[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 22 (Friday, March 6, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D185-D186]
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                                              Friday, March 6, 1998

[[Page D185]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1481-S1543
Measures Introduced: Ten bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1721-
1730.                                                        
  Page S1508
Measures Passed:
  William Augustus Bootle Federal Building/Courthouse: Senate passed 
H.R. 595, to designate the Federal building and United States 
courthouse located at 475 Mulberry Street in Macon, Georgia, as the 
``William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse'', clearing the measure for the President.        
  Page S1539
  Year 2000 Computer Problems: Senate passed H.R. 3116, to address the 
Year 2000 computer problems with regard to financial institutions, and 
to extend examination parity to the Director of the Office of Thrift 
Supervision and the National Credit Union Administration, clearing the 
measure for the President.                               
  Pages S1539-40
ISTEA Authorization: Senate resumed consideration of S. 1173, to 
authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway safety 
programs, and for mass transit programs, with a modified committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 1676), taking 
action on amendments proposed thereto, as follows:    
  Pages S1481-S1505
Adopted:
  Baucus (for Kerrey) Amendment No. 1719 (to Amendment No. 1676), to 
include the enhancement of safety at at-grade railway-highway crossings 
and the achievement of national transportation safety goals in the 
purposes of the intelligent transportation system program.   
Page S1499
  Baucus (for Kerrey) Amendment No. 1720 (to Amendment No. 1676), to 
include the development of techniques to eliminate at-grade railway-
highway crossings in the goals of the innovative bridge research and 
construction program.                                 
Pages S1499-S1500
  Baucus (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 1721 (to Amendment No. 1676), to 
ensure that there is adequate opportunity for public participation in 
the certification of transportation planning processes of metropolitan 
areas.                                                       
Page S1500
  Chafee (for Domenici) Amendment No. 1722 (to Amendment No. 1676), to 
add the projected increase in commercial traffic to the factors that 
the Secretary of Transportation is required to consider in selecting 
recipients of grants for trade corridors and border infrastructure 
safety and congestion relief.                                
Page S1500
  Chafee Amendment No. 1723 (to Amendment No. 1676), to make technical 
and clarifying corrections.                              
Pages S1501-02
  Chafee Amendment No. 1725 (to Amendment No. 1676), to make certain 
technical corrections.                                       
Page S1502
Rejected:
  McConnell Amendment No. 1708 (to Amendment No. 1676), to require that 
Federal surface transportation funds be used to encourage development 
and outreach to emerging business enterprises, including those owned by 
minorities and women, and to prohibit discrimination and preferential 
treatment based on race, color, national origin, or sex, with respect 
to use of those funds, in compliance with the equal protection 
provisions of the fifth and 14th amendments to the Constitution. (By 58 
yeas to 37 nays (Vote No. 23), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                         Pages S1481-98
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the modified 
committee amendment (Amendment No. 1676) and, by consent agreement, a 
vote on the cloture motion will occur on Monday, March 9, 1998. 
                                                             Page S1497
  Senate will resume consideration of the bill on Monday, March 9, 
1998.
Sam Nunn Federal Center: Senate concurred in the amendment of the House 
to S. 347, to designate the Federal building located at 61 Forsyth 
Street, S.W., in Atlanta, Georgia, as the ``Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal 
Center'', clearing the measure for the President.            
  Page S1539
Intelligence Disclosure--Agreement: A unanimous-consent time-agreement 
was reached providing for the consideration of S. 1668, to encourage 
the disclosure to Congress of certain classified and related 
information, with a vote on passage of the bill to occur on Monday, 
March 9, 1998.                                               
  Page S1538

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Executive Report of a Committee: Senate received the following 
executive report of a committee:
  Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on Accession of 
Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic which were opened for signature 
at Brussels on December 16, 1997, and signed on behalf of the United 
States of America and other parties to the North Atlantic Treaty, with 
seven declarations and four conditions. (Ex. Rept. No. 105-15) 
                                                         Pages S1506-08
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  Robert T. Grey, Jr., of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as United States Representative to the Conference 
on Disarmament.
  George McGovern, of South Dakota, for the rank of Ambassador during 
his tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the United Nations 
Agencies for Food and Agriculture.
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service.           
Pages S1540-41, S1543
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Joseph W. Westphal, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Army.
  Arthur Levitt, Jr., of New York, to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission for the term expiring June 5, 2003.
  19 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Army nomination in the rank of general.
  12 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral.
  Routine lists in the Army.                             
Pages S1541-43
Executive Reports of Committees:                         
  Pages S1506-08
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S1508-33
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S1533
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S1533-38
Authority for Committees:                                    
  Page S1538
Additional Statements:                                       
  Page S1538
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total-23)    
  Page S1496
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 3:22 p.m.., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, March 9, 1998. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1541.)