[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 134 (Wednesday, October 1, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1042-D1043]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Wednesday, October 1, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.
      House passed H.R. 2516, to extend ISTEA through March 31, 1998.
      House Committees ordered reported seven sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10245-S10306
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1242-1247, and S. Res. 129.
  Page S10293
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1173, to authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway 
safety programs, and for mass transit programs, with amendments. (S. 
Rept. No. 105-95)
Page S10293
Measures Passed:
  Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary Appropriations, 1998: 
Pursuant to the order of Thursday, July 24, 1997, Senate passed H.R. 
2267, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, 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. 1022, Senate companion 
measure, as passed by the Senate on Tuesday, July 29, 1997, that the 
Senate insisted on its amendment, and the Chair appointed the following 
conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Gregg, Stevens, Domenici, 
McConnell, Hutchison, Campbell, Cochran, Hollings, Byrd, Inouye, 
Bumpers, Lautenberg, and Mikulski.
  Page S10265
  Subsequently, S. 1022 was indefinitely postponed and previous passage 
of the bill was vitiated.
Pages S10265, S10305
  National Flood Insurance Reauthorization: Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged from further consideration of 
S. 1179, to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to 
reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program, and the bill was then 
passed.
  Pages S10305-06
District of Columbia Appropriations: Senate resumed 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 S10257-64
Adopted:
  Faircloth/Boxer Amendment No. 1271, to make a technical correction. 
                                                        Pages S10260-62
  Faircloth/Boxer Amendment No. 1272, of a technical nature. 
                                                        Pages S10260-62
  Faircloth/Boxer Amendment No. 1273, to express the sense of the 
Senate supporting the management teams and management reform plans 
authorized in the District of Columbia Management Reform Act of 1997. 
                                                        Pages S10260-62
  Faircloth (for Brownback) Amendment No. 1274, to ensure the 
effectiveness of the charter school program.
Page S10260-62
  Boxer (for Moynihan) Amendment No. 1275, to designate the year 2000 
as the Year of the National Bicentennial Celebration for Washington, 
D.C.--the Nation's Capital.
Pages S10260-62
  Boxer (for Byrd) Amendment No. 1276, to establish a remedial 
education pilot program in the District of Columbia in the District of 
Columbia public schools.
Pages S10260-62
Pending:
  Coats Modified Amendment No. 1249, to provide scholarship assistance 
for District of Columbia elementary and secondary school students. 
                                                        Pages S10259-60
  Graham/Mack/Kennedy Amendment No. 1252, to provide relief to certain 
aliens who would otherwise be subject to removal from the United 
States.
Pages S10257-59, S10263-64

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  Mack/Graham/Kennedy Modified Amendment No. 1253 (to Amendment No. 
1252), in the nature of a substitute. (By 2 yeas to 97 nays (Vote No. 
265), Senate failed to table the amendment.)
Pages S10257-59, S10263-64
Department of the Treasury/Postal Service Appropriations--Conference 
Report: By 55 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 264), Senate agreed to the 
conference report on 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, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                        Pages S10245-52
Religious Workers Act: Senate concurred in the amendments of the House 
to S. 1198, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the 
special immigrant religious worker program, to amend the Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to extend 
the deadline for designation of an effective date for paperwork changes 
in the employer sanctions program, and to require the Secretary of 
State to waive or reduce the fee for application and issuance of a 
nonimmigrant visa for aliens coming to the United States for certain 
charitable purposes, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                            Page S10305
Appointments:
  Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance: The Chair, on 
behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 99-498, 
appointed Charles Terrell, of Massachusetts, to the Advisory Committee 
on Student Financial Assistance for a three-year term effective October 
1, 1997.
  Page S10305
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Steven J. Green, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Singapore.
  Daniel Charles Kurtzer, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Arab 
Republic of Egypt.
  Duncan T. Moore, of New York, to be an Associate Director of the 
Office of Science and Technology Policy.
  Steven Karl Pifer, of California, to be Ambassador to Ukraine. 
                                                            Page S10306
Messages From the House:
  Pages S10292-93
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S10293
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S10293-95
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S10295-96
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10296-97
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S10297
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S10297-98
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10298-S10305
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--265) 
                                                   Pages S10252, S10264
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 5:02 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Friday, October 3, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10306.)