[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 116 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D903]
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                                          Friday, September 5, 1997

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S8837-S8876
Measures Introduced: Two bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1150 and 
1151.
  Page S8870
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1150, to ensure that federally funded agricultural research, 
extension, and education address high-priority concerns with national 
multistate significance, to reform, extend, and eliminate certain 
agricultural research programs. (S. Rept. No. 105-73)
Page S8870
Measures Passed:
   Foreign Operations Appropriations, 1998: Pursuant to the consent 
agreement of July 16, 1997, Senate passed H.R. 2159, making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, after striking 
all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of 
S. 955, Senate companion measure, as passed by the Senate on July 17, 
1997. Further, the Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a 
conference with the House thereon, and the Chair appointed the 
following conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators McConnell, 
Specter, Gregg, Shelby, Bennett, Campbell, Stevens, Cochran, Leahy, 
Inouye, Lautenberg, Harkin, Mikulski, Murray, and Byrd.
  Page S8869
  Subsequently, Senate vitiated passage of S. 955, and the bill was 
indefinitely postponed.
Page S8869
FDA Modernization and Accountability Act: Senate began consideration of 
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.
  Pages S8837-69
  Also, by 89 yeas to 5 nays (Vote No. 220), three-fifths of those 
Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
agreed to close further debate on the motion to proceed to the 
consideration of the bill.
Pages S8839-40
  Senate will continue consideration of the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill on Monday, September 8, 1997.
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: 
Robert Charles Chambers, of West Virginia, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia.
  Page S8875
Messages From the House:
  Page S8870
Petitions:
  Page S8870
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S8870-72
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S8872
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S8872-74
Additional Statements:
  Pages S8874-75
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total-220) 
                                                         Pages S8839-40
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 3:38 p.m., 
until 11 a.m., Monday, September 8, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S8876.)