[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 82 (Thursday, June 12, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D607-D608]
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                                            Thursday, June 12, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate and House passed Emergency Supplemental Appropriations.
      House passed H.R. 1871, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
      Act.
      House passed H.J. Res. 64, proposing a Flag Desecration 
      Constitutional Amendment.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5551-S5649
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and three resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 888-902, S. Res. 98 and 99, and S. Con. Res. 
32.                                                      
  Pages S5595-96
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 363, to amend section 2118 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to 
extend the Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information 
Dissemination Program. (S. Rept. No. 105-27)
  S. Res. 63, proclaiming the week of October 19 through October 25, 
1997, as ``National Character Counts Week''.
  S. Res. 92, designating July 2, 1997, and July 2, 1998, as ``National 
Literacy Day''.                                              
Page S5595
Measures Passed:
  Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: By 78 yeas to 21 nays (Vote 
No. 100), Senate passed H.R. 1871, 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 S5577-84
  Birth Defects Prevention Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources 
was discharged from further consideration of S. 419, to provide 
surveillance, research, and services aimed at prevention of birth 
defects, and the bill was then passed, after taking action on the 
following amendment proposed thereto:                    
  Pages S5584-89
Adopted:
  Bond Amendment No. 371, in the nature of a substitute.     
Page S5628
  Riegle-Neal Clarification Act: Senate passed H.R. 1306, to amend 
Federal law to clarify the applicability of host State laws to any 
branch in such State of an out-of-State bank, after taking action on 
amendments proposed thereto, as follows:                 
  Pages S5637-39
  Santorum (for Sarbanes/D'Amato) Amendment No. 372, to amend 
provisions relating to the applicability of State and Federal law to 
interstate branching operations.                             
Page S5637
  Santorum (for Feingold) Amendment No. 373, to maintain the right of 
states to opt out of the Depository Institutions Deregulatory Act. 
                                                         Pages S5637-39
  American Samoa Development Act: Senate passed S. 210, to amend the 
Organic Act of Guam, the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, and 
the Compact of Free Association Act, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the following amendment 
proposed thereto:                                        
  Pages S5639-41
  Santorum (for Akaka) Amendment No. 374, to except lands scheduled for 
transfer under the Guam Excess Lands Act from the application of 
section 4.                                                   
Page S5641
  Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse: Senate passed 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''.                           
  Page S5644
  Sam Nunn Federal Center: Senate passed S. 347, to designate the 
Federal building located at 100 Alabama Street NW, in Atlanta, Georgia, 
as the ``Sam Nunn Federal Center''.                          
  Page S5644
  William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse: Senate 
passed S. 478, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 475 Mulberry Street in Macon, Georgia,

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as the ``William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse''.                                                
  Page S5644
  Reynaldo G. Garza U.S. Courthouse: Senate passed 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''.                         
  Page S5644
  David W. Dyer Federal Courthouse: Senate passed 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''.                                        
  Page S5644
  J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse: Senate passed S. 715, to 
redesignate the Dublin Federal Courthouse building located in Dublin, 
Georgia, as the J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse.           
  Page S5645
  Martin V.B. Bostetter, Jr. U.S. Courthouse: Senate passed 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 S5645
  Hawaiian Homes Commission Act: Senate passed 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, clearing the measure for 
the President.                                               
  Page S5645
Continuing Appropriations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent time-
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of legislation 
providing for continuing appropriations in the absence of regular 
appropriations for fiscal year 1998.                         
  Page S5574
Foreign Assistance Authorizations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of legislation to 
authorize funds for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for foreign assistance 
programs of the Department of State, to abolish the United States 
Information Agency and the United States Arms Control and Disarmament 
Agency, and to reform United Nations operations, on Monday, June 16, 
1997.                                                        
  Page S5646
Authority for Committees: All committees were authorized to file 
executive and legislative reports during the adjournment of the Senate 
on Friday, June 13, 1997, from 12 noon until 3 p.m.          
  Page S5646
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Brigadier General Robert Bernard Flowers, United States Army, to be a 
Member and President of the Mississippi River Commission, under the 
provisions of Section 2 of an Act of Congress, approved June 1879 (21 
Stat. 37)(33 USC 642).
  Michael J. Armstrong, of Colorado, to be an Associate Director of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
  James A. Harmon, of New York, to be President of the Export-Import 
Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2001.
  Jackie M. Clegg, of Utah, to be First Vice President of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2001. 
                                                             Page S5649
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: Susan 
E. Rice, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  A routine list in the Navy.                            
Pages S5648-49
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S5594
Communications:                                          
  Pages S5594-95
Petitions:                                                   
  Page S5595
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S5595
Statements on Introduced Bills:                       
  Pages S5596-S5621
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S5621-22
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S5628-30
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S5630
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S5630-37
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--100) 
                                                             Page S5584
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m., and adjourned at 6:49 p.m., 
until 11 a.m., on Monday, June 16, 1997. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5646.)