[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 26 (Thursday, March 12, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D224-D225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



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                                           Thursday, March 12, 1998
                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      The House passed H.R. 2883, Government Performance and Results 
      Act Technical Amendments.
      The House passed H.R. 992, Tucker Act Shuffle Relief Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S1811-S1906
Measures Introduced: Seven bills were introduced, as follows: S. 1748-
1754.
  Pages S1883-84
Measures Passed:
  China/Human Rights: By 95 yeas to 5 nays (Vote No. 31), S. Res. 187, 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the human rights situation 
in the People's Republic of China.
  Pages S1859-67
ISTEA Authorization: Senate continued consideration of S. 1173, to 
authorize funds for construction of highways, for highway safety 
programs, and for mass transit programs, taking action on further 
amendments proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S1821-59
Adopted:
  By 96 yeas to 4 nays (Vote No. 30), modified committee amendment in 
the nature of a substitute (Amendment No. 1676).
Pages S1821-58
  By 78 yeas to 22 nays (Vote No. 29), McCain Amendment No. 1726 (to 
Amendment No. 1676), to provide that demonstration projects shall be 
subject to any limitation on obligations established by law that 
applies in Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 
programs.
Pages S1821-22
  Chafee (for D'Amato/Sarbanes) Amendment No. 1998 (to Amendment No. 
1931, agreed to on March 10, 1998), to make grants to the University of 
Alabama to establish a university transportation Center.
Page S1822
  Chafee (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 1999 (to Amendment No. 1676), 
to require the Comptroller General to conduct a study to assess the 
impact that a utility company's failure to relocate its facilities in a 
timely manner has on the delivery and cost of Federal-aid highway and 
bridge projects.
Page S1822
  Baucus (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 2000 (to Amendment No. 1676), 
to provide for high risk hazardous material and hazardous waste 
transportation safety.
Page S1822
  Chafee Amendment No. 2001 (to Amendment No. 1676), to make certain 
technical corrections.
Page S1823
  Chafee (for DeWine) Amendment No. 2002 (to Amendment No. 1676), to 
provide for a school transportation safety study.
Pages S1823-24
  Chafee (for Domenici) Amendment No. 1986 (to Amendment No. 1676), to 
designate a commercial zone within which the transportation of certain 
property in commerce is exempt from certain provisions of Chapter 135 
of title 49, United States Code.
Pages S1824-25
  Chafee Amendment No. 2003 (to Amendment No. 1676), to provide for the 
continuation of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program in the 
mass transportation programs of the Federal government.
Page S1825
  Chafee/McConnell Amendment No. 2004 (to Amendment No. 1676), to allow 
entities and persons to comply with court orders relating to 
disadvantaged business enterprises and to require the Comptroller 
General to carry out review of the disadvantaged business enterprises 
program and discrimination in general.
Page S1825
  Levin Modified Amendment No. 1375 (to Amendment No. 1676), to provide 
for greater local input in transportation planning and programming. 
                                                  Pages S1827-29, S1830
  Gramm Modified Amendment No. 2005 (to Amendment No. 1375), to modify 
the factors that the Secretary is required to consider in selecting 
States, metropolitan planning organizations, and

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projects to receive grants under the program to provide Federal 
assistance for trade corridors and border infrastructure safety and 
congestion relief.
Pages S1828-29, S1830
  Warner (for Chafee) Amendment No. 2006 (Amendment No. 1676), to 
change the date of a letter referred to in a provision relating to 
obligation limitations.
Page S1829
  Warner (for Lautenberg) No. 2007 (to Amendment No. 1676), to provide 
assistance to seaports and airports affected by the increase in trade 
with Canada and Mexico resulting from the enactment of the North 
American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act.
Pages S1829-30
  Warner (for Lott) Amendment No. 2008 (to Amendment No. 1676), to 
provide a program for remote sensing and spatial information 
technologies.
Page S1830
  Warner (for Domenici) Amendment No. 2009 (to Amendment No. 1676), 
relating to the deployment of technologies to detect and deter illegal 
narcotic smuggling.
Page S1830
  Warner (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 2010 (to Amendment No. 1676), to 
require the Secretary to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the 
state of the transportation infrastructure on the southwest border 
between the United States and Mexico.
Pages S1830-31
  Warner (for Breaux/Landrieu) Amendment No. 2011 (to Amendment No. 
1676), to identify certain routes in Louisiana as part of the North-
South Corridor, a high priority corridor on the National Highway 
System.
Page S1831
  Warner (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 2012 (to Amendment No. 1676), 
to expand the scope of the hazard elimination program.
Page S1832
  Warner (for Abraham/Levin) Amendment No. 2013 (to Amendment No. 
1676), to modify a high priority corridor on the National Highway 
System.
Pages S1832-33
  Warner (for Sessions) Amendment No. 2014 (to Amendment No. 1676), to 
designate certain segments of corridors of the Appalachian development 
highway system in Mississippi and Alabama as routes on the Interstate 
System.
Page S1833
  Moseley-Braun Modified Amendment No. 2015 (to Amendment No. 1676), to 
increase funding for the Railway-Highway Crossing Hazard Elimination 
Program.
Pages S1834-37
  Subsequently, the bill was returned to the Senate calendar.
Indictment Against Saddam Hussein: Senate began consideration of S. 
Con. Res. 78, relating to the indictment and prosecution of Saddam 
Hussein for war crimes and other crimes against humanity, taking action 
on the following amendment proposed thereto:
  Pages S1867-74
Adopted:
  Murkowski (for Specter) Amendment No. 1933, in the nature of a 
substitute.
Page S1871
  Senate will continue consideration of the resolution on Friday, March 
13, 1998, with a vote to occur thereon.
Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached 
providing for the consideration of the nomination of Frederica A. 
Massiah-Jackson, of Pennsylvania, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, on Monday, March 16, 1998. 
                                                             Page S1905
Messages From the House:
  Page S1883
Measures Referred:
  Page S1883
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S1883
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S1884-93
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S1893-94
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S1894-99
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S1899
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S1899-S1900
Additional Statements:
  Pages S1900-05
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total-31) 
                                           Pages S1821-22, S1858, S1867
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9;30 a.m., and adjourned at 5:36 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, March 13, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record, on page 
S1906.)