[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 76 (Thursday, June 5, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D569-D570]
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                                             Thursday, June 5, 1997

[[Page D569]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House and Senate agreed to Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
      Conference Report and Concurrent Budget Resolution Conference 
      Report.
      House agreed to the conference report on H. Con. Res. 84, FY 1998 
      Budget Resolution.
      House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 1469, FY 1997 
      Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5293-S5386
Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 830-848, S. Res. 96-97, and S. Con. Res. 31.
                                                         Pages S5341-42
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 289, to designate the United States courthouse to be constructed 
at the corner of Superior Road and Huron Road in Cleveland, Ohio, as 
the ``Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse''.
  S. 347, to designate the Federal building located at 100 Alabama 
Street NW, in Altanta, Georgia, as the ``Sam Nunn Federal Center''.
  S. 478, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 475 Mulberry Street in Macon, Georgia, as the 
``William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse''.
  S. 628, to designate the United States courthouse to be constructed 
at the corner of 7th Street and East Jackson Street in Brownsville, 
Texas, as the ``Reynaldo G. Garza United States Courthouse.''
  S. 681, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 300 Northeast First Avenue in Miami, Florida, as 
the ``David W. Dyer Federal Courthouse''.
  S. 715, to redesignate the Dublin Federal Courthouse building located 
in Dublin, Georgia, as the ``J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse.''
  S. 819, to designate the United States courthouse at 200 South 
Washington Street in Alexandria, Virginia, as the ``Martin V.B. 
Bostetter, Jr. United States Courthouse''.                   
Page S5341
Measures Passed:
  George C. Marshall Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 97, expressing the 
sense of the Senate that the President should designate the month of 
June 1997, the fiftieth anniversary of the Marshall Plan, as George C. 
Marshall month.                                          
  Pages S5384-85
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations--Conference Report: By 67 yeas to 
31 nays (Vote No. 95), Senate agreed to the conference report on 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, 
clearing the measure for the President.           
  Pages S5309-25, S5338
Concurrent Budget Resolution--Conference Report: By 76 yeas to 22 nays 
(Vote No. 96), Senate agreed to the conference report on H. Con. Res. 
84, establishing the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 1998 and setting forth appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, clearing the 
measure for the President.                               
  Pages S5326-39
Motion to Adjourn: By 51 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 97), Senate agreed 
to a motion to adjourn.                                  
  Pages S5385-86
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:

[[Page D570]]


  Transmitting the report concerning the national emergency in response 
to the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction; referred to the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-45).   
Page S5339
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Elizabeth Anne Moler, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy. 
                                                     Pages S5384, S5386
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Robert Charles Chambers, of West Virginia, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia.
  Christopher Droney, of Connecticut, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Connecticut.
  Janet C. Hall, of Connecticut, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Connecticut.
  Katharine Sweeney Hayden, of New Jersey, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of New Jersey.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  3 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  A routine list in the Army.                                
Page S5386
Messages From the President:                                 
  Page S5339
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S5339
Communications:                                          
  Pages S5339-40
Petitions:                                               
  Pages S5340-41
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S5341
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S5342-68
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5368-70
Notices of Hearings:                                     
  Pages S5372-73
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S5373
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5373-79
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total-97) 
                                                  Pages S5338, S5385-86
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 7:09 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, June 9, 1997. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5385.)