[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 64 (Tuesday, May 19, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D526-D527]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                              Tuesday, May 19, 1998

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                              Daily Digest


Highlights

      The House passed H.R. 3534, Mandates Information Act of 1998.
      The House passed 13 measures under Suspension of the Rules 
      including H. Res. 440, Sense of Congress Re Conferring Immunity 
      from Prosecution for Testimony Concerning Illegal Foreign 
      Fundraising Activities.


                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S5031-S5148
Measures Introduced: Three bills and one resolution were introduced, as 
follows: S. 2091-2093, and S. Res. 232.
  Page S5129
Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:
  S. 8, to reauthorize and amend the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Liability, and Compensation Act of 1980, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 105-192)
  S. Res. 172, congratulating President Chandrika Bandaranaike 
Kumaratunga and the people of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri 
Lanka on the celebration of 50 years of independence.
  S. Res. 188, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding Israeli 
membership in a United Nations regional group.
Page S5129
Measures Passed:
  Commemorative Coin Program: Senate passed H.R. 3301, to amend chapter 
51 of title 31, United States Code, to allow the Secretary of the 
Treasury greater discretion with regard to the placement of the 
required inscriptions on quarter dollars issued under the 50 States 
Commemorative Coin Program, clearing the measure for the President. 
                                                             Page S5128
Universal Tobacco Settlement Act: Senate continued 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, with a modified committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute (Amendment No. 2420), taking action on amendments proposed 
thereto, as follows:
  Pages S5034-28, S5145-48
Rejected:
  Faircloth Amendment No. 2421 (to Amendment No. 2420), to establish a 
limitation on attorney's fees. (By 58 yeas to 39 nays, two responding 
present (Vote No. 142), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
                                                      Pages S5095-S5114
Pending:
  Kennedy/Lautenberg Amendment No. 2422 (to Amendment No. 2420), to 
modify those provisions relating to revenues from payments made by 
participating tobacco companies.
Pages S5116-28
  Ashcroft Amendment No. 2427 (to Amendment No. 2422), to strike those 
provisions relating to consumer taxes.
Pages S5119-22
  Senate will continue consideration of the bill and the amendments 
pending thereto on Wednesday, May 20, 1998.
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  Carl J. Barbier, of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Page S5148
Messages From the House:
  Page S5129
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S5129
Statements on Introduced Bills:
  Pages S5129-34
Additional Cosponsors:
  Page S5134
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S5135-41
Authority for Committees:
  Page S5141
Additional Statements:
  Pages S5141-44
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--142) 
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m., and adjourned at 8:23 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 20, 1998. (For Senate's program, see 
the

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remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S5145.)