[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 158 (Monday, November 10, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1257-D1258]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                          Monday, November 10, 1997

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate passed Further Continuing Appropriations.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12435-S12501
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1513-1521, S.J. Res. 38, and S. Res. 155.
  Page S12461
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 986, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain 
improvements in the housing loan programs for veterans and eligible 
persons, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 
105-153)
  S. 1216, to approve and implement the OECD Shipbuilding Trade 
Agreement, with amendments. (S. Rept. No. 105-154)
Page S12461
Measures Passed:
  Continuing Appropriations: Senate passed H.J. Res. 105, making 
further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1998, clearing 
the measure for the President.
  Page S12437
  Surface Transportation Extension Act: Senate passed S. 1519, to 
provide a 6-month extension of highway, highway safety, and transit 
programs pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Intermodal 
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
  Pages S12450-56
  Cellular Telephone Protection Act: Senate passed S. 493, to amend 
section 1029 of title 18, United States Code, with respect to cellular 
telephone cloning paraphernalia, after agreeing to a committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute, and the following amendments 
proposed thereto:
  Pages S12484-87
  Lott (for Hatch) Amendment No. 1634, relating to forfeiture to the 
United States of any real or personal property used or intended to be 
used to commit, facilitate, or promote the commission of certain 
offenses.
Pages S12485-86
  Lott (for Kyl) Amendment No. 1635, to make certain technical 
corrections.
Page S12486
  Law Enforcement Technology Advertisement Clarification Act: Committee 
on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
1840, to provide a law enforcement exception to the prohibition on the 
advertising of certain electronic devices, and the bill was then 
passed, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S12487
  Veterans Benefits Revisions: Committee on Veterans Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1090, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to allow revision of veterans benefits decisions 
based on clear and unmistakable error, and the bill was then passed, 
clearing the measure for the President.
  Pages S12487-88
  Medal of Honor: Senate passed H.R. 2813, to waive time limitations 
specified by law in order to allow the Medal of Honor to be awarded to 
Robert R. Ingram of Jacksonville, Florida, for acts of valor while a 
Navy Hospital Corpsman in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam 
conflict, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S12495
  Census of Agriculture: Senate passed H.R. 2366, to transfer to the 
Secretary of Agriculture the authority to conduct the census of 
agriculture, clearing the measure for the President.
  Page S12495
  Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act: Senate passed H.R. 1658, to 
reauthorize and amend the Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act and 
related laws, after agreeing to committee amendments.
  Pages S12495-97
  Visa Waiver Pilot Program: Senate passed S. 1517, to extend the Visa 
Waiver Pilot Program.
  Page S12497
  National Drought Policy Act: Senate passed S. 222, to establish an 
advisory commission to provide advice and recommendations on the 
creation of an integrated, coordinated Federal policy designed to 
prepare for and respond to serious drought emergencies, after agreeing 
to a committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                        Pages S12498-99

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Denial of Veterans' Benefits: Senate concurred in the amendments of the 
House to S. 923, to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit 
interment or memorialization in certain cemeteries of persons 
committing Federal or State capital crimes, clearing the measure for 
the President.
  Page S12488
Native American Housing: Senate concurred in the amendments of the 
House to S. 714, to extend and improve the Native American Veterans 
Housing Loan Pilot Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to 
extend certain authorities of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
relating to services for homeless veterans, and to extend certain other 
authorities of the Secretary, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                        Pages S12488-94
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Donna Jean Hrinak, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Bolivia.
  Carolyn Curiel, of Indiana, to be Ambassador to Belize.
  Stanley Louis McLelland, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Jamaica.
  Timothy Michael Carney, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Haiti.
  Frank D. Yturria, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring June 26, 2002.
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service.
Pages S12497, S12500-01
Messages From the House:
  Page S12460
Measures Referred:
  Page S12461
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S12461-77
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S12477-78
Amendments Submitted:
  Page S12479
Additional Statements:
  Pages S12479-84
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 2:12 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Wednesday, November 12, 1997. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S12500.)