[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 103 (Monday, July 21, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D788-D789]
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                                              Monday, July 21, 1997

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7743-S7784
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1038-1044 and S.J. Res. 35.                  
  Pages S7767-68
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. Res. 98, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 
conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to any 
international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions under the United 
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. (S. Rept. No. 105-54) 
                                                             Page S7767
Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations, 1998: Senate resumed 
consideration of S. 1023, making appropriations for the Treasury 
Department, United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the 
President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1998, taking action on further amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:                              
  Pages S7763-65, S7783
Adopted:
  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 S7765
  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 S7765
  Campbell (for Hatch) Modified Amendment No. 942, to provide for a 
national media campaign focused on preventing youth drug abuse. 
                                                             Page S7765
  Hutchison Modified 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.                 
Pages S7764-65
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 S7763
  Kohl (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 937, to strike provisions 
prohibiting the use of appropriated funds for the sole source 
procurement of energy conservation measures.                 
Page S7763
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By unanimous-consent agreement, Amendment No. 921, agreed to on 
Thursday, July 17, 1997, was modified.                   
Pages S7764-65
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and amendments pending thereto, on Tuesday, 
July 22, 1997, with final disposition to occur thereon.      
Page S7783
VA/HUD Appropriations, 1998: Senate began consideration of 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 the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1998.                               
  Pages S7752-63, S7765
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Tuesday, July 22, 
1997.
Intelligence Authorizations--Conferees: Senate disagreed to the 
amendment of the House to 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, 
agreed to the request of the House for a conference thereon, and the 
Chair appointed the following conferees: from the Select Committee on 
Intelligence: Senators Shelby, Chafee, Lugar, DeWine, Kyl, Inhofe, 
Hatch, Roberts, Allard, Coats, Kerrey, Glenn, Bryan, Graham, Kerry, 
Baucus, Robb, Lautenberg, and Levin; and from the Committee on Armed 
Services: Senator Thurmond.                              
  Pages S7780-83
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report concerning the continuation of most-favored-
nation status for Mongolia; referred to the Committee on Finance. (PM-
54).                                                         
Page S7767

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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Raymond C. Fisher, of California, to be Associate Attorney General.
  Bill Lann Lee, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
  Harold C. Pachios, of Maine, to be a Member of the United States 
Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 
1999.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  2 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.         
Page S7784
Messages From the President                              
  Pages S7766-67
Communications:                                              
  Page S7767
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S7768-76
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S7776-77
Notice of Hearings:                                          
  Page S7777
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S7777
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S7777-80
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 5:53 p.m., 
until 9:45 a.m., on Tuesday, July 22, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages 
S7783-84.)