[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 100 (Tuesday, July 15, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D754-D756]
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                                             Tuesday, July 15, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Department of Defense Appropriations, 1998.
      House passed H.R. 2107, Interior Appropriation Act for FY 1998.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7429-S7509
Measures Introduced: Four bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1017-1020 and S. Con. Res. 39.
  Pages S7485-86
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1019, making appropriations for the legislative branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998. (S. Rept. No. 105-47) 
                                                             Page S7485
Measures Passed:
   Department of Defense Appropriations: By 94 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. 
176), Senate passed S. 1005, making appropriations for the Department 
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, after taking 
action on further amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                                         Pages S7436-59
Adopted:
  Stevens/Inouye Amendment No. 846, to require a report to Congress on 
all anticipated costs to the United States for the admission of the 
Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary to NATO.
Pages S7436, S7438
  Stevens (for Hutchison) Amendment No. 849, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding efforts to bring indicted war criminals to justice 
in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Pages S7436-37
  Stevens (for Dorgan/Conrad) Amendment No. 850, to make available 
funds for the payment of claims for loss and damage to personal 
property suffered by military personnel due to flooding in the Red 
River Basin.
Pages S7437-38
  Stevens (for Robb) Amendment No. 851, to set aside $36,000,000 of OTM 
funds for an authorized Navy program to demonstrate expanded use of 
multitechnology automated reader cards throughout the Navy and the 
Marine Corps, including demonstration of the use of the so-called 
``smartship'' technology of the ship-to-shore work load/off load 
program.
Page S7438
  McCain Amendment No. 853, to require the Secretary of Defense to 
waive limitations applicable to uses of funds for procurements from 
foreign sources as necessary to protect cooperative programs. 
                                                         Pages S7440-41
  Inouye Amendment No. 854, to provide that no funds made available by 
this Act be obligated for the construction of certain maritime vessels.
                                                             Page S7440
  Stevens (for Coats) Amendment No. 855, to set aside for the 
Information System Security program $15,708,000 of the amount provided 
for the Army for other procurement.
Pages S7441-42
  Stevens (for Feinstein) Modified Amendment No. 856, to express the 
Sense of Congress regarding Cost-sharing for NATO enlargement. 
                                                         Pages S7442-44
  Stevens (for Graham/Mack) Amendment No. 857, to limit the use of 
funds to transfer more than 10 electro-magnetic test environment 
systems from Eglin Air Force Base, Florida to Nellis Air Force Base, 
Nevada.
Page S7444
  Stevens (for Bumpers) Amendment No. 858, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding Department of Defense printing costs.
Page S7444
Rejected:
  By 15 yeas to 83 nays (Vote No. 175), Harkin Amendment No. 848, to 
prohibit the use of taxpayer funds to underwrite restructuring costs 
associated with a business merger.
Pages S7436, S7444
Withdrawn:
  McCain Amendment No. 852, to strike section 8097 making funds 
available for the Maritime Technology Program to assist with a pilot 
project that will facilitate the transfer of commercial cruise ship 
shipbuilding technology and expertise to U.S. yards, utilize the 
experience and expertise of existing U.S.-flag cruise ship operators, 
and enable the operation of a U.S.-flag foreign-built cruise ship, and 
two newly-constructed U.S.-flag cruise ships.
Pages S7438-40
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that S. 1005 
remain at the desk pending receipt of the House companion measure, and 
when the House companion measure is passed, pursuant to the order of 
July 14, 1997, the passage of S. 1005

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be vitiated, and that S. 1005 be indefinitely postponed.
Page S7459
Energy and Water Appropriations: Senate began consideration of S. 1004, 
making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1998, taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:
  Pages S7459-85
Adopted:
  Domenici (for Byrd) Amendment No. 859, relating to recreation 
development at Stonewall Jackson Lake, West Virginia.
Page S7465
  Domenici (for Daschle) Amendment No. 860, to allow funding for a 
feasibility study of the drinking water needs on the Cheyenne River 
Sioux Reservation, South Dakota.
Page S7465
  Domenici (for Kempthorne) Amendment No. 861, to allow the use of 
funds to initiate construction of the McCall Area Wastewater 
Reclamation and Reuse, Idaho project.
