[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 157 (Sunday, November 9, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1249-D1252]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                           Sunday, November 9, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Omnibus Appropriations, 1998.
      The House passed H.J. Res. 105, making further continuing 
      appropriations through Friday, November 14, for fiscal year 1998.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12283-S12434
Measures Introduced: Twenty bills and six resolutions were introduced, 
as follows: S. 1493-1512, S. Res. 150-154, and S. Con. Res. 67. 
                                                        Pages S12290-91
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Reported on Saturday, November 8, 1997:
  S. 927, to reauthorize the Sea Grant Program. (S. Rept. No. 105-150)
  S. 1213, to establish a National Ocean Council, and a Commission on 
Ocean Policy, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 105-151)
  S. 1354, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for the 
designation of common carriers not subject to the jurisdiction of a 
State commission as eligible telecommunications carriers.
Reported today:
  H.R. 1271, to authorize the Federal Aviation Administration's 
research, engineering, and development programs for fiscal years 1998 
through 2000, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 105-152)
Pages S12118, S12290
Measures Passed:
  Omnibus Appropriations: Senate passed H.R. 2607,making appropriations 
for the government of the District of Columbia and other activities 
chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues of said District 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S12258-71
  Stevens/Byrd Amendment No. 1621, in the nature of a substitute. (The 
amendment makes appropriations for the government of the District of 
Columbia, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs, 
and the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998.) 
                                                        Pages S12258-71
  Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: 
Senators Stevens, Specter, Domenici, McConnell, Shelby, Gregg, Bennett, 
Campbell, Faircloth, Hutchison, Cochran, Byrd, Inouye, Hollings, Leahy, 
Bumpers, Lautenberg, Harkin, Mikulski, Murray, and Boxer.
Page S12271
  D.C. Student Opportunity Scholarship Act: Senate passed S. 1502, 
entitled ``The District of Columbia Student Opportunity Scholarship 
Act''.
  Pages S12271-77
  Homeowners Protection Act: Senate passed S. 318, to require automatic 
cancellation and notice of cancellation rights with respect to private 
mortgage insurance which is required as a condition for entering into a 
residential mortgage transaction, and to abolish the Thrift Depositor 
Protection Oversight Board, after agreeing to a committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute, and the following amendment proposed 
thereto:
  Pages S12410-14
  Sessions (for D'Amato/Sarbanes) Amendment No. 1623, in the nature of 
a substitute.
Pages S12413-14
  Disapproving Cancellations on Military Construction Appropriations: 
Senate passed H.R. 2631, disapproving the cancellations transmitted by 
the President on October 6, 1997, regarding Public Law 105-45, Military 
Construction Appropriations Act, clearing the measure for the 
President.
  Page S12414
  Comprehensive One-Call Notification Act: Senate passed S. 1115, to 
amend title 49, United States Code, to improve the one-call 
notification process.
  Pages S12414-16
  Technical Corrections: Senate passed S. 1505, to make technical and 
conforming amendments to the Museum and Library Services Act. 
                                                        Pages S12416-17

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  Dallas, Texas Women's Museum: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 67, 
expressing the sense of Congress that the museum entitled ``The Women's 
Museum: An Institute for the Future'', in Dallas, Texas, be designated 
a millennium project for the United States.
  Pages S12313, S12417-18
   Amending Senate Rules: Senate agreed to S. Res. 151, to amend the 
Standing Rules of the Senate to require the Committee on Rules and 
Administration to develop, implement, and update as necessary a 
strategic planning process for the functional and technical 
infrastructure support of the Senate.
  Pages S12314, S12418
  Professional Boxing Safety Act Amendments: Senate passed S. 1506, to 
amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act (P.L. 104-272).
  Page S12419
   Post Office Naming: Senate passed 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'', clearing 
the measure for the President.
  Page S12419
  Post Office Naming: Senate passed 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'', clearing 
the measure for the President.
  Page S12419
   Post Office Naming: Senate passed 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'', 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S12419
   Post Office Naming: Senate passed 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'', clearing the measure 
for the President.
  Page S12419
  Post Office Naming: Senate passed H.R. 1057, to designate the 
building in Indianapolis, Indiana, which houses the operations of the 
Indianapolis Main Post Office as the ``Andrew Jacobs, Jr. Post Office 
Building'', clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S12419
  Post Office Naming: Senate passed H.R. 1058, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service under construction at 150 
West Margaret Drive in Terre Haute, Indiana, as the ``John T. Myers 
Post Office Building'', clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                            Page S12419
  Indian Development Trust Fund: Senate passed S. 156, to provide 
certain benefits of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program to the 
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, after agreeing to committee amendments. 
                                                        Pages S12420-21
  Federal Judiciary Protection Act: Senate passed S.1189, to increase 
the criminal penalties for assaulting or threatening Federal judges, 
their family members, and other public servants, after agreeing to the 
following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S12421-22
  Sessions (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 1624, to increase the maximum 
term of imprisonment for assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain 
officers or employees.
Page S12421
   National American Indian Heritage Month: Committee on the Judiciary 
was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 145, designating 
the month of November 1997 as ``National American Indian Heritage 
Month'', and the resolution was then agreed to.
  Page S12422
  Senate Legal Counsel Representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 152, to 
direct the Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae in the name 
of the Senate in City of New York, et al. v. William Clinton, et al., 
and related cases.
  Pages S12314, S12422-23
  Document Production Authority: Senate agreed to S. Res. 153, to 
authorize production of Senate documents and representation by Senate 
Legal Counsel in the case of Sherry Yvonne Moore v. Capitol Guide 
Board.
  Page S12314
  Senate Legal Counsel Representation: Senate agreed to S. Res. 154, to 
authorize representation by Senate Legal Counsel.
  Page S12314
  Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act: Committee on Labor 
and Human Resources was discharged from further consideration of S. 
537, to amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to revise and 
extend the mammography quality standards program, and the bill was then 
passed.
  Pages S12423-24
  U.S. Courthouse Naming: Committee on Environment and Public Works was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1479, to designate the 
Federal building and United States courthouse located at 300 Northeast 
First Avenue in Miami, Florida, as the ``David W. Dyer Federal 
Courthouse'', and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for 
the President.
  Page S12424
  U.S. Courthouse Naming: Committee on Environment and Public Works was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1484, to redesignate the 
Dublin Federal Courthouse building located at 100 Franklin Street in 
Dublin, Georgia, as the J. Roy

