[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 139 (Wednesday, October 8, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1082-D1083]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Wednesday, October 8, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House agreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 1122, Partial Birth 
      Abortion Ban--clearing the measure for the President.
      House passed H.R. 901, American Land Sovereignty Act.
      House agreed to the Conference Report on H.R. 2158, VA, HUD 
      Appropriations Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10501-S10717
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1267-
1277.
  Page S10631
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1269, to establish objectives for negotiating and procedures for 
implementing certain trade agreements. (S. Rept. No. 105-102)
  S. 1271, to reauthorize the mass transit programs of the Federal 
Government, and for other purposes. (S. Rept. No. 105-103)
  S. Res. 112, condemning the most recent outbreak of violence in the 
Republic of Congo and recognizing the threat such violence poses to the 
prospects for a stable democratic form of government in that country.
  S. Con. Res. 37, expressing the sense of the Congress that Little 
League Baseball Incorporated was established to support and develop 
Little League baseball worldwide and should be entitled to all of the 
benefits and privileges available to nongovernmental international 
organizations, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                            Page S10625
Campaign Finance Reform--Cloture Vote: By 52 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 
270), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having 
voted in the affirmative, Senate failed to close further debate on S. 
25, to reform the financing of Federal elections.
  Pages S10501-22
  A third cloture vote is scheduled for Thursday, October 9, 1997.
ISTEA Authorization: Senate began consideration of S. 1173, to 
authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway safety 
programs, and for mass transit programs, with a modified committee 
amendment (the modification being a substitute for the text of the 
bill), taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows: 
                                                    Pages S10522-S10622
Adopted:
  Chafee Amendment No. 1310, to prohibit the use of proceed from the 
issuance by any State or local government of tax-exempt bonds for any 
project financing, prepayments, or repayments under the Transportation 
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 1997.
Page S10621
  Chafee Amendment No. 1311, to modify the exclusion from the general 
obligation limitations for the minimum guarantee program.
Page S10621
Pending:
  Chafee/Warner Amendment No. 1312, to provide for a continuing 
designation of a metropolitan planning organization.
Page S10621
  Chafee/Warner Amendment No. 1313 (to language proposed to be stricken 
by the committee amendment, as modified), of a perfecting nature. 
                                                        Pages S10621-22
  Chafee/Warner Amendment No. 1314 (to Amendment No. 1313), of a 
perfecting nature.
Page S10622
  Motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works, with instructions.
Page S10622
  Lott Amendment No. 1317 (to instructions of the motion to recommit), 
to authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway safety 
programs, and for mass transit programs.
Page S10622
  Lott Amendment No. 1318 (to Amendment No. 1317), to strike the 
limitation on obligations for administrative expenses.
Page S10622
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:

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  By 94 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. 271), Senate agreed to a motion to 
request the attendance of absent Senators.
Page S10622
Motion to Adjourn: By 54 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 272), Senate agreed 
to a motion to adjourn.
  Page S10716
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Garr M. King, of Oregon, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Oregon.
  Norman K. Moon, of Virginia, to be United States District Judge for 
the Western District of Virginia.
  James Hudson Bailey, of Wisconsin, to be Deputy Director of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
  Christopher C. Ashby, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the 
Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
  James A. Larocco, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the State of 
Kuwait.
  Mark Erwin, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring 
December 17, 1999.
  Phyllis E. Oakley, of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State.
  Betty Eileen King, of Maryland, 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 Representative of 
the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the 
United Nations.
  Stanford G. Ross, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Social Security Advisory Board for a term expiring September 30, 2002.
  Michael B. Thornton, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States 
Tax Court for a term of fifteen years after he takes office, vice 
Labpley Walker Hamblem, Jr., retired.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.
Pages S10716-17
Messages From the House:
  Page S10625
Measures Referred:
  Page S10625
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S10625
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S10625-31
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S10631-60
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S10660-61
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S10661-S10711
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S10711
Authority for Committees:
  Page S10712
Additional Statements:
  Pages S10712-16
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--272) 
                                           Pages S10522, S10622, S10716
Quorum Calls: Two quorum calls were taken today. (Total--5) 
                                                   Pages S10622, S10716
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m. and, by 54 yeas to 45 nays, 
agreed to adjourn at 6:05 p.m., until 12 noon, on Thursday, October 9, 
1997.