[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 152 (Tuesday, November 4, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1201-D1202]
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                                          Tuesday, November 4, 1997

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11617-S11707
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and one resolution were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1359-1369 and S. Con. Res. 60.
  Pages S11677-78
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1219, to require the establishment of a research and grant program 
for the eradication or control of Pfiesteria pisicicida and other 
aquatic toxins, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 105-132)
  H.R. 651, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the 
construction of a hydroelectric project located in the State of 
Washington. (S. Rept. No. 105-133)
  H.R. 652, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the 
construction of a hydroelectric project located in the State of 
Washington. (S. Rept. No. 105-134)
  H.R. 848, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act 
applicable to the construction of the AuSable Hydroelectric Project in 
New York. (S. Rept. No. 105-135)
  H.R. 1184, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the 
construction of the Bear Creek hydroelectric project in the State of 
Washington. (S. Rept. No. 105-136)
  H.R. 1217, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act for the 
construction of a hydroelectric project located in the State of 
Washington. (S. Rept. No. 105-137)
  H.R. 858, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a pilot 
project on designated lands within Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National 
Forests in the State of California to demonstrate the effectiveness of 
the resource management activities proposed by the Quincy Library Group 
and to amend current land and resource management plans for these 
national forests to consider the incorporation of these resource 
management activities, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
(S. Rept. No. 105-138)
  S. 759, to provide for an annual report to Congress concerning 
diplomatic immunity, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. 1258, to amend the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property 
Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 to prohibit an alien who is not 
lawfully present in the United States from receiving assistance under 
that Act, with an amendment.
  S. Con. Res. 48, expressing the sense of the Congress regarding 
proliferation of missile technology from Russia to Iran.
  S. Con. Res. 58, expressing the sense of Congress over Russia's newly 
passed religion law.
Pages S11666-67
Measures Passed:
  Hoopa Valley Reservation Adjustment: Senate passed H.R. 79, to 
provide for the conveyance of certain land in the Six Rivers National 
Forest in the State of California for the benefit of the Hoopa Valley 
Tribe, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S11703
  International Immunization Requirement Exemption: Senate passed H.R. 
2464, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt 
internationally adopted children under age 10 from the immunization 
requirement, clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S11703-04
  Veterans' Cemetery Protection Act of 1997: Senate passed S. 813, to 
amend chapter 91 of title 18, United States Code, to provide criminal 
penalties for theft and willful vandalism at national cemeteries, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                            Page S11704
  U.S. Fire Administration Authorization: Senate passed S. 1231, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the United 
States Fire Administration.
  Pages S11704-05
  Battle of Midway National Memorial Act: Senate passed S. 940, to 
provide for a study of the establishment of Midway Atoll as a national 
memorial

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to the Battle of Midway, after agreeing to a committee amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  Pages S11705-06
  Mississippi Navigation Regulation: Senate passed S. 1324, to 
deauthorize a portion of the project for navigation, Biloxi Harbor, 
Mississippi.
  Page S11706
  Grand Teton Grazing Study: Senate passed H.R. 708, to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study concerning grazing use and 
open space within and adjacent to Grant Teton National Park, Wyoming, 
and to extend temporarily certain grazing privileges, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Page S11706
Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools--Cloture Vote: By 
56 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 291), three-fifths of those Senators duly 
chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, Senate failed to 
close further debate 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 S11626-27
Reciprocal Trade Agreement/Fast Track: Senate began consideration of 
the motion to proceed to the consideration of S. 1269, to establish 
objectives for negotiating and procedures for implementing certain 
trade agreements.
  Pages S11632-61
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate took the following 
action:
  By 69 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. 292), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to 
a motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill.
Page S11632
  A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill on 
Wednesday, November 5, 1997, with a vote on, or in relation to the 
motion to occur thereon.
Pages S11706-07
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached 
providing for the consideration of the nomination of James S. Gwin, of 
Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Ohio, on Wednesday, November 5, 1997, with a vote to occur thereon. 
                                                   Pages S11703, S11706
Appointments:
  Board of Visitors--U.S. Military Academy: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Vice President, pursuant to 10 USC 4355(a) appointed Senator 
Lautenberg, from the Committee on Appropriations, to the Board of 
Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy, vice Senator Kohl.
  Page S11703
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report of the Executive Order blocking Sudanese 
government property and prohibiting transactions with Sudan; referred 
to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM--79). 
                                                            Page S11666
Messages From the President:
  Page S11666
Messages From the House:
  Page S11666
Petitions:
  Page S11666
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Pages S11667-77
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S11678-92
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S11692-93
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S11694
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S11694-95
Additional Statements:
  Pages S11695-S11703
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--292) 
                                                Pages S11626-27, S11632
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 8:11 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, November 5, 1997. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11707.)