[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 41 (Thursday, April 2, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D357-D362]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                            Thursday, April 2, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      Senate agreed to Congressional Budget Resolution.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3023-S3189
Measures Introduced: Twenty-six bills and five resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 1905-1930, S. Res. 206-209, and S. Con. Res. 
88.                                                      
  Pages S3119-20
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1609, to amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1999 and 2000 for the Next 
Generation Internet program, to require the Advisory Committee on High-
Performance Computing and Communications, Information Technology, and 
the Next Generation Internet to monitor and give advice concerning the 
development and implementation of the Next Generation Internet program 
and report to the President and the Congress in its activities. (S. 
Rept. No. 105-173)
  S. Res. 201, to commemorate and acknowledge the dedication and 
sacrifice made by the men and women who have lost their lives while 
serving as law enforcement officers.
  S. 1723, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to assist the 
United States to remain competitive by increasing the access of the 
United States firms and institutions of higher education to skilled 
personnel and by expanding educational and training opportunities for 
American students and workers, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.                                                  
Page S3119
Measures Passed:
  Appropriations 302 Allocations: Senate agreed to S. Res. 209, 
providing section 302 allocations to the Committee on Appropriations. 
                                                             Page S3107
  ISTEA Authorization: Pursuant to the order of March 12, 1998, Senate 
passed H.R. 2400, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway 
safety programs, and transit programs, after striking all after the 
enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 1173, as 
amended, insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the 
House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees: from 
the Committee on Environment and Public Works: Senators Chafee, Warner, 
Smith (of New Hampshire), Kempthorne, Inhofe, Thomas, Bond, Hutchinson, 
Allard, Sessions, Baucus, Moynihan, Lautenberg, Reid, Graham, 
Lieberman, Boxer, and Wyden; from the Committee on Finance: Senators 
Roth, Grassley, Hatch, Breaux, and Conrad; from the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Senators D'Amato, Gramm, Shelby, 
Sarbanes, and Dodd; from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation: Senators McCain, Stevens, and Hollings; and from the 
Committee on the Budget: Senators Domenici, Nickles, and Murray. 
                                                         Pages S3180-81
  Subsequently, S. 1173 was returned to the Senate calendar. 
                                                             Page S3181
  Child Support Performance and Incentive Act: Committee on Finance was 
discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3130, to provide for an 
alternative penalty procedure for States that fail to meet Federal 
child support data processing requirements, to reform Federal incentive 
payments for effective child support performance, and to provide for a 
more flexible penalty procedure for States that violate 
interjurisdictional adoption requirements, and the bill was then 
passed, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto, as 
follows:                                                 
  Pages S3183-85
  Collins (for Roth) Amendment No. 2286, in the nature of a substitute.
                                                             Page S3183
  Year 2000 Technology: Senate agreed to S. Res. 208, to establish a 
special committee of the Senate to address the year 2000 technology 
problem.                                                 
  Pages S3185-86
  Congressional Budget: By 57 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 84), Senate 
agreed to S. Con. Res. 86, setting forth the congressional budget for 
the United States Government for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001,

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2002, and 2003 and revising the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 1998, after taking action on amendments proposed thereto, 
as follows:                                 
  Pages S3023-28, S3031-S3107
Adopted:
  Dorgan Modified Amendment No. 2218, to strike section 301 of the 
concurrent resolution, which expresses the sense of Congress regarding 
the sunset of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and replace it with a 
section expressing the sense of Congress that important tax incentives 
such as those for encouraging home ownership and charitable giving 
should be retained.                                      
Pages S3031-34
  By 59 yeas to 40 nays (Vote No. 62), Hutchinson Amendment No. 2279 
(to Amendment No. 2218), to express the sense of the Senate regarding 
passage of an IRS restructuring bill that provides real relief for 
taxpayers and provide appropriate oversight as well as to express the 
sense of the Senate that the tax code should be terminated. 
                                                         Pages S3032-34
  Dorgan Amendment No. 2280 (to Amendment 2218), to strike section 301 
of the concurrent resolution, which expresses the sense of the Congress 
regarding the sunset of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and replace 
it with a section expressing the sense of Congress that important tax 
incentives such as those for encouraging home ownership and charitable 
giving should be retained. (By 1 yea to 98 nays (Vote No. 63), Senate 
failed to table the amendment.)                          
Pages S3033-34
  By 97 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 66), Bond/Mikulski Modified Amendment 
No. 2213, to express the sense of the Senate that the Elderly Housing 
program shall be funded at not less than the fiscal year 1998 funding 
level.                                                       
Page S3037
  Domenici (for Stevens) Modified Amendment No. 2253, to express the 
sense of the Senate regarding outlay estimates of the Department of 
Defense budget.                                          
Pages S3059-60
  Wellstone/Moynihan Amendment No. 2187, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding a report of the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
evaluating the outcomes of welfare reform.               
