[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 154 (Thursday, November 6, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1224-D1226]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                         Thursday, November 6, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to Defense Authorizations Conference Report.
      The House passed 5 measures relating to the policy of the United 
      States with respect to the People's Republic of China.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11795-S11903
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and four resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1382-1396, S. Res. 144 and 145, and S. Con. 
Res. 64 and 65.                                         
  Pages S11863-64
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1193, to amend chapter 443 of title 49, United States Code, to 
extend the authorization of the aviation insurance program, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-140)
  H.R. 282, to designate the United States Post Office building located 
at 153 East 110th Street, New York, New York, as the ``Oscar Garcia 
Rivera Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 497, to repeal the Federal charter of Group Hospitalization and 
Medical Services, Inc, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  H.R. 681, to designate the United States Post Office building located 
at 313 East Broadway in Glendale, California, as the ``Carlos J. 
Moorhead Post Office Building''.
  H.R. 1316, to amend chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, with 
respect to the order of precedence to be applied in the payment of life 
insurance benefits.
  H.R. 2129, to designate the United States Post Office located at 150 
North 3rd Street in Steubenville, Ohio, as the ``Douglas Applegate Post 
Office''.
  H.R. 2564, to designate the United States Post Office located at 450 
North Centre Street in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, as the ``Peter J. 
McCloskey Postal Facility''.
  H.R. 2610, to amend the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 to 
extend the authorization for the Office of National Drug Control Policy 
until September 30, 1999, to expand the responsibilities and powers of 
the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
  S. Res. 93, designating the week beginning November 23, 1997, and the 
week beginning on November 22, 1998, as ``National Family Week''.
  S. 191, to throttle criminal use of guns, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  S. 336, to convert certain excepted service positions in the United 
States Fire Administration to competitive service positions.
  S. 508, to provide for the relief of Mai Hoa ``Jasmin'' Salehi.
  S. 857, for the relief of Roma Salobrit.
  S. 1304, for the relief of Belinda McGregor, with amendments.
  S. 1336, for the relief of Roy Desmond Moser.
  S. 1337, for the relief of John Andre Chalot.
  S. 1371, to establish felony violations for the failure to pay legal 
child support obligations.                              
Pages S11862-63
Measures Passed:
  Enrollment Correction: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 64, to provide 
for corrections to be made in the enrollment of H.R. 1119, National 
Defense Authorizations Act.                                 
  Page S11844
National Defense Authorizations Act--Conference Report: By 90 yeas to 
10 nays (Vote No. 296), Senate agreed to 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, clearing 
the measure for the President.                      
  Pages S11799-S11844
Intelligence Authorizations--Conference Report: Senate agreed to the 
conference report on S. 858, to

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authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for intelligence and 
intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the 
Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency 
Retirement and Disability System.            
  Pages S11844-45, S11847-49
Reciprocal Trade Agreement/Fast Track: Senate began consideration of S. 
1269, to establish objectives for negotiating and procedures for 
implementing certain trade agreements, taking action on amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:                   
  Pages S11849-50, S11855
Adopted:
  Inhofe Amendment No. 1602, to establish a research and monitoring 
program for the national ambient air quality standards for ozone and 
particulate matter and to reinstate the original standards under the 
Clean Air Act.                                  
Pages S11849-50, S11855
Pending:
  Dorgan Amendment No. 1594, to establish an emergency commission to 
end the trade deficit.                                      
Page S11849
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 98 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 295 EX), Ronald Lee Gilman, of 
Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit. 
                                                Pages S11796-99, S11903
  George Edward Moose, of Maryland, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the European Office of the United Nations, with 
the rank of Ambassador.
  F. Amanda DeBusk, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  Lange Schermerhorn, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Djibouti.
  Brenda Schoonover, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Togo.
  Victor Marrero, of New York, to be the Permanent Representative of 
the United States to the Organization of American States, with the rank 
of Ambassador.
  Patricia Watkins Lattimore, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Labor.
  Jeanette C. Takamura, of Hawaii, to be Assistant Secretary for Aging, 
Department of Health and Human Services.
  Julia Taft, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of State.
  Kathryn Walt Hall, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Austria.
  R. Roger Majak, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce.
  Alexander R. Vershbow, of the District of Columbia, to be United 
States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
  Edward M. Gabriel, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Kingdom of Morocco.
  David L. Aaron, of New York, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
International Trade.
  Susan Robinson King, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Labor.
  Joseph A. Presel, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador of the Untied 
States of America to the Republic of Uzbekistan.
  Richard Frank Celeste, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to India.
  Shaun Edward Donnelly, of Indiana, to be Ambassador to the Democratic 
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 
of the United States of America to the Republic of Maldives.
  Edward S. Walker, Jr., of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Israel.
  Stanley Tuemler Escudero, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Azerbaijan.
  Daniel Fried, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Poland.
  James Carew Rosapepe, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Romania.
  Peter Francis Tufo, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Hungary.
  B. Lynn Pascoe, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as Special Negotiator for Nagorno-Karabakh.
  David Timothy Johnson, of Georgia, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as Head of the United States Delegation to the 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
  Kathryn Linda Haycock Proffitt, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Malta.
  William H. Twaddell, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the Federal 
Republic of Nigeria.
  Steven J. Green, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Singapore.
  Daniel Charles Kurtzer, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Arab 
Republic of Egypt.
  Steven Karl Pifer, of California, to be Ambassador to Ukraine.
  Cameron R. Hume, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Democratic and 
Popular Republic of Algeria.
  Thomas J. Miller, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-

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Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as 
Special Coordinator for Cyprus.
  Amy L. Bondurant, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative 
of the United States of America to the Organization for Economic 
Cooperation and Development, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Gerald S. McGowan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Portugal.
  Lyndon Lowell Olson, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador to Sweden.
  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.
  Phyllis E. Oakley, of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
State.
  Mary Mel French, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief of 
Protocol, and to have the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of 
service.
  David B. Hermelin, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to Norway. 
                                                        Pages S11901-03
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  John Paul Hammerschmidt, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term 
of four years.
  Christine O. C. Miller, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of 
the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years. 
(Reappointment)
  Rosemary S. Pooler, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Second Circuit.
  Robert D. Sack, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Second Circuit.
  Jeanne Hurley Simon, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National 
Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring 
July 19, 2002.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Coast Guard.          
Pages S11902-03
Messages From the House:                                    
  Page S11862
Measures Referred:                                          
  Page S11862
Communications:                                             
  Page S11862
Executive Reports of Committees:                            
  Page S11863
Statements on Introduced Bills:                         
  Pages S11864-79
Additional Cosponsors:                                  
  Pages S11879-81
Amendments Submitted:                                   
  Pages S11883-89
Authority for Committees:                                   
  Page S11889
Additional Statements:                                  
  Pages S11889-98
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--296) 
                                                   Pages S11799, S11844
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:06 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, November 7, 1997. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S11902.)