[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 106 (Thursday, July 24, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D813-D816]
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                                            Thursday, July 24, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Agriculture Appropriations.
      The House passed H.R. 2160, Agriculture Appropriations Act for FY 
      1998.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7987-S8112
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1061-1067, and S. Con. Res. 42.                  
  Page S8091
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Special Report on Further Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of 
Budget Totals. (S. Rept. No. 105-57)
  S. 1061, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1998. (S. Rept. No. 105-58)
  S. 1000, to designate the United States courthouse at 500 State 
Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas, as the ``Robert J. Dole United States 
Courthouse.''
  S. 1043, to designate the United States courthouse under construction 
at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Clark Avenue in Las Vegas, 
Nevada, as the ``Lloyd D. George United States Courthouse.'' 
                                                             Page S8090
Measures Passed:
  Agriculture Appropriations, 1998: By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas 
(Vote No. 201), Senate passed S. 1033, making appropriations for 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1998, after taking action on further amendments proposed thereto, as 
follows:                                              
  Pages S7987-S8004
Adopted:
  Robb amendment No. 977, to provide additional funding for the 
Outreach Program for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and earmark funds 
for the civil rights investigative unit.                 
Pages S7990-91
  Bumpers (for Bingaman/Campbell) amendment No. 978, to provide 
additional funds for the Geographic Information System to include New 
Mexico and Colorado in the program.                          
Page S7994
Rejected:
  Wellstone modified amendment No. 972, to provide funds for outreach 
and startup of the school breakfast program. (By 54 yeas to 45 nays 
(Vote No. 200), Senate tabled the amendment.)            
Pages S7987-90
  Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act: Senate passed H.R. 1585, to allow postal 
patrons to contribute to funding to breast cancer research through the 
voluntary purchase of certain specially issued United States postage 
stamps, clearing the measure for the President.          
  Pages S8040-41
Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary Appropriations, 1998: Senate 
began consideration of S. 1022, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, taking action 
on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:              
  Pages S8007-87
Adopted:
  Lugar amendment No. 984, to make funds available for grants through 
the National Endowment for Democracy. (By 27 yeas to 72 nays (Vote No. 
203), Senate earlier failed to table the amendment.)     
Pages S8037-39
  McConnell amendment No. 985 (to amendment No. 984), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                  
Pages S8037-39
  Sarbanes amendment No. 989, to strike the provisions dealing with the 
withdrawal of the United States from certain international 
organizations.                                    
Pages S8061-64, S8067
  Graham amendment No. 993, relating to the health insurance benefits 
of certain public safety officers.                       
Pages S8067-68
  Domenici amendment No. 994, to provide for the public disclosure of 
court appointed attorney's fees upon approval of such fees by the 
court.                                                   
Pages S8068-70

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  Gregg amendment No. 979, to authorize the Administrator of General 
Services to transfer certain surplus property for use for law 
enforcement or fire and rescue purposes.             
Pages S8010, S8082
  Hollings (for Baucus/Burns) amendment No. 999, to provide funds for 
the Butte Local Development Corporation Revolving Loan Fund. 
                                                             Page S8082
  Hollings (for Bingaman) amendment No. 1000, to require a non-profit 
public affairs organization to register with the Attorney General if 
the organization receives contributions in excess of $10,000 from 
foreign governments in any 12-month period.                  
Page S8082
  Hollings (for Bumpers) amendment No. 1001 to establish a Jonesboro-
Paragould, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area in lieu of the 
Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.           
Page S8082
  Hollings (for Byrd/Hatch) amendment No. 1002, to provide funds for 
grants to States for programs to enforce State laws prohibiting the 
sale of alcoholic beverages to minors or the purchase or consumption of 
alcoholic beverages by minors.                           
Pages S8082-83
  Hollings (for Dorgan) amendment No. 1003, to provide for public 
broadcasting facilities, planning and construction.      
Pages S8082-84
  Hollings (for Daschle) amendment No. 1004, to provide funds for a 
grant to Roberts County, South Dakota, and funds for a grant to the 
South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation for the procurement of 
equipment for law enforcement telecommunications, emergency 
communications, and the state forensic laboratory.   
Pages S8082, S8084
  Hollings (for Inouye) amendment No. 1005, to improve the bill by 
amending section 305 to realign Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands 
with the United States Court of Appeals for the Twelfth Circuit. 
                                                     Pages S8082, S8084
  Hollings (for Harkin) amendment No. 1006, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding the exemplary service of John H.R. Berg to the United 
States.                                              
Pages S8082, S8084
  Hollings (for Leahy/Kennedy) amendment No. 1007, to provide that the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall conduct a study 
of the average costs incurred in defending and presiding over Federal 
capital cases from the initial appearance of the defendant through the 
final appeal.                                        
Pages S8082, S8084
  Hollings (for Reed) amendment No. 1008, to express the sense of the 
Senate with respect to slamming.                  
Pages S8082, S8084-85
  Hollings (for Robb) amendment No. 1009, to foster a safer elementary 
and secondary school environment for the nation's children through the 
support of community policing efforts.               
Pages S8082, S8085
  Hollings (for Lautenberg/Hatch) amendment No. 1010, to limit the 
funds made available for the Office of the Under Secretary of Commerce 
for Intellectual Property Policy, if such office is established. 
                                                     Pages S8082, S8085
  Hollings (for Biden) amendment No. 1011, to limit the amount of funds 
available for grants pursuant to provisions of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.          
Pages S8082, S8085
  Gregg (for Abraham) amendment No. 1012, to revise the use of 
fingerprints by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. 
                                                     Pages S8082, S8085
  Gregg (for Hatch) amendment No. 1013, to strike a restriction 
concerning the transfer of certain personnel to the Office of 
Legislative Affairs or the Office of Public Affairs of the Department 
of Justice.                                          
Pages S8082, S8085
  Gregg (for Burns) amendment No. 1014, to strike section 409, which 
imposes, prospectively, a revolving door restriction on Mansfield 
fellows.                                             
Pages S8082, S8085
  Gregg (for McCain) amendment No. 1015, to provide a waiver from 
certain immunization requirements for certain aliens entering the 
United States.                                       
Pages S8082, S8085
  Gregg (for Stevens) amendment No. 1016, relating to the Office of the 
Chief Signal Officer.                                
Pages S8082, S8085
  Gregg (for DeWine) amendment No. 1017, to exclude from the United 
States aliens who have been involved in extrajudicial and political 
killings in Haiti.                                
Pages S8082, S8085-86
  Gregg (for Helms/Biden) amendment No. 1018, to strike section 404, 
which waives provisions of existing law that require authorizations to 
be in place for State Department, U.S. Information Agency, including 
international broadcasting operations, and Arms Control and Disarmament 
Agency activities prior to the expenditure of any appropriated funds. 
                                                     Pages S8082, S8086
  Gregg (for Warner) amendment No. 1019, to delay the effective date of 
the amendments made by section 233 of the Antiterrorism and Effective 
Death Penalty Act of 1996.                           
Pages S8082, S8086
  Gregg (for Coats) amendment No. 1020, to provide funds for the 
Gambling Impact Study Commission.                    
Pages S8082, S8086
  Gregg (for Stevens) amendment No. 1021, to provide funds for cultural 
exchange and exchange related activities associated with the 1999 
Women's World Cup.                                   
Pages S8082, S8086