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Rowland Federal Courthouse, and the bill was the passed, clearing the 
measure for the President.
  Page S12424
  Technical Corrections/National Defense Authorization: Senate passed 
S. 1507, to amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1998 to make certain technical corrections.
  Page S12424
  Authority Clarification/National Defense Authorization: Senate passed 
S. 1511, to amend section 3165 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1998 to clarify the authority in the section. 
                                                        Pages S12424-25
  Eligible Telecommunications Carriers: Senate passed S. 1354, to amend 
the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for the designation of common 
carriers not subject to the jurisdiction of a State commission as 
eligible telecommunications carriers.
  Page S12425
  Indian Judgment Funds: Senate passed H.R. 1604, to provide for the 
division, use, and distribution of judgment funds of the Ottawa and 
Chippewa Indians of Michigan pursuant to dockets numbered 18-E, 58, 
364, and 18-R before the Indian Claims Commission, after agreeing to 
the following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S12425-26
  Sessions (for Murkowski) Amendment No 1625, to limit the number of 
health care contracts and compacts that the Indian Health Service may 
execute for the Ketchikan Gateway Borough.
Page S12425
  Sessions (for Inouye) Amendment No. 1626, to provide for the 
treatment of funds in relation to other laws.
Page S12425
  Sessions (for Inouye) Amendment No. 1627, to provide for a technical 
correction to Section 2 concerning the Sault Ste. Marie.
Page S12425
  Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act: Senate passed H.R. 1847, to 
improve the criminal law relating to fraud against consumers, after 
agreeing to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, and 
the following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S12426-27
  Sessions (for Leahy) Amendment No. 1628, to prohibit false 
advertising or misuse of a name to indicate the United States Marshals 
Service.
Pages S12426-27
  Sessions (for Harkin) Amendment No. 1629, to combat telemarketing 
fraud through reasonable disclosure of certain records for 
telemarketing investigations.
Page S12427
  Commemorative Coin Program: Senate passed S. 1228, to provide for a 
10-year circulating commemorative coin program to commemorate each of 
the 50 States, after agreeing to a committee amendment, and the 
following amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S12430-34
  Sessions (for D'Amato/Sarbanes) Amendment No. 1631, to establish a 
rule of construction.
Pages S12431-32
  Sessions (for Coats) Amendment No. 1632, relating to coinage. 
                                                            Page S12432
  Continuing Appropriations: Senate passed H.J. Res. 104, making 
further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1998, clearing 
the measure for the President.
  Page S12428
FDA Administration Modernization and Accountability Act--Conference 
Report: Senate agreed to the conference report on 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.
  Pages S12241-52
Senior Citizens Home Equity Protection Act: Senate concurred in the 
amendments of the House to S. 562, to amend section 255 of the National 
Housing Act to prevent the funding of unnecessary or excessive costs 
for obtaining a home equity conversion mortgage, with the following 
amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S12428-30
  Sessions (for D'Amato) Amendment No. 1630, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Pages S12429-30
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Frank C. Damrell, Jr., of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of California.
  Martin J. Jenkins, of California, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of California.
  A. Richard Caputo, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
  Dale Cabaniss, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority for a term expiring July 29, 2002.
  Raymond G. Kammer, of Maryland, to be Director of the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology.
  Robert H. Beatty, Jr., of West Virginia, to be a Member of the 
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for the remainder of 
the term expiring August 30, 1998.
  Ernesta Ballard, of Alaska, to be a Governor of the United States 
Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2005.
  Arthur Bienenstock, of California, to be an Associate Director of the 
Office of Science and Technology Policy.

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  Janice R. Lachance, of Maine, to be Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management for a term of four years.
  Kevin Gover, of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior.
  William R. Ferris, of Mississippi, to be Chairperson of the National 
Endowment for the Humanities for a term of four years.
  Susanne T. Marshall, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Merit Systems 
Protection Board for the term of seven years expiring March 1, 2004. 
                                                Pages S12282, S12409-10
Messages From the House:
  Page S12290
Measures Referred:
  Page S12290
Measures Read First Time:
  Page S12290
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S12291-S12312
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S12312-13
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S12314-99
Additional Statements:
  Pages S12399-S12409
Adjournment: Senate convened at 1 p.m., and adjourned at 8:50 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Monday, November 10, 1997. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S12281.)