[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 32 (Friday, March 20, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D276]
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                                             Friday, March 20, 1998

[[Page D276]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2351-S2375
Measures Introduced: Two bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1807 and 1808 and S. Con. Res. 86.           
  Pages S2363-64
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the congressional budget for the 
United States Government for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 
2003 and revising the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 1998. (S. Rept. No. 105-170)                            
Page S2363
Measures Passed:
  National Tartan Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 155, designating April 
6 of each year as ``National Tartan Day'' to recognize the outstanding 
achievements and contributions made by Scottish Americans to the United 
States.                                                      
  Page S2373
  National Breast Cancer Survivors Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 198, 
designating April 1, 1998, as ``National Breast Cancer Survivors Day''.
                                                             Page S2373
NATO Enlargement: Senate resumed consideration of Protocols to the 
North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the 
Czech Republic (Treaty Doc. 105-36), with seven declarations and four 
conditions.                                    
  Pages S2351-54, S2357-58
Education Savings Act for Public and Private Schools--Cloture Vote 
Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the 
vote on the motion to close further debate on H.R. 2646, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from 
education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary 
school expenses, and to increase the maximum annual amount of 
contributions to such accounts, to occur on Tuesday, March 24, 1998 at 
5:30 p.m.                                                    
  Page S2374
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of S. 1768, 
making emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from natural 
disasters, and for overseas peacekeeping efforts, for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1998, on Monday, March 23, 1998.        
  Page S2374
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
for the following treaty:
  Treaty with Saint Kitts and Nevis on Mutual Legal Assistance in 
Criminal Matters (Treaty Doc. 105-37)
  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. 
                                                         Pages S2372-73
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  46 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  3 Army nominations 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 Air Force, Army, Marine Corps.    
Pages S2373-74
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S2363
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S2364-67
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S2367-68
Notices of Hearings:                                         
  Page S2368
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S2368-72
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 1:40 p.m., 
until 12 noon, on Monday, March 23, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record, on pages S2374-
75.)