[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 85 (Wednesday, June 18, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D629]
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                                           Wednesday, June 18, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committees ordered reported 17 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5893-S5949
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution, as follows: S. 
929-936, and S. Res. 102.
  Pages S5926-27
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 797, to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize the 
design and construction of additions to the parking garage and certain 
site improvements. (S. Rept. No. 105-30)
  S. 858, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.
  S. 936, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces. 
                                                             Page S5926
Measures Passed:
  Denial of Veterans' Benefits: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of S. 923, to deny veterans 
benefits to persons convicted of Federal capital offenses and, by a 
unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 106), the bill was then passed, 
after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: 
                                                         Pages S5922-24
  Specter Amendment No. 414, to limit convictions to Federal capital 
offenses.
Pages S5922-24
  Drug-Free Communities Act: Senate passed H.R. 956, to amend the 
National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 to establish a program to 
support and encourage local communities that first demonstrate a 
comprehensive, long-term commitment to reduce substance abuse among 
youth, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S5945-47
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Frank M. Hull, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Eleventh Circuit.
Page S5949
Messages From the House:
  Pages S5925-26
Measures Referred:
  Page S5926
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S5926
Communications:
  Page S5926
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S5926
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S5927-35
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S5935-36
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S5936
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S5936-37
Additional Statements:
  Page S5937
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--106) 
                                                             Page S5924
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and recessed at 6:24 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Thursday, June 19, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S5947.)