[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 59 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D450-D452]
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                                              Thursday, May 8, 1997

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4133-S4253
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 718-732 and S. Con. Res. 26.                  
  Page S4217
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. Res. 58, to state the sense of the Senate that the Treaty of 
Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the United States of America 
and Japan is essential for furthering the security interests of the 
United States, Japan, and the countries of the Asia-Pacific region, and 
that the people of Okinawa deserve recognition for their contributions 
toward ensuring the Treaty's implementation.
  S. 342, to extend certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to 
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices.
  S. 536, to amend the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 to 
establish a program to support and encourage local communities that 
first demonstrate a comprehensive, long-term commitment to reduce 
substance abuse among youth, and for other purposes, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 670, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Technical 
Corrections Act of 1994 to eliminate the special transition rule for 
issuance of a certificate of citizenship for certain children born 
outside the United States.
  S. Con. Res. 6, expressing concern for the continued deterioration of 
human rights in Afghanistan and emphasizing the need for a peaceful 
political settlement in that country, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
  S. Con. Res. 21, congratulating the residents of Jerusalem and the 
people of Israel on the thirtieth anniversary of the reunification of 
that historic city.                                          
Page S4214
Measures Passed:
   Jack Swigert Statue: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 25, providing for 
acceptance of a statue of Jack Swigert, presented by the State of 
Colorado, for placement in Nation Statuary Hall.         
  Pages S4212-13
   Authorizing Use of Capitol Rotunda: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 
26, to permit the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a congressional 
ceremony honoring Mother Teresa.                             
  Page S4253
Supplemental Appropriations: By 78 yeas to 22 nays (Vote No. 63) Senate 
agreed to a motion to advance S. 672, making supplemental 
appropriations and rescissions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1997, to third reading, after taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:                           
  Pages S4137-S4205, S4253
Adopted:
  Reid (for Kempthorne) Modified Amendment No. 139, to allow emergency 
repairs of flood control projects, structures and facilities. 
                                                         Pages S4173-80
  Stevens (for Moseley-Braun) Amendment No. 100, to provide funds for 
the replacement of Gaumer's Bridge in Vermilion County, Illinois. 
                                                             Page S4182
  Stevens (for Murray/Gorton) Amendment No. 134, to allow a State the 
option to issue food stamp benefits to certain individuals made 
ineligible by welfare reform.                            
Pages S4182-84
  Stevens (for Cochran) Amendment No. 236, to make a technical 
correction.                                                  
Page S4184
  Stevens (for Torricelli/Lautenberg) Amendment No. 114, to provide 
funds for a study of the high rate of cancer among children in the 
Dover Township, New Jersey.                                  
Page S4198
  Stevens Amendment No. 237, to provide additional emergency community 
development block grant funds for disaster areas.        
Pages S4198-99
  Stevens (for Snowe/Kerry) Modified Amendment No. 80, to provide a 
Good Samaritan exemption from the take reduction rules under the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act of 1972.                        
Pages S4199-S4200
  Stevens (for Conrad) Modified Amendment No. 175, to provide 
permissive transfer authority of up to $20,000,000 from the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency Disaster Relief Account to the Disaster 
Assistance Direct Loan Program Account.                  
Pages S4200-01
  Stevens (for Murray/Gorton) Amendment No. 238, to provide funds to 
continue the salmon fishing permit buyback program.          
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  Stevens (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 151, to permit the use of certain 
child care funds to assist the residents of areas affected by the 
flooding of the Red River of the North and it tributaries in meeting 
emergency demands for child care services.               
Pages S4201-02
  Stevens (for Grassley) Amendment No. 239, to provide relief to 
agriculture producers who granted easements to, or owned or operated 
land condemned by, the Secretary of the Army for flooding losses caused 
by water retention at the dam site at Lake Redrock, Iowa, to the extent 
that the actual losses exceed the estimates of the Secretary. 
                                                             Page S4205
Rejected:
  Byrd Amendment No. 59, to strike those provisions providing for 
continuing appropriations in the absence of regular appropriations for 
fiscal year 1998. (By 55 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 61), Senate tabled 
the amendment.)                                   
Pages S4137, S4151-72
  Warner Amendment No. 66, to modify the requirements for the 
additional obligation authority for Federal-aid highways. (By 54 yeas 
to 46 nays (Vote No. 60), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                         Pages S4137-51
  Gramm Amendment No. 118, to ensure full funding of disaster 
assistance without adding to the Federal debt. (By 62 yeas to 38 nays 
(Vote No. 62), Senate tabled the amendment.)   
Pages S4180-82, S4184-90
  Hutchison Amendment No. 62, to provide for enrollment flexibility. 
(The Chair sustained a point of order that the amendment was not 
germane, and the amendment was ruled out of order.)          
Page S4203
Withdrawn:
  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 S4137, S4172-73
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that when the 
Senate receives from the House H.R. 1469, Fiscal Year 1997 Supplemental 
Appropriations and Rescissions Act, the Senate be deemed to have 
considered the bill, that all after the enacting clause be stricken and 
the text of S. 672, as amended, be substituted in lieu thereof, that 
the bill be deemed to have been passed, that the Senate insist on its 
amendment and request a conference with the House thereon, and the 
Chair be authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate. 
                                                             Page S4198
Family Friendly Workplace Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing for the consideration of S. 4, to amend the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide to private sector employees the 
same opportunities for time-and-a-half compensatory time off, biweekly 
work programs, and flexible credit hour programs as Federal employees 
currently enjoy to help balance the demands and need of work and 
family, to clarify the provisions relating to exemptions of certain 
professionals from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, on Tuesday, May 13.        
  Page S4204
Appointments:
  U.S. Coast Guard Academy: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, 
pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 194(a), as amended by Public Law 101-595, 
appointed the following Senators to the Board of Visitors of the U.S. 
Coast Guard Academy: Senator McCain, ex officio, as Chairman, Senator 
Ashcroft, and Senator Hollings, each from the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation, and Senator Murray, At Large.   
  Page S4213
  U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: The Chair, on behalf of the Vice 
President, pursuant to Title 46, Section 1295(b), of the U.S. Code, as 
amended by Public Law 101-595, appointed the following Senators to the 
Board of Visitors of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: Senator McCain, 
ex officio, as Chairman, Senator Snowe, and Senator Breaux, each from 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Senator 
Inouye, At Large.                                            
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Messages From the House:                                     
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Measures Referred:                                           
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Communications:                                          
  Pages S4213-14
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S4214-17
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S4217-46
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S4246-48
Amendments Submitted:                                        
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Notices of Hearings:                                         
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Authority for Committees:                                    
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Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4249-53
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--63) 
                                    Pages S4150-51, S4172, S4190, S4204
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m., and adjourned at 6:59 p.m., 
until 9:15 a.m., on Friday, May 9, 1997. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4253.)

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