[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 144 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1130-D1131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Thursday, October 23, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Further Continuing Appropriations, 1998.
      The House passed H.R. 2646, Education Savings Act for Public and 
      Private Schools.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11001-S11171
Measures Introduced: Three bills and two resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1310-1312 and S. Res. 138 and 139.
  Page S11034
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. Res. 96, proclaiming the week of March 15 through March 21, 1998, 
as ``National Safe Place Week''.
  S. 474, to amend sections 1081 and 1084 of title 18, United States 
Code, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 813, to amend chapter 91 of title 18, United States Code, to 
provide criminal penalties for theft and willful vandalism at national 
cemeteries, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1292, disapproving the cancellations transmitted by the President 
on October 6, 1997, regarding Public Law 105-45, with an amendment. 
                                                            Page S11033
Measures Passed:
  Continuing Appropriations: By a unanimous vote of 100 yeas (Vote No. 
276) Senate passed H.J. Res. 97, making further continuing 
appropriations for the fiscal year 1998, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page S11015
  Committee Expenditures: Senate agreed to S. Res. 138, authorizing 
expenditures for consultants by the Committee on Rules and 
Administration.
  Page S11168
  Extradition Treaties Interpretation Act: Senate passed S. 1266, to 
interpret the term ``kidnapping'' in extradition treaties to which the 
United States is a party, after agreeing to the following amendment 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S11168-69
  Lott (for Helms/Biden) Amendment No. 1523, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S11168-69
ISTEA Authorization: Senate resumed 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 S11014-15, S11018-19, S11169-71
Pending:
  Chafee/Warner Amendment No. 1312, to provide for a continuing 
designation of a metropolitan planning organization.
Page S11169
  Chafee/Warner Amendment No. 1313 (to language proposed to be stricken 
by the committee amendment, as modified), of a perfecting nature. 
                                                            Page S11169
  Chafee/Warner Amendment No. 1314 (to Amendment No. 1313), of a 
perfecting nature.
Page S11169
  Motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works, with instructions.
Page S11169
  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 S11169
  Lott Amendment No. 1318 (to Amendment No. 1317), to strike the 
limitation on obligations for administrative expenses.
Page S11170
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 48 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 275), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to agree to close further debate on the modified committee 
amendment.
Pages S11014-15
  By 48 yeas to 50 nays (Vote No. 277), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having

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voted in the affirmative, Senate failed to agree to close further 
debate on the modified committee amendment.
Pages S11018-19
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Friday, October 24, 
1997, with a cloture vote on the modified committee amendment to occur 
thereon.
FDA Modernization and Accountability Act--Conferees: Senate disagreed 
to the amendments of the House to 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, agreed to 
the request of the House for a conference thereon, and the Chair 
appointed the following conferees: Senators Jeffords, Coats, Gregg, 
Frist, DeWine, Kennedy, Dodd, Harkin, and Mikulski.
  Page S11018
Treaties Approved: The following treaties having passed through their 
various parliamentary stages, up to and including the presentation of 
the resolution of ratification, upon division, two-thirds of the 
Senators present and having voted in the affirmative, the resolutions 
of ratification were agreed to:
  Agreement With Hong Kong for the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders, 
subject to two understandings, two declarations, and one proviso. 
(Treaty Doc. 105-3)
  International Telecommunication Union Constitution and Convention, 
with two understandings, two declarations, and one proviso. (Treaty 
Doc. 104-34)
  U.S.-Mexico Treaty on Maritime Boundaries, with one declaration and 
one proviso. (Ex.F, 96-1)
  Migratory Bird Protocol with Canada, with one understanding, one 
declaration, and one proviso. (Treaty Doc. No. 104-28)
  Migratory Bird Protocol with Mexico, with one declaration, one 
understanding, and one proviso. (Treaty Doc. No. 105-26) 
                                                        Pages S11165-68
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for the consideration of Algenon L. Marbley, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio on Monday, 
October 27, 1997, with a vote to occur thereon at 5 p.m. 
                                                        Pages S11164-65
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Kevin L. Thurm, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and 
Human Services.
  Ellen Seidman, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the 
Office of Thrift Supervision for a term of five years,.
  Peter L. Scher, of the District of Columbia, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Trade Negotiator.
  Edward E. Shumaker III, of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
Pages S11165, S11171
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Paul J. Hoeper, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Army.
  Linda Key Breathitt, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission.
  Curt Herbert, Jr., of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission.
  Frank D. Yturria, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Inter-American Foundation.
Page S11171
Messages From the House:
  Page S11033
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S11034
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S11034-42
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S11042-43
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S11044-S11162
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S11162
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S11162-63
Additional Statements:
  Pages S11163-64
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--277) 
                                             Pages S11014-15, S11018-19
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 6:43 p.m., 
until 9:45 a.m., on Friday, October 24, 1997. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11171.)