Pages S3061-62
  Lautenberg (for Kohl/Reid) Modified Amendment No. 2204, to express 
the sense of the Senate regarding the establishment of a national 
background check system for long-term care workers. 
                                               Pages S3061-62, S3091-92
  Lautenberg (for Torricelli/Jeffords) Amendment No. 2212, to express 
the sense of the Senate on battlefield preservation.     
Pages S3061-62
  Murray Modified Amendment No. 2217, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding the expansion of Medicare benefits.     
Pages S3061-62
  Domenici (for DeWine) Amendment No. 2225, to state the sense of the 
Senate regarding the quality of teachers.                
Pages S3061-62
  Lautenberg (for Feinstein) Amendment No. 2229, to express the sense 
of the Senate on education goals.                        
Pages S3062-65
  Lautenberg (for Biden) Amendment No. 2233, to provide for the 
Senate's support for Federal, State and local law enforcement. 
                                                         Pages S3061-62
  Lautenberg (for Bingaman/Lieberman) Amendment No. 2235, to express 
the sense of the Senate regarding the analysis of civilian science and 
technology expenditures in the budget.                   
Pages S3061-62
  Lautenberg (for Bingaman) Amendment No. 2236, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding long-term civilian science and technology budget 
trends.                                                  
Pages S3061-62
  Lautenberg (for Kerrey) Amendment No. 2237, to express the sense of 
the Senate on long-term Federal budgeting and the repayment of the 
public debt.                                             
Pages S3061-62
  Lautenberg (for Moseley-Braun) Amendment No. 2239, to express the 
sense of the Senate that the President should submit a generational 
study with the budget request.                           
Pages S3061-62
  Lautenberg (for Moseley-Braun) Amendment No. 2240, to express the 
sense of the Senate regarding the value of the social security system 
for future retirees.                           
Pages S3061-62, S3092-93
  Lautenberg (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 2246, to express the sense 
of the Senate on the Land and Water Conservation Fund.   
Pages S3061-62
  Domenici (for Bond) Amendment No. 2248, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding Immigration and Naturalization Service circuit rides 
in the former Soviet Union.                              
Pages S3061-62
  Domenici (for Thurmond) Amendment No. 2250, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding long-term care needs.               
Pages S3061-62
  Domenici (for Frist) Amendment No. 2258, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding funding for the Airport Improvement Program. 
                                                         Pages S3061-62
  Domenici (for Santorum) Amendment No. 2263, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding reauthorization of the Farmland Protection 
Program.                                          
Pages S3061-62, S3093
  Domenici (for Santorum) Amendment No. 2264, to express the sense of 
the Senate concerning health care quality for participants in the 
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.               
Pages S3061-62
  Domenici (for Gramm) Amendment No. 2266, to extend the Violent Crime 
Reduction Trust Fund.                          
Pages S3061-62, S3093-94
  Domenici (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 2269, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding wasteful

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spending in Defense Department acquisition practices.    
Pages S3061-62
  Domenici (for Coverdell/Kyl) Amendment No. 2270, to express the sense 
of the Senate regarding the United States response to the changing 
nature of terrorism.                                     
Pages S3061-62
  Conrad (for Boxer) Modified Amendment No. 2176, to increase Function 
500 discretionary budget authority and outlays to accommodate an 
initiative promoting after-school education and safety. 
                                                  Pages S3040-42, S3067
  By 52 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 68), Brownback Amendment No. 2177, to 
express the sense of the Senate regarding economic growth, social 
security, and Government efficiency.           
Pages S3038-40, S3074-75
  By 50 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No.71), Kyl Amendment No. 2221, to 
express the sense of the Senate supporting a supermajority requirement 
for raising taxes.                                
Pages S3072-74, S3076
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 72), Nickles Amendment No. 
2282, to express the sense of the Senate concerning health care 
quality.                                       
Pages S3049-55, S3076-77
  By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 74), Domenici (for Hutchison) 
Amendment No. 2208, to express the sense of the Senate that any budget 
surplus should be dedicated to debt reduction or direct tax relief for 
hard-working American families.                   
Pages S3065-67, S3078
  By a unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. 75), Rockefeller Amendment 
No. 2284 (to Amendment No. 2283), of a perfecting nature. 