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Rejected:
  By 42 yeas to 57 nays (Vote No. 202), Brownback Amendment No. 980, to 
prohibit certain corporations from participating in the Advanced 
Technology Program.                                      
Pages S8010-24
  By 45 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 204), Feinstein Amendment No. 986, to 
establish a Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal 
Courts of Appeals.                                       
Pages S8039-61
Withdrawn:
  Lugar Amendment No. 981, to provide funds for the National Endowment 
for Democracy.                                           
Pages S8025-37
  McConnell Amendment No. 982 (to Amendment No. 981), of a perfecting 
nature.                                                  
Pages S8026-37
Pending:
  Kerry Amendment No. 992, to provide funding for the Community 
Policing to Combat Domestic Violence Program.            
Pages S8064-66
  Gregg (for Kyl) Amendment No. 995, to provide for the payment of 
special masters for civil actions concerning prison conditions. 
                                                         Pages S8070-71
  Gregg (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 996, to require the Attorney 
General to submit a report on the feasibility of requiring convicted 
sex offenders to submit DNA samples for law enforcement purposes. 
                                                             Page S8071
  Hollings (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 997, to express the sense of the 
Senate that the Federal government should not withhold universals 
service support payments.                                    
Page S8071
  Hollings (for Biden) Amendment No. 998, to provide additional funds 
for the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.              
Pages S8071-72
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain amendments to be proposed 
thereto, on Tuesday, July 29, 1997, with a vote on final passage to 
occur thereon.                                               
Page S8066
  A further consent agreement was reached providing that if the Senate 
has not received the House companion measure at the time of passage of 
S. 1022, that the Senate-passed measure remain at the desk pending 
receipt of the House companion measure, that all after the enacting 
clause be stricken and the text of S. 1022, 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, and that 
S. 1022 be indefinitely postponed.                           
Page S8066
Global Warming--Agreement: A unanimous-consent time-agreement was 
reached providing for the consideration of 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 and certain amendments to be proposed thereto, on Friday, July 
25, 1997.                                                    
  Page S8111
Transportation Appropriations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement 
was reached providing for the consideration of H.R. 2169, making 
appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, on Monday, July 
28, 1997.                                                    
  Page S8067
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, a draft of proposed legislation entitled ``The 
Immigration Reform Transition Act of 1997''; to the Committee on the 
Judiciary. (PM-55).                                      
Pages S8089-90
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: John 
J. Hamre, of South Dakota, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense.
  3 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  53 Army nominations in the rank of general.
  5 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy. 
                                                         Pages S8107-12
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Charles R. Breyer, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of California.
  Frank C. Damrell, Jr., of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of California.
  Martin J. Jenkins, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of California.
  Jorge C. Rangel, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Fifth Circuit.                                               
Page S8111
Messages From the President:                             
  Pages S8089-90
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S8090
Measures Placed on Calendar:                                 
  Page S8090
Communications:                                              
  Page S8090
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S8090-91
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S8091-98
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S8098-99
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S8099-S8105
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S8105
Authority for Committees:                                
  Pages S8105-06
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S8106-07
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total-204) 
                             Pages S7989-90, S7995, S8024, S8039, S8061

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 10:22 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, July 25, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8111.)