Page S7465
  Domenici (for Bingaman/Domenici) Amendment No. 862, to allow funding 
to undertake feasibility planning studies for the Ute Reservoir 
Pipeline (Quay County portion), New Mexico project.
Page S7465
  Domenici (for Wyden) Amendment No. 863, to establish terms and 
conditions for the Bureau of Reclamation to enter into watershed 
restoration or enhancement agreements.
Page S7465
  Domenici (for Biden/Roth) Amendment No. 864, to allow funding to 
initiate preconstruction engineering and design for the Delaware Coast 
from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island, Delaware project.
Page S7465
  Domenici (for Bumpers) Amendment No. 865, to make funds available to 
assess the cost of decommissioning the Southwest Experimental Fast 
Oxide Reactor site.
Page S7465
  Domenici (for Boxer) Amendment No. 866, to provide funds for 
improvements to Greenville Road in Livermore, California.
Page S7465
  Domenici (for Torricelli/Lautenberg) Amendment No. 869, to 
permanently prohibit the use of funds to carry out any plan for the Oak 
Way detention structure or the Sky Top detention structure in Berkeley 
Heights, New Jersey, as part of the project for flood control, Green 
Brook Sub-basin, Raritan River Basin, New Jersey.
Pages S7483-84
  Domenici (for Kempthorne) Amendment No. 870, to provide funds for the 
continuation of the cost-shared fish friendly turbine program. 
                                                         Pages S7483-84
  Domenici (for Bumpers) Amendment No. 871, to provide funds for the 
construction of the Ten and Fifteen Mile Bayou channel enlargement. 
                                                         Pages S7483-84
  Domenici (for Daschle/Johnson) Amendment No. 872, to provide funds 
for a feasibility study of alternatives for the Crow Creek Rural Water 
Supply System to meet the drinking water needs on the Crow Creek Sioux 
Indian Reservation.
Pages S7483-84
  Domenici (for Levin) Amendment No. 873, to prohibit the use of funds 
by the Secretary of the Army to consider any application for a permit 
that, if granted, would result in the diversion of ground water from 
the Great Lakes Basin.
Pages S7483-84
  Domenici (for Moseley-Braun) Amendment No. 874, to provide for the 
consideration of the recommendations of the Special Reevaluation Report 
for the McCook Reservoir.
Pages S7483-84
  Domenici (for Dorgan/Conrad) Amendment No. 875, to appropriate 
emergency funding for initiation of construction of an emergency outlet 
from Devils Lake, North Dakota, to the Sheyeene River.
Pages S7483-84
Rejected:
  Feingold Amendment No. 868, to require a report to Congress on a 
revised project plan for the Animas-LaPlata project, to limit the 
diversion of water, to ensure the project be cost-effective, and to 
limit construction funds for the project. (By 56 yeas to 42 nays (Vote 
No. 177), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S7471-77
Withdrawn:
  Bumpers Amendment No. 867, to reduce the amount appropriated for the 
Department of Energy's Weapons Activities Account.
Pages S7466-70
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that when the 
Senate receives the House companion measure, all after the enacting 
clause be stricken and the text of S. 1004, as passed by the Senate, be 
inserted in lieu thereof, that the bill be passed, the Senate insist on 
its amendment, and the Chair be authorized to appoint conferees on the 
part of the Senate.
Page S7476
Foreign Operations Appropriations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of S. 995, making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, on Wednesday, 
July 16, 1998.
  Page S7508
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  John J. Hamre, of South Dakota, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense.
  Charles J. Siragusa, of New York, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of New York.
  Richard L. Young, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of Indiana.
  Sharon J. Zealey, of Ohio, to be United States Attorney for the 
Southern District of Ohio for the term of four years.
Page S7509
Messages From the House:
  Page S7485
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7486-S7503
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S7503
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7504-07
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S7507

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Authority for Committees:
  Page S7507
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7507-08
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--177) 
                                              Pages S7444, S7447, S7477
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 7:21 p.m., 
until 11 a.m., on Wednesday, July 16, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S7508-09.)