                                                  Pages S3072, S3078-79
  Lautenberg (for Rockefeller) Amendment No. 2226, to revise outlays 
and new budget authority for transportation (400) programs and 
allowances (920), and to strike those provisions with regard to outlays 
and new budget authority for programs of function 700, Veterans 
Benefits and Services.                         
Pages S3067-72, S3078-80
  By 52 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 76), Domenici Amendment No. 2283 (to 
Amendment No. 2226), in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                  Pages S3070-72, S3079
  By 50 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. 77), Domenici (for Grams) Amendment 
No. 2222, to use any budget surplus to reduce payroll tax and establish 
person retirement accounts for hard-working Americans.       
Page S3080
  Domenici (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 2262, to express the sense of 
the Senate on the procurement of Blackhawk utility helicopters for 
Colombia to reduce illicit drug trafficking.                 
Page S3081
  Wellstone Modified Amendment No. 2188, to provide additional funds 
for medical care for veterans.                               
Page S3082
  Reid/Bryan Amendment No. 2206, to express the sense of the Senate 
that the landowner incentive program included in the Endangered Species 
Recovery Act should be financed from a dedicated source of funding and 
that public lands should not be sold to fund the landowner incentive 
program of the Endangered Species Recovery Act.          
Pages S3082-83
  By 55 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 79), Kempthorne Amendment No. 2285 
(to Amendment No. 2206), to recognize potential alternative funding 
sources for landowner incentives under the Endangered Species Recovery 
Act.                                                         
Page S3083
  Smith (Oregon) Amendment No. 2180, to express the sense of the Senate 
with respect to the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. 
                                                             Page S3090
  Lautenberg (for Moseley-Braun) Amendment No. 2238, to express the 
sense of the Senate regarding tax legislation that increases the 
complexity of any tax return.                                
Page S3090
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 2243, to express the sense of the Senate 
that the Congress and the Administration should fulfill the intent of 
the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act of 1997 and appropriate 
sufficient funds in each of the next five years to enable Amtrak to 
implement its Strategic Business Plan, while preserving the integrity 
of the $2.2 billion provided under the Taxpayer Relief Act for the 
statutory purpose of capital investment.                 
Pages S3090-91
  Domenici (for Sessions) Modified Amendment No. 2252, to express the 
sense of the Senate regarding the display of the Ten Commandments by a 
judge on the circuit court of the State of Alabama.          
Page S3090
  Domenici (for Kempthorne) Amendment No. 2265, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding the Market Access Program.              
Page S3090
  Domenici (for Coverdell/Dodd) Amendment No. 2271, to express the 
sense of the Senate regarding a multinational alliance against drug 
trafficking.                                                 
Page S3090
  Domenici (for Mack) Amendment No. 2272, to express the sense of the 
Senate regarding funding of the National Institutes of Health. 
                                                             Page S3090
Rejected:
  Bumpers Amendment No. 2228, to provide funding to assist states in 
complying with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (By 55 
yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 67), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                               Pages S3025-28, S3037-38
  Domenici (for Specter) Modified Amendment No. 2254, to increase the 
Federal investment in biomedical research. (By 57 yeas to 41 nays (Vote 
No. 70), Senate tabled the amendment.)         
Pages S3042-45, S3075-76

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  Kennedy Amendment No. 2184, to increase Function 500 discretionary 
budget authority and outlays to support innovative education reform 
efforts in urban and rural school districts. (By 54 yeas to 44 nays 
(Vote No. 78), Senate tabled the amendment.)             
Pages S3080-81
  Murray Amendment No. 2216, to increase Function 500 discretionary 
budget authority and outlays to accommodate both Administration 
investments in education and the $2.5 billion increase assumed by the 
resolution for IDEA. (By 55 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 81), Senate 
tabled the amendment.)                                   
Pages S3085-88
  Lautenberg (for Boxer) Amendment No. 2234, to expand the uses of the 
tobacco reserve fund to include funding for health research, including 
the National Institutes of Health.                           
Page S3089
  Dorgan Amendment No. 2219, to establish a reserve fund for health 
research at the National Institutes of Health, funded by receipts from 
tobacco legislation.                                         
Page S3091
Withdrawn:
  Thurmond Amendment No. 2191, to clarify outlay levels for major 
functional categories.                                       
Page S3038
  Thurmond Amendment No. 2192, to clarify outlay levels for national 
defense.                                                     
Page S3038
  Kennedy Amendment No. 2281 (to Amendment No. 2183), of a perfecting 
nature.                                              
Pages S3049, S3051
  Kennedy Amendment No. 2183, to express the sense of the Senate 
concerning the enactment of a patient's bill of rights. (By 51 yeas to 
47 nays (Vote No. 73), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                               Pages S3045-49, S3077-78
  Kennedy Amendment No. 2185, to express the sense of the Congress 
regarding additional budget authority for the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission.                                  
