[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D987-D988]
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                                        Tuesday, September 23, 1997

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9737-S9809
Measures Introduced: Nine bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1201-
1209.                                                        
  Page S9785
Measures Passed:
  Austrian-American Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 122, declaring 
September 26, 1997, as ``Austrian-American Day''.        
  Pages S9805-06
  California Land Conveyance: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 111, to 
authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel of unused 
agricultural land in Dos Palos, California, to the Dos Palos Ag 
Boosters for use as a farm school, and the bill was then passed, 
clearing the measure for the President.                      
  Page S9806
FDA 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, listed below), taking action 
on further amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                        Pages S9737-69, S9771-75, S9781
Adopted:
  Murray Amendment No. 1161, to modify the exemption requirements 
relating to national uniformity for nonprescription drugs to provide an 
exemption for a State or political subdivision requirement that 
protects the health and safety of children.              
Pages S9763-64
  Jeffords Amendment No. 1174, to maintain authority of the Food and 
Drug Administration to regulate tobacco.                 
Pages S9766-67
  Jeffords Amendment No. 1175, to provide that an environmental impact 
statement prepared in accordance with certain regulations of the Food 
and Drug Administration shall be considered to meet the requirements of 
section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 
                                                         Pages S9766-67
  Jeffords (for Kennedy) Amendment No. 1152, to improve the standard 
for binding determinations with respect to the specification of valid 
scientific evidence with respect to the effectiveness of devices. 
                                                         Pages S9766-67
  Jeffords (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 1156, to provide for a study 
and report concerning the treatment of health care economic 
information.                                             
Pages S9766-67
  Jeffords (for DeWine) Modified Amendment No. 1136, to establish a 
program for the pediatric studies of drugs and pediatric uses for 
approved drugs.                                          
Pages S9766-68
  Jeffords (for Hatch) Amendment No. 1183, to provide for a disclaimer 
with respect to safety reports.                      
Pages S9764, S9766
  Jeffords (for Hatch/Wyden) Modified Amendment No. 1182, to improve 
the mission of the Food and Drug Administration.         
Pages S9764-66
  By 98 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 255), Jeffords Amendment No. 1130, in 
the nature of a substitute.                                  
Page S9769
Rejected:
  By 40 yeas to 59 nays (Vote No. 252), Durbin Amendment No. 1140 (to 
Amendment No. 1130), to require that entities and individuals 
accredited to conduct review of device notifications be subject to the 
conflict of interest standards that apply to employees of the Food and 
Drug Administration.                                     
Pages S9737-38
  By 39 yeas to 61 nays (Vote No. 253), Durbin Amendment No. 1139 (to 
Amendment No. 1130), to eliminate provisions relating to the discretion 
of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to track devices or to 
conduct postmarket surveillance of devices.              
Pages S9738-39
  Reed Amendment No. 1177 (to Amendment No. 1130), to ensure that 
determinations of the Secretary with respect to the intended uses of a 
device are based on the proposed labeling only if such labeling is not 
false or misleading. (By 65 yeas to 35 nays (Vote No. 254), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)                                   
Pages S9739-59
  Senate upheld the ruling of the Chair which held that Harkin 
Amendment No. 1137 (to Amendment No. 1130), authorizing funds for each 
of fiscal years

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1998 through 2000 to establish within the National Institutes of Health 
an agency to be known as the National Center for Complementary and 
Alternative Medicine was not germane, and the amendment thus fell. 
                                                         Pages S9759-63
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill on Wednesday, September 24, 1997, with a vote 
on passage to occur thereon.                                 
Page S9769
Campaign Reform--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for the consideration of S. 25, to reform the financing of 
Federal elections, and certain amendments to be proposed thereto. 
                                                         Pages S9769-71
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaties:
  Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (Treaty Doc. 105-28);
  Protocol Amending Tax Convention with Canada (Treaty Doc. 105-29); 
and
  Extradition Treaty with India (Treaty Doc. 105-30).
  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 S9806-08
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.          
Pages S9806, S9809
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Received on Monday, September 22, during the adjournment:
  Richard Frank Celeste, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to India. 
                                                             Page S9809
Communications:                                              
  Page S9783
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S9783-85
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S9785-89
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S9800-01
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S9801
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S9801
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--255) 
                                           Pages S9738-39, S9759, S9769
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:04 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Wednesday, September 24, 1997. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S9809.)