The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unanimous consent, the quorum has been waived.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the conference report accompanying H.R. 3539, an act to amend title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize programs of the Federal Aviation Administration shall be brought to a close? The yeas and nays are automatic under rule XXII. The clerk will call the roll.

The legislative clerk called the roll.

Mr. NICKLES. I announce that the Senator from Indiana [Mr. Coats], is necessarily absent. I also announce that the Senator from Colorado [Mr. Campbell], is absent due to illness.

Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Vermont [Mr. Leahy], is absent on official business.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber who desire to vote?

The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 66, nays 31, as follows:

Rollcall Vote No. 304 Leg.

YEAS-66:

Abraham, Ashcroft, Baucus, Bennett, Bond, Breaux, Brown, Bryan, Bumpers, Burns, Chafee, Cochran, Cohen, Conrad, Coverdell, Craig, D'Amato, Daschle, DeWine, Domenici, Dorgan, Faircloth, Feinstein, Ford, Frahm, Frist, Gorton, Graham, Gramm, Grams, Grassley, Gregg, Hatch, Hatfield, Heflin, Helms, Hollings, Hutchison, Inhofe, Inouye, Jeffords, Johnston, Kassebaum, Kempthorne, Kyl, Lott, Lugar, Mack, McCain, McConnell, Murkowski, Nickles, Nunn, Pressler, Pryor, Reid, Roth, Shelby, Simpson, Smith, Snowe, Stevens, Thomas, Thompson, Thurmond, Warner

NAYS-31:

Akaka, Biden, Bingaman, Boxer, Bradley, Byrd, Dodd, Exon, Feingold, Glenn, Harkin, Kennedy, Kerrey, Kerry, Kohl, Lautenberg, Levin, Lieberman, Mikulski, Moseley-Braun, Moynihan, Murray, Pell, Robb, Rockefeller, Santorum, Sarbanes, Simon, Specter, Wellstone, Wyden

NOT VOTING-3:

Campbell, Coats, Leahy

The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 66, the nays are 31. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to.