[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 56 (Monday, May 5, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D427]
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                                                Monday, May 5, 1997

[[Page D427]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3933-S3975
Measures Introduced: Six bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 691-696, S. Res. 82, and S. Con. Res. 24 and 25. 
                                                         Pages S3959-60
Measure Passed:
  National Peace Officers Memorial Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 79, to 
commemorate the 1997 National Peace Officers Memorial Day.
  Page S3949
Supplemental Appropriations: Senate began consideration of S. 672, 
making supplemental appropriations and rescissions for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1997, taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:
  Pages S3938-46
Adopted:
  Stevens Amendment No. 55, to adjust the rescission for the Theater 
High Altitude Area Defense program to the correct fiscal year of 
appropriations for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, defense-
wide.
Page S3945
  Stevens (for Ford/McConnell) Amendment No. 56, to authorize the 
Secretary of Defense to enter into a lease of property for the Defense 
Finance and Accounting Service at Lexington Blue Grass Station, 
Lexington, Kentucky.
Pages S3945-46
Pending:
  Grams/Johnson Amendment No. 54, to facilitate recovery from the 
recent flooding across North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota by 
providing greater flexibility for depository institutions and their 
regulators.
Pages S3940-45
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, in 
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will occur on Wednesday, May 
7, 1997.
Page S3949
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Tuesday, May 6, 
1997.
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, a report relative to the U.S. Comprehensive 
Preparedness Program; to the Committee on Armed Services. (PM-32). 
                                                             Page S3959
Messages From the President:
  Page S3959
Messages From the House:
  Page S3959
Communications:
  Page S3959
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S3960-67
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S3967-68
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S3969-70
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S3970
Authority for Committees:
  Page S3970
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3970-75
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 5:06 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Tuesday, May 6, 1997. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3975.)