[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 29, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D844-D846]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                             Tuesday, July 29, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations.
      The House passed H.R. 2266, DOD Appropriations Act for FY 1998.
      Committee on the Conference filed the Conference report on H.R. 
      2015, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (H. Rept. 105-217).


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8207-S8285
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1078-1086 and S. Con. Res. 45.
  Page S8262
Measures Passed:
   Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary Appropriations, 1998: By a 
unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 206), Senate passed 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, after taking action on further amendments proposed thereto, 
as follows:
  Pages S8211, S8213-18, S8226-48
Adopted:
  Gregg/Hollings Amendment No. 1024, to make funds available for a 
study on the effect of intentional encirclement on dolphins in the 
eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
Pages S8213-15
  Gregg Amendment No. 1025, to provide funds for the Ship Creek 
facility in Anchorage, Alaska, for the construction of a facility on 
the Gulf Coast in Mississippi, and for an open ocean aquaculture 
project in Durham, New Hampshire.
Pages S8213-15
  Gregg (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 1026, 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. 
                                                         Pages S8213-15
  Gregg (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 1027, to express the sense of the 
Senate that the Federal Government should not withhold universals 
service support payments.
Pages S8213-15
  Gregg (for McCain/Kyl) Amendment No. 1028, regarding the waiver of 
certain vaccination requirements for immigrants.
Pages S8213-15
  Gregg (for Biden) Amendment No. 1029, to extend funding for the 
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund through fiscal year 2002. 
                                                         Pages S8213-15
  Gregg (for Kerry) Amendment No. 1030, to provide funding for the 
Community Policy to Combat Domestic Violence Program.
Pages S8213-15
  Gregg/Hollings Amendment No. 1031, regarding political appointees in 
positions at the Office of the United States Trade Representative. 
                                                         Pages S8213-15
  Wellstone Amendment No. 1032, to clarify the income eligibility 
requirements for victims of domestic violence.
Pages S8216-17
  Wellstone/Kennedy Amendment No. 1033, to require the Legal Services 
Corporation to conduct a study regarding persons prohibited from 
receiving legal representation regarding efforts to reform welfare 
systems.
Pages S8217-18
  Gregg Amendment No. 1034, to establish a funding level for the 
Department of State Capital Investment Fund.
Pages S8226-27
  Gregg (for Kyl) Amendment No. 995, to provide for the payment of 
special masters for civil actions concerning prison conditions. 
                                                  Pages S8211, S8226-27
Withdrawn:
  Kerry Amendment No. 992, to provide funding for the Community 
Policing to Combat Domestic Violence Program.
Page S8211
  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 S8211
  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 S8211

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  Hollings (for Biden) Amendment No. 998, to provide additional funds 
for the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
Page S8211
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By unanimous-consent agreement, Amendments Numbered 1003, 1004, and 
1008, as previously agreed to on July 24, 1997, were modified. 
                                                             Page S8215
  Legislative Branch Appropriations, 1998: Senate passed H.R. 2209, 
making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1998, after striking all after the enacting clause 
except appropriations for the House of Representatives and House office 
buildings and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 1019, Senate 
companion measure, as passed by the Senate on July 16, 1997. Senate 
insisted on its amendments, requested a conference with the House 
thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: Senators 
Bennett, Stevens, Craig, Cochran, Dorgan, Boxer, and Byrd.
  Page S8216
  Pursuant to the order of July 16, 1997, passage of S. 1019 was 
vitiated and the bill was indefinitely postponed.
Pages S7601-02
  Defense Appropriations, 1998: Pursuant to the order of July 14, 1997, 
Senate passed H.R. 2266, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, after striking 
all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of 
S. 1005, 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 
Stevens, Cochran, Specter, Domenici, Bond, McConnell, Shelby, Gregg, 
Hutchison, Inouye, Hollings, Byrd, Leahy, Bumpers, Lautenberg, Harkin, 
and Dorgan.
