[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 53 (Monday, May 4, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D450]
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                                                Monday, May 4, 1998

[[Page D450]]

                              Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS

      See Resume of Congressional Activity.
      Senate passed Job Training Partnership Act.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4143-S4221
Measures Introduced: Two bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2029 and 2030 and S. Con. Res. 93.
  Page S4206
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 1882, to reauthorize the Higher Education Act of 1965, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-181)
  S. 1260, to amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 to limit the conduct of securities class actions 
under State law, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. 
Rept. No. 105-182)
Pages S4205-06
IRS Reform: Senate began consideration of H.R. 2676, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restructure and reform the Internal 
Revenue Service, with a committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  Pages S4147-97, S4203-04
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill on Tuesday, May 5, 
1998.
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed 
for the following treaty:
  Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in 
International Business Transactions. (Treaty Doc. 105-43)
  The Convention was transmitted to the Senate on May 1, 1998, 
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 S4220-21
Messages From the House:
  Page S4204
Communications:
  Pages S4204-05
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S4206-08
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S4208
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S4209-14
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S4214
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4214-20
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m., and adjourned at 5:17 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, May 5, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on Page 
S4221.)