[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 27 (Wednesday, March 5, 1997)]
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                                           Wednesday, March 5, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate confirmed Charlene Barshefsky as U.S. Trade 
      Representative.
      House committees ordered reported 13 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1935-S2004
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills were introduced, as follows: S. 
392-408.                                                 
  Pages S1979-80
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Reported on Tuesday, March 4, 1997:
  S. Res. 19, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding United 
States opposition to the prison sentence of Tibetan ethnomusicologist 
Ngawang Choephel by the Government of the People's Republic of China. 
                                                             Page S1979
Measures Passed:
   Trade Act Application Waiver: By 98 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 26), 
Senate passed S.J. Res. 5, waiving certain provisions of the Trade Act 
of 1974 relating to the appointment of the United States Trade 
Representative, after taking action on the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                 
  Pages S1945-70
Rejected:
  Hollings Amendment No. 19, to require Congressional approval before 
any international trade agreement that has the effect of amending or 
repealing statutory law of the United States law can be implemented in 
the United States. (By 84 yeas to 16 nays (Vote No. 25), Senate tabled 
the amendment.)                                          
Pages S1945-70
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the notice of the continuation of the Iran emergency; 
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-
20).                                                     
Pages S1978-79
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 99 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 27 EX), Charlene Barshefsky, of the 
District of Columbia, to be United States Trade Representative, with 
the rank of Ambassador.                           
Pages S1970-73, S2004
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  2 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  Routine list in the Marine Corps.                      
Pages S2003-04
Messages From the President:                             
  Pages S1978-79
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S1979
Communications:                                              
  Page S1979
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S1980-97
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S1997-98
Amendments Submitted:                                        
  Page S1998
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S1998
Authority for Committees:                                
  Pages S1998-99
Additional Statements:                                
  Pages S1999-S2003
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--27) 
                                                     Pages S1970, S1973
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 6:47 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Thursday, March 6, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2003.)