[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 65 (Friday, May 16, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D496]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                               Friday, May 16, 1997

[[Page D496]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Emergency Supplemental Appropriations.
      The House passed H.R. 1385, the Employment, Training, and 
      Literacy Enhancement Act.
      The House agreed to a conference with the Senate on H.R. 1469, 
      Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act and appointed 
      conferees.
      House Committee ordered reported the Fiscal Year 1998 Concurrent 
      Budget Resolution.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4625-S4662
Measures Introduced: Six bills were introduced, as follows: S. 757-762.
                                                             Page S4658
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.J. Res. 32, to consent to certain amendments enacted by the 
Legislature of the State of Hawaii to the Hawaiian Homes Commission 
Act, 1920. (S. Rept. No. 105-19)
Measures Passed:
  Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: Pursuant to the order of May 
8, 1997, Senate passed H.R. 1469, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for recovery from natural disasters, and for overseas 
peacekeeping efforts, including those in Bosnia, for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1997, after striking all after the enacting clause 
and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 672, Senate companion 
measure, as amended. Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a 
conference with the House thereon, and the Chair appointed the 
following conferees: Senators Stevens, Cochran, Specter, Domenici, 
Bond, Gorton, McConnell, Burns, Shelby, Gregg, Bennett, Campbell, 
Craig, Faircloth, Hutchison, Byrd, Inouye, Hollings, Leahy, Bumpers, 
Lautenberg, Harkin, Mikulski, Reid, Kohl, Murray, Dorgan, and Boxer. 
                                                         Pages S4633-45
Appointments:
   Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to 
Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Chair, on 
behalf of the Majority Leader, pursuant to Section 711(b)(2) of Public 
Law 104-293, appointed Senator Specter as a Member of the Commission to 
Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the 
Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
  Page S4649
Messages From the House:
  Pages S4657-58
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S4658-60
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4660-61
Additional Statements:
  Page S4661
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 2:04 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, May 19, 1997. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4662.)