[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 62 (Friday, May 15, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D515]
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                                               Friday, May 15, 1998

[[Page D515]]

                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4927-S4943
Measures Introduced: One bill was introduced, as follows: S. 2086. 
                                                             Page S4939
Measures Passed:
  Care for Police Survivors Act: Senate passed H.R. 3565, to amend Part 
L of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, clearing 
the measure for the President.                           
  Pages S4930-31
  Public Safety Officers Educational Assistance Act: Senate passed S. 
1525, to provide financial assistance for higher education to the 
dependents of Federal, State, and local public safety officers who are 
killed or permanently and totally disabled as the result of a traumatic 
injury sustained in the line of duty.                        
  Page S4931
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Act: Senate concurred in the amendments of 
the House to S. 1605, to establish a matching grant program to help 
State and local jurisdictions purchase armor vests for use by law 
enforcement departments, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                         Pages S4927-30
American Competitiveness Act Agreement: A unanimous-consent-time 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of S. 1723, to 
amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to assist the United States 
to remain competitive by increasing the access of United States firms 
and institutions of higher education to skilled personnel and by 
expanding educational and training opportunities for American students 
and workers, and amendments to be proposed thereto, on Monday, May 18, 
1998, at 12 noon.                                            
  Page S4943
Universal Tobacco Settlement Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent 
agreement was reached providing for the consideration of S. 1415, to 
reform and restructure the processes by which tobacco products are 
manufactured, marketed, and distributed, to prevent the use of tobacco 
products by minors, and to redress the adverse health effects of 
tobacco use, on Monday, May 18, 1998, following disposition of S. 1723 
(listed above).                                              
  Page S4943
  A further unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the 
vote on the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to 
the consideration of the bill was vitiated.                  
Page S4943
Appointments:
  Library of Congress Trust Fund Board: The Chair, on behalf of the 
Majority Leader, in consultation with the Democratic Leader, pursuant 
to Public Law 102-246, appointed Bernard Rapoport of Texas to the 
Library of Congress Trust Fund Board for a term of five years. 
                                                             Page S4941
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Alvin K. Hellerstein, of New York, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of New York.
  Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Navy.                
Page S4943
Statements on Introduced Bills:                          
  Pages S4939-40
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
  Page S4940
Additional Statements:                                   
  Pages S4940-41
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 11:55 a.m., 
until 11 a.m., on Monday, May 18, 1998. (For Senate's program, see the 
remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S4943.)