[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 150 (Friday, October 31, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1186-D1187]
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                                           Friday, October 31, 1997

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11503-S11575
Measures Introduced: Six bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1352-1357, and S. Con. Res. 59.
  Page S11545
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  H.R. 960, to validate certain conveyances in the City of Tulare, 
Tulare County, California. (S. Rept. No. 105-127)
  S. 1180, to reauthorize the Endangered Species Act, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-128)
  S. 318, to amend the Truth in Lending Act to require automatic 
cancellation and notice of cancellation rights with respect to private 
mortgage insurance which is required by a creditor as a condition for 
entering into a residential mortgage transaction, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-129)
  S. 1228, to provide for a 10-year circulating commemorative coin 
program to commemorate each of the 50 States, with an amendment. (S. 
Rept. No. 105-130)
Page S11544
Measures Passed:
  Gun Violence Concern: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from 
further consideration of S. Res. 141, expressing the sense of the 
Senate regarding National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence 
Day, and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Pages S11572-73
Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools--Cloture Vote: 
Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 2646, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from education 
individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school 
expenses, and to increase the maximum annual amount of contributions to 
such accounts.
  Pages S11503-11
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 56 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 288), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate 
failed to close further debate on the bill.
Page S11510
  A second motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, 
in accordance with the provisions of Rules XXII of the Standing Rules 
of the Senate, a vote on the cloture motion will occur on Tuesday, 
November 4, 1997.
Page S11510
National Defense Authorizations Act--Conference Report: Senate began 
consideration of the conference report on H.R. 1119, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, and to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces. 
                                                Pages S11511-12, S11570
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
action:
  By 93 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 289), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to 
close further debate on the motion to proceed to the consideration of 
the conference report.
Pages S11511-12
  A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the conference report on Thursday, November 6, 1997, 
with a vote to occur thereon.
Page S11570
  A unanimous-consent agreement was further reached providing for the 
consideration of a concurrent resolution making technical corrections 
in the enrollment of the conference report regarding Sec. 3165 of the 
bill.
Page S11570
Fast Track/Trade Agreements--Cloture Filed: A motion was entered to 
close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 
1269, to establish objectives for negotiating and procedures for 
implementing certain trade agreements and, in accordance with the 
provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on 
the cloture motion will occur on Tuesday, November 4, 1997. 
                                                            Page S11512
SBA Authorization: Senate concurred in the amendment of the House to S. 
1139, to reauthorize the programs of the Small Business Administration,

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with a Bond Amendment No. 1543 (to House amendment), in the nature of a 
substitute.
  Pages S11516-29
Export-Import Bank Authorization: Senate disagreed to the amendment of 
the House to S. 1026, to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States, agreed to the House request for a conference, and 
appointed the following conferees: Senators D'Amato, Grams, Hagel, 
Sarbanes, and Moseley-Braun.
  Pages S11573-74
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached 
providing for the consideration of the nomination of Charles Rossotti, 
of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 
Department of the Treasury, on Monday, November 3, 1997, with a vote to 
occur thereon.
  Page S11570
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:
  Taxation Agreement with Turkey, with one declaration and one proviso. 
(Treaty Doc. 104-30)
Pages S11570, S11572
  Taxation Convention with Austria, with one understanding, two 
declarations, and one proviso. (Treaty Doc. 104-31)
Pages S11570-72
  Taxation Convention with Luxembourg , with one reservation, two 
declarations, and one proviso. (Treaty Doc. 104-33)
Pages S11570-72
  Taxation Convention with Thailand, with one declaration and one 
proviso. (Treaty Doc. 105-2)
Pages S11570-72
  Tax Convention with Switzerland, with two declarations and one 
proviso. (Treaty Doc. 105-8)
Pages S11570-72
  Tax Convention with South Africa, with one declaration and one 
proviso. (Treaty Doc. 105-9)
Pages S11570-72
  Protocol Amending Tax Convention with Canada, with one declaration 
and one proviso. (Treaty Doc. 105-29)
Pages S11570, S11572
  Tax Convention with Ireland, with one understanding, two 
declarations, and one proviso. (Treaty Doc. 105-31) 
                                                   Pages S11570, S11572
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
Pages S11570, S11575
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Beverly Baldwin Martin, of Georgia, to be United States Attorney for 
the Middle District of Georgia for the term of four years.
  Robert M. McNamara, Jr., of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the 
Central Intelligence Agency.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.
Page S11575
Messages From the House:
  Page S11543
Measures Referred:
  Page S11543
Communications:
  Page S11543
Petitions:
  Pages S11543-44
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S11545
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S11545-49
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S11549-50
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S11553-67
Notices of Hearings:
  Pages S11567-68
Authority for Committees:
  Page S11568
Additional Statements:
  Pages S11568-70
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total-289) 
                                                   Pages S11510, S11512
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 3:22 p.m., 
until 12 Noon, on Monday, November 3, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11575.)