[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 47 (Friday, April 24, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
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                                             Friday, April 24, 1998

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S3561-S3599
Measures Introduced: Seven bills and two resolutions were introduced as 
follows: S. 1982-1988, S. Con. Res. 91, and S. Res. 216.
  Page S3585
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1873, to state the policy of the United States regarding the 
deployment of a missile defense system capable of defending the 
territory of the United States against limited ballistic missile 
attack. (S. Rept. No. 105-175)
Page S3585
State Department Reorganization Conference Report: Senate began 
consideration of the conference report on H.R. 1757, to consolidate 
international affairs agencies, to authorize appropriations for the 
Department of State and related agencies for fiscal years 1998 and 
1999, to ensure that the enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) proceeds in a manner consistent with United States 
interests, to strengthen relations between the United States and 
Russia, and to preserve the prerogatives of the Congress with respect 
to certain arms control agreements.
  Pages S3563-74, S3579
  Senate will vote on the conference report on Tuesday, April 28, 1998, 
at 2:25 p.m.
Appointment:
  National Summit on Retirement Income Savings: The Chair, on behalf of 
the Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 105-92, appointed John 
David Davenport, of Oklahoma, as a participant in the 1998 National 
Summit on Retirement Income Savings, to fill the existing vacancy 
thereon.
  Page S3584
Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached 
providing for the consideration of the nomination of Scott Snyder 
Fleming, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislation and 
Congressional Affairs, Department of Education, on Monday, April 27, 
1998, with a vote to occur thereon at 6 p.m.
  Page S3599
  A further unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for the 
consideration of the nominations of Garr M. King, of Oregon, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Oregon, Gregory Moneta 
Sleet, of Delaware, to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Delaware, and Cherryl T. Thomas, of Illinois, to be a Member of the 
Railroad Retirement Board, on Monday, April 27, 1998, following the 
vote to occur on the nomination of Scott Snyder Fleming (listed above).
                                                             Page S3599
Messages From the House:
  Pages S3584-85
Measures Referred:
  Page S3585
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S3585
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S3585-92
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S3592
Additional Statements:
  Pages S3596-99
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m., and adjourned at 3:23 p.m., 
until 11 a.m., on Monday, April 27, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S3599.)