[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 23, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D804-D805]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Wednesday, July 23, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House passed H.R. 2169, Department of Transportation and Related 
      Agencies Appropriations Act for FY 1998.
      House committees ordered reported 27 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7879-S7985
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1054-1060 and S. Res. 109.
  Page S7950
Measures Passed:
  Condemning Canadian Fishermen's Blockade: By 81 yeas to 19 nays (Vote 
No. 195), Senate agreed to S. Res. 109, to express the sense of the 
Senate in condemning the Government of Canada for its failure to accept 
responsibility for the illegal blockade of a U.S. vessel in Canada, and 
calling on the President to take appropriate action. 
                                               Pages S7911-12, S7919-20
  National Geologic Mapping Act: Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 709, to 
reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992, and 
the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                             Page S7983
  Taxpayer Browsing Protection Act: Senate passed H.R. 1226, to amend 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent the unauthorized 
inspection of tax returns or tax return information, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Pages S7983-84
  OAS-CIAV Mission in Nicaragua: Senate agreed to S. Res. 40, 
expressing the sense of Congress regarding the OAS-CIAV Mission in 
Nicaragua.
  Page S7984
  Cyprus Situation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 41, calling for a United 
States initiative seeking a just and peaceful resolution of the 
situation in Cyprus.
  Pages S7984-85
Agriculture Appropriations: Senate began consideration of S. 1033, 
making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1998, taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:
  Pages S7893-96, S7898-S7946
Adopted:
  Cochran/Bumpers Amendment No. 962, to make technical corrections. 
                                                             Page S7898
  Cochran (for D'Amato/Sarbanes) Amendment No. 963, to allow rural 
rental housing programs to continue providing multi-family housing 
developers with direct loans and loan guarantees to build or 
rehabilitate affordable rental housing.
Pages S7898-99
  Subsequently, the amendment was modified.
Page S7912
  Roberts Amendment No. 961, to withhold certain funds from the Risk 
Management Agency until the Administrator of the Agency issues and 
begins to implement a plan to reduce administrative and operating costs 
of approved insurance providers.
Pages S7899-S7901
  Cochran/Bumpers Amendment No. 964, to modify the conditions for 
issuance of cotton user marketing certificates.
Page S7901
  Grams Amendment No. 971, to require the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget to conduct, complete, and transmit to Congress a 
comprehensive economic evaluation of the direct and indirect effects of 
the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact.
Pages S7935-36, S7941-42
  Cochran (for Daschle) Amendment No. 973, to allow the use of proceeds 
from the sale of grain in the disaster reserve to implement the 
livestock indemnity program.
Pages S7945-46
  Cochran (for Grams/Wellstone) Amendment No. 974, to prohibit the use 
of appropriated funds to administer the provision of contract payments 
to a producer for contract acreage on which wild rice is

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planted unless the contract payment is reduced by an acre for each 
contract acre planted to wild rice.
Pages S7945-46
  Cochran (for Craig) Amendment No. 975, to prohibit the use of 
appropriated funds to inspect or certify agricultural products unless 
the Secretary of Agriculture inspects and certifies agricultural 
processing equipment, and imposes a fee for the inspection and 
certification, in a manner that is similar to the inspection and 
certification of agricultural products.
Pages S7945-46
  Cochran (for DeWine) Amendment No. 976, to require the United States 
Agency for International Development to use at least the same amount of 
funds made available under title II of Public Law 480 to carry out the 
orphan feeding program in Haiti during fiscal year 1998 as was used by 
the Agency to carry out the program during fiscal year 1997. 
                                                         Pages S7945-46
Rejected:
  Durbin Amendment No. 965, to prohibit the use of funds to provide or 
pay the salaries of personnel who provide crop insurance or noninsured 
crop disaster assistance for tobacco for the 1998 or later crop years. 
(By 53 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 196), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                  Pages S7902-10, S7920
  Ford Amendment No. 966 (to Amendment No. 965), to limit Federal crop 
insurance to family farmers. (The amendment fell when Amendment No. 
965, listed above, was tabled.)
Pages S7908-10, S7920
  Harkin Amendment No. 968, to provide funding for tobacco and nicotine 
enforcement activities of the Food and Drug Administration. (By 52 yeas 
to 48 nays (Vote No. 198), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                               Pages S7912-25, S7929-30
  Helms Modified Amendment No. 969 (to Amendment No. 968), to impose an 
assessment on ethanol manufacturers. (By 76 to 24 nays (Vote No. 197), 
Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S7916-24
  Bryan Amendment No. 970, to limit funding for the market access 
program. (By 59 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 199), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S7925-30
Pending:
  Wellstone Amendment No. 972, to provide funds for outreach and 
startup of the school breakfast program.
Pages S7937-41
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain amendments to be proposed 
thereto, with final passage of the bill to occur on Thursday, July 24, 
1998.
Page S7934
International Dolphin Conservation Program Act--Cloture Motion Filed: A 
motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of S. 39, to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 
1972 to support the International Dolphin Conservation Program in the 
eastern tropical Pacific Ocean and, in accordance with the provisions 
of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture 
motion will occur on Friday, July 25, 1997.
  Page S7934
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill was 
withdrawn.
Page S7934
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  William F. Weld, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Mexico.
  Rita D. Hayes, of South Carolina, to be Deputy United States Trade 
Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.
Page S7985
Messages From the House:
  Page S7948
Measures Referred:
  Page S7948
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S7948
Petitions:
  Pages S7948-50
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S7950
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S7950-65
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S7965
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S7966-69
Authority for Committees:
  Page S7969
Additional Statements:
  Pages S7969-72
Text of H.R. 2158 as Previously Passed:
  Pages S7972-83
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total-199) 
                                           Pages S7919-20, S7924, S7930
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 8:26 p.m., 
until 9:45 a.m., on Thursday, July 24, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S7985.)