[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 108 (Monday, July 28, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D835-D836]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Monday, July 28, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Energy and Water Appropriations, 1998.
      The House passed H.R. 2209, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act
      The House passed 12 measures on motions to suspend the rules.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8161-S8206
Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1072-1077, S.J. Res. 36, and S. Con. Res. 44.
  Page S8186
Measures Passed:
  Authorizing Use of Catafalque: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 123, 
providing for the use of the catafalque situated in the crypt beneath 
the rotunda of the Capitol in connection with memorial services to be 
conducted in the Supreme Court Building for the late honorable William 
J. Brennan, former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United 
States.
  Pages S8170-71
  Authorizing Use of Capitol Grounds: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 33, 
authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National SAFE KIDS 
Campaign SAFE KIDS Buckle Up Car Seat Check Up.
  Page S8171
  Energy/Water Appropriations, 1998: Pursuant to the order of July 15, 
1997, Senate passed H.R. 2203, making appropriations for energy and 
water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, after 
striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof 
the text of S. 1004, Senate companion measure, as passed by the Senate, 
Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the House 
thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: Senators 
Domenici, Cochran, Gorton, McConnell, Bennett, Burns, Craig, Stevens, 
Reid, Byrd, Hollings, Murray, Kohl, and Dorgan.
  Page S8175
  Subsequently, passage of S. 1004 was vitiated and the bill was 
indefinitely postponed.
Page S8175
Transportation Appropriations, 1998: Senate began consideration of S. 
1048, making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, taking 
action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S8180-85
Pending:
  Shelby (for D'Amato/Moynihan) Amendment No. 1022, to direct a transit 
fare study in the New York City metropolitan area.
Pages S8183-85
  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.
Page S8185
  A further consent agreement was reached providing that upon 
disposition of all amendments to S. 1048, Senate proceed to a vote on 
final passage of H.R. 2169, House companion measure, that all after the 
enacting clause be stricken and the text of S. 1048, as amended, be 
inserted in lieu thereof, the Senate insist on its amendment, the chair 
be authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate, and S. 
1048 be placed back on the Senate calendar.
Page S8185
Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary Appropriations, 1998--
Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for 
further 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, and amendments 
pending thereto, on Tuesday, July 29, 1997, with a vote on final 
passage to occur thereon.
  Page S8206
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report entitled ``The Policy on Protection of 
National Information Infrastructure Against Strategic Attack''; 
referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (PM-56).
Page S8186

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Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: John 
C. Angell, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs).
  Marshall S. Smith, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Education.
Page S8206
Nomination withdrawn: Senate received notification of the withdrawal of 
the following nomination:
  Niranjan S. Shah, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences, which was 
sent to the Senate on January 9, 1997.
Page S8206
Messages From the President:
  Pages S8185-86
Messages From the House:
  Page S8186
Communications:
  Page S8186
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8186-S8202
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8202-03
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S8203
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S8203-04
Authority for Committees:
  Page S8204
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8204-06
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 7:01 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Tuesday, July 29, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8206.)