[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 5 (Tuesday, February 3, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D48-D49]
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                                          Tuesday, February 3, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S281-S330
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1576-1582 and S. Con. Res. 71.                
  Pages S317-18
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: Senate began consideration 
of S. 1575, to rename the Washington National Airport located in the 
District of Columbia and Virginia as the ``Ronald Reagan Washington 
National Airport'', taking action on amendments proposed thereto, as 
follows:                                                  
  Pages S306-16
Pending:
  Reid Amendment No. 1640, to redesignate the J. Edgar Hoover FBI 
Building in Washington, District of Columbia, as the ``Federal Bureau 
of Investigation Building''.                              
Pages S307-11
  Dodd Amendment No. 1641, to establish a Federal Facilities 
Redesignation Advisory Group to consider and make recommendations for 
the renaming of existing Federal facilities.              
Pages S311-13
  Daschle Amendment No. 1642, to require the approval by the 
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority of the renaming of 
Washington National Airport as the Ronald Reagan National Airport. 
                                                          Pages S313-15
  Robb Amendment No. 1643, to provide an orderly process for the 
renaming of existing Federal facilities.                  
Pages S315-16
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill on Wednesday, February 
4, 1998, with votes to occur thereon.
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a report deferrals of budgetary resources; which was 
referred jointly, pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975, to the 
Committee on Appropriations, to the Committee on the Budget, to the 
Committee on Finance, and to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (PM-
89).                                                          
Page S316
  Transmitting the report of an agreement concerning fisheries off the 
coasts of the United States; which was referred jointly, pursuant to 16 
U.S.C. 1823, to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 
and to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (PM-90).       
Pages S316-17
  Transmitting the annual report of the Railroad Retirement Board for 
fiscal year 1996; referred to the Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources. (PM-91).                                           
Page S317
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: By 
unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. EX. 2), Carlos R. Moreno, of 
California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District 
of California.                                         
  Pages S292, S330
  By unanimous vote of 96 yeas (Vote No. EX. 3), 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) 
                                                       Pages S292, S330
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  1 Coast Guard nomination in the rank of admiral.            
Page S330
Messages From the President:                              
  Pages S316-17
Messages From the House:                                      
  Page S317
Communications:                                               
  Page S317
Petitions:                                                    
  Page S317
Statements on Introduced Bills:                           
  Pages S318-25
Additional Cosponsors:                                    
  Pages S325-26
Amendments Submitted:                                     
  Pages S326-28
Authority for Committees:                                     
  Page S328
Additional Statements:                                    
  Pages S328-30
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total-3)    
  Page S297

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Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 7:12 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Wednesday, February 4, 1998. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S330.)