[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 35 (Wednesday, March 25, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D299-D300]
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                                          Wednesday, March 25, 1998

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      House Committees ordered reported 8 sundry measures.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2505-S2586
Measures Introduced: Eight bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 1856-1863 and S. Con. Res. 87.
  Pages S2569-70
Measures Passed:
  Enrollment Correction: Senate passed S. Con. Res. 87, to correct the 
enrollment of S. 419.
  Page S2585
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: Senate continued 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, taking action on amendments 
proposed thereto, as follows:
  Pages S2506-63
Adopted:
  Domenici Amendment No. 2124, Domenici/Bingaman Amendment No. 2124, 
relating to the Petroglyph National Monument in New Mexico. 
                                                             Page S2525
  Bond Amendment No. 2122, to provide emergency community block grant 
funding to assist States in recovering from natural disasters occurring 
in Fiscal Year 1998.
Pages S2524, S2532-36
  Bond/Mikulski Amendment No. 2123, to provide additional funding for 
disaster relief to aid disaster-stricken States. 
                                               Pages S2524-26, S2536-43
  Wellstone Modified Amendment No. 2128, to provide for an Advisory 
Committee on International Monetary Policy.
Pages S2525-26, S2554-56
  By 90 yeas to 10 nays (Vote No. 43), Helms Amendment No. 2130, to 
express the sense of the Senate that the United Nations should 
recognize the generous support of United States taxpayers towards 
international peace and security.
Pages S2543-53, S2561
Rejected:
  Feingold Amendment No. 2121, to remove the emergency designation for 
the supplemental appropriations to fund incremental costs of 
contingency operations in Bosnia. (By a 92 yeas to 8 nays (Record Vote 
No. 41), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S2514, S2529-32
  Nickles Amendment No. 2131 (to Amendment No. 2123), to ensure that 
additional funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency does not 
reduce the unified budget surplus. (By 68 yeas to 31 nays (Vote No. 
42), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S2538-43
Pending:
  McConnell Modified Amendment No. 2100, to provide supplemental 
appropriations for the International Monetary Fund for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1998.
Page S2506
  Stevens (for Nickles) Amendment No. 2120, to strike certain funding 
for the Health Care Financing Administration. 
                                        Pages S2514-24, S2526-27, S2529
  Enzi Amendment No. 2133, to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior 
from promulgating certain regulations relating to Indian gaming 
activities.
Pages S2553-54, S2556-60
  Bumpers Amendment No. 2134, to express the sense of the Senate that 
of the rescissions, if any, which Congress makes to offset 
appropriations made for emergency items in the Fiscal Year 1998 
supplemental appropriations bill, defense spending should be rescinded 
to offset increases in spending for defense programs.
Pages S2560-61
  Robb Amendment No. 2135, to reform agricultural credit programs of 
the Department of Agriculture.
Pages S2561-63
Withdrawn:
  Hutchison Amendment No. 2083, to express the sense of the Congress 
that the President and Congress should create the conditions for a 
withdrawal by a date certain of U.S. ground combat forces in the 
territory of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Pages S2507-14
  Faircloth Amendment No. 2103, to establish an Education Stabilization 
Fund to make loans to States

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for constructing and modernizing elementary and secondary schools. 
                                                         Pages S2527-32
  Gregg Amendment No. 2129 (to Amendment No. 2103), to provide for a 
reservation of funds for activities under part B of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act. (The amendment fell when Amendment No. 
2123, listed above, was withdrawn.
Pages S2527-28, S2530-32
  Wellstone Amendment No. 2125, to encourage reform of International 
Monetary Fund policies.
Pages S2525-26, S2552
  Wellstone Amendment No. 2126, to express the sense of Congress that 
the Government of Indonesia should release Muchtar Pakpahan from prison 
and have all criminal charges against him dismissed. 
                                                  Pages S2525-26, S2552
  Wellstone Amendment No. 2127, to encourage the International Monetary 
Fund to require burden-sharing by private creditors. 
                                                  Pages S2525-26, S2552
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Thursday, March 26, 
1998.
Messages From the House:
  Pages S2567-68
Measures Referred:
  Page S2568
Petitions:
  Pages S2568-69
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S2570-74
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S2574-75
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S2575-79
Authority for Committees:
  Pages S2579-80
Additional Statements:
  Pages S2580-82
Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. (Total--430) 
                                        Pages S2531-32, S2542-43, S2561
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 7:33 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, March 26, 1998. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record, on 
page S2586.)