[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 63 (Wednesday, May 14, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D478-D479]
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                                            Wednesday, May 14, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
      Senate Ratified the CFE Flank Document Agreement.
      The House passed H.R. 2, the Housing Opportunity and 
      Responsibility Act of 1997


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4401-S4505
Measures Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 738-
744.
  Page S4479
Measures Passed:
  Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: By 98 yeas to 1 nay 
(Vote No. 66), Senate passed H.R. 5, to amend the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                         Pages S4406-13
  Prior to this action, Senate completed consideration of S. 717, 
Senate companion measure, after taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:
Pages S4401-09
Rejected:
  Gorton Amendment No. 243, to permit State and local educational 
agencies to establish uniform disciplinary policies. (By 51 yeas to 48 
nays (Vote No. 64), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S4402-04
  Smith Amendment No. 245, to require a court in making an award under 
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to take into 
consideration the impact the granting of the award would have on the 
education of all children of State educational agencies and local 
educational agencies. (By 68 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. 65), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Pages S4404-05
Withdrawn:
  Gregg Amendment No. 241, to modify the provision relating to the 
authorization of appropriations for special education and related 
services to authorize specific amounts or appropriations. 
                                                         Pages S4401-02
  Subsequently, S. 717 was returned to the Senate calendar. 
                                                             Page S4413
  Use of Capitol Grounds: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 66, authorizing 
the use of the Capitol grounds for the sixteenth annual National Peace 
Officers' Memorial Service.
  Page S4418
   Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections: Senate passed 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.
  Page S4505
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban: Senate began consideration of H.R. 1122, to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to ban partial-birth abortions. 
                                                         Pages S4431-51
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain amendments to be proposed 
thereto, on Thursday, May 15, 1997.
Page S4451
Resolution of Ratification/Flank Document Agreement-CFE Treaty: The 
following treaty having passed through its various parliamentary stages 
up to and including presentation of resolution of ratification, by a 
unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 67), two-thirds of the Senators 
present having voted in the affirmative, the resolution of ratification 
was agreed to with respect to the Document Agreed Among the States 
Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) of 
November 19, 1990, adopted at Vienna on May 31, 1996 (the ``Flank 
Document'') (Treaty Doc. 105-5), with 14 conditions. The Flank Document 
is Annex A of the Final Document of the first CFE Review Conference. 
                                                         Pages S4451-78
  During consideration of this treaty today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  Adopted Kerry Amendment No. 279 (to condition No. 5), to require a 
compliance report on Armenia and other States Parties in the Caucasus 
region.
Page S4459
Messages From the House:
  Page S4479

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Measures Referred:
  Page S4479
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S4479-89
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4489-90
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4491-96
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S4496-97
Authority for Committees:
  Page S4497
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4497-S4505
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--67) 
                                        Pages S4404-05, S4411, S4475-76
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:15 a.m., and adjourned at 7:18 p.m., 
until 9:15 a.m., on Thursday, May 15, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4505.)