[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 58 (Monday, May 11, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D485-D486]
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                                               Monday, May 11, 1998

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4603-S4637
Measures Introduced: Five bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2057-
2061.
  Page S4630
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  Report to accompany S. 1723, The American Competitiveness Act. (S. 
Rept. No. 105-186)
  S. 1364, to eliminate unnecessary and wasteful Federal reports, with 
amendments. (S. Rept. No. 105-187)
  S. 981, to provide for analysis of major rules, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-188)
  S. 2060, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1999 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces. (S. 
Rept. No. 105-189)
  Report to accompany S. 2037, WIPO Copyright Treaty Implementation. 
(S. Rept. No. 105-190).
  S. 2057, to authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1999 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces.
  S. 2058, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1999 for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy.
  S. 2059, to authorize appropriations for the fiscal year 1999 for 
military construction.
Page S4630
Agriculture Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act--Conference 
Report--Agreement: A unanimous-consent time-agreement was reached 
providing for the consideration of the conference report on S. 1150, to 
ensure that federally funded agricultural research, extension, and 
education address high-priority concerns with national or multistate 
significance, and to reform, extend, and eliminate certain agricultural 
research programs, on Tuesday, May 12, 1998.
  Pages S4616-18
Missile Defense System: Senate began consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of 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.
  Pages S4618-24
  A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed 
to consideration of the bill and, in accordance with the provisions of 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on the cloture 
motion will occur on Wednesday, May 13, 1998.
Page S4618
Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages 
from the President of the United States:
  Transmitting the report entitled ``Class-Size Reduction and Teacher 
Quality Act of 1998''; referred to the Committee on Labor and Human 
Resources. (PM-123).
Page S4628
  Transmitting the annual report of that the National Institute of the 
Building Sciences for fiscal year 1996; referred to the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-124).
Page S4628
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Raner Christercunean Collins, of Arizona, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Arizona.
  Robert S. Lasnik, of Washington, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Washington.
  Virginia A. Phillips, of California, to be United States District 
Judge for the Central District of California.
  Raymond W. Kelly, of New York, to be Commissioner of Customs.
  James E. Johnson, of New Jersey, to be Under Secretary of the 
Treasury for Enforcement.
  Elizabeth Bresee, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.
Pages S4627, S4637
Messages From the President:
  Pages S4627-28
Communications:
  Pages S4628-30
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S4630-32

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Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4632-33
Notices of Hearings:
  Page S4633
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4634-36
Adjournment: Senate convened at 12 noon, and adjourned at 6:36 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Tuesday, May 12, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S4636.)