[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 3 (Thursday, January 29, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D36-D37]
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                                         Thursday, January 29, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S189-S244
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1583-1592 and S. Res. 170.                        
  Page S226
Measures Passed:
  U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: Senate passed 
H.R. 3042, to amend Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to 
establish the United States Institute for Environmental Conflict 
Resolution to conduct environmental conflict resolution and training, 
clearing the measure for the President.                       
  Page S241
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
from the Landmark Law Treaty (Treaty Doc. No. 105-35). The treaty was 
transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having been read for the 
first time, and referred, with accompanying papers, to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations and was ordered to be printed.              
  Page S241
Appointments:
  National Council on the Arts: The Majority Leader was authorized to 
appoint two Senators to the National Council on the Arts as amended by 
Public Law 105-83.                                            
  Page S241
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Rebecca T. Bingham, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the National 
Commission on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring 
July 19, 2001.
  Charles H. Dolan, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the United 
States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term expiring July 
1, 2000.
  Stuart E. Eizenstat, of Maryland, to be United States Alternate 
Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
for a term of five years; United States Alternate Governor of the 
Inter-American Development Bank for a term of five years; United States 
Alternate Governor of the African Development Bank for a term of five 
years; United States Alternate Governor of the African Development 
Fund; United States Alternate Governor of the Asian Development Bank; 
and United States Alternate Governor of the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development.
  Richard W. Fisher, of Texas, to be Deputy United States Trade 
Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Scott Snyder Fleming, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department of Education.
  Martha B. Gould, of Nevada, to be a Member of the National Commission 
on Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2002.
  Margaret Hornbeck Greene, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the United States Enrichment Corporation for a term 
expiring February 24, 2003.
  Paul M. Igasaki, of California, to be a Member of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2002.
  Bill Lann Lee, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
  Kevin Emanuel Marchman, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
  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.
  David R. Oliver, of Indiana, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition and Technology.
  Paul L. Seave, of California, to be United States Attorney for the 
Eastern District of California for a term of four years.
  Nancy E. Soderberg, of the District of Columbia, to be Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America for Special Political 
Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Nancy E. Soderbert, of the District of Columbia, to be an Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the 
General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as 
Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special 
Political Affairs in the United Nations.
  Orson Swindle, of Hawaii, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for the 
term of seven years from September 26, 1997.

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  Cherryl T. Thomas, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Railroad 
Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 2002.
  Moxelle Willmont Thompson, of New York, to be a Federal Trade 
Commissioner for the term of seven years from September 26, 1996.
  15 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  2 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast 
Guard, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
                                                          Pages S242-44
Nominations Withdrawn: Senate received notification of the withdrawal 
of the following nominations:
  James Hudson Bailey, of Wisconsin, to be Deputy Director of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, which was sent to the Senate on 
October 8, 1997.
  Ronald Kent Burton, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
Environmental Policy Foundation for a term expiring October 6, 2002, 
which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 1997.              
Page S244
Statements on Introduced Bills:                           
  Pages S226-33
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page S234
Authority for Committees:                                     
  Page S236
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S236-41
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 6:20 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, February 2, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Assistant Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S241.)