Pages S3081-82
  Biden Amendment No. 2220, to permit the use of Federal tobacco funds 
to reimburse the Veterans Administration for the costs of treating 
smoking-related illnesses.                                   
Page S3088
  Lautenberg (for Kerry) Amendment No. 2230, to ensure that tobacco 
reserve fund in the resolution protects public health.       
Page S3089
  Smith (Oregon) Amendment No. 2179, to express the sense of the Senate 
on Social Security taxes.                                    
Page S3091
  Smith (Oregon) Amendment No. 2181, to express the sense of the Senate 
concerning increases in the prices of tobacco products.      
Page S3091
  Wellstone Modified Amendment No. 2186, to provide a reserve fund to 
pay for increased Pell Grants by reducing or eliminating corporate 
welfare tax expenditures.                                    
Page S3091
  Lautenberg Amendment No. 2194, to express the sense of the Senate to 
ensure that the tobacco reserve fund in the resolution may be used to 
protect the public health.                                   
Page S3091
  Kerrey Amendment No. 2215, to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding passage of the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1997. 
                                                             Page S3091
  Bingaman/Lieberman Amendment No. 2223, to establish a deficit-neutral 
reserve fund for civilian research and development.          
Page S3091
  Lautenberg (for Conrad) Amendment No. 2227, to ensure that the 
tobacco reserve fund in the resolution may be used to strengthen social 
security.                                                    
Page S3091
  Lautenberg (for Wellstone) Amendment No. 2231, to express the sense 
of the Senate supporting additional funding for fiscal year 1999 for 
medical care for veterans.                                   
Page S3091
  Lautenberg (for Durbin) Amendment No. 2241, to express the sense of 
Congress regarding the right to affordable, high-quality health care 
for seniors.                                                 
Page S3091
  Lautenberg (for Dorgan) Amendment No. 2242, to express the sense of 
the Senate on ensuring social security solvency.             
Page S3091
  Lautenberg (for Torricelli) Amendment No. 2245, to express the sense 
of the Senate on battlefield preservation.                   
Page S3091
  Lautenberg (for Moynihan) Amendment No. 2247, to express the sense of 
the Senate that the Committee on Finance should consider legislation to 
preserve social security and ensure its long-run solvency; and that no 
policy options, affecting either outlays, revenues, or the manner of 
investment of funds, should be excluded from consideration. 
                                                             Page S3091
  Domenici (for Abraham) Amendment No. 2249, to express the sense of 
Congress that the Budget Act should be amended to facilitate the use of 
future unified budget surpluses to strengthen and reform social 
security, reform the tax code, and reduce the tax burden on middle-
class families.                                              
Page S3091
  Domenici (for Specter) Amendment No. 2255, to modify the tobacco 
reserve fund to allow up to $10.5 billion to be spent on post-service 
smoking related Veterans compensation benefits.              
Page S3091
  Domenici (for Specter) Amendment No. 2256, relating to the 
distribution of certain receipts from tobacco legislation.   
Page S3091
  Domenici (for McConnell) Amendment No. 2259, to express the sense of 
the Congress that the award of attorneys' fees, costs, and sanctions of 
those amounts ordered by U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth on 
December 18, 1997, should not be paid with taxpayer funds.   
Page S3091
  Domenici (for Sessions) Amendment No. 2260, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding limitations

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on attorneys' fees under any global tobacco settlement.      
Page S3091
  Domenici (for Craig) Amendment No. 2261, to express the sense of the 
Senate on the eligibility of individuals suffering from post-service 
smoking-related illnesses for VA compensation.               
Page S3091
  Domenici (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 2267, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding the Department of Justice's's pursuit of Medicare 
fraud and abuse.                                             
Page S3091
  Domenici (for Coverdell) Amendment No. 2268, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding national response to the threat of illegal drugs. 
                                                             Page S3091
  Domenici (for Hatch) Amendment No. 2273, to assume that the use of 
the tobacco reserve fund is consistent with tobacco legislation 
approved by the Senate.                                      
Page S3091
  Domenici (for Sessions) Amendment No. 2274, to express the sense of 
the Senate regarding limitations on attorneys' fees under any global 
tobacco settlement.                                          
Page S3091
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  Three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted 
in the affirmative, Senate rejected motions to waive certain provisions 
of the Congressional Budget Act with respect to consideration of the 
following amendments:
  By 53 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. 64), Allard Amendment No. 2170, to 
require the reduction of the deficit, a balanced Federal budget, and 
the repayment of the national debt.                      
