[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 115 (Thursday, September 4, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D896-D897]
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                                        Thursday, September 4, 1997

[[Page D896]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 2159, Foreign Operations Appropriations 
      Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8765-S8836
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1147-1149, and S. Con. Res. 50.
  Page S8823
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 261, to provide for a biennial budget process and a biennial 
appropriations process and to enhance oversight and the performance of 
the Federal Government, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-72).
  H.J. Res. 75, to confer status as an honorary veteran of the United 
States Armed Forces on Leslie Townes (Bob) Hope.
Page S8823
Labor/HHS Appropriations, 1998: Senate continued consideration of 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, taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:
  Pages S8772-82, S8785-90, S8792-S8817, S8819
Adopted:
  By a unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. 216), D'Amato Modified 
Amendment No. 1079, to increase the amounts made available to carry out 
title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965. 
                                               Pages S8785-86, S8792-93
Rejected:
  By 38 yeas to 60 nays (Vote No. 215), Coats/Nickles Amendment No. 
1077, to prohibit the use of funds for research that utilizes human 
fetal tissue, cells, or organs that are obtained from a living or dead 
embryo or fetus during or after an induced abortion. 
                                               Pages S8772-78, S8780-81
  Kennedy Amendment No. 1082 (to Amendment No. 1081), of a perfecting 
nature. (By 56 yeas to 42 nays (Vote No. 217), Senate tabled the 
amendment.)
Pages S8789-90, S8794-S8805
Pending:
  Gregg Amendment No. 1070, to prohibit the use of funds for national 
testing in reading and mathematics, with certain exceptions. 
                                               Pages S8779-80, S8793-94
  Coats/Gregg Amendment No. 1071 (to Amendment No. 1070), to prohibit 
the development, planning, implementation, or administration of any 
national testing program in reading or mathematics unless the program 
is specifically authorized by Federal statute. 
                                               Pages S8779-80, S8793-94
  Specter Amendment No. 1069, to express the sense of the Senate that 
the Attorney General has abused her discretion by failing to appoint an 
independent counsel on campaign finance matters and that the Attorney 
General should proceed to appoint such an independent counsel 
immediately.
Page S8772
  Nickles/Jeffords Amendment No. 1081, to limit the use of taxpayer 
funds for any future International Brotherhood of Teamsters leadership 
election.
Pages S8788-90, S8794-S8817
  Craig Amendment No. 1083 (to Amendment No. 1081), in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S8805-17
Withdrawn:
  Lieberman/Coats Amendment No. 1080, to increase funding for the 
Public Charter Schools Program under Part C of Title X of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
Pages S8786-88
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and certain amendments to be proposed 
thereto, and that following disposition of the amendments, the Senate 
vote on final passage of S. 1061 and that the Senate-passed bill remain 
at the desk. Further, that when the Senate receives H.R. 2264, the 
House companion measure, all after the enacting clause be stricken and 
the text of S. 1061 be inserted in lieu thereof, that the Senate insist 
on its amendment, request a conference with the House thereon, and the 
Chair be authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate. 
                                                             Page S8819

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FDA Modernization and Accountability Act--Cloture Vote Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for a cloture vote on 
the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 830, to amend the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to 
improve the regulation of food, drugs, devices, and biological 
products, to occur at 9:50 a.m., on Friday, September 5, 1997, and that 
if cloture is invoked, there be up to 8 hours for debate on Friday and 
4 hours for debate on Monday, equally divided.
  Page S8821
  A second motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill and, in accordance with the 
provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on 
the cloture motion could occur on Monday, September 8, 1997. 
                                                             Page S8821
  Subsequently, the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill was 
withdrawn.
Page S8821
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a report of the activities of the U.S. Government in the 
United Nations for calendar year 1996; referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations. (PM-62).
Page S8822
  Transmitting the annual report of the Federal Labor Relations 
Authority for fiscal year 1996; referred to the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs. (PM-63).
Page S8822
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. 218 EX), Henry Harold Kennedy, 
Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Columbia.
Pages S8818-21, S8836
  By unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. 219 EX), Frank M. Hull, of 
Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit. 
                                                  Pages S8818-21, S8836
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Dale A. Kimball, of Utah, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Utah.
  Edward F. Shea, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Washington.
  R. Roger Majak, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  Raymond G. Kammer, of Maryland, to be Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology.
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service and Public Health Service. 
                                                             Page S8836
Messages From the President:
  Page S8822
Messages From the House:
  Pages S8822-23
Measures Referred:
  Page S8823
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8823-31
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S8831-32
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S8833
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S8833
Authority for Committees:
  Page S8834
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8834-35
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total-219) 
                                    Pages S8781, S8793, S8805, S8818-19
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 9:32 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, September 5, 1997. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8836.)