[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 102 (Thursday, July 17, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D774-D776]
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                                            Thursday, July 17, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Foreign Operations Appropriations, 1998.
      House Committee ordered reported the following appropriations for 
      fiscal year 1998: Energy and Water Development; and Legislative 
      Branch.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7623-S7741
Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1026-1037, and S. Con. Res. 40-41.
  Page S7710
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees 
of Budget Totals from the Concurrent Resolution for Fiscal Year 1998''. 
(S. Rept. No. 105-50)
  S. 1033, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998. (S. Rept. No. 105-51)
  H.R. 2016, making appropriations for military construction, family 
housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, with amendments. (S. 
Rept. No. 105-52)
  S. 1034, making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent 
agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices for fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1998, and for other purposes. (S. Rept. No. 105-53)
  S. 1032, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 with respect to 
the authority of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to issue 
insurance and extend financing.
  S. Con. Res. 40, expressing the sense of Congress regarding the OAS-
CIAV Mission in Nicaragua.
  S. Con. Res. 41, calling for a United States initiative seeking a 
just and peaceful resolution of the situation on Cyprus. 
                                                         Pages S7708-09
Measures Passed:
  Foreign Operations Appropriations, 1998: By 91 yeas to 8 nays (Vote 
No. 185), Senate passed S. 955, making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1998, after taking action on further amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S7623-50
Rejected:
  By 38 yeas to 61 nays (Vote No. 183), Bingaman Amendment No. 896, to 
provide for Cuban-American family humanitarian support and 
compassionate travel.
Pages S7623-24, S7629
  By 22 yeas to 77 nays (Vote No. 184), Hutchinson Amendment No. 890, 
to express the sense of the Senate that Most Favored Nations trade 
status for China should be revoked.
Pages S7623-31
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By unanimous-consent agreement, Amendment No. 915, agreed to on 
Wednesday, July 16, 1997, was modified.
Pages S7632-33
  Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations, 1998:  Senate passed S. 1023, 
making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States 
Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain 
Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 
after taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                            Pages S7652-69, S7689-S7704
Adopted:
  Campbell Amendment No. 921, to establish regulations concerning the 
importation of certain fish, as amended.
Pages S7653-58, S7691
  Brownback Amendment No. 922 (to Amendment No. 921), to provide that 
Members of Congress shall not receive a cost of living adjustment in 
pay during fiscal year 1998.
Page S7654
  Campbell Amendment No. 923, of a technical nature.
Pages S7658-59
  Campbell Amendment No. 924, of a technical nature.
Page S7659

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  Campbell (for Mikulski) Amendment No. 926, to exclude night 
differential pay from the prohibition of pay for hours not worked. 
                                                             Page S7660
  By 83 yeas to 17 nays (Vote No. 186), Feinstein Amendment No. 927, to 
allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for breast-cancer 
research through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued 
United States postage stamps.
Pages S7661-67
  Thomas Modified Amendment No. 929, to limit the use of funds to 
provide for Federal agencies to furnish commercially available property 
or services to other Federal agencies.
Pages S7666, S7668-69
  Hatch Amendment No. 930, to establish the procedure for adjusting 
future compensation of justices and judges of the United States. 
                                                             Page S7668
  Campbell (for Lott/Daschle) Amendment No. 931, to amend the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971.
Page S7669
  Kohl (for Daschle) Amendment No. 933, to clarify the limitation on 
undertaking a field support reorganization in Aberdeen, South Dakota. 
                                                         Pages S7691-92
  Campbell (for Collins) Amendment No. 934, to reduce certain funding 
for the Office of Inspector General, Department of the Treasury, and to 
prohibit the use of funds for the Inspector General for certain 
advisory and assistance services.
Page S7692
  Kohl Amendment No. 935, to provide funds for the Youth Gun Crime 
Initiative.
Page S7694
  Faircloth/Shelby Amendment No. 932, to remove computer games from 
government computers.
Pages S7694-95
  Campbell (for Abraham) Amendment No. 938, to provide for Members of 
Congress to voluntarily disclose participation in Federal retirement 
systems in the annual financial disclosure forms.
Page S7698
  Campbell Amendment No. 939, to provide disaster assistance to the 
County of Arapahoe, Colorado.
Pages S7698-99
Pending:
  Campbell (for DeWine) Amendment No. 936, to prohibit the use of funds 
to pay for an abortion or pay for the administrative expenses in 
connection with certain health plans that provide coverage for 
abortions.
Page S7694
  Kohl (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 937, to strike provisions 
prohibiting the use of appropriated funds for the sole source 
procurement of energy conservation measures.
Pages S7695-98
  Campbell (for Coverdell/Feinstein) Amendment No. 940, to provide that 
Federal employees convicted of certain bribery and drug-related crimes 
shall be separated from service.
Page S7699
  Campbell (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 941, to require a plan for the 
coordination and consolidation of the counterdrug intelligence centers 
and activities of the United States.
Page S7699
  Campbell (for Hatch) Amendment No. 942, to provide for a national 
media campaign focused on preventing youth drug abuse.
Pages S7703-04
  Hutchison Amendment No. 943, to establish parity among the countries 
that are parties to the North American Free Trade Agreement with 
respect to the personal allowance for duty-free merchandise purchased 
abroad by returning residents.
Page S7704
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that S. 1023 
remain at the desk pending receipt of the House companion measure, that 
all after the enacting clause be stricken and the text of S. 1023, as 
passed by the Senate, be inserted in lieu thereof, that the bill be 
passed, the Senate insist on its amendment, request a conference with 
the House thereon, the Chair be authorized to appoint conferees on the 
part of the Senate, that the passage of S. 1023 be vitiated, and S. 
1023 be indefinitely postponed.
Page S7669
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and amendments pending thereto, on Monday, 
July 21, 1997, with a vote on final passage to occur thereon. 
                                                             Page S7741
VA/HUD Appropriations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was 
reached providing for the consideration of S.1034/H.R. 2158, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, commissions, 
corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1998, at 3 p.m. on Monday, July 21, 1997.
  Page S7741
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 88 yeas to 11 nays (Vote No. 187 EX), Joel I. Klein, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General. 
                                                  Pages S7669-88, S7741
  By unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 188 EX), Eric H. Holder, Jr., 
of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Attorney General. 
                                                  Pages S7688-89, S7741
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nomination:
  Felix George Rohatyn, of New York, to be Ambassador to France. 
                                                             Page S7741
Messages From the House:
  Page S7708
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S7708
Communications:
  Page S7708
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S7709-10
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7710-32

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Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S7732
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7733-36
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S7736
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S7736-37
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7737-41
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total--188) 
                                    Pages S7629, S7631, S7634, S7688-89
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:25 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, July 21, 1997. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7741.)