May 11, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD— SENATE S6563 

international meetings how they are 

complying with safety principles, the 

Convention should encourage countries 

to improve nuclear safety domestically 

and thus result in an increase in nuclear safety worldwide. I urge the Senate to act expeditiously in giving its 

advice and consent to ratification. 

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.

THE WHITE H

f 

OUSE, May 11, 1995. 

ORDERS FOR FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1995 

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today it 

stand in recess until the hour of 9:30 

a.m. on Friday, May 12, 1995; that following the prayer the Journal of proceedings be deemed approved to date, 

the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, 

and the Senate then immediately resume consideration of S. 534 the Solid 

Waste Disposal Act. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

Mr. CHAFEE. I ask unanimous consent that Members have until 10 a.m. 

to file second-degree amendments to S. 

534. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

Mr. CHAFEE. I ask unanimous consent that the cloture vote on the committee substitute occur at 10 a.m. on 

Friday, and that the mandatory 

quorum under rule XXII be waived. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

f 

PROGRAM 

Mr. CHAFEE. For the information of 

all Senators, the Senate will resume 

consideration of the Solid Waste Disposal Act tomorrow. A cloture vote 

will occur on the committee substitute 

at 10 a.m. Senators should be on notice 

that it is the hope of the leader to complete action on this bill on Friday. Also 

the leader may want to consider Calendar No. 92, H.R. 483, the Medicare select bill. Therefore, votes will occur 

throughout Friday’s session of the Senate. 

Mr. FORD. Mr. President, will the 

distinguished acting floor leader yield 

for a question? 

Mr. CHAFEE. I certainly will. 

Mr. FORD. Since he is the floor manager of the bill, regardless of whether 

cloture is voted tomorrow or not, what 

amendments and how many would he 

think we might have? Does he have a 

ballpark figure? There are a good many 

amendments that have been filed. I 

wonder. Most of them are germane. 

Mr. CHAFEE. I think the bidding has 

changed since this last vote. I would 

expect tomorrow we would have several 

votes in the morning rather rapidly, I 

hope. Just call them up. 

Mr. FORD. That might be a little 

hard to do, call them up and vote on 

them or move to table. 

Mr. CHAFEE. I hope that they will 

be brought up. 

As I say, the situation has changed 

since this last vote. If we had prevailed 

on this last vote, I would have thought 

we would be able to finish tomorrow by 

2 o’clock, something like that. Now, 

the situation has changed, so it is a little difficult to say. All I can say is we 

will move these amendments along as 

fast as we can. 

Mr. FORD. I understand there might 

be some Senators leaving at an early 

hour tomorrow and it might not be appropriate to have these votes when 

they would miss so many. 

I wonder if, after cloture, we may 

have one or two and that might end it 

for the day, but I see the heads are 

shaking, so you do not want me to 

know that tonight. 

Mr. CHAFEE. It is not a question of 

not wanting the Senator to know. If we 

told him something, it would be from 

ignorance, I am afraid. 

In any event, it would be my hope 

that we could finish tomorrow at a decent hour, but I am not so sure based 

on that last vote we had. 

f 

INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF 

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE ACT 

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Senate resume the pending business. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report. 

The assistant legislative clerk read 

as follows: 

A bill (S. 534) to amend the Solid Waste 

Disposal Act to provide authority for States 

to limit the interstate transportation of municipal solid waste, and for other purposes. 

The Senate continued with the consideration of the bill. 

Mr. FORD. 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. CHAFEE. 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. WARNER. Mr. President, I would 

like to seek the chairman’s clarification of the relationship between the 

flow-control provisions of S. 534 and existing State law. Section 4012(i)(2) of 

the bill before the Senate states that 

‘‘[n]othing in the section shall be construed to authorize a political subdivision of a State to exercise flow control 

authority granted by this section in a 

manner that is inconsistent with State 

law.’’

Am I correct that this language 

would restrict a local government from 

exercising flow control if an existing 

State statute does not grant such authority to a local government, such as 

section 15.1–28.01 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended? 

Mr. ROBB. I share the concerns of 

my senior colleague. In Virginia, local 

governments and private industry have 

worked over the years to develop a fair 

compromise to provide for an effective 

integrated waste management system. 

It is not our intention to have this legislation interfere with that balance. 

Mr. SMITH. The Senators from Virginia are correct. This legislation is 

not intended to expand a local government’s flow-control authority beyond 

that permitted under existing State 

law. 

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I have a 

series of amendments that have been 

agreed to. I will send them to the desk 

successively. 

AMENDMENT NO. 861

(Purpose: To allow exemption from certain 

requirements of units in small, remote 

Alaska villages) 

Mr. CHAFEE. The first is an amendment by Senator MURKOWSKI. I send 

the amendment to the desk and ask for 

its immediate consideration. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report. 

The legislative clerk read as follows: 

The Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. 

CHAFEE], for Mr. MURKOWSKI, proposes an 

amendment numbered 861. 

Mr. CHAFEE. 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 69, line 19, before ‘‘would be infeasible’’ insert ‘‘or unit that is located in or 

near a small, remote Alaska village’’. 

Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, we have 

examined this amendment and we have 

no objection to it. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

question is on agreeing to the amendment. 

The amendment (No. 861) was agreed 

to. 

AMENDMENT NO. 868

Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, I send 

an amendment to the desk and ask for 

its immediate consideration. This 

amendment is proposed by Senator 

MOYNIHAN. 

The amendment has the agreement of 

both sides. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The 

clerk will report. 

The legislative clerk read as follows: 

The Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. 

CHAFEE], for Mr. MOYNIHAN, proposes an 

amendment numbered 868. 

Mr. CHAFEE. 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 60, line 7, strike the word ‘‘a’’ and 

insert ‘‘the particular’’. 

On page 60, line 8, strike the word ‘‘facility’’ and insert in its place ‘‘facilities or public service authority’’. 

On page 60, line 15, strike the word ‘‘facility’’ and insert in its place ‘‘facilities or public service authority’’. 

Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, this 

amendment has been examined on this 

side and we are in agreement with it. 

mmaher on MIKETEMP with SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS