[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 137 (Monday, October 6, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1064-D1065]
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                                            Monday, October 6, 1997

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10339-S10448
Measures Introduced: Five bills and three resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1255-1259, and S. Res. 130-132.
  Page S10428
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 587, to require the Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain 
lands located in Hinsdale County, Colorado, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-96)
  S. 588, to provide for the expansion of the Eagles Nest Wilderness 
within the Arapaho National Forest and the White River National Forest, 
Colorado, to include land known as the State Creek Addition, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-97)
  S. 589, to provide for a boundary adjustment and land conveyance 
involving the Raggeds Wilderness, White River National Forest, 
Colorado, to correct the effects of earlier erroneous land surveys, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-98)
  S. 591, to transfer the Dillon Ranger District in the Arapaho 
National Forest to the White River National Forest in the State of 
Colorado, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. 
No. 105-99)
Pages S10427-28
Measures Passed:
   Authorizing Senate Testimony: Senate agreed to S. Res. 130, to 
authorize testimony by a Member and an employee of the Senate. 
                                                            Page S10445
  Restoration of Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 131, to express the sense of the Senate regarding the provision of 
technical assistance in the restoration of the Basilica of St. Francis 
of Assisi.
  Pages S10445-46
  Authorizing Printing of Rules and Authorities: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 132, to authorizing the printing of a collection of rules and 
authorities of special investigatory committees of the Senate. 
                                                            Page S10446
  Miles Land Exchange: Senate passed S. 590, to provide for a land 
exchange involving certain land within the Routt National Forest in the 
State of Colorado.
  Page S10446
  National Grasslands Management: Senate passed S. 750, to consolidate 
certain mineral interest in the National Grasslands in Billings County, 
North Dakota, through the exchange of Federal and private mineral 
interests to enhance land management capabilities and environmental and 
wildlife protection, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  Pages S10446-47
Campaign Finance Reform: Senate resumed consideration of S. 25, to 
reform the financing of Federal elections, as modified, with the 
following amendments pending thereto:
  Pages S10339-S10420
  Pending:
  Lott Amendment No. 1258, to guarantee that contributions to Federal 
political campaigns are voluntary.
Page S10339
  Lott Amendment No. 1259 (to Amendment No. 1258), in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S10339
  Lott Amendment No. 1260 (to Amendment No. 1258), to guarantee that 
contributions to Federal political campaigns are voluntary. 
                                                            Page S10339
  Lott Amendment No 1261, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S10339
  Lott Amendment No. 1262 (to Amendment No. 1261), to guarantee that 
contributions to Federal political campaigns are voluntary. 
                                                            Page S10339
  Motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Rules and 
Administration with instructions to report back forthwith, with an 
amendment.
Page S10339
  Lott Amendment No. 1263 (to instructions of motion to recommit), to 
guarantee that contributions to Federal political campaigns are 
voluntary.
Page S10339
  Lott Amendment No. 1264 (to Amendment No. 1263), in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S10339
  Lott Amendment No. 1265 (to Amendment No. 1264), to guarantee that 
contributions to Federal political campaigns are voluntary. 
                                                            Page S10339
  A second motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of 
the

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Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will occur on Wednesday, October 
8, 1997.
Page S10378
  Senate will vote on a motion to close further debate on Lott 
Amendment No. 1258, listed above, on Tuesday, October 7, 1997, and 
could also vote on a motion to close further debate on the bill.
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of the cancellation of dollar amounts of 
discretionary budget authority; which was referred jointly, pursuant to 
section 1025 of Public Law 93-344, to the Committee on Appropriations, 
and to the Committee on the Budget. (PM-71).
Page S10427
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  James Catherwood Hormel, of California, to be Ambassador to 
Luxembourg.
  Gerald S. McGowan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Portugal.
  Lyndon Lowell Olson, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador to Sweden.
  A. Peter Burleigh, of California, to be a Representative of the 
United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations during his tenure of service as Deputy Representative of 
the United States of America to the United Nations.
  Bill Richardson, of New Mexico, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United 
Nations during his tenure of service as Representative of the United 
States of America to the United Nations.
  Richard Sklar, of California, to be an Alternate Representative of 
the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations during his tenure of service as Representative of 
the United States of America to the United Nations for UN Management 
and Reform.
  Nancy E. Soderberg, of the District of Columbia, to be Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America for Special Political 
Affairs in the United Nations, with rank of Ambassador.
  Nancy E. Soderberg, of the District of Columbia, to be an Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the 
General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as 
Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special 
Political Affairs in the United Nations.
  Kenneth R. Wykle, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Federal 
Highway Administration.
Page S10448
Messages From the President:
  Page S10427
Messages From the House:
  Page S10427
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S10427
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S10428-32
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S10432-33
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10434-41
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10442-45
Adjournment: Senate convened at 1 p.m., and adjourned at 7:36 p.m., 
until 10:30 a.m., on Tuesday, October 7, 1997. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S10448.)