[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 16, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D949-D950]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Tuesday, September 16, 1997

[[Page D949]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate confirmed Gen. Shelton as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
      Staff.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9359-S9436
Measures Introduced: Four bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1179-
1182.                                                        
  Page S9411
Measures Passed:
  Grazing Use and Privileges: Senate passed S. 308, to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study concerning grazing use of 
certain land within and adjacent to Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 
and to extend temporarily certain grazing privileges, after agreeing to 
a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.      
  Page S9433-34
  Wilderness and Visitor Center Designations: Senate passed S. 931, to 
designate the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Wilderness and Ernest F. Coe 
Visitor Center.                                              
  Page S9434
  Hydrogen Future Act Authorization: Senate passed S. 965, to amend 
title II of the Hydrogen Future Act of 1996 to extend an authorization 
contained therein.                                           
  Page S9435
  Trinity Lake Reservoir: Senate passed H.R. 63, to designate the 
reservoir created by Trinity Dam in the Central Valley project, 
California, as ``Trinity Lake'', clearing the bill for the President. 
                                                             Page S9435
  Retirement of Hans Blix: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 45, commending 
Dr. Hans Blix for his distinguished service as Director General of the 
International Atomic Energy Agency on the occasion of his retirement. 
                                                             Page S9435
  Export-Import Bank Reauthorization: Senate passed S. 1026, to 
reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, after agreeing 
to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.      
  Page S9435
FDA Administration Modernization and Accountability Act: Senate resumed 
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, with a modified 
committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. (The modification 
incorporated the language of Jeffords Amendment No. 1130, in the nature 
of a substitute.)                    
  Pages S9360-63, S9375-76, S9378-85
Pending:
  Harkin Amendment No. 1137 (to Amendment No. 1130), authorizing funds 
for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2002 to establish within the 
National Institutes of Health an agency to be known as the National 
Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.      
Pages S9361-63, S9378-85
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
action:
  By 94 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. 239), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to 
close further debate on Amendment No. 1130, listed above. 
                                                         Pages S9375-76
Interior Appropriations, 1998: Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 
2107, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, with 
certain excepted committee amendments, taking action on amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:               
  Pages S9363-75, S9385-S9406
Adopted:
  Campbell Amendment No. 1197 (to committee amendment beginning on page 
52, line 16 through page 54, line 22), to develop a new formula for 
distribution of tribal priority allocation funding.      
Pages S9389-97
  Subsequently, the committee amendment beginning on page 52 was agreed 
to.                                                          
Page S9397
  Gorton (for Mack/Graham) Amendment No. 1200, to clarify that funds 
provided for land acquisition in South Florida may be used for 
acquisitions within Stormwater Treatment Area 1-E.       
Pages S9401-02

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  Gorton (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 1201, to permit the Virgin 
Islands to issue parity bonds in lieu of priority bonds.     
Page S9402
  Gorton/Byrd Amendment No. 1202, to clarify that the provision 
regarding Forest Ecosystems Health and Recovery Revolving Fund applies 
only to the Federal share of receipts.                       
Page S9402
  Gorton/Byrd Amendment No. 1203, to clarify the provision allowing 
tribal priority allocation funds be used for repair and replacement of 
school facilities.                                       
Pages S9402-03
Withdrawn:
  Committee amendment beginning on page 55, line 11 through page 56, 
line 2, regarding tribal sovereign immunity.                 
Page S9397
Pending:
  Ashcroft Amendment No. 1188 (to committee amendment beginning on page 
96, line 12 through page 97, line 8), to eliminate funding for programs 
and activities carried out by the National Endowment for the Arts. 
                        Pages S9363-75, S9385-89, S9397-S9401, S9403-05
  Hutchinson Amendment No. 1196, to authorize the President to 
implement the recently announced American Heritage Rivers Initiative 
subject to designation of qualified rivers by Act of Congress. 
                                                         Pages S9405-06
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Wednesday, 
September 17, 1997.
Military Construction Appropriations Conference Report--Agreement: A 
unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the consideration 
of the conference report on H.R. 2016, making appropriations for 
military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure 
for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1998, on Wednesday, September 17, 1997, with a vote to occur thereon. 
                                                             Page S9433
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting, a draft of proposed legislation entitled ``The Export 
Expansion and Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1997''; to the 
Committee on Finance. (PM-65).                               
Page S9409
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: 
General Henry H. Shelton for appointment as Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff.                                             
  Page S9377
  Richard Thomas White, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission of the United States for a term expiring 
September 30, 1999.
  John D. Trasvina, of California, to be Special Counsel for 
Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices for a term of four 
years.
  Stephen R. Sestanovich, of the District of Columbia, as Ambassador at 
Large and Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for the New 
Independent States.                                          
Page S9436
Messages From the President:                             
  Pages S9409-10
Messages From the House:                                     
  Page S9410
Communications:                                          
  Pages S9410-11
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S9411-27
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S9427
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S9428-30
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S9431
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S9431
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S9431-33
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--239) 
                                                             Page S9376
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:14 p.m., 
until 9:45 a.m., on Wednesday, September 17, 1997. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S9436.)