[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 37 (Thursday, March 20, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D279-D280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Thursday, March 20, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 1122 to ban partial-birth abortions


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2575-S2739
Measures Introduced: Thirty bills and nine resolutions, were 
introduced, as follows: S. 482-511, S.J. Res. 24, S. Con. Res. 14-18, 
and S. Res. 66-68.
  Pages S2645-47
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 270, to grant the consent of Congress to the Texas Low-Level 
Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact.
  Report on the Legislative Activities of the Committee on Foreign 
Relations for the 104th Congress. (S. Rept. No. 105-8)
  Report to accompany S. Res. 54, authorizing biennial expenditures by 
the committees of the Senate, which was agreed to on February 13, 1997. 
(S. Rept. No. 105-9)
  Report to accompany S. 104, Nuclear Waste Policy Act. (S. Rept. No. 
105-10)
Page S2645
Measures Passed:
  Mexico Decertification: Senate passed H.J. Res. 58, requiring the 
President to submit to Congress a report on the efforts of the United 
States and Mexico to achieve results in combating the production of and 
trafficking in illicit drugs, after taking action on the following 
amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S2580-S2605
Adopted:
  By 94 yeas to 5 nays (Vote No. 35), Coverdell/Feinstein Amendment No. 
25, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S2605
  Congressional Adjournment: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 14, 
providing for a conditional adjournment or recess of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives.
  Page S2739
  Commending the University of Florida: Senate agreed to S. Res. 66, 
commending the University of Florida football team for winning the 1996 
Division I collegiate football national championship. 
                                               Pages S2718-19, S2733-35
  Commemorating Republican/Democratic Policy Committees: Senate agreed 
to S. Res. 67, authorize the printing of the History Manuscript of the 
Republican and Democratic Policy Committees in Commemoration of their 
50th Anniversaries.
  Pages S2719, S2735-36
  National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 68, designating April 9, 1997, and April 9, 1998, as ``National 
Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day''.
  Pages S2719, S2736
  D.C. Inspector General Improvement Act: Senate passed H.R. 514, to 
permit the waiver of District of Columbia residency requirements for 
certain employees of the Office of the Inspector General of the 
District of Columbia, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                             Page S2736
Nuclear Waste Policy Act--Cloture Motion Filed: A motion was entered to 
close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 
104, to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 and, by unanimous-
consent agreement, a vote on the cloture motion will occur on Tuesday, 
April 8, 1997, at 2:30 p.m.
  Pages S2629-30
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed was withdrawn.
Page S2630
Appointments:
  Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
Development: The Chair, on behalf of the President pro tempore, in 
accordance with Public Law 99-498, Section 1505(a)(1)(B)(ii), appointed 
Senator Campbell to the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American 
Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development.
  Page S2732
Authority for Committees: All committees were authorized to file 
executive and legislative reports

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during the adjournment of the Senate on Wednesday, April 2, 1997, from 
10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
  Page S2733
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, of the District of Columbia, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Columbia.
  Rose Ochi, of California, to be Director, Community Relations 
Service, for a term of four years.
  Mary Lucille Jordan, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Federal Mine 
Safety and Health Review Commission for a term of six years expiring 
August 30, 2002.
  Theodore Francis Verheggen, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for a 
term expiring August 30, 2002.
Pages S2632, S2739
Messages From the House:
  Page S2645
Measures Referred:
  Page S2645
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S2645
Communications:
  Page S2645
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S2645
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S2647-S2706
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S2706-08
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S2720
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S2720-21
Additional Statements:
  Pages S2721-32
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--35)
  Page S2605
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:28 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Friday, March 21, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S2739.)