[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 45 (Wednesday, April 16, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D342]
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                                          Wednesday, April 16, 1997

[[Page D342]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committees ordered reported 16 sundry measures.
      The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 61, Honoring the Lifetime 
      Achievements of Jackie Robinson.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3233-S3301
Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 587-600 and S. Con. Res. 21.
  Page S3269
Measures Passed:
  Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act: By a unanimous vote of 99 
yeas (Vote No. 44), Senate passed H.R. 1003, to clarify Federal law 
with respect to restricting the use of Federal funds in support of 
assisted suicide, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                         Pages S3249-65
  Condemning Attack in Cambodia: Committee on Foreign Relations was 
discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 69, expressing the 
sense of the Senate regarding the March 30, 1997, terrorist grenade 
attack in Cambodia, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S3300
  Graduation Data Disclosures: Committee on Labor and Human Resources 
was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 914, to make certain 
technical corrections in the Higher Education Act of 1965 relating to 
graduation data disclosures, and the bill was then passed after 
agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S3300-01
  Frist (for Jeffords) Amendment No. 46, relating to a date extension 
and to make changes in the program under title VIII of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Page S3301
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Brian Dean Curran, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Mozambique.
  Olivia A. Golden, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Family Support, Department of Health and Human Services.
  Gina McDonald, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1998.
  Bonnie O'Day, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the National Council on 
Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1998.
Page S3301
Communications:
  Pages S3268-69
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S3269-94
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3294-95
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S3295-96
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S3296
Authority for Committees:
  Page S3296
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3296-S3300
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--44)
  Page S3265
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 5:21 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Thursday, April 17, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3301.)