  Pages S8248-49
  Also, pursuant to the order of July 15, 1997, Senate vitiated passage 
of S. 1005 and the bill was indefinitely postponed.
Page S7459
Transportation Appropriations, 1998: Senate concluded consideration of 
S. 1048, making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, after 
taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                               Pages S8223-24, S8249-58
Adopted:
  Shelby (for D'Amato/Moynihan) Amendment No. 1022, to direct a transit 
fare study in the New York City metropolitan area. 
                                               Pages S8223-24, S8228-48
  Shelby (for Kerrey/Hagel) Amendment No. 1035, to extend the 
expiration date of a general provision from the fiscal year 1997 
transportation appropriations act.
Pages S8249-50
  Shelby/Lautenberg Amendment No. 1036, to make certain technical and 
funding changes.
Pages S8249-50
  Shelby (for Abraham) Amendment No. 1037, to make funds available for 
certain transit bus projects.
Pages S8249-50
  Shelby (for Campbell) Amendment No. 1038, to provide for a study of 
the metropolitan planning process in Denver, Colorado.
Pages S8249-50
  Shelby/Lautenberg Amendment No. 1039, to make a technical correction 
relating to the Right-of-Way Revolving Fund.
Pages S8249-50
  Shelby (for Inouye) Amendment No. 1040, of a clarifying nature. 
                                                         Pages S8249-50
  Shelby (for Hollings) Amendment No. 1041, to facilitate the 
application of the pilot record-sharing provisions of title 49, United 
States Code, added by the Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996, 
to air carriers operating non-scheduled operations under part 135 of 
the FAA regulations.
Pages S8249-50
  Shelby (for Frist) Amendment No. 1042, to require the Secretary of 
Transportation to exercise the exemption authority under section 41714 
of title 49, United States Code, with respect to certain air service 
between slot-controlled airports subject to that authority and nonhub 
points, within 120 days after receiving a request for such an 
exemption.
Pages S8249-50
  Shelby (for Levin/Graham) Amendment No. 1043, to express the sense of 
the Senate concerning reauthorization of highway and mass transit 
programs.
Pages S8249-50
  Shelby (for Johnson/Daschle) Amendment No. 1044, to provide for the 
development and operation of the Nationwide Differential Global 
Positioning System.
Page S8250
  Also, Senate considered H.R. 2169, House companion measure, striking 
all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of 
S. 1048, as amended.
Page S8258
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for a vote on 
final passage of H.R. 2169 to occur on Wednesday, July 30, 1997. 
                                                             Page S8258
Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act--Conferees: Senate 
insisted on its amendment to H.R. 1757, to consolidate international 
affairs agencies, and to authorize appropriations for the Department of 
State and related agencies for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, agreed to 
the request of the House for a conference thereon, and the Chair 
appointed the following conferees: Senators Helms, Coverdell, Hagel, 
Grams, Biden, Sarbanes, and Dodd.
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Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaties, received by the Senate on Monday, July 28, 
1997.
  Extradition Treaty with Cyprus (Treaty Doc. 105-16); and
  WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) (1996) and WIPO 
Copyright Treaty (WCT) (1996) (Treaty Doc. 105-17).
  The treaties were transmitted to the Senate today, considered as 
having been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying 
papers, to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be 
printed.
Pages S8284-85
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report entitled ``U.S. Arctic Research Plan, 
Biennial Revision: 1998-2002''; referred to the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs. (PM-57).
Page S8260
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  1 Department of Defense nomination in the rank of general.
  Routine lists in the Air Force and Marine Corps.
Page S8285
Messages From the President:
  Page S8260
Messages From the House:
  Pages S8260-61
Measures Referred:
  Page S8261
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S8261
Communications:
  Pages S8261-62
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8262-77
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S8277
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8278-81
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S8281
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S8281-82
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8282-84
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--206) 
                                                             Page S8228
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 6:14 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, July 30, 1997. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8265.)