[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 6 (Wednesday, February 4, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                        Wednesday, February 4, 1998

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S331-S411
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1603-1611, S.J. Res. 40 and S. Con. Res. 72. 
                                                          Pages S378-79
Measures Passed:
  Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: By 76 yeas to 22 nays 
(Vote No. 7), Senate passed S. 1575, to rename the Washington National 
Airport located in the District of Columbia and Virginia as the 
``Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport'', after taking action on 
amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S332-42
Rejected:
  By 35 yeas to 63 nays (Vote No. 4), Robb Amendment No. 1643, to 
provide an orderly process for the renaming of existing Federal 
facilities.
Pages S332-33
  Reid Amendment No. 1640, to redesignate the J. Edgar Hoover Building 
in Washington, District of Columbia, as the ``Federal Bureau of 
Investigation Building''. (By 62 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 5), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)
Pages S332, S334-35
  By 35 yeas to 63 nays (Vote No. 6), 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 S332, S336-37
Withdrawn:
  Dodd Modified Amendment No. 1641, to establish a Federal Facilities 
Redesignation Advisory Group to consider and make recommendations for 
the renaming of existing Federal facilities.
Pages S332-34
Passage Vitiated: Senate vitiated passage of the following measures:
  S. 1033, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998. (Passed July 24, 1997) 
                                                              Page S411
  S. 940, to provide for a study of the establishment of Midway Atoll 
as a national memorial to the Battle of Midway. (Passed November 4, 
1997)
Page S411
Nomination Considered: Senate began consideration of the nomination of 
David Satcher, of Tennessee, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the 
Public Health Service, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health 
Service.
  Pages S343-73
Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting a report concerning the national emergency with respect 
to Iraq; referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban 
Affairs. (PM-92).
Pages S376-78
Messages From the President:
  Pages S376-78
Messages From the House:
  Page S378
Messages Placed on Calendar:
  Page S378
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S379-S400
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S400-01
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S402-09
Authority for Committees:
  Page S409
Additional Statements:
  Pages S409-11
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--7) 
                                              Pages S333, S335-37, S341
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 7:31 p.m., 
until 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, February 5, 1998. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S411.)