[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 24, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D995-D997]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                      Wednesday, September 24, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed FDA Reform.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9811-S9909
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and three resolutions were introduced 
as follows: S. 1210-1218, and S. Res. 123-125.           
  Pages S9886-87
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1216, to approve and implement the OECD Shipbuilding Trade 
Agreement. (S. Rept. No. 105-84)
  S. 738, to reform the statutes relating to Amtrak, to authorize 
appropriations for Amtrak, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 105-85)
  S. 1020, to amend the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities 
Act of 1965 and the Art and Artifacts Indemnity Act to improve and 
extend the Acts, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 105-86)
  H.R. 2443, to designate the Federal building located at 601 Fourth 
Street, N.W., in the District of Columbia, as the ``Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, Washington Field Office Memorial Building'', in honor of 
William H. Christian, Jr., Martha Dixon Martinez, Michael J. Miller, 
Anthony Palmisano, and Edwin R. Woodriffe.
  H. Con. Res. 99, expressing concern over recent events in the 
Republic of Sierra Leone in the wake of the recent military coup d'etat 
of that country's first democratically elected president.
  S. Res. 123, honoring the memory of former Peace Corps Director Loret 
Miller Ruppe.
  S. 1015, to provide for the exchange of lands within Admiralty Island 
National Monument, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1211, to provide permanent authority for the administration of au 
pair programs.
  S. Con. Res. 51, expressing the sense of Congress regarding elections 
for the legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. 
                                                             Page S9980
Measures Passed:
  FDA Modernization and Accountability Act: By 98 yeas to 2 nays (Vote 
No. 256), Senate passed 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, as 
amended, and after taking action on the following amendment proposed 
thereto:                                                 
  Pages S9811-68
Adopted:
  Jeffords (for Hutchinson) Modified Amendment No. 1184 (to Amendment 
No. 1130), to improve the provisions relating to the application of 
Federal law to the practice of pharmacy compounding.         
Page S9849
  Vessel Certificate of Documentation: Senate passed S. 542, to 
authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of 
documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the 
coastwise trade for the vessel Far Horizons.                 
  Page S9906
  Vessel Certificate of Documentation: Senate passed S. 662, to 
authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of 
documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the 
coastwise trade for the vessel Vortice, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                 
  Pages S9906-07
   Vessel Certificate of Documentation: Senate passed S. 880, to 
authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of 
documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the 
coastwise trade for the vessel Dusken IV, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.                     
  Page S9907
  Commending Dr. Jason C. Hu: Senate agreed to S. Res. 125, commending 
Dr. Jason C. Hu, Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural 
Representative Office in the United States.                  
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  Gold Medal Award: Senate passed H.R. 2248, to authorize the President 
to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Ecumenical Patriarch 
Bartholomew in recognition of his outstanding and enduring 
contributions toward religious understanding and peace, clearing the 
measure for the President.                               
  Pages S9907-08
  Federal Building Designation: Senate passed H.R. 2443, to designate 
the Federal building located at 601 Fourth Street, N.W., in the 
District of Columbia, as the ``Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Washington Field Office Memorial Building'', in honor of William H. 
Christian, Jr., Martha Dixon Martinez, Michael J. Miller, Anthony 
Palmisano, and Edwin R. Woodriffe, clearing the measure for the 
President.                                                   
  Page S9908
District of Columbia Appropriations: Senate began consideration of S. 
1156, making appropriations for the government of the District of 
Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part against 
the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1998, taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                                         Pages S9868-78
Adopted:
  Faircloth/Boxer Amendment No. 1248, to make technical corrections. 
                                                             Page S9871
Pending:
  Coats Amendment No. 1249, to provide scholarship assistance for 
District of Columbia elementary and secondary school students. 
                                                        Pages S98871-72
  Wyden Amendment No. 1250, to establish that it is the standing order 
of the Senate that a Senator who objects to a motion or matter shall 
disclose the objection in the Congressional Record. 
                                                  Pages S9872-74, S9877
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill and the amendments pending thereto, on 
Thursday, September 25, 1997.                            
Pages S9908-09
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Amendment No. 1249, 
listed above and, by unanimous consent, a vote on the cloture motion 
will occur on Tuesday, September 30, 1997.               
Pages S9877-78
Legislative Branch Appropriations--Conference Report: By 90 yeas to 10 
nays (Vote No. 257), Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 
2209, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1998, clearing the measure for the President.
                                                         Pages S9875-77
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the following treaty:
  Tax Treaty with Ireland (Treaty Doc. 105-31).
  The treaty was 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. 
                                                             Page S9906
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report concerning the continuation of the emergency 
with respect to UNITA; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs. (PM-68).                                  
Page S9878
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Sheila Foster Anthony, of Arkansas, to be a Federal Trade 
Commissioner for the term of seven years from September 26, 1995.
  1 Air Force nomination in the rank of general.             
Page S9907
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Arthur J. Tarnow, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Michigan.
  George Caram Steeh III, of Michigan, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan.
  Shaun Edward Donnelly, of Indiana, to be Ambassador to the Democratic 
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 
of the United States of America to the Republic of Maldives.
  Edward S. Walker, Jr., of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Israel. 
                                                             Page S9909
Messages From the President:                                 
  Page S9878
Messages From the House:                                 
  Pages S9878-79
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S9879
Communications:                                          
  Pages S9879-80
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S9880-86
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S9887-97
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S9897
Amendments Submitted:                                 
  Pages S9898-S9902
Notices of Hearings:                                     
  Pages S9902-03
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S9903
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S9903-06
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total-257) 
                                                     Pages S9850, S9877
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 7:10 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Thursday, September 25, 1997. (For Senate's program, 
see the

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remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S9908-
09.)