[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 130 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1006-D1007]
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                                       Thursday, September 25, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate and House agreed to Defense Appropriations Conference 
      Report.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S9911-S9987
Measures Introduced: Four bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1219-1222, and S. Res. 126-127
  Page S9969
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. Res. 126, authorizing supplemental expenditures by the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs. (S. Rept. No. 105-87)
  S. 363, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require that 
violent video programming is limited to broadcast after the hours when 
children are reasonably likely to comprise a substantial portion of the 
audience, unless it is specifically rated on the basis of its violent 
content so that it is blockable by electronic means specifically on the 
basis of that content, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 105-89) 
                                                             Page S9968
Measures Passed:
  Breast Cancer: Committee on Labor and Human Resources was discharged 
from further consideration of S. Res. 85, expressing the sense of the 
Senate that individuals affected by breast cancer should not be alone 
in the fight against the disease, and the resolution was then agreed 
to.
  Page S9986
  Elderly Nutrition Program Anniversary: Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources was discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 11, 
recognizing the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the first 
nutrition program for the elderly under the Older Americans Act of 
1965, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S9986-87
  Au Pair Program Authority: Senate passed S. 1211, to provide 
permanent authority for the administration of au pair programs. 
                                                             Page S9987
  Oklahoma City National Memorial Act: Senate concurred in the 
amendment of the House to S. 871, to establish the Oklahoma City 
National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System, and to 
designate the Oklahoma City Memorial Trust, clearing the measure for 
the President.
  Pages S9911-14
District of Columbia Appropriations: Senate continued 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 S9914-40, S9960-63, S9978-80
Pending:
  Coats Modified Amendment No. 1249, to provide scholarship assistance 
for District of Columbia elementary and secondary school students. 
                                               Pages S9914-40, S9961-63
  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.
Page S9914
  Graham/Mack/Kennedy Amendment No. 1252, to provide relief to certain 
aliens who would otherwise be subject to removal from the United 
States.
Pages S9960-61, S9978-79
  Mack/Graham/Kennedy Amendment No. 1253 (to Amendment No. 1252), in 
the nature of a substitute.
Pages S9961, S9979-80
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill on Tuesday, September 
30, 1997.
Department of Defense Appropriations--Conference Report: By 93 yeas to 
5 nays (Vote No. 258), Senate agreed to the conference report on H.R. 
2266, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Pages S9940-57
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report concerning the national emergency with 
respect to Angola; referred to the

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Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-69). 
                                                         Pages S9967-68
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. 259 EX), Katharine Sweeney 
Hayden, of New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of New Jersey.
Pages S9957-59, S9987
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  David W. Wilcox, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.
  Stanley Marcus, of Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Eleventh Circuit.
  Stanley Tuemler Escudero, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Azerbaijan.
  Daniel Fried, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Poland.
  James Carew Rosapepe, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Romania.
  Peter Francis Tufo, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Hungary.
  B. Lynn Pascoe, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as Special Negotiator for Nagorno-Karabakh.
  David Timothy Johnson, of Georgia, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as Head of the United States Delegation to the 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). 
                                                             Page S9987
Messages From the President:
  Pages S9967-68
Messages From the House:
  Page S9968
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S9968
Communications:
  Page S9968
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S9968-69
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S9969-76
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S9976-77
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S9978
Authority for Committees:
  Page S9980
Additional Statements:
  Page S9980
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total-259) 
                                                             Page S9957
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 7:24 p.m., 
until 9 a.m., on Friday, September 26, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S9987.)