[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D958-D960]
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                                      Wednesday, September 17, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to Military Construction Appropriations, 1998 
      Conference Report.
      House Committees ordered reported 14 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9437-S9529
Measures Introduced: Eight bills were introduced, as follows: S1183-
1190.
  Page S9515
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1093, to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation 
treatment) to the products of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-83) 
                                                             Page S9515
Measures Passed:
  Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations, 1998: Pursuant to the order 
of July 17, 1997, Senate passed H.R. 2378, making appropriations for 
the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the 
Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, after striking all after the 
enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 1023, 
Senate companion measure, as passed by the Senate on July 22, 1997. 
Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the House 
thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: Senators 
Campbell, Shelby, Faircloth, Kohl, and Mikulski.
  Page S9510
  Labor/HHS Appropriations, 1998: Pursuant to the order of September 4, 
1997, Senate passed H.R. 2264, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, after 
striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof 
the text of S. 1061, Senate companion measure, as passed by the Senate 
on September 11, 1997. Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a 
conference with the House thereon, and the Chair appointed the 
following conferees: Senators Specter, Cochran, Gorton, Bond, Gregg, 
Faircloth, Craig, Hutchison, Stevens, Harkin, Hollings, Inouye, 
Bumpers, Reid, Kohl, Murray, and Byrd.
  Page S9510
  Subsequently the bill was indefinitely postponed.
  Authorizing Use of Capitol Rotunda: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 
134, authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol to allow members 
of Congress to greet and receive His All Holiness, Patriarch 
Bartholomew.
  Page S9529
Passage Vitiated:
  Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations, 1998: Pursuant to the order 
of July 17, 1997, Senate vitiated passage of S. 1023, making 
appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal 
Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent 
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and the bill 
was indefinitely postponed.
  Labor/HHS Appropriations, 1998: Pursuant to the order of September 4, 
1997, Senate vitiated passage 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. 
                                                             Page S9529
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 S9440-43, S9448-S9501, S9503-10
Adopted:
  Brownback Amendment No. 1204, to ensure that the Huron Cemetery in 
Kansas City, Kansas, is used as a cemetery.
Pages S9448-50, S9496-97
  Bumpers Amendment No. 1209 (to committee amendment beginning on page 
123, line 9 through

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page 124, line 20), relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations 
governing hardrock mining on certain Federal land.
Pages S9484-85
  Gorton (for Craig) Amendment No. 1212, to require the Forest Service 
to implement recreation residence special use permit fees over a five 
year phase-in period and provides that no increases in fees may occur 
on the Sawtooth National Forest until January 1, 1999, and further 
provides that no fees may be increased sooner than a year after release 
of the Forest Service appraisal of the property.
Page S9507
  Gorton (for Bumpers) Amendment No. 1213, to revise the boundaries of 
the Arkansas Post Memorial.
Page S9507
  Gorton (for Cochran) Amendment No. 1214, of a technical nature. 
                                                         Pages S9507-08
  Gorton (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 1215, to provide that entry and 
permit limitations for Glacier Bay National Park shall not apply to the 
Auk Nu Marine--Glacier Bay Ferry entering Bartlett Cove for the sole 
purpose of accessing park or other authorized visitor services or 
facilities at, or originating from, the public dock area at Bartlett 
Cove.
Page S9508
  Gorton (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 1216, to amend certain oil and 
gas lease provisions with regard to the exploration of the national 
petroleum reserve in Alaska.
Pages S9508-09
  Gorton (for Murkowski) Amendment No. 1217, to limit the expenditure 
of funds which may occur to fund the Forest Service's Juneau regional 
office.
Pages S9509-10
  Jeffords Amendment No. 1218, to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding the preservation of Civil War battlefields.
Pages S9505-07
Rejected:
  By 23 yeas to 77 nays (Vote No. 241), 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 S9440-43, S9465-83
  By 49 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 242), Bryan Amendment No. 1205, to 
reduce funding for Forest Service road construction and eliminate the 
purchaser credit program. (Also, by 49 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 243), 
Senate failed to reconsider the vote by which the amendment was 
rejected.)
Pages S9450-65, S9483-84
  By 26 yeas to 73 nays (Vote No. 244), Abraham Amendment No. 1206 (to 
committee amendment beginning on page 96, line 12 through page 97, line 
8), to reduce funding for the National Endowment of the Arts, and 
provide additional construction funds for the National Park Service. 
                                                  Pages S9486-88, S9495
  By 37 yeas to 62 nays (Vote No. 245), Hutchinson Amendment No. 1187 
(to committee amendment beginning on page 96, line 12 through page 97, 
line 8), to provide financial assistance to States to support the arts.
                                                         Pages S9488-96
Pending:
  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 S9440-41
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Thursday, September 18, 1997.
Page S9529
Military Construction Appropriations Conference Report: By 97 yeas to 3 
nays (Vote No. 240), Senate agreed to 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, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S9443-47
Appointments:
   National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council: The Chair, on behalf 
of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 101-445, appointed 
Charles H. White, of Mississippi, to the National Nutrition Monitoring 
Advisory Council.
  Page S9510
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report on Federal Advisory Committees for fiscal 
year 1996; referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (PM-66). 
                                                         Pages S9511-12
  Transmitting a report concerning the national emergency with respect 
to Iran; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs. (PM-67).
Pages S9512-13
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Jerry MacArthur Hultin, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the 
Navy.
  Gloria Tristani, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 
30, 1998.
  Gloria Tristani, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Federal 
Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 1998. 
                                                             Page S9529
Messages From the President:
  Pages S9511-13
Messages From the House:
  Pages S9513-14
Measures Referred:
  Page S9514
Communications:
  Page S9514

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Petitions:
  Pages S9514-15
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9515-24
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9524-25
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S9525-27
Authority for Committees:
  Page S9527
Additional Statements:
  Pages S9527-29
Record Votes: Six record votes were taken today. (Total-245) 
                                        Pages S9447, S9483-84, S9495-96
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m, and adjourned at 9:26 p.m., 
until 9:10 a.m., on Thursday, September 18, 1997. (For Senate's 
program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's 
Record on page S9529.)