Pages S3034-35
  By 47 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 65), Lautenberg Amendment No. 2195, 
to establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for environmental and 
natural resources.                                       
Pages S3035-37
  By 42 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 69), Lautenberg (for Daschle) 
Amendment No. 2244, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                  Pages S3055-61, S3075
  By 59 yeas to 39 nays (Vote No. 80), Domenici (for Nickles) Amendment 
No. 2257, to establish a prohibition on precatory language on budget 
resolutions.                                             
Pages S3083-84
  By 47 yeas to 51 nays (Vote No. 82) Feingold Amendment No. 2224, to 
establish a disability reserve fund.                     
Pages S3088-89
  By 31 yeas to 67 nays (Vote No. 83), Lautenberg (for Robb) Amendment 
No. 2232, to ensure that the tobacco reserve fund in the resolution 
protects tobacco farmers.                                    
Page S3089
  Subsequently, a point of order that the amendments were violations of 
the Congressional Budget Act was sustained, and the amendments thus 
fell.                            
Pages S3035-37, S3075, S3084, S3088-89
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that when the 
Senate receives the House companion resolution, all after the resolving 
clause be stricken, the text of S. Con. Res. 86, as amended, be 
inserted in lieu thereof, that the House concurrent resolution be 
agreed to, the Senate insist on its amendment, request a conference 
with the House thereon, and the Chair be authorized to appoint 
conferees on the part of the Senate.                         
Page S3107
Authorities: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that, 
notwithstanding the adjournment of the Senate, the President of the 
Senate, the President of the Senate pro tempore, and the majority and 
minoirty leaders be authorized to make appointments to commission, 
committees, boards, conferences, or interparliamentary conferences 
authorized by law, by concurrent action of the two Houses, or by order 
of the Senate.                                               
  Page S3181
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
for the following treaty:
  Treaty with Israel on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters. 
(Treaty Doc. 105-40)
  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. 
                                                             Page S3181
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 98 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. 61 EX), G. Patrick Murphy, of Illinois, 
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
Illinois.                                         
Pages S3028-31, S3189
  Michael P. McCuskey, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge 
for the Central District of Illinois.                
Pages S3031, S3189
  Thomas J. Umberg, of California, to be Deputy Director for Supply 
Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy.
  Kermit Lipez, of Maine, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
First Circuit.
  Richard M. McGahey, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Labor.
  John Charles Horsley, of Washington, to be Associate Deputy Secretary 
of Transportation.
  Robert J. Shapiro, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary 
of Commerce for Economic Affairs.
  Elaine D. Kaplan, of the District of Columbia, to be Special Counsel, 
Office of Special Counsel, for the term of five years.
  Robert T. Dawson, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for 
the Western District of Arkansas.
  Johnnie B. Rawlinson, of Nevada, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Nevada.

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  Melvin R. Wright, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 
fifteen years.
  Ruth Y. Goldway, of California, to be a Commissioner of the Postal 
Rate Commission for a term expiring November 22, 2002. 
                                                  Pages S3181-83, S3189
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Ralph E. Tyson, of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for 
the Middle District of Louisiana.
  Bernard Daniel Rostker, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.
  Frank E. Loy, of the District of Columbia, to be an Under Secretary 
of State.
  Eric S. Edelman, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Finland.
  Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia.
  Richard Nelson Swett, of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to Denmark.
  Edward L. Romero, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to Spain.
  Rita R. Colwell, of Maryland, to be Director of the National Science 
Foundation for a term of six years.
  Rosina M. Bierbaum, of Virginia, to be an Associate Director of the 
Office of Science and Technology Policy.
  Diane D. Blair, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 
31, 2004.
  Jeanne E. Scott, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for 
the Central District of Illinois.
  John C. Truesdale, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the National 
Labor Relations Board for a term of four years.
  Routine lists in the Air Force and Army.               
Pages S3186-89
Messages From the House:                                 
  Pages S3118-19
Measures Referred:                                           
  Page S3119
Communications:                                              
  Page S3119
Executive Reports of Committees:                             
  Page S3119
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S3120-55
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages S3155-57
Amendments Submitted:                                    
  Pages S3160-68
Notices of Hearings:                                     
  Pages S3168-69
Authority for Committees:                                   
  Page S3169
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S3169-80
Record Votes: Twenty five record votes were taken today. (Total--85) 
          Pages S3030-31, S3033-38, S3075-81, S3083-84, S3088-89, S3107
Adjournment: Senate convened at 8:30 a.m., and adjourned at 10:54 p.m., 
until 10 a.m., on Friday, April 3, 1998. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3186.)