[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 57 (Tuesday, May 6, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D431-D432]
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                                               Tuesday, May 6, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 1463, to authorize appropriations for 
      fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the Customs Service, the Office of 
      the United States Trade Representative, and the International 
      Trade Commission.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3977-S4041
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 697-708, S.J. Res. 30, and S. Res. 83-84. 
                                                             Page S3998
Measures Passed:
   Suicide Prevention: Senate agreed to S. Res. 84, recognizing suicide 
as a national problem.
  Pages S4047-48
Supplemental Appropriations: Senate continued 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 S3979-81, S3983-93
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 56), 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 S3979, S3988-89
  Wellstone Amendment No. 57, to strike provisions clarifying the 
application of patent terms consistent with the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act.
Pages S3979, S3989-90
  Wellstone Modified Amendment No. 58, to make certain funds available, 
under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, to victims of 
flooding and other natural disasters.
Pages S3979-80
  Stevens Amendment No. 60, of a technical nature.
Pages S3980-81
  Cochran Amendment No. 67, to make technical and clarifying changes. 
                                                             Page S3988
  Stevens (for Reid), Amendment No. 143, to provide for dredging and 
snagging and clearing of the Truckee River, Nevada, and the San Joaquin 
River channel, California, and the dredging of shoaling on the Chena 
River.
Page S3990
  Stevens (for Bond) Amendment No. 173, to make a technical correction 
to Public Law 104-204, VA/HUD/Independent Agencies Appropriations, 
1997, concerning EPA state grants.
Page S3993
  Stevens (for Bond) Amendment No. 174, to authorize the Environmental 
Protection Agency to make grants to Bay City, Michigan, for 
environmental remediation.
Page S3993
Pending:
  Reid/Baucus Amendment No. 171, to substitute provisions waiving 
formal consultation requirements and ``takings'' liability under the 
Endangered Species Act for operating and repairing flood control 
projects damaged by flooding.
Pages S3990-92
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  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, agreed to on Monday, May 5, 1996, was modified by 
unanimous-consent.
Pages S3992-93
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Wednesday, May 7, 
1997, with a cloture vote to occur thereon.
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaties:
  Agreement with Hong Kong on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal 
Matters, with Annex (Treaty Doc. 105-6); and
  Agreement with Hong Kong for the Transfer of Sentenced Persons 
(Treaty Doc. 105-7).
  The treaties were transmitted to the Senate today, considered as 
having been read for the first time, and

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referred, with accompanying papers, to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations and ordered to be printed.
Page S4038
  Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report on the national emergency caused by the lapse 
of the Export Administration Act of 1979; referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-33).
Page S3997
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  James A. Harmon, of New York, to be President of the Export-Import 
Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2001.
  Jackie M. Clegg, of Utah, to be First Vice President of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2001.
  Richard Sklar, of California, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, 
with the Rank of Ambassador.
Page S4041
Messages From the President:
  Page S3997
Messages From the House:
  Page S3997
Communications:
  Pages S3997-98
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S3998-S4010
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4010-12
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4013-33
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S4033-34
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4034-37
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--56)
  Page S3989
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 6:41 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 7, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4041.)