[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 4, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D561]
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                                            Wednesday, June 4, 1997

[[Page D561]]

                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5277-S5291
Family Friendly Workplace Act:  Senate continued 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, with a 
modified committee amendment, and the following amendments pending 
thereto:
  Pages S5281-91
Pending:
  Grassley Amendment No. 253, to provide protections in bankruptcy 
proceedings for claims relating to compensatory time off and flexible 
work credit hours.
Page S5281
  Grassley Modified Amendment No. 256, to apply to Congress the same 
provisions relating to compensatory time off, biweekly work programs, 
flexible credit hour programs, and exemptions of certain professionals 
from the minimum wage and overtime requirements as apply to private 
sector employees.
Page S5281
  Gorton Modified Amendment No. 265, to prohibit coercion by employers 
of certain public employees who are eligible for compensatory time off 
under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and provide for additional 
remedies in a case of coercion by such employers of such employees. 
                                                             Page S5281
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
action:
  By 51 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 93), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
rejected a motion to close further debate on the modified committee 
amendment.
Pages S5290-91
Motion To Adjourn: By 53 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 94), Senate agreed 
to a motion to adjourn.
  Page S5291
Messages From the House:
  Page S5278
Measures Referred:
  Page S5278
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5278-79
Authority for Committees:
  Page S5279
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5279-81
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--94) 
                                                             Page S5291
Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m., and adjourned at 4:51 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Thursday, June 5, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5291.)