLE. I further ask that all

votes occurring in the stacked sequence following the first vote be limited to 10 minutes in length.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. DOLE. I further ask that following the first cloture vote, if not invoked, the time following the vote at 2

p.m. be equally divided in the usual

form for debate only; at 2 p.m. the Senate proceed to vote on the second cloture motion; and the mandatory forum

under rule XXII be waived for both cloture votes.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

PROGRAM

Mr. DOLE. For the information of all

Senators, there will be no further votes

tonight. However, Senators who wish

to offer their amendments may do so

tonight.

Also, Members should be aware that

second-degree amendments must be

filed 1 hour prior to the cloture vote

under the provisions of rule XXII.

Mr. President, I suggest the absence

of a quorum.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The

clerk will call the roll.

The legislative clerk proceeded to

call the roll.

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask

unanimous consent that the order for

the quorum call be rescinded.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

AMENDMENT NO. 685 TO AMENDMENT NO. 596

(Purpose: To toll the statute of limitations

in certain actions brought against a product seller as manufacturer)

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I send

an amendment to the desk and ask for

its immediate consideration.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, the pending amendments

will be set aside. The clerk will report.

The legislative clerk read as follows:

The Senator from Washington [Mr. GORTON] proposes an amendment numbered 685

to Amendment No. 596.

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask

unanimous consent that reading of the

amendment be dispensed with.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

The amendment is as follows:

On page 16, between lines 14 and 15, insert

the following: ‘‘For purposes of this subsection only, the statute of limitations applicable to claims asserting liability of a

product seller as a manufacturer shall be

tolled from the date of the filing of a complaint against the manufacturer to the date

that judgment is entered against the manufacturer.’’

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, this is

the third in a series. This is a technical

amendment that tolls the statute of

limitations in connection with a possible claim against a wholesaler when a

manufacturer is bankrupt or judgment

proof. It has been cleared by Senator

ROCKEFELLER and by the opponents to

the bill.

THE PRESIDING OFFICER. If there

be no further debate, the question is on

agreeing to the amendment.

The amendment (No. 685) was agreed

to.

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I move

to reconsider the vote.

Mr. FORD. I move to lay that motion

on the table.

The motion to lay on the table was

agreed to.

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The

clerk will call the roll.

The legislative clerk proceeded to

call the roll.

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask

unanimous consent that the order for

the quorum call be rescinded.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask

MORNING BUSINESS

funanimous consent that there now be a

period for the transaction of routine

morning business with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without

objection, it is so ordered.

MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT

Messages from the President of the

fUnited States were communicated to

the Senate by Mr. Zaroff, one of his

secretaries.

EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED

As in executive session the Presiding

fOfficer laid before the Senate a message from the President of the United

States submitting a nomination which

was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

(The nominations received today are

printed at the end of the Senate proceedings.)

REPORT OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION ENTITLED ‘‘THE IMMIGRAfTION ENFORCEMENT IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1995’’—MESSAGE

FROM THE PRESIDENT—PM 44

The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message

from the President of the United

States, together with an accompanying

report; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

To the Congress of the United States:

I am pleased to transmit today for

your immediate consideration and enactment the ‘‘Immigration Enforcement Improvements Act of 1995.’’ This

legislative proposal builds on the Administration’s FY 1996 Budget initiatives and complements the Presidential Memorandum I signed on February 7, 1995, which directs heads of executive departments and agencies to

strengthen control of our borders, increase worksite enforcement, improve

employment authorization verification, and expand the capability of the

Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to identify criminal aliens

and remove them from the United

States. Also transmitted is a sectionby-section analysis.

Some of the most significant provisions of this proposal will:

—Authorize the Attorney General to

increase the Border Patrol by no

fewer than 700 agents and add sufficient personnel to support those

agents for fiscal years 1996, 1997,

and 1998.

—Authorize the Attorney General to

increase the number of border inspectors to a level adequate to assure full staffing.

—Authorize an Employment Verification Pilot Program to conduct

tests of various methods of verifying work authorization status, including using the Social Security

Administration and INS databases.

The Pilot Program will determine

the most cost-effective, fraud-resistant, and nondiscriminatory

means of removing a significant incentive to illegal immigration—

employment in the United States.

—Reduce the number of documents

that may be used for employment

authorization.

—Increase substantially the penalties

for alien smuggling, illegal reentry,

failure to depart, employer violations, and immigration document

fraud.

—Streamline deportation and exclusion procedures so that the INS can

expeditiously remove more criminal aliens from the United States.

—Allow aliens to be excluded from

entering the United States during

extraordinary migration situations

or when the aliens are arriving on

board smuggling vessels. Persons

with a credible fear of persecution

in their countries of nationality

would be allowed to enter the United States to apply for asylum.

—Expand the use of the Racketeer

Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute to authorize

its use to pursue alien smuggling

organizations; permit the INS, with

judicial authorization, to intercept

wire, electronic, and oral communications of persons involved in

alien smuggling operations; and

make subject to forfeiture all property, both real and personal, used

or intended to be used to smuggle

aliens.