[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 33 (Friday, March 14, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                             Friday, March 14, 1997

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2299-S2335
Measures Introduced: Five bills were introduced, as follows: S. 443-
447.
  Page S2320
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 104, to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, with 
amendments.
Page S2320
Independent Counsel: Senate began consideration of S.J. Res. 22, to 
express the sense of the Congress concerning the application by the 
Attorney General for the appointment of an independent counsel to 
investigate allegations of illegal fundraising in the 1996 Presidential 
election campaign.
  Pages S2299-S2308, S2316-17
  Senate will continue consideration of the resolution on Monday, March 
17, 1997.
   Greek Independence Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 56, designating 
March 25, 1997 as ``Greek Independence Day: A National Day of 
Celebration of Greek and American Democracy''.
  Page S2334
  Irish American Heritage Month: Committee on Judiciary was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 59, designating the month of 
March of each year as ``Irish American Heritage Month'', and the 
resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S2334
Appointments:
   Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: 
The Chair, on behalf of the Democratic Leader, pursuant to Public Law 
93-415, as amended by Public Law 102-586, appointed Dr. Larry K. 
Brendtro, of South Dakota, to serve a two-year term on the Coordinating 
Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
  Page S2335
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Princeton Nathan Lyman, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.
Page S2335
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S2334
Communications:
  Page S2320
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S2320-31
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S2331
Additional Statements:
  Page2 S2331-34
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 2:25 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, March 17, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2335.)